For the second consecutive round of fixtures in the Cosmo Darts Premier Division of the UKDA’s National League the top two teams swapped places with Lancashire once again returning to pole position following their 23-13 home win over Staffordshire in game number five and Hampshire dropping to second place after losing their home tie with Essex 19-17.
Lancashire with 123 points have a five points lead over Hampshire with Yorkshire holding on to third place with 115 points after their close 19-17 at Glamorgan. Essex remain fourth with 105 points and Warwickshire who lost 19-17 at London hold on to their fifth position in the table but are now some 23 points short of leaders Lancashire.
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The top two teams are as you were but with leaders Dorset having their two points lead cut in half to just one point despite a 20-16 win at Northamptonshire as second-placed Cleveland went just one better with a 21-15 at home against Hertfordshire. As a result of their defeat, Hertfordshire dropped two places in the table to fifth on 98 points, eleven short of Dorset.
Taking over in third place is Berkshire who moved up one place after a 20-16 home win over Gwent. With 103 points Berkshire are four ahead of Sussex who are fourth after their 19-17 win at Devon.
L Style Division 1:
A convincing 25-11 home win over Somerset has seen Derbyshire hold on to the number one spot in the L-Style Division One with their seven points lead over their nearest rivals Suffolk remaining intact as Suffolk won by the same 25-11 margin at home to bottom of the division Worcestershire.
Buckinghamshire stay in their third position on 100 points, 24 off the top after being held to an 18-18 draw at home by next to the bottom of the division West Midlands. Although Worcestershire and West Midlands are in the bottom two places in the division they both have a game in hand in which they will play against each other. West Midlands are only four points short of safety but Worcestershire require seventeen points to get out of the relegation zone.
Following their defeat Somerset drop two places in the table to sixth on 88 points, two fewer than Leicestershire who move up one place to fourth with an 18-18 draw at County Durham, fifth in the division Surrey are two points behind Leicestershire following their 20-16 home win over Merseyside.
Division 2:
As they did in division three last season Black Country appear to be running away with the division two title as they opened up an 18 points lead at the top of the table with their latest 23-13 home win over Cumbria. Second in the division West of England suffered what could be a vital 19-17 home defeat to third in the table Tyne and Wear who with 102 points are now just one point short of their hosts.
It is so close in the division that only four points separate second-placed West of England (103 points) from fifth-placed Bedfordshire (99 points) with Nottinghamshire fourth on 101 points.
Division 3:
Has new leaders with Northumberland replacing Middlesex. Northumberland had a huge 29-7 home win over bottom-of-the-table Isle of Wight taking their points tally to 115 points one more than second-placed Middlesex who had a bye and now have a game in hand.
A 21-15 home win over Pembrokeshire keeps third in the table Shropshire within four points of the leaders while Shropshire’s local rivals Salopian handed their visitors Montgomery and Radnor a 28-8 defeat to move up into fourth place with 102 points, thirteen short of Northumberland but with a game in hand on both them and Shropshire.
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Alan Towe writes with the support of Red Dragon Darts
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