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Rob Gerrard, Secretary, L.O.D.L. Call or text 07742-601-331

2022 - 2023

July 12th

SUMMARY OF A.G.M. HELD ON 11th JULY

1. Minutes of previous A.G.M. were read out and agreed

2. Financial Summary was given and agreed.

3. New committee elected

   Chairman: Paul Azzopardi - elected unanimously.

   Secretary: Rob Gerrard - elected unanimously.

   Treasurer: No nominations received - post left open.

   Committee #1: Charles Ellis - elected unanimously.

   Committee #2: No nominations received - post left open.

4. Proposals

   4.1 (Rule 18) Change league match format from 9 individual games of 301 to 7 individual games
       of 301 and 2 pairs games of 501. Players can play in both individuals and pairs.

							Passed Unanimously

   4.2 (Rule 1) Increase team registration from £5 to £10 per team	
	
							Passed Unanimously

   4.3 (Rule 3) Change the closing date of players signing from "8 weeks into the season" to
       "halfway through the season"

							Passed Unanimously

   4.4. (Rule 17) Change the fine for not attending an away match from £9 to £15

							Passed Unanimously

   4.5. Drop the monthly draw of £30

        The proposal was altered to "Drop the monthly draw to £20"

							Passed Unanimously

5. Teams confirmed for next season: Edinburgh, Lobster, Metal Box, Mill Lane Sports Bar,
                                    Peg Legs, Prince George, Ship & Mitre

   There are a number of teams yet to confirm: Arkles, Lobster 2nd Team, Peg Legs 2nd Team 

6. League start date expected to be Monday 21st August. 

7. First League Meeting - Tuesday 15th August - Venue to be confirmed.

   League Headquarters and frequency of league meetings will be discussed at the first league
   meeting.

July 8th

REMINDER A.G.M.

The Annual General Meeting will take place Tuesday 11th July at Farmers Arms (Townsend Lane).
The meeting will start at 7:00pm

July 5th

PROPOSALS FOR DISCUSSION AT A.G.M.

The following are the only proposals put forward for next weeks Annual General Meeting.

1. (Rule 18) Change league match format from 9 individual games of 301 to 7 individual games
   of 301 and 2 pairs games of 501. Players can play in both individuals and pairs.


2. (Rule 1) Increase team registration from £5 to £10 per team	
	

3. (Rule 3) Change the closing date of players signing from "8 weeks into the season" to
   "halfway through the season"


4. (Rule 17) Change the fine for not attending an away match from £9 to £15


5. Drop the monthly draw of £30

The following items will also need to be discussed at the A.G.M. but the final decision will
rest with the new league committee.

1. Confirmation of League Headquarters

2. Frequency of League meetings and collection of monies. (Rule 11 and Rule 15)

July 2nd

FINALS OF CHARLIE FROST, PAIRS AND INDIVIDUALS COMPETITIONS

Apologies for the late update I've been away all week. Last Monday we had the finals of the
Charlie Frost, Pairs and Individuals competitions. 

CHARLIE FROST
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Semi finals saw Andy Cummins (Peg Legs) beat Gavin Mullis (Metal Box) 2-0 and Joe Palfreyman
(Farmers) had a walkover when A Moore (McGintys) failed to show. 

In the final Andy beat Joe 2-0 which included an 8 darts game (96, 105, 100)

Congratulations to Andy Cummins from Peg Legs



PAIRS
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In the semi finals Kev Green & Joe Palfreyman (Farmers) beat Andy Cummins & Jo Copple
(Peg Legs) 2-0 and Phil Symm & John Porter (Peg Legs) beat Keith & Sean Farrell (Peg Legs) 2-1

In the final Kev and Joe beat Phil & John 2-1
(Joe also scored a 180)

Congratulations to Kev Green & Joe Palfreyman from Farmers Arms. 


INDIVIDUALS
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In the semi finals Keith Farrell (Peg Legs) beat Anthony Tod (Farmers) 2-0 and Brad Fleming
(Metal Box) beat Sean Farrell (Peg Legs) 2-0. 

In the final Brad beat Keith 2-0

Congratulations to Brad Fleming from Metal Box.
 

Thanks to Paul Azzopardi and Vicki Sims for coordinating on the night and thanks also to Terry
Hazlewood and Ste Macaulay for calling and marking.

June 20th

A.G.M. - TUESDAY 10th JULY

Last night I found out that Arkles are also leaving LODL. The Arkles, Farmers and St Monica's
are all leaving to join the Bootle League. I'm told it's because there will be less travel in
that league compared to LODL and I can understand that. 

Unfortunately LODL had nine teams all at different points of the compass and therefore travel
was difficult for some of the teams. I can't do anything about where teams are located, all I
can do is arrange fixture/competitions according to the number of teams/players regardless of
location. 

Now we are left with Peg Legs (Dingle), Metal Box (Speke), Ship & Mitre (Town), Prince George
(Fazakerly), Edinburgh (Kensington). We also have possibly Mill St Sports Bar (Old Swan) and
Lobster (Croxteth) which would give us 7 teams. 

