| Devon men throw away league title | Devon made the trip to Powys for the final game of the 2007/8 season. Being effectively 2 points clear at the top of the Mens B division Devon knew that a decent win would capture that title and should teams above them slip up there was a slim mathematical chance of promotion too. The Womens B match started well for Devon with Chris Harding winning her 3rd game on the bounce to take the 1st match 3-2 (14.07), missed doubles cost Jane Wiltshire for the second game running before Jo Moore put the visitors in front again winning 3-2 (12.78). The hosts drew level again before Lady of the Weekend Karen Chard stepped up to shrug off the bad luck and nerves that had haunted her return to the county scene this year with another 3-2 win for the visitors (13.09). Another player who had overcome a run of poor form was up last and Lady of the match Candy Holdsworth proved she is back towards her old form with a 3-0 win (15.99), to give the Devon Ladies a 4-2 win. The mens B match started with a cracking game between the Montgomery & Radnor captain Ray Gutherie (26.94) and Martyn Bevan (25.29) ending in a win for the host 3-2. Next up for Devon Andy Taylor completed his best season to date with his 7th win of the season 3-1 (22.06). After another win for the hosts Paul Godbeer pulled the visitors level again 3-0 (22.43) and it was now that the Devon needed to stand up and be counted, unfortunately it didn’t happen and the visitors crumbled to a 9-3 defeat, the only highlight being a return to form for man of the match Bryan Pincombe 3-2 (24.23). The defeat left the Devon men 3 points short of the league title they had set their hearts on at the start of the weekend and left the team trailing 11-7 overnight. Sunday started brightly for Devon Ladies A with Chris Kinnaird 3-1 (19.51) getting the ball rolling before the home side pegged it back. Third up for Devon Michelle Andrews 3-1 (19.17) put the visitors in front again before the home side levelled it again, at 2-2. This left the stage to Lady of the match Merryl Jarman to replicate Michelle’s feat of 9 wins out of 9 from the previous season with her 17th consecutive victory, equalling the Devon record of Gerald Verrier from the early 80’s with a 3-0 win (24.24). With the home side taking the last game the match was drawn 3-3 and the overall score sat at 14-10 to Montgomery & Radnor. The Devon Mens A team needed to put the disappointment of the previous day behind them if they were going to come away with anything from the weekend and Martin Davey got them off to a great start with a 3-1 win which included a 116 out (23.95). One for the best games of the day saw Ian Knight (27.36) go down 3-1 to Montgomery & Radnor’s Sean Barrett (27.06) who was aided with shot outs of 118 and 125. With the scores level Rob Irwin stepped up to win 3-2 (22.15) helped out with a 115 shot out. The hosts picked up the next game to level at 2-2 and the visitors went on a run that they had desperately needed the day before winning 5 games on the trot to take a 7-2 lead. First victory came from Richard Dennis 3-2 (22.47) before the odd event of the next three players all winning 3-0 with 23.86 averages. This meaning that each of them threw a total of 63 darts in winning 3 legs. These players being Trevor Perry, Matt Dickinson and Mike Edwards. The final win of the 5 game streak came from man of the match Mike Beal 3-2 (26.17). With the scoreline now standing at 17-16 in Devons favour the best game of the match was to follow. Lee Watts (26.73) narrowly missing out 3-2 despite a brilliant 156 shot out to Montgomery man of the match Neil Astley (28.88). With the scores level Devon could have been excused for thinking that their chance of an overall victory had probably escaped as the next player up for the hosts was currently on paper the best male player in the division and unbeaten for the season to date. Matches aren’t played on paper though and Paul Woolfenden was not put off by Welsh International Gareths Holt’s reputation as he put in a man of the weekend performance with a 3-2 win (26.00). With at least a draw now guaranteed Pete Rice (25.09) tried in vain to complete what was already a remarkable comeback by the Devon men but slipped to a 3-1 defeat. With the mens A match ending as an 8-4 win to the visitors there were at least some smiles restored to the Devon squads faces after another long season which saw them, again sparkle at times but slip away badly at others. With long away trips to all of Clwyd, Gwynedd and Suffolk next season Devon will need to put their best travelling heads on and will need to find an extra bit of consistency if they are to get out of the 3rd division again. |
