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DECEMBER 2007
THE TRAVELLING HILLBILLIES ALIAS. DEANS VILLAGE MAN BIG
GEORDIE DRYBOURGH. CRAIG CAPA AGNEW FROM HOWDEN. DOVEHILL HIGHWAYMAN COLIN THE MARSHALL ROBERTSON AND OLD
MAN MITCHELL TRAVELLED OVER TO THE KINGDOM OF FIFE ON SATURDAY THE 29 DEC. GLENROTHES TO BE PRECISE.
FOUR MAN TEAM COMPETITION SAW THEM GO OUT IN THE QUARTER FINALS.
THE SINGLES WAS NOT MUCH BETTER WITH COLIN BEING THE LAST MAN STANDING. BUT THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT IF YOU DONT ENTER
YOU CANT WIN! SO I HAVE BEEN TOLD. BUT THIS IS THE SECOND WEEK-END THAT LIVINGSTON PLAYERS HAVE BEEN TO TOURNAMENTS. NICE
TO SEE PLAYERS STARTING TO SPREAD THEIR WINGS. EVEN IF THEY GET CLIPPED EVERY NOW AND THEN!
THE STONEYBURN OPEN PAIRS HELD IN THE EWINGTON HOTEL WAS WON BY MICKY BURKE FROM AIRDRIE AND COUNTY
CAPTAIN SHUG RICE FROM ARMADALE. RUNNERS UP WERE JIM ANDERSON AND DOUGIE MALLOY FROM STONEYBURN.
LOSING SEMI FINALISTS WERE DAVIE SMUDGE SMITH AND OOR WILLIE WILSON FROM THE ALMONDVALE MASONIC CLUB AND CHRIS THE
GABBY CABBY FORSYTH AND JIM MITCHELL FROM LIVINGSTON .
FORMER COUNTY STAR J.J.WALKER IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT WITH A CRACKING 153 G.S 60-57-36 NICE
TO SEE THAT J.J CAN STILL MIX IT WITH THE BEST OF THEM. WOULD'NT IT BE NICE IF ALL THE TOP PLAYERS WENT BACK TO THE COUNTIES
AT THE SAME TIME. THEN WE WOULD HAVE A TEAM TO TAKE ONTHE BEST! DREAMING I MAY BE BUT WHAT AN IDEA. IF ONLY DARTS WAS IN PLAYERS
MINDS AND NOT POLITICS.
THE TREBLE 19 WIZARD IS BACK.
RAB MAIN SHOWING SHOWING ALL HIS OLD CLASS WHICH MADE HIM ONE OF EDINBURGH'S TOP PLAYERS
WHEN HE PLIED HIS SKILLS IN THE LEITH LEAGUE. A VERY DANGEROUS OPPONENT INDEED. RECORDING A SUPERB 3 X 57 =171 SHOT ON MONDAY
NIGHT FOR THE STIRRUP 'A' COWBOYS.
TOP OF THE TABLE GAMES HAS SEEN CRAIG (CAPA) AGNEW FROM THE MCMILLANS HIGHLANDERS IN
DEANS VILLAGE. AND GORDON (THE) BRUCE FROM DEEPEST DARKEST MID CALDER HOME OF THE TAP SHOP BRIGAND'S. BOTH RECORD CRACKING
13 DART GAMES.THE RACE IS NOW ON TO SEE WHO IF ANY CAN BETTER THEM OR EVEN EQUAL THEM. GOING TO BE HARD TO DO I THINK!
WHAT A NIGHT WITH OVER 60 PLAYERS CONTESTING THE CHRISTMAS SINGLES IT WAS GOING TO BE A HARD TASK TO REACH
THE FINAL BUT WHEN THE DUST WAS SETTLED THE LAST FOUR MEN STANDING WERE ON BOARD ONE JOHN THE SPEARCHUCKER
HANLON AND HIS TEAM MATE GORDON THE BRUCE FROM THE TAPSHOP BRIGAND'S. OVER ON
BOARD TWO IT SAW THE DEFENDING CHAMPION BIG GEORDIE DRYBOURGH FROM THE HIGHLANDERS
TAKE ON EAST CALDERS RANGER PAUL WEIR REPRESENTING THE DOO CLUB FLYERS.
WITH SOME SUPERB SHOOTING FROM BOTH MATCHES IT SAW PAUL AND GORDON MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE GRAND FINAL .
PAUL WEIR WHO HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LEAGUES TOP PLAYERS FOR MANY YEARS AND A FORMER SINGLES CHAMPION PUT UP A TERRIFIC FIGHT
BUT GORDON AT THE END JUST MANAGED TO PIP HIM AT THE POST GORDON A PLAYER WHO WAS ONE OF SCOTLANDS TOP PLAYERS IN THE
LATE EIGHTIES LOOKS LIKE HE HAS LOST NONE OF HIS SKILLS. BOTH DART PLAYERS GOT FANTASTIC SUPPORT FROM THE CROWD THAT
STAYED TO WATCH THE FINAL AND QUITE SIMPLY THEY DESRVED IT FOR THEY WERE WORTHY FINALISTS.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO GORDON THE BRUCE AND COMMISERATIONS TO PAUL THE RANGER WEIR. WELL PLAYED BOTH OF YOU.
HELP REQUIRED.
AS I WAS LATE IN GETTING TO THE VENUE DUE TO SANTA BUSINESS.
I DID NOT MANAGE TO GET A NOTE OF ALL THE STATISTICS GOOD GAMES ETC. IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE SEND ME THE INFO! MY E-MAIL ADDRESS
IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. CHEERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO .
IAIN MCLEAN AND HIS PARTNER LEEANNE WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE 7 OAKS GYPSYS UNTIL THEIR
RECENT MOVE OVER TO THE KINGDOM OF FIFE. WHO HAVE JUST GOT ENGAGED. WELL DONE.
CONGRATULATIONS GO TO.
GRANDAD!
CHRIS (JESSE) JAMES OF THE 7 OAKS GYPSY'S.
BABY SITTING DUTIES WHAT A PRIVILEGE!
NICE TO SEE SOME YOUNG TALENT TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT THE RECENT COUNTY MATCH. UNFORTUNATELY THE
LOTHIAN SQUAD WERE JUST TO MUCH TO HANDLE. BUT A FIGHTING 8-4 DEFEAT TO LOTHIANS IN THE MENS 'A' IS NO DISGRACE WITH LOTHIANS
FIELDING NO LESS THAN 5 INTERNATIONALS IN THEIR LINE UP INCLUDING THE SCOTTISH CAPTAIN MIKE VEITCH. WINS ON THE DAY FOR WEST
LOTHIAN WERE M.O.M JAMIE BISHOP OF BREICH. COLIN THE OUTLAW MAXWELL FROM ARMADALE. MICKY RICE FROM WHITBURN AND JIM MITCHELL
FROM DEDRIDGE.
NICE TO SEE MICKY RICE FROM WHITBURN TAKING OUT SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL GEORGE DALGLIESH 3-1 ON
SATURDAY A CRACKING WIN.
THERE WERE HOWEVER SOME NOTABLE ABSENTEES FROM THE WEST LOTHIAN
LINE UP. WHO I GATHER WERE PLAYING DARTS ELSE WHERE! IT WOULD BE NICE TO REMEMBER (IT IS NOT WHAT THE COUNTY CAN DO FOR YOU.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTY THAT COUNTS!)
STONEYBURN CAN NOW BOAST OF TWO MAGICIANS IN THEIR VILLAGE. ALONG WITH THE WIZARD STUART
RUSSELL. THEY HAVE A SORCERESS IN THEIR MIDST ANDREA RUSSELL WHO UP UNTIL RECENTLY ONLY WENT TO SUPPORT HER OTHER HALF IS
NOW STARTING TO SHOW REAL POTENTIAL UP ON THE COUNTY STAGE WEAVING HER OWN MAGIC ON THE DART BOARD!
NEXT YEARS SCOTTISH MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONS WHO KNOWS!
ANOTHER YOUNG PLAYER TRYING TO STAKE HIS CLAIM TO A WEST LOTHIAN 'A' TEAM PLACE IS LEFTY MCLEAN
WHO HAD A VERY NICE 72 CHECK OUT IN THE B TEAM ON SATURDAY TREBLE 20 DOUBLE 6. NICELY DONE.
NOVEMBER 2007
MATCH PLAY DOUBLES.
WHAT A NIGHT OF DARTS 48 TEAMS TURNED UP FOR THE MATCH PLAY PAIRS THE TURN OUT WAS SUPERB. THE DARTS
WHAT CAN YOU SAY BUT TERRIFIC. SO MANY CLOSE GAMES AND WITH ALL SIX BOARDS IN ACTION THERE WAS A SMASHING ATMOSPHERE THROUGH
OUT THE TWO HALLS. SOME OF THE TOP CHECK OUTS RECORDED ON THE NIGHT WERE A 140 BY THAT MAN GORDON BRUCE
AND A VERY TASTY 115 FROM JOHN HANLON WHO WERE PARTNERS ON THE NIGHT. LAST YEARS CHAMPIONS
MARTIN DEEGAN AND COLIN ROBERTSON JUST FAILED AT THE PENULTIMATE HURDLE LOSING OUT IN THE SEMI FINALS AS DID BOB HALL AND
JOHN KIRK. THE TAP SHOP PAIRING OF THE SPEAR CHUCKER AND THE BRUCE FROM
DEEPEST DARKEST MID CALDER WERE ON FIRE ALL NIGHT AND ONLY JUST MISSED OUT ON THE TITLE AFTER A GREAT TUSSLE WITH THE DEANS
PAIRING OF BIG GEORDIE DRYBOURGH WHO WAS IN TERRIFIC FORM THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT SCORING A
TASTY MAXIMUM 180 IN HIS FIRST MATCH AND WAS IN SUPERB SCORING FORM RIGHT FROM THE START. HIS PARTNER WAS JIM MITCHELL WHO RECORDED 75-78-82-90-113 GAME SHOTS ON THE NIGHT THE FINAL SCORE
LINE AFTER ALL SAID AND DONE WAS 3-2 FOR THE MCMILLANS PAIR.
AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE THE FINAL WAS PLAYED AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THERE WERE STILL AT LEAST 30- 40 PEOPLE
STILL WATCHING THIS CREATES A GREAT ATMOSPHERE AND I KNOW THAT ALL THE PLAYERS STILL IN THE COMPETITION AT THE LATTER
STAGES OF THE NIGHT FEEL THE BENIFIT OF THAT. THE DAYS WHEN THE FINALISTS WERE SOME TIMES STRUGGLING JUST TO GET MARKERS FOR
THE FINAL GAME SEEM TO HAVE GONE ! HOPE IT KEEPS UP.
