The KDDL presented two charity cheques to two good causes at their end of season meeting. Duncan McNair of the Orkney Talking Newspaper was given £500 which was raised at the Steven Flett Memorial Darts and the Tattie Bogle Charity Shield. Patsy Smith of the Kirkwall RNLI was given £400. Also pictured are Sara and Stewart Craigie. Stewart, a former KDDL player donated a shirt signed by various professional darts players and a signed Aberdeen football as prizes in the RNLI raffle which took place during Inter-County weekend. Thanks to everyone who supported the events.

The annual ‘Darts Do’ and presentation of trophies of the Kirkwall men's and ladies darts leagues took place in the Masonic Club in Kirkwall on Saturday, May 18th.
Pictured are some of the many players and committee members from the organisation following the prize-giving.

Not a great turn out for the last of the season’s competitive games, the Tattie Bogle Mixed Doubles.
For the second year running, there were more ladies than gents — 18 to 11 — so most of the gents got a second chance, as the first round losers were fitted back in. And, with it being an out-of-the-hat event, no-one knew who they were playing with.
And, with the ladies holding the Orkney play-offs in Finstown, lots of the top ladies were missing.
But that didn’t distract from some very good and close games and, by final time, two very good pairings were left, and it was Brian Stevenson and Flo Stewart who came out on top with a 2-1 win over Keith Brumpton and Doreen Kirkness. Craig Taylor and Craig Moar won the high/low fun boards scores. Ella Scollie helped run the event.
A big thanks to all the players and everyone who bought tickets for the raffle.
A total of £347 was raised for charity, which is the Talking Newspaper, and with the money already raised the total stands at £462.
The only thing left now is the presentation night on Saturday in the Masonic Club, at 8 p.m. There will be mixed doubles darts, the trophy presentations, followed by karaoke.
Players are reminded that entry is by ticket only. Any player who has won trophies should attend.
Tickets are on sale from both secretaries, and cost £3.
There will be registration books available for next season at the “do”.
There will be a final committee meeting on Wednesday, May 22, in the Masonic Club, at 8 p.m.
That is it all for this season! The new season will start with the AGM, on Thursday, August 15.

Result
Tattie Bogle Charity Doubles Final
Brian Stevenson and Flo Stewart beat Keith Brumpton and Doreen Kirkness 2-1.

.

A good turnout for both the ladies’ and gents’ charity doubles in aid of the Belarus Children’s Fund, with a total of £1,273 raised.
Eleven ladies’ pairs and 18 gents’ pairs — well up on last year.
The ladies’ event was won by Jean Scott and Sarah Petrie.
The gents’ event included the Mintlaw visiting team from Aberdeenshire.
In fact, two of the Mintlaw boys were the holders. But they couldn’t repeat that, going out in the second round to the eventual winners, Paul Foubister and John Munson, from the Merkister in Harray, who played great darts all night.
Waiting for them in the final was Neil Croy and Allan Brown, who had also been playing great darts. And a great final it was, with the West boys just shading it 4-3.
A big thank-you to all the players and everyone who supplied the prizes and bought tickets, and to the winners and runners-ups, who all returned their prize money.
With the season drawing to a close, the Tattie Bogle Shield is next, on Friday night, in the Legion. It is mixed doubles, with names out of the “hat”, and names are required by 7.30 p.m. It is open to any player, and there is the now-famous raffle.
Then, it is on to the “do”, on Saturday, May 18, in the Masonic Club, which consists of a mixed doubles dart competition, followed by the cup presentations and karaoke.
All trophy-winners should try to attend. Remember, it is your “do”.
Tickets, at £3, are available from both ladies’ and gents’ secretaries.

Results
Ladies’ Charity Doubles Final: Jean and Sarah beat Mavis and Liz 4-1.
Gents’ Charity Doubles Final: Paul Foubister and John Munson beat Neil Croy and Allan Brown 4-3.

Fixtures
Friday, May 10: Tattie Bogle Shield, Legion, 7.30 p.m.
Saturday, May 18, Darts Do and mixed doubles, Masonic, 7.30pm.

What a great weekend of darts, with the annual visit of the Shetland ladies and gents teams.

On the first night, the ladies were unlucky to lose 11-10.
It was on then to the big night, with the gents toeing the oche in the Masonic for the annual Inter-League/County game, with the Orkney boys going for a hat-trick of wins.
The last time that happened was in the early 1980s, and in that team was one of the present day players, Billy Ward.
The Orkney captain, Craig Taylor, decided to play the singles first, and what a start, with Kirkwall’s Michael Bain taking on the Shetland’s singles champion Neil Redfern, and Michael just blew him off the board to win 2-0.
The defeat of their star player seemed to dent the hopes of the Shetland team, and the Orkney boys took full advantage by winning the next two before Shetland got on the score sheet, with Derek Firth a bit unlucky to lose 2-1.
Another three wins for Orkney put them in a very commanding lead, at 6-1, before Shetland got their second game, with Ian Wilkie unable to find the finishing double.
But that was the last reverse Orkney had to endure, and by winning the last four singles, found themselves 10-2 up — just one away from victory, and hopes were high for a record-equalling 11-2 victory.
But the Shetland boys had other ideas and started an amazing fight back by taking the first four doubles.
The Kirkwall boys could not find the winning double until the fifth game, and the pairing of the Legion’s Ivan Leslie and new cap Neil Croy came from 1-0 down to win 2-1 and send the crowd into wild celebration as the K-DDL team won 11-6, and secured a hat-trick of wins.
Man of the match was Kevin Gray of Kirkwall, with a 74-44 average.
The next day, it was on to the Anniversary Singles, and some very fragile-looking players turned up to the Legion for the 1.30 p.m. start.
A total of 31 ladies and 41 gents braved another day, but even so, some very good games were played, and now more so than both semi-finals, which featured Orkney v Shetland in both.
After some great finishing, it was both the Orkney boys who came good, with Michael Bain beating Whalsay’s top player Roger Irvine 3-2, and Stevie Linklater getting the better of Angus Galbraith 3-1.
The final lacked the excitement of the semis, but some great finishing from Michael, including a 100 and 107, saw him home 4-1.
Other high finishes: 117 Stevie Linklater; 119 Scott Whittle; and 158 from Barry Couper. Michael also had a 114 in the team game.
There were 180s in both events from Kevin Gray, Barry Couper, Billy Ward, Andrew Swannie, Neil Drever, Andrew Burgess and Alan Gray. There might have been more, but that’s all that was reported.
Before the big game on Friday, three of the league’s long-standing players were honoured, with the trio receiving certificates appointing them honorary presidents of the K-DDL. They were Jim Scollie, Jimmy Miller and Eddie Craigie. All three have been involved with the K-DDL since 1967.
Next on the agenda is the charity doubles on Friday, night, in the Masonic at 7.30 p.m. It is for ladies and gents pairings and is an open event, so any player or non-player can take part.
The visiting Mintlaw team will be present. Then, the following Friday, it’s the Tattie Bogle Shield, and the famous raffle!

Results
Inter-League/County Game
K-DDL (Orkney) v Shetland: 11-6.

Anniversary Shield Final
Michael Bain beat Stevie Linklater 4-1.

Fixtures
Friday, May 3: Charity Doubles, male and female, Masonic, 7.30 p.m.
Friday, May 10: Tattie Bogle Shield, Legion, 7.30 p.m.

It was a great finish to the domestic scene in the Kirkwall Darts League, as the champions of the West league, the Merkister, took on the Kirkwall Legion, K-DDL champions.
The team game was played, as was the doubles and singles events.
I think it was the first time all the champions came from the same two teams.
In the team game, the West boys got off to the perfect start, as they took the first two doubles, but the Legion changed gear and took the next four singles to lead 4-2 at the break.
After the doubles and singles had been played, they showed why they had not lost a league game for three years, by taking all six games for a 10-2 win to retain the Orkney Team Championship Shield.
During the break, the Orkney doubles were played, with Kevin Gray and Derek Firth defending the title against Paul Foubister and Robbie Brass, of the Merkister team.
It was stirring stuff, as the Legion boys played some great darts to take the title 3-2.
Two of them also met for the singles crown, as Kevin faced Paul in the best-of-five match.
It was great darts, with Kevin edging it 3-1, so all three titles went East, and not for the first time.
It is now on to the big one, as we welcome Shetland down for the annual Inter League/County match on Friday, in the Masonic Club at 7 p.m.
Orkney is going for a hat-trick of wins — something that has not been done in about 30 years, so come on and support the local boys to victory.
The ladies play on Thursday, in the Legion, so we wish them well.
Then, on Saturday, it is the two Anniversary Shield games, ladies and gents, both in the Legion. Names by 1.30 p.m.
These are open for any player; you don’t have to be a member of any team.
Next week, it is the first of two charity events. The first, on Friday, May 3, in the Masonic, then, the following Friday, in the Legion. Both are open and the game in the Masonic will have the visiting Mintlaw team taking part.
It is a separate ladies and gents doubles competition, and the Tattie Bogle Shield is a mixed doubles, but names out of the hat.
There were some 180s scored during the Orkney Championships from Ivan Leslie and two from Paul Foubister, John Munson and Robbie Rendall.
High finishes of 116 from Kevin Gray and 140 from Ivan Leslie.
Still no sign of the wooden spoons. Someone must know where they are. Let the secretary Jim Scollie know.
The presentation night is Saturday, May 18, in the Masonic. There will be mixed doubles darts, as well as Karaoke to follow!

Results
Orkney Championships play-offs
Team Championship: Legion 10, Merkister 2.

Doubles Championship: Derek Firth and Kevin Gray beat Paul Foubister and Robbie Brass 3-2.

Singles Championship: Kevin Gray 3, Paul Foubister 1.

Thursday, April 25.
Ladies Inter-County match, Legion.

Friday, April 26
Inter-League/County match, Masonic, 7 p.m.: Kirkwall (Orkney) v Shetland.

Saturday, April 27
Anniversary Shields, Legion, 1.30 p.m.

Friday, May 3
Charity Doubles, male and female, Masonic, 7.30 p.m.

Friday, May 10
Tattie Bogle Shield, Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Saturday May 18
Mixed doubles and presentation of trophies.

The Steven Flett Memorial Charity Shield had a good turnout of 23 pairs — well up on last year — and produced some very good games.
Both semi-finals were top class affairs, with the holders, Kevin and Shona Gray, coming good, winning 3-1.
In the other semi, the new pairing of Robbie Stanger and Catherine Clyde also won 3-1.
What a final it was too, with top darts and great finishing, except for the first leg where Kevin and Shona somehow managed to lose it.
But they made no mistakes by taking the next two.
But back came Robbie and Cath to take it to a deciding leg, and it could have gone any way, but a missed dart at the bull by Cath allowed Kevin in to retain their title 3-2.
It’s the third on the trot for Kevin and Shona, and £115 was raised for the Talking Newspaper, this year’s chosen charity, and will be added to the Tattie Bogle Shield takings later in the year.

Both the Williamson’s Leagues are now completed, except for a couple of ‘B’ games, and they will be discarded, as they don’t affect any league places.
In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, the Legion remained undefeated, after beating Sanday 10-2. It was their 67th win since their last defeat — 8-4 to the Untouchables — three years ago.
At the other end of the league, the wooden spoon was decided, and it goes to Meadowbank as they went down 7-5 to Quoyburray, and end with no wins and only two draws.
The Golf Club finished strong, with an 8-4 win over RBLM, who did well to finish on 20 points in their first season in the top flight.
The Wanderers settled for a draw with Quoyburray ‘B’, after both teams couldn’t muster enough players, and the battle of the Untouchables ended with the ‘A’ team winning 8-4, meaning the Untouchables finished in their lowest ever position, in fourth bottom, but well clear, in points, of the relegation places.
In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, the wooden spoon has gone to the Sands ‘2’, as they lost out 10-2 to the Legion Arrows.
Hopefully, someone knows where the ‘B’ wooden spoon is. Let Jim Scollie know.
Elsewhere, there were good wins for the Murray Arms — 7-5 over the Nomads, who also went down 8-4 to the Sands, who are in third spot.
Deerness got a good point in a six-all draw with Shore ‘2’. The other Shore team lost out 8-4 to the Sands.

There were 180s from Simon Parry, Robbie Stanger, Thorfinn Eunson, Bruce Moar, Brian Murray, Ivan Leslie, Kevin Gray, Michael Muir Jnr, Michael Muir Snr, Alan Gray, Michael Moodie, Trevor Shearer, Malcolm Coghill, Roy Foubister, Colin Barnett, and two from Mathew Wylie and Ian Wilkie.

High checkouts: 100 from Glen Miller; 103 Michael Bain; 104 Robbie Norquoy and Allan Brown; 113 Derek Manson; 120 Trevor Shearer and Neil Croy; 130 Michael Vendy, on the bull, and Kevin Gray; and 136 Billy Bruce. That took the total 100 — plus finishes to 268 — 179 for the league and 89 for the ‘B’.

The top ‘A’ finish was 164 from Martin Peace, and 158 from Ray Findlay in the ‘B’ League.
The total of 180s stands at 509, with Kevin Gray top on 52, followed by Stevie Linklater on 30.

Most high checkouts: Kevin Gray, on 18, for the ‘A’, and Allan Brown with six for the ‘B’ League.
Up next, it’s the big one — the visit of Shetland, on Friday, April 26, in the Masonic Club. Come along and support the local boys, as they try to make it three in a row.
Then, it’s the Anniversary Shield in the Legion on Saturday, April 27. Names by 1 p.m., male and female.

Results
Steven Flett Shield Final
Kevin Gray and Shona Gray beat Robbie Stanger and Cath Clyde 3-2.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League
Untouchables ‘A’ 8, Untouchables 4; Quoyburray 7, Meadowbank 5; Legion 10, Sanday 2; Wanderers 6, Quoyburray ‘B’ 6; OGC 8, RBLM 4; no game — Commodores.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Bilco Boys 3, Tankerness 9; Likely Lads v Shapinsay — no score; Sands ‘2’ 2, Legion Arrows 10; Murray Arms 7, Nomads 5; Sands 8, Shore 4; Deerness 6, Shore ‘2’ 6; Nomads 4, Sands 8.

Fixtures
Friday, April 26: Inter League/County game, Masonic, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 27: Anniversary Shield, Legion, 1 p.m.
Friday, May 3: Charity Doubles (male/female), Masonic, 7.30 p.m.

Practise nights for the team to play against Shetland will take place the next two Monday nights. 7.30pm in the Legion. Hope everyone can make it, including reserves.

With just one game to go in the Williamson’s Kirkwall Darts League, all the positions have been decided except the destinations of both wooden spoons.
In the Williamson’s ‘A’ league the Golf Club took second spot behind the Legion with an 8-4 win over Quoyburray ‘B’. And with the Commodores finishing their games with a narrow 7-5 win over RBLM, the golf boys can’t be caught so the Commodores finish in third spot.

The Legion are still on course for the record of undefeated games with two wins by 8-4 over Untouchables and 10-2 against Meadowbank. Those were wins 65 and 66. They cannot equal the 72 set by the Nomads as there’s only one game left in this season. Of those 72 games by the Nomads, 71 were wins with one draw back in the early 1970s.

Quoyburray who are already relegated and are one of the teams fighting to avoid the wooden spoon went down 8-4 twice — both to the Untouchables teams so their meeting this week with Meadowbank will sort out the home for the wooden spoon. The Wanderers have secured fourth spot after a 7-5 win over Sanday who after a bright start have faded badly.

Shapinsay are ‘B’ league champions with a 11-1 thumping of Sands ‘2’, and the Murray Arms join them in the ‘A’ league even though they lost 7-5 to the Legion Arrows.

The Sands have taken third spot although there’s no result in from their game with the Nomads. The Nomads did have a win against Deerness but I think the two surprise sides are Tankerness and the Likely Lads who drew 6-6. Both teams struggled last year but both will finish this season in the top half of the Williamson’s ‘B’ league.

The Shore had a good 10-2 win over the Bilco Boys. Deerness did have a win, 7-5 over the Shore who along with the Sands ‘2’ will be one of the teams who will collect the ‘B’ spoon.

There have been several 180s — including from Brian Moar, Michael Moodie, Neil Drever, Brian Murray, Richard Polson, Graham Louttit, Michael Bain, Gary Wilson, Trevor Shearer, Colin Ross, Roy Foubister, Robbie Norquoy, John Thomson, two from Malcolm Coghill, four from Kevin Gray and six from Ian Wilkie — a record for one week’s playing. Kevin Gray now has 51 180s, also a record.

High checkouts included 102 from Ivan Leslie and Trevor Shearer. Ivan also had a 105 and 116. There were 104 and 158 checkouts from Ray Findlay. The 158 is the top score in the ‘B’ league. Other checkouts were: 114 from Billy Ward, Davy Henderson and Ian Wilkie, 110 Ian Findlay, 120 Steven Walls, 138 Mike Bain and 161 Graham Reid.

Tomorrow night, it’s the first of the charity events with the Steven Flett Memorial Shield for mixed pairs in the Legion. Names by 7.30 p.m. and you must enter with a partner. Then on Wednesday, April 17 it’s the Orkney Championships play off with the K-DDL champions meeting the West Mainland champions so the committee meeting for that night is postponed.

