COSTELLO'S continue to hold a two-point lead at the top of the Central Darts League with the season entering the home straight.

A 6-3 victory over Knights meant they maintained their advantage over Wanderers – also 6-3 winners, against Hindpool ARLFC.

Dirty Duck's Dan Laker hit the only 180 of the night as his side went down 5-4 at Raiders Bar.

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

Raiders Bar: Ben Livesey (100) lost; Darren Churchman (140) won; Dan Payne (116) won; Dan Heslop (101) lost.

Dirty Duck: Dan Laker (180); Mike Ireland (100) lost; Dan Laker/Sean McCracken (125, 100) lost; Dave Glasgow/Mike Ireland (100) lost.

Knights: Ian Loudon (101) lost; Denis Yeates (125, 100) lost; Chris Snaith (100) lost; Tony Woolveridge (100) won; Dave Parkinson/Ian Loudon (100) lost.

Costello's: Shaun McPoland (123) won; Peter Grydziuszko (140) won; Paul Southward (140, 116, 100) won; Brian Charlton (100) won; Shaun McPoland/Peter Grydziuszko (100) won; Joas Marshall/Brian Charlton (2x100) won.

Navy Club: Ian Goodwin (2x100) lost; Ian Goodwin/Paul Armistead (100) lost.

Blue Lamp: Kev Staunton (2x140) won; Bob Boyd (100) won; Scott Linklater (100) lost; Tony Penman (100) lost; Kev Staunton (2x140) won; Bob Boyd/Scott Linklater (121) won.

Wanderers: Ethan White (118, 100) won; Peter Gaitskell (100) lost; Mike Fenton (121) won; Stu Goodwin (100) won; Ben Sowerby/Stu Goodwin (105) lost; Ethan White/Peter Gaitskell (140, 100) won.

Hindpool ARLFC: Scott McGuckin (100) won; Dale Sneesby (114, 100) won.

Labour Club: Terry Davis (100) lost; Roy Devereux (120) won; Sean Raven (100) won; Terry Davis/Pip Larkin (125, 100) lost; Eddie Backhouse/Roy Devereux (140) lost; George Greenhow/John Green (100) lost.

Harbour: Mike Irving (119) lost; Ronnie Woods/Tony Lashmar (100) won; Andy Bircher/Brian Hudson (101) won.

STANDINGS

P

W

L

Pts

Costello's

17

13

4

101

Wanderers

18

13

5

99

Knights

17

11

6

90

Blue Lamp

16

12

4

85

Navy Club

17

12

5

83

Cross Keys

17

8

9

80

Dirty Duck

17

6

11

70

Raiders Bar

18

8

10

70

Labour Club

16

7

9

66

Harbour

17

2

15

48

Hindpool ARLFC

16

1

15

45

Results: Navy Club 2 Blue Lamp 7, Wanderers 6 Hindpool ARLFC 3, Labour Club 5 Harbour 4, Raiders Bar 5 Dirty Duck 4, Knights 3 Costello's 6.