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Season Ten Results and Standings - Round 8

Last Round				Round 8 10 May '05
Offshore	4	vs	6	The New Cows
Silver Dollar	8	vs	2	The Dutch Dons
Cat's Meow	8	vs	2	Chip Shop Job
Midnight Cowboys	4	vs	6	Starlight Blues
Flaming Moe’s	2	vs	8	Hi-Tech Divers

Next Round				Round 9 17 May '05
The New Cows		vs		Flaming Moe’s
The Dutch Dons		vs		Offshore
Chip Shop Job		vs		Silver Dollar
Starlight Blues		vs		Cat's Meow
Hi-Tech Divers		vs		Midnight Cowboys

Game Report - Round 8

Graeme led his New Cows from the front as he won his singles and checked the first doubles in their match against the Overboards. Colin also took his singles and full honours in the final doubles to seal their six-four away victory. Also winning away, Starlight Blues found their better form, and took six points from hosts Midnight Cowboys. Some strong performances from the Cats at Cat's Meow put paid to Chip Shop Job, in what was a tight game all around. HiTech Divers took eight points from their hosts at Flaming Moe's, and Silver Dollar at home also took eight points from the Dutch Dons.

Graeme is back at the top of the singles tables. For those new teams this season, the established system is that a singles victory earns three points, a close earns two, and a ton earns one. If a close is a hundred or more then an extra two points are awarded for that, and if a ton is a full 180, then an extra point is awarded for that. Twenty is a good target to aim for, so for example that could be start with the singles (3), which includes two checks (2 at 2), and say three tons (3 at 1), making ten. Playing two doubles matches may give a further three checks (3 at 2), and four more tons (4 at 1) again making ten, so twenty in total. The high this season so far is twenty exactly, but in Season Eight, Graeme had a twenty-seven which was singles (3), six checks (12), one check was high (2), and ten tons (10) makes 27!

League Notices

There have been a few gripes and moans over the last few weeks, some of them justified. Take heed therefore of the school-master style lecture that follows, but don't take anything personally because each point has been mentioned in reference to at least two players or teams, so there is no individual finger-pointing, more a general "word to the wise". Captains please inform your teams.

Slow play: Obviously, deliberate slow play is a no-no. Some players however do have slower styles that others, and that really is up to the individual. However, if slower players could at least recover their darts and clear the playing area as quick as possible then that would be appreciated, as many players do have early mornings at work to look forward to!

Scoring: It has long been a matter of team pride as well as convention that home teams score. Scoring must be achieved with a reasonable level of tempo and accuracy, and it would perhaps even be within reason for a visiting team to claim points by default if that tempo and accuracy are not present. It is not acceptable for scorers to have to ask the players to add up their own totals, or to ask players to wait while a scoring backlog is calculated. Visiting teams should not generally accept the disadvantage of scoring games, albeit that the odd game may be volunteered for by a spare player in a spirit of friendliness. Obviously it can happen that teams are made up of players not comfortable at the scoreboard, and such teams in the past have always either had their venue provide a scorer or brought along a friend capable of doing the job.

Individual behaviour: Most players generally remain fairly quiet and still while their opponent is playing as a sign of respect, so it can only be seen as disrespectful if other players do not do the same. Sudden loud shouts as a player is about to throw, or deliberate movements in the thrower's line-of-sight are not acceptable.

Bars: It is not in any way a fixed rule that bars provide food or snacks, but many thanks to those who do. Some bars buy the odd round or offer discounts from their regular pricelist, and again, many thanks to them. Some provide scorers, and that is appreciated by the home teams particularly. However, as players, please don't gripe if you think you are not getting as much from one place as others offer: it just is not feasible for all venues to offer identical benefits. One for the bars to note perhaps: it is beneficial for the bar if they can ensure that there are sufficient staff to take orders, although this has been mentioned as an area that could be improved, and players waiting to order probably hurts the bar's takings more than it hurts the player's throwing!