Next big event is the inter league county game on Friday, April 26 in the Masonic at 7 p.m.

Results
Williamson’s ‘A’ League: RBLM 5, Commodores 7; Quoyburray ‘B’ 4, OGC 8; Sanday 5, Wanderers 7; Meadowbank 2, Legion 10; Untouchables 8, Quoyburray 4; Quoyburray 4, Untouchables ‘A’ 8; Legion 8, Untouchables 4.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Shore 5, Deerness 7; Nomads v Sands — no score; Legion Arrows 7, Murray Arms 5; Shapinsay 11, Sands ‘2’ 1; Tankerness 6, Likely Lads 6; Shore ‘2’ 10, Bilco Boys 2; Deerness 4, Nomads 8.

Fixtures
Friday, April 12
Steven Flett Mixed Doubles — Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17
Orkney Championships play-off — Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Two great results from the annual East v West games, held up in Stromness. The ‘A’ boys won 11-7 to extend their winning run to 32-7.

Even with three reserves in the team, East were too strong for the West boys, but they had to fight for it, with the score 3-3 after the doubles. Then the East won six singles in a row, leaving them only two from victory. The West came back to make it 9-7, before wins from Paddy and Roy gave the East team the overall victory.

The East ‘B’ team went all-out to avenge last year’s defeat to the West in a game expected to be very close. With the score 2-2 after the doubles, it looked like it could be, but that was all the West were to win, as the East boys won all eight singles to win 10-2 — the biggest margin in the 17 years it has been played. The overall score was 11-6 to the East.

There were notable scores in the ‘A’ game; Kevin Gray and Billy Ward had two 180s, with Michael Bain hitting one and in the 'B' game Billy Eunson and Brett Dickenson had one each. Ryan Tulloch had a 113 finish, but top of the shop goes to Keith Bain, with checkouts of 120, 130 and 154.

In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, the Legion’s game against the Untouchables was postponed for some reason, but the Untouchables did get their postponed game against RBLM played, and they won 7-5. It doesn’t take them up the league, but they are now level with RBLM.

The Golf Club only need one point to secure the runners-up spot, after a 8-4 defeat of Sanday. The Commodores also won 8-4, against Quoyburray ‘B’, but only have one game to play, and they trail the Golf Club by two points. Other results saw the Wanderers win 8-4 over Meadowbank. No score in from the Quoyburray v Untouchables ‘A’ game.

All these postponed games must be played by next week, which sees the end of the league season.

Congratulations to the Murray Arms, who have won promotion to the ‘A’ League, after beating Shapinsay 7-5, and leaves the Williamson’s ‘B’ League wide open. Shapinsay stay on top after winning a postponed game against the Sands, 8-4.

The fight for the wooden spoon still goes on after defeats for the Shore 9-3, against Shore ‘2’, and the Sands ‘2’ also lost 7-5 to Tankerness. The Bilco Boys are also down there, after losing to the Likely Lads 7-5, but should be clear with only two games to go. No score for Deerness v Nomads.

There were 180s from Graham Rendall, George Low, Thorfinn Eunson, Brian Murray, Gordon Rendall, Keith Brumpton, Bruce Moar, Michael Moodie, Derek Ward Snr, and two from Ian Wilkie and Billy Ward.

High checkouts: 100 from Stevie Linklater and Wayne Monkman; 101 Derek Manson; 110 Billy Ward and Des Gillespie; 116 Billy Eunson and Ian Wilkie; 120 Gary Drever.

The next trophy event is the Steven Flett Memorial Shield, on Friday, April 12. It is for mixed doubles, and is in the Legion Club. Players must enter as a pair.

Results

East beat West 11-7; East ‘B’ beat West ‘B’ 10-2.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League
Quoyburray v Untouchables ‘A’ — no score; Legion v Untouchables — postponed; Wanderers 8, Meadowbank 4; OGC 8, Sanday 4; Commodores 8, Quoyburray ‘B’ 4; RBLM 5, Untouchables 7.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Likely Lads 7, Bilco Boys 5; Sands ‘2’ 5, Tankerness 7; Murray Arms 7, Shapinsay 5; Deerness v Nomads — no score; Shore 3, Shore ‘2’ 9; Shapinsay 8, Sands 4.

Fixtures

Friday, April 12

Steven Flett Mixed Doubles, Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Monday, April 8

Williamson’s ‘A’ League
Untouchables ‘A’ v Untouchables; Quoyburray v Meadowbank; Legion v Sanday; Wanderers v Quoyburray ‘B’; OGC v RBLM; no game — Commodores.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Bilco Boys v Tankerness; Likely Lads v Shapinsay; Sands ‘2’ v Legion Arrows; Murray Arms v Nomads; Sands v Shore; Deerness v Shore ‘2’.

The KDDL East A and B teams both beat their West Mainand counterparts on Friday. The A score was 11-7, the B score was 10-2.

More details will follow.

It was back to league business after the cups break and, in the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, it was ‘as you were’, with the Legion chalking up their 64th straight win, after beating Untouchables ‘A’ 10-2.
That win puts the Legion out of reach of all the other teams, so the fight is on for second spot, with the Golf Club contenders, after beating already doomed Meadowbank 10-2.
Hot on their heels are the Commodores, 8-4 winners over Sanday, but have played a game more than the Golf boys — and there's only a couple of games to go!
There was a very good win for RBLM — 8-4 over Quoyburray ‘B’.
The Wanderers remain in fourth place, after a narrow 7-5 win over the Untouchables, which looks like leaving last year's runners-up to their lowest ever league position, although they do have a postponed game in hand.
The top game in the Williamson’s ‘B’ League was the Shapinsay v Sands, but no score card was handed in, so the Murray Arms closed the gap by beating Tankerness 10-2, and they meet Shapinsay this week — so the league could be won this week!
The Likely Lads had a great 9-3 win over the Shore ‘2’ and the Nomads have moved up after beating the Shore 10-2.
They move above the Legion Arrows, who went down 7-5 to Deerness, and the Bilco Boys moved clear of the wooden spoon area by beating the Sands ‘2’ 7-5.
There were 180s from Allan Brown, Edrian Skea, Jamie Drever, Keith Bain, Derek Ward Jnr, Ray Butcher, Ivan Leslie, Kevin Gray, Brian Moar, who also had a 177, Craig Taylor, Robert Gatt, Ian Wilkie, Graham Louttit, Keith Brumpton, Michael Moodie, Alan Gray, Robbie Stanger, and two from Leigh Shearer, Brett Dickenson, and George Low, with Bruce Moar hitting three.
High checkouts: 100 Alan Gray and Ivan Leslie; 119 Leonard Craigie; and 151 Robbie Stanger.
The 180s have now reached a total of 447 so far this season. Kevin Gray has 47 of them , followed by Stevie Linklater on 30. And Robbie Stanger, on 23, makes up the top three.
Martin Peace, on 164, still has the highest ‘A’ finish, with Craig Moar’s 150 topping the ‘B’ table.
Kevin Gray has 17 over-100 finishes in the ‘A’ League, and in the ‘B’ League, it’s Allan Brown and Craig Moar, both on five.
It is the big games on Friday, night with the annual East v West, which this year is being held in the Stromness Golf Club.
A bus will leave the Kirkwall Legion Club at 7pm, returning after the games.
The next domestic cup is the Steven Flett Shield, on Friday April 12. It is a mixed doubles event, and is being held in the Legion

Results
Williamson’s ‘A’ League
Sanday 4, Commodores 8; Meadowbank 2, OGC 10; Untouchables 5, Wanderers 7; Untouchables ‘A’ 2, Legion 10; Quoyburray ‘B’ 4, RBLM 8; Quoyburray — no game.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Legion Arrows 5, Deerness 7; Shapinsay v Sands — no score; Tankerness 2, Murray Arms 10; Bilco Boys 7, Sands ‘2’ 5; Shore ‘2’ 3, Likely Lads 9; Nomads 10, Shore 2.

Fixtures
Friday, March 29
East v West, Stromness Golf Club, 8pm.

Monday, April 1
Williamson’s ‘A’ League
RBLM v Commodores; Quoyburray ‘B’ v OGC; Sanday v Wanderers; Meadowbank v Legion; Untouchables v Quoyburray; Untouchables ‘A’ — no game.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Shore v Deerness; Nomads v Sands; Legion Arrows v Murray Arms; Shapinsay v Sands ‘2’; Tankerness v Likely Lads; Shore ‘2’ v Bilco Boys.

Friday, April 12
Steven Flett Mixed Doubles, Legion, 7.30pm.

A great week of cup games gave the players a rest from league business.
Three cups were played, all the best of three legs, 301 double start, just like the league used to be up until 1977.
The Knight Cup was first up for ‘A’ teams, and a good turnout of nine of the 11 teams took part.
Only the two teams already religated were absent — the Quoyburray and Meadowbank.
With the double start format, there is always the surprise results, but this time there were none, and reaching the final were the Legion and Commodores, with the Commodores coming out on top 4-2.
The following night, it was the turn of the ‘B’ boys, but a very poor entry of only six of the 12 teams bothered to compete.
The first big exit was Shapinsay, going down 4-1 to the Shore ‘2’, who were playing very good darts that took them to the final. Waiting there was the Legion Arrows, who had also played steady darts to get there.
But they had no answer to the Shore’s starting and finishing power, like captain Allan Brown’s 130 in the last game. A single 20, followed by treble 20 and then the bullseye, to make it 4-0 to Shore ‘2’.
Two down and one to go in a very busy week, and it was the Tom Notman Memorial Singles Cup and an excellent turn out of 35 came forward —more than double last year’s entry. But only two of the past players entered. They were Mally Johnston and Peter Johnston, but both fell at the first hurdle.
There were also lots of other surprise results but, by final time, it was two of the top ranking players bulling up and, in a very good final, Bruce Moar beat Robbie Stanger 2-1.
In a 301 double start game, not many 180s are scored, but there were five on this occasion, from Billy Ward, Steven Groat, Michael Muir Snr, and two from Robbie Stanger, who, along with Freddy Tait, had a seven-darter in their doubles game.
High-checkouts: 105 Robert Gatt; 112 Des Gillespie; 112 and 113 Robbie Stanger; 114 Michael Moodie; 115 Ollie Bethwaite; 119 Kevin Gray and Derek Ward Snrl 130 Allan Brown; 136 Aaron Mitchell; and 138 Callum Miller.
The next big event is the East v West, due to be played in the Stromness Golf Club on Friday, March 29. A bus will leave the Kirkwall Legion at 7pm, returning after the match.
Tankerness finally ended Sands chances of winning the William’s ‘B’ League, by beating them 7-5.
That result also means that Shapinsay will be promoted up to the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, either as champions or runners-up, as this year two teams will be promoted and, of course, two relegated, and that has already been settled.
If anyone knows the whareabouts of the ‘B’ League Wooden Spoon, please let the secretary know, or of they have it, return it to the secretary, Jim Scollie.
That is all for the leagues’ domestic cups for the season, but there is still three charity cups to play for, as well as the match versus Shetland.

Results
Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Sands 5, Tankerness 7.

Knight Cup (A) Final
Commoders beat Legion 4-2.

Seatter Cup (B) Final
Shore ‘2’ beat Legion Arrows 4-0.

Tom Notman Singles Cup Final
Bruce Moar beat Robbie Stanger 2-1.

Fixtures for Friday, March 29
East v West, Stromness Golf Club, 8pm.
(Bus leaves Kirkwall Legion 7pm)

Williamson’s ‘A’ League
Quoyburray v Untouchables ‘A’; Legion v Untouchables; Wanderers v Meadowbank; OGC v Sanday; Commodores v Quoyburray ‘B’; no game — RBLM.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Likely Lads v Bilco Boys; Sands ‘2’ v Tankerness; Murray Arms v Shapinsay; Sands v Legion Arrows; Deerness v Nomads; Shore v Shore ‘2’.

It was a big day, and a big entry, as 102 came forward for the J. W. Gray Carling Kirkwall Open.
Down on last year’s record entry, but all the top players from Orkney, Shetland and Caithness mustered at the Masonic, all competing for the £500 first prize.
The entry consisted of 54 non-registered players and included 29 ladies, but only 16 ‘B’ players, which is hard to understand as there was £100 on offer for the most successful of the ‘B’ boys.
That title went to Brett Dickenson, of the Nomads, while Irene Thomson collected the ladies’ prize.
On to the big game, some of the fancied players hitting the dust early on.
The top game was the clash between the holder, and Kirkwall Singles Champion Kevin Gray taking on the Shetland Singles Champion Neil Redfern, who had just returned from taking part in the Scottish Open Championship.
That didn’t help him though, as Kevin the Kirkwall champ, beat him 3-2.
However, two games later, Kevin crashed out to fellow Orkney player Brian Moar at the quarter-final stage.
At that stage there were six Kirkwall ‘A’ players, one ‘B’ player, and also one from Caithness, Stewart Tait, and he made the semi-finals, before going out 4-1 to Ian Wilkie.
By this time, it was certain that a new name was going on the cup, as, in the other semi-final, Ivan Leslie beat Brian Moar 4-0.
The final will go down as a classic. By the score, it looked very one-sided, but it was far from that, with only Ivan’s great finishing proving decisive on the day. Iain won the first game, but that was it.
The cup, once again, remains in Kirkwall, as it has done since the start of the open.
It was great to meet some old friends once again, like ex-Scottish international Angus Ross.
On to the leagues, and the Legion have done it again! With an 11-1 thumping of Quoyburray, they have retained the Williamson’s ‘A’ League title. The defeat also means Quoyburray will be relegated.
The Golf Club could equal the Legion’s points, but not the game difference. They beat the Untouchables 7-5.
It was the same score for the Commodores over Meadowbank, which puts them down to the ‘B’ League, and keeps the Commodores in contention for second spot.
The Wanderers also won 7-5, against the Untouchables ‘A’, but they are too far behind now to get up to second. Sanday got back to winning ways, 9-3 over RBLM.
Shapinsay are nearly there, after an 8-4 win over Deerness, but the Murray Arms also won, and it was 11-1 against the Bilco boys, and they look like the main challengers to Shapinsay.
However, the Sands might have a say in things yet.  There was no score in from their game against Tankerness, who are also up there near the top.
Another good win for the Nomads – 7-5 over the Shore ‘2’, and also a win for the Legion Arrows over the other Shore team; 9-3 was the score.
There were 180s from Ian Eunson, Steven Walls, Roy Griffiths, Michael Moore, Brian Murray, Keith Brumpton, Craig Taylor, Kevin Gray, Neil Croy, Andrew Rendall, and two from Alan Gray, Stevie Linklater and Brett Dickenson.
High checkouts: 102 Peter Mathieson; 103 and 116 Billy Ward; 104 Graham Rendall and Colin Ross; 108 Graham Louttit and Colin Barnett; 111 Brian Moar and Neil Croy; 112 Peter Liddle; 116 Gary Drever and Stevie Linklater; and 119 from Ian Wilkie; 121 Callum Miller; and 140 and 116 Ivan Leslie.
It is the Tom Notman Cup on, Friday, in the Legion. It is singles and open to any player who has ever played in the KDDL.
The East team and the team to play Shetland is: Captain Craig Taylor, Kevin Gray, Derek Firth, Ivan Leslie, Neil Croy, Robbie Stanger, Billy Ward, Stevie Linklater, Bruce Moar, Brian Moar, Alan Gray, Ian Wilkie and Michael Bain. Reserves: Colin Kirkpatrick and Roy Foubister.
The ‘B’ team is: Captain Allan Brown, Keith Bain, Derek Ward, Billy Eunson, Ryan Tulloch, Billy Brown, Ian Eunson, George Low and Brett Dickenson.
Reserves: Jamie Drever and Paul Firth.
It takes place on March 29, Stromness Golf Club. A bus will leave the Kirkwall Legion at 7pm, returning after the game.

Results
J. W. Gray and Carlings Open Final:
Ivan Leslie beat Ian Wilkie 5 - 1.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League:
Legion 11, Quoyburray 1; Wanderers 7, Untouchables ‘A’ 5; OGC 7, Untouchables 5; Commodores 7, Meadowbank 5; RBLM 3, Sanday 9; No game – Quoyburray ‘B’.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League:
Sands ‘2’ 3, Likely Lads 9; Murray Arms 11, Bilco Boys 1; Sands v Tankerness – no score; Deerness 4, Legion Arrows 9; Nomads 7, Shore ‘2’ 5.

Fixtures
Friday, March 15:
Tom Notman 301 Singles Cup, Legion 7.30pm.

Monday, March 18:
Wllliamson’s ‘A’ League:
Sanday v Commodorowbank v OGC; Untouchables v Wanderers; Untouchables ‘A’ v Legion; Quoyburray ‘B’ v RBLM; No game – Quoyburray.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League:
Legion Arrows v Deerness; Shapinsay v Sands; Tankerness v Murray Arms; Bilco Boys v Sands ‘2’; Shore ‘2’ v Likely Lads; Nomads v Shore.

Ivan Leslie beat Iain Wilkie in the final  of the JW Gray Carling Kirkwall Open to win £500 cash and the cup. Iain won £200. Loosing semi finalists were Stewart Tait and Brian Moar, £50 each. Iain beat Stewart, Brian lost to Ivan. Loosing Quarter finalists were Derek Firth, Brett Dickinson, Robbie Stanger, and Neil 'The Whippet' Croy. Woman's winner was Irene Thomson, KDDL B league winner Brett Dickinson, they both won £100. Over £1000 of prize money was given out on the day. Thanks to Carling and JW Gray for their support once again.

