Worthington’s Sponsored Merthyr & District Darts League 2014/15 Season. Dial M For Matthews As Mighty Merv Mauls Champs While Runaway Horse Tramples Poor Baili In Whitewash Nightmare. After the sixth round of league games in the Merthyr & District Darts League for the 2014/15 Season we are now beginning to see things taking shape with the title contenders already showing their mettle while for others its already looking like a long hard slog and a fight for survival. Some sides are in the middle ground but cannot relax as a bad result or two could see the trapdoor begin to open beneath them and the tungsten’s target become a trifle tougher to hit. Division One. Horse & Groom 9 v Baili-Glas Inn “A” 0. This trip for the Baili turned out to be a nightmare as nothing went their way with the arrows just landing on the wrong side of the wire for scoring and their shots at the winning double meeting with the curse that seems to affect them home and away as try as hard as they might the darts would just not nestle in the right area. The first pairs of the night set the tone for the game as Jason Launchbury 140 & Alan Mee found the double impossible to hit as Steve Nicholas 100 & Wayne Titcomb took the leg against the darts to put the Horse into an early lead. Owain Davies 100 & Mark Virgin 125 then made it 2-0 with a hold of throw over Nigel Meek & Terry Morgan 100 and in a second break of throw of the match the excellent pairing of Phil Williams 140 & Brian Nicholas 100 beat Jamie Phillips & Tim Charleston to take the pairs three zip and a comfortable lead going into the singles. Phil Williams 100,121,125,140 held throw in the first singles beating Andrew Morgan for a 4-0 lead and in the next game Brian Nicholas 3x100,125 broke the throw of Jason Launchbury 2x100,135,137,140 to inflict the Baili players first defeat of the season on him as winning shots at the double went a begging. Steve Nicholas 2x100, 123,140,180 was like a sky rocket against the Baili’s Jamie Phillips taking the game 2-0 for a 6-0 lead. Steve Williams 4x100 could not buy a double for the Baili in his match with Wayne Titcomb as the Horse stretched the lead to 7-0 and Wayne Smalldon fared no better in the next game as Steve Thomas 100,140 piled more misery on to luckless Baili. The final game of the night saw Owain Davies 100,17,2x140 complete the whitewash with a 2-0 win over Alan Mee leaving the visitors to lick their wounds and regroup for their next battle away at the defending champions at the Merthyr Labour Club. Baili-Glas Inn “B” 6 v Merthyr Labour Club 3. This was an amazing game containing some 56 ton-plus scores and countless scores of 80+ as the defending champions from the Labour Club suffered their second 6-3 defeat in a row as the Baili “B” beefed up their push for the title. The hosts got off to a flier with Mervyn Matthews 2x100,135 & Byron Jones breaking the throw of Gareth Dunn 100,140 & Chris Galleozzie 140 for an early and morale boosting lead. Matthew Quinlan & Steve Haman 2x100 held throw to make it 2-0 in beating Ron Morgan & Anthony Carstairs 100 apiece and the scoreboard kept ticking over for the Baili with Geraint Thomas & Andrew Rough 100,140 beating Wayne Davies 100 & Kevin Forbes 100,125 against the throw for a 3-0 lead going into the singles. Andrew Rough 2x100,112,2x140 maintained his good form with a fine 2-0 win over Kevin Mahoney 100,135 making it 4-0 and then 5-0 daily arrived courtesy of a fantastic display from Mervyn Matthews 100,132,116 out in a 2-0 win over Ron Morgan 100. Anthony Carstairs 100,135,2x140 broke the visitors duck with a hard fought 2-1 win over Matthew Quinlan 2x100 and a second point then arrived with Wayne Davies 4x100,140 getting the better of Byron Jones by a 2-1 margin. Steve Haman 2x100,115,121 was under the weather with a slight cold and was put under the cosh by Kevin Forbes 100,125,134,140 as the Labour thrower took the game against the darts by a 2-1 score in a hard fought game. With the away side now on something of a roll it was left to