ONE THING WE DID LEARN FROM LAST NIGHT WAS THAT THE LEAGUE MUST BUY A SMALL P.A. SYSTEM IT WOULD HELP
GET THE GAMES GOING MUCH QUICKER. JUST WITH BOTH HALLS IN USE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO HEAR YOUR NAME WHEN IT IS CALLED
AT TIMES.
CHAMPION JIM MITCHELL RUNNER UP ALEX LISTER. SEMI FINALISTS DAVIE NISBET AND ANDY POLLOCK.
JIM'S WINNING MATCHES THROUGH OUT THE DAY WERE 3-0.3-0.3-1.3-0.4-3.5-1. WHICH INCLUDED 13 14 15 DART
LEGS 123 + 113 CHECK OUTS ON THE WAY TO RECIEVING THE £600 FIRST PRIZE.
FINAL THREE OPPONENTS WERE KEVIN PHAUP BOARD FINAL. DAVID NISBET SEMI FINAL AND ALEX LISTER IN THE FINAL.
DAVID NISBET HIT 3 X 180 AGAINST ME AND IT WENT DOWN THE WIRE. I WON THE TOSS OR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT! CHECKED
OUT ON TOPS AND DAVIE WAS SITTING ON 111 A REAL TIGHT GAME BETWEEN TWO OLD FRIENDS AND RIVALS. I REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN WE
WERE PARTNERS WHAT A CRACKING TIME WE HAD TOGETHER WINNING MANY MANY TITLES ALONG THE WAY. THATS THE GOOD THING ABOUT DARTS
YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE MEMORIES!.
FABULOUS SHOOTING FROM DEANS DART PLAYER BIG GEORDIE DRYBOURGH WITH A 12 DART LEG SCORES OF 20-20-60/60-60-60/20-60-20/60-11-50.IN
THE FRIDAY NIGHT BATHGATE LEAGUE PLAYING FOR MCMILLANS AGAINST THE BREICH CLUB.
NICE TO HEAR FROM BOB KINNON WHO IS HOME AND RECOVERING UNDER SYLVIA'S CARE. I AM SURE I SPEAK
FOR ALL THE LEAGUE PLAYERS IN SAYING WE ALL HOPE TO SEE YOU IN ACTION AGAIN NEXT SEASON. IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO HEAR
THOSE FAMOUS FOUR WORDS OF YOURS AGAIN!
NICE TO SEE MR TAM HART INTHE HALL AND STILL TURNING HIS ARM OVER CANT KEEP AN OLD ONE DOWN SO
IT WOULD SEEM.
PAIRS FROM THIRTEEN TEAMS WERE IN THE COMPETITION COULD THIS BE A LEAGUE RECORD IT IS I
BELIEVE THE MOST I HAVE SEEN ENTERING THIS COMPETITION.
A QUICK REPLY TO THE GYPSY PLAYER WHO HAD BEEN GIVEN THE WRONG NICKNAME IT WOULD
APPEAR HE IS A COWBOY WHO IS PLAYING UNDER THE GYPSY BANNER.(PROBABLY HIDING OUT)!
SCOTTISH MIXED TRIPLES WAS HELD ON SATURDAY 17TH NOV AT THE BREICH CLUB. THE WINNING TEAM WAS
THE STONEYBURN WIZARD STUART RUSSELL ALONG WITH TOP LADY PLAYER MARY WALKER
AND WILLIE THE BOY CUNNINGHAM. WHO CAME BACK FROM 2-0 TO WIN 3-2 AGAINST COUNTY CAPTAIN
SHUG RICE COUNTY A PLAYER SHELLEY KEARNEY AND THE OLD MAN THAT
WOUD BE ME. CRACKING GAME OF DARTS AND I WISH THEM ALL THE BEST IN THE SCOTTISH FINALS WHICH I THINK ARE TO BE HELD
IN BANNOCKBURN. GO FOR IT!.
ITS THE BULLS EYE
HITTING THE CENTRE CIRCLE THIS WEEK SAW JOHN KIRK OTHER WISE KNOWN AS THE
ADDIEWELL HUSTLER CHECK OUT ON 124 20/54/50. ALSO ON TARGET SAW THE HIGHWAY MAN ANDY
REILLY GOING OUT ON 5/17/50 FOR A NICE 72 FINISH
WITH OUT A DOUBT THE MAN IN FORM AT THE MOMENT HAS TO BE THE MARSHALL COLIN
ROBERTSON FROM THE DOVE HILL HIGHWAY MEN. WITH HIS SINGLES GAMES FINISHED IN 15+16 DARTS WITH A NICE 116
G.S JUST TO ROUND IT OF NICELY . HE THEN TEAMED UP WITH BIG
JOHN CHARLESTON AND THEY PRODUCED WINNING LEGS OF 16 + 18 DARTS VERY TASTY DARTS INDEED FROM THE HIGHWAY MEN
OF UPHALL.
SOME TOP CHECKING OUT THIS WEEK FROM THE TOWER TEAM . WITH LENA THE HIT GIRL GALLAGHER
HITTING A NICE 87 KILL AND WITH TEAM MATES RAB SCOTT TAKING OUT 79 AND BOB
STEWART GOING OUT ON 84 THE PLAYERS FROM THE TOWER BAR KNIGHTS SEEM TO BE HITTING THE DOUBLES WITH CONSUMMATE EASE.
HITTING THE TREBLES THIS WEEK ARE
BOB ( SILVER FOX) HALL WITH HIS FIRST 180 OF THE SEASON BET IT
WONT BE HIS LAST!
ALSO TURNING ON THE STYLE AND WITH A NAME TO MATCH IT SAW (STYLISH) MATT
PURDIE COLLECT HIS SECOND MAXIMUM OF THE SEASON. AND ALSO THAT MAN WHO HAS BY HIMSELF KEPT BASEBALL BOOTS IN VOGUE
GORDON (THE) BRUCE FROM THE BRIGAND'S IN DEEPEST DARKEST MID-CALDER.
WISHING (THE WIZARD) STUART RUSSELL ALL THE BEST WHEN HE REPRESENTS WEST
LOTHIAN AND STONEYBURN IN THE LAKESIDE PLAY OFFS IN BRIDLINGTON THIS WEEK END 16+17 NOVEMBER.
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17 OR 75 !
GOOD TO REPORT THAT A YOUNG 17 YEAR OLD PLAYER FROM ARMADALE DANNEY COFFEY MADE GREAT INROADS
TO CONFIRMING HIS PLACE IN THE COUNTY A TEAM THIS WEEK END AT THE STOW BREY PUB IN PAISLEY. WINNING HIS COUNTY A
MATCH 3-2.FOR THOSE THAT READ THIS SITE YOU WILL KNOW THAT I PREDICTED THAT THE YOUNG PLAYER'S WERE ON THEIR WAY LAST
SEASON. HARD ON HIS HEELS IS FRANK QUINN WHO IF MY PREDICTIONS ARE CORRECT WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE SHORTLY AS WELL
FOR THE A TEAM. AND THERE IS ANDREW MCLEAN FROM CARMONDEAN WHO IS ALSO NOW A REGULAR PLAYER IN THE B TEAM. ALL
THREE OF THESE PLAYERS CAN BE SEEN POUNDING THE PRACTISE BOARDS AT EVERY COMPETITION AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU A RUN FOR YOUR
MONEY MARK MY WORDS WELL! BUT ONCE AGAIN THAT MAN BOB HALL WHO AT 75 YEARS YOUNG SHOW'S HE STILL HAS IT. WINNING HIS
COUNTY A MATCH BY THE SAME SCORE LINE AS HIS YOUNGER TEAM MATE 3-2.
NICE TO REPORT ON TWO OF THE TOP LADY PLAYERS DOING WELL. CONGRATULATIONS GO TO IRENE MCINNESS AND CHRISTINE
MCINTOSH ON WINNING THE PRESTIGE'S ISLE OF WHITHORN LADIES OPEN DOUBLES. IRENE ALSO MADE IT THROUGH TO THE FINAL EIGHT
OF THE LADIES SINGLES. THIS IS A COMPETITION THAT ATTRACTS THE VERY BEST PLAYERS NOT JUST FROM SCOTLAND BUT FROM IRELAND AND
THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AS WELL. SO THE STANDARD IS VERY VERY GOOD. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR ALL THE DART PLAYERS IN THE COUNTY ON
SAYING WELL DONE.
AND CAN I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. A MAN WITH WHOM I WON MY FIRST LEAGUE PAIRS TITLE
WITH. AND A GREAT BLOKE TO GO TO THE TOURNAMENTS WITH. STOP DISAPPEARING. JUST BECAUSE IT IS YOUR ROUND YOU DONT HAVE
TO LEAVE TOWN! WELCOME BACK STUART TAIT.
FAREWELL
IS THIS THE END WE WILL SEE. I KNOW THAT HIS TEAM MATES IN THE LEAGUE WILL MISS HIM (LAST MAN
STANDING IAIN MCLEAN) FROM THE SEVEN OAKS GYPSY'S HAS GONE. IAIN AND HIS GOOD LADY LEE-ANN. HAVING MOVED OVER TO THAT WONDERFUL
LAND THE KINGDOM OF FIFE TO A NEW HOME. ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH FIFE (TRUE A FACT I CAN VOUCH FOR MYSELF) '
AHH' HOUSE WARMING I HEAR YOU ALL SAY. WELL MAYBE WE CAN HIRE A COACH AND REALLY PUT HIM IN WELL WITH THE NEIGHBOURS!!
SOME TIMES WE ALL NEED A SHOCK TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE.
AND WITH SADNESS I HAVE TO REPORT THAT ONE OF OUR OWN LEAGUE PLAYERS HAS HAD SOME TERRIBLE NEWS . LAST
WEEK A YOUNG BOY AGED 7 YEARS OLD WAS KILLED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT. THIS YOUNG MAN FROM CRAIGSHILL IS THE GRANDSON OF ONE OF
OUR LADY PLAYERS. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US AT THIS TIME IN SENDING OUR CONDOLENCES AND WISHES TO HER AND HER FAMILY AT
THIS TIME.
ALSO NOT IN SUCH GOOD HEALTH HAS SEEN PUMPHERSTON DARTS PLAYER BOB KINNON. IN INTENSIVE CARE. AT THE
WESTERN GENERAL IN EDINBURGH.
FROM ALL THE PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE WE WISH BOB A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND OUR BEST WISHES GO TO HIS WIFE
SYLVIA.
