King Finishes The Year With Another
Bridges Title by Ian Holman
Danny
King (pictured) retained the Three Bridges Open title on Sunday 30th
December 2007 from an
impressive field of 72 players, beating last week's Crimbo Open winner Gary
Miles 3-0 in the final and collect £180 in prize money. King had a tough
task as he was drawn on Board 1 along with last month's other finalist Tony
Ayres and semi-finalist Andy Gurr. Also drawn on the board soon renamed the
'Board Of Death' by some of the players were PDC player Martin Burchell and
County players Paul Russell and Dave Mansell as well as Mick Clarke and last
week's Crimbo Open runner-up Paul Oakley. Burchell was the first casualty
when he lost a first round tie 3-2 against Paul Burrows having lead 2-0. In
the next round Ayres beat an off form Mick Clarke 3-0 and Danny King beat
Burrows 3-0. In the third round Ayres beat Russell 3-0 and King beat Mansell
3-0. Ayres then beat Gurr 3-0 and King made it through with a 3-1 win over
Oakley. In a repeat of last month's final King beat Ayres 3-2 in the board
final. Board 2 featured the other of last month's losing semi-finalists Rob
Cross and County player James Packer. Both players met in the third round
with Cross winning 3-1. Cross then came unstuck in the fourth round when he
lost 3-2 against Ian Holman. Holman then went on to beat Phil Gorringe 3-1
in the board final with checkouts of 101 in the first leg and 126 in the
fourth leg. County star Jim Withers took an opening game exit on Board 3 as
Mick Curren beat him 3-1. Two rounds later Gary Miles beat Curren 3-2 to set
up a board final with Gavin Studholme. In a repeat of last week's Crimbo
Open semi-final Miles made it through to the final four with a 3-1 win. Last
week's other Crimbo Open semi-finalist George Finch from Woking lost 3-0 in
his opening game against Doug Mason on Board 4. Mason went on to reach the
board final with wins against Wayne Banks and David Saker. Rob Metcalfe came
from two down to beat another County player Dave Creasey 3-2 in the third
round and then beat former London County player Graham Parker 3-2 to reach
the board final. The match up between the two County Youth players saw
Metcalfe beat Mason 3-1. Due to time restrictions both semi-finals were
played alongside each other with both King and Miles progressing with 3-0
wins. King then went on to win the final with another polished performance.
Miles picked up £90 as runner-up while losing semi-finalists Holman and
Metcalfe received £45 each. 180s were hit by Ian Holman, Danny King, Dave
Mansell, Steve Mecrow and Rob Metcalfe. Wayne Banks hit a 126 checkout. A
full list of results can be found here.
Gary Miles Wins Crimbo Open
by Ian Holman
Gary Miles from Thurrock won the
Inaugural Crimbo Open at the Crawley Labour Club on Sunday 23rd December
from an entry of 53 players. Miles beat team mate Paul Oakley 3-1 in the
final. Teresa Weir won the Ladies singles competition,
David Weir won the youth singles and Tony Ayres & Mick Clark won the flying
pairs. Further details plus full results will follow.
Local Players All Make Early Exits At
Wandsworth by Ian Holman
The local players that
travelled to the latest Wandsworth competition at the Greensides Social Club
on Sunday 16th December all failed to make the Quarter-Finals stage. Apart
from Andy Mason who slipped up against Alex Obalim 3-2 in the First Round
the other local players received byes to the Second Round. Having already
played each other hours earlier in Brighton Tony Ayres beat Warren Grantham
for the second time with legs of 17, 17 and 18 darts for a 3-0 win and a
28.90 average. Danny King lost 3-2 against John Coward despite a 14 dart
second leg win and a 180 in the final leg. Ian Holman came back from 2-0
down to beat Richard Harris 3-2, Doug Mason hit a 180 as he beat Lewis
McGurn 3-2 and Rob Metcalfe also won 3-2. In the Third Round (last 16)
Holman, Doug Mason, Metcalfe and Ayres all crashed out within a space of a
few minutes. Ayres lost 3-1 to Dave Goodwin, Holman lost 3-0 to November's
winner Tricia Wright, Doug Mason lost 3-0 to Gary Peake and Metcalfe lost
3-1 to Kevin Haste. Alan Casey went on to win the competition with a 5-2
final win against Richie Buckle.
Davis Wins Leukemia Research Shield
Brighton's Mark Davis won
the Leukemia Research Shield (Mens Singles) at the Brighton Trades and
Labour Club in Brighton on Sunday 16th December beating James Packer
(Eastbourne) in the final having beaten Tony Ayres, Oliver Sopp and Ken
Sowerby (losing semi-finalist) on route. The other losing semi-finalist was
Peter Sopp. From the players representing the Crawley and Horsham leagues
only Andy Mason made the Quarter-Finals before bowing out. Along with Ayres,
Ian Holman, Danny King, Doug Mason, Rob Metcalfe and Warren Grantham all
faced early exits. Sue Bird (Eastbourne) won the Chairmans trophy (Ladies
Singles) beating Sam Harding (Lewes) in the final. Losing semi-finalists
were Hayley Gatford (Bognor) and Rhonda west (Uckfield). Oliver Sopp
(Brighton) won the Youth Singles beating Sam Barnard (Lewes) in the final.
