adminRicky Zililo Sports Reporter
BULAWAYO Metropolitan Province Darts League players are expected to use tonight’s league matches as part of their preparations for the weekend’s Townsend and Butcher tournament. Eight league matches have been lined up for this evening. League organising secretary Lethukuthula Nkomo believes that players will give their best ahead of the weekend’s doubles tournament which has total prize money of $300.
The Townsend and Butcher competition will be held at Highlanders Clubhouse.
“The stage is set for the Townsend and Butcher Darts Doubles Tournament but before that we have league matches and we hope that players will use the matches to prepare for the weekend competition. We are grateful to the sponsor and I am sure that we are going to have a good tournament,” said Nkomo.
The winners of Saturday’s tournament will walk away with $80 with the runners-up getting $60 while losing semi-finalists will get $40 each.
Nkomo said they have spiced up the tournament with the first team to score 180 getting $10 while the first bull-close has a $15 incentive.
In league matches lined up for tonight, championship favourites and log leaders Archers will be away to fourth from the bottom Bellevue while second placed Railstars take on gold miners How Mine.
Former national champions Ndumiso Tshuma and Moses Ndlovu, Godfrey Mazonde, Okay Sibanda, Maxmillion Taruvinga, Linesman Muronzvi and ex-Archers player Jackson Ndimande who are part of the 16 Bulawayo Metropolitan Province’s seeded players are expected to lead Old Nic Mine against Khami Prison.
Highlanders who beat ZRP Bulawayo 21-18 in a rescheduled fixture on Monday will be hoping to continue with their new found form when they take on Parkview Khanka at Parkview Club.
Fixtures
Today: Parkview Khanka v Highlanders (Parkview), Zimbabwe School of Mines v Parkview Lions (Zimbabwe School of Mines), Khami v Old Nic Mine (Khami Prison), Bellevue v Archers (Bellevue Recreational Club), Portland Cement v Maisonic (Portland Cement), How Mine v Railstars (How Mine), New Dawn v ZRP Bulawayo (New Dawn), Caaz v Support Unit (Airport)
Log
P W L F A Legs Pts
Archers 26 26 0 707 307 400 26
Railstars 26 24 2 658 339 319 24
Old Nic Mine 26 20 6 578 418 160 20
Maisonic 26 19 7 559 437 122 19
Fairbridge 23 16 7 491 370 121 16
Wise Waters 26 16 10 515 499 16 16
ZRP Bulawayo 27 15 12 505 433 72 15
Khami Prison 25 14 11 490 449 41 14
Highlanders 26 13 13 518 438 80 13
Parkview Lions 26 11 15 502 476 26 11
New Dawn 25 11 14 464 475 -11 11
Caaz 24 11 13 364 508 -144 11
Parkview Khanka 26 10 16 477 437 40 10
How Mine 25 10 15 442 497 -55 10
Bellevue 26 6 20 419 595 -176 6
Zim School of Mines 26 3 23 380 615 -235 3
PPC Wolves 26 2 24 341 655 -314 2
Zimbabwe Saints 26 2 24 198 614 -416 2
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