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Southend 3 Harwich 9 (01/11/07) |
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This was another impressive away win with a team average over 26 to keep Harwich in contention at the top of the table.
Simon Cook (28.20) and Kevin Cook started off well beating Richard Watering and Mel Davies. Adrian Genery (30.11) and new partner Mick Chambers (28.69) beat Sam Ayres and John Hayter in 34 darts with Chambers scoring a 180.
Kevin Edwards (31.89) and Peter Barton made it 3 - 0 with a win over Mick Peel and Gary Mills in 36 darts.
Southend hit back as Scott Lawrie (33.33) and Marcus Smith lost to Stephen Kiamil (27.83) and Jason Wiles (29.41) in 35 darts.
Kevin Edwards (27.83) beat John Hayter (24.83) 3 - 0 with three 18 dart legs. Mick Chambers (24.35) beat Mel Davies (23.35) 3 - 1 to carry on his recent good form, Davies scoring a 180.
Adrian Genery (25.86) was beginning to wonder what he had to do to win a game when he finally took his chance to beat Sam Ayres (26.07) 3 - 2 after Ayres missed doubles.
Simon Cook (25.62) was an unlucky loser, 3 - 2 to County B player Stephen Kiamil (26.38), in a game that could have gone either way. Peter Barton (24.38) beat his old adversary Jason Wiles 3 - 2 in a game played at a blistering pace. Scott Lawrie (26.84) destroyed Mick Peel with a 3 - 0 win that included a 100 finish and a 180.
Marcus Smith fought out a 3 - 2 win over Richard Watering and he to had a 100 finish and a 180.
Southend were to have the last word as Kevin Cook (23.80) lost 3 - 2 to Gary Mills (27.31) who finished the second leg on 110. |
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Harwich 6 Colchester 6 (25/10/07) |
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This has to be one of, if not, the greatest games ever played in the Essex Superleague. 13 180's, a 177, a 170 finish included in 159 ton pluses in a game that ebbed and flowed and produced the right result on the night, 21 legs all and 6 games all.
Kevin Edwards (32.61) and Adrian Genery got the perfect start for Harwich beating Jimmy Noone and Dave Bokenham in 34 darts. Scott Lawrie and Marcus Smith continued their fine run when they beat Eddie Gosling and Andy Cole.
Colchester got off the mark with Dave Orton and Lee Beeton (180) beating Simon Cook (29.78) and Kevin Cook. Mick Chambers and Jason Warren made it 3 - 1 when they beat Dave Gwilliams and Bryan Willis.
Marcus Smith (26.84) did little wrong as Dave Bokenham (28.65) and Colchester came out all guns blazing. Bokenham won 3 - 1 with both players hitting 180's.
Simon Cook (24.19) lost to Jimmy Noone (29.09) 3 - 2 in another great game. Cook hitting a 180 and Noone getting a 180 and a 122 finish.
Scott Lawrie (27.64) forced his way past Dave Orton (27.89) with a 3 - 1 win that included a 116 finish. Mick Chambers and Bryan Willis had a scrap that could have gone either way, Willis coming out on top 3 - 2 and Chambers scoring a 177 in the second leg.
Adrian Genery (29.79) must wonder what he has to do to win a game as he lost for the second week running with almost a 30 average. This time his conquerer was Dave Gwilliams (27.63) in a quite sensational game. Genery hit a 180 to leave 76 after 12 darts only for Gwilliams to take out 170. Genery hit another 180 in the next leg as did Gwilliams in the following leg. Gwilliams finally winning 3 - 2.
Kevin Cook (25.47) has been inspired this season and he needed to be at his best to see off Eddie Gosling (25.81) 3 - 2. Gosling hit 3 x 180's but struggled with his finishing and Cook had 1 x 180.
Kevin Edwards (24.04) had to come from 2 - 0 down to beat ex team-mate Andy Cole 3 - 2. Edwards had a 104 finish and Cole had a 100 finish and a 180.