Losing semi-finalists were David Weir (Eastbourne) and Warren Grantham.
Finally the flying Pairs competition was won by Dave Creasey and Rick
Cousins. Losing finalists were Ken Sowerby and James Packer. Losing
semi-finalists were Sam Harding and Oliver Sopp & Peter Sopp and Paul
Russell.
Hammond, Power And Cross Take Singles At
Sussex Grand Prix by Ian Holman
Sussex
county star Michael Hammond (pictured) took the Mens Singles title at
the opening Sussex Grand Prix event of the season at Roffey Sports & Social
Club on Sunday 9th December beating Epsom's Steve Lovett 3-0 in the final with an average
of 30.67. On his way to the final Hammond knocked out Horley's Danny
King and Crawley pair Martin Burchell and Steve Mecrow before dispatching Gavin Studholme
3-2 in the semi-finals with an average of 28.05 after going two-nil down. In
the other semi-final Lovett beat Paul Russell 3-2 with a 23.79 average. Jake
Watts caused a couple of early round shocks when he put out Tony Ayres and
Dave Mansell. In the
Ladies Singles final Surrey's Laura Power beat Mal Henry from Reading 3-0 with a
20.59 average and in the Youth Singles final Rob Cross beat Dave Weir 2-1
with a 19.25 average. 10 year old Charlie Little hit a maximum in his
opening youth singles game.
Michael Hammond also won the Mens Pairs event
with Craig Deeley beating Aaron Turner and Steve Lovett 3-0 in the final.
Laura Power also completed a double with her Ladies Pairs partner Helen
Cullip. They beat Mandy Perry and Teresa Weir 3-2 in the final. In the
Flying Pairs competition Terry Harmsworth and Aaron Turner beat Jane Johnson
and Graham Judge 3-0 in the final.
A full list of singles results are available
from the links on this page.
Pairs results will follow soon.
Neil Smith Finalist In Worthington Masters
Southern Area Final
Greyhound's
Neil Smith was runner-up in this year's Worthington Masters Southern Area
Final held at Lindford Sports & Social Club in Borden, Hampshire last night
(Thursday 29th November). Missed doubles stopped Smith from picking up the
title after a 180 had given him a comfortable advantage in the final leg of
the best of three leg final against former Sussex Youth player Carl Minter.
Earlier in the evening Smith beat Bob Anderson (not the pro) in the
Quarter-Finals 2-0 and Martin Burchell 2-1. Burchell reached the semi's with
a Preliminary Round win against Neil Neat 2-1 and a Quarter-Final 2-0 win
against Paul Jennings. Ten players competed in the finals and they also took
on 13 times World Champion and recent Glad Slam of Darts
champion Phil Taylor over one leg of 501 during the evening.. Burchell was
the only player to beat Taylor on the night and received warm applause from
the enthusiastic spectators.
Ayres Beaten In Wandsworth Final
by Ian Holman
From
the nine local players that compete in the Crawley and Horsham league's that
took part in this month's Greensides Open Competition in
Wandsworth held on Sunday 25th November, Billinghurst's Tony Ayres
(pictured) made it the furthest as he reached the final where he
surprisingly lost 5-1 against England International Trisha Wright 5-1. In
the opening round Ayres played Diamonds' Nigel Panton, beating him 3-1.
Panton put up a good display and should have taken out the opening leg
having hit two 140s. He nabbed the second leg before Ayres took the next
two, hitting a 180 and finishing in 16 darts in the final leg. Next up,
Danny King comfortably beat Kevin Francis 3-0, hitting a 180 in a 15 dart
second leg and going out in 18 darts in the third leg. Ian Holman had a
shaky start and didn't get going until he was two legs down. In the third
leg he checked out on 66 in two darts and had a comfortable lead in the next
leg but blew his chance by narrowly missing doubles, losing 3-1 against Gary
Haswell. Doug Mason put up a good effort against London County player Steve
McHale but despite a 19 dart first leg went down 3-2.
