DARTS
In House every Thursday 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Inter-club (Seasonal) Saturday
Contact: Grant Dixon 021 486061
Fancy throwing some darts in a friendly and social environment?
Well if you answered yes to the question above then that's you, come down to Warkworth RSA on Thursday nights at 7pm and check it out, with games to start at 7:30pm.
We have 4 dartboards in play and use an online scoring system making it easier and quicker for all scoring, doesn't matter your ability as we do a handicapped system. Entry is $5, The bar will be open with a good selection of refreshments at great prices its an RSA.
If you enjoy throwing darts then you will enjoy your night, any level of player, beginner to pro, all welcome! Hope to see some new faces as well as the usuals!
NEWSLETTER - 14th May 2025
A not so quick trip down the motorway for the Treblemakers in City of Sails action. Out to TeAtatu and the always hospitable Rocks side.
Another great start in the pairs going 2-0 up only for the Rocks to square it all up 2-2. Rodney Smith was making his first appearance for the season and frankly was just awesome. A 156 start, a 14 darter, 4 singles wins and a high score of 174.
3 singles wins for Luke Fry who was playing well also.
Philip Adams and Grant Dixon each managed just the 1 singles win but they were crucial and overall it was enough to get the team over the line 11-9 and the Treblemakers move up to 2nd on the Premier League table.
NEWSLETTER - 6th May 2025
Another super turnout with 17 starters again. Fantastic to have Michelle Taylor join us from Paroa darts and what an introduction it was with Michelle hitting a 180 on her first night!
3 cards once again with Graham Rhead, Luke Fry and Peter Farrow leading the way in group 1, Philip Adams, Robert Blunden, and Corey Fry qualifying out of group 2, while Rodney Smith, Grant Hunter, and Grant Dixon took 1,2,3 placing in group 3. The semifinals of the consolation had John Hayden up against Murray Hill with Murray taking that one 2-1.
In the other side we had Michelle playing Rob Hopner with Michelle also taking that 2-1. Murray got the better of Michelle 2-0 in the final and congrats to him but what a worthwhile trip North it was for Michelle!
In the main event we had Graham up against Robert Blunden in the first semi, Graham taking that 2-0. The other semifinal was very close but Rodney just got the better of Phil Adams 2-1. The final was a cracker. Graham taking that 2-1 with a 117 checkout in the final leg. Awesome darts.
There were a lot of 180’s tonight. 3 for each of Graham and Rodney, 2 for Grant Dixon, 1 for Grant Hunter plus the one for Michelle.
High finish a 126 for Phil Adams. Best leg - a super 14 darter for Graham.
Philip Adams and Grant Dixon travelled to Ohaupo to help represent the City of Sails side today in the APDE pairs tournament. In pool play going two matches down needing 3 wins to qualify isn’t the best way to start but after that they found their form with some top drawer darts and won 3 matches in a row to qualify for the knockout round.
A break between rounds didn’t really suit them and then it’s even worse to meet first round the only other City of Sails pair to qualify!
Unfortunately that was the end of the road losing to Paul and George 2-0.
All up solid darts without hitting the highlights too often. The best of the highlights probably a 120 finish by Phil and a 177 score for Grant
NEWSLETTER - 29th April 2025
Another really good night of darts at the Warkworth RSA. 17 starters and 3 cards. Rodney Smith, Luke Fry and Rupert Mather qualified out of group 1 in that order. Group 2 had Grant Dixon, JJ, and Peter Farrow qualifying in 1st, 2nd,3rd. Group 3 had 5 players and it was extremely close with every player winning 2 and losing 2. Just 1 leg separated 1st from 5th but Graham Rhead, Bobby Green and Robert Blunden ended up qualifying.
In the consolation knockout semifinals Rob Hopner beat Maggie Kane 2-0 while Alasdair Rattray beat Liz Haydon. Great to see the ladies playing so well. The final was a very close affair - Rob taking that 2-1. Congratulations Rob.
The main event knockout semifinals saw Rodney get past Graham 2-0 and Grant Dixon overcome Robert Blunden by the same score.
In the final Rodney had his best average of the night (75) which was too good for Grant. Rodney taking that final with another 2-0 result.
180’s tonight for Grant Dixon x2 and 1 for Rodney.
High checkout was 100 for Grant and best leg was also one for Grant (18).
With 17 starters it was once again awesome to see every player win at least one match. Next week we are back to playing Thursday nights.
NEWSLETTER - 23rd April 2025
What a super night of darts that was. 17 starters including 4 ladies which is something of a record in recent years.
180’s tonight for Graham x2, Rodney x2 and Robert Blunden. Great stuff Robert. The semifinals of the RSA cup saw Graham Rhead beat Grant Dixon 2-0 and Rodney Smith beat Luke Fry by the same score.
In the final Graham went 1-0 up but Rodney came storming back to take the match 3-1.
We didn’t have time to complete all the regular club night games but it’s awesome to see the overall standard improving so much, the resurgence in the ladies numbers and generally just to see so many people enjoying themselves at darts.
NEWSLETTER - 16TH April 2025
The Treblemakers continued their winning streak in City of Sails action.
A trip to play the Birkenhead Stingers playing out of the Birkenhead bowling club was on the agenda today and things got off to a great start with Luke Fry and Grant Dixon going 2-0 up in the pairs for the Treblemakers while everyone waited for Tane Stewart who I think had forgotten to get out of bed? But that delay didn’t upset the Treblemakers though, as Tane and Philip Adams then won their two games as well.
So 4-0 up after the pairs but the singles were very evenly matched with the Stingers winning 8 and The Treblemakers winning 8. Alex Llewelyn was playing superbly for the Stingers winning all 4 of his singles while the Treblemakers shared their wins - with each player winning 2 singles.
Overall a 12-8 victory for The Treblemakers.
A 180 for Tane the scoring highlight.
Just a reminder that club night darts is on Wednesday this week and next week as well.
NEWSLETTER - 8th April 2025
A new record with 17 starters for the RSA cup. Now that’s a double in double out tournament so it’s a tough introduction for those new to the club but Liz Haydon and Fanny Dumont acquitted themselves well. Liz winning 2 of her games tonight and Fanny getting a win also. Plus it’s two more women in the ranks. Great stuff.
We use our usual club handicaps for this event but it’s a full round robin event followed by semifinals and finals so there are a huge number of games to be played and assuming most come back next week it will likely run into the 3rd week before the winner is decided.
