A GREAT turnout of 46 players took part in the last ranking points event, the League Singles, well up on last year.

All the top players were there, some of them needing points to secure their place on the plane to Shetland. With a big entry, some clashed in the first round and lost their chance. Most of the early losers were already assured their place, so four of the previously top ten were struggling to make it.

Not so Mark Louttit, who took his chance with some great darts and made the final. Defending champion, Stevie Linklater, was showing top form as he saw off some tough opposition to make the final once again and to assure top spot in the tanking table.

It turned out to be a great final as Mark took a 2-1 lead, had a chance to make it 3-1, but a missed double allowed the champion to draw level and take the next three games to record a 4-2 win and take the title once again. Both players should make the team to play Shetland, in Lerwick, on April 23.

Top places in the table are: Stevie Linklater 48 points, Brian Moar 38, Ivan Leslie 35, Kevin Gray 38, Paul Foubister 32, Derek Firth 27, Mark Louttit 24, Davy Cooper 22, Ian Linklater 21, Bruce Moar, 18, Willie Bremner 18, Robbie Stanger 15, Wayne Monkman 15, Ian Wilkie 14, Lee Macpherson 13, Brian Stevenson 12 and Colin Kirkpatrick 11. 

A further 28 players have points ranging from nine to two and includes 11 ‘B’ League players.

What can be said about the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, Agatha Christie would have struggled to write a script to compare to what is happening at the top, as last week, the Untouchables had taken a three point lead and a 12 game advantage over the Legion, so, with the Untouchables having a blank week, what did the Legion do? They whitewashed Untouchables ‘a’ 12-0 to draw eve on points and games difference, so it is down to a three-game shoot-out. 

The Legion have two of the bottom teams to play and the Untouchables have one. The other games are against teams in the top half and they could hold the key to the title’s destination.

Too many scorecards are not being handed in on time. the deadline is 12 noon on the Saturday, so there is no score from the Quoyburray v Wanderers game.

The Shapinsay v Meadowbank game was postponed as the boat had broken down.

There is no change at the top of the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, as the Golf Club and RBL2 shared the points in a 6-6 draw. It leaves the OGC four points ahead, with three games to go. 

There was no score from the Sands v Murray Arms game, or the Ayre v Fanooks one, but only the Fanooks can prevent the top two from collecting the silverware. 

The Shore had a very good 7-5 win over the Likely Lads who have fallen away in the second half.

There were 180s from Billy Ward, Bruce Moar, Ray Butcher, Gordon Rendall, Thorfinn Eunson, Derek Firth, Paul Foubister, two from Ivan Rendall and with Kevin Gray having three, it takes his total to 18 and well into the lead in the 180 table. His nearest challenger is Paul Foubister on 12.

There were high checkouts of 101 from Erlend Eunson, 106 and 112 from Ivan Leslie, 113 from Derek Farmer, 120 from Paul Foubister, 157 from David Kirkpatrick with Derek Firth striking 161, only three short of his highest 164.

That is the last domestic cup of the season, so all eyes now turn to the big one – the Kirkwall Open – which carries a top prize of £500, with lots of other prizes, for example £100 for the top lady and top ‘B’ registered player, plus a big raffle and food all day. It takes place in the Masonic Club on Saturday, March 27. Names in by 1.30pm. 

Thanks go to main sponsors Tennent's Lager, J. W. Gray, K-DDL, Williamson’s Butcher, Masonic Club and KT Sports.

Tickets for the presentation ‘Do’ are now on sale from the secretary. It will be held on Friday, April 16. The Charity Doubles will be held on Friday, April 30. Both in the Masonic Club.
 

RESULTS

LEAGUE SINGLES

Final – Stevie Linklater 4, Mark Louttit 2.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE

Commodore 9, Quoyburray ‘b’ 3; Shapinsay v Meadowbank postponed; Quoyburray v Wanderers no score; Untouchables ‘A’ 0, Legion 12. No game – Untouchables.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE

Shore 7, Likely Lads 5; RBL2 6, OGC 6; Sands v Murray Arms no score; Wanderers ‘B’ 7 Tankerness 5; Ayre v Fanooks no score.

 

FIXTURES

Monday, March 22

WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE

Commodore v Untouchables ‘A’; Shapinsay v Legion; Quoyburray v Quoyburray‘B’; Untouchables v Meadowbank. No game – Wanderers.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE

Murray Arms v Likely Lads; Sands v OGC; Ayre v Wanderers ‘B’; Shore v Tankerness; RBL2 v Fanooks.

 

Saturday, March 27

Kirkwall Open in the Masonic Club, at 1.30pm.

 

WILLIAMSON’S BUTCHER ‘B’ LEAGUE

  ---------------------- P    W    D    L    F    A    Pts

OGC-----------------15    13    2    0    142    38    41

RBL2----------------15    12    1    2    120    60    37

Fanooks------------14    9    3    2    102    66    30

Wanderers ‘B’-----15    8    2    5    108    72    26

Murray Arms-------14    8    0    6    92    86    24

Likely Lads---------15    5    4    6    85    95    19

Sands---------------14    5    1    8    70    98    16

Shore---------------15    5    0    10    69    111    15

Tankerness-------15    1    0    14    48    132    3

Ayre-----------------14    0    1    13    49    119    1

 

 

24 players entered for the Tom Notman Cup, the same number as last season. 

Only three non-registered players entered and of them, Arthur Barnett made the most impact, taking out the league president in the first round. 

A lot of the top players were missing. Maybe it was the 301 double start format which put them off. Even so, their absence didn't detract from the standard of play. 

With it being a 301 double start game, 180 are very unusual, but Stevie Linklater hit two in the one game as he powered his way to the final in defence of the cup he won last year. 

In the top half, Colin Barnett hit true form to make the final where he took the first leg with the throw. Stevie levelled it at 1-1 and with Colin failing to start right away, Stevie stepped in and took the game, to become the first player to defend the cup in its 13th year. 

The Williamson’s ‘A’ League is still wide open between the top two. 

Untouchables took advantage of the Legion having their blank week to go three points clear and increase their games average by beating Quoyburray 10-2, but the Legion have their chance this week, as the Untouchables have their blank week.

The only team who can stop the second-placed team are the Wanderers after a 9-3 defeat of Shapinsay, who remain bottom, but to do so, they must win all their remaining games and the Legion must lose theirs. 

Meadowbank had a fine 9-3 win over the Commodore and Untouchables ‘A’ remain in fourth place with a 8-4 win over Quoyburray ‘B’, who are just above Shapinsay in the wooden spoon stakes, and they still have to meet.

The Williamson’s ‘B’ League looks all over after RBL2 crashed 7-5 out in the ’Hope. It allowed the Golf Club to go four points clear after beating The Shore in a 12-0 whitewash, and with only four games to go, one wouldn't bet on the outcome, as they meet RBL2 this week. But stranger things have happened. 

And, joy at last, as the Ayre picked up their first point on the season, by holding the Likely Lads to a 6-6 draw. 

The Sands had a good 8-4 win in Tankerness and the Fanooks are very clear in third place after beating Wanderers ‘B’ 8-4 and are now only six points behind second-placed RBL2 and they still have to play each other.

There were 180s from Bruce Moar, Colin Kirkpatrick, Hamish Baillie, Raymond Foubister, Ian Linklater, Brian Stevenson, Rodney Spence, Ray Butcher, Cammy Scott, Eddie Craigie and two from Mike Barnett.

There were high finishes of 100 from Craig Rendall, 103 from Steven Walls, 106 from Leigh Shearer, 110 from Ian Wilkie, 117 from Roy Foubister, 124 from Hamish Baillie, 130 from Andrew Moar and 143 from Wayne Monkman.

Friday night it is the big one, the League Singles, the last ranking event for registered players only. It is in the Masonic Club. at 7.30pm.