In the Second Round former Semi-Finalist Rob
Metcalfe crashed out 3-1 against the impressive Alan Casey. Metcalfe took
the first leg out in 18 darts before Casey hit back with a 118 checkout in
the 3rd leg and a 180 in the 4th. Warren Grantham took out last month's
winner Dave Deruyter, hitting a maximum in the 2nd leg and checking out on
134 in the 5th leg (T20, T20, D7) with his opponent having already missed a
chance to sew up the game. Kevin Reilly was disappointed to lose 3-2 to
Kevin Chettleburgh, Andy Mason beat Johnny Stafano 3-1, Tony Ayres won 3-0
against Jason Phillips with a first leg of 16 darts and finally Danny King
comfortably beat Gary Haswell 3-0 with a 14 dart final leg.
In the last 16 Warren Grantham went down 3-1
against Graham Ayres, Andy Mason lost 3-0 to Ian Dawson, Tony Ayres beat
Steve McHale 3-0 with a 120 checkout in the 2nd leg and a 16 dart 3rd leg
and Danny King beat Keith Ramsey 3-2 after falling two-nil down, King hit a
12 dart third leg (100, 140, 140, 121) and a 13 dart last leg.
The Quarter-Finals saw a repeat of the previous
week's Three Bridges Open final with Tony Ayres taking revenge with a 3-2
win against Danny King. Each leg went with the throw with Ayres finishing
all his winning legs in 16 darts. King finished his legs in 14 and 20 darts.
Ayres average was 29.33 and King's 29.84.
The opening Semi-Final between Trisha Wright
and last month's runner-up Luke Langley saw an amazing start by the England
Ladies International, hitting two 180's to start the leg before finishing in
13 darts. She eventually booked her place in the final with a 4-2 win. In
the other tie Tony Ayres took revenge on his conqueror of last month and
September champion Richie Buckle with a 4-1 win with winning legs of 16, 17,
15 and 18 darts including a 180 and a 29.95 average.
Despite the shocking final result of 5-1 Tony
Ayres still produced an average of 26.45 and walked away with £85 in his
pocket. The winner Trisha Wright won £200 for winning the competition plus
£30 for being the furthest lady. The next competition takes place on Sunday
16th December.
Danny King Wins Inaugural Three Bridges
'Open' Singles by Ian Holman
Danny
King (pictured) became the winner of the first Three Bridges Open played
at Three Bridges Football Club on Sunday 18th November. King
started the day with a 3-2 win against Warren Grantham and went on to beat
Mick Clarke 3-0 and Doug Mason 3-0 to become Board 1 winner. In the
Semi-Finals he beat Board 2 winner Andy Gurr 3-0 and then took out Board 4
winner Tony Ayres 3-1 in the final having lost the opening leg. Ayres' route
to taking Board 4 was a 3-1 win against Bob Abbott, 3-0 against Matt Wenham
and 3-0 against Lee Ashby. In the Semi-Finals Ayres beat Board 3 winner Rob
Cross 3-0. Gurr won Board 2 beating Brian Charlton 3-1, Paul Gorringe
3-1 and Nigel Panton 3-2. Cross won Board 3 beating Kevin Reilly 3-1, Martin
Burchell 3-0 and Dave Mansell 3-2. Ayres hit three maximums on route to the
final. King hit one in the final and Roy Oxlade hit one in his Second Round
tie against Dave Mansell. King also hit a 111 finish (50,11,50). There were
33 entries with King picking up £82.50 for winning the competition, Ayres
£41.25 as runner-up and losing Semi-Finals Gurr and Cross £20.62 each. All
the singles results can be found here.
The flying pairs competition saw 38 entries with Ty Coward and Dave Creasy
beating Steve Mecrow and Martin Burchell 2-0 in the final. Creasy and
Mansell hit maximums in the flying pairs.
Burchell And Ayres Defeated In World
Championship Qualifier by Ian Holman
It
was a disappointing evening atAldersley Leisure Village in
Wolverhampton last Friday for local pair Martin
Burchell and Tony Ayres (both pictured) as they both lost their opening matches
in
the PDPA Qualifiers for the Ladbrokes.com World Championship. Ayres was
beaten 5-1 by Hampshire's Robbie Newland in the First Round. Newland went
out in the next round to Peter Evison. Burchell had a bye to the Second
Round where he came unstuck against tenth seed Wayne Atwood. The Welshman
won 5-1 but also crashed out in the following round 5-3 against Shayne
Burgess. The eight qualifiers to make it through to the finals at Alexandra
Palace next month were Steve Maish, Jan van der Rassel, Colin Monk, Steve
Evans, Jamie Caven, Steve Hine, Kirk Shepherd and Jason Barry.
Sperry Trio Win Paul Matthews Trebles
by Barry Moody
Crawley
Monday League leaders Sperry retained the Paul Matthews Memorial Trebles
title at Three Bridges Football Club for the third year running with Steve Mecrow, Phil Smith and Mal
Bradford repeating their 2005 success and a £60 payout. Runners-up were The
Swan with Adam Campbell, Graham Brook and Will Bolton losing out 2-1 in the
final having won the opening leg. The Royal Oak's two trebles both made the
Semi-Finals with Nick Little's treble knocking out last year's winners Ernie
Potter, Colin Whiley and John Nisbet in the Quarter-Finals before going out
to the eventual winners. Following the trebles was a flying pairs
competition that provided some consolation for The Swan's Graham Brook as he
paired up with Labour Reds Ty Coward to win the final 2-1 against Stuart
Campbell (Labour Rebels) and Dave Chamberlain (The Swan).
