Fareham Bowling Club Darts
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Monday 2 February 2026
Cross Keys (A) v Fareham BC
AWAY at Cross Keys
David B
Monday 26 January 2026
Hill Park (C) 5-4 Fareham BC
Good day team hope you are all enjoying the liquid sunshine.
Well we were away to the league leaders so a tough game. Much going on at the venue with four other league games all being played at the same time, so a very busy place.
Anyway we got of to a great start going 2-0 up but we lost the next 3, so now 3-2 down. Bit of a flip flopping night but getting to the stage of 4-4 with the final game to play, pretty good stuff team.
Yep I'm afraid we lost the last leg, tough game, overall score ending 5-4 to Hill Park. Well done team great performance.
The only problem with this is it's the 4th time that this has happened and you get absolutely nothing for that. Well we hope change is on the way at the AGM on 11 February at the Duke of Connaught. Three new scoring options are up to be voted on. Something Cyril and I have been complaining about for the last couple of years so 🤞for change.
Next week's match, I need to explain, on the fixture list it show we are at home to Cross Keys, but this is not the case. We are in fact away. The reason for this is because we cancelled the away game before Christmas with bowls club commitments. So what is going to happen is we will play a double header, this means we play 1 match of 9 legs but it will be scored differently, for example if we win 5-4 where we would normally get 2 points we will infact get 4 points and the score will be 10-8. Clear as mud, but the main thing to remember we are AWAY to Cross Keys.
Good luck and well done.
David B
Monday 19 January 2026
Friendly - Fareham 2-8 Sovereign (B)
Well what a great night of entertainment we all had with the Sovereign B Team coming to visit for a friendly game of darts.
I will try my best to pick words in this report that corrected text will not change and I must apologise for the use of the word *--- and in no way does it reflect my thoughts on the club shirts.
Anyway we played an extra game to make sure we all got to play. A big thank you to everyone who turned up to play.
Overall 10 games were played of which we won 2, so final score was a win for Sovereign 8-2.
I never mention individual player as it is a team game ..... but what an extraordinary performance by the sausage queen winning her game 2-0, and a 2 dart out as well, with the teams going into a very loud offering of support.
Well done team, great night on the oche, lots of fun.
Please put this in your diary, we are going to play a friendly away to Sovereign B on Monday 2 March.
Next Monday's league game is away to Hill Park.
David B
Monday 12 January 2026
Fareham 4-5 Sovereign (B)
Tonight we played host to our friends from Sovereign B who reminded us all of why we joined the darts team in the first place for. A game played in the right spirit, well actually there was a few lagers and ciders involved as well.
Great night Sovereign B and I hope your destinated driver had a safe journey home.
As for the darts unlike last week we got of to bad start going 3-0 down, then a recovery back to 3-2 down. Now that's better, but I'm afraid It didn't last last we are now 5-2 down. Fareham then had a great recovery winning the last 2 game and the match finally finishing with a 5-4 win to Sovereign B.
Well done team a great night on the oche and the only thing taken a spanking was the bar. Perfect.
David B
Monday 5 January 2026
Fareham BC 4-5 78 Squadron
Home to the gentleman from the Navy, the 78 squadron, the team we played in the cup game just before Christmas and unfortunately losing 8-1 a match not quite showing how well we played.
Well this was a new match. With nine games to play the first of which is a pairs a game. Previously we find it difficult to win but not tonight a comfortable win 1-0 good start.
Next games are 2 singles the first of which we win well 2-0 and the next game we win well again.
Hold on wait a minute, what's going on we are 3-0 up, that's not happened before amazing start.
Unfortunately the next 3 games are not quite going our way lots of chances but not getting that bit of luck required. So after 6 games the score is now 3-3 can we hold our nerve.
Next game we lose so now 4-3 down but another great performance wins us the 8th game score is now 4-4. Come on guys keep up, so what happens now, 1 more game to play and it's the deciding game.
Well sorry to say, not to be for Fareham so final result is 5-4 to the 78 squadron.
What a great performance team we should be very proud of ourselves only goes to show just how much we have improved.
Next week game is another home game to Sovereign B, a game we have a great chance in. Good luck and well done, just brilliant.
David B
Monday 22 December 2025
78 Squadron 8-1 Fareham BC
Team Fareham were away in the second round of the cup to a new team to the league, with a few old faces, that being the 78 Squadron. A fine bunch of gentlemen as you would expect from our wonderful Navy.
We played at a new venue to us the Hill Park WMC which didn't look that big a place from the outside but when you got inside the place was enormous and I lost count of how many dart boards were there.