Gareth Dunn 100,140 to grab the champs a valuable fourth point but the Typhoon Geraint Thomas 2x100,121,109 out had other ideas taking the game 2-0 against the darts for a splendid 6-3 win for the home side. Grawen Arms 4 v Guest Keen Bowls Club “A” 5. This was a magnificent game from start to finish with a total of no less than 53 ton-plus scores in the game with both sides battling for every point in their own quest for top spot. Peter Locke 140 & Kevin Lane 2x100 took the first pairs for the home side against the darts beating Justin Davies 140 & Andrew Coombs for an early lead and then 2-0 quickly arrived with the dynamic duo Marcus Davies 2x100,140 & Kerry Green holding throw to beat Paul Thomas & Jamie Evans. Craig Morgan 100 & Scott Bayliss 140 then got the Guest into the game with a hold of throw over Phil Locke & Wayne Gutty to halve the deficit going into the singles match ups. Merthyr Darting Legend Peter “The Great” Locke 6x100,140 came back from 1-0 down against Kevin Hyde 100 to hold throw and win 2-1 giving the Grawen a 3-1 lead and seemingly on track for victory but the battling Guest had ideas of their own and set about turning the tables. Justin Davies 2x100,125,133 held throw in the second singles to beat Kevin Lane 5x100,134,150 by a 2-1 margin in a fantastic game and the same 2-1 score saw Craig Morgan 4x100,125 beat Darren Locke 4x100,129 in another superb game to put the visitors on level terms at 3-3. Scott Bayliss beat Phil Locke 2x100 to put the away side into a 4-3 lead and then in another great game Paul Thomas 3x100,2x140 100 out beat Wayne Gutty 3x100, 140 making it 5-3 to the Guest. The final game of the night saw home captain Marcus Davies 2x100 beat Andrew Coombs 100 against the throw to earn the home side a much deserved fourth point. Penydarren Social Club “B” 5 V Merthyr Vale Ex Club “B” 4 (Daggers “B”) Another hard fought contest saw the Pen prove mightier than the sword with the home side running out narrow winners in a closely fought contest. Karl Manns 100,140 & Neil Baldwin got the Daggers off to a good start beating Clive Morgan & K. Howe 140 but the sides were soon level with Dai Richards & N. Morgan 100 getting the better of John Terrett 121 & Bobby Terrett. Derek Dobbins & Phil Morris regained the upper hand for the away side with a hold of throw over Lyndon Price & Steve Smith 100 to lead going into the match deciding singles games. Veteran Lyndon Price 2x100, 121 levelled the scores at two apiece with a hold of throw over Karl Manns 100 and then the home side took the lead for the first time with N. Morgan taking the darts off Phil Morris 100 putting the Pen 3-2 ahead. Ray Smith 100 beat Neil Baldwin 125,140 by a 2-1 margin 4-2 to the home side and the seventh game saw old stager Clive Morgan 3x100,140 beat Bobby Terrett 100,121 against the darts putting the Pen 5-2 ahead. Much to their credit the Daggers refused to give up with John Terrett 3x100,121,140 beating Dai Richards 3x100,120 against the darts and a hold of throw from Derek Dobbins 100 saw him beat Steve Smith 2x121 to earn the visitors a valuable fourth point. Division Two. Martyrs Club “A” 3 v Merthyr Football Club 6. Simon Marks & Matthew Davies kicked things off for the Football Club with a hold of throw over Colin Howe & D. Howe as the visitors took an early lead but the home side were soon level with Roy Phillips & C. P, Howe getting the better of Gavin Moore & Josh Moore. Ian Laing & J. Scanlon quickly regained the lead for he away side with victory over Keith Evans & Bradley Howe to hold a slight advantage going into the singles legs. Colin Howe levelled the match by holding throw in the first singles over Simon Marks but back came the Football Club through Ian Laing with a 2-0 victory over Keith Evans 180 to lead 3-2. Bradley Howe 2x100, 140 held his nerve and throw to beat T. Laing and square the match once more but unfortunately for the home side this proved to be their last success as Matthew Davies, D. James and Gavin Moore beat Alun Pearce, Roy