PRINCE of Wales are top of the Bridgwater & District Men’s Darts League first division after a second 7-2 win.

They beat The Jokers with the aid of two Dave Baker 180s, while Matt Patrick had with one for Jokers.

Crown Inn are second, heaving beaten Blake Riversiders 5-4, Martyn Loaring hitting a 180. They are followed by British Flag despite their 5-4 defeat by OVH Wanderers.

Champions Spuds-R-Us have withdrawn from the league after their 7-2 defeat by Squib, because they were struggling to raise enough players. That result is void, as is week one’s defeat by The Three Lions.

Paddy Vearncombe hit a new highest out, 167, for The Three Lions in a 5-4 win over the Hope for whom Jason Blackmore threw a 16-dart leg. In the other top-division match, Railway Club A’s Bob Wilson hit a 180 as they beat Malt Shovel 6-3.

Buccaneers and the Railway Club B remain joint top of Division Two after both won 8-1 for a second week. Railway beat No Hopers with the aid of an Alex Bird maximum. White Hart B are third, followed by Sportsman, who beat Withy Lions 5-4, despite Ricky Williams Jnr hitting a brilliant 158 out-shot, and White Hart A.

On Wednesday night, only one of the three seven-a-side preliminary matches was played after both The Spectres and the New Foresters were unable to field teams. First-division The Jokers beat second-division Railway B 4-3m with the winners’ Adam Ward hitting a 180 in a 14-dart leg.

Results and merits: Div One — The Three Lions 5 (J Richards 112a, 140, 100x2, R Wilson 123, 122, M Riddle 120a, 116, 125, 100x2, M Harris 100, 140, 114o, S Perry 125, 100x2, P Vearncombe 140, 167o), Hope Inn 4 (S Francis 140, 100x6, S Costello 140, 100x3, N Bradfield 100, J Blackmore 125, 140x2, 16dl, T Britton 120, N Poole 100, 115); Blake Riversiders 4 (M Loaring 180, 100x2, D Gill 121, 140, 100x3, D Royce 107, 140x2, 100x3, T Gill, 100, 105, 120, 123), Crown Inn 5 (B Filler 140, 100x3, D Hutchinson 100, 140 G Pye 116a, 100, 140, W Balsom 100, 123, Y Ross 100, A Balsom 140, 100x4); The Jokers 2 (A Ward 140, 100x7, C Osgusthorpe 140, J Bowers 123, 121, 140, 100 C Patrick 140, S Bowers 100x2, M Patrick 121, 180, 100x2), Prince of Wales 7 (C Turner 140, 100, B Bacon 100a, 120, 100x4, P Blackwell 140, 100x2, J Davis 100a, 121, 100, D Baker 140, 180x2, 100x3); Malt Shovel 3 (C McKinley 100, 127, S Hill, 100, S Durant 100, L O’Donnell 105, 140x2, 100x3, T Brook 125, N Aisthorpe 100x2), Railway Club A 6 (D Draper 100x3, R Evis 100, 140, C Wilton 108a, 100x3, G Blake 120a, 100x3, R Wilson 180, K Standerwick 120a, 120, 140, 100x2); British Flag 4 (M Chave 120a, 100x4, D Taylor 128, 140, 100x4, R Royce 100, P Mortimore 140, 136, J. Cox 100x2, C Lambert 140); OVH Wanderers 5 (E Hayward 100x 3, S Foster 108a, 140x2, 100x3, 101o, N Lane 100x4, S Modley 120a, 101a, 100x3, J Foster 132, 140, P Wright 125, 100); Squib 7 (Mark Prosser 140, 100x5, M Cooper 121, 122, 140x2, T Cooper 123, 125, 121, 100x4, J Hancock 128, 140, 100x3, Mat Prosser 112a, 121, 100x3), Spuds-R-Us 2 (N Holman 100, C Royce 105a, 180, 100x3, A Watts 121, 140x2, 100x4, R Butler 120a, 137, 123, 140x2, K Bowers 140, 100x3) (This match is void due to Spuds’ withdrawal).

Div Two — Sportsman 5 (S Roberts 100, 140, S Witcombe 100x2, M Allen 100a, 140, 116, L Roberts 100x2, B Partrick 125), Withy Lions 4 (G Durham 121, 140, 100x3, R Williams jnr 112a, 140, 100x2, 158o, K Hall 121, 140, 100, R Williams snr 142, 100, M Trunks 125, 100, R Stewart 140x2); Globetrotters 1 (G Kyte 111, 125, 100x4, N Foster 101, 125, 135, 100x2, C Whale 140, 100, 125, M Goodwin 125, 111, C Hobbs 100), Buccaneers 8 (R Warner 140, 100x3, R Clark 100a, 140, 100x3, I Galloway 137, 100x4, A Cooze 135, 100x2, G Bowers 121, 140); Spectres 3 (M Brooker 103, 100, 133, M Brooker jnr 100a, B Jones 140, S Mason 114, T Williams 140, 138, 100x4, J Outhwaite 100, 121), White Hart A 6 (R Pople 120, 100, M Nicholson 100, R Nicholson 125, 100x2, N Solomon 140, N Woods 100x4); Sydenham Centre 8 (F Hemmings jnr 100, C Nunn 140, 100, 105o, P Curtis 106a, 140, 100x3, O Carter 100a, 100x2), New Foresters Arms 1 (B Bowdery 100x3, J Burns 140, R Foster 100); White Hart B 6 (B Walcroft 100x3, P Lanham 123, 100, J Boobyer 114), Blake Arms 3 (S Dale 100, 135, D West, 100, A Bawden 100x2); Railway Club B 8 (A Bird 120a, 180, 134, D Richards 100x3, M Bird 101a, 125, 140, 100, L Tomlinson 106ax2, 100x3, S Bird 120a, 120, 140, 100, S Loaring 100), No Hopers 1 (M Parnell 100, M Powell 112, 118, 123, J McCann 100, T Annetts 120).

Seven-a-side Ko prel round — The Jokers 4 (C Osguthorpe 120a, 100, S Bowers 100x3, C Patrick 100, A Ward 101, 180, 100x5, 14dl, J Bowers 140, 135, M Patrick 121, 100), Railway Club B 3 (S Bird 105a, L Tomlinson 100x3, M Bird 121, 100x2, R Bird 100, S Loaring 100x3, R Parkin 100, A Bird 107, 101); Malt Shovell 7 (w/o), The Spectres 0; British Flag 7 (w/o), New Foresters Arms 0.

First-round draw for Tues, Sep 30: Crown Inn v The Jokers (at Malt Shovel), Buccaneers v Malt Shovel (Withycutter), The Three Lions v British Flag (The Cornhill), OVH Wanderers v Prince of Wales (Railway Club), Blake Riversiders v Sportsman (Friendly Spirit), Squib v No Hopers (The Three Lions), Railway Club A w/o v Spuds-R-Us, Withy Lions v Hope Inn (Otterhampton VH).