Ayres Wins Champion Of Champions
by Barry Moody & Ian Holman
Tony
Ayres (pictured) won the Sussex Super League Champion Of Champions title
on Sunday 11th November and collected the £200 first prize, beating Danny King 3-0 in a
high scoring final at the Brighton Trades & Labour Club. Losing
semi-finalists were former Charcoal Burner player James Greenfield and
Eastbourne's Jim Withers. Ayres along with Nigel Panton were runners-up in
the 'Harveys' Rosebowl, losing out to Eastbourne pair Withers and James
Packer. Lewes star Rod Hawkins picked up the day's Blue Riband award as a 50
plus field competed for the Singles title. Hawkins won the 'Brookes Sports'
Cup beating Darren Woolgar from Newhaven in the final. On route to his win
Hawkins put out Pete Crossley, Gavin Redshaw, Dave Creasey, Danny King and
Ricki Blay.
Finishing Lets Burchell Down In Holland
by Ian Holman
Martin
Burchell (pictured) went out in the opening round of last Saturday's Players
Championship in Lisse, Holland against Dutchman Toon Greebe. Burchell was
beaten in three straight sets although they all ended up 2-1 in legs in
Greebe's favour despite Burchell having chances to take each deciding legs.
Greebe went out to Ronnie Baxter in the Second Round. In yesterday's Players
Championship Burchell had a tough task against PDC ranked number 22 Andy
Smith in the Second Round, having received a bye in the opening round.
Unfortunately Burchell suffered another 3-0 defeat with Smith going on to
reach the fourth round (last 32) before being knocked out by Londoner Jason
Clark. Phil Taylor won both events, beating Chris Mason 3-0 in the final on
Saturday and world champion Raymond van Berneveld 3-2 yesterday.
Neil Smith Wins Worthington Masters
Regional Final
Sussex
and Roffey star Neil Smith won the South-East Regional Final of the Worthington Masters held at Three Bridges Football
Club this afternoon (Sunday 28th October), beating PDC player
Martin Burchell 2-1 in the final. On route to the final Smith beat Keith
Jackson from Sheerness and Horley Sports & Social Club pair Glen Davies and
Mark Diment. Burchell beat Tim Robinson from Tonbridge and Lee Dalley from
Merstham Village Club. Both Smith and Burchell hit 180s in their semi-final
ties and both go through to the Finals night at Lindford Sports & Social
Club in Bordon, Hampshire on Thursday 29th November. Both players will get
to play 13 times World champion Phil Taylor on the night. A "twisted" flying
pairs competition was run following the Regional Final with Lee Dalley and
Dave Thompson (Sheerness) beating Martin Burchell and Mick Sykes 2-0 in the
final. Results of the Worthington Masters can be found
here and the "twisted" flying pairs
here.
Twelve Dart Leg For Reilly Not Enough as
Six Struggle In Wandsworth
Six
players who compete in the Crawley and Horsham league's couldn't match last
month's Semi-Final appearance by Rob Metcalfe as they all crashed out before
the Quarter-Final's stage of this month's Wandsworth open competition held
at the Greenside social club last Sunday evening (21st October). In the opening round
Kevin Reilly (pictured) won 3-1 and Danny King 3-0 with Tony Ayres,
Warren Grantham, Ian Holman and Andy Mason all receiving byes. Mason
advanced to the Third round with a 3-1 win. Grantham and Holman both lost
3-0 in the Second Round. Reilly went out to a Middlesex Youth player 3-2
with all legs going with throw despite a 12 dart finish in the 2nd leg from
Reilly that included a 180 and a 100 finish. Ayres swiftly progressed to the
Third Round with a comfortable 3-0 win that included a 141 finish in the
opening leg. Missed doubles in the final leg saw King go down 3-2 against
London county player Ian Dawson. Mason and Ayres both missed out on a place
in the last eight, Mason losing 3-2 while Ayres lost 3-1 to last month's
champion Richard Buckle despite taking the opening leg.
Burchell In Scotland
Martin Burchell
narrowly lost in the Third Round of the Blue Square UK Open Scottish
Regional Finals on Sunday 21st October, going out 5-4 against Harry Anderson
and missing out on a Fourth Round encounter with PDC number five Peter
Manley. Burchell earlier beat Brian Jones 5-3 in the Second Round after an
opening round bye. The Third Round defeat earnt Burchell £100 in prize
money. World number three James Wade won the final with an 8-2 against
Ronnie Baxter. The previous day in the Scottish Players Championship
Burchell suffered an opening round 3-1 defeat against Jason Crawley. Andy
Smith won the final with a 3-0 win against James Wade.