There will be a committee meeting on Wednesday, March 17, in the Masonic Club, at 8pm. It is important that all committee members attend, as the team for Shetland will be selected 

RESULTS

TOM NOTMAN MEMORIAL CUP

Final – Stevie Linklater 2, Colin Barnett 1.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE

Untouchables 10, Quoyburray 2; Wanderers 9, Shapinsay 3; Meadowbank 9,

Commodore 3; Quoyburray ‘B’ 4, Untouchables ‘A’ 8.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE

Murray Arms 7, RBL2 5; OGC 12, Shore 0; Likely Lads 6, Ayre 6; Fanooks 8, Wanderers ‘B’ 4; Tankerness 4, Sands 8.

 

FIXTURES

Friday, March 12

LEAGUE SINGLES

Masonic Club, at 7.30pm.

 

Monday, March 15

WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE

Wanderers v Untouchables; Meadowbank v Quoyburray; Quoyburray ‘B’ v Shapinsay; Legion v Commodore. No game – Untouchables ‘A’.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE

OGC v Murray Arms; Likely Lads v RBL2; Fanooks v Shore; Tankerness v Ayre; Wanderers ‘B’ v Sands.

 

WILLIAMSON’S BUTCHER ‘A’ LEAGUE

 -------------------------- P    W    D    L    F    A    Pts

Untouchables-----   13    12    0    1    123    33    36

Legion-----------------13    11    0    1    111    33    33

Wanderers-----------13    8    1    4    86    70    25

Untouchables ‘A’---13    7    0    6    79    77    21

Meadowbank-------12    6    1    5    76    68    19

Commodore--------13    5    2    6    73    83    17

Quoyburray----------12    2    1    9    51    93    7

Quoyburray ‘B’-----12    0    3    9    40    114    3

Shapinsay----------12    0    2    10    33    111    2

 

BOTH the top two teams in the Williamson’s ‘A’ League had 10-2 wins. 

The leaders, the Untouchables, beat the Commodore and the Legion beat Meadowbank, so there is still only two games in it. 

Wanderers moved clear into third place after a narrow 7-5 defeat of Untouchables ‘A’. Quoyburray moved clear of the wooden spoon after a 10-2 win over Shapinsay who remainin bottom place, without a win.

In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, the Golf Club retain top spot, but only just, after beating Wanderers ‘B’ 7-5. That allowed RBL2 to catch up on some games after a 8-4 win over The Shore. 

The Fanooks are well clear in third place after a good 8-4 defeat of the Sands, but they are ten points off the top. The Ayre have still to win a game, but they came close out at the ’Hope, only losing out 7-5. The Likely Lads got back on the winning trail with a 9-3 defeat of Tankerness.

There were 180s from Robert Gatt, Neil Drever, Jim Harcus, Derek Ward snr, Alan Gray, Brian Murray, Ali Flett, Martin Peace, Willie Bremner, Leigh Shearer, Stevie Linklater, Robbie Stanger, Hamish Baillie, Gary Ward and two from Colin Barnett and Bruce Moar. That takes the total of 180s to 201 for the season up to now.

There were high checkouts of 100 from Derek Ward snr, 100 and 108 from Gordon Rendall, 108 from Brian Moar, 102 and 112 from Andrew Rendall, 104 from Willie Bremner, 109 and 110 from Paul Foubister, 101 from Kevin Gray, 114 from Ian Linklater, 116 from Derek Firth, 120 from Ivan Leslie and 121 from Stevie Linklater. In the ‘B’ Doubles, Sean Stanger had a 100 checkout, Ross Donaldson a 137 and Michael Moonie a 148.

There was not a big entry for the ‘B’ League Doubles – only 14 pairs – well down on last year, with nearly half the entries coming from two teams.

The holders went out at the quarter-final stage, so new champions were assured, as none of the other pairs had won it before. Two cracking semi-finals saw two pairs from the Wanderers emerge to the final. Robert Gatt and James Flett had been scoring and finishing well all night and in the final against Oli Bethwaite and Cammy Scott they showed excellent form, averaging 79.1 as they raced to a 4-0 win. Cammy was beaten in the finalist ast year as well.

Tomorrow, Friday, it is back to ranking points with the League Doubles taking place in the Royal British Legion. Names is by 7.30pm. It is the second last ranking event.
 

RESULTS

‘B’ LEAGUE DOUBLES

Final – Robert Gatt ad James Flett 4, Oli Bethwaite and Cammy Scott 0.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE

Quoyburray 10, Shapinsay 2; Untouchables 10, Commodore 2; Wanderers 7,

Untouchables ‘A’ 5; Meadowbank 2, Legion 10. No game – Quoyburray ‘B’.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE

RBL2 8, Shore 4; Murray Arms 7, Wanderers ‘B’ 5; Likely Lads 9, Tankerness

3; Fanooks 8, Sands 4.

 

FIXTURES

Friday, February 26

League Doubles, in the Royal British Legion, at 7.30pm.

 

Friday, March 5

Tom Notman Cup, in the Royal British Legion, at 7.30pm.

 

Monday, March 1

WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE

Untouchables v Quoyburray; Wanderers v Shapinsay; Meadowbank v Commodore;

Quoyburray ‘b’ v Untouchables ‘A’. No game – Legion.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE

Murray Arms v RBL2; OGC v Shore; Likely Lads v Ayre Fanooks v Wanderers ‘B’;

Tankerness v Sands.

 

WILLIAMSON’S BUTCHER ‘A’ LEAGUE

--------------------------------P    W    D    L    F    A    Pts

Untouchables -----------11    10    0    1    101    31   30

Legion---------------------11    10    0    1    99    33    30

Wanderers---------------11    7    0    4    71    61    21

Untouchables ‘A’-------11    6    0    5    66    66    18

Commodore ------------11    5    1    5    64    68    16

Meadowbank------------10    4    1    5    60    60    13

Quoyburray--------------11    2    1    8    49    83    7

Quoyburray ‘B’----------10    0    3    7    36    94    3

Shapinsay---------------10    0    2    8    30    90     2   

 A RATHER disappointing entry of only 31 came forward for the T Pirie Singles out in Quoyburray.

Although not a KDDL fixture, the team representing the Kirkwall Legion at the Highlands and Islands Area finals, Stevie LInklater, Davie Cooper, Alan Gray and Paul Foubister won the team competition, with Stevie also winning the singles. It took place in Inverness yesterday, Saturday 13th Feb. Well done boys!

The ranking points section of the website has now been updated after the latest ranking event which was the Pirie Singles in the Quoyburray on Friday. Kevin Gray was the winner. More details to come.

 

IT was the usual teams that entered for the Henderson Cup, nine in total: six A teams and three B teams. Over the season it has been more or less the same teams that have entered.

No real surprises but Wanderers B did take the Wanderers from the A League to the play-off game before going down 7-6. Both Legion and Untouchables had easy runs to the semi-final stage and in that Untouchables beat Legion 7-2.

In the bottom half, Wanderers were beating Untouchables A 7-4 to make the final.
In the final Wanderers raced into a 5-1 lead at the half-way stage, only needing two more for the win and it did not take them long to run out winners by 7-3.

In the nine team cups played, there have been five different winners with Untouchables winning three, Legion two, OGC two, and one each for Wanderers and RBL2.

There were 180s from Ian Wilkie, Robbie Stanger, Brian Murray, Brian Moar and two from Wayne Monkman.

There was a 104 finish from Brian Murray, Ivan Leslie, Craig Taylor, with Bruce Moar getting a 127.
With the leagues now underway, team captains are reminded that score cards are to be left in the Legion Club by noon on Saturday and all 180s recorded on the back of the card.

With all the team cups finished, players can now concentrate on getting ranking points to ensure they are in the team for Shetland on April 23.

There are still 30 points up for grabs and the next one is on Friday, February 12 out in Quoyburray for the T Pirie Singles, names in by 7.30pm.

The following Friday, February 19, the B players get their chance to shine as it's the B League Doubles in the Masonic Club. If any player knows the Doubles Cup whereabouts, let the secretary know.

The Kirkwall Open which carries a £500 prize is booked for Saturday, March 27 in the Masonic.

RESULTS
Henderson Cup final: Wanderers beat Untouchables 7-3.