BIG HITTERS THIS WEEK
THREE PLAYERS HITTING THE TOP SCORES THIS LAST WEEK HAVE BEEN BIG JOHN CHARLESTON FROM THE DOVE HILL HIGHWAYMEN.
JOHN BRETT OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS AND BIG GEORDIE DRYBOURGH OF THE RABS BAR HIGHLANDERS.
OCTOBER NEWS 2007
AS AND WHEN IT HAPPENS!
NEWS TO FOLLOW.
PLAYERS ON SONG THIS EARLY IN THE MONTH ARE.
THE TOWER KNIGHTS PLAYER LENA GALLAGHER WITH A GREAT HIT OF 174 DURING HERE RECENT K.O. CUP MATCH.
ALSO ON FIRE WAS THE GYPSY'S PLAYER CHRIS JAMES FROM THE SEVEN OAKS WHO HAD A MAXIMUM 180 SCORE
AS WELL IN THIS CUP GAME.
NICE TO SEE AN OLD OR IS THAT A YOUNG FACE AT THE RECENT DELEGATES MEETING. WELCOME TO CHRIS BARNETT FROM
THE TAP SHOP BRIGAND'S.
NEW VENUE A SUCCESS.
THE KNOCK OUT CUP FINAL WAS PLAYED IN THE TOWER LOUNGE IN CRAIGSHILL WITH THE 7 OAKS GYPSY'S. THE FIRS MAFIA. RAB'S BAR
HIGHLANDERS. AND THE TAP SHOP BRIGANDS ALL IN ACTION. WHAT WAS ALSO NICE TO SEE WAS THAT SPECTATORS FROM OTHER TEAMS
WERE IN THE VENUE TO SEE THE DARTS. SOME THING THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN FOR A LONG TIME. NICE TO SEE SOME OLD FACES TO MENTION
A FEW WHO WERE THERE . RAB SCOTT. IAN GILMOUR. DAVIE SMITH AND YES DAVIE WILSON CANT TELL THEM APART! MR PORTER WAS ALSO IN
THE BUILDING AND SOBER AS A JUDGE. ALSO LOOKING ON WAS LADIES SINGLES CHAMPION LENA GALLAGHER.
ANY WAY THE SEMI FINAL SAW THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS OF LAST SEASON THE FIRS FROM POLBETH COME OUT COMFORTABLE WINNERS OVER
THE 7 OAKS GYPSYS FROM PUMPHERSTON. BUT THE GYPSY'S CAN CERTAINLY HOLD THEIR HEADS HIGH WITH A LOT OF NEW FACES AND
WITH PLAYERS JUST PLAYING THEIR FIRST SEASON THIS IS GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THEM AND LETS REMEMBER THEY WERE THERE ON MERIT.
IM SURE WITH THE PLAYERS LIKE CHRIS FORSYTH. LORNE MITCHELL AND OLD HAND CAPTAIN MARVEL HIMSELF JOHN GRANT
THIS TEAM WILL GET BETTER AND BETTER. THEY ALREADY HAVE A PLAYER WITH 2 X 180 ON THE RECORD SHEETS THIS SEASON THAT MAN BOND!
SECOND SEMI FINAL SAW THE TAP SHOP BRIGAND'S AND THE HIGHLANDERS GO HEAD TO HEAD IN REAL SLUG FEST WITH 3 X 180'S RECORDED
IN THE MATCH. IT WENT TO THE FINAL DOUBLE AND THE TEAM FROM DEAN'S JUST MANAGING TO GET THROUGH BY THE NARROW'EST OF MARGINS.
THE FINAL SAW LAST YEARS TOP TWO PLACED TEAMS GO HEAD TO HEAD AND WITH SOME VERY GOOD SHOOTING FROM BOTH
TEAMS IT SAW THE FIRS TEAM GOING DOWN BY 5 GAMES TO 2 IN THE FINAL.
THIS YEARS CHAMPIONS MCMILLANS.
PLAYERS WORTH A MENTION
THAT MAN WITH THE STYLE MATT PURDIE WAS ON TARGET WITH A VERY NICE MAXIMUM IN THE FIRST MATCH. ALSO FIRING
ON ALL CYLINDERS WAS THE SPEARCHUCKER HIMSELF FROM DEEPEST DARKEST MID CALDER JOHN HANLON WITH TONS SCORED ALMOST EVERY TIME
HE WENT TO THE BOARD. AND OF COURSE THE BLAST FROM THE PAST THE MAN WHO HAS KEPT THE BASEBALL BOOT INDUSTRY SURVIVING ALL
BY HIM SELF GORDON THE BRUCE WITH A VERY NICE MAXIMUM OF HIS OWN. FRANK BEGLEY WAS ALSO ON SONG HIS FINAL FIVE SCORES ON WINNING
HIS SINGLES MATCH WERE FROM 371 DOWN 100-60-100-79-32 GAME SHOT WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF THE DOUBLE 16 HAD GONE IN
FROM THE 111 FINISH HE SHOT AT. ALSO HITTING A NICE TWO DART 88 CHECK OUT WAS THAT MAN AGAIN BRIAN MAIRS FROM THE FIRS WITHOUT
A DOUBT ONE OF THE LEAGUES MOST CONSISTENT PLAYERS.
STRANGE BUT TRUE
A REPORT JUST IN HAS CONFIRMED THAT ANDY PORTER WAS AT A DART MATCH ON MONDAY NIGHT AND HE WAS SOBER!
THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO ME BY A VERY TRUSTWORTHY AND VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE DARTING COMMUNITY.WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS.
THAT MAN AGAIN CHRIS JAMES WITH YET AN OTHER MAXIMUM GREAT SHOOTING FROM THIS GYPSY!
THE GABBY CABBY ALMOST HAD THE TOP CHECK OUT SO FAR IN THE LEAGUE.CHRIS FORSYTH
ON TARGET WITH A FABULOUS 144 CHECK OUT. BUT HITTING THE TOP SHOT IS THE SILVER HAIRED FOX HIMSELF BOB
HALL WITH A GREAT 160 CHECK OUT.
PRIVILEGED
THIS WEEK END I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO SEE SOME FANTASTIC DARTS THROWN. FIRST MENTION MUST GO TO A 16 YEAR
OLD PLAYER FROM ARMADALE A JUNIOR SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL DANNY COFFEY SHOWING NO RESPECT
FOR HIS OLDER OPPONENT'S VAST EXPERIENCE IN THE SEMI FINAL STAGES OF THE BATHGATE K.O. CUP HE RECORDED A SUPERB MAXIMUM
180 TO LEAVE HIMSELF A DOUBLE. WHICH HE THEN ANNEXED FOR A WINNING GAME SHOT.
SATURDAY SAW A FANTASTIC WIN FOR LONG TIME COUNTY STALWART JAMIE BISHOP
WHO TOOK OUT SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STAR ROSS MONTGOMERY IN A CRACKING GAME FOR WEST LOTHIAN. FOR THE LADIES ROLLING
BACK THE YEARS WAS BOGHALL'S MARGARET ARMSTRONG SHOWING WHY SHE STILL RETAINS HER PLACE
AMONGST THE COUNTY LADIES ELITE WITH AN EXCELLENT WIN IN THE COUNTIES MATCH.
ALSO MAKING A COME BACK IS MALCOLM BORTHWICK A MAN WHO LIVES AND BREATHES
THE SPORT OF DARTS. LAST YEAR I SAID IN MY SITE THAT HE HAD GONE TO PLAY FOR LANARKSHIRE. HOW WRONG I WAS. MALCOLM HAD DAMAGED
HIS THROWING HAND AND THAT WAS WHY HE WAS MISSING FROM THE DARTS SCENE. BUT NOW HE IS BACK AND THAT CAN ONLY BE GOOD FOR WEST
LOTHIAN DARTS. ALSO RECORDING EXCELLENT WINS WERE.THAT MAN WITH THE STYLE WILLIE HARRAUGHTY(spelling
not sure!) FROM THE WILDS OF HARTHILL MAKING A FABULOUS START TO THE SEASON WITH A MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD. MAKING A GOOD
RETURN TO FORM ALSO JIMMY (THE MACS BACK) MCMILLAN FROM THE BATHGATE HILLS ALSO SHOWED WHY
HE HAS BEEN A TOP WEST LOTHIAN PLAYER FOR SO MANY YEARS. BUT A PLAYER OF UNDOUBTED STATURE HAS TO BE JOCKY
MCLAREN WHO PLAYED IN THE B TEAM BUT I THINK THAT WILL CHANGE VERY SHORTLY A DART PLAYER OF THIS CLASS MUST BE
HEADING FOR THE BIG TEAM WITH OUT A DOUBT A TOP PLAYER IN ANYBODY'S LEAGUE AND QUITE SIMPLY ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS EVER TO
GRACE THE COUNTY SCENE JOCKY MCLAREN FOR THE A TEAM PLEASE. SELECTORS!
LEAGUE DELEGATES MEETING. 3/10/07. 7-OAKS VENUE.
13 OF 14 DELEGATES ATTENDED. DOVEHILL ARMS WERE MISSING(MARTIN DEEGAN-SUNNING HIMSELF IN THE
WEST INDIES SO I BELIEVE)
WELL THE LEAGUE MEETING WENT WELL SO IT WOULD SEEM.
NO ONE LAID CLAIM TO THE LETTER WHICH WAS SENT TO THE LEAGUE SECRETARY WHICH ASKED FOR THE COMMITTEE
TO RESIGN. AND ALL THIRTEEN DELEGATES UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO DISPOSE OF THE LETTER WITH OUT FURTHER ACTION. IT WOULD SEEM THAT
THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO WROTE IT DID NOT HAVE THE COURAGE TO OWN UP SO THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO SPEAK SO I HOPE
THAT IS THE END OF THAT! (DELEGATES HAVE A COPY OF SAID LETTER)
SEMIFINALS OF THE LEAGUE K.O. CUP ARE
THE 7-OAKS GYPSY'S V THE FIRS MAFIOSA
TAP SHOP BRIGAND'S V THE MCMILLAN HIGHLANDERS.
VENUE WILL BE THE TOWER BAR CRAIGSHILL.
REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND OR KNOW OF A DART PLAYER TURNING ON THE STYLE. LET ME KNOW AND I WILL REPORT IT.
DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A LEAGUE MATCH, ANY OPEN OR CLUB COMPETITION WILL DO!
SEPTEMBER 2007
SEND ME YOUR INTELLIGENCE REPORTS AND I WILL TRANSMIT IT TO ALL WHO WANT TO READ IT!
THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS THE FIRS ARE UP AND RUNNING WITH YET AN OTHER CLOSE GAME. 5-4 THE MAFIOSA . MANAGED
TO BEAT THE NEW TEAM ON THE BLOCK THE ALMONDALE PIRATES. LOOKS LIKE INTERSTING TIMES AHEAD FOR LAST YEARS CHAMPIONS EVERYONE
IT SEEMS IS OUT TO BEAT YOU WHEN YOU ARE AT THE TOP!
CONGRATULATIONS GO TO THE STONEYBURN WIZARD THAT LEFT HANDED DARTSMAN WHO IS WITH OUT DOUBT A FORCE TO
BE RECKONED WITH IN ANY LEAGUE
STUART RUSSELL. HE DEFEATED JAMIE BISHOP FROM BREICH. FOR THE HONOUR TO REPRESENT WEST LOTHIAN IN
THE LAKESIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY OFFS IN BRIDLINGTON.
OOR WILLIE WILSON IS SETTING A CRACKING PACE WITH HIS SECOND MAXIMUM 180 OF THE
SEASON RECORDED AGAINST THE FIRS ON MONDAY NIGHT . WHERE ARE THE PIRATES GETTING THESE PLAYERS
FROM THE WORD SHANGHIA COMES TO MIND!
THE OUTLAW OTHER WISE KNOWN AS COLIN KELLY HAS ALSO RECORDED HIS
SECOND MAXIMUM. LOOKS LIKE THIS MAN FROM THE BRIGAND'S HOME IN DEEPEST DARKEST MID CALDER. MEANS BUSINESS AS WELL
THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON.
TAM MCKAY OF THE STIRRUP INDIANS IS LOOKING DANGEROUS A NICE 17 DART
LEG WITH A CLASSY TWO DART 96 CHECK OUT. NICE WAY TO START A MATCH.
YET AN OTHER PLAYER FROM THE NEW BOYS ON THE BLOCK THE ALMONDVALE PIRATES IS ON SONG. JIM
CURRAN IS ON TARGET WITH A 74 FINISH ON THE BULLS EYE 5-19-50
OLD MAN MITCHELL MANAGED TO SNEAK A 126 FINISH ON MONDAY NIGHT. JUST TO LET THE YOUNG GUNS KNOW HE STILL
AROUND.
AN OTHER YOUNG PLAYER MAKING HEADLINES IS SCOTTISH YOUTH PLAYER FRANK QUINN FROM ARMADALE WHO WON A SINGLES
FLYER IN THE BREICH CLUB LAST SATURDAY. NOTHING HERE THAT YOU WOUD NOT EXPECT THOUGH WITH HIS MOTHER BEING ONE OF
THE TOP LADY PLAYERS IN THE AREA IRENE MCINNESS.
A REAL DARTING FAMILY HERE. AND NOT LETS FORGET HER PARTNER COUNTY CAPTAIN THE MAN WITH THE HAIR SHUGGIE.
TOWER BAR KNIGHTS RECORD THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN OF THE SEASON WITH A 6-3 WHIPPING
OF THE SEVEN OAKS GYPSYS. WHO WERE WITH OUT SOME OF THEIR
FIRST TEAM PLAYERS IT HAS TO BE SAID! BUT THE TOWER HAVE ALREADY TURNED OVER LAST YEARS K.O. CUP CHAMPIONS THE
DOVE HILL ARMS AND ARE LOOKING GOOD THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON. TOP SHOT OF THE NIGHT SAW JOE DEVLIN RECORD A VERY
NICE TREBLE 18 BULLS EYE FOR 104 KILL FOR THE KNIGHTS.
THE ALMONDALE SOCIAL CLUB ALIAS THE MASONIC PIRATES HAVE
RECORDED THEIR FIRST EVER LEAGUE VICTORY. WELL DONE ALWAYS NICE TO SEE A NEW TEAM STARTING OF THE SEASON WELL
SHOCK HORROR THE CHAMPIONS HAVE LOST THEIR FIRST LEAGUE MATCH. THE TAP SHOP BRIGAND'S HAVE TAKEN THE
SCALPS OF THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS IN A REAL TIGHT 5-4 MATCH. THE QUESTION IS ARE THE WHEELS FALLING OF THE MAFIOSA BAND
WAGON ALREADY. OR WILL THE REST OF THE LEAGUE NOW FEEL THE BACKLASH OF THE FIRS TEAM WHO WILL NOT WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR TITLE
EASILY . TIME WILL TELL!
THE DOO CLUB FLYERS ARE OFF AND RUNNING WITH A HARD EARNED VICTORY AT THE EXPENSE
OF THE STIRRUP STANE INDIANS. 6-3 THE FINAL SCORE SO I AM TOLD.
COUNTY PLAYER BIG J J WALKER TOOK THE FIRST MATCH FOR THE WEST END HOTEL
BUT THAT WAS THE LAST GAME THEY MANAGED. THOUGH IF TRUTH BE TOLD THEY HAD CHANCES AGAINST THE RABS BAR CHIEFS FINAL SCORE
8-1.
SPECIAL MENTION TO WILLIE BARROWMAN WHO STARTED OF LIKE AN EXPRESS TRAIN 160 FOLLOWED BY 140 AND THROWING
FOR A SUB 15 DART MATCH JUST LET THE DOUBLES SLIP AWAY. JUST LIKE LIFE THE ONE THAT GETS AWAY, SO CLOSE YET JUST SO FAR. WE
CAN ALL RELATE TO THAT ONE.
GORDON BRUCE IS SHOWING HIS CLASS EARLY DOORS . WITH A VERY NICE 116 CHECK OUT. HERE WILL BE
ONE PLAYER TO WATCH COME THE SINGLES COMPETITIONS. MARK MY WORDS!
THE OUTLAW COLIN KELLY OF THE BRIGAND'S AND OOR
WILLIE WILSON FROM THE MASONIC PIRATES HAVE RECORDED MAXIMUM 180'S ON THE LEAGUES FIRST NIGHT OF ACTION.
LORNE MITCH MITCHELL OF THE GYPSYS HAS BEEN RED HOT
ON THE CHECK OUTS WITH 114 +100 FINISHES. ALSO HITTING THE TON BARRIER HAS SEEN MARVELLOUS LEE
HOLLAND OF THE BRIGAND'S TAKING OUT A TASTY 100 FINISH AS WELL.
LOOKS LIKE THE YOUNG GUNS ARE STAKING THEIR CLAIM TO THIS SEASON EARLY DOORS.
ITS A LONG COURSE LETS SEE IF THE OLD GUARD CAN KEEP UP!
A QUICK QUESTION TO FRANK BEGLEY . YOU LEFT A MESSAGE IN THE GUEST BOOK . WHAT IS IT ABOUT! WILL ANSWER AS SOON
AS I CAN , BUT NOT VERY GOOD WITH CLUES! SPEAK SOON FRANK.
WELL IT WOULD APPEAR THAT ALL IS NOT WELL IN THE LEAGUE RANKS. A LETTER HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO
THE LEAGUE SECRETARY ASKING NO TELLING THE COMMITTEE TO RESIGN. THIS PERSON SAYS THAT HE /SHE SPEAKS FOR THEIR WHOLE TEAM
AND ALSO FOR MOST OF THE LEAGUE!
IF THAT IS SO WHY NOT GIVE ME AN E-MAIL OR A PHONE CALL AND I WILL SEE WHAT IT IS THAT IS BOTHERING
SO MANY DART PLAYERS. AT THE A.G.M. WHICH WAS ONLY A MONTH AGO THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE COMMITTEE STANDING FOR AN OTHER
YEAR. TO SAY THAT ALL WERE IN FAVOUR WOULD NOT BE FAR FROM THE TRUTH. NO ONE ELSE WAS EVEN PUT UP FOR THE COMMITTEE
SELECTION.SO WHAT HAS GONE WRONG IN A MONTH. THE LEAGUE ONLY STARTED PLAYING DARTS AGAIN LAST NIGHT MONDAY THE 10TH SEPT.
SO WHO EVER YOU ARE. YOU PUT PEN TO PAPER SO LETS SEE IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE OF YOUR CONVICTIONS
TO ACTUALLY SPEAK UP AND SIGN YOUR NAME. OR ARE YOU HIDING BECAUSE YOU ARE LYING!
IF ON THE OTHER HAND YOU DO SPEAK FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE LEAGUE AS YOU SAY YOU DO. WHY NOT CALL
FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE THAT WOULD SETTLE THE ISSUE ONCE AND FOR ALL. OR ARE YOU HIDING AGAIN!
TO ANY DART PLAYER WHO READS THIS LITTLE HOBBY OF MINE. MAY I ASK YOU TO DROP ME A
LINE . YOUR OPINIONS WOULD BE WELCOME. PERHAPS I HAVE INADVERTENTLY WRITTEN SOME ARTICLE THAT MAY HAVE UPSET SOME ONE AND
THIS IS THEIR WAY OF GETTING BACK. IFTHAT IS THE CASE . SPEAK TO ME AND LET US GET THIS SETTLED BEFORE THE LEAGUE PROGRESS
ANY FURTHER!
IF YOU DONT MIND THE PUN.
(COME ON BE A MAN)
INTERESTING FACTS. HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH PLAYERS FROM SEVEN TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE AND THEY ARE AS MYSTIFIED
AS WE ON THE COMMITTEE ARE AS TO WHO IS SO UNHAPPY WITH THE LEAGUE SET UP.
HOPE TO SPEAK TO THE REST SOON!
HOPE THE DART TEAM THAT IS SO DISSAPOINTED. WILL MAKE THEM SELVES KNOWN BEFORE TO LONG!
WELL MOST OF US STILL BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS SO MAYBE THESE PEOPLE WILL COME FORWARD WHO KNOWS!
THERE ARE A FEW TEAMS KEEPING QUIET SO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THEY THINK OF IT ALL.
NEW VENUE FOR WEST CALDER AND DISTRICT DARTS LEAGUE FINALS.
THE TOWER BAR IN CRAIGSHILL
AFTER A HEATED BUT VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION EVERY ONE DECIDED TO ABIDE BY THE CONSTITUTION.
AND THAT WAS. THE HIGHEST BIDDER WOULD GET THE FINALS ALL 11 OF THEM PLUS THE EXHIBITION NIGHT AND THE
DARTS PRESENTATION DANCE.
WITH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM FROM THE TOWER PUTTING £1500.00 INTO THE LEAGUE IN SPONSORSHIP IT IS NOW UP
TO THE DART PLAYERS TO PAY THIS BACK BY TAKING PART IN ALL THE LEAGUE COMPETITIONS. AND SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS FANTASTIC
SPONSORSHIP DEAL BY SUPPORTING ALL THE COMPETITIONS IN STYLE.