The team to play Shetland on April 26th is also the East A team who will play the West on 29th March.

Bus will leave The Legion at 7pm for the East v West.

Captain: Craig Taylor. Players:  Kevin Gray, Stevie Linklater, Robbie Stanger, Ivan Leslie, Mike Bain, Billy Ward, Brian Moar, Derek Firth, Bruce Moar, Iain Wilkie, Alan Gray and Neil Croy. Reserves 1st Paddy Kirkpatrick, 2nd Roy Foubister.

East B. 

Captain: Allan Brown. Players: Keith Bain, Derek Ward, Billy Eunson, Ryan Tulloch, Billy Brown, Ian Eunson, George Low, Brett Dickinson. Reserves 1st Jamie Drever, 2nd Paul Firth.

ANY PLAYERS WHO CAN NOT MAKE THESE FIXTURES PLEASE INFORM CAPTAINS.

Not a huge turnout for the last ranking event of the season — the league singles.
In fact, a rather disappointing 36 only turned up.
But all the top players were there, and the standard of darts was of the highest quality.
In the very first round, Stevie Linklater averaged 102, and that continued, with Kevin Gray hitting 107.6 in the quarter-final win over Allan Brown.
The only surprise early on was the defeat of the off-form defending champion Derek Firth, and, by semi-final time, it was the four top-ranked players who faced off, with Kevin Gray beating team-mate Ivan Leslie 3-0, and Stevie Linklater overcoming Brian Moar 3-1.
The final appears, on paper, to be very one-sided, but it was far from that.
Only Kevin’s finishing was the winning format.
The averages were down on last year, with Kevin averaging 76.52, and Stevie 67.43.
It is a pity that the two ‘B’ players who were in with a shout for selection did not enter, so there will be no ‘B’ players in the team to play Shetland on April 26, unless selected by the committee on Wednesday, when three wildcards are picked.
The final points table is headed by Kevin Gray.
The full table is: Kevin Gray (Legion) 58 points; Stevie Linklater (OGC) 52; Robbie Stanger (Commodores) 34; Ivan Leslie (Legion) 31; Michael Bain (Untouchables) 26; Billy Ward (Commodores) 25; Brian Moar (Wanderers) 24; Derek Firth (Legion) 22; Bruce Moar (OGC) 20; Ian Wilkie (Untouchables) 17; Jim Brown (OGC) 13; Alan Gray (Sanday) 12; George Low (Tankerness) 11; Gordon Rendall (OGC) 11; Neil Croy (Legion) 11; Trevor Shearer (Untouchables ‘A’) 10.
A further 31 players have points ranging from nine to three.
In total, 73 players took part in the ranking points, not counting non-registered players who played in the open events.
In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, the Legion are nearly there, without playing a game, as all their challengers dropped points.
The Legion now only need one more win to retain their title.
The Golf Club could only manage a six-all draw with the Untouchables ‘A’, and the Commodores also had to settle for a share of the points, drawing 6-6 with the Untouchables. That drop off points means they can’t get enough points now to overtake the Legion, and the Golf Club can only equal the score, if they win all their remaining games and the Legion lose theirs!
Good points for both the bottom teams, as Meadowbank drew with RBLM, and it was the same for Quoyburray, as they held the strong Wanderers six-all.
The only win of the week was for Quoyburray ‘B’, 7-5 over Sanday.
In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, Shapinsay are not far off taking the ‘B’ title, after beating the Shore 10-2.
The main challengers are the Murray Arms, and they had two good wins — 9-3 over the Sands ‘2’ in a postponed game, and 7-5 against the Likely Lads.
The Sands ‘2’ also went down 7-5 in their second game against the Shore ‘2’, but the big surprise was the 7-5 defeat of the Sands by the Bilco Boys, which lifts them off bottom spot.
Tankerness also came a cropper, at the hands of Deerness. The score was 7-5.
The local derby at the Legion went to the young boys of the Nomads, 7-5 over the Arrows.
There were 180s from Alan Gray, Gary Drever, Ian Eunson, Allen Brown, Eddie Craigie, Robbie Stanger, Ian Wilkie, Colin Ross, Martin Peace, Davy Henderson, Brian Moar, Bruce Moar, Roy Foubister, Alan Gray, Dave Noble, Ray Butcher, Brian Stevenson, Michael Montgomery, and two from Leigh Shearer, Craig Taylor, and James Flett. Both Kevin Gray and Stevie Linklater had four each.
High checkouts: 100 from Gary Drever and Billy Ward, who also had a 141 and 154, all in the one game; 104 Craig Moar; 103 Robbie Norquoy; 106 Robbie Stanger and Leigh Shearer; 108 Keith Bain; 109 Derek Firth, who also had a 111; 110 Gordon Rendall; 111 A. Edwardson; 106 Paddy; 114 Michael Montgomery; 116 Michael Moodie; 119 Gary Wilson; 120 Kevin Gray; 134 Keith Bain; 135 Brian Moar; and 139 from Glen Miller. Davy Henderson also had a 177.
The big day is here on Saturday. It’s the Carling J. W. Gray Kirkwall Open, in the Masonic Club. Entries by 1.30 p.m. Please note the time.
Last year was a record entry, with 122 entering. This year could be the same, with players coming from Shetland, Caithness, and all over Orkney.
There is £1,080 up for grabs, with £500 going to the champion.
There’s prizes right down to the quarter-finalists, and there’s a huge raffle. It’s worth turning up just for that!
There’s a break in the league fixtures next week, with three cups being played.
On Monday, it’s the Knight Cup for ‘A’ teams of four to six players. It’s in the Legion Club.
Then, on Tuesday, the ‘B’ boys get their chance to challenge for the Seatter Cup. It’s also for teams of four to six players, and is in the Masonic Club.
Then, on Friday, it’s the Tom Notman Memorial Singles Cup for any player playing, or who has played in the K-DDL. It’s a fine chance for some of the old boys to have a bit of fun.
All three cups are 301 double-start events.

Results
League Singles Final: Kevin Gray beat Stevie Linklater 4-0.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Untouchables 6, Commodores 6; Untouchables ‘A’ 6, OGC 6; Quoyburray 6, Wanderers 6; Sanday 5, Quoyburray ‘B’ 7; Meadowbank 6, RBLM 6; no game — Legion.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Tankerness 5, Deerness 7; Bilco Boys 7, Sands 5; Likely Lads 5, Murray Arms 7; Shore ‘2’ 7, Sands ‘2’ 5; Legion Arrows 5, Nomads 7; Shapinsay 10, Shore 2; Murray Arms 9, Sands ‘2’ 3.

Fixtures
Saturday, March 9: Carling Kirkwall Open, Masonic, 1.30 p.m.
Monday, March 11: Knight Cup, ‘A’ teams, 4-6, Legion, 7.30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12: Seatter Cup, ‘B’ teams, 4-6, Masonic, 7.30 p.m.
Friday, March 15: Tom Notman Cup Singles, Legion, 7.30 p.m.
East v West, Stromness Golf Club, Friday, March 29.

Kevin Gray beat Stevie Linklater in the league singles final 4-0. 36 players entered the competition.

Both the Williamson’s darts leagues have more or less reached the three-quarter mark and it looks odds on that the present leaders in both leagues will go on to clinch the titles.
In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, the Legion finally finished any chance that the Wanderers had by beating them 8-4.
The main challengers are the Golf Club and they kept on track with a 11-1 beating of Quoyburray who look doomed to be relegated along with Meadowbank who lost out 10-2 to Quoyburray ‘B’ who have moved up into fourth place ahead of the Wanderers.
The Commodores are still on the tail of the Golf Club after defeating Untouchables ‘A’ 9-3. The RBLM v Untouchables game was postponed.
What a week for Shapinsay in the Williamson’s ‘B’ League as they played three games. It was also a great week for the Legion Arrows as they beat Shapinsay 7-5 to inflict the first defeat for the isles boys but it didn't do much harm as Shapinsay won the other two games 11-1 over the Nomads and 8-4 against the Likely Lads.
The Arrows also played another game but couldn't keep up the form shown against Shapinsay and went down 7-5 to Shore ‘2’.
It was a week for two games as the Likely Lads also had another game and they lost that as well 8-4 at the Sands and they closed up on Shapinsay but still trail by nine points.
Elsewhere Tankerness had a good 10-2 win at the Shore and are in fourth spot. Deerness are putting up a great fight for a top place after beating the Bilco Boys 8-4.
There’s no score in from the Murray Arms v Sands ‘2’. The Murray Boys are now two games adrift.
There have been 180s from Graham Reid, Billy Ward, Roy Foubister, Leigh Shearer, Robbie Stanger, Davy Henderson, Kevin Gray, Brian Moar, Billy Eunson, Ian Eunson. High checkouts include a 100 from Colin Leslie and Brian Moar who also had a 120, 106 Kevin Gray and a 146, 106 and 112 Robbie Stanger, 108 Brett Dickenson, 111 Callum Miller twice, 115 Arthur Cruickshanks, 116 Des Gillespie and Graham Rendall, 121 Ray Findlay, 122 Robbie Norquoy, and 140 George Low.
It’s a big night on Friday with the final ranking points event, the League Singles in the Legion. Names by 7.30 p.m.
Most of the teams are secure but a couple of points or more could catapult a number of players into the top nine.
Then next week it’s the highlight of the season with the Carling and J. W. Gray Kirkwall Open in the Masonic Club on Saturday, March 9. Names by 1.30 p.m. Please note the time.
After next week’s league games, there will be a break from league games with a week of 301 double start cups starting on Monday, March 11 with the Knight Cup for ‘A’ teams of four to six players. Then on Tuesday, March 12 it’s for ‘B’ teams. The ‘A’ games are in the Legion, the ‘B’ games in the Masonic.
Then it’s the Tom Notman Cup. It’s singles for any player who is playing or has played in the past for the K-DDL.
There will be a committee meeting on Wednesday, March 6, in the Masonic Club at 8 p.m.
Tattie Bogle

RESULTS
Williamson’s ‘A’ League : Wanderers 4, Legion 8; OGC 11, Quoyburray 1; Commodores 9, Untouchables ‘A’ 3; RBLM v Untouchables postponed; Quoyburray ‘B’ 10, Meadowbank 2; no game — Sanday.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Murray Arms v Sands ‘2’ no score; Sands 8, Likely Lads 4; Deerness 8, Bilco Boys 4; Shore 2, Tankerness 10; Nomads 1, Shapinsay 11; Legion Arrows 5, Shore ‘2’ 7; Shapinsay 5, Legion Arrows 7; Shapinsay 8, Likely Lads 4.

FIXTURES
Monday, March 4
Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Legion v Quoyburray; Wanderers v Untouchables ‘A’; OGC v Untouchables; Commodores v Meadowbank; RBLM v Sanday; no game — Quoyburray ‘B’.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Sands ‘2’ v Likely Lads; Murray Arms v Bilco Boys; Sands v Tankerness; Deerness v Shapinsay; Shore v Legion Arrows; Nomads v Shore ‘2’.

Friday, March 1
League Singles — Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Saturday, March 9
Carling Kirkwall Open — Masonic, 1.30 p.m.

Kevin Gray and Derek Firth won the league doubles beating Colin Kirkpatrick and Graham Reid in the final.

Another good turn out of 23 pairs came forward for the league doubles, the second last ranking points event.
That number was well up on last year, and, as usual, some big names bit the dust early on, but, by semi-final time, it was very familiar faces who lined up, with the defending champions Kevin Gray and Derek Firth taking out the Commodores pairing of Billy Ward and Robbie Stanger 3-1.
In the other semi, the two boys from Quoyburray ‘B’, Graham Reid and Paddy Kirkpatrick, had a great 3-2 win over the Untouchables’ Ian Wilkie and Michael Bain.
They both played well in the final, but couldn’t hold the champs, and went down 4-2 in what was a terrific final.

In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, it is nearly all over, as the Legion crushed second-placed Golf Club 10-2.
It was a great game, in which eight by 180s were scored, the most this year in any league game.
The Legion now lead by 13 points, with seven games to go.
The Commodores closed the gap on second spot by beating Quoyburray 8-4, and Sanday got back on form, defeating Meadowbank 10-2.
Quoyburray ‘B’ had a great draw by holding the Untouchables six-all.
The other Untouchables team got full points by beating RBLM 7-5, and it is really a fight for second spot now.

In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, Shapinsay still lead, even though there was no score in from their game with Legion Arrows.
The Sands are in second spot, after beating the Sands ‘2’ 7-5, the same score the Murray Arms had over the Shore ‘2’.
It was also 7-5 for Deerness over the Likely Lads, and, once again, a very good point for the Nomads, as they held the high-flying Tankerness 6-6.
Shapinsay did beat the Shore ‘2’ 9-3 in their postponed game.
The other Shore team drew six-all with the Bilco Boys.

There were 180s from Graham Rendall, Derek Manson, Ali Learmonth, Wilfie Tulloch, Sam Harris, Brian Murray, Ian Wilkie, Colin Kirkpatrick, Michael Muir Jnr, Derek Ward Snr, Alan Gray, Leigh Shearer, Brian Moar, and two from Ivan Leslie and Michael Bain, three from Stevie Linklater, and four from Kevin Gray.
That takes Kevin to 40 for the season, so far!

High checkouts: 100 Allan Brown; 101 Colin Leslie; 111 Billy Bruce and Roy Foubister; 112 Greg Rorie; 113 Gary Brown; 114 Derek Firth; 116 Craig Moar and Neil Croy; 118 Paul Hourston; 120 Derek Firth; 131 from Kevin Gray, and Graham Reid had a 146 in the doubles final.

If anyone knows where the wooden spoons are, let the secretary know.

Results
League Doubles Final: Kevin Gray and Derek Firth beat Colin Kirkpatrick and Graham Reid 4-2.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Quoyburray 4, Commodores 8; Legion 10, OGC 2; Meadowbank 2, Sanday 10; Untouchables 6, Quoyburray ‘B’ 6; Untouchables ‘A’ 7, RBLM 5; no game — Wanderers.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Likely Lads 5, Deerness 7; Sands ‘2’ 5, Sands 7; Shore ‘2’ 5, Murray Arms 7; Shapinsay v Legion Arrows — no score; Tankerness 6, Nomads 6; Bilco Boys 6, Shore 6; Shapinsay 9, Shore ‘2’ 3.

Fixtures
Friday, March 1: League Singles, Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Monday, February 25: Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Untouchables v Commodores; Untouchables ‘A’ v OGC; Quoyburray v Wanderers; Sanday v Quoyburray ‘B’; Meadowbank v RBLM; no game — Legion.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Tankerness v Deerness; Bilco Boys v Sands; Likely Lads v Murray Arms; Shore ‘2’ v Sands ‘2’; Legion Arrows v Nomads; Shapinsay v Shore.

Another great entry of 33 players came forward for the ‘B’ League Singles. That is 50 per cent of the registered players.
Even so, there were some big names missing, and of the ones present, some went out early on.
But, by semi-final time, there was a good mix, with two from Shapinsay, one from the Sands, and one from the Nomads, with the Sands player, Jamie Drever, and Shapinsay’s Billy Eunson making the final.
And what an advert for the ‘B’ boys, as the final looked like going to Shapinsay, as Billy stormed into a 3-1 lead, only needing one more game.
But he never got it, as Jamie stormed back to take the next three games for a dramatic 4-3 win; the second year on the trot a player has come back from 3-1 down to win!

This Friday, it’s back to both league players, with the league doubles in the Masonic. It’s also a ranking points event.
I think the top five in the table are quite safe, but under that, a lot of players could find their way into the team to play Shetland on April 26.
So a big entry is expected. Names by 7.30 p.m.

In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, the Legion are not far away from retaining their title, after a 10-2 thumping of the Commodores, one of their main challengers. It was their 60th game undefeated!
The Golf Club are now clear in second spot after beating the Wanderers 9-3, and what a win for Quoyburray ‘B’, last year’s wooden spoonists, as they inflicted an 11-1 defeat on Untouchables ‘A’.
The other Untouchables had a good 7-5 win over Sanday, and there was also a good 9-3 win for RBLM over Quoyburray.

Shapinsay still lead the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, even though their game was postponed.
The Sands lost ground, after going down 9-3 to the Murray Arms, who could be the main challengers to Shapinsay.
The Likely Lads had to settle for a six-all draw at the Shore, who also drew their postponed game with the Sands ‘2’, who also drew with Deerness.
There was a defeat for Tankerness, going down 7-5 to the Legion Arrows, but joy for the Nomads, after beating Bilco Boys 7-5.

There were 180s from Olly Bethwaite , Peter Mathieson, Craig Moar, Ian Eunson, Jamie Drever, Neil Croy, Keith Brumpton, Stevie Linklater, Robert Gatt, Graham Reid, Ian Wilkie, Michael Bain, and two from Wayne Monkman, Leigh Shearer, and Kevin Gray.
High checkouts: 100 from Stevie Linklater and Keith Bain; 106 Steven Gray; 109 Peter Hourston; 112 Robbie Stanger; 114 Paddy; 118 Michael Muir Snr and Wilfie Tulloch; 120 Brian Moar; 121 and 137 Kevin Gray; and 140 Michael Bain.