So a long way to go but currently Rodney Smith leads the way unbeaten from 6 games, Graham Rhead in 2nd with just 1 loss, Luke Fry 3rd and Robert Blunden 4th.
Standout results tonight: Rupert Mather beating Graham 2-1 and Liz beating Rob Hopner (some bragging rights there!)
A 180 for Rodney tonight and the high finish was Graham 100 - both these were against me which hardly seems fair!
NEWSLETTER - 1st April 2025
What a pleasure it was to host Monre Dewet and his Vikings team at Warkworth.
Scores arent all important of course - more important are the friendships and camaraderie that we get in this sport. And Monre, Pat, Aiden, Akaea and their Chalkers and supporters are a great bunch to know.
Did I say scores aren’t important? Well they are a bit.
4-0 to The Treblemakers after the pairs. Then Graham Rhead and Philip Adams each won all 4 of their singles while Grant Dixon and Luke Fry won 3 each. A 180 for each of Graham and Grant.
Overall 18-2 and some new friendships chalked up. Many thanks to Rodney Smith and Corey Fry for the support.
NEWSLETTER - 26th March
Another season of City of Sails action kicked off today with the Treblemakers traveling away to newly promoted Cosmos3.
Cosmos are a huge club and despite the “newly promoted” tag their team is full of top notch players.
Despite that Philip Adams and Tane Stewart started the pairs for the Treblemakers with a loss and a win while Grant Dixon and Lewis Thomas did the reverse, a win and a loss. 2-2 after those games.
Onto the singles and it’s probably a safe bet that Tane now leads the COS 180 count as he hit 3 of them today!
Grant also got one and Frank Riddell for Cosmos as well. Olivia Curreen for Cosmos also hitting a 171.
3 singles wins for each of Grant and Tane, and 1 for Phil. Unfortunately that adds up to 9 and an 11-9 loss first up. Encouraging signs though
NEWSLETTER - 12 March
12 starters this week. 2 groups of 6 with Graham Rhead winning his group and Rupert Mather runner up. Luke Fry in 3rd spot there.
In the other group Grant Dixon led the way with Philip Adams 2nd and Robert Blunden taking 3rd spot.
Into the knockout sections where Luke made his way to the semifinals of the main draw only to meet Graham. Graham taking that one 2-0. In the other semifinal Robert Blunden came up against Grant Dixon - Grant taking that 2-0 as well.
The final was another repeat of the previous two weeks with Graham v Grant. The result was no different Graham again the nights champ 2-0. This time though he progressed through the night without losing a leg at all. Super darts.
The consolation final featured John Haydon and Grant Hunter. Sabbaticals are popular in sport these days and John’s obviously did wonders. He took that final 2-0.
NEWSLETTER - 3rd March
A few less numbers but in this case 13 is still a good number.
Big congratulations to Peter Farrow winning his group tonight including wins over Grant Dixon and Luke Fry. Great darts. Luke runner up in that group. In the other group Graham Rhead came out on top playing superb darts and yet complaining it was rubbish! It was like Craig Brown was thereGrant Hunter runner up in that group.
In the consolation knockout round Alasdair Rattray went all the way to the final where he beat Fudge Davey playing his last game with us. Congratulations Alasdair and Happy Travels to you Fudge. Come back and see us again.
In the main event Grant Dixon made it into the semifinals where he got some revenge against Peter Farrow for their group match and advanced to the final. In the other semifinal Graham had the highest average of the night (81) in beating Luke.
In a repeat of last weeks final Graham again defeated Grant - this time 2-0.
A few 180’s tonight Graham (3), Luke and Grant Hunter also getting one each.
Highest finish of the night 116 for Fudge and best leg a 16 for Graham.
NEWSLETTER - 26th February
12 starters and it was another good one for Graham Rhead and Grant Dixon, each winning their group stage and then going all the way to the final in the main event knockout stage. Graham taking the overall honors with a 2-1 victory.
It was Tane Stewart’s last club night with us for a while and he made the most of it by getting through to the main event knockout semifinal where he came up against Graham - Graham taking that one 2-0. Grant beat Rodney in a scrappy affair in the other semi 2-1.
In the consolation knockout Murray Hill went all the way to the final where he met Fudge Davey. Murray taking that one out 2-1. Congratulations Murray. Congratulations also to Peter Farrow with a 2-0 win over Rodney Smith in the group stages and also to Grant Hunter with a win over Luke Fry in the group stages. Great darts on display all over the place!
180’s tonight for Graham x 2, Grant Dixon, Tane Stewart and also for Rupert Mather. Awesome stuff Rupert. There were a lot of attempts at a 14 dart leg. But in what was a very up and down night in terms of quality, the best leg ended up as a 17 darter for Graham.
NEWSLETTER - 19th February
Two competitions were completed tonight. The final summer league games were completed and we still had time to complete a full ordinary club night schedule.
First the summer league.
Rodney Smith went close but with wins tonight over Graham Rhead and Luke Fry, it was Grant Dixon that took the honors for the first trophy of the year having lost just the one match along the way.
Onto the ordinary club night and we had 3 groups with Rodney winning one of those, Graham another and Peter Farrow playing great darts to win the final group. Into the main event knockout and the final saw Graham up against Rodney.
The nights results hadn’t gone particularly well for Graham but he got his act together in the final winning 2-0 with a 93 average!
In the consolation Luke beat Alasdair Rattray 2-0 with a 75 average. The best darts were certainly saved for the finals! 180’s tonight for Graham x3, Rodney, Luke, and Lewis. Rodney takes over the lead with the highest finish of the year 135 (that really hurts when you're left sitting on 32).
Best leg of the night an excellent 13 darter for Luke (that hurt too).
NEWSLETTER - 12th February 2025
We had 13 starters despite a change of night. Our summer league got off to a great start. It’s an interesting format with the winner determined by results from the first 10 matches for each player. So by the luck of the draw you might avoid the tougher players, or get all of them!With the boards rotating really well tonight we are now a long way through the schedule and should get this wrapped up next week.
Currently leading is Grant Dixon from Luke Fry and Graham Rhead.
180’s tonight for Grant Dixon and Lewis Thomas (2 each), Graham and Tane Stewart.
High finish a 116 for Luke.
28 ton plus scores for Grant tonight (holiday worked wonders!).