With 7 teams we would probably be playing each other 4 times (2 at home and 2 away)therefore
there could be even more travelling. Teams will need to be aware that they can't just pick
and choose which away games they go to, they need to sign up to making every effort to go to
ALL away games. 

With this in mind I will call an AGM for Tuesday 11th July at 7:00pm in the Farmers Arms
(Townsend Lane). 

Any proposals for the AGM should be handed to me at least a week before the meeting. Bear in
mind that this meeting is effectively determining the future of the league so teams need to
ensure they are totally committed to supporting the league.

ARKLES - PRESIDENTS CUP WINNERS

A great match which saw Peg legs go 3-0 up only for Arkles to take the lead winning the next
four games. Peg Legs brought it back to 4-4 and in a deciding game which could have gone
either way it was Arkles that hit the decisive dart.

Congratulations to Arkles

In the Tony Donaghue Memorial Trophy final Farmers arms beat Prince George 5-3

Congratulations to Farmers Arms.  

June 7th

FARMERS ARMS - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

Peg Legs defeat by Metal Box and Farmers Arms win over Prince George on the last night
of the season meant that Farmers Arms were crowned League Champions for 2022-2203.

Congratulations to Farmers Arms and commiserations to Peg Legs.

SIX DARTER - JOE PALFREYMAN

To crown Farmers Arms night Joe Palfreyman completed a six dart game. Well done Joe.

May 25th

CORRECTION

Apologies I originally put the final of the Presidents Cup as being played in the Arkles
- it should have been Farmers - I have now corrected the venue below.

May 24th

THEN THERE WERE TWO

With Farmers win over Metal Box taking Metal Box out of the equation and Peg Leg's win
over Edinburgh the league comes down to the last match of the season. Both Farmers and 
Peg Legs are tied with one game left to play. In other games this week St Monica's beat
Arkles and McGintys had a walkover against Ship & Mitre.

FINALS NIGHTS

June 12th - FIVE-A_SIDE and SECRETARIES Competitions

These will be held in The Arkles.

Five-a-side                  Secretaries
  Farmers "C"                  Ian Clarke (Arkles)
  Metal Box                    Bill Smith (Farmers Arms)
  Peg Legs "A"                 Andy McKechnie (Edinburgh)
  Peg Legs "C"                 Tommy Westwell (St Monica's)

June 19th - PRESIDENTS CUP and TONY DONAGHUE Competitions

The Presidents Cup will be held in The Farmers Arms. The venue for the Tony Donaghue competition
is still to be agreed between Farmers and Prince George.

President Cup                 Tony Doanghue
  Arkles                        Farmers Arms
  Peg Legs                      Prince George

June 26th - INDIVIDUALS, PAIRS and CHARLIE FROST Competitions

These will be held in The Arkles.

Individuals                 Pairs                                   Charlie Frost
  A Tod(Farmers)              K Green/J Palfreyman (Farmers)          J Palfreyman (Farmers)
  B Fleming (Metal Box)       K Farrell/S Farrell (Peg Legs)          A Moore (McGintys)
  K Farrell (Peg Legs)        P Symm/J Porter (Peg Legs)              G Mullis (Metal Box)
  S Farrell (Peg Legs)        J Copple/A Cummins (Peg Legs)           A Cummins (Peg Legs)

May 20th

LEAGUE TITLE UP FOR GRABS

Peg Legs defeat by Arkles on Monday night has really set the cat among the pigeons. It
looks like Metal Box hold the key as they have to play Farmers Arms and Peg Legs in the
last two games of the season. There is the potential for a three way play off at the end
of the season. 

In the other games on Monday Ship & Mitre beat Edinburgh, St Monica's beat Prince George
and Metal Box were handed a walkover because of a "no show" by McGintys'

May 11th

FIVE-A-SIDE COMPETITION FINALISTS

Congratulations to the following teams who have made it through to the finals of the
five-a-side competition

  Farmers "C"
  Metal Box
  Peg Legs "A"
  Peg Legs "C"

All the finalists are now known and the venue for the finals will anounced shortly. The
finalists are shown under the "Finalists" link in "Competitions"

April 24th

FIVE-A-SIDE COMPETITION

The first round of the 5-a-side competition is now shown on the "competitions" link.

There will be 4 blocks of 4 teams - each block to be played down to one winner.

Matches to be played on Monday May 8th

April 18th

LATEST RESULTS

Top of the table Farmers Arms suffered another defeat to St Monica's allowing Peg Legs, with
their win against McGintys, to go joint top with a game in hand. There was also a surprise
defeat for third placed Metal box to Prince George. Arkles beat Edinburgh. 

April 4th

LATEST RESULTS

The top two teams went head to head last night with Peg Legs taking the spoils with a win
over Farmers Arms. With only 6 games left there are only four points covering the top three
teams. Third placed Metal Box had a walkover against Ship and Mitre, Edinburgh beat McGinty's
and Prince George beat Arkles.

March 29th

LATEST RESULTS

Top of the table Farmers Arms played double header against Arkles and came out on top in both
games. Second placed Peg Legs beat Ship & Mitre and third placed Metal box beat St Monica's. At
the bottom McGinty's recorded a rare victory against the side just above them - Prince George.