THERE ARE NOW 14 TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE AND WITH THE NEW VENUE BEING CENTRAL FOR EVERY ONE. THERE SHOULD
BE A STEADY STREAM OF DART PLAYERS TURNING UP AT THE LEAGUE COMPETITIONS.
I HAVE ALREADY MADE INQUIRIES INTO NEXT YEARS EXHIBITION NIGHT AS IT IS SOME THING THAT WE
STARTED 5 SEASONS AGO (SEEMS LONGER) AND WOULD SAY HOLD YOUR BREATH WITH A BIT OF LUCK WE SHOULD HAVE A TOP STAR BOOKED
FOR NEXT YEAR SOON!
PROVISIONALLY BOOKED ARE THE MAN WHO HAS JUST DEFEATED PHIL TAYLOR
IN THE BULLIT WORLD DARTS TROPHY OVER IN HOLLAND THIS COMPETITION HAD ALL THE TOP STARS INVOLVED
IN IT(PETER MANLEY/MARTIN ADAMS/GARY ROBSON) PLAYERS WHO HAVE ALL DONE EXHIBITIONS AT OUR LEAGUE VENUES!
AND NOT ONLY IS GARY ANDERSON COMING BUT SO IS THE THE OTHER GARY
THATS RIGHT GARY ROBSON THE REIGNING ISLE OF MAN CHAMPION. AND WORLD RANKED NUMBER 9. BOTH THESE PLAYERS WILL PLAY ON
THE NIGHT 10 SINGLES MATCHES EACH AND DOUBLES MATCHES SHOULD TIME ALLOW.
YOU CAN CHECK THEM OUT ON THEIR WEB SITE APTLY NAMED THE MEN IN
BLACK.
ON BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD SUCH AN INTEREST
IN THE DARTS LEAGUE. WITH THE DOO CLUB IN EAST CALDER SUPPORTING US FOR THE LAST 5/6 SEASONS IT IS SAD TO SAY FAREWELL
FOR NOW TO A CLUB THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT VENUE AND SUPPORTED US SO WELL IN THE PAST. BUT TIMES CHANGE AND SO DO VENUES. SO
PLEASE LETS SUPPORT THE NEW VENUE WITH THE SAME VIGOUR AS WE DID THE LAST ONE.
FRIDAY NIGHT SAW THE BATHGATE LEAGUE PRESENTATION TAKE PLACE IN COPPIES IN ARMADALE. THERE
WAS ALSO AN OPEN DRAW DOUBLES COMPETITION.
MAKING THE FINAL WAS BOB HALL FROM LIVINGSTON VILLAGE AND MARGARET ARMSTRONG FROM BOGHALL.
UP AGAINST THEM WERE CHRIS HARDY! AND JIM MITCHELL. IN A GOOD MATCH IT JUST SAW CHRIS AND JIM EDGE OUT BOB AND MARGARET 3-1
A GOOD OLD FASHION 301 DOUBLE START DOUBLE FINISH GAME. BRINGS BACK MEMORIES.
BREAKING NEWS
THAT MAN PURDIE HAS FINALY DONE IT ONE OF THE LONGEST LOSING STREAKS IN RECENT HISTORY HAS NOW GONE.
YES HE WON A GAME. NOT THAT HE DOES NOT WIN MATCHES . JUST THAT FOR 6 SEASONS HE HAS NOT WON A GAME AT THE SEVEN OAKS
ON A MONDAY NIGHT. PLAYING AGAINST THE GYPSYS IN A FREINDLY HE FINALY PUT THAT ONE TO REST. AND FOR ONCE OUR CAPTAIN
WAS ALMOST SPEECHLESS I DID SAY ALMOST.
A QUESTION FOR YOU. WHO WAS DISQUALIFIED FROM THE SUMMER LEAGUE SINGLES AFTER
QUALIFYING! IN STYLE.
ANSWER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
THE DOO CLUB FLYERS MITCH MITCHELL.THATS CORRECT HE THOUGHT GOING TO SEE THE HEARTS
GETTING BEAT BY HIBS WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SINGLES FINAL THAT WILL TEACH HIM. HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR MITCH. I TAKE
IT THE WRONG TEAM WON. RAB O'FLAGHERTY ASKED ME TO ASK!
DARTS IS A FANTASTIC SPORT NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU THINK YOU ARE. ON ANY GIVEN DAY YOU CAN BE BROUGHT
BACK DOWN TO EARTH WITH A VENGEANCE.
BUT THE ONE THING ABOUT DART PLAYERS IS THEIR GENEROSITY TO GOOD CAUSES. AND I TAKE MY HAT QUITE LITERALLY
OFF TO COLIN MCMILLAN FROM FAULDHOUSE. WHAT THIS MAN DID TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE WAS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY/WONDERFUL
CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL. I THINK I WILL JUST SAY WELL DONE YOU MAD FOOL(READ THE LETTERS PAGE)
AUGUST 2007
REMEMBER IF YOU DONT TELL ME HOW DO I FIND IT OUT!
WEST CALDER DARTS LEAGUE A.G.M.
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PUT BACK ONTO THE COMMITTEE. CHAIRMAN / TREASURER JIM MITCHELL (8YEARS).
LEAGUE SECRETARY FIN DRUMMOND(24 YEARS). MATCH SECRETARY JOHN KIRK(18 YEARS).
IN BRACKETS ARE THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE COMMITTEE HAVE NOW SERVED THIS LEAGUE. THEY DO SAY CONTINUITY
HELPS. BUT YOUR HELP IS NEEDED AS WELL SO PLEASE IT IS YOUR LEAGUE AND EVERY ONES INPUT IS ESSENTIAL IN MAKING IT WORK.
WEST LOTHIAN COUNTY DARTS A.G.M IS BEING HELD IN THE BRIECH CLUB ON SUNDAY THE 19TH AUGUST AT 12.00 MIDDAY. SO I HAVE
BEEN INFORMED. AFTER ALL SAID AND DONE CONGRATULATIONS MUST GO TO THE FAMILY WALKER. FOR GIVING THEM SELVES THE TASK
OF ORGANIZING THE COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT SEASON. BOTH JOHNY AND MARY HAVE BEEN STALWARTS OF THE COUNTY SCENE FOR MANY SEASONS.
AND I DONT ENVY THEM ONE BIT ON THE JOB THEY HAVE UNDERTAKEN. BUT GOOD ON YOU. FOR DOING IT ANY WAY.
!WEST LOTHIAN MONDAY NIGHT DART LEAGUE A.G.M. I BELIEVE IS ON THE MONDAY THE 13TH AUGUST. NOT SURE OF
THE VENUE. AS I ALWAYS SAY INFORMATION IS A WONDERFUL THING I BELIEVE IT WILL BE IN THE HOME OF WEST LOTHIAN COUNTY DARTS.
THE BREICH SOCIAL CLUB. BUT NOT SURE!
SUPER LEAGUE FINALS WERE HELD IN PENNIES BAR FALKIRK THIS WEEK END SUNDAY THE 12th AUGUST.
WEST LOTHIAN WENT DOWN IN A CRACKING MATCH TO EAST STIRLINGSHIRE WHO HAD 6 CURRENT OR EX INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS IN THEIR
SQUAD. JOCKY MCLAREN HAD A GREAT WIN OVER TWICE SCOTTISH MASTER'S CHAMPION ALEX LISTER WITH A CONVINCING 3-0 WIN. ALSO PUTTING
ONE OVER HIS SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL OPPONENT WAS ARMADALE'S THE OUTLAW COLIN MAXWELL WHO TOOK OUT ANDY MURRAY BY THREE LEGS
TO TWO. ALSO ON THE WINNING CHALKS IT SAW JIM MITCHELL JUST MANAGE TO SCRAMBLE A WIN BY THREE LEGS TO TWO OVER JOHN ROBERTSON
WITH 102 CHECK OUT . COUNTY CAPTAIN SHUG RICE MUST BE WONDERING HOW HE MANAGED TO LET A TWO LEG LEAD SLIP AWAY AGAINST ERNEST
BROWN BUT THATS DARTS FOR YOU . THE FINAL SCORE LINE WAS EAST STIRLINGSHIRE 6 WEST LOTHIAN 3.
WHEN I REMEMBER THE OTHER SCORE LINES I WILL UPDATE THIS PAGE. BUT I CAN SAY WEST LOTHIAN CERTAINLY KNOW HOW TO ENJOY
THEM SELVES A FANTASTIC DAY OUT AND GREAT COMPANY AS WELL. A LONG TIME SINCE I ENJOYED MY SELF SO MUCH AT THE DARTS IT WAS
FAB!
WEST LOTHIAN LADIES TEAM WERE ALSO IN ACTION. AND THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE GAMES WHERE EITHER SIDE COULD HAVE WON WITH THE
SCORE STANDING AT THREE GAMES APIECE IT SAW BIRTHDAY GIRL IRENE MCINNESS WIRING HER DOUBLE AND HER OPPONENT FROM RENFREWSHIRE
MADE NO MISTAKE. FINAL SCORE IN A SMASHING MATCH WAS WEST LOTHIAN LADIES 3 RENFREWSHIRE LADIES 4.
IS THIS SADNESS I HAVE TO REPORT FORMER COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE IAIN MCLEAN MAY NOT BE PLAYING HIS DARTS IN
WEST LOTHIAN NEXT SEASON. IAIN AND HIS GOOD LADY LEANNE HAVE JUST MOVED INTO A NEW HOUSE IN DUMFERLINE. GOOD FOR DUNFERLINE
DARTS BAD NEWS FOR WEST LOTHIAN. HOPEFULLY HE JUST MIGHT COME FOR THE SUMMER LEAGUE NEXT YEAR! GUEST APPEARANCE BUT NO GUEST
APPEARANCE MONEY I MIGHT ADD! I KNOW I SPEAK FOR ALL YOUR DARTING COMPATRIOTS. THAT FORMIDABLE LOT WHO CALL THEMSELVES THE
SEVEN OAKS GYPSYS. THEY WILL MISS YOU. LAST YEAR YOU WERE THE ONLY PLAYER OTHER THAN MYSELF WHO SCORED 2 X 180 IN THE SAME
MATCH AND THATS NOT EASY!
SUPER LEAGUE FINALS AT BANNOCKBURN ON SUNDAY THE 12 AUGUST. I WISH ALL PLAYERS THE VERY BEST OF LUCK WHO
ARE TAKING PART.
QUALIFIERS FOR THE WORLD MASTERS PLAY OFFS ARE.
