Match Report Libbys Against The Britannia

Match Report Libbys Against The Britannia.

On Monday the 17^th September Libbys played the Britannia which is of course the old pub name for the restaurant that has been called Kellys for quite a few years now. The bar has been re-instated, as has a dart board of course, with an imported team from the Chase who left their pub after alterations. After looking at last weeks results when the Brit lost 6-1 to the Plough “A,” Libbys felt confident about the nights forthcoming match, but as always darts is unpredictable. I am sure Will Hall would say that Libbys were missing his skills, but Paul Williams, aka “Roscoe,” is a good replacement. He had a splendid 152 start in his match last week and did it again against the Brit, then he followed this magnificent start with 89 and a tidy 60 to make an 8 dart finish. Graham Thacker also had a splendid leg where he narrowly missed an opportunity for a possible 7 scoring darts. He broke with 100, followed by 140 and left 61. He did not think to go 25, 36 and instead went his own way finishing next throw.

After the singles Libbys were 3-2 up and feeling confident with Roscoe and John Gartshore on first in the doubles to put up the gate. I don’t think the Brits pair had played in the singles, but they had some very good and consistent darts that put a lot of pressure on the Libbys pair. Roscoe did not perform as well as he might and Gartshore did not help much which gave the Britannia pair the chance they needed to take the game. This made the score 3-3 with an un-played pair from the Brit against Libbys un-played pair of Glyn Bugler and Alan Hartley.

The Brit broke first, but a 160 start from Alan caught them up and made a close leg which Libbys took. After a quick start of 63 from Alan and the odd 100 from Glyn, Alan went for a 119 finish to clinch the match. The 57 went in followed by an unorthodox treble 10 leaving 32. A poor last dart from Alan left Glyn an easy shot at 32 which he missed and Alan slipped it in next throw to give Libbys the result they expected, but had to fight every step of the way to win.