Early Exits For Burchell In Ireland
Martin Burchell lost in his opening game in the Blue Square UK Open Irish
Regional Finals. Going down 5-3 against Nigel Peden and missing out on
playing PDC number 12 John Part in the next round. Current world champion
Raymond van Barneveld went on to win the final at the Citywest Hotel in
Dublin 8-2 against Kevin McDine after beating Colin Monk 7-0 in the
semi-finals.
Burchell also lost in opening
round of the Irish Players Championship at the same venue. This time missing
out on a Second Round tie against PDC number seven Adrian Lewis. 20 year old
Dutchman Rico Vonck beat Burchell by three sets to one. Phil Taylor won the
final 3-0 against James Wade.
Whiley Wins Alan Bowyer Singles Memorial
Trophy For Third Year Running
The
Crawley Monday League got under way on 1st October with Sperry's Colin
Whiley winning the Alan Bowyer Singles Memorial Trophy for the third year
running beating Downsman's Duane Adams 3-1 in the final. Adams took the
first leg of the final with a 68 finish after Whiley had missed a bullseye
for a twelve dart game. Whiley then took out a fifteen dart leg with an 82
finish to level before taking command in the next two legs including a 112
checkout in the final leg. On route to the final Whiley beat Dave Critchley
(TB Bumbles) in the Semi-Finals while Adams beat the Swan's Will Bolton. A
field of over forty players took part with Adam Campbell (The Swan) and Phil
Stoner (Royal Oak) hitting maximums. Tom Walker (The Swan) hit the night's
highest finish of 122. More than £190 was raised with a proportion going to
the League's nominated charity. Full results can be found
here.
Good Effort From Ayres In Grand Slam Of
Darts Qualifier
Crawley,
Chichester and Dorset Open champion Tony Ayres (pictured) put up a
good performancein the ITV Wildcard Qualifier of the PartyBets.com
Grand Slam of Darts this afternoon (Sunday 30th September) at Aldersley Leisure Village
in Wolverhampton. The
Billingshurst player was one of 230 players hoping to take one of the two
qualifying places up for grabs for November's Inaugural Grand Slam of Darts
to be held at Wolverhampton Civic and covered by ITV. Ayres won his
board beating Paul Molineux 5-1, Chris Sargeant 5-3 and Lee Holden 5-1
before going out to PDC ranked number 18 Dennis Ovens 5-2 in the last 32.
Ovens went on to make the final qualifying round where he was beaten by
Chris Mason (PDC ranked number 21). The other qualifier was Kevin McDine
(PDC ranked number 77).
Gurr And King Take Flying Pairs
Andy
Gurr (pictured) and Danny King shared £50 for winning the
'Open Flying Pairs' competition held at Three Bridges Football
Club last night (Friday 28th September). In a tense final they beat Pete
Crossley and Martin Burchell 3-2. On route to the final Gurr and King beat
Mick Sykes and Kevin Reilly, Warren Grantham and Mick Curren then Larry
Kavanah and Tommy Lewis. Runners-up, Crossley and Burchell progressed to the
final with wins against Dave Chamberlain and Graham Brook, Ian Munt and
Nigel Panton then Terry Britt and Dave Critchley.
A Flying 'Twisted' Pairs competition followed
the main competition where each pair played a leg of singles then a deciding
one leg of pairs if required. Dave Chamberlain and Ian Holman won the final
against Nigel Panton and Pete Crossley. On route to the final Chamberlain
and Holman put out Mal Terry and Mick Sykes then Andy Gurr and Dave Miles.
Panton and Crossley made the final with wins against Danny King and Matt
McCormack, Chris Clewer and Graham Brook then Doug Mason and Warren
Grantham.
Burchell Out In Third Round In Wales
Crawley's
Martin Burchell was knocked out at the Third Round stage (last 64) of the
Blue Square UK Open Welsh Regional Finals at the Newport Centre on Sunday
23rd September. Having received a bye through to the Second Round, Burchell
put out Scotland's Jim Leighton 5-1 before going down by the same score
against Yorkshire's Martyn Turner. World number three James Wade went on to
beat Raymond van Berneveld 8-7 in the final. The event was one of eight regional
events played over an eight month period. The top 128 players from the
events gain entry to the televised Finals at Bolton next June. Last season
Burchell competed in seven of the events winning £150 giving him a ranking
of 90. The next event in the series is the Irish Regional Finals in Dublin
on 7th October.