Team Standings

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	LF	LA	LD	MMF	A	D	Pts
Hi-Tech Divers	8	6	1	1	52	28	24	67	44	23	1369	1182	187	13
Chip Shop Job	8	5	1	2	46	34	12	63	51	12	1009	1091	-82	11
Starlight Blues	7	5	0	2	41	29	12	50	45	5	973	842	131	10
Offshore Overboards	8	3	3	2	48	32	16	70	44	26	1107	1229	-122	9
Cat's Meow	8	4	0	4	42	38	4	58	55	3	1120	1083	37	8
Silver Dollar	8	3	1	4	36	44	-8	52	59	-7	929	965	-36	7
The New Cows	8	3	1	4	36	44	-8	53	62	-9	1451	1327	124	7
Midnight Cowboys	8	2	1	5	34	46	-12	53	61	-8	970	1298	-328	5
The Dutch Dons	7	2	0	5	29	41	-12	38	62	-24	1028	844	184	4
Flaming Moe's	8	1	2	5	26	54	-28	49	69	-20	764	859	-95	4

Individual Standings

			S Win	S Lose	Ave	Closes	High C	Tons	180	Pts
1	Graeme	The New Cows	5	3	0.63	26	0	36	1	104
2	Steve	Hi-Tech Divers	5	3	0.63	22	0	43	0	102
3	Paul	Hi-Tech Divers	6	2	0.75	25	0	26	0	94
4	Johnny	Silver Dollar	5	2	0.71	25	1	16	1	84
5	Trond	Chip Shop Job	5	2	0.71	24	0	19	0	82
6	Bruce	Offshore Overboards	5	1	0.83	21	0	20	0	77
7	Jayke	Flaming Moe's	5	3	0.63	21	0	19	0	76
8	Pen	Offshore Overboards	6	1	0.86	21	0	15	0	75
9	Mike	Offshore Overboards	5	3	0.63	20	0	19	1	75
10	Julian	Starlight Blues	4	3	0.57	22	0	14	0	70
11	Andy	Hi-Tech Divers	5	3	0.63	19	0	13	0	66
12	Ben	Silver Dollar	5	0	1.00	18	0	14	1	66
13	Erik	Midnight Cowboys	4	4	0.50	22	0	9	0	65
14	Kai	Cat's Meow	4	2	0.67	15	0	20	0	62
15	John	Midnight Cowboys	3	4	0.43	16	0	17	0	58
16	Mike	Chip Shop Job	3	3	0.50	17	0	12	0	55
17	On	Flaming Moe's	4	3	0.57	13	0	11	0	49
18	Dave	Flaming Moe's	3	4	0.43	13	1	11	0	48
19	Steve	Cat's Meow	3	2	0.60	13	0	11	0	46
20	Nok	Cat's Meow	2	1	0.67	11	0	18	0	46
21	Kris	The New Cows	3	3	0.50	11	0	11	0	42
22	Keiran	The Dutch Dons	2	5	0.29	12	0	10	0	40
23	Jay	Starlight Blues	1	5	0.17	12	0	13	0	40
24	Wai	Midnight Cowboys	2	3	0.40	11	2	6	0	38
25	Matt	The Dutch Dons	1	3	0.25	14	0	2	0	33
26	Colin	The New Cows	2	3	0.40	11	0	4	0	32
27	Meow	Cat's Meow	1	2	0.33	7	0	10	1	28
28	Gavin	Chip Shop Job	1	4	0.20	8	0	7	0	26
29	Kerry	Chip Shop Job	2	3	0.40	8	0	4	0	26
30	Lui	Starlight Blues	2	2	0.50	7	0	6	0	26
31	Jamie	The Dutch Dons	1	3	0.25	7	0	6	0	23
32	Kenny	Chip Shop Job	1	0	1.00	6	0	8	0	23
33	Pat	Cat's Meow	2	1	0.67	6	0	5	0	23
34	Charlie	Starlight Blues	1	2	0.33	7	0	3	0	20
35	Taxi	The Dutch Dons	1	5	0.17	5	0	5	0	18
36	Ned	Silver Dollar	1	1	0.50	4	0	4	0	15
37	Brian	Offshore Overboards	1	1	0.50	3	0	4	0	13
38	Nino	Cat's Meow	1	0	1.00	3	0	2	0	11
39	Bob	Midnight Cowboys	0	3	0.00	4	0	1	0	9
40	Doug	Offshore Overboards	0	0	0.00	2	0	5	0	9
41	Tan	Silver Dollar	1	0	1.00	2	0	2	0	9
42	Phil	Silver Dollar	1	0	1.00	2	0	1	0	8
43	Steve	Silver Dollar	0	7	0.00	0	0	8	0	8
44	Ray	Offshore Overboards	1	0	1.00	2	0	0	0	7
45	Eric	The New Cows	0	4	0.00	2	0	3	0	7
46	Nick	The New Cows	1	0	1.00	2	0	0	0	7
47	Yu	Cat's Meow	0	1	0.00	2	0	1	0	5
48	Nok	Flaming Moe's	0	1	0.00	1	0	3	0	5
49	Stu	Hi-Tech Divers	0	0	0.00	1	0	3	0	5
50	Tony	Starlight Blues	0	1	0.00	1	0	2	0	4
51	Jimmy	Offshore Overboards	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	3
52	Osmo	Starlight Blues	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	3
53	Ugo	Silver Dollar	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2
54	Nigel	Cat's Meow	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2
55	Tan	Flaming Moe's	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2
56	Annabelle	The New Cows	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2
57	Max	Cat's Meow	0	1	0.00	0	0	1	0	1
58	Bill	Offshore Overboards	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
59	Eddy	Silver Dollar	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
60	Hoppy	Silver Dollar	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
61	Robin	Cat's Meow	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
62	Kung	Cat's Meow	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
63	Lloyd	Flaming Moe's	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
64	Peter	Midnight Cowboys	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
65	Gaye	Midnight Cowboys	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
66	Harry	The New Cows	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0

