1983-1984 Season Summary

Singles

Division 1:

Merrymen playing a t the Shakespeare Inn, the team dominated the division with the Gas Clubs Outcasts. The only team to push the Merrymen, but took Runners-up spot.

Division 2:

A close run division with the eventual winners being the Railway Rebels, playing from the Railway Inn, New Street and the Hewlett Arms the Runners-up only 2 points behind.

Division 3:

A very close division with a deciding match to find the winners and runners up spot, with the Shakespeare Inn taking the last game of the match and the Glenhawks the runners-up.

Division 4:

A very tight scoring division in which any of the 14 teams could have won, towards the end of the second half on the last 2 games the FiveAlls took the lead and held off the Tankard and Castle to beat them into 1st place.

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Pairs

Division 1:

Again the Merrymen took the honours with the Royal Toby A achieving Runners-up.

Division 2:

The Hewletts A team were worthy winners and the Victoria Inn taking the runners-up spot.

Division 3:

As in the singles the fight was between the Shakespeare Inn and the Glenhawks with the Shakespeare just beating the Glenhawks into 1st place.

Division 4:

The Five Alls were the dominating team in the pairs beating off the challenge from the Robins Club who took the runner-up position.

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Open Pairs

This knock-out competition was well supported at the United Services Club with the finalists from The Duke of York and the Merrymen, following a nip and tuck match the victors were M Greatbank and B Heppell (Duke of York) beating J Johnson and B Foley (The Merrymen) to the winning double.

Open Singles

Again a well supported knock-out event with the best players in the Town representing a high preportion of the league teams after a number of rough matches the finalists were T Johnson (The Merrymen) narrowly beating C Whiting (The Hewletts A)

Footnote: Chris Whiting went on to represent England at darts and still plays in the Cheltenham Darts Leauge for The Three Crowns

Whitbread Pairs

Every Team entered a pair in this knockout sponsored by The Whitbread Brewery, with the final being contested by N Daniels and C Whiting (The Hewletts A) and P James and B Williams (The Glenhawks) who were runners-up on this occasion with the Hewletts A claiming the winners trophy.

Whitbread Singles

As the doubles every pub was represented, players being knocked out until the last two standing on the oche were J Williams (The Shakespeare Inn) and C Betteridge (The Greyhound Inn). A tense battle with excellent darts thrown by both competitors with The Greyhound Inn claiming the winning place.

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Charities Cup

A team knockout played through the league season to raise money for various charities in the area. The final match was played at the United Services Club, first to 6 matches proclaimed with winners, with The Merrymen edging out Cheltenham North by 6 to 4 to take the trophy.

Champion of Champions

The winners of each division play each other to decide which team wins the coveted Champions Shield, for the 1983-84 season the team crowned The Champion of Champions were The Merrymen who took the shield to the Shakespeare Inn.

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