Unusually both Lickey darts teams played at home last night. Lickey A faced Golden Lion while Lickey B opened their account for the season against Cookhill Cocks
For the 2nd match in a row, the A team opened with a loss. Geoff Nokes beaten 0-2 with Golden’s player throwing a 120 away, a 180 and a 110 finish. In Game 2, Jason Evans despatched his opponent 2-0. Steve Groves put Lickey in the lead with a comfortable 2-0 win in Game 3. In the next Game, Ed McManus continued his winning start to the season with a 2-0 win. Game 5 saw Russell Tolley ease past his opponent 2-0 and in the final singles match Gaz Troth got Lickey over the line 2-0 making it 5-1 going into the doubles.
Gaz was back on the oche straight away for his doubles match with Paul ‘Rosie’ Read and despite Gaz hitting a 180 and winning the first leg, they lost 1-2. In Game 7, Paul Prince and Steve Groves were taken apart 0-2 and in the final match, despite some ropy doubles to start from both teams, Jim Mildner and Russ won 2-0.
Final Score 6-3
For Lickey B it was a cramped night in the darts room for their match. In Game 1, Matt Anthony lost 0-2. Cameron Meakin restored parity in Game 2 with a 2-1 win. Billy Cowsill put Lickey in the lead with a 2-1 win in his match but Cookhill hit back in Game 4 winning 0-2 against Colin McKinley. In Game 5, Mark Wynn-Smith took out his opponent 2-0 and in the final singles match, Dean Caswell took his tight game 2-1 leaving the match at 4-2 going into the doubles.
In the first doubles match, Alvin Holland and Roy Davies lost 0-2 giving Cookhill a glimmer of a comeback but in Game 8, Mark and Dean sealed the win 2-0 backed up by Cam and Billy in Game 9, taking it 2-1
Final Score 6-3