Best leg was an 11 darter for Pete Farrow (351). Awesome darts. 15 darters for each of Tane and Luke (501).
Maggie Kane beat Rodney Smith tonight but Alasdair Rattray possibly played the best darts of the night and is currently in 4th place having taken down some big names in Fudge Davey, Graham Rhead, Tane Stewart and Lewis Thomas!!! Wow.
NEWSLETTER - 4th February 2025
Please note Darts will be on Wednesday night this week due to Waitangi Day is a public holiday and the RSA will be closed.
NEWSLETTER - 29th January 025
With 15 starters today we welcomed back Philip Adams and Rupert.
We played our normal club handicap games, with 3 groups of 5 round robin to determine seeds for a full knockout at the end. In group 1 we had Graham Rhead on top with Tane Stewart 2nd. In group 2 we had me on top and Murray Hill 2nd. In group 3 we had Rupert Mather on top and Grant Hunter in 2nd.
With well fought games in each group, a superb 105 finish from Robert blunden, 180s to Graham x2, Phil x2 and Fudge Davey , into the knockouts we had Graham finish in top so got the bye, young Corey got a bye too as Craig Brown headed off early, We'll done to Graham winning the night, best leg of the night was Graham with a 14 darter,
NEWSLETTER - 23rd December
2025 kicked off with 15 starters at the Warkworth RSA darts. Great to have Fudge Davey back again and also young Corey Fry. And Corey picked up a couple of wins so congratulations to him.
180’s tonight for Rodney Smith, Grant Hunter and getting his very first club night 180 was Alasdair Rattray. Congratulations Alasdair. 3 groups of 5 in the round robin stage. Graham Rhead, Rodney and Grant Dixon winning the respective groups.
In the knockout Grant Hunter made it all the way to his first semifinal going down 2-1 to Graham while in the other semi Rodney beat Luke Fry 2-0. In the final we were demonstrated some of Grahams trash talk but it couldn’t stop Rodney. 2-0 that result and Rodney takes home the honors for the first club night of the year.
In the consolation John Haydon went all the way to the final coming up just short against Fudge. 2-1 that result. Hi finish for the night 117 for Grant Dixon Best leg a 15 darter for Rodney.
And this was another night where every player won at least one match.
NEWSLETTER - 17th December
The last night of the year for darts was great and we had a new player along Fudge Davey, what a good player he is - evidence being the 3 180’s tonight and a great run all the way to the final where he went down 2-0 to Luke Fry. Congratulations Luke.
Rodney Smith and Grant Dixon losing in the semifinals. The consolation final was between Tane and Rupert Mather. Tane taking that 2-1. 180’s also for Graham Rhead (3), Rodney Smith and Tane Stewart.
The club prizegiving tonight and most trophies for the year went to either Graham or Rodney but Murray Hill, John Haydon, Grant Hunter, Robert Blunden and Fudge Davey all picked up badges for achieving their first club night 180’s this year.
Awesome darts thrown this year with lots of players improving considerably from the start of the year. Many thanks to Maggie Kane for looking out for our interests representing us at the City of Sails meetings this year and a big thank you to Luke for helping me run the club nights.
Darts will start back at the RSA on 16 January - Until then Merry Christmas everyone- be safe out there.
NEWSLETTER - 10th December
15 starters again. First the club champs.
The semifinals saw Luke Fry playing against Philip Adams. A 2-0 win for Phil who took the first leg in 18 darts with a 68 finish. The other semi had Rodney Smith up against Graham Rhead. Both players scored well at times but Graham was too consistent particularly over the first 9 darts in each leg. 2-0 to Graham. In the final Graham scored very well and averaged over 77 on his way to a 3-1 win.
The club night results threw up some great games with Maggie Kane making it all the way to the consolation final. There she met Rob Hopner and although she got a leg Rob was too good here taking the match 2-1. In the main event Rupert Mather took down Graham Rhead early on. That was awesome to see sorry Graham Luke got revenge for his earlier loss to Phil and then Luke beat Rupert to move onto the final.
On the other side of the draw Grant Dixon beat Rodney in one semi. In the final it went to the wire with Luke taking that out 2-1. 2 180’s for Graham tonight, 24 ton plus scores for Grant Dixon and the high finish a 121 for Graham on the bull. A 12 dart leg there. Great stuff.
Sunday sees us playing our annual golf tournament. Should be great fun.
NEWSLETTER - 20th November
Wow. 15 starters with some awesome darts thrown.
180’s for Graham Rhead x3, Rodney Smith x2, Phil Adams x 2, Murray Hill, Grant Hunter, and Grant Dixon. 3 cards of 5 with Grant Dixon, Graeme and Rodney all winning their groups.
Onto the main event knockout and we ended up with Rodney v Grant Dixon in the final. Rodney taking the nights title 2-0. In the consolation we had Luke Fry v Maggie Kane in the final. Maggie had had a great run to the final but Luke took that one 2-0. Best leg a 14 darter for Grant Dixon. Highest out 160 for Rodney
We were also able to get a few more games completed in the Spring Handicap and although 3 of the top 4 players have 1 more game to play, the overall results will not change regardless of those results. In 4th place was Philip Adams, Grant Dixon 3rd, Graeme Rhead 2nd and in top spot Rodney Smith.
NEWSLETTER - 13th November
The Warkworth Treblemakers travelled to Te Atatu to play the top of the table Cosmos Darts , Warkworth wishing Grant Dixon a speedy recovery after surgery and wish Graham Rhead his best with golf.
The team today was Rodney Smith, Philip Adams, Craig Brown and myself. With Cosmos only having three players we still knew we were in for a hard time, with the doubles we managed to snake a couple of legs we probably shouldn't have won, but over all, all 4 games went Warkworth"s way. Into the singles and this us were Cosmos turned up to play with Blair and George hitting 180s and George also hit a 171, Phil leading the way with 2 wins, and Luke and Rodney getting 1 win each, final score 12-8 to Warkworth,
Leafing the 100 plus scores was Rodney on 16 with 2 - 100+ starts and 2 -100+finishes, highest being a superb 145, Phil had the highest start of 120 - 3 times, fantastic day for darts everyone throwing great arrows today.
NEWSLETTER - 6th November
The Treblemakers had the pleasure of hosting The Stingers from Birkenhead Bowls club in City of Sails Darts action. Lewis Thomas and Grant Dixon picked up 2 wins in the pairs to get things started while Rodney Smith and Philip Adams picked up a win as well. 3-1 up heading into the singles.
