PADGATE Cons just edged home against Hop Pole in a tight Inn Partnership Summer Darts League battle.

And Tony Murphy's 17 darts for Gas Social A was the deciding factor in another knife-edge game at Royal Oak Branch.

Veteran Billy Webb won the match for King and Queen at Warrington Town when he took the last leg against Bill Smallwood.

A hard fought sporting tussle at Dog and Partridge saw the home side triumph over Imperial and a shock win by Seven Woods at the Jolly Tanner was highlighted by an 11-darter from Pete Oversby for the winners.

Chapel House were another side to edge home by the odd leg in nine when they beat St. Benedicts, but a major turn up saw Butchers Arms send Gas Social B reeling to defeat.

C. Ainscough hit 15 for Penketh Cons in their win at Penny Ferry but the home side could not live up to Tony Wright's 12 darts in the first leg.

Ian Wharton hit 12 as well for the Causeway against Manx Arms but A. Melville's 14 for the Manx helped them to the win.

Richmonds outplayed Howley Hotel with 16s from J. Overton and C. Green the pick of a good all round performance.

L. Greenfield hit an 11 for Brickmakers in the opener at Adelpi but his teammates failed to live up to his standard.

G. McCormick and S. Caldwell won the His 'N Hers 501 competition on Sunday night.

A scintillating match in the Inn Partnership Summer Dominoes League went all the way to 4-4 and one leg all before Howley's last pair of Dave Alcock and Angela Brock saw off Brickmakers with a 44-43 count up.

Warrington Cons B had two pairs disappointed without a game when Hop Pole turned up short-handed. Orford B ran amok and hammered Warrington Transport Women at Longshaw Street.

Golden Lion had a winning pair of women players in P. Massey and S. Leech, who were too good for Rob Moran and Vic Clutterbuck but they were the only winners Lion could produce.

Sloop showed elation after turning the tide against Warrington Transport Bells but it did their near rivals at Rose Inn a good turn as they were held to a draw by Marquis of Granby after the Rose seemed down and out at the interval.

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