Latest News and Views
Friday 6th Feb saw the Peter North Fours Phase 2 played down to the finalists. The night ended with the Div 'A' leaders facing the Div 'B' leaders in the final.
Café Enna 'A will Play Throckley Bank Top in May's Final
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Friday 30th Jan 2026
A good night for Alan Skrivanos (Pheonix A), who hit 3 (three) Maximums in the match, 2 being in the same leg. Congratulations on being the 4th player to achieve this in our league.
Greenwood Shield : Throckley Bank Top beat the Haydonians 5:3 in the rearranged fixture and will play Café Enna B for a finals place.
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Peter North 4's Phase 2: Friday 6th February
Venue: The Unionist Club
All 11 teams will be drawn on the night.
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Greenwood Shield Played Friday 23 January 2026
Due to an unintentional breach of HDDL Rule 18 (Player registration),
Café Enna ‘A’ have been DQ’d from the competition.
This has resulted in 2 matches having to be played i.e Haydonians v Throckley Bank Top with the winner going forward to play Café Enna B. The dates for these matches will be arranged by the Secretary with the agreement of the Captains involved and played at the Tory Club.
Mean while at the Café Enna the Rose and Crown progressed to the final by beating The Fox 'C' in the other Semi.
All Captains are reminded to be familiar with the HDDL Rules which are obtainable in .pdf format from this website under About Us
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Captains Meeting: Monday 12th Jan
Greenwood Shield PH2: Fri 23rd January
Venue: Tory Club
Cafe Enna B v bye
Ovington SC v bye
Haydonian SC v Mickley SC A
Bank Top v Café Enna 'A'
Venue: Cafe Enna
Rose and Crown v bye
Phoenix v bye
Grapes v bye
Spoons v Fox C
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David Herron Trebles: Friday 27th February
Venue: The Phoenix
Teams Drawn on the night. Registration 19:45. Start 8pm
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The winners of the Money Draws were:
January Draw:
£100 BlueBell A; £20 Phoenix 'A';
£10 Tory 'C' & Throckley Bank Top
February Draw:
£100 The Miners Arms; £20 Café Enna 'B';
£10 Tory 'C' & Mickley Club
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Friday 5th Dec saw the build up to the Christmas break continue with some really good darts: The Blue Bell contributed with 2 100+ finishes and Café Enna ‘A’ chipped in with 3 x 180’s and 2 x 100 finishes.
Captain's Meeting : Monday 3rd Nov.
Due to the situation with the structure of the Ex Service Men's Club showing no signs of being resolved the current Ex Service team are moving to, and changing their team name to The Tannery
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The winners of the Money Draws were:
November Draw:
£100 Haydonians; £20 The Fox 'C';
£10 Grapes & Miners Arms
December Draw:
£100 The Tannery; £20 Spoons;
£10 Grapes & The County
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The draw was also made for the Peter North 4's Phase1 and matches have been added to the fixtures. The format being 4 singles, 2 doubles and if a decider is necessary a team game. (first to four legs)
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Another Friday Night (24th Oct) of superb darts in our league: A big hand to Paul Sinclair from the Rose & Crown, Bellingham for 3 ton plus finishes:- 105, 102 & 106. However not to be out done Tris Douglas (Café Enna ‘A’) had probably the best 3 single legs ever thrown in our league averaging 100.20 In winning all three legs he had 6 scores of 100+ Included in them were 2 x 180’s and two finishes of 120 & 136 the latter sealing the 3rd leg victory in Twelve darts.
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Friday 17th October. Hitting a maximum in his doubles match, then another TWO across his three singles legs, hearty congratulations go to Graeme Boldon from the Grapes on becoming the third player in our league to hit 3 (THREE) 180's on the same night.
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RULE16: "League result cards"
are the responsibility of the WINNING CAPTAIN however Both teams are responsible for result cards being CORRECT. A penalty of FIVE POINTS will be given to both teams if they are proved to be incorrect." So Captains (or your representative), please make sure the cards contain all relevant information BEFORE you put your signatures on the card. Corrections will not be accepted after submission.
Captain's Meeting : Monday 1st Sep.
The winners of the Money Draws were:
Oct Draw:
£100 The Globe; £20 The Fox 'C';
£10 West Road Tavern 'A' & Phoenix 'A'
Sept Draw:
£100 Ovington SC; £20 Café Enna 'B'; £10 County Hotel & Tory 'B'
The draw was also made for the Greenwood Shield Phase1 and matches have been added to the fixtures.
SEASON 2025-26
The 2025-26 fixtures have been revised. This includes a newcomer to the 'B' Division in the form of The Blue Bell 'B' (Corbridge) and the Fox 'C' has been re-instated in the 'A' division. The fixtures can be downloaded from the About Us page
Good luck to you all, have a good and enjoyable Season.
The 2025 AGM was held on MONDAY 18th AUG
The Main points were alterations to Rule 10 [Postponements] & the Champion of Campions Comp, requests to join the HDDL from teams in Throckley and Haltwhistle and several existing teams announcing venue changes.
The AGM Minutes can be accessed by clicking here
Results Cards can be downloaded from the About Us page (in PDF format) and Then printed. Please use this option rather than pieces of paper. Thanks.