Tensions grew and it was not surprising that the last game went all the way, Jason Warren losing out 3 - 2 to Lee Beeton. |
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Springfield 4 Harwich 8 (18/10/07) |
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Harwich stormed to another great win over Springfield in one of their best ever displays in the Essex Superleague.
Scott Lawrie (29.05) and Marcus Smith carried on their impressive form taking the opening pairs against Al Green and Keith Weller.
Simon Cook (31.47) and Kevin Cook (31.07) were awesome as they won a one sided game against Ashley Evans and Craig Vickers. Kevin Cook scoring a 180 as did Craig Vickers.
Harwich suffered a set-back as Adrian Genery and Jason Warren missed doubles to lose to Darren Peetoom and no other than Hawaii 501 Wayne Mardle.
Kevin Edwards (29.17) and Peter Barton (28.00) set off at a blistering pace to beat George Harris and Mick Harris in a magnificent match. Barton scoring a 180.
Simon Cook (23.09) battled superbly to beat the redoubtable George Harris 3 - 2.
Kevin Edwards (29.47), the only player ever to have done a 9 dart leg in the Essex Superleague, opened his second leg against James Wright 180 180 but had to settle for 12 darts this time. Edwards also hit a 177 in the first leg.
Marcus Smith continues to fight and he gained another win over Mick Harris 3 - 1.
Peter Barton lost out to county B player Ashley Evans (25.05) 3 - 0.
Scott Lawrie (25.05) was rock solid as he beat Al Green 3 - 0. Mick Chambers scored a 180 as he beat another county B player, Craig Vickers, 3 - 1.
Kevin Cook (25.50) missed a crucial double and lost to another county B player, Darren Peetoom (26.66) 3 - 2.
This left Adrian Genery (29.42) with the unenvious task of taking on Wayne Mardle (31.24) in the last game and what a cracker it was. Mardle shot into a 2 - 0 lead only to be pegged back by Genery. Mardle winning in 16, 15 and 14 darts. Genery winning his legs in 12 and 18 hitting a 180 and a 121 finish. |
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Harwich 11 Woodford Bridge 1 (11/10/07) |
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Harwich maintained their unbeaten record to stay at the top of the table along side Thameside and Hockley with a convincing win over lowly Woodford Bridge.
New signing Jason Warren and Adrian Genery won the first pairs against Lee White and Keiron Leal. Simon Cook (30.71) and Kevin Cook beat Matt Clark and Trevor Townsend. Scott Lawrie (29.50) and Marcus Smith beat Daniel Sare (180) and Scott Clifford in 36 darts. The white-wash was complete when Kevin Edwards and Peter Barton won against Joe Dyer and James Thompson.
Mick Chambers beat Matt Clark in the opening singles 3 - 1. Kevin Edwards (25.91) won 3 - 0 against Keiron Leal (24.63). Simon Cook (25.11) beat old team-mate Lee White 3 - 2 scoring a 180.
Tommy Armstrong tried his hardest but went down 3 - 1 after taking the lead against Joe Dyer. Marcus Smith battled to beat Trevor Townsend 3 - 2. Kevin Cook won 3 - 0 against James Thompson. Scott Lawrie (23.12) won 3 - 0 against Daniel Sare as did Adrian Genery against Scott Clifford in the last game. |
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Thurrock 4 Harwich 8 (04/10/07) |
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Harwich produced a stunning fight back to maintain their 100% record against a Thurrock team that belied their low league position.A shocking pairs effort left Harwich in deep trouble but a steady singles performance turned the game around.
The reliable Kevin Edwards and Peter Barton lost to Wayne Gleed and Pete Tompkins and then Adrian Genery and Ben Attridge lost to Mick McCombe and Keith Petrie to leave Harwich 2 - 0 down.
Scott Lawrie and Marcus Smith beat Micky Squelch and George Webb only for Simon Cook and Kevin Cook to lose to Paul Oakley and Gary Miles.
Peter Barton got Harwich back in the game beating Miles 3 - 1 in the first singles. Kevin Edwards (23.48) quickly made it all square as he beat Pete Tompkins 3 - 0.