Team Standings by Individual Performance

	Singles	Closes	High C	Tons	180	Pts
Hi-Tech Divers	16	67	0	85	0	267
Offshore Overboards	18	70	0	64	1	259
Cat's Meow	13	58	0	68	1	224
Chip Shop Job	12	63	0	50	0	212
The New Cows	11	53	0	54	1	194
Silver Dollar	13	52	1	45	2	192
Flaming Moe's	12	49	1	44	0	180
Midnight Cowboys	9	53	2	33	0	170
Starlight Blues	8	50	0	39	0	163
The Dutch Dons	5	38	0	23	0	114

Individual Singles Rankings

			S Play	S Win	S Lose	Ave	Pts
1	Pen	Offshore Overboards	7	6	1	0.86	75
2	Bruce	Offshore Overboards	6	5	1	0.83	77
3	Paul	Hi-Tech Divers	8	6	2	0.75	94
4	Johnny	Silver Dollar	7	5	2	0.71	84
5	Trond	Chip Shop Job	7	5	2	0.71	82
6	Kai	Cat's Meow	6	4	2	0.67	62
7	Graeme	The New Cows	8	5	3	0.63	104
8	Steve	Hi-Tech Divers	8	5	3	0.63	102
9	Jayke	Flaming Moe's	8	5	3	0.63	76
10	Mike	Offshore Overboards	8	5	3	0.63	75
11	Andy	Hi-Tech Divers	8	5	3	0.63	66
12	Julian	Starlight Blues	7	4	3	0.57	70
13	On	Flaming Moe's	7	4	3	0.57	49
14	Erik	Midnight Cowboys	8	4	4	0.50	65
15	Mike	Chip Shop Job	6	3	3	0.50	55
16	Kris	The New Cows	6	3	3	0.50	42
17	John	Midnight Cowboys	7	3	4	0.43	58
18	Dave	Flaming Moe's	7	3	4	0.43	48
19	Keiran	The Dutch Dons	7	2	5	0.29	40
20	Jay	Starlight Blues	6	1	5	0.17	40
21	Taxi	The Dutch Dons	6	1	5	0.17	18
22	Steve	Silver Dollar	7	0	7	0.00	8

Individual Performances

High Closes		Close
Wai	Midnight Cowboys	157
Johnny	Silver Dollar	103
Dave	Flaming Moe's	102
Wai	Midnight Cowboys	102

Maximums		180
Ben	Silver Dollar	1
Graeme	The New Cows	1
Johnny	Silver Dollar	1
Meow	Cat's Meow	1
Mike	Offshore Overboards	1

Individual Points		Points
Steve	Hi-Tech Divers	20
Wai	Midnight Cowboys	20