FIXTURES
Monday, February 8, Williamsons A League: Commodore v Quoyburray; Quoyburray B v Meadowbank; Legion v Wanderers; Untouchables A v Untouchables; No game - Shapinsay. Williamsons B League: Fanooks v Likely Lads; Tankerness v OGC; Wanderers B v Murray Arms; Ayre v RBL2; Sands v Shore.
Friday, February 12, in Quoyburray, 7.30pm: T Pirie Singles.
Friday, February 19, in Masonic, 7.30pm: B League Doubles.

 TEN teams entered for the Spiers Cup, six A League and four B League teams and it was Wanderers B of the B League who made headlines as they took out Quoyburray of the A League 4-3. Then came the big one, the defending cup holders, Legion, who they beat also 4-3. That put them into the semi-final against Wanderers A but it all came to an end for the B side as they went down 4-2.

 

Please visit the inter-county news page for the latest ranking points totals.

There are new photos on the photos and cup results pages as well.

THE first team cup of the new year attracted 40 players, making up nine teams with four from the B league and five from the A.

It was the Golf Club, from the ‘B’ League, who made the most of the occasion as they made it to the semi-final with a great 4-1 win over one of the fancied teams, Untouchables ‘A’.  Waiting for them was the Legion and they took them to a 3-3 score, before losing out on the play-off. 

The defending champions had no trouble making the final, with a 4-2 win over the Wanderers. So, it was a repeat of last year’s final, but this time it was the Legion who come out on top, taking the play-off game to win 4-3.

It is not often that 180s are scored in a 301 double start game, but Ian Wilkie managed one. There were high finishes of 100 from Ian and Stevie Linklater, 105 from James Flett, 114 from Davy Cooper and top spot went to Brian Moar with 144.

On Friday, it is on to the first of the new year’s ranking events, the Commodore Singles. Names to be in by 8pm.

On Monday it will be the last of the team cup games with the Henderson Cup being played in the Royal British Legion. Names to be in by 7.30pm. Remember that reserves can be used in all team cup games.

In the Legion men’s singles and doubles, 45 men entered for the singles which was won by Stevie Linklater and Stevie, along with his brother Ian also won the doubles. There were 23 doubles entered.

RESULTS

Swanney Cup final – Legion 4, Untouchables 3.

Legion Men’s Singles – won by Stevie Linklater.

Legion Men’s Doubles – won by Stevie Linklater and Ian Linklater.

 

FIXTURES

Friday, January 22

Commodore Singles, in the Commodore, at 8pm.

 

Monday, January 25

Henderson Cup in the Royal British Legion, at 7.30pm.

THE cup games continue on Monday, January 18, with the Spiers Cup being played in the Masonic Club at 7.30pm. It is for teams of four to six, as reserves can now be played in all team cup games.

It is only two weeks until the leagues resume. Hopefully, the weather will have improved so that there are no postponements, as catching up isn’t easy.

There have been some alterations to the cup fixture lists, notably the ‘B’ League Doubles will now be on Friday, February 19, the Tom Notman Cup on Friday, March 5 and the League Singles on March 12. The venues are the same as before.

Friday night is an important one for the Legion men’s players, with the singles and doubles being held in the club, with names in by 7.15pm. It is important because the winners of both the singles and the doubles, along with the singes runner-up will represent the club in the Northern Area play-offs in Inverness in February. So, let’s have a good turnout of paid up members and remember, only registered players can play in league cup games.

The first committee meeting of the new year will be held in the Masonic Club on Wednesday, January 20, a 8pm. With the trip to Shetland to be finalised, it is important that all committee members attend.

On Friday, January 22, it is back to ranking points events with the Commodore Singles. Names in by 8pm. Registered players only ‘A’ or ‘B’. Players are reminded that points are needed if they want to go to Shetland, as only the top scoring players will be selected.

FIXTURES
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
Legion Men’s Singles and Doubles, at 7.15pm.

MONDAY, JANUARY 18
Spiers Cup in the Masonic Club, at 7.30pm.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22
Commodore Singles in the Commodore, at 8pm.

IT is time to get the arrows out again, as the first of the four January cups gets underway on Monday, January 11. It is the Swanney Cup for teams of four to six players and will be played in the Royal British Legion Club, starting at 7.30pm. It is open to ‘A’ and ‘B’ League teams.

The next ranking points game is the Commodore Singles, which will be played
on Friday, January 22, with names in by 8pm.

The next committee meeting is on Wednesday, January 20, in the Masonic Club,
at 8pm.

Both leagues resume on Monday, February 1.

Captains are reminded that reserves can be used in team cup games.

There was a great entry of 63 players for the Festive Singles, the biggest
entry outwith the Kirkwall Open since the heydays of the 1980s and as it was
a ranking points event, only registered players could be awarded points.

As it turned out by the points starting time, only one non-registered
player, Michael Bain, now residing in Aberdeen, remained. He was the player
who had travelled the longest distance, but there were players from the West
Mainland, Burray, South Ronaldsay, Quoyburray and Westray. It was great to
see all the younger players entering, after all, they are the foundation for
the future of Kirkwall and District Darts League.

With so many players entered, some big names bit the dust early on and, of
course, got no points. By the semi-final time, there were very familiar
names left, with Brian Moar and defending champion Stevie Linklater beating
Wayne Monkman and Derek Firth. The score in the final of 4-1 to Stevie looks
very one-sided, but it was far from that and if Brian could have hit his
doubles, it could have been very different. But, with the form that Stevie
is in, you cannot give him any chances.

A total of 13 180s were scored, with one each from Jim Brown, Aaron Moar, R.
Brass, Robbie Stanger, Davy Cooper, two from Kevin Gray and three each from
Willie Bremner and Derek Firth, which brings the total to 143 for the first
half of the season, five down on last year.The table is led by Kevin Gray
and Paul Foubister, both on ten. They both play for the Legion.

There were high checkouts of 100  and 128 from Stevie Linklater, 103 from
Steven Gray, 112 and 113 from Derek Firth, 115 from Kevin Gray, 116 from Jim
Flett, 120 from Mark Louttit and 120 from Brian Moar.

The ranking points table has Stevie Linklater on 31 points, Paul Foubister
on 21 and Brian Moar on 16.

The winner of the raffle was James Gray, with the second prize going to Ross
Groundwater.

RESULT
Festive Singles Final – Stevie Linklater 4, Brian Moar 1.

 

 

TWO very contrasting games saw the East v West games end at one cup each. 

The ‘B’ game was very close and went to the very last game. Two each after the doubles, the East boys took the lead after winning the singles 5-3 and at 7-5 only required one more game with three to play but the West took all three to retain the cup by an 8-7 result. It makes the overall score 9-5 to the East. 

The ‘A’ game couldn’t have been more of a contrast as the East completely dominated and, after being 2-1 up, the West only won one more game as the East took the singles 9-3 and quickly took the first two doubles to run out 11-3 winners and the overall score to 29-7 in the East’s favour. Surprisingly only two 180s were recorded one from each side from Steven Walls and Denny S and both from boys in the ‘B’ teams. 

Out shots include a 106 from Ivan Leslie, 110 from Kevin Sarling and 113 from Wayne Monkman. 

Both the Williamson’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ leagues have reached the half-way stage and both are led by the two only undefeated teams. 

In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League the Legion whitewashed Quoyburray 12-0 to lead by three points but, just as importantly, increasing their games difference over second-placed Untouchables who were 10-2 winners over Quoyburray ‘B’. The Untouchables ‘A’ move up into third spot on game difference after a 9-3 defeat of Shapinsay who occupy bottom spot. 

The Wanderers are level on points with the Untouchables ‘A’ after a close 7-5 win over Meadowbank but both teams are six points behind the second placed team in the Williamson’s ‘B’ League. 

There’s no stopping the Golf Club as they clocked up another big score. This time it was the Likely Lads on the receiving end of a 10-2 beating. It takes their average score just short of 10-2 for each game. 

Still clear in second spot are RBL2 after beating Tankerness 11-1. The Wanderers ‘B’ are in third spot by beating the Shore 10-2 but they are seven points off second place and could be overtaken by the Fanooks if they win their postponed game. 

They had a narrow 7-5 win over the Murray Arms and the Ayre are still looking for their first point after going down 7-5 to the Sands who are doing all right on their return to league darts. 