The Auld Motor Hoose will be holding an open singles event on Thursday, February 14 (Valentine’s Night!).
It’s a money-in-money-out contest. Names to be in by 8.30 p.m.

Results
‘B’ League Singles Final: Jamie Drever beat Billy Eunson 4-3.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League: OGC 9, Wanderers 3; Commodores 2, Legion 10; RBLM 9, Quoyburray 3; Quoyburray ‘B’ 11, Untouchables ‘A’ 1; Sanday 5, Untouchables 7; no game — Meadowbank.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Sands 3, Murray Arms 9; Deerness 6, Sands ‘2’ 6; Shore 6, Likely Lads 6; Nomads 7, Bilco Boys 5; Legion Arrows 7, Tankerness 5; Shapinsay v Shore ‘2’ postponed; Sands ‘2’ 6, Shore 6.

Fixtures
Thursday, February 14: Auld Motor Hoose Singles, 8.30 p.m.
Friday, February 15: League Doubles, Masonic, 7.30 p.m.

Monday, February 18: Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Wanderers v Legion; OGC v Quoyburray; Commodores v Untouchables ‘A’; RBLM v Untouchables; Quoyburray ‘B’ v Meadowbank; no game  — Sanday.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Murray Arms v Sands ‘2’; Sands v Likely Lads; Deerness v Bilco Boys; Shore v Tankerness; Nomads v Shapinsay; Legion Arrows v Shore ‘2’.

A great turn out of 41 players toed the oche for the brand new 18-30 Trophy, made out of stone by Stevie Linklater.
Most of the players play in Kirkwall, but quite a few came from the West Mainland and, after a hard afternoon’s play, it was a West Mainland player who contested the final.
And he not only contested it, he walked away with it, with a 4-1 win over Michael Moodie. His name is Erlend Ritch, and he played well all day.
Next up is the ‘B’ League Singles in the Masonic on Friday night. Names by 7.30 p.m.

In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, the Legion have increased their lead to ten points after beating RBLM 11-1.
The Commodores and Wanderers both lost ground by drawing six-all, the Golf Club had the week off, and there was joy at last for Meadowbank as they gained their first point by holding the Untouchables six-all.
The other Untouchables put an end to Sanday’s chances by beating them 7-5.
That was also the score for Quoyburray ‘B’ against the other Quoyburray team.
In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, Shapinsay are six points ahead of their nearest challengers, after beating Tankerness 7-5.
The Sands are still in with a shout after beating the Shore ‘2’ 8-4, but they have played a game more.
The Murray Arms are in third spot following an 8-4 defeat of Deerness.
There was a good win also for the Bilco Boys — 7-5 over the Legion Arrows, and the same score for the Likely Lads over the Nomads.
A postponed game from last week saw the Sands pick up more points, beating Deerness 7-5.
No result in from the Sands ‘2’ v Shore.

There were 180s from Ali Learmonth, Ian Eunson, Ryan Tulloch, Allan Brown, E. Pirie, Ray Butcher, Kevin Gray, Davy Henderson, Hamish Baillie, Sinclair Craigie, Graham Reid, Brian Moar, Sean Stanger, Robbie Stanger, Michael Montgomery, Michael Muir Snr, Michael Moodie, Michael Vendy, and two from Billy Brown and Paddy Kirkpatrick.
High checkouts: 101 and 105 from N. Holland; 103 Michael Moodie; 106 Hamish Baillie; 108 Cammy Scott and J. Rendall; 110 Michael Vendy and Derek Ward Jnr; 111 Wayne Monkman; 116 Craig Moar; 117 Peter Liddle; 120 Allan Brown.

Results
18-30 Open Singles Final: Erlend Ritch beat Michael Moodie 4-1.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Wanderers 6, Commodores 6; Untouchables 6, Meadowbank 6; Untouchables ‘A’ 7, Sanday 5; Quoyburray 5, Quoyburray ‘B’ 7; Legion 11, RBLM 1.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Murray Arms 8, Deerness 4; Shore ‘2’ 4, Sands 8; Tankerness 5, Shapinsay 7; Bilco Boys 7, Legion Arrows 5; Likely Lads 7, Nomads 5; Sands ‘2’ v Shore — no score; Sands 7, Deerness 5.

Fixtures
Friday, February 8: ‘B’ League Singles, Masonic, 7.30 p.m.
Friday, February 15: League Doubles, Masonic, 7.30 p.m.

Monday, February 11: Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Quoyburray v Commodores; Legion v OGC; Meadowbank v Sanday; Untouchables v Quoyburray ‘B’; Untouchables ‘A’ v RBLM; no game — Wanderers.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Likely Lads v Deerness; Sands ‘2’ v Sands; Shore ‘2’ v Murray Arms; Shapinsay v Legion Arrows; Tankerness v Nomads; Bilco Boys v Shore.

Thirty-nine players came forward for the E. R. & T. Craigie Singles, a ranking points event.
With such a strong field, some big names fell early on, including the top ranked player, Kevin Gray.
But, by semi-final time, it was familiar faces, with Brian Moar beating Bruce Moar 3-2, and in the other semi, Michael Bain took out Stevie Linklater 3-0.
But Michael couldn’t take the title, going down to Brian, but only 4-3.
It was welcome points for both players.

In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, the Legion have moved seven points ahead, after defeating the Quoyburray ‘B’ 9-3 — their 58th straight league win.
The reason they increased their lead is because the Golf Club were drawing six-all with the Commodores, and that allowed the Wanderers to move closer to the teams above after a close 7-5 win over RBLM. They are now only two points off third spot.
Poor old Meadowbank have still to collect a point after going down 8-4 to Untouchables ‘A’.
Still in with a chance are Sanday, after beating the Quoyburray 8-4, but they are eight points off second spot, and that’s a lot to catch up.
Shapinsay continue to dominate the Williamson’s ‘B’ League after beating the Bilco Boys 11-1.
Things are not very clear in the ‘B’ League, as too many score cards are not being handed in on time, which is noon on Saturday. No card means no score and no points!
All the other games ended in six-all draws, so no dramatic change in league positions.

There were 180s from Colin Leslie, Mervyn Ward, Alan Gray, Hamish Baillie, Davy Henderson, Brian Murray, Ray Butcher, Billy Ward, Ivan Leslie, Keith Bain, and two from Stevie Linklater, Kevin Gray, Neil Croy, and two back-to-back from Ian Wilkie.
High checkouts: 100 from Earron Skea, 104 Bruce Moar; 109 Derek Firth; 110 Stevie Linklater; 113 Aaron Mitchell; 114 Billy Ward; 120 and 141 Martin Peace, in a 12-dart leg; 120 Robert Gatt; 130 Brian Moar; 131 Sinclair Craigie; and 160 Neil Croy.
Further 180s from Michael Montgomery and Colin Barnett.

The singles in the Auld Motor Hoose didn’t attract a big entry, but they are going to try again on Thursday, February 14. Names by 8.30 p.m. It’s money in, money out, and it’s open.

Results
E. R. & T. Craigie Singles Final: Brian Moar beat Mike Bain 4-3.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League: OGC 6, Commodores 6; RBLM 5, Wanderers 7; Quoyburray ‘B’ 3, Legion 9; Sanday 8, Quoyburray 4; Meadowbank 4, Untouchables ‘A’ 8; no game — Untouchables.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Sands v Deerness — no score; Shapinsay 11, Bilco Boys 1; Shore v Murray Arms — no score; Legion Arrows 6, Likely Lads 6; Nomads 6, Sands ‘2’ 6; Tankerness 6, Shore ‘2’ 6.

Fixtures
Friday, February 8: ‘B’ League Singles, Masonic, 7.30 p.m.
Thursday, February 14: Auld Motor Hoose Open Singles, 8.30 p.m.

Monday, February 4: Williamson’s ‘A’ League
OGC v Wanderers; Commodores v Legion; RBLM v Quoyburray; Quoyburray ‘B’ v Untouchables ‘A’; Sanday v Untouchables; no game — Meadowbank.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League:
Sands v Murray Arms; Deerness v Sands ‘2’; Shore v Likely Lads; Nomads v Bilco Boys; Legion Arrows v Tankerness; Shapinsay v Shore ‘2’.

180 table
Kevin Gray 33; Stevie Linklater 20; Robbie Stanger 17; Brian Moar 15; Ivan Leslie 14; Ian Wilkie 13; Davy Henderson 10; Alan Gray 10.
A further 67 players have scored at least one 180.

A disappointing entry of only nine teams came forward for the Henderson Cup, the last combined ‘A’ and ‘B’ event.
Eight ‘A’ league teams entered, with only one ‘B’ league team competing — the ever-faithful Nomads, who went out at the first hurdle.
Progressing to the semi-finals were the Golf Club, Legion, RBLM, and Sanday, who made the final, along with the Legion, who cruised through with a 4-0 win to collect another cup.
The Legion only lost once this season!

There were 180s from Alan Gray and Stevie Linklater.
High checkouts: 100 from Neil Drever; 119 and 146 Kevin Gray; 120 Leigh Shearer; and 126 Ian Wilkie, who also had a 177 score.

With both leagues now under way, it is time to concentrate on ranking points, and it gets started again on Friday, night in the Quoyburray with the E. R. & T. Craigie Singles. It is for registered players only and names are required by 7.30 p.m.

From fourth place down the points are very close, so a good turn out is expected, and with Caithness, as well as Shetland, in Orkney this season, lots of players are still in contention for team selection.

A new trophy, courtesy of Stevie Linklater, is up for grabs next Saturday (February 2) in the Masonic Club. Names by 2.30 p.m. for a 3 p.m. start. It is an open event for all players between the ages of 18 and 30.

The Motorhoose pub in Kirkwall have been in touch to say that they are holding an open singles competition, Thursday 24th January. Names in by 8.30pm.

League Results
Henderson Cup Final: Legion beat Sanday 4-0.

Coming Fixtures
Monday, January 28
Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Wanderers v Commodores; Untouchables v Meadowbank; Untouchables ‘A’ v Sanday; Quoyburray v Quoyburray ‘B’; Legion v RBLM; no game — OGC.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Murray Arms v Deerness; Shore ‘2’ v Sands; Tankerness v Shapinsay; Bilco Boys v Legion Arrows; Likely Lads v Nomads; Sands ‘2’ v Shore.

Friday, January 25: E. R. & T. Craigie Singles, Quoyburray, 7.30 p.m.
Saturday, February 2: 18 to 30 Singles Open Cup, Masonic, 3 p.m.

DARTS COMPETITION In The Motor Hoose, Thursday 24th January. Names by 8.30pm on the night. £2.50 entry. 1st and 2nd prizes!

A bright start to the new year, with ten teams entering for the Swanney Cup — seven ‘A’ teams and three ‘B’ teams.

None of the ‘B’ teams made it past the first games, but a special mention for the Murray Arms team, as they were the only team to take a game off the Legion, going down 3-1.

The Nomads lost 3-1 to the Untouchables, and Shore ‘2’ lost by the same score to the Commodores.

The Golf Club beat the Wanderers 3-2, and Untouchables ‘A’ overcame RBLM 3-0 and the Commodores 3-1 to meet the Golf Club in the semi-finals, where they lost 3-1.

In the top half, the Legion cruised to the final with a 3-0 win over the Untouchables.

In the final, the Legion ran out 3-0 winners over the Golf Club.
There were 180s from Neil Drever, Stevie Linklater, Martin Peace and Keith Brumpton.

In the Legion Singles, there were 28 entries. At the end of the nights play it was Bruce Moar who took the title, beating Stevie Linklater 3-0 in the final.
Darts continues on Friday night with the Legion Doubles in the Legion at 7.30 p.m.

Then, on Monday, it is back to league business, with both leagues starting the second half.

In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, will anyone stop the Legion? Meanwhile, in the ‘B’ League, can Shapinsay be halted? Only time will tell.

The next big cup is the E. R. & T. Craigie Singles. It is a ranking points event and it is on in the Quoyburray on Friday, January 25. Names by 7.30 p.m.

There is a new cup on Saturday, February 2, in the Masonic at 3 p.m. It is for players aged between 18 and 30, so this is a chance for all you young players to shine on the big stage.

Results
Swanney Cup Final: Legion beat OGC 3-0.

Fixtures
Monday, January 21
Williamson’s ‘A’ League: OGC v Commodores; RBLM v Wanderers; Quoyburray ‘B’ v Legion; Sanday v Quoyburray; Meadowbank v Untouchables ‘A’; no game — Untouchables.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Sands v Deerness; Shapinsay v Bilco Boys; Shore v Murray Arms; Legion Arrows v Likely Lads; Nomads v Sands ‘2’; Tankerness v Shore ‘2’.

Cup Fixtures
Friday, January 18: Legion Men’s Doubles, Legion, 7.30 p.m.
Friday, January 25: E. R. & T. Craigie Singles, Quoyburray, 7.30 p.m.
Saturday, February 2: 18 to 30 Cup, Masonic, 3 p.m.

Tonight, Monday Jan 7th, sees the first cup of the second half taking place. It is the Swannay Cup and is held in the Masonic at 7.30pm. Teams of 4-6 players.
The Legion members get their chance on Friday, night, with the Legion Singles in the club. Names by 7.30 p.m.

The two finalists get the chance to represent the club at the Northern Area Finals later in the year.
On Monday, it is the second K-DDL Cup — the Henderson Cup. It is in the Legion, and is again for ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams.

Both leagues get back under way on Monday, January 21.

What a great end to the first half of the 2012-13 season in the KDDL, as 64 players toed the oche for the festive open singles.
Ten non-registered players and 54 registered players battled it out for the top money and, more importantly, ranking points.
By the time the points-range was reached, only three non-registered players were left, with just one making the next round.
By semi-final time, it was very familiar players left and, after two very good semi-finals, where Stevie Linklater got past Michael Bain 3-2 and Kevin Gray put out defending champion Ivan Leslie 3-1.
After the terrific darts in the semi-finals,  in the final Stevie won the title with a 4-2 win over Kevin Gray.

The first half of the Williamson’s ‘A’ League ended with the Legion still undefeated, as they thumped Sanday 10-2, and the isles boys are now well down the table.
Clear in second spot are the Golf Club after good wins, both by 10-2, over RBLM and Quoyburray ‘B’, who had a very good 7-5 defeat of the Wanderers, who were expected to do a bit better than they have done.
The Untouchables had mixed fortunes, beating Quoyburray 10-2 but going down 8-4 to Untouchables ‘A’, and are now down in ninth place in the league.
But there was joy for Quoyburray as, in the last game, they collected their first win and points with a 7-5 defeat of Meadowbank, who remain pointless.

In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, Shapinsay remain on top, and still undefeated, after an 8-4 win over Sands ‘2’, but no result from their other game against the Likely Lads.
The Sands have done very well, and are in second spot after beating the Shore 7-5.
Not far behind are Tankerness, who beat the Bilco Boys 8-4 to leave the golfing boys in bottom spot.
The Murray Arms are still in the hunt, after beating the Nomads 7-5, who have done very well in their first season, as have the Legion Arrows, drawing six-all with the Sands ‘2’.
A 7-5 win for Shore ‘2’ over Deerness leaves them in mid-table.

Ranking points table: Kevin Gray 37; Stevie Linklater 33; Robbie Stanger 22; Ivan Leslie 21; George Low 11; Billy Ward 11; Keith Brumpton 10; Bruce Moar 10; Michael Bain 10; Jim Brown 10; Ian Wilkie 10; Alan Gray 10; a further 23 players have points ranging from 8 to 3.
There were 180s from Hamish Baillie (2), Mark Louttit, George Low, Kevin Wilson (2), Simon Parry, Jimmy Miller, Derek Firth, Alan Gray, Michael Muir Jnr, Neil Croy, Sean Stanger, Billy Ward, Ian Linklater, Colin Kirkpatrick, Neil Drever, Brian Murray, Ian Wilkie, Keith Brumpton, Bruce Moar, Gary Wilson, Allan Brown, and Ross Howe, and two from Brett Dickenson, Eddie Craigie, Mike Bain, Davy Henderson and Craig Taylor, and four each from Stevie Linklater and Kevin Gray.
That’s a total of 41 — a new record for a one week total, making the halfway mark 274. Michael Bain also had a 177 score.

High checkouts: 101 Bruce Moar; 108 Stevie Linklater; 110 Kevin Gray; 112 Andrew Rendall and Ryan Tulloch; 115 Allan Brown; 118 Greg Harrold and Billy Ward; 120 Colin Ross; 123 Olly Bethwaite; 124 Brian Stevenson; 129 Roy Foubister; 145 Colin Kirkpatrick; and 146 from Brian Murray.
Festive raffle winners were — first prize: Steven Moar; second prize: Kevin Gray.
Darts will resume on Monday, January 7, 2013, with the Swanney Cup for ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams.

