SOUTH EAST WOMEN’S EIGHTBALL LEAGUE

Last week’s SE Women’s Eightball League had a raft of mixed results, with bottom team RSL beaten by Just Jens 5 frames to 10.

Park Nomads had a win over the higher placed Park Panthers 9-6 in the Park Hotel showdown, Commercial Club Ballistix were defeated by a solitary frame (8-7) for the third week straight – this time by 2nd placed Eastern Sapphires, and Commersh Cougas managed to overcome JT Strikers 8-7.

In the remaining match, German Club Warriors were looking in control at 6-4 up after completion of the 2nd round only to have German Club compatriots Legends blitz the final round and take the win 9-6.

In Division 1, 2019 runner-up premiers German Club Legends have given themselves the best chance of pinching 3rd spot from 2018 premiers Warriors after defeating them last week, and with Warriors to face top team and reigning premiers Shooters next week and sitting out with the bye in the final round, this is the most likely scenario.

Either way they will both probably be facing elimination from the competition in the 1st semi-final.

Eastern Sapphires should have no problem holding their current position of runner-up minor premiers on the ladder as they have had their bye and only have 2 lower placed teams to face, and bar catastrophic failure German Club Shooters have realistically got what should be an insurmountable lead at the top of the ladder but with form being a bit below average of late are vulnerable to defeat, but their current win/loss percentage advantage over Sapphires should be sufficient to see them hang in there to claim their 2nd minor round premiership on the

trot.

SOUTH EAST DARTS ASSOCIATION

In Division 1 darts ladder leaders German Club handed out another thrashing.

On the receiving end was Millicent Misfits, losing 18-3.

GWT just scraped home 11-10 against Us who now find themselves in 4th spot while GWT was promoted to 2nd.

Meanwhile, Tav Slingers, currently 3rd, had a good 14-7 win over bottom placed SA1.

With only 1 round left to play, German Club is guaranteed to finish top and minor round premiers, GWT and Tav Slingers will face-off with the winner finishing 2nd and the loser most likely dropping to 4th behind Us who should be able to take care of the Misfits in their last round

match.

Division 2 sees the top 4 all but set with the exception of the 4th and final position.

Defending premiers Port Mac Pirates remain undefeated at the top of the ladder and will stay there with a 2 match buffer.

The Pirates will face 2nd placed Mad Max in the final round who will also retain their position no matter the result after German Club Lions – who will finish 3rd and face elimination in the 1st semi-final – loss put them out of reach.

The 4th and final qualifying spot could go to either, Easterners, Millicent Bandits, Flanagans or SA2.

In last week’s matches The Pirates (12) easily accounted for Bandits (3), Easterners gave a weakened Lions a bit of a touch up winning 11-4, Mad Max and Flanagans each posted 9-6 wins against their respective opponents SA2 and US Too, and the remaining match saw Redbacks R Us sneak home 8-7 over Commersh2.

The top 2 teams Attamurra Arrows and Highway Rangers both had good wins in their Division 3 matches last round, The Arrows defeated RSL Snipers 10-5 while The Rangers made light work of Tavern Tigers 11-4.

In the final round, ladder leaders Attamurra Arrows will face the 2nd placed Rangers, Arrows will retain their position at the top , with Us3 in 3rd.

Us3 take on Tavern Tigers who currently occupy the bottom rung of the ladder, Tigers are a chance to pinch 4th from RSL Snipers – who will sit out with the bye – and a place in the finals if they can manage to knock off their higher ranked opponent.

In other darts news, local player Karl “Ricochet” Schaefer continues to make an impression on the wider darts community.

Last Thursday night he managed to win another singles tournament to add to his fast growing collection of accolades on The Bull Pen which is an on-line darts league streamed via media platform Facebook.

MOUNT GAMBIER EIGHTBALL ASSOCIATION

Despite the local women’s league losing several teams over the last few seasons and a few teams struggling to field a full side some weeks this year, the local mixed association (previously named the “South East Men’s Eightball League”) has seen a resurgence to have field 25 teams in 2021.

“Previously split into two divisions the association now uses a format where all teams play each other in a round-robin and are then split into four divisions of five teams come end of the minor round.

Latest results:

Round 21 saw all Division 1 teams have good solid wins.

Reigning premiers Underdogs, missing captain Darren Pink, defeated True Blue of The Pines Hotel/Tarpeena Pub 10-5 retained their 6 frame advantage over German Club compatriots Gatecrashers who won against Linksview Crawlers.

Gatecrashers enlisted the services of new recruit (for 2021 at least) in stalwart Mick Hutchinson formerly of the Commercial Club Nomads.

Hutchinson, who has been on hiatus since the United Cup was played in lieu of the regular 2020 winter season, showed he has not lost any form and won 2 frames from 3 for the victors.

German Club Meerkats retain their position at the bottom of the division after easily taking care of new team Commersh Comics 11-4 but the 2019 runner-up premiers remain vulnerable to dropping down a division should they suffer a defeat in the remaining rounds with the Linksview team right on their tail.

Saints had a reasonably comfortable win over Cavemen in their derby clash at the Commercial Club, although the win was not sealed until stalwart Leigh Dowdell claimed the 13th frame of the match in which the less favoured Cavemen put up a good fight.

In Division 2, Linksview sit at the top after a 9-6 victory over the ever-improving German Club Outlaws.

They currently have a 2 match buffer over RSL who are on the move and Linksview Crawlers trail closely behind them.

German Club Nemows are currently listed as 4th in the division after a dominant 11-4 win over Pines Lumberjacks.

Commercial Club Cavemen sit in 2nd spot in Division 3 at present behind Commersh Chaos, followed by JT Sportsbar who are yet to post a result, German Club Shooters who snuck home 8-7 against Eastern Rangers and Jens1.

Division 4 sees Eastern Allsorts leading the way 2 wins clear of German Club Outlaws after a win over German Club Bandits.

German Club TNT is in 3rd with True Blue not too far behind and German Club Chokers round out the division currently occupying the last finals qualifying position.

All bottom 5 teams that are missing out on playing finals at present can still qualify for Division 4 mathematically speaking.

In other news, the Commercial Club is currently asking for expressions of interest from teams keen to play in a triples tournament envisaged to be played on October 9-10.