DARTS: Swan close in on title crown (From Oxford Mail)

DARTS: Swan close in on title crown

7:07pm Monday 1st September 2008 in Sport

Original Swan moved a step nearer the Greene King ODDA Premier Section title with a stunning 8-1 victory against Rose Hill CC.

With just a game left, Swan have a 14-point lead on nearest rivals Railway Social Club, who won 6-3 at Bicester Town Football Club.

Littlemore British Legion look favourites to land the Section 2 title after a 5-4 win over their nearest rivals Cowley Workers Club. The result gave them a three-point cushion at the top.

Boundary House took a giant step towards the Section 6 title when an 8-1 win at Somerset House gave them an impressive seven-point lead over Bullnose Morris B, who won 8-1 against Red Lion.

RESULTS CHECK MEN'S SECTION Premier/Section 1: Bicester Town FC 3, Railway SC A 6; Original Swan 8, Rose Hill CC 1; Section 2: Littlemore RBL 5, Cowley Workers SC 4; Chequers Inn 4, Shelley Arms A 5; Three Horseshoes 6, Crown 3.

Section 3: Prince of Wales A 5, Marsh Harrier 4; Black Horse 4, North Oxford CC 5; Cherwell Club B 5, Masons Arms A 4.

Section 4: George Bar 7, Nuffield Lounge 2.

Section 5: Kings Arms 5, Folly Bridge Inn 4; Six Bells 5, George Inn 4.

Section 6: Red Lion 3, Bullnose Morris 6; Somerset House 1, Boundary House 8; Bullnose Morris B 8, Red Lion 1; Blackbird Bar B 4; Nelson 2, Masons Arms C 7; Gladiators SC 2, Jack Russell 7.

Section 7: Railway SC C 8, Prince of Wales B 1; Corner Hse 9, Crown Hse Club 0.

LADIES' SECTION Premier and Section 1: Quarry Gate D 1, Shelley C 8; Shelley D 5, Vikings SC 4. Section 2: East Oxford CC 5, Florence Park CC 4; Gladiators SC A 3.

Section 3: Prince of Wales 4, Donnington CC B 5; Three Horseshoes 6, Berinsfield CC 0.

Section 4: Littlemore RBL 2, Railway SC B 7; West Oxford Democrats Club 5, Shelley A 4; Six Bells B 4, Nuffield Bar B 5.

Section 5: Railway SC A 7, Six Bells A 2; Marston RBL 3, Cherwell Club 6.

Section 6: Fairview Inn 4, Quarry Gate B 5; Littlemore RC 3, Prince of Wales 6.

Section 7: Golden Ball A 4, Catherine Wheel 5; Shelley B 5, Crown 4; Masons Arms 6, Jack Russell 3.

Section 8: Gladiators SC B 5, Bullnose Morris 4; Section 9: Quarry Gate A 2, George Bar 7; JRSC B 7, Cowley CC A 2; Chequers Inn B 6, JRSC A 3.

THIS WEEK'S 180S M Moss (2) (Shelley A), S Jenkins (2) (Chequers), D Essey, A Thomas (Bicester Tn), O Varney, R Anderson, P Addison (Railway SC A), D Butler (Three H'shoes), D Ingram, N Baldwin (L'more RBL), S Jenkins (2), R Reveley (Chequers), W Bright (Prince of Wales), M Dobbin (Black Hse), P Brain, J Coates (N Oxford), A Jarvey (Masons Arms A), J Cole (George Bar), A Bremner (Vikings).

100+ finishes G Pearce 130 (Black Horse A), P Tarry 125 (Blackbird Bar A), F Parsons 125 (Blackbird Bar A), F Parsons 124 (Three Horseshoes), P Brain 122 (North Oxford CC), F Parsons 120 (Three Horseshoes), P Kennett 118 (Railway SC B), C East 117 (Railway SC B), P Rouse 116 (Original Swan), J Simmonds 116 (Prince of Wales A), D Ingram 114 (Littlemore RBL), R Cotterell 111 (Rose Hill CC), L Smith 103 (Folly Bridge Inn), D Ingram 103 (L'more RBL), O Varney 101 (Railway SC A).

MOST WINS MEN'S SECTION Premier Section: J Jukes (Original Swan) played 12, won 12; Section 1: D Exell (Shears) 10-11; Section 2: P Herman (Littlemore RBL) 9-10, N Baldwin (Littlemore RBL) 9-10, A Eckart (Littlemore RBL) 9-10, P Cook (Cowley Workers) 9-10, S Willoughby (Three Horseshoes) 9-10; Section 3: S Baker (Cherwell Club B) 10-11, P Brain (Nth Oxford CC ) 8-9; Section 4: S Tricker (Railway SC D) 9-9, B Farnsworth (Nuffield Bar A) 9-11, D Fawarey (Bowyers Arms) 9-11; Section 5: T Wheeler (Six Bells) 8-10, M Stocker (Kings Arms) 7-8, D Davies (Cricketers Arms) 7-8, N Russell (Grove Hse SC) 7-7; Section 6: C Sliney (Boundary Hse) 10-12, M Andrews (Lord Nuffield SC) 10-11, K Ashmall (Somerset House) 10-12; Section 7: A King (New Club) 11-11, L Turney (JRSC) 11-12; Section 8: G Millard (Fairview Inn) 12-12; Section 9: M Young (Berinsfield CC) 9-9, J Dowsing (Shelley Arms D) 10-10; Section 10: D Jenkins (Corner Hse) 10-10. J Janaway (Railway SC C) 8-8.

LADIES' SECTION Premier Sec: P Guy (Shelley Arms C) 9-9, K Ledbury (Shelley Arms C) 9-9; Section 1: C Chorley (Berinsfield) 8-9; Section 2: L Padbury (Florence Pk CC) 11-12, W Plowman (Grove House SC) 10-11; Section 3: B Walton (Cowley Workers) 9-11; S Murphy (Cricketers Arms) 9-11; Section 4: E Plumstead (R'way SC B) 9-10; L Singleton (Shelley Arms A) 9-11; Section 5: C Jeffs (Grove Hse SC B) 9-10, D Saunders (Red Lion) 9-10; Section 6: S Mobbs (Quarry Gt B) 11-12; Section 7: J Cartlidge (Jack Russell) 11-12; Section 8: L Gleeson (Gladiators SC B) 9-11; Section 9: B Baughan (Chequers Inn B) 10-12.