Rodney then went on and won all his singles games without dropping a leg and with 2 180’s and a 160 start as well. Great darts.
Phil and Grant each managed 3 singles wins and both scored the teams high of 15 ton plus starts.
Lewis added to the total with another singles win for an overall 14-6 score line.
For the Stingers Jamahl had an excellent 171.
The Treblemakers were playing in their new shirts - modeled expertly by Rodney
NEWSLETTER - 29th October
The Spring Handicap tournament got off to a great start. 12 starters and a random draw to play just 10 games overall adds an interesting additional factor to the competition.
Just over half way through and Rodney Smith leads the way unbeaten so far with Graham Rhead and Grant Dixon just behind on one loss each.
Highest out a 116 for Rodney, but both Grant Hunter and Alasdair Rattray had 98 finishes. Super darts. Someone else throwing super darts - Murray Hill with a 180. Awesomeness.
Luke Fry and Grant Dixon also had 180’s and Rodney bagged a couple.
Competition to be completed over the next few weeks. Next week we start on the club pairs champs. Drawn partners.
NEWSLETTER - 22nd October
The treble makers travelled to play the rat pack currently in 2nd place above the treblemakers in 3rd .pairs got off to a very nervy 2v2 with Phil and graham making good on their 2nd game.
Rodney and Craig played well together to get another point then on to the singles it was brilliant to see sel Pankhurst back after major surgery and playing great darts .Phil had 2 solid wins as well as Craig every dart was a battle. Rodney and graham had 4 wins each to clinch an amazing afternoon of darts ? Toby ,Steve,John,and sel always a pleasure to play .todays stats were Phil 8x100 plus scores one being a start ,Craig 13 plus Rodney 15 plus and graham 16 plus and 2 starts of 100 plus .
Massive thank you to Rodney Smith for taking us there and a massive thanks to grant Dixon for his holiday photos to support us from Fijigreat result team today well played everyone.
NEWSLETTER - 14th October
14 starters with 2 Groups. Philip Adams winning group 1 with Rodney Smith runner up and Rupert Mather in third.
The other group had Graham Rhead in first place, Robert Blunden playing well to take second spot and Grant Dixon third.
Rupert was playing so well his handicap goes up next week to 426.
32 ton plus scores for Rodney including 2 180’s. 180’s also for Graham and Grant Dixon. Best leg a 13 darter for Pete Sharp (351). Graham with a 14 darter also.
The semifinals of the Craig The Painter trophy had Graham playing Phil and Grant v Rodney. Rodney and Graham both winning 2-0.
The final was best of 7. Graham averaged 78 and Rodney 74 but despite that Rodney won 4-1.
All legs were very competitive and the match was certainly closer than the scores indicates.
NEWSLETTER - 9th October
The Treblemakers had a good day in City of Sails League action. Unfortunately the Birkenhead Tigers could only muster 3 players so it was always going to be a very tough day for them. 4-0 to the Treblemakers after the pairs Rodney Smith and Grant Dixon going close to getting a decent shot at a 12 darter to get things going - not getting it but still an extremely good leg in pairs.
Then in the singles Graham Rhead, Philip Adams, and Rodney all won 3 singles plus the defaulted game while Grant dropped 1 game. 19-1 overall.
Brilliant darts from Graham to finish 164 and 108 in the same game - that’s tough for anyone to beat!
Everyone had at least 1 ton plus start and Graham had a total of 16 ton plus scores.
Many thanks to Dean, Gavin and James for making the trip in difficult circumstances and to Robert Blunden for the support.
NEWSLETTER 1st October 2024
That was a good day for The Treblemakers. With 2 losses and just the 1 win versus the Rocks so far this year, a trip to play them again was not going to be an easy task. And when Graham Rhead and Philip Adams went down in a close first pairs game it was obvious this was going to be another day of tough matches. Rodney Smith and Grant Dixon then picked up wins in both their pairs games before Graham and Phil got the win in the final pairs game. 3-1 up heading into the singles.
There were absolutely no easy games here but things certainly went the way of the Treblemakers. Grant getting 4 singles wins, while Graham,Phil and Rodney each picked up 3. Overall a 16-4 win for the Treblemakers. 22 ton plus scores for Grant, multiple ton plus starts for Graham, Phil and Rodney, with both Grant and Rodney taking out ton plus finishes.
It’s always an absolute pleasure to play John Malaki, Ronaldo Reyes, Riki Lamatoa, Rob Nevalagi and all the additional team at The Rocks. Thanks very much for the wonderful food.
A photo below of John Malaki talking for those who have never seen that before
NEWSLETTER 24th September
The Warkworth RSA Darts Club had the pleasure of hosting Hibiscus Coast RSA in the second leg of the Curreen Shield.
Holding a 20-10 lead from the first leg the Warkworth Treblemakers extended that lead with a further 9-5 advantage from the singles tonight. The pairs also went The Treblemakers way 5-2, 1/2 teams were 1-1 and the whole team game went The Treblemakers way also. So, a 16-8 win tonight and overall 36-18. The Curreen shield returns to the Warkworth RSA for the first time in too many years. We might have to bolt it to the wall
Old fashioned manual scoring tonight so it’s a bit hard to tell who was playing well - it’s hard to keep track of stats and maintain the alcohol input at the same time! But I did catch a glimpse of some super darts tonight from Robert Blunden - throwing in some 140’s at the right time.
NEWSLETTER 18th September
Some days are tougher than others!
A 15-5 loss for the Treblemakers versus Birkenhead Vikings is a pretty sobering experience. Although to be fair it doesn’t necessarily reflect the quality of darts from the Treblemakers with 9 of the games lost 2 legs to 1.
Things got off to a reasonable start 2-2 after the pairs however seeing Rodney Smith and Philip Adams fail to start in one of their legs might have been some sort of warning for what was to come. Rodney and Phil winning one of their matches and Grant Dixon and Luke Fry also getting one of theirs.
The singles however was a different story with Grant managing 2 wins and Rodney 1. And that was it!
Jamie Roberts and Harrison winning all 4 of their matches for the Vikings while Amanda played superbly and won 3 of hers as well.
A 180 for Rodney for the Treblemakers while Harrison got one for the Vikings and Jamie a 171 also.