CHARLIE FROST COMPETITION

In the Charlie Frost competition the following four people are through to the finals night

   Joe Palfreyman (Farmers Arms)
   Ant Moore (McGinty's)
   Gavin Mullis (Metal Box)
   Andy Cummins (Peg Legs)

Congratulations to the four players.

March 23rd

LATEST RESULTS

Farmers Arms beat McGinty's, Peg Legs beat St Monica's and Metal Box did a double over Edinburgh
in a double header. Prince George beat Ship & Mitre.

March 14th

LATEST RESULTS

With second placed Peg Legs having no game this week there was a shock defeat for top of the
table Farmers Arms who lost to Ship & Mitre. Third placed Metal Box had a double header against
Arkles with both teams registering a victory each. St Monica's beat McGinty's and Edinburgh beat
Prince George.

SECRETARIES COMPETITION

In the secretaries competition there were wins for Arkles, Farmers Arms, Edinburgh and
St Monica's.

March 8th

PAIRS RESULT

Congratulations to the four pairs who won the blocks on Monday night and are now through
to the finals

   Kev Green/Joe Palfreyman (Farmers Arms)
   Jo Copple/Andy Cummins (Peg Legs)
   Phil Symm/J Porter (Peg Legs)
   Keith Farrell/Sean Farrell (Peg Legs)

INDIVIDUALS DRAW

The draw for the next round of the Individuals has been made and is now on the competitions
tab. To be played on April 24th and consists of four blocks of four players - play down to
one winner per block.

March 1st

MISSING RESULT

Updated table for missing result from Farmers Arms beating Prince George on 13th February.

Puts Farmers Arms two points clear of Peg Legs.

March 1st

LATEST RESULTS

There were wins for the top two teams this week and with Metal Box having no game they were
able to stretch the gap between joint first place and third place. Farmers Arms beat Edinburgh
and Peg Legs beat Prince George. Arkles beat McGintys and St Monica's beat Ship & Mitre.

February 22nd

CUP COMPETITIONS

In the semi-finals of the Presidents Cup Peg Legs beat Edinburgh and Arkles beat St Monica's.

In the semi-finals of the Tony Donaghue Memorial Cup Farmers Arms beat McGinty's and Prince
George beat Ship & Mitre.

SECRETARIES AND CHARLIE FROST COMPETITIONS

The next round of the Secretaries competition is to be played on Monday 13th March after each
of the league games on that night.

The next round of the Charlie Frost competition is to be played on Monday 27th March after each
of the league games on that night.

February 15th

PAIRS COMPETITION

The draw for the next round of the Pairs Competition has been made and can be found on the
"competitions" tab. There are 4 blocks of 8 pairs with one winner per block.

PLAYER REGISTRATIONS

The new close date for player registrations will be Sunday 26th March. No further registrations
or transfers will be allowed after that date.

February 8th

LATEST RESULTS

The match of the day saw Metal Box host leaders Farmers Arms and though it went all the way
Farmers Arms took the spoils. Joint leaders Peg Legs beat Edinburgh, Ship & Mitre recorded a
rare victory by beating McGintys and St Monica's beat Arkles.

February 3rd

PRESIDENTS CUP & TONY DONAGHUE MEMORIAL

The draw for the semi-finals of the Presidents Cup and Tony Donaghue Memorial Cup was made last
night by Terry Hazlewood from Metal Box. Matches are to be played on Monday 20th February.

Presidents Cup

Edinburgh   v Peg Legs
St Monica's v Arkles 

Tony Donaghue Memorial Trophy

Prince George v Ship & Mitre
McGinty's     v Farmers Arms

January 31st

LATEST RESULTS

A number of re-arranged games were played last night. In the battle of the two teams in second
place Peg Legs beat Metal Box. In other games St Monica's beat Edinburgh and Arkles beat McGinty's.

January 24th

INDIVIDUALS

The first round of the Individuals completed last night and we are now down to the last 16
of the competition. Congratulations to all last nights winners. Details of who won last night
can be found on the competitions tab.

January 18th

LATEST RESULTS

With Farmers Arms having the free week the two second placed teams Metal Box and Peg Legs
took the chance to close the gap with wins over McGintys and Arkles respectively. Edinburgh
beat Ship and Mitre and St Monica's beat Prince George.

INDIVIDUALS COMPETITION - TWO BLOCKS RE-ARRANGED

The following two blocks of the individuals next week have had to be moved from the Farmers
Arms

(10) B Bell     v (6) S Geddes Snr
( 8) B White    v (8) L Caldwell

The above block will now be played at McGintys (Coffee House @ Picton Clock)

(6) K Farrell   v (10) M Hynes
(8) J Rodriguez v ( 6) P Riley

The above block will now be played at Ship & Mitre

Can secretaries please advise any of their players who are involved in these blocks that the
venue has changed.

January 10th

WELCOME BACK

Apologies for the website not being updated after the matches on 12th December. I had a
technical issue which took a little while to resolve and hopefully won't occur again.