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| AGM & Presentation Night | The AGM and Presentation Night are jinxed and things have again changed apologies. This year there will be a combined AGM/Presentation Night on Friday 27th June The AGM will start at 7pm prompt and will be followed by the presentation of trophies and prize money |
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| Mens Superleague Playoff | Tivvy Hounds clinched a dramatic 5 - 4 victory in the Superleague playoff last night at The Ship Hotel Crediton. Tivvy Hounds Captain Richard Dennis & Bryan Pincombe got them off to a great start beating Martyn Johns 3 - 0 and John Imrie 3 - 2 respectively. Royals then pulled a game back with a win from Royals man of the match Ian DeRosa (25.47) beating Andy Jackson 3 - 0. The fourth game being a nervous affair and important for both teams ended with Sean Budd (Tivvy Hounds) defeating Mike Colwill 3 - 1 to give Tivvy a 3 - 1 match lead. It was then the turn of Bideford Royals to stamp their authority on the game with three straight wins to take a 4 - 3 match lead. A solid peformance from Lee Watts defeating Mike Beal 3 - 1 Roger Wright beating Colin Greenslade 3 - 1 Martin Davey had a shaky first leg but turned up the heat to beat Dick Ottery 3 - 1 The eighth game saw Barrie Couch (Royals) go down 3 - 2 to Tivvy Hounds Harry Roberts. A great preformance by Harry with some clinical finishing winning him the game and leveling the match at 4 - 4. This set up the nineth game between Kevin DeRosa (Superleague Individual Winner) and Devon Captain Trevor Perry. Both teams would have been happy at the start of the evening to have these 2 men playing each other in the deciding game of the night. Tivvy Hounds man of the match Trevor Perry (26.16) walked away with a 3 - 1 win to give Tivvy Hounds the trip to Dorchester to represent Devon in the Champions Cup |
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| Another home victory for Devon | Devon hosted Pembrokeshire at the Heavitree Sports & Social Club, Exeter looking to build on their victory earlier in the month. The Ladies B team started with a win for the visiting team before Devon pulled back through lady of the match Chris Harding 3-2 (15.29), the visitors pulled ahead again with the next game and Devon replied through Trish Penberthy 3-2 (12.73). The visitors again pulled ahead only for Joyce Wilson 3-2 (14.44) to win the final game for the hosts to draw the match 3-3. Devon were hoping that a big win from the Mens B team would put them in contention to win the Mens B team division having risen to 2nd place, a point behind Bedfordshire and weren’t disappointed after the first 3 men completed their task without dropping a leg. Andy Jackson (17.48), Martyn Bevan (24.24) and John Lakeman (21.47) being the winners. Having dropped the next game Devon came back again with wins from Shawn Tubby 3-1 (24.44) and Andy Taylor 3-1 (20.02) to lead 5-1 and the halfway stage and lead to hopes of a repeat of the 10-2 victory earlier in the month. Unfortunately the Pembrokeshire men were not willing to roll over the way that many teams would and Devon only managed to win two more points in the second half of the game through man of the match Brian Hodge 3-0 (25.47) and Paul Godbeer 3-2 (20.32) to leave the hosts with a 7-5 victory, short of their aspirations. Having been disappointed over their margain of victory on day one, day two started with news filtering through from Bedfordshire that a defeat by their Mens B team had left Devon sitting top of the Mens B division, now a point clear. With the Devon Ladies A team facing possibly their hardest game of the season the game started with a fabulous 3-2 victory from Lady of the Weekend, Tracey Ware (18.95) who proved the lady selectors right for promoting her as she grew in confidence with every leg to come back from 2-0 behind. Second up for the hosts Lyn Paine put in a steady performance to win 3-1 (16.26). A brilliant game then followed with Chris Kinnaird (21.28) falling to the visiting Rhian Edwards 3-0 (26.37) in a game that included legs of 15 and 16 darts. Welsh international Julie Gore (21.47) won the next game for the visitors to tie up the scores at 2-2. Devon were not in the mood to give up on a