By Marcus Uhe
Snipers have drawn level on points with Paky One in the South West Gippsland Dart League after defeating them in last week’s match-up.
In what some may view as an upset, Snipers comfortably got the better of their opponents 10-5, leapfrogging them in the process in the round-13 battle.
Not even a 96 peg from Noel, the highest of the week, was enough to secure victory for Paky One, who suffered just their third defeat of the campaign.
A pair of thrillers between 26ers and Bullseyes, and Warriors and Rebels, resulted in one-point victories for each respective winner.
The Rebels threw everything they had at Warriors in what would have been a major upset, as did Bullseyes against 26ers, but the high-ranked sides on both occasions showed why they possessed a superior ranking on the table.
Elsewhere, Gembrook established a two-win gap between themselves and their vanquished opponents in Mud Rats, overtaking Bullseyes in seventh place in the process.
Just Social remain the team to beat, thrashing The Hoodies 15-0 in an uneven clash between the top and bottom sides.
Fore had the bye.
Dean from Snipers remains the front-runner in the Tons count, inching ever so closer to the 100 mark with 79.
Players will get the chance to rest their arms for a couple of weeks before returning to the battlefields on 2 May, headlined by a huge clash between Warriors and Snipers.
Results R13: Snipers 10 v Paky One 5, Gembrook 10 v Mud Rats 5, Warriors 8 v Rebels 7, Just Social 15 v The Hoodies 0, 26ers 8 v Bullseyes 7.
Ladder R13: Just Social 44, Warriors 40, Paky One 36, Snipers 36, 26ers 32, Rebels 28, Gembrook 16, Bullseyes 16, Mud Rats 8, Fore 4, The Hoodies 0.
Fixture R14: Gembrook (7) v Fore (10), Paky One (3) v Mud Rats (9), Snipers (4) v Warriors (2), Just Social (1) v Rebels (6), 26ers (5) v Hoodies (11). Bullseyes (8) – Bye.