LATEST RESULTS

League leaders Farmers Arms got back to winning ways with a victory over St Monica's. The two
teams tied in second place both had wins, Metal Box beat Prince George and Peg Legs beat
McGinty's. The remaining match saw Arkles beat Edinburgh. Ship & Mitre had the free week.

December 18th

INDIVIDUALS - DRAW FOR ROUND 1

The draw for the next round of the individuals is now on the website. There are 16 blocks of
four players to be played on Monday 23rd January. One winner per block.

December 13th

LATEST RESULTS

Last night saw Farmers Arms suffer their first defeat of the season, losing to Peg Legs. Metal
Box beat Ship & Mitre, Edinburgh beat McGintys and Arkles beat Prince George.

December 7th

LATEST RESULTS

Metal Box beat St Monica's, Peg Legs beat Ship & Mitre and Prince George beat McGintys. Farmers 
Arms game against Arkles was postponed.

LEAGUE MEETING - TUESDAY 13th DECEMBER

Next league meeting is Tuesday 13th December at 7pm in Farmers Arms

November 30th

LATEST RESULTS

Top three teams all won with Farmers beating McGintys, Metal Box beating Edinburgh and Peg Legs
beating St Monica's. Prince George double their points at the bottom of the table with a win
over Ship & Mitre.

November 22nd

LATEST RESULTS

Metal Box and Farmers Arms continued their winning streaks with win over Arkles and
Ship & Mitre respectively. St Monicas beat McGintys and Prince George recorded a rare win
defeating Edinburgh. Peg Legs had the free week.

PAIRS COMPETITION

The draw for the preliminary round of the pairs has been made, there are 17 matches and
15 byes. The full draw is on the competitions tab and matches are to be played on Monday
19th December.

November 9th

LATEST RESULTS

Top of the table Farmers Arms continued their winning streak with a win over Edinburgh. With
Metal Box having no game and St Monica's surprise loss to Ship & Mitre Peg Legs took the 
opportunity to move into second place by defeating Prince George. The remaining game saw
Arkles beat McGintys.

McGINTYS CHANGE OF VENUE

Team number 5 McGintys are now playing their home games in the COFFEE HOUSE, near Picton Clock.
Full address and Postcode can be found in the Venues section. 

November 2nd

LATEST RESULTS

Metal Box recovered from their defeat last week to beat Peg Legs. Top of the league Farmers Arms
beat Prince George, St Monica's beat Edinburgh and Arkles beat Ship and Mitre.

So as we reach the first turn Farmers Arms have a healthy six point lead over Metal Box, Peg Legs
and St Monica's though Metal Box do have two games to play and can therefore close the gap to two 
points if they win those games. Prince George are still to register a point but there's still a
long way to go to the end of the season.

October 30th

INDIVIDUALS PRELIM ROUND

The draw for the preliminary of the individuals was made this afternoon. There are 9 matches
and 55 byes. Details are on the competitions tab. Matches to be played on the board of the first
named player on Monday 14th November.

LATEST RESULTS

In the battle of the two undefeated teams Farmers Arms beat Metal box, recovering from 1-4 to
win 5-4. Peg Legs moved into second place with a win over Edinburgh while St Monica's beat Arkles
and McGinty's failed to show at home to Ship & Mitre.

PRESIDENTS CUP

In the one game played in the Presidents Cup, played on Monday 21st October, Peg Legs beat
Metal Box.

October 14th

LATEST RESULTS

Peg Legs beat Arkles, Edinburgh beat Ship & Mitre, St Monica's beat Prince George and undefeated
newcomers Metal Box beat McGinty's.

COMPETITIONS

The draw for the next round of the Presidents Cup matched Metal Box at home to Peg Legs with the
match being played Monday 17th October.

The draw for the preliminary round of the Secretaries competition matched Arkles at home to Peg 
Legs with the match being played on Monday 16th January after the league game.


The draw for the preliminary round of the Charlie Frost competition matched Edinburgh at home to
Metal Box with the match being played on Monday 28th November after the league game.

All the draws can be found on the competitions tabs.

October 5th

I'M BACK

Sorry for the long delay in updating the website I've been away for a few weeks but I'm back now.
While I was away I was still collecting all the results etc but had no access to update the website
but now that I'm back I've updated all the league and competition results, good darts, player
registrations etc. Please take a look and let me know of anything you know is incorrect or missing.

PLAYER REGISTRATIONS - FINAL DATE

The final date for player registrations/transfers is Monday 10th October. After that date any new 
player registrations will only be allowed at the discretion of the league committee.

LEAGUE MEETING - 11th OCTOBER

The next league meeting is Tuesday 11th October at 7:00pm in the Farmers Arms. 

PLEASE NOTE - ALL COMPETITION FORMS MUST BE GIVEN IN AT THAT MEETING

Secretaries need to pay latest league subs (£30) plus player registration fees. 

CONFIRMATION - WILLOWBANK/ALBION HAVE RESIGNED

In the long running saga of "will they or won't they ?" team number 9 - Willowbank/Albion have
resigned from the league without actually playing any games. On-line League fixtures have now been
updated accordingly

September 10th

WILLOWBANK - "AS YOU WERE"

Willowbank WILL NOT BE PLAYING FROM THE ALBION. They will now be reverting to their previous
venue ie: THE WILLOWBANK on Townsend Lane. The website has been changed (AGAIN) accordingly.