Phillips and Ray Phillips 100 respectively to record a fine and deserved 6-3 win. Colliers Arms 5 v White Horse 4. The Horse was quick out of the stalls with Ian Daley 100 & Gareth Price holding throw to beat G. Price & Keith Lewis and 2-0 duly followed with Matthew Charleston & Ian Thomas 100 taking the game against the throw of Martin Firth & Martin Treen. D. Thomas 2x100 & Leighton James finally got the home side into the match in the last pairs leg with a fine win over Roy Evans 100 & Mark Evans to cut the deficit ahead of the singles. D. Thomas 100,120,121,140 took the first singles with victory over Mark Evans 125 to level the match but a fine effort from Mark Seggerson 3x100 saw him beat John Jones 2x100,125,135,140 to put the Horse ahead by a short head and then they went a neck in front at 4-2 with Roy Evans 3x100,125,133,180getting the better of Martin Firth. The away side needed just one more point for victory but the Colliers dug in and fought back with old warrior Keith Lewis 2x100 edging past T. Simnett 3x100 and veteran Martin Treen 100, 4x140 beating Ian Daley 2x100 to level at 4-4. The final game of the night turned into something of a mini marathon with neither player seemingly wanting to win but eventually G. Price broke the throw of Ian Thomas to take the victory for a relived home side. Hills Plymouth Cricket Club 5 v Merthyr Rugby Club 4. This was an excellent game from start to finish going right to wire and contained some 37 ton-plus scores including 3x180’s. The home side took the opening pairs with Jason Woodford 100,125 & Dean Lewis 2x100 beating Chris Stansfield 100 Ron Phillips against the darts. A hold of throw from C. Clayton 100 & John Harnedy 2100 over Mervyn Hughes 180 & Greg Howells 125 made it 2-0 to the home side and a clean sweep of the pairs then arrived with Eddie Jones 100,125 & A. Walters breaking the throw of Chris Price & Jonathon Davies for a comfortable lead going into the singles. Chris Price 100,121,180 took the first singles against the throw with victory over John Harnedy 2x100, 4x140 by a 2-1 margin to gain the Rugby Club their first point and a second soon followed with Mervyn Hughes getting the better of Jason Woodford 3x100,140. The old desert fox Ron Phillips 2x100,101 then drew the sides level with victory R. Lee 2x100,121 to set up a tense last few games. Phil Lewis 100 regained the upper hand for the home side with victory over John Hulbert but the lead was short lived as Jonathon Davies edged past C. Clayton to make it four apiece with just one game to go. A tense finale saw Dynamite Dean Lewis 100,180 break the throw of Chris Stansfield with a 2-0 win to earn the hosts a narrow hard fought win. Merthyr Ex Club 5 v Morlais Tavern 4. G. Thomas & S. Davies gave the visitors an early lead with victory over Jason Davies & Andrew Davies and 2-0 followed with R. Roberts 140 & G. Giles 100 getting the better of Wayne Jones & Steve Mahoney 116. The Ex then got their act together with Jason Baynham & Paul Esterbanez 100 apiece breaking the throw of Jimmy Winstone & Jason Gillespie to trail by a point going into the singles. Jason Davies 111,125,140 then injected some life into the Ex with a good win over R. Roberts 2x100,140 in the first singles to level at 2-2 and then Jason Baynham 100,2x140 beat G. Coombs against the darts to put the home side into the lead for the first time. R. Knight 140 advanced the score to 4-2 with a fine win over G. Thomas but back came the Morlais with the excellent Jimmy Winstone 5x100,125 beating Mark Nicholls 100,140 to trail by one point. Wayne O’Neill 100,119,140 made it 5-3 to the home side with a 2-0 win over Ian Laing before S. Davies 100,125 took the last leg for the away side with a hold of throw over Denzil Griffiths 2x100. Division Three. Penydarren Social Club “C” 6 (Sea Side) v Farmers Arms “A” 3. This was a splendid result for the newly formed Pen “C” over the vastly experienced Farmers “A”. Drew Bradley & Ceri Richards took the opening pairs with victory over Trevor Jones & Steve