Darts Corner SDA County Darts Championship – 20th November 2021
After the opening two weekends in the Darts Corner SDA County Darts Championship its all too familiar in the North Section as Grampian top all three leagues.
They lead the Men’s league by 5 points with Fife second on 17 and Angus in third spot with 10.
Grampian’s 11 points is four ahead of both Angus and Fife in the Ladies league.
This guarantees Grampian the lead in the Overall Table with 33 points ahead of Fife in second with 24 and third placed Angus on 17.
In the South Section its much more open with East Stirlingshire out in front with 11 points in the Mens Section but Greater Glasgow just behind on 10 points with that match still to finish.
Renfrewshire control the Ladies Section with 7 points leaving Ayrshire and Greater Glasgow both on 3 points, but again there is an unfinished match.
The Overall Table looks like it could go to the wire, even at this early stage as the top three teams are only separated by one point. Greater Glasgow lead on 13 points just one ahead of both East Stirlingshire and Renfrewshire.
Scotland North - Fife v Highland 14-10 (10-6, 4-4)
Fife played their second match in this year’s County Championship with a home tie against Highland, who were making their first appearance, and took a hard won 14-10 victory.
Fife Men took their match 10-6 whilst the Ladies match was a 4-4 tie.
The home side took the top individual average in the Mens match as Jamie Clark hit a three dart average of 95.43 to win 4-0. Courtney McBain had the best Ladies average when she took her match 3-0 in 55.47 for Highland.
Highland’s top male player was Alex Morrison (82.36) while Andrea Carr was Fife’s top female player with 51.18.
James Fraser notched a 160 checkout for Highland equalling Rab Shaw’s figure from the previous month’s fixtures.
Scotland North - Tay Valley v Grampian 5-19 (3-13, 2-6)
Tay Valley hosted defending champions Grampian in their first fixture of the season but it was the visiting side who left triumphant. The Mens match went convincingly 13-3 to Grampian and their Ladies team followed suit with a 6-2 victory.
Scott Robertson from Grampian recorded the top average of the weekend in Scotland with a 96.97 three dart total in his 4-0 win. International player Emily Davidson from Grampian was the top Lady player with an average of 59.33.
Tay Valley’s top performances came from Glen Parsons (79.81) and Chantelle Jolly (46.89).
Grampian’s Scott Campbell was on target in his match with three maximums in a 4-2 win, equalling Fife’s Jamie Clark’s triple last month.
Scotland South – Greater Glasgow v Ayrshire 13-5 (10-2, 3-3)
This match was not finished due to circumstances at the home venue and will be completed during the return fixture in 2022.
Greater Glasgow took a commanding 10-2 lead in the Mens match while the Ladies competition is all square at 3-3.
The standings for top average are currently led by Glasgow’s Neil Campbell (81.62) and Ayrshire’s Lorraine Hyde (63.21) and her average will stand as the best of the weekend if not bettered.
Ayrshire men’s top player was David Kiltie (62.48) and Greater Glasgow’s top lady player was Laura Grant (49.35)
Scotland South – Renfrewshire v East Stirlingshire 12-12 (5-11, 7-1)
This will go down as the very first tied match in the brand new Darts Corner Scottish Counties Championship with both sides having convincing wins in one match each.
The Mens glory went to East Stirlingshire with an 11-5 win while the home side Ladies team lost only one set in their 7-1 victory.
William Stallard took the top set award for the visitors with a three dart average of 85.89 and Jordan McNally’s 56.36 was the best Lady’s set from Renfrewshire.
Renfrewshire’s top set in the Mens match went to Stephen Gormley (79.90) and Lainy Lewis took the best set for East Stirlingshire with 35.54.