September 6th

LATEST RESULTS

Only three games were played last night. Farmers Arms beat McGintys, St Monica's beat Peg Legs
and Ship & Mitre beat Prince George.

There are a numbers of games that have been re-arranged and now that we have a full complement 
of teams there should be no need for any more re-arrangements. Hopefully we can get to playing
five matches a week from next week.

September 5th

WILLOWBANK - CHANGE OF VENUE

Team number 9 WILLOWBANK have moved to The Albion, 408 Hawthorne Road, Bootle, L20 9AY. Their
name has been changed to ALBION.

August 31st

NEW TEAM - METAL BOX

We have a new team joined the league, it is Metal Box who will be taking over the "vacant" position
in the fixtures. They will have a number of games to catch up on in the league and will also be
entered into the Presidents Cup playing a home game against Prince George on 26th September. The 
website has been updated to reflect the changes. We now have a full complement of ten teams.

Welcome Metal Box.

August 22nd

LATEST RESULTS

On a disappointing night only two games were actually played with Edinburgh beating Prince George
and Farmers Arms beating Ship & Mitre. The other two games between Peg Legs and Willowbank and
St Monicas and McGintys resulted in walkovers for Peg Legs and McGintys.

August 15th

FIRST RESULTS OF THE NEW SEASON

Last years bottom of the table Ship & Mitre have already won half as many games as they did in
the whole of last season starting with a win over St Monica's, could this be their season ?

Newcomers Prince George suffered defeat to Peg Legs and Farmers Arms beat Edinburgh. There
were no games for McGintys and Arkles who have rearranged their game and Willowbank had the
free week.

August 10th

LEAGUE MEETING

Notes from last night league meeting

1. Team Registrations - these plus first two months league subs were due at the meeting

2. Player registration - the initial copies of the player registrations should be
   forwarded to league secretary as soon as possible via WhatsApp, FB or text. Players
   can still be registered up to the October league meeting.

3. Competition forms - these must be returned at the next league meeting in October.

4. Presidents Cup Draw - the initial round was drawn at the meeting and is as follows

     Willowbank   v Peg Legs
     Farmers Arms v St Monica's
     McGintys     v Edinburgh
     Ship & Mitre v Arkles
     Vacant       v Prince George

   These details are also on the competition tabs

5. Monthly draw - the draws for August and September were made at the meeting

     August    - Team 2 - Edinburgh - £30
     September - Team 2 - Edinburgh - £30

6. Willowbank - are staying at the Willowbank, their new secretary will be Joe Palfreyman.

7. Re-arranged games - an issue regarding the re-arrangement of Arkles match v McGintys is
   still to be resolved. Please note any team wishing to re-arrange a game need to get agreement
   from the league committee in advance. 

July 23rd

NEW SEASON

The new season for 2022-2023 is expected to start on Monday 15th AUGUST.

Last year we had nine teams, this year we have lost the Village Inn but gained a new team The
Prince George, therefore we will still have nine teams and each team will play the other teams
three times. 

I'm still waiting on a couple of items and should be able to post the initial fixtures etc
within the next week or two.

July 19th

Last night saw the finals of the Charlie Frost, Pairs and Individuals. 

CHARLIE FROST COMPETITION
In the first semi final Joe Palfreyman (Willowbank) beat Phil Symm (Peg Legs) and in
the second semi final Richie Waterhouse (Farmers Arms) had a bye as Rob Tipper (Edinburgh)
was unable to attend. In the final Joe beat Richie. 

 
CONGRATULATIONS JOE PALFREYMAN

PAIRS COMPETITION
in the first semi final Joe Palfreyman and Dave Farrington (Willowbank) beat Kev Russell
and Carl Baines (Theresa’s Bar). In the second semi final Dave White and Ian Morris
(St Monica’s) received a bye as one of the other pair of Mark Chapman & Joe McDonald 
(Willowbank) failed to turn up. In the final Joe and Dave beat Dave and Ian

 
CONGRATULATIONS JOE PALFREYMAN AND DAVE FARRINGTON

 
COMMISERATIONS DAVE WHITE AND IAN MORRIS

INDIVIDUALS COMPETITION 
In the first semi final Kev Green ((Willowbank) beat Peter Sims (Theresa’s Bar) while in
the other semi final Brian McDonnell (St Monica’s) beat Joe Palfreyman (Willowbank).
In the final Kev beat Brian. 

 
CONGRATULATIONS KEV GREEN

 
COMMISERATIONS BRIAN McDONNELL

 
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WILLOWBANK WINNERS

July 14th

FINALS VENUE MOVED - 18TH JULY/h4>

The finals of the Individuals, Pairs and Charlie Frost competitions due to be played on
Monday 18th July have been moved to Willowbank. Apologies for the late notice but they
had to be moved at short notice due to circumstances beyond our control. 

FINAL - PRESIDENTS CUP

In the final of the Presidents Cup played on Monday Peg Legs beat Theresa's Bar.