chance of victory as first Michelle Andrews 3-0 (17.68), with a 99 shot out in the final leg and then lady of the match, Captain Merryl Jarman 3-2 (20.27) put the game beyond the visitors for a 4-2 victory. Merryl’s win brought double celebration as it meant that she broke Annie Lane’s record of consecutive victories by a Devon woman. Merryl has now won 16 on the bounce. With a deficit of 4 points the visitors set about clawing back the Devon lead by taking the the opening game of the mens A match, their hopes were short lived as Devon took the next two games through Ian Knight 3-0 (25.05) who won his match with a 160 shot out and captain Trevor Perry 3-0 (25.47) who was playing his 150th Mens A match, a staggering feat that equates to more than 16 years in the A team. With the visitors picking up the next game Devon went on a roll that put the match well beyond the visitors. Firstly Richard Dennis 3-0 (22.10) set the ball rolling to be followed by Lee Watts 3-2 (24.92), beating seasoned international Rob Hughes. Mike (Ginger) Edwards 3-0 (23.86) won the 19th match point which ensured overall victory for the home side. Next up and extending the visitors woes was Mike Beal 3-1 (25.92) and man of the match Matt Dickinson 3-1 (30.24) who hit a 135 out shot to win his match after his opponent Jamie Lewis had just hit a 180 to put Matt under pressure. The roll of 5 wins had put the hosts 7-2 in front and the welsh team pulled back a couple before man of the weekend Rob Irwin pulled out a shot of 142 in the last leg to beat a very animated Darryl Sheehan 3-2 (29.45), Rob also had a shot out of 101 in an earlier leg. The 8-4 victory by the Devon men left the overall victory margin at 22-14 in the hosts favour and with the First and Third placed teams sharing the points at Bedfordshire and second placed Suffolk losing at Worcester Devon are back with an outside chance of promotion, should Suffolk and Cumbria fail to win next month and Devon produce a similar sort of victory on their visit to Wales to play Montgomery and Radnor. |
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| Superleague Individuals | Well done to Kevin DeRosa and Merryl Jarman for winning there respective superleague Individual averages. I would also like to mention Michelle Andrews who just missed out in the ladies section by 0.01 Merryl's Average 25.70 Michelle's 25.69 |
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| Devon County Youth Looking Strong Half Way Through Season | Sunday 24th February saw a good home win for Devon County Youth darts team at the Heavitree Centre. The 12 - 5 victory over Herefordshire has lifted the squad into second place, just six points behind the leaders Glamorgan, at the half-way point of their new season. The boys under-18 squad produced a consistently strong result of 7 - 2 (they have only lost to Glamorgan to date), with MOM going to Michael Rice (av. 21.78). The ladies under-21 team lost narrowly 1 - 2, with LOM going to Amy Smith (av. 14.74). The Mens under-21 team improved their result over the last Herefordshire encounter with a 4 - 1 win, with MOM (for the fourth successive occasion) going to Jason Hill (av. 21.17). This recent result, coupled with a win away to West Midlands (10 - 7), a loss at home to a talented Glamorgan outfit (5 - 12) and the first game win away to Herefordshire (11 - 6), leaves it all to play for when Devon travel away to Wiltshire on the 23rd March (Easter Sunday). (For all southern region youth results, see: http://www.geocities.com/southern_youth_darts/ ) |
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| Comfortable win for Devon | Devon played hosts to Humberside at the Heavitree Social Centre, Exeter. In the Ladies B match Jo Moore benefited from some missed doubles by her opponent to win 3-2 (13.25), this was followed by three defeats by the hosts who themselves were charitable when it came to finishing legs. Fifth up for Devon was Chris Harding who returned to the form she showed earlier in the season and put in a lady of the match performance, 3-1 (15.38). With the visitors winning the final game it meant that the Devon ladies slipped to a 4-2 defeat. With the men’s B teams sitting in second and third place in the B division a tight match was expected. First up, Devon welcomed Martyn Bevan back into the side for the first time this season and in his usual relaxed style Martyn beat his highly rated opponent 3-1 (24.31). In the second game a error by the marker unsettled Humberside’s