Burchell also crashed out
at the Third Round stage (last 64) in the Welsh Players Championship event
held on Saturday 22nd September. Once again the 'Diamonds' player had a bye
through to the Second Round where he beat Surrey's Ben Burton 3-2 before
going out against world ranked number 10 Roland Scholten 3-1. World champion
Raymond van Berneveld went on to win the tournament with a 3-0 win against
Alex Roy in the final.
Burchell picked up £100 prize money from the UK
Open Regional event and £75 from the Players Championship event.
Worthington Masters Qualifier at Three
Bridges Football Club
Martin
Burchell and Neil Smith have made it through to the Area Final of the
Worthington Masters from the qualifying competition held at Three Bridges
Football Club last night (Friday 21st September 2007). Burchell, currently
ranked 75 in the PDC order of merit qualified with wins against Roy Oxlade,
Mal Terry and Dave Mansell hitting a 180 along the way and a 15 dart
check-out. Sussex County player Smith, beat Justin Terry, Dave Critchley,
Paul Chesworth and Danny King. The event attracted 28 entries with Terry
Harmsworth returning after 18 months out of the game with a 180. Dave Miles
hit the night's highest check-out (146) and Ty Coward had a 121 finish.
Smith was the night's overall champion as he beat Burchell in the best of
three leg final. Full results can be found
here. A flying pairs competition followed the main event with Dave
Critchley and Martin Burchell beating Kevin Reilly and Ty Coward in the
final. Full results from the flying pairs are available
here.
Roffey Players Fail In World Championship
Qualifier
Sussex staged their playoffs for
the "Lakeside" sponsored World Professional Championship at the Brighton
Trades and Labour Club on Sunday 16th September with entries from a class
field of County and Super League players. Their goal, a place in the final
qualifying stage of the competition at Bridlington in November with the
possibility of qualifying for the televised finals at Lakeside next January
that has a prize fund of £300,000.
The
ultimate winner was Brighton's County star Michael Hammond after he beat
Bognor's Simon Casey Rodgers in the final by two sets to nil. Hammond,
currently seventh in the Super League averages for Newhaven, beat Roffey's
Danny King as well as Richard Ford (Ticehurst) and Ken Sowerby (Worthing).
Rodgers reached the final with wins against
Roffey's Dave Mansell (pictured), Dave Creasey (Eastbourne) and Luke
Bartley (Ticehurst).
Rob Metcalfe Reaches Semi-Finals In
Wandsworth (Sunday 16th September 2007)
After
a good performance including a 180 and a 122 finish Rob Metcalfe
(pictured) bowed out at the Semi-Final stage in Greenside Social Club's
September Open competition against eventual winner Richard Buckle (London) 4-2.
Buckle went on to beat Essex 'A' and Crawley Open Semi-Finalist James
Allison 5-2 in the final which started off with 13 dart finishes for both
players. Buckle picked up £150 in prize money, Allison £75 and the
semi-finalists Metcalfe and Ian McNeil (London) £25 each. Metcalfe went on to collect
another £15 for winning the flying pairs with Steve Mead (London) 3-2 against Allison
and Danny Fleming (Essex). Greenside's next competition will be held on 21st
October. Players need to register by 5pm and entry is £6 on the day.
Summer League Singles Competition
From
a field of 40 entries Greyhound's Danny King (pictured) won the
Crawley Summer League Singles competition held at Three Bridges Football
Club beating Rugby Club's Larry Kavanah 2-0 in the final. King made his way
to the final with wins against Graham Brook, Graeme Carden, Doug Mason and
Mick Curren. Kavanah beat Pete Crossley, Stan Jackson, Rob Metcalfe and Tye
Coward. Six 180s were hit on the night with one each from Tony Arnold, Mick
Curren, Stan Jackson, Larry Kavanah, Dave Mansell and John Nisbet. Full
results can be found here.
The Scottish & Newcastle Crawley Open
2007 Round-up
by Barry Moody
The
"Crawley Open" stays in Sussex thanks to Billingshurst star Tony Ayres (pictured)
taking the title at a packed Labour Supporters Club in West Green. Fresh
from recent wins at the Dorset and Chichester Open events, Tony dominated a
64 strong field which included top players from across the South of England.
Last year's winner Jim Withers (Eastbourne), went out in the Quarter-Finals
to Essex star James Allison in a high-scoring match.
Tony
battled through five rounds to win this ever popular event, beating
Crawley's Martin Burchell and Allison to reach the final. There he was
opposed by the PDC ranked Lionel Sams but secured the match with his
accurate scoring and finishing to win 3-0 with a 25.47 average and take the
title and £250 'Scottish and Newcastle' sponsored cash prize.
On his
way to the final Lionel defeated Surrey's John Ferrell and Sussex 'A' team
player Ken Sowerby (Worthing).