 
CONGRATULATIONS TO PEG LEGS - PRESIDENTS CUP WINNERS

Last night saw the final of the secretary's competition. 

The first semi final saw Paul Azzopardi from Willowbank drawn against Steve Dobby from
Ship & Mitre. Unfortunately Steve was unable to attend so Paul received a bye through to the
final. 

The second semi final saw Rob Gerrard from Peg Legs drawn against Jon Mawdsley from McGintys.
Jon played well, Rob didn't and Jon took the game 2-0. 

In the final Jon had the better finishing and took the game 2-0. 

Picture shows Paul (League Chairman) presenting Jon with the winners shield. 
 
CONGRATULATIONS JONATHAN MAWDSLEY from McGINTYS

Last night also saw the final of the 5-a-side competition. 

In the first semi final Farmers "B" were drawn against Theresa's Bar "B" and though Farmers
won the first leg Theresa's took the next 3 legs to take the match 3-1. 

In the second semi final St Monica’s "A" drew Willowbank "A" but were unable to put them
under pressure and Willowbank took the game 3-1. 

In the final Willowbank beat Theresa's 3-0

Pic shows Gary Carvell of Willowbank receiving the trophy from league chairman.
 
CONGRATULATIONS WILLOWBANK

As part of the evening the trophy for league champions was presented to Willowbank.
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS WILLOWBANK

With champions Willowbank having no game Peg Legs beat Ship & Mitre to seal second place
in the league. Theresa's Bar beat Farmers Arms to finish third while Gateway/St Monica's
beat Edinburgh and Village Inn beat McGintys. 

The finals are as follows :-

July 4th - 5-a-side and Secretaries - 8:30pm at Farmers Arms

July 11th - Presidents Cup - 8:30pm at Farmers Arms

July 18th - Individuals, Pairs and Charlie Frost - 8:30pm at Farmers Arms

July 25th - Tony Donaghue Memorial Cup - 8:30pm at Farmers Arms

The A.G.M. will be held at the Farmers Arms at 7:00pm on Tuesday 19th July.

If anybody has anything they wish to bring up at the A.G.M. can they please send me a 
text/WhatsApp/FB message detailing the proposal - it needs to be with me 7 days before
the A.G.M.

I hope to start the new season on 8th or 15th August.

Congratulations to Willowbank who were crowned champions this week. They won all three
matches in their triple header versus Ship & Mitre and now have enough points to put 
them way out ahead of second placed Peg legs who beat Village Inn. Farmers Arms beat
McGintys and the match between Edinburgh and Theresa's Bar was postponed.

Willowbank beat Village Inn and with Peg Legs ending their losing streak with a win over
Edinburgh it leave Willowbank two points ahead with two games in hand. This weeks triple
header over Ship and Mitre could finally push Willowbank over the finish line as champions.

Elsewhere Theresa's Bar slipped to defeat to Gateway/St Monicas meaning they are no longer
level with Peg legs in second place, Mc Ginty's beat Ship and Mitre. 

It got no better for Peg Legs this week as they suffered another defeat, this time losing
to Gateway/St Monica's. Willowbank took full advantage with a win over Farmers Arms giving
them a two point advantage with two games in hand. Theresa's Bar also took advantage and
by beating McGintys have now joined Peg Legs in second place. Village Inn beat Ship & Mitre
in a double header.  

Three of the final four contestants for the final of the Secretaries competition were
decided on Monday night and they are

Rob Gerrard (Peg Legs)
Steve Dobby (Ship & Mitre)
Jon Mawdsley (McGinty's)

Top of the table Peg Legs slipped to their third defeat in their last four games, losing to
resurgent Theresa's Bar who are now only two points behind the top two. Willowbank kept up
their winning ways with a win over Gateway/St Monica's and are now level with Peg Legs with
two games in hand. Farmers Arms beat Ship and Mitre and Village Inn beat Edinburgh.

The final four contestants for the final of the Charlie Frost were decided on Monday night
and they are

Joe Palfreyman (Willowbank)
Rob Tipper (Edinburgh)
Phil Symm (Peg Legs)
Richie Waterhouse (Farmers Arms)

With top of the table Peg Legs having no game this week Willowbank's victory over McGinty's
takes them to within two points and with two games in hand. Theresa's Bar's winning streak 
continues against Ship & Mitre moving them to within four points of the leaders having played
the same number of games. Gateway/St Monica's beat Village Inn while fourth placed Farmers
Arms slipped to defeat to Edinburgh.

In the top of the table clash Willowbank beat Peg Legs which means they are four points behind
with three games in hand. Elsewhere St Theresa's beat Village Inn, Edinburgh beat McGintys and
Farmers beat Gateway.

Apologies for the delay in updating the website. Last week saw the penultimate round of the
individuals competition. Congratulations to the following players who made it through to the
finals
  Peter Sims (Theresa's Bar)
  Brian McDonnell ( Gateway/St Monicas)
  Joe Palfreyman (Willowbank)
  Kev Green (Willowbank)

Last week saw the last sixteen of the 5-a-side competition reduced to the last four. The block
winners were

  Farmers "B"
  Gateway/St Monicas "A"
  Theresa's Bar "B"
  Willowbank "A"

Normal time for meeting is 7pm but with Liverpool being in the semi-finals of the Champions 
League I will be at the Farmers for 6:30pm so if secretaries can get there as early as possible
it would be greatly appreciated.

