NAVY Club opened up a five-point gap at the top of the Central Darts League with a key win against Harbour.

Their 6-3 victory, combined with a 5-4 triumph for Knights against bottom club Hindpool RLFC, has them firmly in the driving seat with a game in hand.

Knights climbed above Blue Lamp, who were on a bye week and are now seven points back of top spot.

Cross Keys thrower Ryan Brown hit the only 180 of the night, while Dave Parkinson (Knights) had the best knock-up, finishing on 80.

Costellos' Shaun McPoland had the best game of the evening, throwing 22 darts for his win, including a 140 and a ton.

Notable scores from the latest round of matches are as follows.

Dirty Duck: Mike Wright (2 x 140, lost); Aaron Downing (140, 100, lost); Sean McCracken (100, won); Mike Wright/Aaron Downing (100, lost).

Costellos: Shaun McPoland (140, 100, won); Peter Grydziuszko (140, won); Paul Southward (140, 121, lost); Bri Charlton (125, 100, won); Gary Armstrong (2 x 140, lost); Shaun McPoland/Peter Grydziuszko (121, 100, won); Paul Southward/Johnny Walker (100, won); Brian Charlton/Steve Bottomley (100, won).

Knights: Denis Yeates (100, won); Dave Parkinson (140, 100, won); Dave Parkinson/Ian Snaith (140, 2x 100, won); Nathan Johnson/Denis Yeates (140, 100, won).

Hindpool ARLFC: Ben Colman (100, lost); Steve Robinson (138, won); Ben Colman/Scott McGuckin (120, 100, won); Connor McDermott/Steve Robinson (100, lost).

Navy Club: Ian Goodwin (100, lost); Dave Armstrong (126, won); Pat Hunter (130, won); Paul Winter (100, won).

Harbour: Tony Lashmar (100, won); Tony Lashmar/Kev Wood (100, won).

Cross Keys: Alan Boyle (100, lost); Gareth Willis (2 x 100, won); Ryan Brown (180, lost); Gary McFarlane (100, lost); Matt Monaghan (100, won); Gary McFarlane/John Moore (110, 2 x 100, won).

Labour Club: Pip Larkin (100, lost); Eddie Backhouse (100, won); George Greenhow (125, won); Terry Davis/Pip Larkin (140, 100, won); Eddie Backhouse/George Greenhow (100, lost); Sean Raven/Andy Phillips (100, won).

STANDINGS

P

W

L

Pts

Navy Club

15

12

3

90

Knights

16

11

5

85

Blue Lamp

15

10

5

83

Cross Keys

16

11

5

76

Costellos

15

10

5

74

Ambrose

14

6

8

59

Labour Club

16

5

11

59

Dirty Duck

14

5

9

57

Harbour

16

2

14

50

Hindpool ARLFC

15

4

11

44

Results: Navy Club 6 Harbour 3, Knights 5 Hindpool ARLFC 4, Dirty Duck 2 Costellos 7, Cross Keys 4 Labour Club 5.