Hamer 100 and then a hold of throw by Ceri Stent 2x100,118 & Barrie Gilby over Mike Terrett & Rhion Evans advanced the score to 2-0. Wayne Morgan & Dai Jones then got the Farmers into the game with victory over John Murphy & Robert Pike 100 to halve the arrears going into the singles. Dai Morgan 135 beat Dai Jones by a 2-0 score with a hold of throw making it 3-1 in the Pen’s favour and 4-1 then appeared on the scoreboard with J. Sedgemore 3x100 getting the better of Wayne Morgan again by a 2-0 score line. Ceri Stent 4x100 piled on the pressure with another 2-0 win over Gary Price before Rhion Evans stemmed the flow with a fine 2-0 win over G. Galleozzie. C. Davies 100 made it 6-2 with a win over Steve Hamer before Mike Terrett 2x100,121 beat Drew Bradley 100-,121 with throw in the final game of the match. Guest Keen Bowls Club “B” 5 v Imperial Hotel 4. Father Time’s Granddad, John Donovan & A. Williams 100 took the opening pairs for the visitors beating Tony Pollard 100 & C. Jones 120 and with old stagers Dai Davies & Paul Prosser making it 2-0 with victory over C. Rees & W. Harris 100 against the darts the Imp made a bright start to the contest. K. Morgan 100,101 & A. Pollard 100 then got the home side into the match beating Anthony Prosser 100 & Chris Llewellyn against the throw to cut the deficit in half ahead of the singles matches. The first singles went the way of the home side with C. Rees2x100, 105 getting the better of Anthony Prosser 3x100, 121 by a 2-1 margin to level the match at two each but the Imp hit back in the next game with Chris Llewellyn 4x100 edging past Tony Pollard 3x100,140 by a 2-1 margin to regain the lead. C. Jones 2x100 scored a 2-0 win over R. Jenkins 100 to square the match at 3-3 and then K. Morgan 100,121 edged the Guest ahead with a fine 2-0 win over Rhys Donovan. R. Wilkes made the game safe for the home side with victory over a gallant Terry Dowman before Paul Prosser 100,123 took the last game for the Imp with a 2-1 win over Anthony Pollard. Lord Raglan “B” 5 v Penydarren Social Club “A” 4. The Lord “B” went into this game without their Commander in Chief Terry Barnett but still put in a great show and came up trumps in an exciting battle with the visiting Pen “A”. W. Davies & M. Matthews took the opening pairs against the darts beating P. McCarthy & Jonathon Evans to put the hosts ahead and with Brian Meek 100 & Martyn Lewis then holding throw over Nigel Owen & G. Jones 100 to make it 2-0 things looked good for the home side. Dean Barnett 2x100 & Kieron Meek 100 then produced the second break of the match with victory over R. Beynon & Michael Bond to take the pairs 3-0 and a comfortable lead heading into the singles. Dean Barnett 3x100,3x140 was in fine scoring form with a 2-1 win over Wayne Lee 3x100,140 in the first singles game making it 4-0 before Michael Bond beat Kieron Meek 2x100 to finally get the Pen into the game. Martyn Lewis 100 made it 5-1 to the Lord with victory over Phil Bond 135 to make the game safe and this proved vital as the Pen got into full flow taking the remaining three singles through R. Beynon 100, Nigel Owen 100 and G. Jones 100 who beat Brian Meek 2x100, W. Davies 2x140 and M. Matthews respectively to make the score line much more respectable for the visitors. Aberfan Social Club “B” 5 v Angel “A” 4. This was a hard fought game from beginning to end and could have gone either way with the game swinging one way then the other with both sides battling hard for the points. Mark Davies & Glen Callan took the first leg of the match beating A. Galliers & Brian Williams as the Angel took an early lead and this was doubled when Graham Hancock 119 & John Pugh beat Wayne Morris & Ieuan Morris in the second pairs. Gwyn Jones & Jack Colston got the home side up and running in the final pairs leg with a good win over Brent Morgan 140 & Steve Phillips to keep in touch ahead of the singles. Jack Colston 100 levelled the match taking the first singles against Mark Davies 2x100 and then the home side hit the front