Mark Howard on his debut, Andy Taylor used 60 games of experience to capitalise on the unfortunate incident to win 3-1 (21.76). Having seen their lead from the ladies mach wiped out the visitors took the next game to lead again before Flynn Jones beat an impressive performance from 15 year old Reece Robinson 3-1 (20.02). John Imrie hit a brilliant 150 shot out to win his match 3-2 (24.39) and Lee Watts hit a 180 in the last leg to also win 3-2 (25.00). Andy Jackson benefited from his opponents missed doubles to complete a trio of 3-2 wins (21.97) as Devon forged ahead. With Devon now 6-1 in front Paul Robinson (25.47) pulled a game back for the visitors before a combination of classy darts from the home team and tiredness catching up with the visitors, who had left Hull at 3am, left Devon taking the final four games of the mens match. Man of the match John Lakeman 3-0 (25.47), returning after three years Sean Budd 3-2 (25.19), Paul Godbeer 3-1 (20.15) and Paul Davis 3-0 (24.84) completed the 10-2 win which defied the expectation that the league table suggested. With Devon leading 12-6 overnight high hopes were held for a big victory but if Saturdays mens match defied the league positions Sundays ladies A match turned it on its head. Devon ladies were unbeaten from six this season whilst Humberside ladies were yet to win. Having lost the first game of the match Devon won the second through lady of the match Christine Kinnaird 3-0 (21.47). The visitors took the next three before a captains performance from Merryl Jarman 3-2 (19.07), equalling Annie Lane’s record of 15 consecutive wins by a Devon lady, made the final score 2-4. With the overall score line sat at 14-10 to Devon the mens A match started with Humberside making in roads into the hosts lead. With the visitors winning the first three matches the difference was reduced to a single point before Trevor Perry 3-0 (23.86) matched his ladies counterpart with a captains innings to steady the ship. This started a run of four matches which put the game out of the visitors reach, with Martin Davey 3-1 (24.69), Paul Woolfenden 3-2 (23.33) and Mike Beal 3-0 (23.48) all running out winners. After the eighth game was taken by the visitors the point for the weekend victory was hit by Ginger Edwards 3-0 (24.64) and this was followed by man of the match Lee Watts 3-0 (25.91) on his A team debut. Humberside picked up another consolation point before Neil Anstead 3-0 (23.12) completed a fine team win for the Devon men 7-5 to leave the overall scoreline Devon 21 Humberside 15. |
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| Fine Win on the Road | A win at relegation threatened Northamptonshire meant that Devon picked up their first win on the road for almost 12 months. The Devon ladies got the county off to a flying start with wins from the so far unbeaten Tracey Ware, 3-1 (17.18), and Trish Penberthy 3-1 (15.83). After the hosts pegged the game back to 2-2 there was a welcome return to form for lady of the match Candy Holdsworth 3-1 (17.39) followed by a 3-2 win battled out by lady of the weekend Jo Moore (12.14) to give the ladies B team a 4-2 win. First up for the men was Lee Watts who played a perfectly controlled game 3-0 (22.77) to be followed for most of the afternoon by the teams exchanging wins. Devon won the 3rd game through Shawn Tubby 3-0 (23.12), the 5th game, Andy Taylor 3-2 (24.13) and the 7th game, Brian Hodge 3-1 (18.62). In the meantime the hosts won the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th games and broke the sequence by taking the 9th. This left the overall score at 8-7 to the visitors and was as close as the home team would get. Devon reeled off the remaining three games with a debut win for John Lakeman 3-2 (23.73), a classy comeback from 2-1 behind to win 3-2 from Paul Davis (22.83) and man of the match Andy Jackson 3-0 (25.47). This gave the Devon mens B a 7-5 win and an overall lead at the end of day 1 of 11-7. A look at the ladies A team averages for the season to date showed that both teams had 3 players in the top 30 and with a single point separating the sides in the Ladies division an exciting encounter was expected. Somehow all of the 6 players in the top 30 avoided playing each other in the draw and the crowd were deprived of some potentially mouth-watering matches. Each of the aforementioned players won with some great averages. For the home side Rachael Lewis (21.78), Mary Garling (18.09) and Karen Roberts (20.31) and for Devon