Welcome to the OFFICIAL website for the Liverpool Open Darts League.
Rob Gerrard, Secretary, L.O.D.L. Call or text 07742-601-331

2023 - 2024

April 18th

INDIVIDUALS GROUP WINNERS

The four winners of the group stages of the individuals were

   Rob Tipper (Edinburgh)
   Terry Hazlewood (Metal Box)
   Andy Cummins (Peg Legs)
   Keith Parkinson (Peg Legs)

Congratulations to the four winners who go through to the final.

April 13th

PEG LEGS ONE GAME AWAY FROM WINNING THE LEAGUE

Peg Legs beat nearest challengers Metal Box on Monday which means that they are now
ten points clear with five games to play so one more win will give them the league
title. Anglesea beat Prince George, Ship & Mitre beat Edinburgh, and Lobster "A" 
beat Mill Lane Sports Bar. 

March 27th

LATEST LEAGUE RESULTS

Peg Legs beat Anglesea, Metal Box beat Ship & Mitre, Edinburgh beat Lobster "A" and
Lobster "B" beat Prince George.

CHARLIE FROST COMPETITION

The following players made it through to the final of the Charlie Frost competition

Keith Parkinson (Peg Legs)
Albie Timmins (Prince George)
Gavin Mullis (Metal Box)
Rob Tipper (Edinburgh)

March 20th

LATEST LEAGUE RESULTS

Peg Legs beat Ship & Mitre, Metal Box beat Lobster "A", Prince George beat Mill Lane SB
and Anglesea beat Lobster "B". Edinburgh had the free week.

March 14th

LATEST LEAGUE RESULTS

Peg Legs beat Lobster "B", Prince George beat Edinburgh, Anglesea beat Mill Lane SB and
Lobster "A" beat Ship & Mitre.

March 6th

RESULTS FROM PRESIDENTS CUP 1st ROUND

Peg Legs beat Anglesea, Metal Box beat Ship & Mitre, Prince George beat Lobster "B" and
Edinburgh beat Mill Lane SB. The winners go through to the next round of the Presidents
Cup and the losers go through to the first round of the Tony Donaghue Memorial Trophy.

February 28th

LATEST RESULTS

Top of the table Peg Legs beat Lobster "A" to keep their unbeaten record intact but with
their nearest challengers Metal Box suffering defeat to Prince George it means that Peg
Legs have an almost unassailable lead as they are now six points clear with only eight
games remaining. 
In the remaining matches this week Mill Lane had a rare victory beating Lobster "B" and
Anglesea beat Edinburgh.

CHARLIE FROST COMPETITION

The next round of the Charlie Frost competition will be on March 25th - matches to be
played after the league games on that night.

February 20th

LATEST RESULTS

Peg Legs remain undefeated with a win over Mill Lane Sports Bar, Metal Box are still
chasing with a win over Anglesea, Prince George beat Ship & Mitre. Lobster "B" had
a rare win over Edinburgh though looking at the "Good Darts" for the Edinburgh I can only 
assume they had trouble with their finishing .

February 14th

LATEST RESULTS

In this weeks matches Metal Box beat Lobster "B", Ship & Mitre beat Anglesea,  Edinburgh
beat Mill Lane SB and Lobster "A" beat Prince George. 

COMPETITIONS

At this weeks league meeting draws were made for the following competitions

- Presidents Cup - to be played Monday 4th March

- Individuals - to be played on Monday 15th April - 4 blocks of 8, one winner per block

- Five-a-side - to be played on Monday 22nd April

Details of the draws can be found on the competition tabs.

February 7th

LATEST RESULTS - PEGS MARCH ON

Peg Legs beat Edinburgh, Metal Box beat Mill Lane Sports Bar, Anglesea beat Lobster "A"
and Ship & Mitre beat Lobster "B"

January 17th

LATEST RESULTS

Peg Legs beat Prince George and Metal Box beat Edinburgh so the gap at the top is still
six points though Metal Box have a game in hand. In the local derby match Lobster "A" 
beat Lobster "B". The game between Ship & Mitre and Mill Lane SB was postponed.

January 8th

FIRST RESULTS OF THE NEW YEAR

This week saw top of the table Peg Legs versus Metal Box and in a tight game Peg Legs
came out winners and now have a six point lead over second placed Metal Box.

In the other games this week Prince George beat Anglesea, Edinburgh beat Ship & Mitre
and Mill Lane had only their second win of the season beating Lobster "A".

