Darts - Sefton Super League Christmas Review
Thanks to Stuart Lomas for Christmas darts review :-
As the players of the Sefton Super League take a well-earned festive
break, unbeaten champion Stuart "Killer" Lomas has moved to
the top of the table despite three consecutive draws slowing his progress.
A point behind is Robin "Geordie Express" Brown who has steamed
up the table thanks to four back-to-back victories which included the
only three figure outshot of the season. Two men sit a further point back
with a game in hand: last season's runner-up Iwan "Top Cat"
Williams and semi-finalist Simon Gozzard. Much improved 5th XI captain
Jamie "Arrows" Bowman sits in 5th place and is tying with Chris
Wylie with the quickest leg of the season; last season's fifth placed
finisher "Mexican Prince" John Davies and newcomers "Gentleman"
Jim Tyson and Chris "The Crab" Brereton are locked in a mid-table
battle and currently make up the final places for the post-season quarter-finals.
Below these Chris Wylie may have found his form too late; Terry Macklin
has been dogged by inconsistency; Alum Ullah has games in hand whilst
Paul Stairmand remains pointless having found the going tough in the top
flight.
Two players remain unbeaten in the Sefton Plate Division but draws have
been too prevalent for both Peter Kelly and Kevin Taylor so they are still
only a point clear of pre-season favourite Steve "Dr Fun" Briggs
in third. Surprise package Scott Isaac could go top if he wins his game
in hand whilst Jonny Woodsmith is only behind him on leg difference. Much-fancied
Mark "Der Kaiser" Boyns has struggled thus far and is now in
a battle just to make the post-season quarter-finals as Dave Cunningham
and the improving Jon Northcroft close in on him. Four men are still without
league victories for the season in spite of some excellent if inconsistent
darts; Paul Abbott, Jakob Surtees-Smith, Stephen Royston and Danny Wright
will be hoping 2010 brings a change in fortune to enable them to close
the gap to the top eight.
New to this year is "The FA Cup of Sefton Darts in association with
BoynsbetTM" for all-comers. The draw for the last 16 has been made:
Stuart Lomas v Jakob Surtees-Smith
Kevin Taylor v Steve Briggs
R Surtees / T Macklin v Mark Boyns
Chris Wylie v Jon Northcroft
Julian Taylor v Jim Tyson
Alum Ullah v Simon Gozzard
Peter Kelly v Zyl Spilsbury
James Cain v Scott Isaac
The oche action returns to Sefton on Thursday 7 January for the remaining
nine weeks of the regular season; come down to the club on Thursdays from
7pm onwards to check out the club's own tungsten titans, and keep up with
all the results and news in the Arrow publication which can be found on
the back notice-board in the pavilion.
Darts Challenge Report
Tuesday 15 December saw the Sefton Darts Challenge between the ladies
team and members of the darts league. The result saw a victory for the
men by a deceptive scoreline. In the subsequent mixed pairs Iwan and Sue
claimed victory defeating Stuart and Lisa in the final. An excellent evening
has led to a rematch already been pencilled in for Easter time. |
