The Darts championship organised so well by Ashley Edwards at the end of January has spawned a new craze at The Brow and a local residents' Darts Ladder has been formed between members with play taking place most weekday teatimes, often before capacity crowds.

The rules are very simple:

1.New players must enter the ladder on the bottom rung.

2.A player may challenge an opponent up to two positions above him.

3.The reigning champion can only be challenged by the leading contender.

4.If a challenge is successful, the players swap positions.

5.A ‘Pegrum’ requires a mandatory £1 entry into the ‘500 Draw’.

6.Any ‘post-bust’ throws are also required to participate in the aforementioned draw.

As one might imagine, the competition is largely self-governing but already it seems that the 'sporting spirit' which should prevail is being challenged by those hellbent upon success at any cost and Treasurer John Everett recently became the first to be shown a yellow card for ungentlemanly conduct!

Sadly, various forms of gamesmanship are already creeping in with unscrupulous contestants refusing challenges until late in the evening by which time the challenger has despaired of being accepted and has downed half a dozen Peronis. Worryingly, it is only a matter of time before somebody gets thumped!

In what is regarded by many as a belated attempt to retore some semblance of 'law and order' to proceedings, sagacious local wine conoisseur Brian 'Your round' White (pictured right) has been appointed as Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee.

It is hoped that he will rule win an 'iron fist' and stamp out the undesirable asepcts of the game that have crept in. His powers are unlimited although concerns have already been expressed that he may be 'bought' for a few glasses of nasty plonk.