SECRETARIES COMPETITION - PRE-LIM

In the preliminary round of the secretaries competition Prince George beat Anglesea.

The next round of the competition will be played on April 29th according to the fixtures
on that night

December 15th

VENUES FOR PAIRS BLOCKS

The venues for the Pairs blocks were chosen by random draw. The four venues will be

  Block 1 - LOBSTER
  Block 2 - SHIP & MITRE
  Block 3 - ANGLESEA
  Block 4 - MILL LANE SPORTS BAR

December 12th

LATEST RESULTS

Peg Legs beat Anglesea, Metal Box beat Ship and Mitre, Edinburgh beat Lobster "A" and Prince
George beat Lobster "B".

INDIVIDUALS AND PAIRS

The draws for the next rounds of the Individuals and Pairs have been made and are now on the 
competitions link.

INDIVIDUALS are single matches and are to be played on January 22nd on the board of the first
named player.

PAIRS are 4 blocks of 8 pairs to be played down to ONE WINNER per block on January 29th - The
venues for the blocks will be decided at tonights league meeting.

December 5th

FIVE-A-SIDE COMPETITION

The winners of last nights games in the 5-a-side Competition are now on the website.

SECRETARIES MEETING - TUESDAY 12th DECEMBER

A reminder to secretaries that the next meeting is 7pm, Tuesday 12th December at METAL BOX.

November 28th

PAIRS COMPETITION

Last night saw the prelim round of the Pairs competition. There are now 32 players left in the
next round. There will be four blocks of eight players with one winner per block. The four
winners will then be through to the finals.

November 22nd

LATEST RESULTS

This weeks matches saw wins for Peg Legs over Ship & Mitre, Metal Box over Lobster "A", Anglesea
over Lobster "B" and Prince George over Mill Lane Sports Bar.

November 22nd

PAIRS and FIVE-A-SIDE

Apologies to all - I've had trouble loading items to website lately, specially over weekends.

The draws for the prelims of Pairs and Five-a-side are now on the website. Pairs to be played
27th November and Five-a-side to be played 4th December.

November 15th

LATEST RESULTS

Peg Legs beat Lobster "B", Ship & Mitre beat Lobster "A", Anglesea beat Mill Lane Sports Bar
and Edinburgh beat Prince George. Metal Box had the free week.

November 2nd

LATEST RESULTS

On Monday Peg Legs beat Lobster "A" to complete the first third of the season unbeaten. With
second placed Ship & Mitre having no game Metal Box took the opportunity to go joint second
with a win over Prince George and Metal Box have a game in hand over the Ship. in the other
games on the night Anglesea only just beat Edinburgh 5-4 after Anglesea being 4-0 ahead and
Mill Lane earned their first points of the season with a win over Lobster "B".

INDIVIDUALS PRE-LIM

The pre-lim round of the individuals was due to take place next Monday (November 6th) but
because of the reduction in the normal number of entries there is no requirement to have
a pre-lim round therefore that Monday is now a free date.

October 24th

LATEST RESULTS

Top of the table Peg Legs remain unbeaten after beating Mill Lane Sports Bar. Ship & Mitre
continue their run of form with a win over Prince George.

Metal Box beat Anglesea and Lobster "B" recorded their second win of the season by beating
Edinburgh. Lobster "A" had the free week.

October 18th

SECRETARIES AND CHARLIE FROST COMPETITIONS

The draw for the prelim rounds of the Secretaries and Charlie Frost competitions were
made at last nights league meeting.

Secretaries Competition to be played 8th January 2024

  Anglesea v Prince George

Charlie Frost Competition to be played 19th February 2024

  Peg Legs v Mill Lane Sports Bar

October 17th

LATEST UPDATES

Apologies for not updating the website for a couple of weeks - I was away on holiday.

All the latest scores are now on the website.

Peg Legs remain unbeaten with Prince George and Ship & Mitre only two points behind.

Mill Lane have still to register a win. 

October 2nd

LEAGUE MEETING - POSTPONED

The next league meeting, that was scheduled for Tuesday 10th October, has been postponed
to the following Tuesday October 17th. It will be at Mill Lane Sports Bar at 7:00pm.

Monies payable are 

    1) Two months league subs - £30
    2) Player registrations - £2 per player

Competition forms also need to be returned at this meeting. 