The
Ladies event attracted a smaller entry this year but still produced a top
class final featuring Lewes Super League star Elaine Chapman and local girl
Jo Lynch. Elaine reached the final by beating last year's winner Sue Bird
(Edenbridge) and in a close fought final she showed all the class that has
won her a place in the Sussex County squad this season, winning 3-0 and
collecting the £40 cash prize.
Labour
Club star Stuart Campbell made up for his First Round exit from the Open by
winning the plate event and the £80 cash prize. The popular "Dingles" player
defeated Horley's Tim King 2-0 in the final.
The
Flying Pairs competition, always well supported, saw Crawley's Dave Miles
team up with Sussex County star Jim Withers to take the £100 prize money
beating Danny King (Roffey) and local youngster Paul Richardson in the
final.
Organisers, Crawley Monday League distributed more than £900 in cash in
prize monies over the four events.
Full results of all four competitions are now available from
here.
Danny King Misses Out On TV Appearance
Roffey
and Greyhound's Danny King (pictured) missed out on a place in the
televised stages of the Winmau World Masters to be held in Bridlington in
November. In the final qualification held at Staverton Park in Daventry,
Northants yesterday (Sunday 19th August 2007) King won his First Round tie
against Lancashire's Shaun Liptrot by two sets to nil before bowing out 2-1
against Cheshire's Robert Arrowsmith. Sussex's other representative Ken Sowerby
(Worthing) fell at the same stage, also losing 2-1 against Andy Meikle. The
eight qualifiers for the BBC covered event are Martin Davey (Devon), Peter
Jacques (Yorkshire), Alan McNaughton (Cumbria), Brian Startin (Derbyshire),
James Wilson (Yorkshire), Andy Steed (Cornwall), Stephen Lovett (Surrey) and
Steve Farmer (Shropshire).
Mick Clarke Wins S & B Singles Cup
Mick
Clarke (pictured) won this year's S & B Singles Competition at the
Labour Club from an entry of thirty players last Sunday (5th August),
beating Nigel Panton 3-1 in the final. On route to the title Clarke beat
Steve Souter in the Quarter-Finals and Steve Mecrow in the Semi's. Panton
beat Danny King in the Quarters and Andy Mason in the Semi's. The other
Quarter-Finals results saw Mecrow beat Rob Metcalfe and Mason beat Alex
Whiteside. There were eight 180's hit in the competition. Clarke
picked up £70 in prize money, £35 went to Panton and £15 each to Mason and
Mecrow.
Labour Club Competitions Round-up
by Barry Moody
Crawley
Labour Club recently completed the staging of their annual darts
tournaments. The five events run over one month received the support of more
than 100 members and local league players and raised £280 for this year's
nominated charity, The Heart Foundation
Now in
it's 21st year, The "Dick Barry" Cup attracted entries from thirty players
and saw a new name engraved on the cup. Labour Reds Ty Coward (pictured)
took the title beating the Dingles player Stuart Campbell 3-0 in an exiting
final.
.In the
under 18 event Warren Grantham retained The "Joan Wright" Cup in a repeat of
last year's final, beating Chris Pritchard 2-0.
The Ladies competition for the
Rosebowl drew a good response and again provided a repeat of the 2006 final.
This year Margaret Beard reversed the result defeating Mal Terry 2-0 to win
the trophy.
With
the popularity of "Flying Pairs" competitions the club presented the
Chairmans Cup for this new event which, with a prize fund of Fifty pounds,
attracted twenty entries. The first names on the trophy will be Nigel Panton
and Kevin Reilly after they defeated Warren Grantham and Steven Clark 3-0 in
the final.
Details
of the S & B Cup competition can be found above.
Horsham 5s Win Inter-League Competition
by Dave Miles
At
a packed Three Bridges Football Club on Friday night, the Horsham 5s team
(pictured) were crowned Sussex Inter-League Champions, after a tense
final against Billingshurst they eventually emerged victorious 5-4.
In the semis Horsham
5s League ended the Crawley Friday Darts Leagues hopes of retaining the Cup
won in Horsham last year. Hot favourites Crawley were sent crashing 6-3,
this after Crawley won the opening two games through Martin Burchell & Pete
Crossley, Horsham fought back and levelled the match with wins for Neil
Smith & Kez Botting, further victories for Lee Gladman [Crawley] & Dave
Miles [Horsham] kept it level at 3-3, thereafter Nigel Panton, Andy Mason
& Gary Strong proved too good for Crawley giving Horsham a comfortable
win. Nine 180s were hit in the match, Strong [2], Panton [2] and Miles for
Horsham, while Burchell [2], Mick Clarke and Richard Stanford replied for
Crawley.
Billinghurst went
through to the final by soundly beating the Chichester side 7-2 represented
by the Regnum darts League, wins for Andy Alderton, Tony Ayres, John Dawes,
Dave Bullen, Brian Stevens, Chas Johnstone & Ady Davey clinched the game,
Chichester picked up there wins via Del Smith & Pat O`Hara.