Results
Festive Open Singles Final: Stevie Linklater beat Kevin Gray 4-2.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Untouchables 4, Untouchables ‘A’ 8; Meadowbank 5, Quoyburray 7; Sanday 2, Legion 10; Quoyburray ‘B’ 7, Wanderers 5; RBLM 2, OGC 10; Quoyburray 2, Untouchables 10; OGC 10, Quoyburray ‘B’ 2’; no game — Commodores.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Tankerness 8, Bilco Boys 4; Shapinsay v Likely Lands — no score; Legion Arrows 6, Sands ‘2’ 6; Nomads 5, Murray Arms 7; Shore 5, Sands 7; Shore ‘2’ 7, Deerness 5; Sands ‘2’ 4, Shapinsay 8.

Stevie Linklater won the Festive Singles and £100, beating Kevin Gray who won £50, in the final. Brian Moar and Jim Scollie from the KDDL committee presented the prizes.

The league donated £300 each to the RNLI and Fishermen's Mission which was raised at the Davy Cooper Darts earlier this year. Thanks to everyone who supported the event

There’s no change at the top of either of the Williamson’s darts leagues.
In the ‘A’, the Legion moved into second place in the undefeated table, by winning their 56th game with a 9-3 defeat of Meadowbank, who remain pointless.
The Commodores entered their first-half campaign with a 10-2 win over RBLM, who have done very well in their first year in the top flight.

And what has happened to Sanday? They crashed to their fifth straight defeat, losing 8-4 to the Wanderers, and they play the Legion in the last game of the first-half.
No results in from the other two games.

What a disastrous week for the Murray Arms, dropping five points in two games, losing their postponed game in Shapinsay 7-5, and then drawing with the Legion Arrows 6-6 — a great result for the Legion boys, but not for the Murray Arms boys, as they trail Shapinsay by seven points and have played a game more.
As there’s no card in for the Sands ‘2’ v Shapinsay game, the Likely Lads are back on song, following a good 8-4 win over the Tankerness boys, who are third in the table.
Also, the Sands are going strong in second spot, after a 8-4 defeat of the Nomads.
Deerness had a good result, beating the Shore 9-3, but better luck for Shore ‘2’, beating the Bilco Boys 7-5.

Only 11 180s were scored, by Robbie Stanger, Alan Gray, Michael Muir Jnr, Ivan Leslie, Billy Eunson, John Thomson, Colin Findlay, Olly Bethwaite, and Keith Bain, with two from Kevin Gray, which takes Kevin to 27 — only three short of last season’s total!

High checkouts: 100 from Keith Bain; 101 Derek Ward Jnr; 118 James Flett; and 161 Neil Croy, the second highest of the season.
It is a big night on Friday, with the Festive Open Singles being held in the Masonic. Names by 7.30 p.m. and it’s male players only, as it’s a ranking points event.
Also, the festive raffle will be drawn, so get these tickets in by 8 p.m., sold or unsold, to the Masonic. They can be handed in to treasurer Davy Henderson at the Bank of Scotland before that by team captains who get them from their players.

Results
Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Commodores 10, RBLM 2; OGC v Quoyburray ‘B’ — no score; Wanderers 8, Sanday 4; Legion 9, Meadowbank 3; Quoyburray v Untouchables — no score; no game — Untouchables ‘A’.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Deerness 9, Shore 3; Sands 8, Nomads 4; Murray Arms 6, Legion Arrows 6; Sands ‘2’ v Shapinsay — no score; Likely Lads 8, Tankerness 4; Bilco Boys 5, Shore ‘2’ 7; Shapinsay 7, Murray Arms 5.

Fixtures
Friday, December 14: Festive Open Singles, Masonic, 7.30 p.m.

A good turnout for the ‘B’ League Doubles, as 18 pairs entered — well up on last year.
Some splendid darts was played, no more so than in the semi-finals, as both went the full distance, with one pair coming from 2-0 down to win 3-2. That was Keith Bain and Derek Ward Jnr, over Paddy Highley and Cammy Scott.
In the other semi, Adrian Skea and Billy Brown overcame the strong pairing of George Low and Robbie Norquoy, also 3-2.
In the final, Adrian and Billy took a 2-1 lead and looked likely winners, but some great finishing by both the ’Hope boys saw them win the next three games to win 4-2, and take the cup back over the barriers.

It is on to the last cup of the first half of the season, the very popular Festive Open Singles, in the Masonic, on Friday, December 14.
It is an open contest, but, as it’s a ranking points event, it’s only open to male players, and only registered players get ranking points. Cash prizes are on offer, as it’s money-in-money-out.
In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, Legion are homing in on the record undefeated run, as they equalled the second-highest, by winning their 55th game in a row with a 10-2 defeat of the Untouchables, whose record they have equalled. A bit to go yet to catch the old Nomads record of 72 wins!

Both the Golf Club and Commodore are lying in equal second spot after wins over the Sanday team and Quoyburray ‘B’ by 9-3 and 7-5 respectively. It was Sanday’s third loss on the trot.
Still with no points are Quoyburray, who went down 11-1 to Untouchables ‘A’, and Meadowbank, with no points, lost out only 7-5 to the Wanderers.

There was no score in from the top match in the Williamson’s ‘B’ League. League leaders Shapinsay were due to play second-placed Murray Arms.
As a result, Tankerness moved into second spot, after beating the Sands 8-4.
Also doing well are the Likely Lads, 9-3 winners over the Bilco Boys, and another win for the Nomads, beating Deerness 7-5.
Top score went to the Sands, with their 10-2 over Legion Arrows.
Down at the Shore, both teams met, with Shore ‘2’ coming out the better by a score of 9-3.

There were 180s from Ross Howe, Ryan Tulloch, Leonard Craigie, Robbie Stanger, Sean Stanger, Gordon Rendall, Michael Montgomery, Robert Gatt, Graham Louttit, Michael Bain, Craig Taylor, Davy Henderson, and Trevor Shearer, with two from Ian Wilkie and Kevin Gray.

High checkouts: 102 Michael Kemp; 105 twice from Stevie Linklater, along with a 116; 110 Arthur Cruickshanks; 120 Michael Vendy; 130 Robert Gatt and James Flett; with Kevin Gray 138.
With the festive raffle taking place the same night as the festive singles, it’s time to get the counterfoils and monies back to the treasurer at the Bank of Scotland, or the secretary, Jim Scollie, now. Don’t leave it to the last day, as then it’s too late to sell any unsold tickets, so get them in please!

Results
‘B’ League Doubles Final: Keith Bain and Derek Ward Jnr beat Adrian Skea and Billy Brown 4-2.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Untouchables ‘A’ 11, Quoyburray 1; Untouchables 2, Legion 10; Meadowbank 5, Wanderers 7; Sanday 3, OGC 9; Quoyburray ‘B’ 5, Commodores 7; no game — RBLM.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Bilco Boys 3, Likely Lads 9; Tankerness 8, Sands ‘2’ 4; Shapinsay v Murray Arms — no score; Legion Arrows 2 , Sands 10; Nomads 7, Deerness 5; Shore ‘2’ 9, Shore 3.

Fixtures
Monday, December 10
Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Untouchables v Untouchables ‘A’; Meadowbank v Quoyburray; Sanday v Legion; Quoyburray ‘B’ v Wanderers; RBLM v OGC; no game — Commodores.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Tankerness v Bilco Boys; Shapinsay v Likely Lads; Legion Arrows v Sands ‘2’; Nomads v Murray Arms; Shore v Sands; Shore ‘2’ v Deerness.

Friday, December 14: Festive Open Singles, Masonic, 7.30 p.m.

A rather disappointing entry of only 38 turned up for the latest ranking event — the Jim Scollie Masters — 28 ‘A’ players and ten ‘B’ players.
With quite a few of the top players missing, and with a small entry, some big names went out before the point-scoring rounds, but it was a good line-up for the semi-finals — with three top ‘A’ players and one ‘B’ player.
Keith Bain, who had played well all night and in the semi-final, took Stevie Linklater to the last leg before losing out 3-2.
The other semi saw two top players in Kevin Gray and Robbie Stanger, with Robbie coming out by three to one.
The final looks, by the score of 4-1, to be very one-sided, but it was only Robbie’s better finishing, including a great 151, that carried the day.
The average was Robbie’s 72 to Steve's 71.52, so there was nothing in it!

It is now on to the ‘B’ League Doubles, tomorrow, Friday, night, in the Legion club. Names by 7.30pm and, with the Festive Singles and Festive Raffle being held this year on December 14 in the Masonic Club, it is time to be thinking about getting the raffle tickets back to the treasurer, Davy Henderson, in the Bank of Scotland, or the secretary. Don’t leave them to the last minute!

In the Williamson’s ‘A’ League, the Legion has moved further clear at the top, after whitewashing the Untouchables ‘A’ 12-0, as Sanday went down 9-3 to the Commodores and are now down to fourth spot. Up into second equal with the Commodores are the Golf Club, after a 10-2 defeat of Meadowbank, who are still pointless, and the Wanderers also dropped down to sixth place after The Untouchables beat them 9-3. Another good win for RBLM — 8-4 over Quoyburray ‘B’ — which puts them well down the table.

While RBLM are n fifth spot, Shapinsay have also increased their lead in the Williamson’s ‘B’ League with a narrow 7-5 win out in the Sands.The Murray Arms were losing ground after being held to a six-all draw by Tankerness, who find themselves up in third spot. Another good win for the Nomads — 7-5 down at the Shore, and first wins for Sands ‘2’, beating the Bilco Boys 7-5, and the Shore ‘2’, also by 7-5, over the Likely Lads. So, things are very close at the bottom of the league.

There were 180s from Gary Wilson, Andrew Watson, Gary Norquoy, Cammy Scott, Michael Montgomery, Jim Brown, Ian Findlay, Trevor Shearer, Colin Barnett, Colin Kirkpatrick, Neil Drever, two from Keith Bain, Robbie Stanger, Craig Taylor, Graham Reid and Kevin Gray, with three from Brian Moar and Stevie Linklater.

The 180 table: Kevin Gray 23; Robbie Stanger and Brian Moar 15; Stevie Linklater and Ivan Leslie 12; Ian Wilkie 8; Bruce Moar, Davy Henderson, Alan Gray and Monty all on 6.

High checkouts: 100 from Des Gillespie; 105 and 151 Robbie Stanger; 109 Billy Ward; 110 Thorfinn Eunson and Kevin Wilson; 111 Michael Bain; 113, 114, 116 from Bruce Moar; 116 Ivan Leslie; 117 James Flett and Wayne Small;120 Derek Ward Jnr and Monty; 123 Gary Brown; 125 Brian Moar; 128 Ian Wilkie, and 132 Scott Walls. Stevie Harris had a 171.

Ranking points table
Kevin Gray 28; Stevie Linklater 21; Robbie Stanger 17; Ivan Leslie 14; Ian Wilkie 10; Bruce Moar 10; Jim Brown 10; Alan Gray 10; Derek Firth 8; George Low 8; Keith Bain 7; Trevor Shearer 7; Colin Barnett 6; Billy Ward 6. Sixteen others have points, ranging from three to five.

The Kirkwall Open will be on Saturday, March 9, 2013, and will be sponsored by Carling and J.W. Gray.

Results
Jim Scollie Masters Singles Final
Robbie Stanger beat Stevie Linklater 4-1.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League
Commodore 9, Sanday 3; OGC 10, Meadowbank 2; Wanderers 3, Untouchables 9; Legion 12, Untouchables ‘A’ 0; RBLM 8, Quoyburray ‘B’ 4; Quoyburray — bye.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Deerness 7, Legion Arrows 5; Sands 5, Shapinsay 7; Murray Arms 6, Tankerness 6; Sands ‘2’ 7, Bilco Boys 5; Likely Lads 5, Shore ‘2’ 7; Shore 5, Nomads 7.

Fixtures
Friday, November 30
‘B’ League Doubles, Legion, 7.30pm.

Friday, December 14
Festive Open Singles, Masonic, 7.30pm.

Monday, December 3
Williamson’s ‘A’ League
Commodores v RBLM; OGC v Quoyburray ‘B’; Wanderers v Sanday; Legion v Meadowbank; Quoyburray v Untouchables; Untouchables ‘A’ — bye.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Deerness v Shore; Sands v Nomads; Murray Arms v Legion Arrows; Sands ‘2’ v Shapinsay; Likely Lads v Tankerness; Bilco Boys v Shore ‘2’.

It is now confirmed that the 'JW Gray & Co Carling Kirkwall Open Darts' will take place in the Masonic Club, Kirkwall, on March 9th 2013.

Over £1000 in prizes, £500 first prize. Many thanks to our sponsors for their support once again. Spread the word!

Reminder to team captains, it's time to think about collecting raffle tickets from your players and get them back into the committee please.

The Jim Scollie Masters on Friday night is a good chance to hand them back in. Team captains can also had in fully sold team tickets to Davie Henderson, KDDL treasurer at the Bank of Scotland in Albert Street.

There were a few surprises last week in the Williamson’s darts leagues, starting with the first defeat of the season for ‘A’ League side Sanday.

It was RBLM, last year’s ‘B’ League champions, who did the damage with an 8-4 scoreline.
The result means that the Legion are now clear at the top, after a 11-1 win out at Quoyburray, who are equal bottom, along with Meadowbank, who were 9-3 losers to the Commodores.
Both teams still have to register a point, and there was another defeat for the Untouchables — this time 8-4 to the Golf Club — and the result leaves last year’s runners-ups in third bottom spot and in real danger of relegation. The Untouchables have never been worse off than fourth place this century.
There was also another defeat for Untouchables ‘A’, who went down 9-3 to Wanderers.

No change at the top of the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, as Shapinsay go marching on still undefeated with full points after a 9-3 defeat of Deerness, which leaves them third bottom.
At long last, there was a win for the Nomads — 7-5 over the Shore ‘2’ — and Tankerness are up in to third spot following their 7-5 defeat of the Sands.
The Murray Arms appear to be the main challengers to the Isles boys, after their 8-4 win over the Bilco Boys.
The Legion Arrows had a good 7-5 win over the Shore, while the Likely Lads and Shore ‘2’ shared the points in a six-all draw.

There were 180s from Trevor Shearer, Alan Gray, Graham Louttit, Archie Yule, Peter Liddle, Derek Ward Jnr, Billy Eunson, Gary Wilson, Ivan Leslie, Craig Taylor, Keith Brumpton, Ross Donaldson, Michael Bain, Ian Wilkie, who also had a 171, Stevie Linklater, Bruce Moar, Roy Foubister, Neil Drever, and Billy Ward.

High checkouts: 100 and 108 from Michael Moodie; Ivan Leslie had a 108 and 124; Kevin Gray 109; 110 Ryan Tulloch and Brian Moar; 124 Cammy Scott; and 130 Bruce Moar.

The Kirkwall Legion had no problems in winning the Orkney Team Championship, with a 13-5 defeat over the West champions, the Stromness Legion.
The Kirkwall Legion pairing of Derek Firth and Kevin Gray also won the Orkney Doubles, and Derek took the singles title as well in what were last year’s postponed games.

It is the big one on Friday, night, with the brand new singles cup, the Jim Scollie Masters, in the Legion. Club names by 7.30pm. It replaces the Commodore Singles, so it is a ranking points event and is for registered players only. Then, next Friday, the ‘B’ boys get their chance, with the ‘B’ League Doubles, in the Legion.

Results

Williamson’s ‘A’ League

Quoyburray 1, Legion 11; Untouchables ‘A’ 3 Wanderers 9; Untouchables 4, OGC 8; Meadowbank 3, Commodores 9; Sanday 4, RBLM 8; Quoyburray ‘B’ — bye.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League

Likely Lads 6, Sands ‘2’ 6; Bilco Boys 4, MUrray Arms 8; Tankerness 7, Sands 5; Shapinsay 9, Deerness 3; Legion Arrows 7, Shore 5; Shore ‘2’ 5, Nomads 7.

Orkney Team Championship
Kirkwall bear Stromness RBL 13-5.

Orkney Doubles
Derek Firth and Kevin Gray won 3-0

Orkney Singles
Derek Firth won 3-1.

Fixtures
Monday, November 26
Williamson’s ‘A’ League
Untouchables ‘A’ v Quoyburray; Untouchables v Legion; Meadowbank v Wanderers; Sanday v OGC; Quoyburray ‘B’ v Commodores; RBLM — bye.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Bilco Boys v Likely Lads; Tankerness v Sands ‘2’; Shapinsay v Murray Arms; Legion Arrows v Sands; Nomads v Deerness; Shore ‘2’ v Shore.

Friday, November 23
Jim Scollie Masters, Legion, 7.30pm.

Friday, November 30
‘B’ League Doubles, Legion, 7.30pm.

All the postponed games in the Williamson’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ Leagues have now been played but none of them changed the top placings in either league, so the Legion still lead the Williamson’s ‘A’ League after inflicting the first defeat on the Golf Club — but only just, as the score was 7-5.
Still up there with them is Sanday, who also won 7-5 over Quoyburray ‘B’.
The highest score of the week came from the Wanderers, 11-1 winners over the other Quoyburray team, who have no points up to now. And staying with them on no points are Meadowbank, who went down 8-4 to RBLM.
It was a poor week for both Untouchables teams, as both went down. The ‘A’ boys lost to the Golf Club, who had two games, and the other Untouchables lost out to the Commodores.
In the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, Shapinsay are dominating and are still undefeated after a 8-4 defeat of the Shore.
The Sands are in second spot with an 8-4 defeat of the Bilco Boys, but level on points with them are the Murray Arms, who had a good 8-4 win over the Likely Lads who had better luck in their postponed game with Deerness, the score was 8-4.
Deerness didn’t fair any better in their other game, as they lost out 9-3 to Tankerness, who are lying in fourth spot.
The two new teams clashed and it was the Legion Arrows who came out on top with a 10-2 defeat of the Nomads — their worst defeat of the season.
The Sands ‘2’ picked up their first point of the season by holding the Shore ‘2’ to a six-all draw, but they are still in bottom spot.

