Nothing unlucky about David's super 13-dart leg

THERE was nothing unlucky about the best leg of the week in Friday night's Ballymena, Harryville and District Darts League programme.

David McFall hit a 13-dart leg for Bowling Club as they continued their relentless romp towards yet another league title with a win at Central Arms.

Elsewhere in Gallaher Division One, Clough Rangers upset high-flying Greenhills, while Social Club had a home win over Knockeden Lodge.

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The other top-flight game saw Towers Tavern and Diamond Bar share the spoils.

In Logan's Removals Division Two, Fountain Arrows will enjoy the bragging rights in the Fountain Place venue after defeating clubmates Fountain Bar,

There were also wins for Coach Bar, Fairhill Bar and Ladysmith Colts.

As well as McFall's 13-darter, other notable legs came from: 15 - Trevor Turtle; 17 - Roy Gilchrist, Paul McCaughren, John Elder, Colin Millar; 18 - Geoff Wylie, John Elder, Richard Rainey; 19 - Jimmy Finlay, Gary Scott, Davy McFall, Rodney White, Gary Dempster, Denis Gault; 20 - Steven McIlroy x2, Roy Gilchrist, Brian Hannaway, Geoff Wylie, Trevor Turtle; 21 - Rodney Cubitt, Gareth Lowry, Davy McFall, Colin Millar, Colin McCaughren, Richard Rainey.

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Trevor Turtle (Diamond) had the best finish of the week with a 135 checkout, followed by: 110 - David McFall (Bowling Club), 87 - Shane Glendinning (Greenhills), Denis Gault (Diamond) 99.

Gabriel Kerr (Greenhills), Gary Scott, Billy McDowell (Clough Rangers) and Mikaela Elder (Coach) all hit 180s

GALLAHER DIVISION ONE

Towers Tavern 4, Dimond Bar 4: Towers - Lex Gilmour (22-23) 3-0, Frank McDowell 3-1, Matthew McDowell 3-0 & Colin McCaughren (21-24) 3-2. Diamond - Trevor Turtle (20-15) 180 135 finish 3-1, Richard Rainey (18-21) 3-2, Denis Gault (19) 99 finish 3-2 & Stephen Rock 3-2.

Greenhills Bar 2, Clough Rangers 6: Greenhills - Steven McIlroy (20-20-23) 3-0, Danny O'Neill 3-2. Clough - Billy McDowell 180 3-1, Jimmy Finlay 919) 3-2, Gary Scott (19) 180 3-2, Darwin McAllister 3-1, Roy Gilchrist (17-20-23) 3-2.

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Central Arms 1, Bowling Club 7: Central - Sammy Greer 3-2. Bowling - Darnell McRory (22-23-24) 3-0, David McFall (21-13-19) 3-0, Geoff Wylie (22-18-20) 3-0, John Elder (18-17-22) 3-0, Davy Martin 3-1 & Brian Elder 3-0.

Social Club 5, Knockeden Lodge 3: Social - Steven Hamer 3-0, Colin Millar (21-17) 2-0, Graham Simms 3-0, Roy Scott (23) 3-0 & Ronnie Carlisle 3-0. Knockeden - Joan Campbell 3-0, Jim Campbell & Chris Penny 3-1.

LOGAN'S REMOVALS DIVISION TWO

Fountain Bar 3, Fountain Arrows 5: Fountain Bar - Jack Russell 2-0, Jordon Barr 2-0 & Jerome Carson 2-0. Arrows - Stephen Lowry (25) 2-0, Philip McIlvenna 2-1, Joey Douglas 2-0, Robert Beggs (23) 2-0, Sammy Turnbull 2-0.

Coach Bar 6, Buffs Club 2: Coach - Steven Murphy 2-0, Alister Craig 2-1, Paul McCaughren (17) 2-0, William Murphy 2-0, Dean Robinson 2-1 & Mikaela Elder 180 2-1. Buffs - Sandra Gilmore 2-0 & Martin Coulter 2-1.

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Horse and Jockey 1, Fairhill Bar 7: Horse - Sammy Givens 2-0. Fairhill - Ashley Rainey 2-0, Ian Rainey 2-0, Jim Rainey 2-0 George Foster 2-0 Neil Marshall 2-1, Steven French 2-1& George McDowell 2-1.

Minnesota Club 2, Ladysmith Colts 6: Minnesota - Brian Hannaway 2-0 & Shaun Hannaway 2-0. Colts - Lee Fleming (23) 2-0, Rodney Cubitt (21) 2-0, Clive McGowan 2-0, Gareth Lowry (21) 2-0, James Elder (24) 2-1 & Bobby McIlroy (22) 2-1.

Rearranged match result: Coach Bar 5, Central Swifts 3.

FIXTURES

This Friday evening sees the opening round of matches in the Pictorium Cup, with the following ties: Fairhill Bar v Central Arms; Greenhills Bar v Diamond Bar; Knockeden Lodge v Buffs Club; Fountain Bar v Horse & Jockey; Towers Tavern v Bowling Club; Clough Rangers v Social Club; Minnesota Club v Ladysmith Colts; Coach Bar v BT/PO Club; Fountain Arrows v Central Swifts.

LEAGUE MEETING

The next meeting of the BHDDL will be held on February 1, at 8.25pm in the BT/PO Club.

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