NEWSLETTER 11th September
The Treblemakers played at home against the top of the table Te Atatu Cosmos Darts.
Not the start that the home team wanted with the doubles Graham Rhead and Philip Adams , and me and Tane Stewart, going down 3-1.
Into the singles and the treblemakers started like we did in the doubles, not te results we were after, Graham, phil and tane winning 1 of their games, and I picked up 2 wins, we were all pretty even in the games and the results could have gone the eitherway.
Always good to play the top team, Paul Budd and his team,
Overall a 14-6 loss well played to all
2x100 plus starts with me getting highest 111.
NEWSLETTER 3rd September
The Treblemakers traveled away to The Stingers of Birkenhead.
Rodney Smith and Philip Adams got things off to a great start with 2 wins in the pairs. Grant Dixon and Luke Fry picked up another win to give the team a handy 3-1 advantage heading into the singles.
Rodney was playing superbly and won all four of his singles while Phil, Grant and Luke all got 2 wins each.
Overall a 13-7 win.
180’s for each of Rodney, Phil and Luke and 20 ton plus scores for Rodney including 3 116 starts. All the team had 100 plus starts Luke getting highest 120.
NEWSLETTER 27th AUGUST
Another good turnout with 12 starters on 2 cards.
Graham Rhead just come out on top of Group 1 ahead of Grant Dixon by virtue of leg difference. Grant Hunter in 3rd on that card.
Over on the other card top spot was taken by Rodney Smith but the runner up placings were very close. Murray Hill just edging Philip Adams for 2nd/3rd place.
In the playoffs Phil beat Grant Hunter 2-1 for overall 5th, Grant Dixon beat Murray 2-0 for overall 3rd and in the top match Graham continued his recent run with a 2-0 win over Rodney. Graham averaged 81 in that match.
Other winners in the minor placings Peter Farrow, Rob Hopner, and Robert Blunden.
A 180 tonight for each of Rodney and Graham.
High finish a 102 for Grant Dixon
Best leg - an awesome 15 darts for Grant Hunter (426 handicap).
NEWSLETTER 20th August
The second placed Treblemakers were at home to third placed Ratpack today.
Philip Adams and Luke Fry got proceedings going in the pairs but despite going close were unable to get a win in either match. Grant Dixon and Craig Brown did manage a win in their games but overall it was a 1-3 deficit for the home side going into the singles.
The first 2 rounds of singles were split evenly but Ratpack pulled away at the end winning 7 of the last 8 matches.
Overall a 6-14 loss for the Treblemakers.
Congratulations to Ratpack who now move up to 2nd and Treblemakers will drop to 3rd.
There was some excellent darts played - unfortunately mostly from the Ratpack. Steve Goldsmith hitting 3 180’s and winning all 4 singles, Steve Higgins also winning all four.
For the Treblemakers Phil got 2 singles wins and Luke and Craig got 1 each. In the very last match and in something of a first Grant won his final singles and in the process scored his only 100 plus score of the day!
Luke had 3 x 100 plus starts and topped the scoring charts for the home side with a relatively modest 10.
Many thanks to Robert Blunden and Murray Hill for the support.
No City of Sails action now until the 31st.
NEWSLETTER - 6th August
A great result for the Treblemakers this week.
The Treblemakers were sitting in second on the table as they away travelled to Birkenhead Tigers who were sitting in fifth spot.
The pairs went the Treblemakers way with 3 wins and just the one loss.
Graham Rhead won all four of his singles again although for the first time in a while he was taken to 3 legs in a couple.
2 wins each for Luke Fry and Philip Adams and 1 for Grant Dixon got the score to an overall 12-8 result.
180’s for both Phil and Luke, a 160 start for Graham and 14 ton plus scores for Phil the scoring highlights.
There were some awesome darts thrown tonight in the Knockout Club champs.
Rodney Smith cruised through to the semifinals throwing 75 averages in his 2 games to get there. Graham Rhead hadn’t played well to this point but in the semifinal against Rodney he suddenly came to life and just got past Rodney 2-1 also with an average in the 70’s.
Philip Adams was also throwing great darts in making his way to the semis as well. There he ran into Luke Fry and they had an excellent game both averaging in the 70’s with Phil coming out on top 2-1.
Although the final did not feature the same high averages it was a very close game Graham just getting by Phil 2-1.
A 180 in the comp for both Phil and Luke.
In the club night matches we ran 3 cards.
Luke winning won of those, Graham and Grant Hunter also winning theirs.
A 180 in this process for Rodney and a high finish of 118 for Phil. Best leg a 13 darter for Graham.
In the playoffs for those who won their cards Graham came out on top scoring a further 180 as well.
Other winners in the minor playoffs Rodney, Robert Blunden and Grant Dixon.
NEWSLETTER - 29TH JULY 2024
It’s always good to host John Malaki and the Rocks to Warkworth in City of Sails action.
The Warkworth Treblemakers got off to a great start with Graham Rhead and Philip Adams picking up a pairs win while Rodney Smith and Grant Dixon won both of their pairs games. 3-1 up after the pairs.
In the singles Graham and Rodney both managed 3 wins and Phil got 2 as well. Grant was not having a great day but a 180 in the last leg of his final singles game helped to get him over the line and add another point to the score. Overall a 12-8 win helping to make up for the 2 losses to this team earlier this year.
Other scoring highlights 17 ton plus scores for Rodney, a 160 start to go with two 120 starts for Graham, with Rodney and Grant both also having a ton plus start.
Thursday:
Another really good turnout tonight with 14 starters at the oche.
We had an ordinary club night comp to get through and also the semifinals and final of the club handicap trophy.
First the handicap trophy. It was awesome that Tane Stewart could travel up from Auckland to play the semifinal against Rodney Smith. Best of 3 and Rodney took the first leg with throw while the next leg went to Tane.
Third leg and Rodney couldn’t muster a score over 100. Tane only managed 1 himself but it was a 180 that gave him just enough of a lead to take the deciding leg in 21 darts.
In the other semifinal Graham Rhead played Phil Adams. Both players averaged just about 60 here. Phil had the better of the high scores but had too many low ones in between and Graham took that one 2-0.
The final saw Graham v Tane. Best of 5 here. Tane was on top early in terms of scoring over the first 2 legs but didn’t get the reward and it was tied at 1-1 when both players ended up on D8. Graham took that scrappy leg and although Tane got it back to 2-2 he couldn’t find the high scores while Graham managed 3 ton plus scores in the last leg taking the final 3-2. Both players averaged mid 60’s.
