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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 26 MARCH 2017 53 DARTS Sport Honours even in thrilling draw DIVISION One – The much- anticipated top-of-the-table Na- tional League match between Kalkara St Joseph and Floriana Ajax A ended all square with both teams producing excep- tional play. Norbert Attard gave the visitors the lead winning the opening game but an immediate reply by the reds saw them win- ning three consecutive games for a 3-1 lead at the midway point. Wins for Kalkara coming through Kirsten Aquilna and Mario Aquilina in the singles and the same pair in the doubles. Floriana reduced the gap with Vincent Busutill winning the 5th game with Kalkara replying im- mediately through Andy Keen to secure a point. A late rally from the Greens saw them winning the last two games through David Attard in the singles and Vincent Busutill/ John Ciantar in the pairs to se- cure a hard-fought point which keeps both teams leading the way on 44 points with only 3 matches left. In other matches from the di- vision Mosta Horseshoe Bar A defeated BBugia Cox Sports Club 6-2 and from the lower part of the table a 4-4 draw between Gudja POs Bar A and Bormla Bocci Club meant that Zejtun Beland Bullseye move out of the relegation places after an 8-0 walk-over victory over Zejtun Juventutis Domus. Division Two – Hamrun Educa- tion Bar A produced a great per- formance in defeating leaders Bugibba Munchies Pub 6-2 and now lead the way on 35 points, one ahead of Bugibba. A win for Senglea M. Conquest over Flo- riana Ajax B kept their promo- tion hopes alive as they now trail Munchies in second place by three points. Division Three – Mosta Horse- shoe Bar B went into gameweek 17 needing a point to be official- ly crowned champions and they did it in style by whitewashing bottom side Mgarr The Hatch 8-0. Promotion contenders Bu- gibba Sun City and Hamrun Education Bar B both win hard fought matches against Mqabba St Mary BC and St Pauls Dia- monds respectively. Results Game-week 17 (24/03/2017) Division 1 CHAMPIONSHIP DIV: Kalka- ra St Joseph v Floriana Ajax A 4-4; BBugia Cox Sports Club A v Mosta Horseshoe Bar A 2-6. RELEGATION DIV: Gudja POs Bar A v Bormla Bocci Club 4-4; Zejtun Beland Bullseye v Zejtun Juventutis Domus 8-0. Division 2 CHAMPIONSHIP DIV: Ham- run Education Bar A v Bugibba Munchies Pub 6-2; Floriana Ajax B v Senglea M. Conquest 2-6. RELEGATION DIV: Cospicua Rangers v Gudja POs Bar B 5-3; Mosta Bocci Club v BBugia Cox Sports Club B 7-1. Division 3 St Paul`s Diamonds v Hamrun Education Bar B 3-5; Bugibba Interc. Sun City v Mqabba St Mary BC 5-3; Mosta Horseshoe Bar B v Mgarr The Hatch Sports Bar 8-0. Standings Game-week 17 (24/03/2017) Division 1 CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION: 1st Kalkara St Joseph, Floriana Ajax A – 44 points; 3rd Mosta Horseshoe Bar A – 34 points; 4th BBugia Cox Sports Club A – 14 points. RELEGATION DIVISION: 5th Zejtun Beland Bullseye – 20 points; 6th Bormla Bocci Club, Gudja POs Bar A – 18 points; 8th Zejtun Juventutis Domus (relegated) – 2 points. Division 2 CHAMPIONSHIP DIVI- SION: 1st Hamrun Education Bar A – 35 points; 2nd Bugibba Munchies Pub – 34 points; 3rd Senglea M. Conquest – 31 points; 4th Floriana Ajax B – 26 points. RELEGATION DIVISION: 5th Cospicua Rangers – 31 points; 6th Gudja POs Bar B – 16 points; 7th Mosta Bocci Club - 14 points; 8th BBugia Cox Sports Club B (relegated) – 3 points. Division 3 1st Mosta Horseshoe Bar B (champions) – 43 points; 2nd Bugibba Intercontinental Sun City – 32 points; 3rd Hamrun Education Bar B – 27 points; 4th St. Venera Red Square – 20 points; 5th Mqabba St. Mary BC – 15 points; 6th St Pauls Diamonds – 7 points; 7th Mgarr The Hatch Sports Bar – 4 points. Fixtures Game-week 18 Division 1 (21/04/2017) CHAMPIONSHIP DIV: Mosta Horseshoe Bar A v Floriana Ajax A; BBugia Cox Sports Club A v Kalkara St Joseph. RELEGATION DIV: Gudja POs Bar A v Zejtun Beland Bullseye. Division 2 (21/04/2017) CHAMPIONSHIP DIV: Flori- ana Ajax B v Bugibba Munchies Pub; Senglea M. Conquest v Hamrun Education Bar A. RELEGATION DIV: Cospicua Rangers v BBugia Cox Sports Club B; Mosta Bocci Club v Gudja POs Bar B. Division 3 (30/03/2017) Mgarr The Hatch Sports Bar v St Paul`s Diamonds; Hamrun Education Bar B v Bugibba Interc. Sun City; St. Venera Red Square v Mosta Horseshoe Bar B. John Agius - Floriana Gordon Stanmore - Kalkara Presentation - Kalkara Ranking Event