There were 180s from Derek Sutherland, Martin Peace, Aaron Mitchell, Brian Murray, Brian Stevenson, Michael Montgomery, Graham Louttit, Ivan Leslie, Paul Foubister, Kevin Gray, Keith Brumpton, and two from Ian Wilkie and Stevie Linklater. 

High checkouts included a 100 from Martin Peace who also had a 110 , Colin Barnett had a 100. Trevor Shearer and Robert Petrie had a 107, with  a 108 from Jimmo Gunn and Brian Moar, 114 from Ivan Leslie, Willie Laird a 117, Jamie Robertson a 129 with a 148 from Neil Tait and 154 from Robbie Stanger. 

Top of the ‘A’ table is Robbie Stanger and Davie Cooper, both on 154, and both play for the Untouchables. 

Leading the ‘B’ table is Ray Butcher of RBL2 with 156 on Friday, there’s a chance to better that as the last tournament before the break is played. It’s the festive singles and it’s open to any player and has cash prizes. It’s also a ranking points competition. 

The festive prize raffle will also be held. Very few ticket counterfoils have been returned and the deadline is 8 pm tomorrow night in the Royal British Legion Club so get them in sold or unsold.

RESULTS

Inter League Team Challenge Cups

East 11, West 3; West ‘B’ 8, East ‘B’ 7.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League

Meadowbank 5, Wanderers 7; Untouchables 10, Quoyburray 2; Quoyburray 0, Legion 12; Shapinsay 3, Untouchables ‘A’ 9; no game – Commodore.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League

Likely Lads 2, GC 10; Murray Arms 5, Fanooks 7; RBL2 11, Tankerness 1; Shore 2, Wanderers ‘B’ 10; Sands 7, Ayre 5.

FIXTURES

Friday, December 11

Festive singles – Royal British Legion at 7.30 p.m.

WITH only one game to go before the Christmas break, both Williamson’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ Leagues are more or less down to two teams each, as in the ‘A’ League, six points is the difference between second and third place and in the ‘B’ League, it is seven points.

The Legion are still top of the Williamson’s ‘A’ League after beating Shapinsay 10-2, the same score as the Untouchables beat Meadowbank.

Untouchables ‘A’ had a 9-3 win over the Commodore who, after a promising start, have faltered a little. Wanderers, who had a week off, share third place with Untouchables ‘A’.

The local battle in Quoyburray saw Quoyburray gain their first point in a 6-6 draw with Quoyburray ‘B’, but better things were to come for Quoyburray as they beat Shapinsay 8-4 in the postponed game, which moved them off bottom place.

In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, there is no stopping the golf boys as they remain unbeaten after a 11-1 win over the Sands. RBL2 are keeping up, more or less, after a 9-3 win over the Fanooks who had a 9-3 win over The Shore in last week’s game. But even in the Fanooks win their outstanding game, they are still going to be five points adrift of second place.

The Likely Lads are in third place at the moment, after their 8-4 defeat of the Murray Arms. But on equal points are Wanderers ‘B’ who also won 10-2 over the Ayre who are the only team left with no points. The Shore picked up some useful points with a 8-4 win over Tankerness.

There were 180s from Ivan Leslie, Trevor Shearer, Ian Linklater, Michael Montgomery, Andrew Rendall, Callum Miller and two from Neil Tait and Derek Ward snr.

There were high finishes of 100 from Wayne Monkman and Colin Barnett, 110 from Paul Foubister, 112 from Paddy in a 15-darter, 117 from Willie Laird and Leigh Shearer, 120 from Ian Linklater 124 from Derek Farmer and moving up a bit, a 129 from Jim Harcus, 130 from David Kirkpatrick and 131 from Jamie Robertson.

It is a big night on Friday, with the annual East v West being played in the Masonic Club, at 8pm. The East hold the ‘A’ trophy and the West the‘B’ trophy. With both sides at full strength, it should be a great night.

Next Friday, December 11, the leagues clue up until after the festive break with the aptly-named Festive Singles. It is an open competition, with cash prizes and as it is a ranking tournament, only registered players can earn points. The raffle will be held as well, so get those tickets back, sold or unsold.

RESULTS

WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Untouchables ‘A’ 9, Commodore 3; Legion 10, Shapinsay 2; Quoyburray ‘B’ 6, Quoyburray 6; Meadowbank 2, Untouchables 10; Shapinsay 4, Quoyburray 8. No game – Wanderers.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Likely Lads 8, Murray Arms 4; OGC 11, Sands 1; Wanderers ‘B’ 10, Ayre 2; Tankerness 4, Shore 8; Fanooks 3, RBL2 9; Shore 3, Fanooks 9.

FIXTURES
Friday, December 4
East v West, in the Masonic Club, at 8pm.

Friday, December 11
Festive Singles in the Royal British Legion at 7.30pm and the festive raffle at 10.30pm.

There was a terrible entry for the Cricket Singles and Doubles as only nine players, bothered to enter for the Cricket shields. Six A players, two B players and one non-playing captain. It is the lowest total ever for a trophy competition.

 Having said all that, the darts was of the highest standard and even included three bulls - that's six wickets in darting terms. But it did not help Martin Peace as he lost 2-1 in the final to Brian Stevenson. Brian was also a winner in the Doubles as he partnered Alan Gray to a 2-0 finals win over Davy Cooper and Trevor Pirie.

 The top two in the Williamson's A League have opened up quite a gap over the rest after the leaders, Legion, completely outplayed Commodore 10-2. Untouchables beat Wanderers 8-4 and moved clear in second spot with Wanderers still in third spot but have played a game more.

Meadowbank move up a couple of places after defeating Quoyburray 9-3 and points for both Shapinsay and Quoyburray B as they share the points in a 6-6 draw. That leaves Quoyburray as the only team in the top league without a point.

 It is looking very much like a two horse race in the Williamson's B League as a big gap opens up between the top two and the rest. Golf Club still lead after seeing off Murray Arms 10-2. Clear in second spot are RBL2 with a 10-2 win over Likely Lads. Points at last for Tankerness with an 8-4 defeat of Ayre who have still to score a point.

 Wanderers B had a good 8-4 win at the Sands. Once again Fanooks had a game postponed, that's two on the trot and these games must be played before the end of the first half, which is next week.

 There were 180s from Ross Donaldson, Sean Stanger, Neil Tait, Alan Gray, Brian Moar, Kevin Gray, Paul Hourston and two from Brian Stevenson. That takes the 180s to over the 100 mark.

There were high finishes of a 111 from Ian Linklater; Robbie Stanger had a 114 and 121; 118 came from Graham Louttit and Wilf Tulloch; Willie Bremner had a 120; and topping the table with a 154 is Davy Cooper.

 Next big game is the East versus West in the Masonic on Friday, December 4. No call-offs as yet but if they are, let the team captains know so reserves can be told.

Don't forget those raffle tickets.

 RESULTS

Williamson's A League: Untouchables 8, Wanderers 4; Quoyburray 3, Meadowbank 9; Shapinsay 6, Quoyburray B 6; Commodore 2, Legion 10; No game - Untouchables A.

 Williamson's B League: Murray Arms 2, OGC 10; RBL2 10, Likely Lads 2; Ayre 4, Tankerness 8; Sands 4, Wanderers B 8; Shore v Fanooks, postponed.

 Cricket Singles final: Brian Stevenson beat Martin Peace 2-1. Cricket Doubles final: Brian Stevenson & Alan Gray beat Davy Cooper & Trevor Pirie 2-0.

 

FIXTURES

Monday, November 30: Williamson's A League: Meadowbank v Wanderers; Untouchables v Quoyburray B; Quoyburray v Legion; Shapinsay v Untouchables A; No game - Commodore.

Williamson's B League: Likely Lads v OGC; Murray Arms v Fanooks; RBL2 v Tankerness; Shore v Wanderers B; Sands v Ayre.

Friday, December 4, in Masonic, 8pm: East v West, A and B.

It’s congratulations to Roy Griffiths of RBL2 on being voted star player of
the month by Darts World for his six dart 301 double start cup game. He wins
a dartboard from the publication.