This weeks results saw Willowbank lose to Theresa's Bar giving Peg Legs the chance to make up some
of the lost ground in the race for the title, which they did by beating Farmers Arms. McGintys
carried on from where they left off and recorded another victory, this time against Gateway while
Edinburgh beat Ship and Mitre in the battle at the bottom of the table.

The next secretaries meeting was scheduled for May 10th, however this needs to be moved to May 3rd.

I will send details of money owed by clubs to secretaries before the meeting.

There was another shock result for Peg Legs this week losing 5-4 to McGinty's. Willowbank who 
beat Edinburgh are now in pole position to regain the top position providing they win their games
in hand. Gateway beat Ship and Mitre and Farmers beat Village Inn.

Apologies for no updates in the last few weeks, I've been away and only got back this weekend.

LEAGUE
I've updated all the league scores, tables and Good Darts to reflect the scores over the missing
weeks. Peg Legs are now six points ahead of Willowbank though Willowbank have three games in 
hand.

PRESIDENTS CUP & TONY DONAGHUE MEMORIAL CUP
Congratulations to Peg Legs and Theresa's Bar on reaching the final of the Presidents Cup after
winning their semi finals against Farmers Arms and Village Inn respectively.

Congratulations also to McGintys and Gateway for reaching the final of the Tony Donaghue Memorial
Trophy after winning the semi finals against Edinburgh and ship & Mitre respectively.

SECRETARIES COMPETITION
Gateway beat Edinburgh in the prelim of the competition and the next round which involves all the
remaining secretaries will take place on June 6th

CHARLIE FROST COMPETITION
Village beat McGintys in the prelim of the competition and the next round which involves all the
remaining teams will take place on May 30th

GATEWAY - CHANGE OF VENUE
Due to circumstances beyond their control Gateway have now moved venue and will now be playing
from ST MONICA'S, FERNHILL ROAD, BOOTLE, L20 9GA

All the latest competition draws have been uploaded and can be accessed via the "Competitions"
link. They include:

   - Presidents Cup/Tony Donaghue round 3 - to be played March 14th

   - Secretaries and Charlie Frost Prelims - to be played March 21st (after league game)

   - Pairs round 1 - to be played April 4th (4 blocks of 8 - one winner per block)

   - Five-a-side round 1 - to be played April 25th (4 blocks of 4 - one winner per block)

   - Individuals round 2 - to be played May 9th (4 blocks of 4 - one winner per block)

Good luck to all those still left in the competitions

League leaders Peg Legs suffered their second defeat of the season, losing 5-4 to Edinburgh.
Second placed Willowbank took the opportunity to close the gap beating Village Inn. Theresa's 
Bar beat Gateway and bottom of the table Ship & Mitre recorded their second win of the season 
beating McGinty's. 

Please note that the two blocks of Individuals due to be played in the Gateway have had to be
moved as Gateway is now closed.

The two blocks are

   (1) I Clarke    v (1) B Smith
   (5) D Rathbone  v (9) D Farrington
This block is now to be played in EDINBURGH

   (3) P Jones     v (6) D Dawrant
   (2) L Chapman   v (2) R Tipper
This block is now to be played in SHIP & MITRE

Peg Legs remain top after beating Gateway in a closely fought game. Second placed Willowbank
beat third placed Farmers Arms to maintain the pressure on Peg Legs. McGintys recorded a rare
victory beating Theresa's Bar.

The top three all had wins last night. Peg Legs beat Theresa's Bar, Farmers beat Ship & Mitre and
Willowbank beat Gateway. In the remaining match Village Inn beat Edinburgh. 

With leaders Peg Legs having no game this week it gave the chasing teams a chance to make up some
ground and they all took advantage. Willowbank beat McGinty's, Farmers Arms beat Edinburgh, Gateway
beat Village Inn and Theresa's Bar beat Ship & Mitre.

Next Monday should have been the prelim of the 5-a-side competition to reduce the number of teams
to 16 but there are only 16 teams entered so this round is redundant and therefore the date is now
open.

The matches from last night featured a top of the table clash between Peg Legs and Willowbank 
which saw Peg Legs emerge as the victors giving them a six point lead over Willowbank though
Willowbank have a couple of games in hand. 

Also on the night the teams tied in third place faced each with Farmers Arms the winners against
Gateway. McGintys recorded their second win of the season beating Edinburgh and Theresa's Bar
beat Village Inn.

The draw for the next round of the individuals has been made and is now on the competitions tab.

Matches to be played on Monday 28th February and will consist of 16 blocks of four, one winner
per block. Some venues will have more than one block.

In the three games played this week Peg Legs beat Farmers Arms in a very close fought game, 
Edinburgh beat Ship & Mitre and Gateway beat McGintys. So as we go into Christmas Peg Legs
are four points clear of Willowbank who have two games in hand.

