Amateur

Four second-division teams made the second round in the Four Oaks and District League's Brian Goodman Cup

In the quarter-finals local county Warwickshire were able to boast six of the eight players, the first of the four games seeing two of them Mark Strong and Ian McFarlane square up to each other

Before the fixture gets underway Shropshire are in a lofty second place in the promotion table with a total of 87 points while their opponents are next to bottom

DIVISION one of the Four Oaks and District League saw Nomad Flights take over in pole position, with a narrow 5-4 win at Walmley CSC Flights giving them eight from a possible ten points

Alan Towe would like to take this opportunity to thank all contributors and readers of my various columns for their support over the last year and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

[For] The World Masters itself, we had no fewer than 49 (yes, forty-nine!) Americans in action!

A selection Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and even Essex players joined to make it a very decent line-up. 

The mere fact that a complete WDF year with a World Championship, and now a World Masters, under their belt has been delivered post-Covid, can only be good for the global reach of darts...

Beau Greaves dominated many weekend headlines, whilst after a wait of 16 years, when a certain MVG claimed the crown, the Men’s Winmau World Master is a Dutchman.