The Legion are back at the top of the Williamson’s ‘A’ League after a 9-3
defeat of Untouchables ‘A’. They lead by three points over Untouchables who
didn’t have a game. None of the other teams are showing much of challenge,
with Meadowbank being held to a 6-6 draw with Shapinsay who collect their
first point. Wanderers got no problems from Quoyburray as they ran out 9-3
winners. It takes them level in second place, but they have played a game
more. Quoyburray ‘B’ gained their first point by holding high-flying
Commodore to a 6-6 draw.

The top two undefeated teams in the Williamson’s ‘B’ League clashed up at
the Golf Club and it was the home team who came out on top with a 9-3 defeat
of RBL2. The Likely Lads had a narrow 7-5 win over The Shore and appear to
be the main challengers for one of the top spots. Also showing are Wanderers
‘B’ after a 10-2 trouncing of Tankerness. But don’t count out Murray Arms.
They had a good 9-3 win over the Sands and move up into third place. The
Fanooks v Ayre match was postponed. Team captains are reminded that
postponed games must be played within a week of the original date.

There were 180s from Martin Peace, Aaron Mitchell, Callum Miller, Roy
Griffiths, Ross Donaldson, Ivan Leslie, Willie Bremner, Fraser Laird, Leigh
Shearer and two from Kevin Gray and Billy Ward.

There were high checkouts of 104 from Steven Gray, Martin Peace and Michael
Montgomery, 105 from Michael Muir, 110 from Michael Moodie, 115 from Roy
Griffiths and 141 from Ray Butcher.

Friday sees the Cricket Singles and Doubles which will be played in the Masonic Club. Names to be in by 7.30pm.

The East team to play the West on Friday, December 4, in the Masonic Club,
is: captain Jim Scollie, Derek Firth, Paul Foubister, Kevin Gray, Ivan
Wilkie, Brian Moar, Wayne Monkman, Alli Flett and Leigh Shearer. Reserves:
Martin Peace and Brian Stevenson. Reserve team: captain Trevor Pirie, Keith
Brumpton, Ross Donaldson, Steven Walls, Neil Drever, Roy Griffiths, Ray
Butcher, James Flett and Robbie Gatt. Reserves: Mike Barnett and Aaron Moar.Any player unable to play should inform their team captain.

Only 24 players turned out for The Shore Singles, which is a ranking points
tournament. So lots of players missed out on improving their total. With
such a small entry, some big names fell at the first hurdle, but by
semi-final time four very familiar faces were present. In the first
semi-final, Stevie Linklater beat his brother Ian and in the other, Paul
Foubister took out Brian Moar, but in the final, found Stevie too hot to
handle and lost 4-0.

Five 180s were scored by Bruce Moar, Alan Gray, Stevie Linklater and two
from Paul Foubister to take his total to nine. The only high finish was a
120 from Brian Stevenson.

RESULTS
SHORE SINGLES FINAL
Stevie Linklater 4, Paul Foubister 0

WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Quoyburray ‘B’ 6, Commodore 6; Meadowbank 6, Shapinsay 6; Wanderers 9,
Quoyburray 3; Legion 9, Untouchables ‘a’ 3. No game – Untouchables.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Likely Lads 7, Shore 5; OGC 9, RBL2 3; Murray Arms 9, Sands 3; Tankerness 2,
Wanderers ‘B’ 10; Fanooks v Ayre postponed.

WILLIAMSON’S BUTCHER ‘A’ LEAGUE
 ==============P    W    D    L    F    A    Pts
Legion=========5    5    0    0    43    17    15
Untouchables===5    4    0    1    44    16    12
Wanderers=====6    4    0    2    41    31    12
Commodore====6    3    1    2    40    32    10
Untouchables ‘A’=6    3    0    3    35    37    9
Meadowbank====5    2    1    2    35    25    7
Shapinsay======4    0    1    3    10    38    1
Quoyburray ‘B’===5    0    1    4    15    45    1
Quoyburray=====4    0    0    4    13    35    0

FIXTURES
Friday, November 20
Cricket Singles and Doubles in the Masonic Club, at 7.30pm.

Monday, November 23
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Untouchables ‘A’ v Commodore; Legion v Shapinsay; Quoyburray ‘B’ v
Quoyburray; Meadowbank v Untouchables. No game – Wanderers.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Likely Lads v Murray Arms; OGC V Sands; Wanderers ‘B’ v Ayre; Tankerness v
Shore; Fanooks v RBL2.

With the Legion having their blank week, the Untouchables took the chance to move to the top of the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, although only on goal difference, with a 10-2 defeat of Quoyburray who have still to collect their first points.

Wanderers took nine off Shapinsay in a 9-3 win and
Untouchables ‘A’ kept in touch with the teams in third spot after a 8-4 defeat of Quoyburray ‘B’ who are also pointless. The Commodore got back on the winning trail with a narrow 7-5 win over Meadowbank who are blowing hot and cold at the moment.

The top two in the Williamson’s ‘B’ League are starting to draw away from the rest after big wins. The Golf Club are leading on games difference, after a 10-2 defeat of The Shore. not far behind are RBL2 with a 9-3 win over the Murray Arms.

Fanooks are still in third place, but lost ground with Wanderers ‘B’ holding them to a 6-6 draw. There was very good 8-4 results for The Sands over Tankerness who remain in bottom spot with no points and the Ayre have still to open their account after going down 9-3 to the Likely Lads who are going well in the league in fifth place.

There were 180s from Steven Gray, Kevin Brumpton, Roy Griffiths, Ali Flett, Colin Leslie, Callum Miller, Billy Eunson, Craig Taylor, Ian Wilkie and Hamish Baillie. Still leading the table on seven is Paul Foubister, with Bruce Moar and Ali Flett on five.
There were high checkouts of 101 from Brian Stevenson and Ryan Tulloch, 120 from Derek Ward jnr and Derek Ward senior, a real father and son double, 122 from Sean Stanger and topping everyone, with a 156 was Ray Butcher. That is the highest finish of the season so far, and it will take a bit of beating.

It is back to cup games this week with the Shore Singles. It is a new cup and will be a ranking points game. It will be played on Sunday, with a 1pm deadline for names to be entered. It is open to registered players only.

The Cricket singles and Doubles will be played on Friday, November 20, in the Masonic Club, with a 7.30pm deadline for entries. The singles are no longer for ranking points.

The next ranking points event after The Shore Singles, is the Festive Singles on Friday, December 11, in the Royal British Legion. It is an open singles, with cash prizes, but only registered players will get points. The raffle will also be drawn that night, so get the tickets back early.

RESULTS
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE

Quoyburray 2, Untouchables 10; Shapinsay 3, Wanderers 9; Commodore 7, Meadowbank 5; Untouchables ‘A’ 8, Quoyburray ‘B’ 4. No game – Legion.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
RBL2 9, Murray Arms 3; Shore 2, OGC 10; Ayre 3, Likely Lads 9; Wanderers ‘B’6, Fanooks 6; Sands 8, Tankerness 4; Murray Arms 9, Shore 3.

FIXTURES

Monday, November 16
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE

Untouchables v Wanderers; Quoyburray v Meadowbank; Shapinsay v Quoyburray
‘B’; Commodore v Legion. No game – Untouchables ‘A’.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Murray Arms v OGC; RBL2 v Likely Lads; Shore v Fanooks; Ayre v Tankerness;
Sands v Wanderers ‘B’.

Sunday, November 15
Shore Singles, in The Shore, at pm.

Friday, November 20
Cricket Singles and Doubles, in the Masonic Club, at 7.30pm.

Gaps are starting to appear at the top of the Williamson’s ‘A’ League as
teams are beating each other and therefore points are being dropped, but not
as far as the top two are concerned.

Still on top and unbeaten are the Legion with a 11-1 win over Quoyburray ‘b’, but this was bettered by the Untouchables with a 12-0 whitewash of Shapinsay, who are finding the going tough in the top division.

The Commodore lost for the second week running, going down 7-5 to the Wanderers. There was a very good result for Meadowbank over Untouchables ‘A’. It leaves the Legion three points clear of Untouchables, with four teams another three points adrift.