Marcus Smith was a very unlucky loser 3 - 2 to Wayne Gleed (23.85) in a game where all legs went against the darts. Kevin Cook (25.05) scored another 180 as he beat Steve Cox 3 - 0 in another impressive game.
Simon Cook (24.22) was pushed to the limit to beat Simon Barry (23.11) 3 - 2. Once again Scott Lawrie (25.18) was superb as he overcame the challenge of Steve Girling (24.85). Lawrie winning 3 - 1 and having a 141 checkout.
Adriand Genery (23.12) beat his old adversary Mick McCombe 3 - 0 and then young Tommy Armstrong turned on the style beating the highly experienced Keith White in the last on his debut to complete a remarkable comeback. |
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Harwich 7 Harlow 5 (27/09/07) |
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Harwich were made to fight all the way by a very useful Harlow team in order to maintain their 100% record.
Scott Lawrie and Marcus Smith got away to the perfect start, beating Bill Woods and John Marshall in only 33 darts. Lawrie opened with a 180 and Smith averaged over 100 per throw.
Simon Cook and Kevin Cook had a dart at a double but lost to Dick Foster and John Jennings in 35 darts. Simon Cook averaging over 105 per throw.
George Lord and young Tommy Armstrong lost to Dave Galloway and Paul Willsher with Armstrong doing well on his debut.
Kevin Edwards and Peter Barton made it all square beating Tommy Jennings and Eli Leftwich in 37 darts.
Peter Barton let his game slip as he went into a 2 - 0 lead only for 180 throwing Tommy Jennings (23.28) to win the next three legs and the game.
Scott Lawrie (30.06) was back to his very best as he blitzed John Marshall 3 - 0 hitting two more 180's and winning in 16, 16 and 18 darts.
Mick Chambers (23.52) showed all his fighting qualities to beat a resolute Paul Willsher (23.97) 3 - 2. Willsher had a 137 finish and Chambers won the game with a 113 finish.
Simon Cook (28.53) had all the answers as he beat former county star Dick Foster (23.87) 3 - 1. Cook scoring a 180 and a 171.
Kevin Edwards (27.32) must wonder what he has to do to win a game as lost 3 - 2 to England youth star John Jennings (25.81). Edwards went 2 - 1 up only for Jennings to come storming back and win the next two legs in 17 and 16 darts.
Adrian Genery (27.83) was as solid as ever as he beat former youth player Ronnie Yates 3 - 0.
Marcus Smith struggled and lost 3 - 0 to Dave Galloway (25.05) and so it was left to the birthday boy Kevin Cook to clinch the victory when he beat Bill Woods 3 - 2 in a titanic struggle. |
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Dunmow 3 Harwich 9 (20/09/07) |
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Harwich were slow into their stride but gradually got better as the game went on and eased to a 9 - 3 victory over Dunmow.
Adrian Genery and Mick Chambers never found any consistancy and lost the first doubles to Tony Hird and Richard Ward. Simon Cook and Kevin Cook quickly made amends beating Mark Sainsbury and Ritchie Edhouse.
Back came Dunmow as Scott Lawrie and Marcus Smith failed to hit a double and Matt Atkinson and Paul Thomas duly obliged. Kevin Edwards and Peter Barton made it all square as they beat Andrew Camp and Dave Saker in an excellent match.
Mick Chambers fought back well after a poor fisrt leg to beat Richard Ward 3 - 1. Marcus Smith eased to a 3 - 0 win over Paul Thomas in the next.
Adrian Genery (26.84) opened with a 13 dart leg, hitting a 180 and beatin Al Dewar 3 - 0. Kevin Cook (26.07) was back to his very best as he beat the 180 throwing Ritchie Edhouse (27.21) 3 - 1 in a superb match.
Scott Lawrie learnt another worthy lesson as he struggled for once, how to dig deep and still come up with a decent result when beating the resilient Matt Atkinson 3 - 2.
Peter Barton (23.86) was again in great form as he raced to a 3 - 0 win over Andrew Camp.