Congratulations Graham.
For the regular club night the 14 players were split across 2 cards.
Once again the club night handicap system worked well with Alasdair Rattray winning one card, Grant Hunter in 2nd and Rodney Smith in 3rd.
On the other card Graham Rhead came out on top, Tane Stewart 2nd and Grant Dixon 3rd.
No time for a play off between cards tonight.
Highest game average was an 85 for Grant Dixon.
180’s for Grant Dixon, Graham Rhead and Robert Blunden with his first club night 180. Congrats Robert.
A couple of ton plus finishes for Philip Adams.
Best leg - 14 darts for Graham.
24 ton plus scores for Graham as well.
Maggie Kane hit an awesome 168 score at one point (unfortunately it prompted my 180 in reply🙄).
It was excellent to have Hannah Dixon back again, and even better to have Tony Toinko join us after many years away.
NEWSLETTER 25th July
The Warkworth RSA darts club enjoyed a trip to take on the Silverdale RSA darts last week.
Silverdale had a massive team of enthusiastic players so some of the Warkworth players had to double up (pun intended) and play some extra games.
The singles saw the Warkworth side take a slim 11-9 lead but the pairs almost completely went to Warkworth and then when Rob Hopner hit the winning g double in the teams game the overall score was a very tidy 20-10 result.
Young Corey Fry had a couple of wins - finishing on D1 both times - well done Corey.
Many thanks to Silverdale for a great night. We look forward to the reverse match in a couple of months.
NEWSLETTER 16th July
The Treblemakers hosted Vikings from Birkenhead in City of Sails action in our last meet. Going into the match Vikings were sitting in 3rd spot and the Treblemakers in 4th.
Philip Adams and Graham Rhead got the pairs off to a great start with 2 wins while Luke Fry and Grant Dixon picked up 1 win. 3-1 up. Into the singles and Graham, Phil and Grant won all 4 of their singles. Luke won 2 of his and took the final score to an impressive 17-3 win overall.
Graham, Phil and Grant had 15 ton plus scores each, Graham and Phil’s included 180’s each.
Luke had 3 116 starts and Grant a 109 finish.
Many thanks to Craig Brown for chalking and to Robert Blunden and Corey Fry for the support.
NEWSLETTER 9th July
The Troublemakers went so, so close but eventually came away from top of the table Cosmos, with no reward.
In the pairs Graham Rhead and Philip Adam's lost the first match as did Rodney Smith and Grant Dixon. But in the reverse pairs they turned it around with both pairs winning 2-2.
Into the singles and the first round resulted in 2 wins to each side. The second round saw Cosmos take the overall lead but the third round the Troublemakers reversed the scores and it was all back square again.
Into the final round which was very close to seeing an overall draw but for a few missed doubles. Cosmos took the overall win 11-9.
Three singles wins for Rodney, 2 for Phil, and 1 apiece for Grant and Graham.
A 180 for Graham and 15 ton plus scores and a 156 start for Rodney the highlights in tense and exciting day at the Oche.
Many thanks to Luke Fry and Corey for their support.
NEWSLETTER 2nd July
Another super turnout with 13 players. It should be a full house when we play on our regular Thursday this week. With that in mind note we are moving the start time to 7.15 from now on. So check in by 7.10. Let myself or Luke Fry know if you are running late.
Speaking of Luke he’s playing great darts right now. He topped his card ahead of Rodney Smith and Alasdair Rattray in third.
On the other card Graham Rhead was top ahead of Robert Blunden and Grant Hunter. That card also featured Martin Short making his debut at Warkworth and young Corey Fry who is going to be very good player. Every player tonight won at least one game so our handicap system is working well.
In the playoffs between the cards Alasdair beat Grant Hunter 2-1 for 5th, Rodney beat Robert Blunden 2-0 for 3rd, and Graham beat Luke 2-0 for overall honors.
Other winners in the minor placings Grant Dixon, Rob Hopner and Martin Short.
Highest out was 108 for Rodney (Shanghai on 18’s), but Maggie Kane also took out 106! Way to go Maggie.
180’s for Rodney and Philip Adams
Best leg 16 darts for Rodney who also had the highest individual match average of 88.
Newsletter June 19th
All done and dusted for City of Sails action at the Warkworth RSA today v Ratpack from Whangaparaoa.
Rodney Smith and Philip Adams played superbly winning one of their pairs games and then both winning all of their singles. Great stuff.
Craig Brown and Grant Dixon also picked up a pairs win and Grant got two singles wins and Craig got a singles win also. Overall 13-7.
2 180’s for Rodney and a 116 start, a 160 start for Phil and a couple of 120 starts to go with it and a 130 start for each of Craig and Grant the highlights.
Newsletter June 12th
Well we aren’t even half way through the RSA double start cup but already we have a winner. Graham Rhead taking home the random finish prize and a massive one it was too at $233
3 x 180’s tonight for Graham and one for Grant Dixon.High finish 140 for Rodney Smith but Rob Hopner also took out an excellent 110.
Best individual game average was an 85 for Graham who is the current leader with Rodney close behind.
Rupert Mather sitting in 3rd.
Newsletter May 29th
Could it be that Graham Rhead’s knees are starting to buckle holding his team up? He lost his first game for some time in City of Sails action today! But a 2-1 loss to Tony Lee is not a loss to get concerned about, especially when those are the only 2 legs you have dropped in the last 2 days of play
The Treblemakers were 3-1 up against the Tigers from Birkenhead after the pairs, with Graham and Philip Adams winning both their games while Grant Dixon and Craig Brown picked up another win. In the singles Graham got the 3 wins while Phil picked up 2 wins and Grant got 1 win also.
Overall a 9-11 loss for the Treblemakers.
A 180 for Graham along with 3 ton plus starts and 15 ton plus scores in total the highlights.
Newsletter May 22nd
Yet another good turnout at the Warkworth RSA darts tonight. And it was great to have Rob Binoka back again and Alasdair Rattray along for the first time. And our first night with the new 426 handicaps in play for Rob, Robert Blunden and Murray Hill. It was however a night with a lot of players bemoaning the standard of their own darts.