Three teams still have to open their account and I still do not have a result in for the Shapinsay v Quoyburray game. If it has not been played, it will have to be very soon, or a committee result will be given.

The Golf Club continue to lead the ‘B’ League, with a 10-2 defeat of the Ayre, who still have to collect their first points. RBL2 are still up there undefeated, but struggled to a 7-5 win over the Sands and they play the Golf Club next week.

The Fanooks are in third spot with a 9-3 defeat of Tankerness who also have no points. No score in from the Murray Arms game. The deadline for results to be in is 12 noon on Saturdays of the week the game is played.

There were 180s from Derek Ward snr, Bruce Moar, George Grieve, Wilf Tulloch, Ian Linklater, Robbie Stanger, Paul Foubister and two from Michael Montgomery.

There were high finishes of 101 from Derek Firth, 104 and 116 from Ali Flett, 109 from Ian Wilkie, 113 from Craig Taylor, 114 from Ronnie Taylor, 115 from Martin Peace, 138 from Callum MIller and with a equalling 150 was Ivan Leslie.

The next ranking points game is the Shore Singles on Sunday, November 15. Names to be in by 1pm.

The next committee meeting is on Wednesday, November 11, in the Masonic Club, at 8pm. All committee members should attend as the East team to play the West will be selected. The game will be played in the Masonic Club, on Friday, December 4.

Teams who have sold their raffle tickets should return all counterfoils and monies to the secretary as soon as possible – don’t leave it to the last day as happened last year.

The Masonic Club appear to be the only venue making an effort to install marker boards or chalk boards. All venues will, hopefully, have them in place for the start of the second half of the season.


RESULTS
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Wanderers 7, Commodore 5; Untouchables 12, Shapinsay 0; Quoyburray ‘B’ 1,
Legion 11; Meadowbank 8, Untouchables ‘A’ 4. No game – Quoyburray.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Likely Lads 6, Wanderers ‘B’ 6; OGC 10, Ayre 2; Murray Arms v Shore no
score; RBL2 7, Sands 5; Fanooks 9, Tankerness 3.

FIXTURES
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Quoyburray ‘B’ v Commodore; Meadowbank v Shapinsay; Wanderers v Quoyburray;
Legion v Untouchables ‘A’. No game – Untouchables.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Likely Lads v Shore; OGC v RBL2; Murray Arms v Sands; Tankerness v Wanderers
‘B’; Fanooks v Ayre.

WILLIAMSON’S BUTCHER ‘A’ LEAGUE
   .................................P    W    D    L    F    A    Pts
Legion..... ....... ... .....4    4    0    0    34    14    12
Untouchables..........4    3    0    1    34    14    9
Meadowbank...........3    2    0    1    24    12    6
Commodore............4    2    0    2    27    21    6
Untouchables A’.....4    2    0    2    24    24    6
Wanderers ..............4    2    0    2    23    25    6
Quoyburray ..............2    0    0    2    8    16    0
Shapinsay................2    0    0    2    1    23    0
Quoyburray ‘B’ ........3    0    0    3    5    31    0

There is now only one undefeated team in the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, after
the Legion beat Meadowbank 8-4.

They go back to the top of the table, as the
Untouchables beat the other unbeaten team, the Commodores. There is no score
from Shapinsay, but the other game saw Untouchables ‘A’ overcome Wanderers
8-4, so it could be down to a two horse race, once again, in the
Williamson’s ‘A’ League, but a lot can still happen.

In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, it could be the same story, with only two
teams with 100 per cent records. Leading the way are the Golf Club, with a
9-3 beating of the Wanderers, the same score as RBL2s defeat of the Shore.

The Fanooks are starting to get into their stride, with a 10-2 defeat of the
Sands. The Likely Lads also hit ten against Tankerness, who remain the only
team in the Williamson’s ‘B’ League still to get a point, and there is some
big games to come. The Murray Arms had a good win by 7-5 at the Ayre,
following their 9-3 loss last week to Wanderers ‘B’.

Still more than half of the league entry fees are overdue. Points will be
starting to come off next week if they are not paid.

There was a great turnout of 30 players entered the ‘B’ League Singles, up
on last year and it was good to see all of the new, young players taking
part. As usual, some big names fell early on. It was surprising how many
team-mates were drawn against each other, and it was two team-mates who met
in the final –  Bruce Moar and Steven Walls, both from the Golf Club. It was
Bruce who carried off the silverware, with a 4-1 win.

Next on the calendar is the Shore Singles, a new cup, and it is ranking
points trophy. It will be played on Sunday, November 15, in The Shore, with
names in by 1pm. It is open to registered players only. Then on November  20
it will be the Cricket Singles and Doubles being played in the Masonic Club,
at 7.30pm. The singles are no longer a ranking points trophy.

There were 180s from Gordon Rendall, Keith Brumpton Archie Yule, James
Flett, Colin Barnett, Derek Ward snr, Kevin Gray, Ivan Leslie, Paul
Foubister, Brian Stevenson and two from Ali Flett.

There were high checkoutsof 100 from Neil Drever and Gordon Rendall, 103 from Steven Walls, 106 from Paul Foubister and Ray Butcher, 110 from Craig Moar, 115 from Mike Moodie,
116 from Brian Moar, 129 from Wayne Monkman and Ivan Leslie hitting a 132.
All well below the top finish of 150 from Leigh Shearer.

RESULTS
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Shapinsay v Quoyburray no score; Commodore 3, Untouchables 9; Untouchables
‘A’ 8, Wanderers 4; Legion 8, Meadowbank 4. No game – Quoyburray ‘B’.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Shore 3, RBL2 9; Ayre 5, Murray Arms 7; Wanderers ‘B’ 3, OGC 9; Tankerness
2, Likely Lads 10; Sands 2, Fanooks 10; Murray Arms 3, Wanderers ‘B’ 9.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE SINGLES
Bruce Moar 4, Steven Walls 1.

FIXTURES
Monday, November 2
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Quoyburray v Untouchables; Shapinsay v Wanderers; Commodore v Meadowbank;
Untouchables ‘A’ v Quoyburray ‘B’. No game – Legion.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
RBL2 v Murray Arms; Shore v OGC; Ayre v Likely Lads; Wanderers ‘B’ v
Fanooks; Sands v Tankerness.

Two weeks into the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, and there are only three teams
who are undefeated with full points and also three teams who have still to
score a point.

Commodore are on top, having beaten Shapinsay 11-1 and Quoyburray 8-4. The
Commodore will be closing down for two to three weeks in February, so will
be changing their games during this time to accommodate the closure.

The Legion kept up the pressure with a good 8-4 defeat of the Wanderers and
the Untouchables also won 8-4 against Untouchables ‘A’. But hitting the
first whitewash of the season Meadowbank beat Quoyburray ‘B’ 12-0.

In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, the Golf Club go from strength to strength
with another big win over Tankerness. the score was 11-1, and after only two
games, The Shore, last season’s wooden spoonist, have already amassed more
points than they got for the whole of last year after their 7-5 win over the
Sands. Joining them as one of the three teams with full points are RBL2 with
a 10-2 defeat of the Ayre. Also hitting ten to get their season started were
the Fanooks over the Likely Lads, who have decided to stay at the Orkney
Club for their home games. No score came in from the Murray Arms.

Teams are reminded that scorecards must be handed in to the Royal British Legion
Club by 12 noon on the Saturday. Kirkwall teams travelling out to the
country are requested to bring the cards in to Kirkwall with them and all
venues have been supplied with scorecards, so bits of paper don’t have to be
used.

Tims is up for the paying of entry fees, so points could now be deducted
for non payment. Team captains are requested to push for the use of chalk or
marker boards in their home grounds.

The ‘B’ League singles will be played on Friday, in the Masonic Club.
Names to be in by 7.30pm.

There were lots of 180s – from Ryan Tullock, Kevin Sinclair, Ross
Groundwater, Michael Montgomery, Magnus Walker, Neil Tait, Lee McPherson,
Roy Foubister, Ian Wilkie, Davy Cooper, Stevie Linklater, Ross Donaldson,
Steven Walls, Eddie Craigie, Ian Findlay, Billy Ward, Willie Bremner and
three from Paul Foubister.

