The Rugeley & District Monday Night Darts League was founded some 30 years or so ago.

A few years ago it fell into decline and stopped operating for a couple of years but was resurrected by Graham Jellyman, the Landlord of The Castle in Brereton who has taken control of it for the last three years. He is the Treasurer and Secretary of the league. Along with Chairman Neil Bott , he presides over a small committee of two, consisting of Alan Hartley and John Perry.

Over the years the format for matches has changed considerably and at the moment a match consists of 5 singles games of 301, best of 3 legs and two doubles games of 501, best of 3 legs making a total of 7 games or a potential of 21 legs per match.

The standard at the top of the league can be quite high and as it a money league it attracts some good local players. A captains league has just been added to the nights games to be played over the whole season. Because it is quite a long league a Shadow League has also been added for the lower teams to play for and give them some incentive to play the last few games when they have no chance of winning the league.
Pictured Right: The Castle, Brereton - home of the Darts League.

The league only includes pubs and clubs in the Rugeley and district area, that is Rugeley, Brereton, Handsacre and Armitage so there is very little travelling to get to matches.

The League have a brand new website which is rapidly expanding and extremely informative and fun to visit !

The Rugeley & District Monday Night Darts League Website can be found at :

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/rugeleydarts