Twenty-seven 180s were scored last week — 23 by registered players and two by non-registered players, both in the Davy Cooper Singles.
The scorers were Scott Walls, Steven Groat, Gary Drever, Jamie Robertson, S. Harris, Craig Moar, George Low, Mike Bain two, Davy Henderson, Alan Gray, Michael Muir Jnr, Bruce Moar, Robbie Stanger, Stevie Linklater, Ian Findlay, Gordon Rendall, Michael Montgomery, Kevin Gray and Derek Firth, two from Brian Moar, and three from Ivan Leslie.
The non-registered players were Tommy Harcus and Dennis Williamson.

High checkouts: 100 from Steven Groat and Derek Manson; 102 Stevie Linklater; Ivan Leslie with a 106, 110, 121 in a 12-dart leg; 109 Archie Yule; 108 and 116 Bruce Moar; Ian Findlay 110 and 114; Derek Farmer 110; Sinclair Craigie 115; Gordon Rendall 116 and Hamish Baillie; Ryan Tulloch 120; Brian Murray 125.
Craig Moar tops the ‘B’ table with 150, and a 164 from Martin Peace takes him to the top of the ‘A’ table and will take some beating.

Forty-six players turned up for the Davy Cooper Memorial Singles.
Down on last year, with quite a few of the top players missing, including the defending champion Bruce Moar. But it didn’t distract from the quality of darts.
There were some great games and, with it being the best of three legs, some notable names fell early on.
Only one of the three young ladies who entered made the second round, and it was Kelly Harcus who went out in the next round to the player who made the final, and by the semi-final stage, it was very familiar faces left. Three from Kirkwall and one from the West.
It turned out to be an East v West final, as Ivan Leslie beat Derek Firth in the one semi-final and Mal Reid beat Mike Bain by the same score in the other.
The final was about as one-sided as the score of 3-0 would suggest, as Ivan blew Mal aside, averaging 85.8 to 68.4.
The two charities, the RNLI and Fishermen’s Mission will receive £300 each.
On Friday, in Stromness, the RBL Kirkwall will play RBL Stromness for last year’s Orkney Championships.
The Jim Scollie Masters Singles is in the Legion next Friday, and it is a ranking points event.

RESULTS
Davy Cooper Memorial Cup Final: Ivan Leslie beat Mal Reid 3-0.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Commodores 7, Untouchables 5; OGC 8, Untouchables ‘A’ 4; Wanderers 11, Quoyburray 1; Quoyburray ‘B’ 5, Sanday 7; RBLM 8, Meadowbank 4; OGC 5, Legion 7.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Deerness 3, Tankerness 9; Sands 8, Bilco Boys 4; Murray Arms 8, Likely Lads 4; Sands ‘2’ 6, Shore ‘2’ 6; Nomads 2, Legion Arrows 10; Shore 4, Shapinsay 8; Deerness 4, Likely Lads 8.

FIXTURES
Friday, November 16: Orkney play-offs, Stromness Legion.
Friday, November 23: Jim Scollie Masters Singles, Legion, 9.30 p.m.

Monday, November 19: Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Commodores v Sanday; OGC v Meadowbank; Wanderers v Untouchables; Legion v Untouchables ‘A’; RBLM v Quoyburray ‘B’; no game — Quoyburray.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Deerness v Legion Arrows; Sands v Shapinsay; Murray Arms v Tankerness; Sands ‘2’ v Bilco Boys; Likely Lads v Shore ‘2’; Shore v Nomads.

The Legion are back on top of the Williamson’s ‘A’ League after an 11-1 win over the Wanderers, who were considered one of the main challengers for the title.
But, even this early, it looks like a three-horse race, along with the Golf Club who were 10-2 winners over Quoyburray, and Sanday, who didn’t have a game.
Quoyburray ‘B’ had another great win over Meadowbank. The score was 9-3, and they are in third spot.
The RBLM had a very good game, to hold last year’s runners-up, the Untouchables, to a six-all draw.
The other Untouchables team had a worse time, going down 10-2 to the Commodores, but things could change, as all the top teams play each other over the next few weeks.

Shapinsay remain top of the Williamson’s ‘B’ League, after a narrow 7-5 defeat of the Nomads, who have lost their last four games, all 7-5.
Not too far behind are the Murray Arms, who had a 10-2 win over Sands ‘2’, and there was a surprise defeat for the Sands, going down 7-5 to the Likely Lads, but came back with a 7-5 win over the Shore ‘2’.
Tankerness are going great guns in fourth place, after beating the Shore 9-3, and in their second game, the Shore ‘2’ didn’t fair any better, losing out 7-5 to the Legion Arrows.
The only draw saw the Bilco Boys share the points with Deerness.

What a week for 180s, with 35 being scored — 20 in the Pit Stop Singles.
They came from: Wayne Small; Allan Brown; Henry Bateman; Keith Bain; Keith Brumpton; Bruce Moar; Ian Findlay; Michael Moodie; Michael Muir Snr; Aaron Mitchell; Ian Wilkie; Brian Murray; Mike Bain; two from Archie Yule, Michael Montgomery, Alan Gray, Billy Brown and Stevie Linklater; with three from Brian Moar and Robbie Stanger. The two of them back-to-back. Kevin Gray hit six, taking his total up to 20 already!
High finishes: 100 from Kevin Sinclair and Bruce Moar; 103 and 136 from Kevin Gray; 101 Brian Moar; 105 Eddie Craigie and Ross Donaldson; 107 Brett Dickenson; 108 Arthur Cruickshank and Mike Bain; and 116 Ian Wilkie and 144 Ryan Tulloch.

Forty-eight players turned up for the second of the ranking points events, the Pit Stop Open Singles.
As it was an open event, there were eight non-registered players, and lots of the top players never made the points section and, like last year, it was a non-registered player who took the spoils, as ex-Kirkwall player Paul Foubister beat Kevin Gray 4-2.
As mentioned 20 180s were scored, and Robbie Stanger had a 12-dart leg, as did Stevie Linklater.

The next ranking event is a new event, the Jim Scollie Masters Singles, and it is in the Legion on Friday, November 23.
It replaces the Commodore Singles, and is for registered players only.

But, before then, it is on to this Saturday, with the Davy Cooper Memorial Singles being played in the Masonic. Names by 2.30 p.m., and it is open to any player, male or female. Raffle prizes welcome on the day.

Results
Pit Stop Open Singles Final: Paul Foubister beat Kevin Gray 4-2.

Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Legion 11, Wanderers 1; Quoyburray 2, OGC 10; Untouchables ‘A’ 2, Commodores 10; Untouchables 6, RBLM 6; Meadowbank 3, Quoyburray ‘B’ 9; no game — Sanday.
Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Sands ‘2’, Murray Arms 10; Likely Lads 7, Sands 5; Bilco Boys 6, Deerness 6; Tankerness 9, Shore 3; Shapinsay 7, Nomads 5; Shore ‘2’ 5, Legion Arrows 7; Sands 7, Shore ‘2’ 5.

Fixtures
Saturday, November 10: Davy Cooper Open Singles, Masonic, 2.30 p.m.
Friday, November 23: Jim Scollie Masters, Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Monday, November 12
Williamson’s ‘A’ League: Quoyburray v Legion; Untouchables ‘A’ v Wanderers; Untouchables v OGC; Meadowbank v Commodores; Sanday v RBLM; no game — Quoyburray ‘B’.Williamson’s ‘B’ League: Likely Lads v Sands ‘2’; Bilco Boys v Murray Arms; Tankerness v Sands; Shapinsay v Deerness; Legion Arrows v Shore; Shore ‘2’ v Nomads.

There was a good turn out for three of the four cricket trophies. Only the ‘B’ league team cup had a poor entry.
It all started on Monday with the Lynnfield Cup, with eight of the 11 teams turning up, and some very interesting games.
There were real surprises and, by semi-final time, it was the top four teams remaining, with the Legion beating Sanday 3-0 and the Wanderers taking care of the Untouchables 3-1.
But Wanderers couldn’t handle the Legion, who ran out 3-1 winners. That was the only game the Legion dropped.

What a difference on the Tuesday, when only five teams from the 12 ‘B’ teams came forward for the Foubister Cup — and one of them only had three players, which didn’t make much difference, as the Shore ran out 3-1 winners over the Legion Arrows in the final.

The big one was on Friday, with 24 players entering the Cricket Singles and Doubles — ten up on last year.
There were some cracking games in both, with records being broken in both events, but the night belonged to the Golf Club as they took both trophies.
In the doubles, the strong pairing of Bruce Moar and Stevie Linklater proved too good for everyone, and they ran out winners over the Legion pair of Kevin Gray and Neil Croy 3-0.
The same pair contested the singles final, with Stevie taking it 3-1.

Not many 180s are usually scored in cricket, but that changed on Friday, with 12 being scored by Brett Dickenson, Brian Murray, Michael Moodie, Mike Bain, Bruce Moar and Ian Wilkie, with three from Kevin Gray and Stevie Linklater, which included back-to-back ones in the singles final. That’s 280 runs in cricket terms, and even more rare is three bulls, or six wickets, but both Stevie and Kevin managed them.

It is back to league business once again, but a busy period is coming up, starting Friday night, with the Pit Stop Singles, held in the Golf Club. It is a ranking points event, but is open to any player in Orkney.

Then, next Saturday, (November 10), it’s the Davy Cooper Memorial Singles Cup.
It is also an open event, and ladies can also enter. All proceeds go to charity.

RESULTS
Lynnfield Cup Final: Legion beat Wanderers 3-1.
Foubister Cup Final: Shore ‘2’ beat Legion Arrows 3-1.

Cricket Doubles Shield Final: Stevie Linklater and Bruce Moar beat Kevin Gray and Neil Croy 3-0.
Cricket Singles Shield Final: Stevie Linklater beat Bruce Moar 3-1.

FIXTURES
Friday, November 2: Pit Stop Open Singles — Golf Club, 7.30 p.m.
Saturday, November 10: Davy Cooper Open Singles — Masonic, 3 p.m.

Monday, November 5
Williamsons ‘A’ League: Commodores v Untouchables; OGC v Untouchables ‘A’; Wanderers v Quoyburray; Quoyburray ‘B’ v Sanday; RBLM v Meadowbank; no game — Legion.

Williamsons ‘B’ League: Deerness v Tankerness; Sands v Bilco Boys; Murray Arms v Likely Lads; Sands ‘2’ v Shore ‘2’; Nomads v Legion Arrows; Shore v Shapinsay.

Sanday has moved clear at the top of the Williamsons ‘A’ League.
With the Golf Club v Legion game postponed, the isles boys took full advantage, by thumping Meadowbank 11-1.
The Legion are still in second spot, but what about Quoyburray ‘B’ up in third place, with another great result, holding the Untouchables to a six-all draw, which means last year’s runners-up are already eight points off the top spot.
The Commodores got back to winning ways with an 8-4 defeat of Quoyburray, who have yet to pick up a point.
Also back on the winning trail was Untouchables ‘A’, with a 9-3 defeat of RBLM, who are finding the going tough in the top league.

Shapinsay still lead the Williamsons ‘B’ League, after beating the Legion Arrows 9-3, and the Sands are also up there, following an 8-4 win over the Sands ‘2’.
But, once again, there was no luck for the Nomads, who lost 7-5 to the Tankerness boys, who are doing great, with only one defeat so far.
The Murray Arms also got back on course after last week’s disaster by beating the Shore ‘2’ 8-4.
The other games in the ‘B’ League, Deerness v Likely Lads was not played, and the Shore drew with the Bilco Boys.
With the top three teams not playing, 180s were in short supply, with only seven being scored, by Ian Wilkie, Graham Reid, Alan Gray, Davy Henderson, Robbie Stanger, and two from Keith Bain.
High checkouts: 100 from Fraser Laird and Roy Foubister; and 118 from George Low.
Cup games again on Friday, night, with the Cricket Singles and Doubles both being played in the Legion Club, with names by 7.30 p.m. It is open to both ‘A’ and ‘B’ players.
Then, next Friday, it is back to ranking points events, with the Pit Stop Open Singles in the Golf Club. Any player can enter, but only registered players can receive points.
If any player knows the whereabouts of the Queen’s Cup, let the secretary know,
Too many score cards are not being handed in in time. Home captains are warned that points will be deducted if this continues.

Results
Williamsons ‘A’ League: Commodores 8, Quoyburray 4; OGC v Legion — postponed; Sanday 11, Meadowbank 1; Quoyburray ‘B’ 6, Untouchables 6; RBLM 3, Untouchables ‘A’ 9; Wanderers — bye.

Williamsons ‘B’ League: Deerness 0, Likely lads 0; Sands 8, Sands ‘2’ 4; Murray Arms 8, Shore ‘2’ 4; Legion Arrows 3, Shapinsay 9; Nomads 5, Tankerness 7; Shore 6, Bilco Boys 6.

Fixtures
Friday, October 26: Cricket Singles and Doubles, Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Friday, November 2: Pit Stop Open Singles, Golf Club, 7.30 p.m.

Monday, October 29: Williamsons ‘A’ League — Legion v Wanderers; Quoyburray v OGC; Untouchables ‘A’ v Commodores; Untouchables v RBLM; Meadowbank v Quoyburray ‘B’; Sanday — bye.

Williamsons ‘B’ League — Sands ‘2’ v Murray Arms; Likely Lads v Sands; Bilco Boys v Deerness; Tankerness v Shore; Shapinsay v Nomads; Shore ‘2’ v Legion Arrows.

It was a week of surprises in both Williamsons’ darts leagues, with two of the undefeated teams biting the dust in the ‘A’ league, and one in the ‘B’ league.
In the top league, the Wanderers went down 9-3 to the Golf Club, and they remain undefeated but have had a draw.
And what a result for Sanday, with a 7-5 win over last year’s runners-up, the Untouchables.
And what about Quoyburray ‘B’, last year’s wooden spoonists — a great 8-4 defeat of Untouchables ‘A’, which gives them six points — two more than they totalled all of last season!
The champions of last year, the Legion, recorded their 49th game without defeat, with a 10-2 win over the Commodores.
They now equal the total of third-placed Likely Lads, who went to that total in the 1980s.
RBLM got their first points of the season, with an 8-4 win out in Quoyburray.

What a result in the Williamsons ‘B’ League, as the league-leaders, Murray Arms, crashed to the first whitewash of the season — 12-0 to the Sands — a result which allowed Shapinsay to go clear at the top, after their 10-2 win over Shore ‘2’,  and leaves Shore ‘2’ second-bottom on one point.
There were first wins for Deerness (8-4 over Sands ‘2’) and for the Bilco Boys (a good 7-5 over the Nomads, who, after a good start, have faltered a little, but it’s early days yet).
One score from the ‘B’ league is still missing — Shore ‘2’ v Sands. Remember, no card, no points.

It was another big week for 180s, with 28 being scored — 16 of them in the Louttit Singles.
There was one each for Cammy Scott, Ryan Tulloch, K. Wilson, Trevor Shearer, Derek Farmer, Neil Tait, Robbie Stanger, Derek Firth, Stevie Linklater, Graham Louttit and Ian Wilkie; two from Bruce Moar, Gordon Rendall, and Davy Henderson; three for Ivan Leslie; and four each from Brian Moar and Kevin Gray. Leigh Shearer had a 177 score.

High checkouts: 100 from Glen Miller, Leonard Craigie, Sinclair Craigie and Stevie Linklater, who also had a 110; Neil Tait 103; Paddy 106; Robert Gatt 116; and 117 from Keith Brumpton.
The league games now take a break for a week, with all the cricket trophies being played for next week — ‘A’ teams on Monday in the Legion, and ‘B’ teams in the Masonic on Tuesday. Then, on Friday, it’s the cricket singles and doubles in the Legion, all with a 7.30pm deadline.

A good turn out of 42 players entered the Louttit Singles, the first ranking-points event.
It was one better than last year and it included 11 ‘B’ players, but only two got into the points — George Low and Paul Firth, which was more than his father Derek, the defending champion, as he went out in the first round, along with a lot more top players.

By the semi-final stage it was three very familiar faces, and one who has improved a lot lately — Trevor Shearer — but he couldn’t stop Kevin Gray, and went down 3-0.
That was the same score when Stevie Linklater beat Ivan Leslie.

The final was very good for the first six legs, as both players shared them on their own throw. The final leg was a bit nervy, with both players missing doubles, but Kevin did get it to win 4-3.
Billy Louttit was on hand to present the trophy.In the final, Kevin averaged 78.14 and Stevie 76.06, so good in any competition.
Committee meeting on Wednesday, October 24, in Masonic, at 8pm.