Chris Kinnaird 3-0 (17.95), Michelle Andrew 3-1 (18.41) and lady of the match Merryl Jarman 3-0 (18.56). After the 3-3 scoreline the match score stood at 14-10 to Devon and a further 5 points were required for victory from the remaining 12 mens games. The first game of the mens A match was a delight to watch. If the future of darts is in the hands of 18 year old, England Youth international, Ricky Evans and 22 year old Martin Davey then it is in very good hands. The result was almost secondary to the class shown by both young players who were applauded from the stage with the home side’s Evans (27.95) a 3-2 winner over Davey (27.25). After a victory for Northants in the second game of the match it was man of the match Pete Rice who ensured that any thoughts of a fight-back were thwarted, 3-2 (26.45). After another victory from the home side Devon reeled off a run of four wins which saw them reach the magical 19 point victory mark. The visitors wins came courtesy of Ginger Edwards 3-1 (20.33), Richard Dennis 3-1 (25.49), Trevor Perry with Devon men’s only 3-0 win of the day (25.47) and man of the weekend Neil Anstead 3-2 (20.53) on his debut in the A team. With the score now at 19-13 the last four games were shared with 3-1 wins for both Mike Beale (24.05) and Ian Knight (22.07) to bring mens A team a 7-5 win and Devon a 21-15 victory. |
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| Home Defeat for Devon | Devon suffered a rare home defeat as the hands of Suffolk in a close encounter at Heavitree Social Club. The match started badly for the hosts as they lost all of the first 5 games in the Ladies B match, only lady of the match Tracey Ware 3 – 0 (15.99), saving Devon from a whitewash. Devon’s men set off well in the men’s B match winning the 1st 3 games from Flynn Jones 3-1 (21.60), Neil Anstead and Andy Jackson both 3-1 (24.24) and closed the overall gap to a point before the visitors took game’s 4 & 5. John Imrie 3-2 (23.57) narrowed the gap again before the visitors again took two consecutive games to re-establish their 4 point lead. Devon again hit back through man of the match Lee Watts 3-2 (24.52), a return to the stage for Team Manager Paul Godbeer 3-1 (24.49) and Man of the weekend Andy Taylor 3-2 (23.53). But for a couple of missed doubles from Colin Greenslade in the best game of the day Devon would have finished the first day level. Colins 3-2 defeat left the score of the mens match 7-5 in the hosts favour and the overnight score at 10-8 to the visitors. Day 2 started with the Devon Ladies A team being out gunned in the first 4 games with the only bright light from their inspirational captain, Lady of the Match, Merryl Jarman 3-0 (20.88). With the visitors lead beck to 4 points Lady of the weekend Lyn Paine won a vital point 3-2 (18.10) followed by another great performance by Michelle Andrews 3-1 (19.45) to tie the ladies game 3-3 and reduce the margin to two points once more. If Devon were going to get anything out of the match they needed at least a 7-5 victory from the mens A team and needed to take the early initiative, unfortunately this was not to be with the visitors taking four of the first six games to return to the four point advantage. Pete Rice 3-2 (23.35) and Mike Beale 3-2 (25.14) being the Devon winners. A run of three winning games from Rob Irwin 3-1 (21.68), man of the match Martin Davey 3-0 (25.47) and Bryan Pincombe 3-1 (22.98) brought fresh hope of an escape as the visitors lead was again reduced to a single point. Unfortunately this was as close as the home side would get as the visitors picked off the final three games to win the mans A match 7-5 and the match 20-16. |
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| Fancy Dress | There are some pictures hosted on the BDO Players Forum. Follow the link from the links page and look in the Devon Section |