JIM MITCHELL. BOB HALL. JAMIE BISHOP. TAM GILMOUR. WULLIE BRYCE. DAVIE CRAWFORD.
ISI KAY ( WHITBURN). LIZ MCLEAN (LIVINGSTON). SHELLEY KEARNEY(WHITBURN). MARY WALKER(HARTHILL).
CHRISTINE MCINTOSH (BROXBURN). MARGARET ARMSTRONG(BATHGATE).
JULY 2007
WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WHAT A NIGHT WITH 11 OF THE LEAGUES TEAMS HAVING REPRESENTATIVES AT THE PRESENTATION NIGHT
HELD IN THE EAST CALDER DOO CLUB. IT WAS AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED A ROARING SUCCESS A GREAT NIGHT OUT.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO A LADY WHO HELPS OUT EVERY YEAR LYDIA WALKER WHO IS FABULOUS AT GETTING
PEOPLE TO BUY RAFFLE TICKETS £135 RAISED WELL DONE TO EVERY ONE WHO CONTRIBUTED THANK YOU.
ALSO TO THE DOO CLUB STAFF WHO KEPT THE BAR RUNNING SO EFFICIENTLY AND OF COURSE THE DISCO
WHICH HAD LOADS OF PEOPLE UP DANCING I THINK THATS WHAT THEY WERE DOING ANYWAY.
SHOULD I BE ON THE COMMITTEE NEXT YEAR I WILL HOPEFULLY SEE YOU ALL AGAIN CHEERS .
WELL THE SUMMER LEAGUE 301 DOUBLE START SINGLES. HAS STARTED TWENTY FOUR OF THE 30 PLAYERS WHO
REGISTERED TURNED UP FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF MATCHES. HITTING THE HEADLINES WITH SOME EXCELLENT FINISHING SAW LIZ MCLEAN
FROM CARMON DEAN CHECKING OUT ON THE BULLS EYE TO CLAIM VICTORY IN HER SECOND MATCH OF THE NIGHT. ALSO GETTING IN ON THE ACT
WAS EAST CALDER DARTS STAR COLIN (TAFF) COOPER WITH A SUPERB TWO DART EFFORT TREBLE 18 BULLS EYE FOR A VERY NICE 104
CHECK OUT. TOP FINISH HOW EVER WENT TO THE STONEYBURN WIZARD STUART RUSSELL WITH SHANGHAI ON TWENTIES FOR A CRACKING 120 CHECK
OUT. JIM MITCHELL MANAGED A 116 FINISH ON HIS FAVOURITE DOUBLE 18.
TWO WEST LOTHIAN YOUNGSTERS MAKING HEADWAY IN THE SCOTTISH YOUTH ARE COUNTY PLAYERS FRANK QUINN AND DANNY
COFFEY FROM ARMADALE WHO HAVE BOTH BEEN ASKED TO TRAVEL WITH THE SCOTLAND YOUTH SQUAD. ALSO IN THE SQUAD IS LIVINGSTON
BASED PLAYER WHO UNFORTUNATELY PLAYS HIS DARTS FOR RENFREWSHIRE.THAT PLAYER IS RYANN LEGGAT WHO IS NAMED IN THE SCOTLAND
FOUR MAN YOUTH TEAM. RYANN HAS BEEN MAKING GREAT INROADS IN THE YOUTH EVENTS ALL OVER THE UNITED KINGDOM AND LOOKS LIKE
HE COULD BE THE REAL DEAL. I HAVE SEEN THIS YOUNG MAN IN ACTION AND HE IS GOOD AND I MEAN GOOD.
TOP SHOTS THIS WEEK GO TO JOHN THE HUSTLER KIRK FROM ADDIEWELL WITH A VERY SPECTACULAR 155 CHECK OUT 60-57-38 THATS
THE WAY TO DO IT.
ALSO ON THE BIG SCORING SCENE WAS GORDON DRYSDALE WITH A MAXIMUM 180. VERY NEATLY DONE IN THE LAST LEG OF HIS MATCH AGAINST
COUNTY CAPTAIN SHUG RICE FROM ARMADALE. JUST ENOUGH TO EDGE A CRACKING MATCH 3-2. TO THE CHAUFFEUR FROM OLD DEANS VILLAGE.
SLIPPING DOWN FROM HIS POSITION AS LEADER OF THE BUCCANEERS LEAGUE SAW TAFF COOPER DROP 4 PLACES. AS I SAID THIS IS A REAL
HARD LEAGUE WITH EVERY ONE BEATING EVERY ONE ELSE. BIGGEST CLIMBER THIS WEEK SAW JIM MITCHELL MOVE UP 6 PLACES TO SECOND
IN THE HIGHWAYMEN LEAGUE BUT ONLY AFTER A REAL SCARE OR SHOULD THAT BE STEAL FROM THE OUTLAW COLIN MAXWELL WHO LET A 2-0 LEAD
SLIP AWAY. COULD BE COSTLY BUT STILL A LOT TO PLAY FOR LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK.
THE WEST LOTHIAN BELLES LADIES LEAGUE IS UP FOR GRABS. WITH ALL THE PLAYERS STILL IN WITH A SHOUT TO QUALIFY. WITH 11
POINTS SEPERATING TOP PLACE HELD BY WHITBURNS SHELLEY KEARNEY AND IN EIGHTH PLACE IRENE MCINNESS AND WITH 5 POINTS
AVAILABLE FOR EACH MATCH IT COULD CHANGE VERY QUICKLY INDEED NEXT WEEK. SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO WATCH WHAT HAPPENS!
THE WEST LOTHIAN BELLES (9/7/07)
WELL SOME CRACKING GAMES OF DARTS THIS WEEK. IT HAS TOPPING THE LADIES LEAGUE. COUNTY A TEAM PLAYER ISI KAY FOLLOWED BY JILLIAN EVANS WHO IS ONLY ONE POINT ADRIFT
AND WITH WHITBURNS SHELLEY KEARNEY SITTING IN THIRD SPOT AT THE MOMENT. AND THE REST
OF THE PACK CHASING AT THEIR HEELS. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS LEAGUE WILL GO DOWN TO THE VERY LAST GAME TO SEE WHO QUALIFIES FOR
THE MONEY ROUNDS. REMEMBER LADIES THE TOP FOUR PLAYERS AFTER THE NINE LEAGUE GAMES ARE FINISHED GO TO THE FINAL. THE SEMI
AND FINAL FOR THE LADIES WILL BE THE BEST OF 7 X 301 DOUBLE START DOUBLE FINISH.
THE A 71 HIGHWAYMEN LEAGUE. (9/7/07)
GORDON THE CHAUFFEUR DRYSDALE FROM DEANS AND THE OUTLAW
COLIN MAXWELL FROM ARMADALE TOP THIS LEAGUE WITH SOME SUPERB SHOOTING BUT JOHN
THE HUSTLER KIRK FROM ADDIEWELL IS ALSO RIGHT ON THEIR HEELS AND WITH ALL THREE PLAYERS
YET TO PLAY EACH OTHER THINGS COULD CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY IN THIS LEAGUE.
THE BUCCANEERS.(9/7/07)
WELL THIS HAS TO BE THE FAIREST LEAGUE SO FAR WITH EIGHT PLAYERS ONLY SEPERATED BY 6 POINTS I WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE A
BETTING MAN ON PICKING A WINNER HERE TOP OF THIS LEAGUE ISTHE WELSH WIZARD COLIN TAFF COOPER WHO NOW HAILS FROM EAST CALDER (SOME THING TO DO WITH A BETTER QUALITY OF SHEEP UP HERE
IN SCOTLAND!) WITH 24 POINTS. BUT 5 PLACES BACK IS YOUNG GUN CRAIG AGNEW AND WITH 7
POINTS UP FOR GRABS IN EACH MATCH THE LEAGUE LEADER CAN CHANGE WITH EVERY RESULT REGISTERED. AND REMEMBER THERE ARE SIX PLAYERS
PLACED BETWEEN THESE TWO PLAYERS A MIGHTY HARD PLACE TO BE EVERY MATCH HERE IS VITAL. BOTTOM OF THIS LEAGUE IS
MR JIM BARROWMAN BUT HOW THAT IS I DONT KNOW. AFTER HAVING SO MANY CHANCES TO TAKE OUT TAFF COOPER
THE LEAGUE LEADER IN HIS LAST MATCH. HE WENT DOWN 2-3 BUT THAT IS DARTS AND THAT IS WHY EVERY LEG COUNTS. I KNOW TAFF COOPER
WAS HAPPY WITH THE WIN. BUT I IMAGINE EVERY OTHER PLAYER IN THAT LEAGUE WAS BEHIND JIM BARROWMAN AND HOPING HE WOULD WIN.
IT IS THAT TIGHT. IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME HAVE A LOOK AT THE LEAGUE TABLE ON THE NEXT PAGE.
TOP SHOT'S OF THE WEEK GO TO.
EAST CALDERS DAVIE (TAP) LEAKE WITH A MAXIMUM 180 .
ALSO ON SONG SAW BOB HALL (SILVER FOX) AND AT 75 YEARS OF AGE STILL THROWING
WELL. FROM LIVINGSTON VILLAGE CHECKING OUT IN 9 DARTS AFTER MISSING THE BULL FOR A 7 DART 301 LEG DOUBLE START DOUBLE
FINISH.
JOHN KIRK (THE ADDIEWELL HUSTLER) CONTINUES TO IMPRESS WITH AN OTHER BULL FINISH. BUT
STEALING THE SHOW HAS SEEN JIM MITCHELL LIVE UP TO HIS NICK NAME OFF (BE-BAD) WITH 3 BULL FINISHES (60-20-BULL) (19-16-BULL)
(5-25-BULL) AND HIS OPPONENTS MUST BE WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON AS THEY WERE ALL IN COMMAND OF THE LEGS HE PINCHED ON THE
BULL SHOT OUTS!
JUNE 2007
GO ON THE FIRS
LEAGUE CHAMPION'S 2006/07
TAKE A BOW
THE POLBETH GANG OF HAROLD, JOCK, DEX, BRIAN, DAVIE,
AND JIM.
AND FROM THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT ZOKO AND THE WIZARD
ALIAS ALAN AND STUART. THE UPHALL MAFIA OF BRIAN AND DERICK MAIRS. AND THE QUIET MAN GARY FINLAYSON. AND OF COURSE WHO
CAN FORGET A MAN PROBABLY OLDER THAN ME THE ANCIENT DARTER HIM SELF LIVINGSTONS ONE AND ONLY CHARLIE FISHER.
