Tuesday, 26 July 2011

League Table & Fixtures - 25th July

Some good matches last night. Cracking start by Ram who scored a 132 with his first 3 darts of the night and went on to checkout in 10 darts. That high score stood until the last match when Andy beat it, first with 133 and then with a 134 despite not winning a leg. I hit the highest checkout again - 3 weeks running now so my doubles have definitely improved!

Sadly Tel has had to drop out of the league because of other commitments. He had only played 2 matches which have been voided (so Anne and I both lose a win and 2 points). Crouch and Graham have a bit of catching up to do if we're not going to have a big fixture pile-up at the end of the season.

Here are the latest standings and the revised fixture list:

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Latest League Table & Match Schedule

Finally got around to updating these after the round of matches last Monday:
In short, Dazza and Ram are joint leaders. Graham and Tel have started slowly and are yet to win a match. Plenty of time left for everything to change.

There are a number of knockouts coming up: these are open to everybody. Just turn up by 8pm on the night with your £2 entrance fee and I'll enter you into the draw. The dates are:
  • Monday 15th  August
  • Monday 29th August (Bank Holiday)
  • Monday 26th September
  • Monday 31st October (Halloween)
There will also be another big Christmas Knockout in the week before Christmas. Look out for details nearer the time.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Results 11 July 2011

A very enjoyable night of darts this week. Bonus: everybody turned up for the first time ;-)

Graham drew with Craig after a slightly shaky start by both players. Crouch got whitewashed by Andy: Andy's looking quite consistent this season. Anne hit some good scores but couldn't find her doubles and lost to Daz who's looking like the one to beat. I beat Tel in a steady match hitting a 56 checkout with 3 darts (8, 16, double-16) — joint highest on the night. Ram beat Graham in another steady match, and then beat Craig with some great totals in the last match of the night: 174 which was the highest of the night with another 3 ton+ scores. Ram also matched my 56 checkout.

So Ram and I shared the prize for highest checkout with Ram winning the highest score. Well done everybody and I'll see you next week.

Friday, 8 July 2011

Introduction

Hi! My name's Ben and I currently organise a fun darts league at the Royal Standard pub on Frimley Road, Frimley, Surrey.

The league all started a couple of years ago when a bunch of guys decided that it would liven up Monday nights if they had a weekly darts competition. The format was based on the PDC Premier League and it was organised by a guy called Stuart. I played in it and finished up in the top 4 to get a trophy and cash prize.

Unfortunately due to personal circumstances Stuart was unable to organise the next competition so I volunteered and have been organising it since then.

The format is based on a round-robin with each person playing everyone else twice. We play matches over four legs of 301 which allows matches to result in a draw. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw and the players are ranked in order of points. The top few at the end of the "season" have a playoff knockout to win trophies and cash prizes.

As well as the league I also organise regular one-off knockout competitions. These might involve variations such as double-in, 501 instead of 301 or even pairs. I will post details of upcoming knockouts here: basically they are open to anybody as long as they can pay the entry fee (normally £2). The next one coming up will be on 15th August 2011 from 8pm.