There were high checkouts of 100 from Ivan Leslie, Billy Ward, Davy Cooper
and Alan Gray, 101 from Neil Drever, 102 from Eddie Craigie, 103 from Ray
Butcher, 109 from Ian Wilkie, 117 from Lee McPherson, 120 from Stevie
Linklater, a 147 from Roy Foubister and a table-topping 150 from Leigh
Shearer.

RESULTS
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Quoyburray 4, Commodore 8; Meadowbank  12, Quoyburray ‘B’ 0; Wanderers 4,
Legion 8; Untouchables 8, Untouchables ‘A’ 4; Commodore 11, Shapinsay 1.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Likely Lads 2, Fanooks 10; OGC 11, Tankerness 1; Murray Arms v Wanderers ‘B’
no score; RBL2 10, Ayre 2; Shore 7, Sands 5.

FIXTURES
Friday, October 23
Williamson’s ‘B’ League Singles in the Masonic Club, at 7.30pm.

Monday, October 26
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Wanderers v Commodore; Untouchables v Shapinsay; Quoyburray ‘B; v Legion;
Meadowbank v Untouchables ‘A’. No game – Quoyburray.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Likely Lads v Wanderers ‘B’; OGC v Ayre; Murray Arms v Shore; RBL2 v Sands;
Fanooks v Tankerness.

There was a very lively start to the league programme, with no really big
scores, which possibly hints that the leagues could be close.

The top game in the Williamson’s ‘A’ League saw the two undefeated teams
clash at the Royal British Legion. Untouchables, the defending champions,
just lost out to the Legion who were last year’s runners-up. The score was
7-5. It was a welcome back to the Legion captain Derek after his accident a
few weeks ago.

It is too soon yet to say who the main challengers will be,
but no doubt Untouchables ‘A’ and Wanderers will be two of them. Both had
8-4 wins over Quoyburray and Quoyburray ‘B’. The other game fell foul of the
weather, as the Shapinsay v Commodore game was postponed. It is hoped that
it will be played this week. It is understood that Shapinsay will be using
the Royal British Legion club as their base for teams who do not want to
travel to Shapinsay. The Likely Lads have moved to the Masonic Club for
their home games.

In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, the Likely Lads travelled out to The Sands
in Burray and came away with a 6-6 draw. RBL2 showed that they will be a big
team this season, with a 8-4 defeat of Wanderers ‘B’ and The Shore had a
good 8-4 win at the Ayre. Murray Arms crossed the Barriers heading for
Quoyburray and returned home 8-4 winners over Tankerness. But top score went
to the Golf Club with a 9-3 defeat of the Fanooks.

A correction to last week, in that I had forgotten that Keith Brumpton and
Bruce Moar had moved to the ‘B’ League and both picked up ranking points.

There were 180s from Ian Linklater, Craig Taylor, Ali Flett, Hamish Baillie,
Neil Drever, Aaron Mitchell, Ian Pottinger, playing with brass darts and
feather flights and two from Paul Foubister.

There were high finishes of 100 from Martin Peace, 101 from Colin Barnett, 104 from Ivan Leslie, 123 from Derek Firth and top was Graham Reid with 136.

Next Friday, October 23, the ‘B’ players get the chance to shine as their
singles will be played for in the Masonic Club. Names to be in by 7.30pm.
It is hoped that pubs and clubs will revert back to chalk or marker pen for
league games.

Entry fees are now due and should be paid to the secretary or treasurer
before the end of the month deadline. No fees, no points or scores will be
recorded.

The annual East v West match will be played on Friday, December 4, in the
Masonic Club, at 8pm. There will also be a ‘B’ game. Shetland have announced
that the annual inter-county match is pencilled in for April 23, 2010.

All 180s and high finishes are to be put on the back of scorecards and
handed in to the Royal British Legion by 12 noon on Saturday.

There will be a committee meeting on Wednesday, October 21, at 8pm, in the
Masonic Club.Christmas raffle tickets are now on sale from all team captains.

RESULTS
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Shapinsay v Commodore postponed; Untouchables ‘A’ 8, Quoyburray 4; Legion 7,
Untouchables 5; Quoyburray ‘b’ 4, Wanderers 8. No game – Meadowbank.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Ayre 4, Shore 8; Wanderers ‘B’ 4, RBL2 8; Tankerness 4, Murray Arms 8;
Fanooks 3, OGC 9; Sands 6, Likely Lads 6.

FIXTURES
Monday, October 19
WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE
Shapinsay v Quoyburray; Commodore v Untouchables; Untouchables ‘A’ v
Wanderers; Legion v Meadowbank. No game – Quoyburray ‘B’.

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE
Shore v RBL2; Ayre v Murray Arms; Wanderers ‘B’ v OGC; Tankerness v Likely
Lads; Sands v Fanooks.
 

IT WAS a very busy week for the Kirkwall & District Darts League, with three cups being played for.

First up, all nine ‘A’ teams entered the Allied Hotels Cup and Meadowbank had two, as it is a three-man team competition, so that made a total of ten.

Some very good games, with lots of big scores and great finishing, saw the Untouchables and cup-holders Wanderers progress to the final. But is was Untouchables who won 3-1 to take their second trophy of the season.

In the Foubister Cup for ‘B’ League teams, a rather disappointing seven teams entered. Maybe the cricket format is not the most popular type of game to play, but some cracking games were played and, as what can happen in darts, you don’t see some things very often, then along comes a couple, one after the other. What does? The elusive three bulls in one throw. First Roy Griffiths hit one, followed by Steven Walls. So that, along with the one in the ‘A’ game makes three in a fortnight.

In the final, once again, the Golf Club, playing strong darts, proved to be too good for RBL2 and came out 3-2 winners. It is also their second cup this season.

The first ranking points cup attracted a big entry of 43 players, including 12 ‘B’ players. Billy Louttit provided prize money for the winner and runner-up of the Louttit Cup. Thanks go to Billy.  Unfortunately he was unable to attend, but young Duncan did the honours.

As always with a big entry, big names play each other, so some of the top players had an early bath, but by the last 16 stage, 13 of the players had at some time turned out against Shetland. The only ‘B’ player left was the Ayre captain Aaron Moar and he picked up three points.

 The semi-finals saw three Legion players and on Untouchables player, the holder Stevie Linklater, but that was as far as he was to go, as Paul Foubister, with two big finishes won 3-2. Waiting in the final was Ivan Leslie who took out his team-mate Kevin Gray in their semi-final. 

Going by the score in the final,it looked very one-sided, but is was far from that and only terrific finishing from Ivan saw him take the trophy 4-1.

The next cup is the ‘B’ League Singles on Friday, October 23, in the Masonic Club. Names to be in by 7.30pm.

The next ranking cup is a new one presented by The Shore. It will be played on Sunday, November 15, at 1.30pm.

There were lots of 180s and high finishes. There were 180s from Ali Flett, Hamish Baillie, Graham Louttit, David Kirkpatrick, Brian Moar, Willie Bremner, Ian Wilkie, Derek Ward jnr, Aaron Mitchell, Bruce Moar, Ray Shearer, two from Martin Peace and three from Kevin Gray. There were high checkouts of 100 from Brian Moar, 115 from Aaron Mitchell, 118 from Colin Barnett, 117 from Robbie Stanger, 120 from Ivan Leslie, 127 from Bruce Moar, 120 from Willie Bremner and a 113 and top equalling 145 from Paul Foubister.

Not quite getting a 180, Lee MacPherson hit three treble 19s, to score 177.Don’t forget to hand scorecards in to the Legion by 12 noon on Saturdays.League entry fees are now due and can be paid to the secretary or treasurer.

 

RESULTS

Allied Hotels Cup Final – Untouchables 3, Wanderers 1.

 

Foubister Cup Final – OGC 3, RBL2 2.

 

Louttit Cup Final – Ivan Leslie 4, Paul Foubister 1.

 

FIXTURES WILLIAMSON’S ‘A’ LEAGUE

Quoyburray v Commodore; Meadowbank v Quoyburray ‘B’; Wanderers v Legion;Untouchables v Untouchables ‘A’. No game – Shapinsay.