We got to play our match on the stage a fitting place for a cup match. Fareham played there socks of but came up against a team in red hot form, we had our chances but they scored well and when the got down to a double were very clinical, straight out as they said after the match they do get a lot of time to practice.
Well done team good performance but going down to a 8-1 defeat result not always showing the level of match.
The next match in the league is at home on Monday 5th January and would you believe it we are playing the 78 squadron.
All that's left for me to say team is to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a good and healthy 2026 been a pleasure.
David B
Monday 15 December 2025
Golden Lion (A) 6-3 Fareham BC
We were at our second visit to the Golden Lion in two weeks playing their A team, yet another new team to the league a nice bunch of lads and a team of quality who made us very welcome.
Sometime it takes a good team to bring out the best in us, overall view is that we played very well but got of to an unfortunate start loosing the first 5 games, playing, well and should certainly have won two of them.
I think we would all have been happy 3-2 down at the half way stage but not to be but in the words of the great game it was a match of 2 halves Fareham winning 3 out of 4 games comfortably in the second half.
Final result was a 6-3 win to the golden lion, well played team, good to see us back on form.
Looking forward to our cup game, away to 78 squadron at Hill Park WMC on Monday 22nd.
David B
Monday 8 December 2025
Golden Lion (B) 4-5 Fareham BC
Fareham BC were away to yet another new team to the league, Golden Lion B a nice bunch who made us very welcome and played darts with the same relaxed approach as ourselves.
Now as you have become aware I don't find it to difficult to find the words to put together a match report from our Monday night adventures. I always try to be as positive as I can and to be fair we have played some brilliant darts this season and not always had that little bit of luck to get us over the line.
So how do I put in to words, our performance, let say not our best night on the oche, in fact we were pretty good as a team, no I'll take that back we weren't that good but as we are learning darts is a funny old game as we won 5-4 our fist league win of the season got to say well done team for that.
Next week we are back at the same venue playing the A team good luck to all.
David B
Monday 24 November 2025
Fareham BC 3-6 Sovereign SC (A)
Tonight a new team to the league came to Fareham that being Sovereign (A) and a very enthusiastic friendly and supportive bunch which was great to see.
The match got of to a very even start then Fareham hit a flat spot playing well but not quite getting over the line then something very strange happened . . . . . .at 9-30 ish we have food but we normally carry on playing while eating so our resident chef had decided to do one of his special curry, wheeling it out the gorgeous aroma fill the club house nobody wanted to carry on playing until they had a bowl then another bowl YEP it was that good nice one Cyril.
Anyway back to darts Fareham continued with that flat spot but coming good in the end winning the last 2 games.
The final score finished 6-3 in favour of sovereign A well done team played well but not quite getting the rub of the oche.
No rules were broken in the course of this match if they were nobody gave a damn well played sovereign enjoyed your company looking forward to the return match.
David B
Monday 10 November 2025
Cross Keys (B) 3-6 Fareham BC
Great cup round result following a trip to Cross Keys. A poorly lit venue in need of a search light caused a few mistakes, leaning forward to see, toe on the oche and calling a double three instead of six. Cross Keys, we are very sorry for our mistakes but not sorry for a 6-3 win.
Well done everyone best win we have had yet. HAPPY DAYS.
David B
Monday 3 November 2025
Fareham BC 1-8 Hill Park (C)
We played host for the first time this season to another new team to the league that being Hill Park, who proved to be a very good side and a team obviously going places.
Fareham scored very well in every game and getting down to the double most every leg but that nasty bug of double trouble is still being a pain and I'm sure if they made the doubles on the board twice as wide we would still hit the outside wire, so unlucky team going down 8-1
Next week Monday 10th we are away to Cross Keys (B) in the first round of the cup good luck everyone.
David B
Monday 27 October 2025
Sovereign SC (B) 6-3 Fareham BC
Playing at a new venue and a new team to the league, it's good to see such a young team who went out of there way to make us welcome and to make sure the venue had everything it needed well done Sovereign social club.
Now as for the darts two very evenly matched teams went head to head but that very annoying bug called double trouble swept though the team, both sides in every game getting down to the double together but Sovereign getting the better overall result, but for the first game of the season Fareham bowls club played very well but losing overall by 6-3 games.
Well done team great start looking forward to playing them at home.
Next week Monday 3rd of November we are at home to another new team Hill Park.
David B
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Monday 22 September 2025
To commence the Winter season, tonight a Fareham team with a very depleted side.
The Fareham 9 played a friendly against Rowner Bowling Club and if it wasn't for the thickness of the wire on more than one occasion in the last leg in the last game we would have come away with a very worthy draw but it was not to be and the final result was Rowner winning 6 games to 4.