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| " Then the wheels fells off " | Devon made the trip to table toppers Bedfordshire with high hopes of a good result having had a great recent record against their hosts. Saturday started bleakly for the visitors as the home side moved into an early lead winning the first two games of the ladies B match before Lady of the Match Trish Penberthy pulled one back 3-1 (15.12). Next up Dot O’Shaughnessy walked into a whirlwind performance by Bedfordshire’s Jane Judges (21.47) before Tracey Ware again reduced the deficit with a 3-2 win (13.89). The hosts took the final game and the ladies match ended 4-2 to Bedfordshire. No-one was aware that what they were about to witness was to be one of the finest games of mens B team darts that anyone in the room could remember. The match started with John Imrie (24.12) missing match winning doubles before going down 3-2 to Dan Albon (23.77). Next up, man of the match Ginger Edwards (27.83) returned to form with a 3-0 win over Michael Smith (25.85) to level the scores at 1-1. Neil Anstead (24.22) hit an impressive 156 out on his way to a 3-2 win over Simon Parrott (24.22) to again close the overall gap to a single point before Paul Davis (25.61) lost out to Bill Wenglaryck (24.76). Arguably the match of the day followed with Flynn Jones (25.89) hitting two dart 88 and 78 finishes before losing 3-2 to the hosts Man of the Match Steve Fryer (29.45). At this point with both side sitting with a team average above 25 the crowd wondered must have thought that the high standard couldn’t possible continue, but it did. Andy Jackson (23.81) pulled the game score back to 3-3 with a 3-1 win over Mat Caste (21.80) before Lee Watts (23.65) also suffered from missed doubles on his way to a 3-2 defeat by Derek Hunt (26.74). Shawn Tubby (22.25) again levelled the mens scoreline with a 3-1 win over Andy Barr (21.22) and Brian Hodge pushed the men in front (22.99) with a much needed confidence boosting 3-2 win over Kevin Lowe (25.86). With the return to form of Man of the Weekend Chris Hunt (26.51) Devon levelled the match score at 8-8 when Chris beat Rob Clarke (24.15) 3-1. Hopes of taking an overall lead into day 2 were dashed however when both Andy Taylor and Paul Milford went down to make the final mens score 6-6 and the overnight score Bedfordshire 10 Devon 8. Although the averages tailed off slightly as the pressure mounted towards the end of the day the match average for the two mens teams worked out to an impressive 24.02. Sunday started in a great way for the visitors with Lady of the Weekend Lyn Paine (19.33) opening with a 3-1 win and Chris Kinnaird (16.34) following up with a fortuitous 3-0 after her opponent had missed doubles in both the 1st and 3rd legs. With the scores tied again the home side won the next game only for Mo Mortimer (17.98) to pull Devon level again winning 3-1. The next game was an absolute blinder with Michelle Andrews (19.92) coming back from two down to level before her opponent Shirley Williams (19.98) shot out on 110 to claim the game. Captain Merryl Jarman (21.38) put in another Lady of the Match performance to win the match for the ladies 4-2 and tie the match overall. Devon knew that they needed to make early inroads to stand any chance of beating their excellent opponents in the Mens A match. After losing the first game, Man of the match Matt Dickinson (26.04) pulled Devon level with a 3-1 win including a 127 shot out, and Captain Trevor Perry (22.96) put Devon in front for the first time in the weekend with a 3-1 win. With Devon leading 14-13 the wheels fell off. Winning only 1 leg of the next 16 and being reduced to a 10-2 defeat the Devon highlights were a 114 out by Martin Davy, 116 out by Richard Dennis and 3 x 180 by Paul Woolfenden. By their own admission the 22-14 score line flattered the hosts and Devon went the way of all of their other challengers this season. The match was, without doubt, one of the best inter county games for many years and Devon will still hope to be joining Bedfordshire in getting promoted at the end of the season. Having enjoyed many years of tight matches against each other Devon are hoping that Bedfordshire wont be going anywhere without them. |
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| Devon Superleague Knockout Cup Draw | Devon Superleague Knockout Cup Draw Premlims to be played on 5th April 2008 Ladies Prelim Team Venue 1. S. Club v Poltimore B - Snooker Club Exmouth Men’s Prelim Team Venue 1. Anchor v Torbay - Anchor Inn Bideford 2. Poltimore v Shipmates - Poltimore Arms Exeter 3. Hare & Hounds v Cockney Rebels - Hare & Hounds Tiverton 4. Exeter Eagles v South Molton Stags - The Kings Exeter First Round draw to be played on 19th April 2008 Ladies Venue Exeter Eagles v Torbay - The Kings Exeter Tivvy Ladies v Winner of game 1 - Whitbread Club Tiverton St Levan Inn Ladies v The Anchor - St Levan Inn Plymouth Poltimore A v Kates Rebels - Poltimore Arms Exeter Mens Venue Plymouth v Tivvy Hounds - Victoria Snooker Club Plymouth Filo Flyers v Winner of Game 3 - First inn Last Out Bideford Newton Mitzfitz v Bideford Royals - Keyberry Hotel Newton Abbott Winners of game 4 v Undertakers - Trust Me Boy’s v Barley Mow - Flukeys Barnstaple Yeoman v Winner of game 2 - Rolle Quay Barnstaple Winners of game 1 v Dawlish White Hart v Tiverton - White Hart Woodbury The Draw will be e-mailed or sent by Royal Mail shortly |