The game of the night saw Kevin Edwards (27.42) taste defeat in a Harwich shirt for the first time as he lost to former London county player Dave Saker (29.47) 3 - 0. The impressive Saker having a 106 finish in the second leg.
Simon Cook (27.83) put the icing on the cake as he romped to a 3 - 0 win over Mark Sainsbury, hitting a 180 on the way. |
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Harwich 8 Walton 4 (13/09/07) |
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Harwich were far from impressive against local rivals and new boys Walton.
Scott Lawrie and Marcus Smith took the opening pairs beating John Palmer and Andrew Currivan with Lawrie averaging just over 100 per throw.
George Lord and Peter Barton beat Reece Hutchison and Matt Baldwin in the next and this was followed by another win as Simon Cook and Kevin Cook were successfull against Alan Currivan and Dave Tottman.
Mick Chambers and Ben Attridge missed doubles to let in Daniel Parker and Bill Root for Walton's first leg.
Mick Chambers struggled against the impressive John Palmer (27.10) and lost 3 - 1.
Kevin Cook also found it hard going, despite hitting back to back 180's, finally saw off the challenge of Daniel Parker 3 - 2. Peter Barton as usual was quick out of the blocks and won 3 - 0 against Bill Root.
Simon Cook also chalked up a steady 3 - 0 win over Matt Baldwin. Scott Lawrie (27.33) was as immaculate as ever, beating Dave Tottman 3 - 0.
Adrian Genery (28.36) made the long haul from Birmingham worth while as he turned in a man of the match performance in beating Alan Currivan 3 - 0, scoring his first 180 of the season.
Marcus Smith(23.03) was just eclipsed 3 - 2 by an excellent game from young Reece Hutchison (24.15) and Walton had the last word as George Lord, despite hitting a 125 finish, lost to Andrew Currivan 3 - 1.
Walton should hold their heads up high with this performance and the future bodes well with their youth and the experience of John Palmer. |
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Colchester Town 5 Harwich 7 (06/09/07) |
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Harwich started the new season with a superb hard fought win over local rivals Colchester Town.
Skipper George Lord has tried to sign Kevin Edwards for 3 years but he had remained loyal to his old team Colchester and it was easy to see why, the man was absolute class.
The opening pairs went to Harwich as Edwards (180) averaged 113 per throw and he and partner Peter Barton beat Mick McHale and Mark Gregory in 33 darts.
Colchester Town hit back as Coen Wiekamp and Paul Copeland beat Simon Cook and Kevin Cook in 34 darts. Copeland averaging 108 per throw.
Scott Lawrie and Marcus Smith restored the lead as Smith finished on 110 to beat Lee Woods and Mark Woodger who averaged 104 per throw.
Adrian Genery and Mick Chambers lost to Harwich old boys Jamie Robinson and Andy Burmby in a scrappy last game.
Kevin Cook (24.95) hit 2 x 180's but narrowly lost out to Robinson (26.54) 3 - 2. Robinson hitting a 180 and winning the game with a 118 finish.
Mick Chambers (20.52) struggled with the high scoring Mark Woodger (20.33) and lost 3 - 2. Woodger scoring 2 x 180's and a 171.
Simon Cook (22.04) scored a 180 as he beat Darren Britton (21.34) 3 - 1.
Scott Lawrie (26.84) opened with a 180 and beat Andy Burmby (24.09) 3 - 0. Marcus Smith (23.62) lost 3 - 1 to former London player Mick McHale (23.51) in a game that could have gone either way. McHale scoring a 180.
Adrian Genery (25.28) was steady as he beat his monday night team-mate Paul Copeland (23.82) 3 - 1.
Kevin Edwards (26.37) beat his ex team-mate Coen Wiekamp (26.31) 3 - 0. The key to the win being the opening leg, with Wiekamp sitting on 40 Edwards picked off a superb 145 finish.
Peter Barton (24.00) was at his speediest as he came from 1 - 0 down to beat Paul McDermott (22.28) 3 - 1 and win the match for Harwich. Barton had a 120 finish. |
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