IM SURE IF WANTED POSTERS WERE STILL PUT ON TREES AND
BULLETIN BOARDS. MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE ABOVE WOULD BE UP THERE ON THE MOST WANTED LISTS. WHAT A BUNCH OF HUSTLERS!!
AND LET'S NOT FORGET THEIR MOST ARDENT SUPPORTER AND BOY
IS SHE ANNEMARIE KEEP SENDING THE EMAILS. IF ONLY THE REST OF THE LEAGUE WOULD TAKE A LEAF FROM YOUR BOOK. INFORMATION
IS WHAT I NEED TO KEEP THIS SITE UPDATED.
CHEERS.
PLAYERS STILL MAKING THE HEADLINES ARE FROM DEEPEST DARKEST MID CALDER JOHN SPEAR CHUCKER HANLON. AND CHAUFFEUR EXTRAORDINARE
GORDON DRYSDALE FROM DEANS. BOTH RECORDING MAXIMUM 180'S.
WEST LOTHIAN SUPER LEAGUE SINGLES RESULTS.
PLAYED AT THE BREICH CLUB ON SATURDAY 2ND JUNE.
THE LADIES FINAL SAW TWO OF THE TOP LADY COUNTY PLAYERS IN ACTION AND WHAT A MATCH.
AN ABSORBING ENCOUNTER IT WAS WITH BOTH PLAYERS PLAYING WELL IT SAW ARMADALE'S IRENE MCINNESS JUST DOING ENOUGH TO HOLD OFF SHELLEY KEARNEY FROM WHITBURN
THE FINAL SCORE LINE 3-2 TO IRENE.
LADIES SEMI FINALISTS WERE BIRTHDAY GIRL MARY WALKER WHO WENT
DOWN IN A CRACKING MATCH TO SHELLEY KEARNEY AND JULIE CARSON
GOING OUT TO THE EVENTUAL CHAMPION IRENE MCINNESS.
MENS SUPER LEAGUE FINAL.
THE FINAL MATCH SAW BREICH'S JAMIE BISHOP GOING DOWN TO JIM MITCHELL FROM LIVINGSTON BUT ONLY AFTER SQUANDERING SHOTS AT A DOUBLE
IN THE SECOND AND THIRD LEGS OR QUITE SIMPLY THE SCORE LINE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH CLOSER THAN THE 3-0 RESULT SHOWS!
SEMI FINALISTS WERE COLIN MAXWELL FROM ARMADALE WHO HAD A TERRIFIC
TUSSLE WITH EVENTUAL WINNER JIM MITCHELL WITH BOTH PLAYERS HITTING THE BIG SCORES IT SAW
COLIN SITTING ON 60 LEFT IN THE FINAL LEG ONLY TO SEE JIM CHECK 124 ON THE BULL TO TAKE
THE MATCH 3-2. THE OTHER SEMI FINAL SAW JAMIE BISHOP WIN A FANTASTIC MATCH AGAINST YOUNG
ANDREW MCLEAN WHO IS IMPROVING ALL THE TIME THE SCORE LINE HERE WAS AN OTHER EXCELLENT GAME 3-2 TO JAMIE.
TOP SHOTS ON THE DAY
WERE MAXIMUM 180 HITTERS JAMIE BISHOP. COLIN MAXWELL and SCOTTISH
YOUTH PLAYER DANNY COFFEY. BEST FINISHES IRENE MCINNESS WITH 80 AND JIM MITCHELL 124.
FRIDAY NIGHT SAW DARTS ACTION IN COPPIES BAR IN ARMADALE WITH A MONEY TOURNAMENT TAKING PLACE.
ALSO HAPPENING WAS THE FRIDAY NIGHT LADIES SINGLES TITLE .THE LADIES FINAL SAW FAULDHOUSE'S TOP LADY PLAYER AND COUNTY (A) TEAM PLAYER MARY WALKER TAKE
THE TITLE DEFEATING ARMADALE'S IRENE MCINNESS IN THE FINAL.
THE MONEY TOURNAMENT WAS PLAYED AS A JUMBLE PAIRS. WITH PLAYERS PICKED OUT OF THE HAT AT RANDOM AND
THE PAIRING OF MARK JONES FROM WHITBURN AND BRIAN SPIERS OF UPHALL
MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE FINAL.THEIR OPPONENTS WERE MICKY RICE FROM WHITBURN
AND LIVINGSTON VILLAGE VETERAN BOB HALL. THE FINAL WINNERS BEING MARK
AND BRIAN.
CONGRATULATIONS GO TO MCMILLANS FOR RUNNERS UP SPOT IN THE WEST CALDER LEAGUE AND ALSO FOR FINISHING SECOND IN THE FRIDAY
NIGHT LEAGUE AS WELL. BUT EASILY THE WINNERS OF THE FRIDAY NIGHT LEAGUE WERE THE FAULDHOUSE TEAM WHO NEVER LOST A GAME I BELIEVE!
I DONT KNOW ALL THE PLAYERS FROM THE CRICKET CLUB BUT WITH THE LIKES OF MARK JONES . MICK RICE. JOCKY MCLAREN AND SHUG FALLON
ALL PLAYERS WHO COULD QUITE EASILY GRACE ANY COUNTY STAGE IN SCOTLAND THEY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE HARD TO BEAT. I APOLOGISE
FOR PLAYERS NAMES THAT ARE MISSING( INFORMATION IS A GREAT THING!)
WELL FINALLY IT IS ALL OVER FOR AN OTHER SEASON.
LAST NIGHT MONDAY THE 25TH JUNE SAW THE FINAL THREE COMPETITIONS PLAYED OUT.
THE LADIES SINGLES THE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS AND THE DELAGATES.
LIKE A WHIRLWIND FROM THE PAST A FORMER LADIES SCOTTISH MASTERS FINALIST. SHE WAS RUNNER UP IN THE LADIES SCOTTISH
MASTERS SAW LENA DUNLOP TURN BACK THE YEARS AND SHOW THAT SHE HAS LOST NONE OF HER SKILLS. WINNING THE LADIES TITLE AGAINST
A LADY WHO HAS PLAYED OUTSTANDING DARTS THIS YEAR ROSEMARY LEAKE FROM THE EAST CALDER CLUB. BOTH THESE PLAYERS PLAYED
WELL ALL NIGHT AND DESERVED THE SPECTATORS OVATION WHICH THEY BOTH RICHLY DESERVED. WELL PLAYED.
THE CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPIONS SAW SOME TERRIFFIC MATCHES PLAYED THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT. THE FINAL SAW JOHN SPEAR CHUCKER
HANLON FROM DEEPEST DARKEST MID-CALDER. UP AGAINST THE DOVE HILL HIGHWAYMAN COLIN THE MARSHAL ROBERTSON
IN THE FINAL SHOOTOUT. AND COLIN WAS WITH OUT A DOUBT THE QUICKEST OF THE BLOCKS AND WITH JOHN JUST THE WRONG SIDE OF THE
WIRE IT SAW COLIN BEING CROWNED THE 2007 CHAMPION OF CHAMPION'S A GOOD FINAL AND BOTH THESE PLAYERS PLAYED OUTSTANDING DARTS
ALL NIGHT AND DESERVED TO BE THE LAST TWO STANDING.
DELEGATES TROPHY WAS ONCE AGAIN FIERCELY CONTESTED. AND MAKING A GREAT SHOWING WAS CRAIGSHILL PLAYER JOE DEVLIN WITH
SOME EXCELLENT SHOOTING HE MADE IT THROUGH SOME VERY TOUGH MATCHES TO REACH THE FINAL. WAITING FOR HIM THERE WAS JIM MITCHELL
WHO MANAGED TO HOLD ONTO THE DELAGATES TITLE WHICH HE WAS DEFENDING IN A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH JOE. A GOOD MATCH PLAYED
IN GOOD SPIRIT.
PLAYERS HITTING FORM ON THE NIGHT WERE.
WITH A FABULOUS 148 CHECK OUT LORNE MITCHELL FROM THE 7 OAKS GYPSYS. DAVIE AITKEN FROM POLBETH HITTING HIS SECOND
130 FINISH OF THE SEASON WAS ALSO IN ON THE ACT. ALSO HITTING BIG SHOT OUTS WERE COLIN ROBERTSON AND JIM MITCHELL BOTH
WITH 116 FINISHES. BUT A SPECIAL CHEER ON THE NIGHT WAS FOR THE COMMERCIAL A TEAM PLAYER ADELE RAE WITH A SMASHING 110 CHECK
OUT WHAT A CRACKING SHOT.
ON THE MAXIMUM TRAIL SAW BOTH BRIAN MAIRS AND MARTIN DEEGAN HITTING THE THE BIG RED TREBLES.
FASTEST RECORDED GAMES OF THE NIGHT SAW PAUL WEIR WITH A CRACKING 19 DART LEG. LORNE MITCHELL WITH A VERY NICE 18 DART
GAME AND ALSO HITTING QUICK LEGS SAW COLIN ROBERTSON WITH 18+16 DART GAMES TO HIS CREDIT. STILL FINISHING WELL SAW JIM MITCHELL
WITH 3 X 15 DART LEGS AND LAST LEG OF THE SEASON A 14 DART GAME SHOT.
WELL THE LEAGUE SINGLES IS OVER FOR AN OTHER YEAR AND QUITE SIMPLY THE MOST POPULAR MAN IN THE VENUE WON
THE TITLE. YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE GUESSED THAT TWO PLAYERS WERE IN THE FINAL.QUITE SIMPLY JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE WANTED RAB LEES
FROM THE TAP SHOP TO WIN. THE TRUTH BE TOLD WHEN THE CROWD ARE BEHIND YOU LIKE THAT IT CAN GIVE YOU A REAL LIFT JUST LIKE
THE FOOTBALL PUNDITS SAY IT GIVES YOU A TWELTH MAN. WELL WIN HE DID AND IN STYLE IN A VERY HIGH SCORING GAME. RAB WAS
ALSO LEAGUE SINGLES CHAMPION BACK IN 1991 WHEN I BELIEVE HE PLAYED FOR THE FIRS!I THINK! RUNNER UP WAS JIM MITCHELL WHO WAS
THE DEFENDING CHAMPION OF LAST YEAR. ALWAYS NICE NOT TO GO OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND WHEN DEFENDING SOMETHING! TO TAKE A
SAYING FROM THE T.V. CAR ADVERT . A VERY VERY VERY NICE MAN IS YOUR NEW LEAGUE SINGLES CHAMPION RAB LEES.
