DARTS: College celebrate ODDA title (From Oxford Mail)

DARTS: College celebrate ODDA title

3:48pm Monday 23rd March 2009 in Sport

It was drinks all round at the College Oak as their A team captured the Greene King ODDA Winter LeagueMen’s Section 1 title with a thrilling 5-4 win over Cowley Workers.

But they had to come from 3-0 down after Mo Oliver, Martin Buckland and Des Slezak put the visitors 3-0 ahead.

College Oak rallied as Barry Radford, Wes Topley and Michael Wilkes (180) made it 3-3, and a 2-1 pairs win sealed the match and the championship.

Rose Hill CC took a giant step towards the Section 2 crown with an 8-1 victory over Kidlington Green SC. They lead by eight points with two fixtures remaining.

Butchers Arms are second after a 6-3 win over Three Horseshoes, with Ian Moss, Pete Eagle (180), Alan Cookson and Martin Bull their singles winners.

Railway SC D are runaway winners of Section 3 as they made it 13 victories out of 13 with a 6-3 success over Quarry Gate, while College Oak B, bidding for second place, crashed to a shock 7-2 reverse at Cricketers.

Section 4’s title-decider brought together leaders Red Lion B at home to second-placed Folly Bridge.

The singles ended all square at 3-3 and it was visitors Folly who grabbed the glory with a 2-1 pairs success, to leave them just one point behind with a game in hand.

Section 5 leaders New Club have completed their fixtures and face an anxious wait to see if their seven-point lead will prove enough.

George Bar A have hit top form at the right time, their 6-3 victory over Lord Nuffield taking them to within seven points of the leaders.

Section 6 top dogs Nuffield Lounge B crashed to a 5-4 reverse at Sutton Courtenay FC, allowing second-placed Blackbird Bar to take over top spot by just one point thanks to a 7-2 win at third-placed Mason’s B.

In Section 9, leaders Queens Head made it 12 wins from 13 games as they saw off Catherine Wheel B 6-3, which means they take a four-point lead into their final game.

Prince of Wales took their points tally to an amazing 100 in 13 matches as they defeated Railway C 6-3 for their 13th win in a row to wrap up the Section 10 title.

l Entries for the Greene King ODDA Summer League should be submitted to Jim Baxendale (01865 430054) as soon as possible.

ODDA RESULTS.

Men’s Premier & Section 1: College Oak 5, Cowley Workers 4; Shears 6, White Horse 3.

Section 2: Nuffield A 4, Chequers A 5; Butchers 6, Three Horseshoes 3; North Oxford CC 7, Crown 2; Rose Hill A 8, Green Rd 1.

Section 3: Bullnose Morris A 4, Marston RBL 5; Cricketers Arms 7, College Oak B 2; Marsh Harrier 5, Masons Arms 4; Railway SC D 7, Quarry Gate 2.

Section 4: Nuffield Bar 4, George Bar B 5; Shelley B 5, Prince of Wales 4; Red Lion B 4, Follybridge 5; Green Rd SC A 2, Kings Arms 7.

Section 5: George Bar A 6, Lord Nuffield 3.

Section 6: S Courtenay FC 5, Nuffield Lounge 4; Masons Arms B 2, Blackbird Bar A 7; Original Swan B 3, Railway SC 6; Marston RBL B 5, Red Lion A 4.

Section 7: Red Lion 2, Nelson B 7; Vikings SC A 5, Kennington SC 4; Berinsfield CC 7, Railway SC E 2.

Section 8: White House 2, Nelson C 7.

Section 9: Queens Head 6, Catherine Wheel B 3; Blackbird Bar B 6, Black Swan 3; Red Lion 3, Vikings Vikings SC B 6; JR Hospital SC 5, Golden Ball 4.

Section 10: Crown House 6, Plough 0; Prince of Wales B 2, Gladiators SC 7; Prince of Wales 6, Railway SC C 3.

Ladies Premier & Section 1: Shelley D 3, Shelley C 6; Vikings SC A 7, Crown House 2; Berinsfield CC B 6, Quarry Gate C 3.

Section 2: Team Monarch 3, Florence Park B 6; Prince of Wales A 6, Grove House Club A 3.

Section 3: Railway SC B 5, Cricketers Arms A 4; Shelley A 3, Gladiators A 6; South Oxford SC 5, George Bar A 4; Donnington CC A 4, Three Horseshoes 5.

Section 4: Cherwell Club 4, Catherine Wheel D 5; Berinsfield C 3, Follybridge 6.

Section 5: Quarry Gate B 6, Six Bells B 3; Grove House B 2, Railway SC A 7; Marston RBL 3, Red Lion 6.

Section 6: Fairview Inn 6, Nuffield Bar B 3; Littlemore RFC 4, Masons Arms 5; Six Bells A 3, Jack Russell 6; Golden Ball A 4, Catherine Wheel 5.

Section 8: George Bar B 4, Crown Inn 5; JR Hospital SC B 4, Marston RBL B 5.

Section 9: Cowley CC A 4, Quarry Gate A 5; Cricketers B 5, Prince of Wales B 4.

THIS WEEK'S 180s.

K Krabben (Shears) 2, S Poyser (Quarry Gate Ladies C), M Wilkes (College Oak A), K Wilkins (Shears), P Eagle (Butchers Arms), T Buckingham (Butchers Arms), P Hutchins (Crown), G Grant (Rose Hill A), S Turner (Green Road SC), C Webb (Masons Arms), S Skelton (Railway SC D), M Worrell (Follybridge Inn), T Walton (Bullnose Morris), L Skelcher (George Bar A), S Weaving (Queens Head), T Brown (Railway).

100-PLUS FINISHES.

M Batsford (White Horse) 123, K Juggins (Nelson Inn C) 117, S Pollard (Quarry Gate) 116, K Young (White Horse) 114, M Moss (Nuffield Lounge A) 114, C Gerkin (Vikings SC Ladies) 108, R Reveley (Chequers Inn 108), D Latty (White Horse) 108, P Krabben (Shears) 107, S Gill (Original Swan) 105, J Adams (Crown Inn) 104, L Richards (Nuffield Lounge A) 101, J Taylor (Rose Hill CC) 100, B McNish (Masons Arms A) 100, S Pollard (Quarry Gate) 100.