for the first time with Martin Davies 2x100, 138 getting the better of Chris John 125 to take a 3-2 lead. Mark Jones 100,121,140 levelled the contest with victory over Vic Jones 3x100 by a 2-1 margin and then Steve George edged the Angel ahead at 4-3 with a win over Alan Phillips 100,101, Gwyn Jones 123 squared the match at four apiece with victory over Glen Callan and in a last game decider Wyndham Green beat Brent Morgan to win the match for a much relieved home side. Division Four. Lantern Inn 3 v Winchester Bar 6. K. Pike & Paul James 100 apiece took the first pairs leg for the visitors beating T. Llewellyn & F. Connors and 1-0 soon became 2-0 with T. Williams & Anthony Lennon 100,156 beating John Cross & Tracy Goode in the second pairs. L. Russell & Kyle James then got the home side into the game with a somewhat surprise against the darts over Andrew Morgan 100 & Johnny Andrews just ahead of the singles. Kyle James 100 served up another surprise in the first singles in beating Andrew Morgan 100,121 to level but parity was brief with I. Peters 121 scoring a 2-1 win over Tracy Goode 2x100 to edge the visitors back in front. L. Russell beat Paul James 100 to square matters at 3-3 but then the Winch took over with T. Williams2x100, Anthony Lennon 138 and K. Pike 2x100,105 beating John Cross, F. Connors and W. Newmane to complete a fine win. Silver Bullet 6 v Ye-Olde-Express 3. The Bullet fired the first shots with Cael Howells 140 & Kyle Newton beating Christopher Stanley & Christopher Budding against the throw but the Express were quick to reply with Doug Wills & Matthew Beckingham beating Neil Winstone 101& Brian Birch to level. The break of throw theme continued in the final pairs match with Anthony Morris & Chris Davies beating Steve Ball & Matthew Fealey for a 2-1 lead for the hosts going into the singles. Brian Birch increased the Bullets lead to 3-1 with victory over Chris Stanley and 4-1 lead soon followed with Mark Birch 101 edging past Doug Wills 100,138. Steve Ball 100, 2x140 pulled a point back for he Express with a good win over Chris Davies 3x100 but back came the home side with wins for Cael Howells 2x100 and Neil Winstone 2x100,140 over Matt Beckingham and Matt Fealey respectively before Chris Budding beat Kyle Newton to earn the visitors a deserved third point. Division Five. Dowlais Con Club 2 v Llwyn-Yr-Eos 7. D. Thomas & Lee Boswell beat Kevin Matthews & Andrew Williams to get the Llwyn up and running and then further wins in the doubles matches for the pairings of Shane Craze/Sam Phillips & F. Murphy/L. Foley over Mark Thomas/Gerald Jones & Andrew Murphy/George Quirk saw the visitors make a clean sweep of the pairs legs for a 3-0 lead. D. Thgomas 2x100 beat Kevin Matthews 2x100,140 to make it 4-0 before Mark Thomas 107,121 beat D. Day to pull a point back for the home side. F. Murphy made it 5-1 to the away side with victory over Andrew Murphy and further wins for D. Boswell 100,140 and L. Foley over George Quirk 2x100 and Gerald Jones made it 7-1. Andrew Williams 100 took the final game of the match for the home side with victory over Shane Craze. Angel Hotel “B” 6 v Lord Raglan “A” 3. L. Thomas & K. Hunt put the visitors in front with victory over G. Butler & R. James but heir joy was short lived as Glen Kitchen & M. O’Neill levelled with victory over Bryn Lewis & Dai Davenport and then the home side took the lead with B. Jones & D. James breaking the throw of Kevin Snowden & Alan Driscoll ahead of the singles. R. Davies 100,140 made it 3-1 to the hosts with a fine win over L. Thomas 100 but K. Hunt kept the Lord in the contest with a fine 2-0 win over G. Butler. D. James beat Bryn Lewis as the home side extended their lead to 4-2 and 5-2 quickly followed with Glen Kitchen 2x100,140 beating Mike McCloughlin 2-0 . The excellent B. Jones 2x100,120,140 beat Alan Driscoll 2-0 making it 6-2to the Angel before Kevin Snowden remained cool to beat M. O’Neill 2-0 and earn the Lord a vital third point.
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