2 cards and Graham Rhead came out on top of one ahead of Rob Hopner and Robert Blunden. On the other card Philip Adams came out on top, Grant Dixon in second and Grant Hunter in third spot there.
In the playoffs between the cards
Graham beat Phil 2-0 for first overall
Grant beat Rob Hopner for 3rd
Robert Blunden beat Grant Hunter for 5th
Other winners in the playoffs Rupert Mather, Alasdair, and Peter Farrow.
2 180’s tonight for Phil
Highest finish 86 for Rob Hopner
Best game average for the night 79 for Graham in the final.
Newsletter May 15th
Well it was awesome to have some new faces at club night tonight. Marianne Veldsman and Grant Hunter joined us for the first time and we also had Mark Shearer and Paul Mangino visit us for club night for the first time also.
So 13 players and 2 cards. Strong cards they were too!
Rodney Smith topped one card ahead of Mark and Philip Adams, Luke Fry taking 4th spot. On the other card Graham Rhead came out on top ahead of Robert Blunden and Murray Hill with Grant Dixon in 4th. In the playoffs between the 2 cards Phil beat Murray 2-0 for 5th overall, Robert had a superb win over Mark for 3rd and in the top match Graham came out ahead of Rodney 2-1.
Other winners in the minor placings Grant Dixon, Paul, and Grant Hunter.
So every player tonight won at least one match including both Marianne and Grant Hunter.
There were 180’s tonight for Rodney, Graham, Paul, Luke and Phil got 2 of them.
High finish 140 for Graham. A staggering 35 ton plus scores for Rodney!!! And best overall average for the night was of course also Rodney (73).
Finally condolences to Murray Hill on the recent passing of his Father.
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It’s fantastic to see some of our players really improving their darting abilities. As a result we are going to tweak our club night handicap system to provide more opportunities for players to step up another level while still keeping everything really competitive.
Rules as follows:
* Players will now go up and down in handicap depending on their average from the previous week.
* Those who have averaged less than 40 the previous week will start off 351.
* Those who averaged 40 - 50 play off 426.
* Anyone who averaged over 50 plays off 501.
* Player with lowest handicap continues to start every leg. Ie a 351 playing 426. The 351 will start every leg. 426 v 501 the 426 will start every leg.
Any formal competition that uses a club night handicap though requires the person to play off the highest handicap they have had that year.
Newsletter May 8th
The Treblemakers travelled to Birkenhead in City of Sails action.
The Birkenhead Vikings side was coming off a very strong result midweek which took them right up towards the pointy end of the table. The pairs saw both Grant Dixon/Lewis Thomas and Philip Adams/Tane Stewart pick up a win, so 2-2 going into the singles. Then Lewis really stood out picking up 4 singles wins. Phil continued his great form with a further 3 singles wins while Tane and Grant each got just the one win - but this was enough to get the win overall 11-9.
A 142 start for Lewis and ton plus starts for Phil and Grant also. And a 100 finish for Grant also.
16 ton plus scores for Grant the highest for the Treblemakers in that category but clearly it takes more than featuring well in the stats to actually win games
Newsletter April 29th
In City of Sails action the Treblemakers pushed top of the table Cosmos to the extremes. Going 0-4 down after the pairs wasn’t a great start though.
Then in the singles Philip Adams led the way for the Treblemakers with 3 wins while Tane Stewart had 2 wins as did Grant Dixon.
Overall a 7-13 loss but that doesn’t tell the full story with 7 of those lost games being a 3rd leg decider and in many of those the Treblemakers were left stranded on a double.
2 ton plus starts for Phil and Grant and 1 each for Luke Fry and Tane.
18 ton plus scores for Grant including a 116 finish and 2 180’s.
Overall a loss yes but a pretty satisfying day all the same and hopefully enough points registered to keep the Treblemakers in the top half of the premier grade at the conclusion of the first round of fixtures next week.
Newsletter April 23rd
Having started the 2024 City of Sails league with a loss followed by 3 draws, the Warkworth Treblemakers were keen to get a win on the boards today.
This was the task for Graham Rhead, Philip Adams,Craig Brown and Tane Stewart with a trip away to play the Stingers at the Birkenhead Bowling Club.
Phil and Graham got things off to a great start with 2 wins in the pairs while Craig and Tane went close without reward. 2-2 after the pairs. Graham is one of the form players in City of Sails and once again he didn’t disappoint in the singles. 4 wins for him and only dropping 1 leg along the way.
Tane was back after a few weeks away from the side and he was scoring well (15 ton plus scores) on the way to picking up 3 singles wins.
Craig got a couple of wins and Phil also got a win on the boards.
Overall a very satisfying 12-8 victory.
16 ton plus scores for Graham including a 180.
2 ton plus starts for both Graham and Tane and one for Phil also.
Newsletter April 17th
In City of Sails action The Treblemakers hosted The Ratpack from Whangaparoa today which is always a pleasure.
Philip Adams and Craig Brown got a pairs win as did Lewis Thomas and Grant Dixon. 2-2 after the pairs. Then Phil played superbly to pick up 4 singles wins while Lewis and Craig each grabbed 2 singles wins - both picking up a 180 as well. Grant didn’t feature in the singles wins column at all despite going to 3 legs every game.
19 ton plus scores for Craig - super stuff.
Overall a 10-10 result which most teams would take against the Ratpack any day.
Next COS game is a catch-up game on Tuesday evening- away at Birkenhead
Newsletter April 10th
The Treblemakers hosted Retro from Glen Eden today in City of Sails action.
In the pairs Philip Adams and Craig Brown managed 1 win while Luke Fry and Grant Dixon (returning to the oche after 7 weeks out injured) couldn’t really get going. 1-3 down after the pairs is always going to be hard to recover from. Onto the singles and Phil had 2 wins as did both Craig and Luke.
In the very last match of the day Grant crawled over the line for his 3rd singles win and in doing so getting the score back to 10-10. Honors even which is probably a fair reflection of the days play.
180’s for Phil and Greg West.
12 ton plus scores for Phil
A 146 start for Grant, 120 for Phil and 101 for Luke plus a 100 finish for Luke were the highlights.
Newsletter March 26th
There were 11 starters and 2 cards.
Graham Rhead came out top on one card ahead of Craig Brown and Rupert Mather. Rodney Smith topped the other ahead of Peter Farrow and Grant Dixon.
180’s for Grant and Rodney and 2 for Philip Adams.
