BY ROMULUS HUTA
BIRDIES have stretched its wings further at the top of the Samlimsan Independence Dart Competition points table by going five points clear off their opponents.
This follows their 8-4 win over second-placed Kingz Harbour on Monday night at Chiefs Haus.
After recording four wins from four matches, Birdies find themselves sitting at the top spot on the progressive tally with 12 points ahead of the other four teams namely Tower Insurance, 23 Triples, Sky Bullets and Kingz Harbour who are trailing with seven points each, only for mathematical calculations in goal differences which have them separated according to placing from the second to the fifth positions, respectively, on the table.
Looking back at matches played over last Saturday and on Monday, some interesting results have emerged.
Pain Relief returned to winning ways on Saturday after they clinched an 8-4 win over Bokolo Arrows, Birdies romped to a 8-4 victory over Nature Green, Bee 3 took the best of T-Bulls with an 8-4 margin, Kingz Harbour recorded a convincing 9-3 win over Nature Blue, 23 Triples edged Chiefs haus 7-5 and Mountain Chiefs succumbed to a massive 10-2 hiding from Nature Herbs.
On Monday, Sky Bullets recorded their second win of the competition by seeing off Bokolo Arrows 10-2, Nature Green and Tower Insurance had their match ended in a share of spoils with a six-all draw, Bee 3 conceding an 8-4 defeat against Pain Relief and Birdies ended up thrashing Kingz Harbour 8-4.
Another four matches took place last night at Chiefs Haus and QBar.
Meanwhile, by Monday the competition had entered into its seventh day of competition following a May 25 kick off two weeks ago.
Across all the completed matches, three players have managed to score a maximum 180 darts. They are Ohany and Laza of Birdies and Cyprian of Kingz Harbour.
Ezekiel Toiraena of Kingz Harbour remains the current highest checker, having checked out balance of 125.
Results on Saturday and Monday are as follows:
Saturday June 2
Bokolo Arrows (4) V Pain Relief (8)
Nature Green (4) V Birdies (8)
Bee 3 (8) V T-Bulls (4)
Kingz Harbour (9) V Nature Blue (3)
23 Triples (7) Chiefs Haus (5)
Mountain Chiefs (2) V Nature Herbs (10)
Monday June 4
Bokolo Arrows (2) V Sky Bullets (10)
Nature Green (6) V Tower Insurance (6)
Bee 3 (4) V Pain Relief (8)
Kingz Harbour (4) V Birdies (8)
Fixtures for Wednesday June 6
Bee 3 V Sky Bullets – 5pm Chiefs Haus
Kingz Harbour V Tower Insurance – 5pm Chiefs Haus
23 Triples V Pain Relief – 5pm QBar
Mountain Chiefs V Birdies – 5pm QBar
See updated tally below:
| STANDING TALLY SHEET AS AT MONDAY JUNE 4 2018 | ||||||||
| No# | Team Name | played | win | Draw | lose | Goal Difference | Points | Position (Rank) |
| TOP EIGHT (8) TEAMS | ||||||||
| 1 | Birdies | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 1st |
| 2 | Tower Insurance | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2nd |
| 3 | 23 Triples | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3rd |
| 4 | Sky Bullets | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4th |
| 5 | Kingz Harbour | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5th |
| 6 | Chiefs haus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6th |
| 7 | Pain Relief | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 6 | 7th |
| 8 | Nature Green | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 8th |
| BOTTOM SIX (6) TEAMS | ||||||||
| 9 | Nature Herbs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9th |
| 10 | Bee 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 | 10th |
| 11 | Bokolo Arrows | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -18 | 3 | 11th |
| 12 | Nature Blue | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -6 | 2 | 12th |
| 13 | Mountain Chiefs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 | 13th |
| 14 | T-Bulls | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -16 | 0 | 14th |