Fixtures
Williamsons ‘A’ League: Wanderers 3, OGC 9; Legion 10, Commodores 2; Quoyburray 4, RBLM 8; Untouchables ‘A’ 4, Quoyburray ‘B’ 8; Untouchables 5, Sanday 7; no game — Meadowbank.

Williamsons ‘B’ League: Murray Arms 0, Sands 12; Sands ‘2’ 4, Deerness 8; Likely Lads 5, Shore 7; Bilco Boys 7, Nomads 5; Tankerness 8, Legion Arrows 4; Shore ‘2’ 2, Shapinsay 10.

Monday, October 22: Lynnfield Cup, Legion, 7.30pm.
Tuesday, October 23: Foubister Cup, Masonic, 7.30pm.
Friday, October 26: Cricket Singles and Doubles, Legion, 7.30pm.

Louttit Singles Final: Kevin Gray beat Stevie Linklater 4-3.

Only two games into the new season and just four teams have full points, with three teams still to get points.
Leading the way are the Legion, but they struggled a bit against RBLM, before coming out 8-4 winners.

Also up there are Sanday, after a great 9-3 defeat of the Untouchables ‘A’. The other Untouchables team got their season under way with a 9-3 defeat of Meadowbank, who have still to get a point.
The Wanderers also have full points, after beating the Commodores 8-4, and the battle out at Quoyburray was won by the ‘B’ team 8-4.

In the Williamsons ‘B’ League, the Murray Arms are on top with full points after a 9-3 defeat of Deerness.
Shapinsay also have full points after a narrow 7-5 win over Tankerness, and going strong are the Likely Lads who were 7-5 winners over new boys the Nomads, and a first win for the Legion Arrows — 7-5 over the Bilco Boys. Also, the Shore took the full points, and top score with a 10-2 win over the Sands. No score from the Shore v Sands ‘2’ game.
Score cards must be in the Legion Club by noon on Saturday.

Another good week for 180s, with 180’s being scored by Sean Stanger, Robbie Stanger, Billy Eunson, Hamish Baillie, Michael Moodie, Michael Muir Jnr, Gary Brown, Brian Murray, Ray Butcher, and two from Ivan Leslie, Michael Montgomery, Ian Wilkie, and Kevin Gray hitting three — that’s seven for Kevin in two games!

High checkouts: 100 from Robbie Stanger; 107 Trevor Shearer; 114 Colin Barnett and Des Gillespie; and 122 from Kevin Gray, and I understand, nearly a nine-darter.

Big competition on Friday night, with the first ranking event. It is the Louttit Singles, for registered players only, and it is in the Legion Club, at 7.30 p.m.
Jim Scollie says a big thank-you to the Wick District Darts League for the  present sent over for him.

Results
Williamsons ‘A’ League: Commodores 4, Wanderers 8; Meadowbank 3, Untouchables 9; Sanday 9, Untouchables ‘A’ 3; Quoyburray ‘B’ 8, Quoyburray 4; RBLM 4, Legion 8; no game — OGC.

Williamsons ‘B’ League: Deerness 3, Murray Arms 9; Sands v Shore ‘2’ — no card; Shapinsay 7, Tankerness 5; Legion Arrows 7, Bilco Boys 5; Nomads 5, Likely Lads 7; Shore 10, Sands ‘2’ 2.

Fixtures
Friday, October 12:
Louttit Singles, Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Monday, October 15:
Williamsons ‘A’ League: Commodores v Quoyburray; OGC v Legion; Sanday v Meadowbank; Quoyburray ‘B’ v Untouchables; RBLM v Untouchables ‘A’; no game — Wanderers.

Williamsons ‘B’ League: Deerness v Likely Lads; Sands v Sands ‘2’; Murray Arms v Shore ‘2’; Legion Arrows v Shapinsay; Nomads v Tankerness; Shore v Bilco Boys.

Monday, October 22:
Lynnfield Cup, Legion, 7.30 p.m. (‘A’).

Tuesday, October 23:
Foubister Cup, Masonic, 7.30 p.m. (‘B’).

Two K-DDL teams, as well as a team from the Ladies K-DDL travelled to Wick on Saturday, to take part in the North Atlantic Darts Challenge which, it is hoped will become an annual fixture between the KDDL and the Wick and District Darts League.

 It has been a number of years since a team from Orkney played against a Wick side, and after all these years it was good that the match could held once more.
 The Orkney contingent from the KDDL included players from Kirkwall, St Ola, Shapinsay, Tankerness, Burray and South Ronaldsay, with players in the Wick teams from around Caithness.
 After travelling on the early Pentland Ferries sailing, the players descended on Harpers Bar and Venue in Wick,for a12 Noon start.

 As per Wick's rules, the playing order was drawn out of the hat, with no one knowing who they would face until the draw was made.
 In the A match, playing for the ‘Subsea 7 North Atlantic Darts Challenge Shield’, the Orcadians started off well, winning three singles on the trot. Roy Foubister beat Rab Edwards 3-1. Young Neil Croy earning his first 'cap' played well and beat Les Macadie 3-0, while Kevin Gray despatched veteran Wick player Malcolm Begg 3-1.
However, Wick were quickly on the comeback. Kevin Mcgregor beating Alan Gray 3-1, Ritchie Byrne beat A team captain Craig Taylor 3-0. Craig's 180, the only one scored by the A team, was no consolation in his game against Ritchie. Mike Bain then went down 3-0 against top Caithness player Nicky Denoon.
With the singles drawn 3-3, Ritchie Thain put Wick in the lead, beating Martin Peace 3-1. However, Aaron Mitchell came back strongly in the last leg of his match to beat Mark Thain 3-2, with 'Mitch' bagging a 114 finish to end his 15 dart leg. The match score was then level at 4-4.
Up next was Brian Moar against Wick's George Smith, with George winning the encounter 3-1. Ivan Leslie then had a very good 3-0 win over Wick A captain Tam Mulraine, which included a 14 dart leg from Ivan.
However, that was to be the last singles the Orkney players would win. Angus Ross beat Dave Kirkpatrick, 3-0 followed by Kevin Donald proving to strong for Iain Wilkie who also took him out 3-0.
So after a closely fought singles, which swung back and forward, the score was 5-7. If the Orkney boys finishing had been a bit sharper, it could have been closer still.

Into the doubles then, with the parings also drawn out of the hat, Wick came out strong, and had the edge over the islanders.
Roy Foubister and Neil Croy narrowly lost out 3-2 to Rab Edwards and Les Macadie. Wick then kept up the momentum. Kevin and Alan Gray were beaten 3-0 by Malcolm Begg and Kevin Mcgregor, with Craig Taylor and Mike Bain beaten by the same scoreline by Ritchie Byrne and Nicky Denoon.
The score was now 10-5 to Wick, with the visitors having a mountain to climb in the match, where the first to 11 wins.
Brian Moar and Ivan Leslie gave a glimmer of hope when they beat George Smith and Tam Mulraine 3-1. Taking the overall score to 10-6.
Wick sensed victory, and brothers Ritchie and Mark Thain stepped up and beat Martin Peace and Aaron Mitchell 3-0. To reach the magic 11 points.
The last doubles was played out, with Angus Ross and Kevin Donald beating Dave Kirkpatrick and Iain Wilkie 3-1, taking the final scoreline to 12-6.

After the averages in the A game were recorded by Wick league secretary Davie Crowden, assisted by Kirkwall's Mike Bain, Kevin Gray was named as Man of The Match with the highest 3 dart average of 26.46. The top two other Orkney players were Ivan Leslie with 25.91, with Brian Moar 22.31.

In the B match, where the ‘Williamson's Butchers Challenge Shield’ was played for the first time, the KDDL side faced a very strong Wick team.
The Orkney side was made up purely by B league KDDL players, while the Wick side consisted of both A & B league players of a very high standard. The B teams started with the singles. Wick showed their class, running out with a 10-2 scoreline in the singles, in what was a fairly one sided affair.
Wick continued to dominate in the doubles, despite a spirited performance and never say die attitude by the B boys.
In then end the scoreline after the doubles was 13-5 to Wick.
Veteran B league KDDL player Archie Yule had the only 180 in the B match for the islanders.

Despite the defeats the two KDDL sides tried their best, with Wick running out winners on the day. If some doubles had gone in for the KDDL side the match would have surely been that bit closer. 
We have to remember too that Caithness players have the benefit of taking part in many competitions involving other top class players throughout Scotland. That said, it was said that if the KDDL A side had a full strength team out we could have held our own, no disrespect to any of the players taking part on the day.
This was the first time that the B league players had a representative match outwith Orkney, and despite the scoreline, they all said that they enjoyed the experience.

Eveyone enjoyed the hospitality shown by the organisers in Caithness, especially by Wick organisers Tam Mulraine assisted by Davy Crowden.
Davy also presented KDDL president Craig Taylor with a specially made glass trophy to pass on to long serving KDDL secretary Jim 'Tattie Bogle' Scollie, in recognition of his service to darts in the KDDL, where he has been in office since 1967. Jim was unable to travel to the match.

We hope that it will be possible for Wick to travel to Kirkwall next year and keep the match an annual fixture on the darts calendar, and look forward to taking on our friends from across the water.
After the matches, an open singles competition was held. At the end of play it was Kevin Gray who came out on top, beating Wick's Nicky Denoon 3-2 in the final, and winning £120 first prize.

Results
K-DDL A – 6, W&DDL–12
K-DDL B –5,  W&DDL–13

Open Singles
Winner Kevin Gray – 3 Nicky Denoon – 2

Good luck to the teams travelling to Wick on Saturday. A service bus leaves Kirkwall Travel Centre at 7am on Saturday  to connect with the Pentland Ferries 7.45am sailing.

A bus will then take teams to Wick.

There were no real surprises after the first league games of the new season.
In the Williamsons ‘A’ League, the Legion carried on where they left off last season by thumping Quoyburray ‘B’ 11-1. It is now 47 games since the Legion last tasted defeat — still way short of the Nomads record of 72 games, but only two short of third-placed Likely Lads, on 49 games.

Elsewhere, there were good wins for the Wanderers (8-4 over last year’s ‘B’ champs, RBLM), and an 8-4 win for Untouchables ‘A’ over Meadowbank.
Sanday came in with a 7-5 win over the other Quoyburray team, and the only draw saw the Commodores and Golf Club share the 12 games six-each.

Top score in the Williamsons ‘B’ League came from the new team the Nomads, out at the Sands, with a 9-3 score.
Shapinsay, who must be one of the fancied teams in the ‘B’ League, beat the Bilco Boys 8-4 at the Golf Club.
Also, 8-4 was the score out in the ’Hope, as the Murrays beat the Shore, and the Likely Lads got off to a good start, with a 7-5 win over the Legion Arrows.
It was not a good night for Deerness, as they went down 7-5 to the other Sands team.
The only draw saw the Tankerness boys hold the Shore ‘2’ six-all.

It was also a good week for 180s, with 21 being hit, from: Davy Henderson; Michael Muir Snr; George Low; George Greave; Sean Stanger; Stevie Linklater; Roy Foubister; Derek Firth; two from Ivan Leslie; three from Robbie Stanger; and four from Kevin Gray. Also, one from Derek Farmer and Aaron Mitchell, with Martin Peace hitting two.

High checkouts: 101 from Wilfie Tulloch; 120 Ivan Leslie and 110; Craig Moar 134, and 160 from Kevin Gray. That will take a lot of beating.

The first of the ranking points events starts next Friday, with the Louttit Singles.
It is for registered players only, and good luck to the two teams travelling to Wick on Saturday.
Also, lots of teams still have to pay their entry fees.

RESULTS
Williamsons ‘A’ League
Commodores 6, OGC 6; Wanderers 8, RBLM 4; Legion 11, Quoyburray ‘B’ 1; Quoyburray 5, Sanday 7; Untouchables ‘A’ 8, Meadowbank 4; no game — Untouchables.

Williamsons ‘B’ League
Deerness 5, Sands 7; Bilco Boys 4, Shapinsay 8; Murray Arms 8, Shore 4; Likely Lads 7, Legion Arrows 5; Sands ‘2’ 3, Nomads 9; Shore ‘2’ 6, Tankerness 6.

FIXTURES
Friday, October 12
Louttit Singles, Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Monday, October 8
Williamsons ‘A’ League
Wanderers v OGC; Legion v Commodores; Quoyburray v RBLM; Untouchables ‘A’ v Quoyburray ‘B’; Untouchables v Sanday; no game — Meadowbank.

Williamsons ‘B’ League
Murray Arms v Sands; Sands ‘2’ v Deerness; Likely Lads v Shore; Bilco Boys v Nomads; Tankerness v Legion Arrows; Shore ‘2’ v Shapinsay.

Saturday, October 6
Wick v K-DDL, Wick; Wick ‘B’ v K-DDL ‘B’, Wick.

Another great night of darts, as 68 players, makin up 15 teams, came forward for the Spiers Cup, the first of the ‘A’ and ‘B’ cups.
Ten ‘A’ teams and five ‘B’ teams made it the biggest team cup since the 1970s, when there was only one league and every team entered.

There were some great games in the first round, with the ‘B’ boys putting up stiff resistance and surprising the big ‘A’ boys.
Two ‘B’ teams made it to the finals where they both fell, and by the semi-final sage it was the Legion, Untouchables, Wanderers and Golf Club making up the last four.
It was the Legion and Wanderers who went on to the final, where the Legion won very easily 4 - 0 to retain the cup from last season.

There were 180s from Ivan Leslie and Sean Stanger, and high outs of 101 from Leigh Shearer and 125 from Derek Firth.
There is a short break now from cup games as the leagues get under way.

The next cup is the Louttit Singles, the first of the ranking events. It is for registered players only, and is in the Legion on Friday, October 12 – names in by 7.30pm.
Some changes in the fixture list, with the annual East v West now being played in the new year instead of December. It is pencilled in for March 29, 2013, in Stromness.

Also, this year’s Orkney Championships play-off, cancelled earlier, will now be played on Friday, November 16, with this season’s one by April 30 next year more nearer the time.

Team entry fees are now due and can be paid to the treasurer or secretary any time before the end of October.

The Davy Cooper Charity Singles will be played early November, and the League will be holding a bottle stall raffle.

It is hoped that all League teams will supply a bottle for this event, or any prize will do. All donations to the secretary welcome.

Results
Spiers Cup Final
Legion beat Wanderers 4 - 0

Fixtures
Monday, October 8
Williamson’s ‘A’ League:
Wanderers v OGC; Legion v Commodores; Quoyburray v RBLM; Untouchables ‘A’ v Quoyburray ‘B’; Untouchables v Sanday; No game – Meadowbank.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League:
Murray Arms v Sands; Sands ‘2’ v Deerness; Likely Lads v Shore; Bilco Boys v Nomads; Tankerness v Legion Arrows; Shore ‘2’ v Shapinsay.

Friday, October 12
Louttit Singles, Legion, 7.30pm

The teams to play against Caithness on Sat Oct 6th have been selected by the committee.

A team: Kevin Gray, Brian Moar, Iain Wilkie, Mike Bain, Craig Taylor, Roy Foubister, Alan Gray, Neil Croy, Martin Peace, Dave Kirkpatrick, Ivan Leslie, Michael Muir Jnr. Reserves: 1st Aaron Mitchell. 2nd:Gordon Rendall. Captain: Craig Taylor.

B team: Allan Brown, Henry Bateman, Craig Moar, Derek Ward Jnr, Keith Bain, Callum Miller, Aaron Edwardson, Pete Mathieson, Derek Manson, Derrick Firth, Archie Yule, Ray Findlay. Reserves: 1st Cammy Scott. 2nd Colin Findlay. Captain: Allan Brown.

The match takes place in Harpers Bar in Wick. It is planned that the teams will travel on the Pentalina at 7.45am on Saturday morning. A bus will take us to Wick.

Because some players want to stay overnight and some players have to get back the same night, players can make their own arrangements to decide which boat they get back. The boat leaves at 6.30pm Saturday, and 9.30am, 1.30pm and 6.30pm Sunday.
Please get in touch with your captain, Allan (07856 856302) or Craig (07802 440068) as soon as possible and let them know if you are planning to stay so rooms can be booked in the Norseman Hotel who are offering bed and breakfast at £60 for twin rooms or single £40.
The return boat fare and bus into Wick will be paid by the league for players and reserves. Reserves please contact captains to let them know if they are travelling.

The A trophy is kindly sponsored by Subsea 7 and the B trophy by Williamsons Butchers.

A very good start to the new season, with eight teams entering the 'A' League's Allied Hotels Cup, with two teams doubling up, making a total of ten teams, and some very good darts thrown so early in the season.

But, in the end, it was down to the old firm of the Legion and Untouchables, who contested the final, with the Untouchables coming out 3 - 0 winners over the team which won every team cup last year.
On the evidence of the first showing, it should be a very close 'A' League.

The following night, the 'B' boys had their chance, with eight teams coming forward for the St Ola Cup and, as in the 'A' game, there were some very good and close games, with three of the first four going to the play-off game.

But, in the end, it was the Shore '2' who came out on top, with a 3 - 1 win over Tankerness, who played well to get to the final, and I think the 'B' League could also be very close.

After this week there is a break now from cup games until October 12, with the Louttit Singles that night, the first of the ranking points events.

Both leagues get under way on Monday. Team captains are reminded that scorecards must be in the Legion by noon on Saturdays, and entry fees are also due.