September 26th

LATEST RESULTS

In the top of the table clash Peg Legs came out as winners over Prince George and are now
the only unbeaten team in the league. In the nights derby match Lobster "B" earned their
first points of the season beating Lobster "A". Elsewhere Metal Box beat Edinburgh and Ship
& Mitre beat Mill Lane Sports Bar. Anglesea had the free week.

September 20th

LATEST RESULTS

Joint leaders of the league Peg Legs beat Metal Box and Prince George beat Anglesea. Both
undefeated leaders meet next week. In other games Ship & Mitre beat Edinburgh and Lobster "A"
earned their first points of the season beating Mill Lane Sports Bar. Lobster "B" had the
free week this week.

September 13th

LATEST RESULTS

Peg Legs beat Anglesea, Prince George beat Lobster "B" and Metal Box beat Ship & Mitre.
The game between Edinburgh and Lobster "A" was postponed and Mill Lane Sports Bar had
a free week.

NEXT SECRETARIES MEETING MOVED

The next secretaries meeting scheduled for 10th October has been moved back one week 
to Tuesday 17th October. It will still take place at Mill Lane Sports Bar at 7pm.

September 5th

LATEST RESULTS

There were wins for Anglesea over Lobster "B", Peg Legs over Ship & Mitre, Metal Box over 
Lobster "A" and Prince George over Mill Lane Sports Bar. Edinburgh had no game this week.

August 23rd

FIRST RESULTS OF THE SEASON

Monday saw the start of the new season. In the first set of matches there were wins for Anglesea
over Mill Lane Sports Bar, Peg Legs over Lobster "B", Prince George over Edinburgh and Ship & Mitre
over Lobster "A". Metal Box had no game this week. 

REGISTERED PLAYERS

Can secretaries take a few moments to check the list of registered players for their teams to ensure
that all the names are correct.

August 17th

SECRETARIES MEETINGS

At the league meeting on Tuesday it was decided that future secretaries meetings will be held at
different Team venues through out the season. Venues were drawn out of a hat as follows

 October 10th   -  Mill Lane Sports Bar
 December 12th  -  Metal Box
 February 13th  -  Lobster
 April 9th      -  Edinburgh
 June 11th      -  Lobster

PRESIDENTS CUP - PRELIMINARY ROUND

The draw for the preliminary round of the Presidents Cup was made at the meeting.

Metal Box v Lobster "A"

to be played on Monday 2nd October. All other teams have a bye.

August 10th

SECRETARIES MEETING - 15th AUGUST

The first league meeting of the season will take place on Tuesday 15th August in The Arkles at 7pm.

Secretaries need need to bring :

   Team Registration Fee - £10
   First two months subs - £30
   Initial Player registration sheet 

      money for player registrations can be paid at the next league meeting 

The season starts on Monday 21st August - paper copies of the league fixtures will be given out at 
the meeting.

July 30th

NEW FIXTURES FOR 2023 - 2024

This seasons fixtures have now been uploaded to the website. There are still a few gaps for contacts
etc for some of the teams. These will be added as they become available.

July 26th

WELCOME TO THE NEW SEASON

Having lost three of our teams: Arkles, Farmers Arms and St Monica's we have three new teams to
replace them: Anglesea, Lobster "A" and Lobster "B" so we go again with nine teams. Teams will play
each other three times therefore there are 24 league games. 

League will start on Monday August 21st. Fixtures will be uploaded to website in next few days.

NEW FORMAT

This season sees a new format for league matches - there are still 9 games to play but they are not
all individual games of 301. The new format is as follows:

 Game 1 - Individual game of 301 Double Start/Double Finish
 Game 2 - Individual game of 301 Double Start/Double Finish
 Game 3 - Pairs game of 501 Straight Start/Double Finish
 Game 4 - Individual game of 301 Double Start/Double Finish
 Game 5 - Individual game of 301 Double Start/Double Finish
 Game 6 - Pairs game of 501 Straight Start/Double Finish
 Game 7 - Individual game of 301 Double Start/Double Finish
 Game 8 - Individual game of 301 Double Start/Double Finish
 Game 9 - Individual game of 301 Double Start/Double Finish

Players are allowed to play in ONE individuals game and/or ONE pairs games. Therefore a match can be
played with 7,8,9,10 or 11 players. The minimum number of players required to play a match is SIX.

Presidents cup matches will also be in the same format.