 

WILLIAMSON’S ‘B’ LEAGUE

Likely Lads v Fanooks; OGC v Tankerness; Murray Arms v Wanderers ‘B’; RBL2 vAyre; Shore v Sands.

GOOD turnouts again for the latest two team cups.

Seven ‘A’ teams played off for the Lynnfield Cup and nine teams from the ‘B’ League entered for the St Ola Cup. Only Shapinsay have still to appear.

In the A cup, which was a cricket format, lots of the games went to the play-off games, which was a nominated singles.

Legion, who could only field three players, played very good darts to get to the final. And once again it was Untouchables who they faced in the final, and even having to concede one game for the missing player, Legion took it to the play-off but Stevie proved too strong for Ivan, so it was Untouchables who won 3-2.

Some interesting scores were seen, with Ian Linklater hitting three bulls in one throw - that’s six wickets and he wasn’t finished there as he also struck a 180, as did Ian Wilkie.

There was nearly a full turnout for the St Ola Cup with nine of the ten B teams present, which meant that four teams went on to the Shore to play to make it more comfortable to play. The other games in the Ola coming through from the Shore was Wanderers B who played steady darts all night in some very tight games with two of them going to the play-off team game.

In the Ola, the Golf Club boys were showing great form and battled their way to the final with a hard fought 3-2 win over RBL2, and with their captain, Bruce, in great form, took the cup with a 3-1 score. Bruce scored three 180s and was helped by Gordon Rendall who had a 100 checkout.

It is the last two team cups for the first half this week, but tomorrow it is the first of the ranking cups with the Louttit Singles with cash prizes being played for in the Legion Club. Names by 7.30pm.

It is on to league games next Monday with full A and B fixtures. Once again Williamsons are sponsoring both leagues.Score cards to the Legion by Saturday, 12 noon.

RESULTS
Lynnfield Cup final: Untouchables beat Legion 3-2.
St Ola Cup final: OGC beat Wanderers B, 3-1.

FIXTURES
Friday, October 2, in the Legion, 7.30pm: Louttit Singles.
Monday, October 5, Williamsons A League: Shapinsay v Commodore; Untouchables A v Quoyburray; Legion v Untouchables; Quoyburray B v Wanderers; No game - Meadowbank.
Williamsons B League: Ayre v Shore; Wanderers B v RBL2; Tankerness v Murray Arms; Fanooks v OGC; Sands v Likely Lads.

 

CUP matches continue next Monday with the Lynnfield Cup for ‘A’ teams and the St Ola Cup for ‘B’ teams on Tuesday.

The Lynnfield Cup games will be played in the Masonic Club at 7.30pm and the St Ola Cup will be played in the St Ola Hotel, as well as The Shore if there is a big turnout, but the ‘B’teams are to meet and enter in the St Ola Hotel.

Both cups are for teams of four, but reserves can be used after the first games have been played.

Captains who have the cups are requested to return them to the secretary. League entry fees are now due and can be paid to the treasurer or secretary anytime, but definately within the next three weeks.

There will be a committee meeting in the Masonic Club on Wednesday, September 23, at 8pm.

Fixtures

Monday, September 21 – Lynnfield Cup in the Masonic 7.30pm. Tuesday, September 22 – St Ola Cup in the St Ola Hotel and The Shore, at 7.30pm.

A VERY poor turnout of only 17 players attended the AGM held in the Royal British Legion Club. Maybe the heavy rain kept them away.

Anyway, no real changes to the league structure but a very healthy entry of 19 teams, two up on last season. This gives nine teams in the A League and ten in the B league after a late entry came in from the Sands Hotel who were last in the KDDL in 1982-83 season when they got runners-up in the B league but did not enter the following year.

Quoyburray who were bottom of the A league last year kept their place in the A league to even things up. The only other change was the dropping of the Cricket Singles as a ranking competition. It will be replaced by a new cup from the Shore as a ranking event.

The first of the ranking events will be the Louttit Singles being played in the Legion Club on Friday, October 2. This year the prize money with the cup will be presented by Billy Louttit.

Before that, the first trophies to be played for will be the Knight Cup for A teams. That is on Monday and Tuesday of next week, with A teams in the Legion and B teams in the Masonic. Both cups start at 7.30pm.

The fixtures pages will be updated soon when the rest of the fixtures have been confirmed

The entry fee for teams in the leagues remain at £40 per team and must be paid within four weeks from September 14; cup entries are the same as last year.

Some new faces on the committee but none at the top, with Craig Taylor president, Kevin Gray vice-president, Trevor Pirie treasurer, and Jim Scollie retains the secretary's job for the 42nd year.
The remainder of the committee: Stevie Linklater, Robbie Stanger, Bruce Moar, Brian Moar and Ian Wilkie.

The first committee meeting is on Wednesday, September 23 in the Masonic Club at 8pm.

Posters are up in all the venues but here are some dates to make a note of:
September 14-15, 21-22, 28-29: cup games for team cups; October 2: Louttit Singles; October 23: B League Singles; November 20: Cricket Singles and Doubles; December 11: Festive Singles and raffle.

It is hoped to hold the East versus West some time towards the end of November and the leagues will start on Monday, October 5 for the 43rd time.

TIME is up for entries for the new season of Kirkwall and District Darts League, as the Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday, in the Royal British Legion Club, at 8pm. A good turnout is hoped for.

Eighteen teams have entered, one more than last year. Out are the Streamline team and in are the Golf Club and a new team from the Ayre Hotel, who have yet to decide on a name.

All registration books have to be returned before a team can go into the fixtures draw, so 8pm Thursday is the deadline. One name is still required for committee duties.

Players are reminded that they must be 18 or over to play for a team and all home venues must have at least two dart boards to qualify as a
venue.

The Bar Stewards, from Lerwick, were in town last weekend and played a couple of games against local teams, which gave the local players a chance to loosen up their arms a bit before the league gets under way.

IT IS the last chance for teams to enter Kirkwall and District Darts Leagues 2009-2010 season.

Entries close on Tuesday, September 1, in preparation for the annual general meeting which will be held in the Royal British Legion Club, on Thursday, September 3.

All registration books must also be returned by September 1. Only teams which have returned their registration books will go into the fixture draw.

Currently, 14 teams have entered, which is three down on last year, and with the Golf Club re-entering, it means that four of last year's teams have still to enter. It is understood that Streamline will not be entering, so it leaves The Shore, Quoyburray 'B' and Untouchables 'A' still to show their hand.

One player is still required for committee duties. Names to the secretary by September 1.
Captains are requested to enter their contact telephone number on their registration forms.

ENTRIES are very slow in coming in for the new season of the Kirkwall and District Darts League and there is less than a fortnight to go, as the entry date is the first of September, with the AGM being held on Thursday, September 3, in the Royal British Legion Club, at 8pm.

At present, only 11 teams have collected registration books and they must be returned to the secretary by the closing date to be included in the fixture list.

Surprisingly, there has been no interest from Quoyburray, who had three teams last year, also no Shore, Murray Arms or Untouchables ‘A’ teams as of yet, and remember only four players are needed to form a team. As it stands, only one league will be played.

Some names are required for committee duties during the season. Names to the secretary by the AGM night.

Team captains are requested to put their contact phone numbers on the registration books next to their names. It helps to get games arranged.

IT'S getting very near to that time again, all the one-day shows are over so it's time to concentrate on the show which lasts from September to April - that's the 2009-10 season of the Kirkwall District Darts League.

It gets underway with the AGM being held on Thursday, September 3 in the Royal British Legion Club at 8pm. A big turnout is hoped for, but before all that can take place team entries are required. Names to the secretary, Jim Scollie, by September 1.

Also, all registration books are to be returned by the same date. Remember only four players are needed to form a team. Registration books are available from the secretary at 1 Somerville Square, Kirkwall.

At present 11 books are out but a lot of last year's teams are still to enter and it looks like the Golf Club could be making a return after 14 years. And will the top two from last year once again go undefeated for the whole season? And how will Shapinsay perform in the 'A' League?

Names of players willing to stand for committee duties during the season are required to the secretary by September 1.