SPECIAL MENTION MUST GO TO TAFF COOPER FROM THE DOO CLUB WHO PLAYED
OUTSTANDING DARTS TAKING APART NO LESS A FIGURE THAN FORMER LEAGUE SINGLES CHAMPION JOH KIRK 2-1 HE THEN FOLLOWED THAT UP
BY DEFEATING THE REIGNING CHRISTMAS SINGLES CHAMPION GEORDIE DRYBOURGH 2-0. FOLLOWING THAT HE FOUND HIMSELF DOWN 0-2 IN A
BEST OF FIVE ENCOUNTER WITH JOHN GRANT A WEST LOTHIAN COUNTY PLAYER AND MONEY LEAGUE PLAYER. BUT BATTLE HE DID
AND THREE LEGS LATER HE WAS IN THE SEMI FINALS. UNFORTUNATELY HIS RUN ENDED THERE BUT THIS IS A MAN WHO CAN MIX IT QUITE SIMPLY
WITH THE BEST.
FASTEST RECORDED GAME ON THE NIGHT 14 DARTS BY JIM MITCHELL. 180'S
HIT BY CHRIS FORSYTH. BOB HALL.KENNY SURGENOR AND BRIAN MAIRS. TOP FINISHES BEING ALAN WILSON 98. STEVIE DUNCAN 96.
GEORDIE DRYBOURGH 87 OUT ON THE BULLS EYE. BOB HALL 120 SHANGHAI ON THE TWENTIES. TAFF COOPER 106 (20-54-32)
WEST CALDER DARTS LEAGUE PRESENTATION DANCE WILL BE HELD IN THE
DOO CLUB EAST CALDER ON FRIDAY THE 29TH JUNE. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON COST £3.00 PER TICKET.
TEAMS AND PLAYERS TO PICK UP TROPHIES SO FAR COME FROM SUCH FAR
AWAY PLACES AS DEEPEST DARKEST MIDCALDER WHERE PLAYERS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE SPEAR POINTS ON THE END OF THEIR DARTS. THE
PUB WITH NO TREES IN POLBETH! THE HIGHWAYMEN FROM THE WILD LANDS OF DECHMONT AND PLACES I DARE NOT MENTION WITH THE LIGHTS
OUT. AND OF COURSE THAT DARTING CLUB OF AERODYNAMICS THE WEST LOTHIAN RENOWNED EAST CALDER DOO CLUB THE REAL HIGH FLYERS.
AND LET US NOT FORGET THE TRAVELLING GYPSYS! AND OF COURSE FROM THE WILD WEST IT'S SELF THAT DARTING VENUE FROM WEST CALDER
MAIN STREET.
AND PLAYERS OF SUCH RENOWN AS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT TO BE CALLED CHAMPION
YES YOUR VERY OWN PLAYERS OF THE YEAR AND EACH TEAM HAS ONE.
MAY 2007
SPOTTED LAST MONDAY IN THE TAPSHOP LOOKING ON WAS A GREAT WEST LOTHIAN
PLAYER FROM THE PAST GORDON BRUCE A MAN WHO WON TITLES ALL OVER SCOTLAND IN THE LATE 80'S AND WHO PLAYED TWICE FOR SCOTLAND
NORTH AGAINST SCOTLAND SOUTH WHAT A CATCH FOR ANY TEAM. I BELIEVE GORDON IS SIGNING WITH THE TAPSHOP NEXT SEASON SO
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM IN ACTION AGAIN ON THE OCKY SOON. I KNEW IT WAS GORDON STRAIGHT AWAY HE EVEN HAD THE SAME!
BASEBALL BOOTS ON AS BEFORE . WELL MAYBE A PAIR JUST LIKE THE LAST ONES.
LIFE IN THE OLD DOG YET WELL ON A MONDAY ANYWAY WITH MARTIN DEEGAN ROLLING
BACK THE YEARS WITH A SUPERLATIVE CHECK OUT. BULL, TREBLE TWENTY, DOUBLE TOP FOR A GREAT 150 CHECK OUT FOR A REAL CLASSY WAY
OF FINISHING.
(WONDER WHO TOLD HIM HOW TO DO IT!)
A LIVINGSTON PLAYER HAS NOW RECORDED 10 MAXIMUM 180'S IN THE LEAGUE SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE OLD RECORD WAS HELD BY BOB
HALL OF LIVINGSTON VILLAGE WITH 8 AND FRANK BEGLEY A CLOSE SECOND ON 7 WHICH WAS LAST SEASON. CAN HE BE CAUGHT
THAT IS THE QUESTION WITH FOUR OTHER PLAYERS SITTING ON FOUR LEE HOLLAND. BOB HALL. GORDON DRYSDALE AND JOHN HANLON
IT IS STILL POSSIBLE!
TOP RECORDED DART AVERAGE SET THIS WEEK SO FAR HAS BEEN 30.36 PER DART WITH 16+17 DART LEGS.
GOOD GAME AT THE COMMERCIAL LAST MONDAY BY ALL ACCOUNTS WITH PAUL WEIR OF
THE DOO CLUB AND LYDIA WALKER OF THE COMMERCIAL A TEAM BOTH HITTING THE 180 TRAIL.
TAFF COOPER KNOCKED IN A VERY GOOD 84 FINISH AND PAUL WEIR
SHOOTING OUT ON THE BULL WITH A BEST OF THE NIGHT 17 DART GAME. LYDIA ALSO HITTING
A VERY NICE 76 CHECK OUT AS WELL. BUT M.O.M HAS TO BE STEVE EYRE OF THE DOO CLUB FLYERS
WITH 18 + 19 DART LEGS GIVING HIM A TOP AVERAGE OF 27+ PER DART GOOD SHOOTING IN ANY DARTS PLAYERS LEAGUE DOO CLUB CONVINCING
7-2 WINNERS IN A REAL TIGHT GAME THAT THE SCORE LINE DID NOT REFLECT. JUST OVER A MILE AWAY
AT THE TAPSHOP IN DEEPEST DARKEST MID-CALDER IT SAW BIG FRANK BEGLYS BRIGAND'S GIVING
THE MCMILLANS CHIEFS A TORRID TIME IN THE SINGLES WITH RAB NO HAIR LEES,
MARVELOUS LEE HOLLAND, STRAIGHT UP THE FAIRWAY HANLON AND
TEAM CAPTAIN BIG FRANK BEGLY SHOWING THE DEANS MEN NO MERCY WITH SOME SUPER DOUBLING OUT
AND TAKING A COMMANDING 4-2 SINGLES LEAD. HOLDING OUT TO GIVE THE BOYS FROM DEANS A SMALL GLIMMER OF HOPE WERE JOHN
THE POACHER KIRK AND THE MAN FROM THE PLANET SYSTEM NO TASTE IN SHIRTS
MATT PURDIE. AND THAT SMALL GLIMMER WAS ENOUGH WITH THE
DOUBLES TO COME IT SAW BOB HALL AND JOHN KIRK MANAGING
TO JUST GET THE BETTER OF SCOTT BEGLY AND KENNY SURGENOR
THE SCORE WAS NOW ONLY 4-3 TO THE TAPSHOP. NEXT UP SAW THE CABBIES EXTRAORDINARE MATT
PURDIE AND GORDON DRYSDALE TAKE THE NEXT MATCH IN A VERY TIGHT GAME AGAINST
RAB LEES AND COLIN KELLY
4-4. BUT IT LOOKED LIKE THE TAPSHOP WOULD HAVE THE LAST SAY YET WITH BIG FRANK AND JOHN HANLON TAKING THE FIRST LEG OF THEIR MATCH AND LEAVING THEIR OPPONENTS
BIG GEORDIE AND BE-BAD STRANDED ON 160+. THE NEXT LEG WAS A TIGHTER AFFAIR
AND IT SAW THE GAME THEN EVENLY BALANCED AT 1-1. AND WITH JOHN KICKING IN WITH 140 AND HAVING
THE THROW IT LOOKED PRETTY TOUGH FOR THE RABS BAR MEN. BUT GEORDIE DRYBOURGH WENT ON A GREAT
RUN OF FORM WITH NO DART OUTSIDE THE TWENTY SECTION IT SAW BOTH TEAMS DOWN TO A DOUBLE AND DOUBLE 18 WAS ENOUGH TO SNATCH
A WIN FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT, BUT WHAT A MATCH A CRACKING EFFORT FROM BOTH TEAMS. FINAL SCORE 5-4.
CONGRATULATIONS GO TO MCMILLANS PLAYER TAM GILMOUR ON WINNING THE BATHGATE
SINGLES TITLE AT COPPIES LAST FRIDAY. AND ALSO WELL PLAYED TO HIS DOUBLES PARTNER DAVIE LAMOND WHO HE BEAT IN THE
FINAL BOTH THESE PLAYERS TRAVEL A LOT OF MILES TO REPRESENT MCMILLANS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT TAM IS FROM BIGGAR AND DAVIE FROM
EVEN FARTHER AFIELD DOWN IN DOUGLAS OVER THE HYNDFORD BRIDGE. DAVIE WAS 2-1 UP BUT TAM PUT IN A FANTASTIC 13 DART GAME TO
LEVEL THE MATCH AND WITH ALL THE TWISTS AND TURNS THAT EVOLVE IN A GREAT MATCH IT SAW TAM MISS THREE DARTS AT A DOUBLE TO
CLEAR UP IN THE FINAL LEG. BUT DAVIE JUST FAILED TO CAPITALISE AND WITH HIS LAST DART HE MISSED TOPS AND THAT AS THE
STORY GO'ES WAS THAT. TAM MADE NO MISTAKE AND THE TITLE WAS HIS. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH PLAYERS ON A FANTASTIC FINAL.
TOP CHECK OUT SEEN THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT LEAGUE. HAS SEEN JIM MCMILLAN OF THE MCMILLANS TEAM FINISHING
WITH A CRACKING 140( 60-60-20) CHECK OUT IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT LEAGUE PLAYING AGAINST COPPIES A TEAM IN THE BATHGATE LEAGUE.
MONDAY 14TH MAY SAW THE LEAGUES ALEX WHITE DOUBLES COMPETITION HELD IN THE DOO CLUB EAST CALDER.
WITH PAIRS TAKING PART FROM 10 OF THE 13 TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE. THE COMPETITION WAS ALWAYS
GOING TO BE FIERCE TO WIN THE TITLE. TEAMS TAKING PART WERE.
THE COMMERCIAL B. COMMERCIAL A. TAPSHOP. TOWER BAR. MCMILLANS.
FIRS. DOO CLUB A. DOO CLUB B. DOVEHILL ARMS. AND THE 7 OAKS.
THE DARTS STANDARD WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE HOT AND BOY WERE THEY. SOME ABSOLUTE CRACKING GAMES. AND
IN THE FIRST RO
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