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| DEVON OPEN | After a very successful weekend I would like to thank Den & Mel on the smooth running of the competitions on Friday night and Saturday and Trevor on the Mixed pairs Sunday morning. Having spent until midnight Friday trying to make an impossible BDO programme work, Richard Dennis and Merryl Jarman deserve special thanks. Thanks must also go to Chris Harding and Brenda Ponting on a superb Tombola, the fact that they charged £1 every time someone went to the loo, was great. I would also like to thank Chris Kinnaird and Paul Hendy, Mike Beal, Lee Watts, John Imrie and Ian Knight for the hard work taking the boards down. Finally I must mention Martin Davey, who finally got out of bed to give a hand. Mo Mortimer (County Secretary) |
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| Away Trip Blues for Devon | The joys of a big home win on the first game of the season were short lived as Devon came crashing down by the same scoreline 22-14 on their long trip to Carlisle to meet Cumbria. Devon got off a bad start on Saturday as the womens B team lost the first 4 games before Christine Harding 3 -1 (15.02) and Lady of the B team Trish Penberthy 3-0 (15.66) regained a bit of respectability for the visiting team. The mens B team started off with, Man of the B, Barry Brewer 3 – 0 (27.13) raising the hopes that the 4-2 deficit would soon be pulled back, however the high hopes were short lived as the men never managed to win more than two games on the trot to gain any momentum and the day ended with a disappointing 7-5 defeat. Devon’s other victories coming from Flynn Jones 3-0 (23.86), Neil Anstead 3-0 (22.10), debutant John Imrie 3-2 (22.47) and Pete Rice 3-2 (22.65). The task starting the fight back from 11-7 down fell to the very strong Ladies A team and Joyce Wilson 3-2 (15.53) started the ball rolling, unfortunately Devon lost the next 3 games, including a defeat for Michelle Andrews who had won her previous 10 games. In the fifth game Lady of the A Merryl Jarman, once again played outstanding 3-0 (20.31) and has now herself won 10 games on the trot. Merryl was backed up by Lady of the Weekend Christine Kinnaird 3-1 (14.71) to tie the match 3-3. With the scorline at Cumbria 14 Devon 10 the Devon men were needing a massive win to gain the overall spoils. After a win in the first game by Captain Trevor Perry 3-0 (23.12) the Devon mens A team fell to pieces as one by one they tasted defeat. With the match score at 7-1 to the hosts the 9 hour coach journey home was looking even more bleak. Devon were, however, spared total embarrassment with 3 wins on the trot, started by Martin Davy 3-0 (23.86) for his first A team success, Man of the Weekend Matt Dickinson 3-2 (25.67) and Man of the A Richard Dennis 3-1 (27.66). Defeat in the final game left the men beaten 8-4 and the overall scoreline Cumbria 22 Devon 14. In recent years Devon, and the men in particular, do not seem to be able to cope with the long away trips and they will be glad to reflect that, of the other three away matches this season, the furthest they will need to travel will be to Northampton in February. |
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| Devon to form a County Youth Squad 2007 | Paul Woolfenden is planning with the backing of the County Committee to enter a youth team in the Southern Section of the Inter County Darts League starting in September 07. Paul is requesting that all interested youth players male and female, between the ages of 14 and 21 attend Heavitree Social Club on 22nd July. It is hoped that on that day the players will compete for the Presidents Cup, but it will also give Paul a chance to see who is interested in playing. Players need to register at 11.30a.m. to start playing at 12noon. Will all under 18 year olds please note that due to regulations governing children and young people you will only be allowed to travel with the squad if your parents are present or would be willing to nominate someone over 21 to travel with you. Any questions please contact Paul on 07855858657 or e mail woolfy180@tiscali.co.uk. |
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