On behalf of the committee I'd like to wish all members of the league and their families
a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 

There was only one league game this week, it was a re-arragned game between St Theresa's and 
Willowbank and in what turned out to be a tight game Willowbank edged it 5-4.

The draw for the preliminary round of the Pairs was made last night. There are fifteen matches
which are to be played on Monday 17th January 2022 on the board of the first named pair.

The draw was made by Bill Thompson from Farmers Arms and witnessed by the league secretary.

A full list of the draw including byes can be found on the competitions tab.

There was only one game this week with Farmers Arms beating Village Inn. The games between
Peg Legs and McGintys and Ship and Mitre and Gateway were both walkovers for Peg Legs and
Gateway. The game between Edinburgh and Willowbank has been postponed.

At the top Peg Legs win over Ship & Mitre took them 2 points clear of Willowbank who still have
a game in hand. Farmers Arms beat Theresa's Bar, Gateway beat Edinburgh and Village Inn beat
McGintys.

The draw for the preliminary round of the individuals was made on Monday night. There are only 
five matches which are to be played on Monday 13th December on the board of the first named 
player.

   (1) S Macaulay   v (4) D White Jnr
   (3) G Mulvaney   v (4) K Haymes
   (4) S Davies     v (6) J Hardman
   (2) J Chapman    v (8) J Jones
   (6) K Farrell    v (3) W Thompson

The draw was made by Graham Reid from Ship & Mitre and witnessed by the league secretary.

A full list of the draw including byes can be found on the competitions tab.

All the entries for Individuals, Pairs and five-a-sides have been entered under the COMPETITIONS
tab. Can members check that their names have been entered correctly. 

INDIVIDUALS
The draw for the preliminary round of the Individuals will be made next week and once the draw
has been made no further entries can be made to the Individuals competition.

Top of the table Willowbank's game against Ship & Mitre was postponed for Covid reasons which
allowed Peg Legs to go joint top with a win over Village Inn. Theresa's Bar beat Edinburgh,
Farmers Arms beat McGintys and Gateway had the free week.

This week saw Willowbank lose their first game of the season losing to Village Inn. Second
placed Peg Legs had a win over Edinburgh in a closely fought game. Theresa's Bar beat Gateway
and Ship & Mitre beat Mcgintys. Farmers Arms had a free week.

It looks like Willowbank are setting the early pace with a win over Farmers Arms they are now
four points clear at the top though other teams have a game in hand. Peg Legs are in second 
place with a win over Gateway. At the bottom Ship and Mitre losing to Village Inn means they
are still to register a win. McGintys lost to Theresa's Bar and Edinburgh didn't play this
week.

A reminder that competition forms must be handed in at the next meeting which will be at the
Farmers Arms on Tuesday November 9th at 7.00pm. The money for the competitions can be paid at
the following meeting in January.

I'm sorry to inform members that Frank Birtles from Theresa's Bar (Arkles) sadly passed away 
earlier this week. Frank was a long standing member of this league and will be sorely missed.

We offer our sincere condolences to Frank's family, friends and team mates. 

This week there were wins for Willowbank over McGintys, Gateway over Village Inn, Farmers Arms
over Edinburgh and Theresa's Bar (Arkles) over Ship and Mitre.

The draw for the first round of the Presidents Cup was made on Monday night and is

   Ship & Mitre    v Theresa's Bar (Arkles)
   Peg Legs        v Edinburgh
   McGintys        v Village Inn
   Farmers Arms    v Gateway
   Willowbank      v Vacant

Matches wil take place on Monday 25th October.

Apologies for updating the website so late.

This week saw Willowbank as the last team remaining with a 100% record after their win over Peg Legs.
Three teams recorded their first wins of the season with Farmers Arms beating Gateway, McGintys
beating Edinburgh and Arkles beating Village Inn.

Please note Arkles will now be known as Theresa's Bar from this point onwards. 

Monday night saw wins for Peg Legs over Farmers Arms, Willowbank over Arkles, Edinburgh over
Ship & Mitre and Gateway over McGintys with all matches finishing 5-4.

The new season finally got under way last night with wins for Peg Legs over McGintys, Willowbank
over Edinburgh, Gateway over Ship & Mitre and Village Inn over Farmers Arms.

As agreed at the A.G.M. held on 31st August.

After the demise of the Newstead the new league headquarters will be Farmers Arms, Townsend Lane.

League meetings wil be held every 2 months with the next meeting on 9th November.

THE NEW SEASON WILL START ON MONDAY 20th SEPTEMBER

There are nine teams in the league and all teams will play each other three times.

Team Registrations and Player Registrations need to be forwarded to league secretary by Tuesday
14th September. These can be sent by email, facebook or whatsapp.

The next league meeting will be on Tuesday 9th November and the money for the team (£5) and
player registrations (£2 per player) will need to be paid at that meeting.

Competition forms will need to be handed in at the November meeting though competition money can be
paid at the following meeting on 11th January. 

Obviously all the fixtures etc are based on there being no further covid-19 restrictions. 

Good luck to all.