High finish a 109 for Graham
22 ton plus scores for Rodney.
Best leg a very tidy 13 darter for Graham in the final v Rodney. But that wasn’t enough- Rodney took that 2-1. Peter Farrow took third seeing as Craig didn’t want to participate! Other winners in the playoff between the cards Rupert, Robert Blunden, Eric Ronald Cooke.
Next week we will temporarily shift club night to Wednesday so no darts on Thursday.
Newsletter March 19th
The Treblemakers got their 2024 season under way with a home match v Rocks yesterday. It’s always good to host these lads although the Warkworth side did not get the result they hoped for.
The pairs got off to a reasonable start with Graham Rhead and Philip Adams picking up 2 wins. Tane Stewart and Luke Fry went close but couldn’t quite get over the line in their 2 pairs games. So all square leading into the singles.
Graham picked up 2 wins as did Phil. Luke also got a singles victory but that unfortunately was it. 7-13 the overall result.
180’s for both Phil and Graham and 19 ton plus scores for Graham the highlights.
Newsletter February 27th 2024
It’s a little over a year ago that we lost a wonderful person and super committed club stalwart in Carol Cable. Philip Adams not only designed but made this trophy below in Carols memory.
At last years prize giving, Maggie Kane was the inaugural winner of the trophy for “Outstanding Club Service”. A fitting winner for the trophy and certainly the best possible person to be the inaugural winner.
Last time we had 10 turn up and played on two cards. It was good to see Grant Dixon back even if he was on a knee scooter for his broken leg. His darts werent effected when he was playing Graham Rhead with a great 2-1 victory but unfortuately that was his only win.
In the first group Graham finished on top with Philip Adams in 2nd and Peter Farrow in 3rd, in the 2nd group saw a rampant Rodney Smith who didnt lose a leg, and also saw him take the highest finish of 129 with the bull, with me finishing 2nd in this group and Murray Hill in 3rd, we played a ladder match between the two groups and that saw Graham vs Rodney with Graham winning 2-1, Phil vs Luke, seeing Phil win 2-1, with Peter vs Murray and saw Peter win 2-0, Graham also scoring the most 100+ scores with 22 including yet another 180, with Phil finishing on 18.
Yet another great night of darts with darts being the winner of the night
Newsletter February 14th 2024
Well the last meet went well with 8 starters. We played on one card, with our hand-capped system of 501 and 351.
Graham Rhead went undefeated in his matches having the best leg of the night 18 darts, he also scored 2x180s and a just as impressive 174.
Tane Stewart also scored 2x180s tonight, finishing runner up.
Luke finishing 3rd, Rob Hopner finishing 4th. With the most 100+ scores tonight! Graham with 23, Tane with 19 and Luke with 18, also with everyone having at least 100+ score tonight very impressive.
Highest check out tonight 110 achieved by Luke, with Rupert Mather getting the next highest 89.
Everyone won at least one match, was a very enjoyable night had with a few laughs.
Newsletter February 5th 2024
Fantastic to have 2 new players along tonight in Robert Blunden and Murray Hill. Welcome guys and we hope you enjoyed your night. Murray must have as he was one of 3 players to hit 180’s and he got a win over Rodney Smith as well. Graham Rhead and Tane Stewart getting the other 180’s.
Same format as last week but with 13 starters. Rob Binoka was back and was unlucky to lose a number of matches 2-1. Maggie Kane had some good wins also. But it was Rodney Smith winning group 1 with Grant Dixon and Luke Fry in 2nd/3rd while in the other group Graham Rhead took top spot from Tane and Philip Adams in 3rd.
The playoffs and Phil beat Luke 2-1 for 5th
Grant beat Tane 2-0 for 3rd and
Graham beat Rodney 2-1 for the overall win.
Other winners in the playoffs Robert Blunden, Rob Hopner and Murray Hill.
25 ton plus scores for Rodney and the highest overall average.
Highest out 120 for Phil - one of 5 ton plus finishes amongst the group.
Highest individual game average 72 for both Graham and Tane.
Best leg a 14 darter for Tane.
Newsletter January 31st
The 2024 season is getting off to a great start. 12 starters tonight including 2 fresh faces Josh and Phoenix. Super players they are as well.
It’s a bit of a sad day though as we say goodbye to Elaine Shaw who is heading back to the UK. Tonight you were playing fantastic darts - It’s been excellent to have you join us - safe travels.
Another night of mixed handicaps - some off 351 and some off 501. 2 groups. Peter Farrow was playing some of his best darts for a while in a tough group that included Graham Rhead and Rodney Smith. Rodney was unbeaten in that group, Peter 2nd and Graham 3rd. In the other group Grant Dixon went through unbeaten, Tane Stewart 2nd and Luke Fry 3rd.
On to the playoffs where Graham beat Luke 2-0 for 5th overall. Tane beat Peter 2-0 for 3rd.
In the top match Grant beat Rodney 2-0 for the overall win both players averaging in the mid 70’s.
In the minor playoff places Phoenix, Elaine and Rob Hopner all had wins as well. 2 180’s tonight for each of Graham and Tane and another one for Rodney. Highest out 142 for Grant 21 ton plus scores for Rodney. Highest individual game average 79 for both Graham and Rodney.
Newsletter 23rd Jan
2024 club nights got off to a great start with 11 at the oche and some great darts thrown. Great to see Tane Stewart back at club nights after some time away last year.
2 groups with players starting off either 351 or 501. Graham Rhead took top spot in one group from Tane and Luke Fry. In the other group Grant Dixon took top spot from Rodney Smith and Philip Adams.
The playoff’s between groups saw Phil best Luke 2-1, Tane beat Rodney 2-1 and Graham beat Grant 2-1. The playoffs for 7-10th place also both went to 2-1 Rob Hopner and Peter Farrow winning those games. Despite finishing 4th Rodney had a superb average across the night of 71 - well ahead of the rest.
180’s for Rodney and Phil
Highest out 103 for Graham
22 ton plus scores for Graham.
A special mention for Maggie Kane. This special lady gives so much time for our club including traveling to represent us at City of Sails meetings and then tonight she calls in to the club and helps pack up! This is indicative of the contribution she has always made and why she was the very first recipient of the Carol Cable Memorial trophy at last years prizegiving. A special award for a special lady.
Photo of the trophy created by Phil to follow just as soon as we get it back from the engravers.