The first 180 of the new season came from David Kirkpatrick, with others from Kevin Gray and Bruce Moar. There were high checkouts of 145 from Kevin Gray, and 102 from Robbie Norquoy.
All 180s and high checkouts should be put on the back of scorecards.

Results:
Allied Hotels Cup Final
Untouchables beat Legion 3 - 0.

St Ola Cup Final
Shore '2' beat Tankerness 3 - 1.

Fixtures:

Monday, October 1
Williamson's 'A' League:
Commodores v Wanderers; Meadowbank v Untouchables; Sanday v Untouchables 'A'; Quoyburray 'B' v Quoyburray; RBLM v Legion; No game - OGC.

Williamson's 'B' League:
Deerness v Murray Arms; Sands v Shore '2'; Shapinsay v Tankerness; Legion Arrows v Bilco Boys; Nomads v Likely Lads; Shore v Sands '2'.

The season finally starts this week, with the first two cups — one for ‘A’ players and one for ‘B’ players. This continues next Monday with the Spiers Cup, the first combined cup for ‘A’ and ‘B’ players. It is for teams of four, and will be played in the Legion Club, with a 7.30 p.m. start.

Then, it’s on to the first league games, once again sponsored by Williamson’s, who will also supply the shirts for the Shetland game next year. A big thank-you to Ally Flett for his support once more.
With the season underway, entry fees are now due and must be paid by the end of October or points will be deducted.

There will be a committee meeting on Wednesday, September 19, at 8 p.m. in the Masonic Club, Kirkwall.

FIXTURES
Monday, September 17.
Spiers Cup (‘A’ and ‘B’), Legion (teams of four).

Monday, September 24

Williamson’s ‘A’ League
Commodores v OGC; Wanderers v RBLM; Legion v Quoyburray ‘B’; Quoyburray v Sanday; Untouchables ‘A’ v Meadowbank; no game — Untouchables.

Williamson’s ‘B’ League
Deerness v Sands; Bilco Boys v Shapinsay; Murray Arms v Shore; Likely Lads v Legion Arrows; Sands ‘2’ v Nomads; Shore ‘2’ v Tankerness.

A new match against Caithness has been arranged, after a long period of time since the two sides last met.

The North Atlantic Darts Challenge takes place in Wick on Saturday October 6th in Harpers Bar.

The event will see 3 teams of 12 players from the mens and ladies darts leagues travel to Wick to take on their Caithness counterparts.

There will be two mens teams, and A and B from the Kirkwall and District Darts League. The B team will be selected from the B league, to give B players a representative match. The Ladies team will be selected by the Ladies Kirkwall and District Darts League.

All mens KDDL teams captains are being contacted via the league mobile to put forward names of players wishing to be considered for selection.
The committee will then select the teams after a vote, as well as team captains.

Can all team captains who have not done so already, please ask their team members if they are available for selection then text the names to the league mobile as soon as possible: 0792 3042095.

The Mens A team will compete for the Subsea 7 North Atlantic Challenge Shield. The other two trophies are to be confirmed.

It is planned for the match to be started early enough in the day so that any players wishing to, will able to catch the boat back to Orkney if need be.

For those wishing to stay overnight the Norseman Hotel in Wick are offering full bed & breakfast for £60 for double or twin rooms, £40 single.

More details, including travel arrangements etc, will be released soon. It is hoped that the fixture will be well supported and that it can become an annual fixture in the future.

The League and Cup fixtures for the first half of the season have now been added to the website.

Click here to view.

What a great day of darts — that was the second Orkney Darts Classic with eight of the top PDC players taking on eight of the local players.
None of the locals won but they all did put up a great show. Even the games that ended 4-0 could have been different if only that double had gone in.
Two of the games went to the decider but, in both, the local players involved could have won before the final leg.

Robbie Stanger started off by holding Co Stompe to 3-3 only to lose the final leg as did Mike Bain against Vincent Van Der Voort.
Any way the title went to Mark Webster who defeated five-times world champion Raymond Van Barneveld 4-3 in the final.
All told, 18 180s were scored, all by the professionals, with Mark hitting five.
The Bulls Eye Challenge to hit a bull within three darts was won by Derek Ward Jnr with his third dart. He was the only player to do it.

The domestic darts get underway on Monday with the Allied Hotels Cup for ‘A’ teams of three players so teams with six registered can enter two teams.
Then on Tuesday, it’s down to the ‘B’ boys with the St Ola Cup played in the Masonic Club. The ‘A’ boys are in the Legion.
Then the following Monday, it’s the first of the A and B cups with the Spiers Cup for teams of four in the Legion Club.

With both leagues getting under way on September 24 all venues should now have score cards and fixture lists and remember there’s no rule that states ‘A’ games must be played on Mondays and ‘B’ games on Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Thursdays can also be used — even Fridays if no cup games are being played. Saturdays can also be used as long as the score cards are handed in by the Sunday noon.

RESULTS
Orkney Darts Classic first round: Robbie Stanger 3, Co Stompe 4; Ian Wilkie 0, John Henderson 4; Mal Reid 0, Aaron Monk 4; Mike Bain 3, Vincent Van Der Voort 4; Kevin Gray 1, Mark Webster 4; Derek Firth 2, Simon Whitlock 4; Stevie Linklater 2, Ray Barneveld 4; Ivan Leslie 0, James Wade 4.
Quarter-finals: Vincent Van Der Voort 2, Mark Webster 4; Aaron Monk 2, James Wade 4; John Henderson 3, Simon Whitlock 4; Co Stompe 0, Ray Barneveld 4.
Semi-final: Mark Webster 4, James Wade 2; Ray Barneveld 4, Simon Whitlock 1.
Final: Mark Webster 4, Ray Barneveld 3.
Bulls eye game won by Derek Ward Jnr.

FIXTURES
Monday, September 10
Allied Hotels Cup (‘A’), Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 11
St Ola Cup (‘B’), Masonic, 7.30 p.m.

Monday, September 17
Spiers Cup (‘A’ and ‘B’), Legion, 7.30 p.m.

The new season gets under way on Saturday with the Second Orkney Darts Classic being held at the Picky Centre, where eight of the top players in Orkney will test their skills against eight of the top PDC players. We wish them the best of luck. 

The domestic scene then gets under way on Monday, September 10, with the Allied Hotels Cup for ‘A’-registered players. It is for teams of three, and it is in the Legion Club. Then, on Tuesday, September 11, it is the ‘B’ boys turn, with the St Ola Cup. It is for teams of four players, and is being played in the Masonic Club. Names by 7.30 p.m., and, remember, reserves can be played in all cup games.

Both leagues will get under way on the week commencing September 24, and note that the Commodores will be using the Royal Bar in the Orkney Hotel as their home ground and Meadowbank will be playing out of the Auld Motor Hoose.

League entry fees are the same as last year, and can be paid any time in the next month to the treasurer Davie Henderson or secretary Jim Scollie.

Williamson Butcher have again agreed to sponsor the leagues. Thanks once again go to Ally Flett for his support once.

FIXTURES

Saturday, September 1
Second Orkney Darts Classic, Picky Centre.

Monday, September 10
Allied Hotels Cup (A), Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 11
St Ola Cup (B), Masonic, 7.30 p.m.

The excitement is building for the darts superstars coming to Orkney!

There are still some seated tickets left, get them while you can!

25 players attended the 46th AGM of the Kirkwall & District Darts League. That number is down on last year, but not by many.

There is also a record entry of teams for the new season, with 23 in — three up on last year, with two new teams — the Nomads and Legion Arrows — and the return of the Sands ‘2’.

It was decided to leave Quoyburray ‘B’ in the ‘A’ league, making 11 teams, with the remaining 12 forming the ‘B’ league.

There is no change in the committee for the new season. The only change in the league format is that there will be two teams relegated from the ‘A’ league and two teams promoted from the ‘B’ league.

It was also proposed that the annual East v West be changed from late November to later on in the season, but we haven’t spoken to the West yet.

Could all captains please text their names, and team names, to the KDDL mobile on 0792 304 2095. The phone will be used for updates throughout the season.

That’s all the one-day shows over, so it’s time to concentrate on the show that lasts until April next year — the 2012-13 season of the Kirkwall and District Darts Leagues.

It all gets under way on Thursday, with the AGM in the Legion Club, at 8 p.m.

And things are looking up, with 19 teams entered, but, still, three of last year’s teams have yet to show interest. They are The Shore, Commodores, and Meadowbank. 8 p.m. on Thursday is the deadline.

Not a lot of interest has been shown yet for the 2012-13 season of the Kirkwall and District Darts League, but that is often the same at this time of year.

Only two registration books have been returned out of the 15 out, and time is running out. The deadline is this Sunday, August 12. No late entries will be allowed.

Six of last year’s teams have still to show interest. Remember only four players are needed to form a team.

Names for committee are also required by August 12. The AGM takes place on Thursday, August 16, Legion, 8 pm.

It is getting close to that time of the year again for the dart players in the Kirkwall and District Darts League to look out their darts again!

It all kicks off on Thursday, August 16, with the AGM taking place in the Legion’s Blue Room at 8 p.m. Hopefully, there will be a good turnout.

But, before a league can be formed, teams have to enter. At the moment 15 registration books are out, but only two have been returned, and all books should be back with the secretary, Jim Scollie, by August 12.

Only one new team has entered, and is a famous name — the Nomads — who in the 70s and 80s won six titles with seven runners-up, which then, was one league.

Six of last year’s teams have still to show any interest. They are: the Shore; Sands; Quoyburray; Commodore; Bilco Boys; and Meadowbank, but there’s still time.

Also, players are needed to stand for committee duties during the season. Names to the secretary by August 12. No names after that date.

Don’t forget, registration books are still available from Jim Scollie 875740

Here is the draw for the Tennent's Orkney Darts Classic which has just been made in the Radio Orkney Studio:

James Wade v Ivan Leslie
Aaron Monk v Mal Reid
Vincent van der Voort v  Mike Bain
Mark Webster v Kevin Gray
Simon Whitlock v Derek Firth
John Henderson v Ian Wilkie
Co Stompe v Robbie Stanger
Raymond van Barneveld v Stevie Linklater

A Facebook group has been set up for the Orkney Darts Classic,  join here if you can make it! Updates on the draw coming soon.

http://www.facebook.com/events/371775562887750/#!/groups/145120548835638/

The line-up of players who have qualified to play against the professionals at the Tennent's Orkney Darts Classic has now been decided following the last qualification open event organised by the KDDL.

Iain Wilkie and Derek Firth qualified tonight, Friday 8th June, being the top two players out of 52 entries. Iain beat Paul Foubister in one semi, while Derek beat Brian Moar in the other.

The line up to face the professional dart players coming to Orkney for the big event are: Iain Wilkie, Derek Firth, Robbie Stanger, Stevie Linklater, Mike Bain, Mal Reid, Ivan Leslie and Kevin Gray.

The Tennent's Orkney Darts Classic is due to be held on September 1 this year and will once again see eight of the biggest names in professional darts travel to the county.

The 2012 will follow the same format as last year, with the eight pro’s — five of whom were part of last year’s inaugural event — taking on eight local qualifiers.

The eight professionals are Raymond Van Barneveld, James Wade, Mark Webster, Co Stompe, Vincent Van Der Voort, Arron Monk, John Henderson and Simon Whitlock, who won last year’s competition.

Well-known voice of darts John Gwynne is MC. Event organiser is Neil Stevenson, who can be contacted on 01856 872239 for ticket information.

Two great days of darts got under way on Friday out at the Rockworks bar (Commodore), with the third qualifying round.
There was not a big turn out, with only 30 players entering – well down on last year.
But it was fine to see a lot of new young players taking part.
Thirteen non-Kirkwall players entered, but by quarter-final time only one was left, and he exited there, making it an all-Kirkwall semi-final, with Stevie Linklater securing his place at Picky with a 3-0 win over Michael Muir Snr, who played well to get there.
Joining Stevie in the final was Robbie Stanger, with a 3-1 win over Bruce Moar.
A very good final saw Robbie come out on top with a 3-1 win.
The only lady player was, once again, Catherine Symonds, but there was no luck for Cath, going out in the first round.
So, it is on now for the final qualifying game on Friday, in the Legion Club. Names by 7.30 p.m. and, remember, six of the top players who have already qualified won’t be there. Also, it is open, for any player in Orkney, male of female, over 18.
The darts continued on Saturday, with the Royal British Legion Club holding a Jubilee Singles.
A rather disappointing entry of only 20 took part, with six ladies, and they did the fairer sex proud, as two reached the semi-finals with Noreen Bain being joined by daughter-in-law Suzy.
But both went out to two of the top boys, Stevie and Craig.
Stevie picked up the lovely trophy with a 3-1 win.
With both ladies making the semi-finals, there had to be a play-off, which Suzy won, beating her mother-in-law 2-0 to take the ladies’ prize.
Karin Garrioch had the highest check out of 118, and got a bottle of plonk.
Tomorrow, Friday, will see the end of the 2011-12 season, and it is time to look ahead to the new season, which kicks off with the AGM on Thursday, August 16, in the Legion Club, but entries are required before then, so collect the registration books from the secretary, and get them back by August 12. Also, names for committee are required by August 12.

RESULTS
Third qualifying round
Semi-finals
Stevie Linklater beat Michael Muir Snr 3-0; Robbie Stanger beat Bruce Moar 3-1.
Final
Robbie beat Stevie 3-1.

RBL Jubilee Singles
Semi-finals
Stevie Linklater beat Suzy Bain 3-0; Craig Taylor beat Noreen Bain 3-0.
Final
Stevie beat Craig 3-1.
Top lady play-off
Suzy beat Noreen 2-0.
Top finish – Karin Garrioch – 118.

FIXTURE
Friday, June 8
Last qualifying game, Legion, 7.30 p.m.

Last night at The Cosmipolitan, aka The Commodore, Robbie Stanger and Stevie Linklater both qualified to play at the Orkney Darts Classic in September.

Robbie beat Bruce Moar 3-1 in the semi final to qualify for the first time and Stevie beat Michael Muir Snr 3-0 to secure his return to the big stage for the second year running. Robbie went on to beat Stevie 3-1 in the final. Thirty players took part including an encouraging amount of younger players which is good to see.

Next week the final two qualifying places are up for grabs in the Kirkwall Legion. Names have to be in for 7.30pm and it's £3 to enter.
 

32 players entered the 2nd qualifier for this year's Orkney Darts Classic on Friday evening in the Stromness Golf Club, a reasonable entry considering the glorious weather outside.  
Given that it is now over a month since the local leagues ended, the standard on show was pretty good and consistency proved to be the key for the four players who made it through to the semi-finals in the event which was organised and run by the Kirkwall and District Darts League.

The draw threw up a huge opportunity for several up-and-coming young players to qualify from the bottom half, as the top half was loaded with several of last years qualifiers, as well as several well seasoned players.  In the bottom half young Ronnie Breck from Birsay played very well and showed little nerves as he dispatched of two of the players involved in last month's epic inter-county match, before finally succumbing to the Merkister's Malcolm Reid who was playing some superb darts.  

Similarly Paul Firth, who has yet to play any league darts, did well to reach the quarter finals, before the more experienced Jim Hamilton turned on the style to beat him.
In the top half Michael Bain was scoring steadily and finishing excellently, progressing to the semi's by beating Erlend Ritch from Stromness.  Stevie Linklater kept doing what he does best and pipped former team mate Robbie Stanger to set up a clash with Michael in the semi's.

In the first semi Jim Hamilton scored well but Mal Reid was on top form and was just too hot to handle, mopping up the first leg with a cool 100 finish to punish Jim's miss at the double.  
From then on Mal continued to outscore Jim and eventually nailed the double that qualified him to play the pro's in September, proving a popular winner in Stromness and the first WMDA player to qualify this year.  

The second semi was a real battle, as was to be expected since both players had been at this stage before by qualifying for last year's Classic.  As the match entered the fifth and deciding leg, Stevie opened up a huge gap and it looked as if he was going through but several missed attempts at double allowed Michael his chance and he calmly finished 62 in 2 darts to once more set up a date at Picky.  
With the important qualifying business out of the way, Michael and Mal played out the final, which was a decidedly more relaxed affair than the semi's.  

Some good scoring from both players made for a close game with Michael eventually winning 3-1. Congratulations to both players on qualifying.
Thanks go the Stromness Golf Club for their hospitality and we now look forward to the 3rd qualifier in the Commodore this Friday.  
With only 4 places now up for grabs, and a whole host of players capable of filling them, the last 2 qualifying events should make for some sizzling entertainment.

Results
Semi Finals: Michael Bain 3 Stevie Linklater 2, Mal Reid 3 Jim Hamilton 0
Final: Michael Bain 3 Mal Reid 1

Last night at the Stromness Golf Club Michael Bain and Mal Reid both qualified to play at the Orkney Darts Classic in September.

Michael beat Stevie Linklater 3-2 in the semi final to qualify for the second year in a row and Mal beat Jim Hamilton 3-0 to secure the other place. Michael went on to beat Mal in the final 3-1. Thirty two players took part.

Next week the 5th and 6th qualifying places are up for grabs in the Commodore in Holm. Names have to be in for 7.30pm and it's £3 to enter.