Crawley with wins from
Burchell, Crossley, Clarke, Gladman & Andy Gurr beat Chichester for 3rd
place 5-0, 180s during this game came for Andy Gurr [Crawley] and Adie
Linfield [2] Chichester.
The final proved to be
an exciting encounter, with Horsham having to come from being 4-2 down to
win the Cup. Strong & Botting edged Horsham in front, but Billingshurst
hit back by taking the next four games through Ayres, Bullen, Johnstone &
Stevens to lead 4-2. Needing to win all three remaining games, Horsham
rallied, firstly Andy Mason, then Dave Ansell levelled the scores. It was
left to the youngest player competing Doug Mason to clinch a remarkable
Horsham 5s victory when he beat Ady Davey. Strong for Horsham and Ayres,
Bullen for Billingshurst all hit 180s in the Final. Next year the
competition will be held in Chichester. More photos can be found
here.
Ayres Wins Dorset Open
Billinghurst's
Tony Ayres (pictured) picked
up £600 in prize money for winning the inaugural Dorset Open competition
held at The Trinity Club in Dorchester. From a field of 228 entries Ayres
beat rising PDC player Simon Whatley and former BDO World Championship
Quarter-Finalist on his way to the title.
Early Exits In Vegas For Crawley Four -
Wednesday 4th July 2007
It
was a disappointing day for Crawley's four representatives in the second and
final day of qualifying for the Las Vegas Desert Classic, as they all lost
at the first attempt. Steve Mecrow went close again in his first round tie,
losing in the deciding leg against Breconshire's Pete Aleman. Phil Smith
went down 4-2 against New Yorker, Jim McPherson while both Martin Burchell
and Steve Souter (pictured) had byes to the second round where they
both failed to win a leg. Dan Olson from Ontario ended Burchell's hopes and
Paul Cohen from Oxfordshire saw off Souter. The eight qualifiers from the
day were John Ferrell, Steve Smith, Tony Eccles, Mark Dudbridge, Stuart
Holden, Andy Smith, Alan Tabern and Vincent van der Voort. A full round-up
can be found
here.
Mecrow Goes Close In Vegas - Tuesday 3rd
July 2007
Steve
Mecrow almost pulled off an opening round win in yesterday's Las Vegas
Desert Classic Qualifying Competition when he took Illinois State Champion
Stephen Panuncialman to a deciding leg in their best of seven encounter.
Mecrow was one of four players from Crawley Friday League Champions
'Diamonds' looking for a place in the televised main draw. Phil Smith was
another opening round casualty, going out 4-0 against Englishman Robert
Watson-Lang. Martin Burchell made it through to the Second Round (Last 128)
with a 4-1 opening round win against Dana Dayton before going out 4-2
against Steve Brown. Finally, Steve Souter had a bye to the Second Round
where he lost 4-1 to John Worthington. The eight qualifiers to progress were
Dennis Smith, Wes Newton, Steve Maish, Kevin Painter, Steve Beaton, Colin
Osborne, Mervyn King and Ray Carver.
Burchell Beaten By
Priestley In Vegas - Monday 2nd July 2007
Crawley's Martin
Burchell (pictured) fell to a 3-0 defeat against double World champion and
current world number six Dennis Priestley in the opening round of the Las
Vegas Players Championship played at Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort
yesterday (1st July). Priestley went on to beat Colin Monk, Alex Roy, Bill
Davis and Colin Lloyd before being beaten by eventual winner and current
world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the Semi-Finals. Further details can
be found
here.
Sussex Grand Prix News - Sunday 24th June
2007
The sixth and final Sussex Grand
Prix event of the series took place this afternoon at the Roffey Sports &
Social Club. Phil Waltham of Middlesex won the Mens Singles final with a 3-2
win against Aaron Turner (Surrey). The Ladies Singles was an all Surrey
affair with Laura Power beating Jane Lewis 3-0 in the final. 16-year-old Rob
Cross from Edenbridge (who also made it to the last eight of the Mens
singles) won the Under 18's event with a two-nil win over 14-year-old Matt
Wenham from Eastbourne.
Players Championship Round-up
- Monday 18th June 2007
Crawley's Martin Burchell has
moved up one place in the PDC Order of Merit to 74 after suffering two
opening round defeats this weekend at the Players Championship events at
Hayling Island. On Saturday afternoon Burchell was beaten 3-1 by Mark Layton
and on Sunday went down 3-0 against 15th seed Kevin Painter. A round-up of
Saturday's competition which saw Terry Jenkins beat Wes Newton in the final
can be found
here. Also some photo's taken on the Saturday can be found
here. Sunday's event saw Canadian John Part pick up the first prize of
£2,500 with a 3-1 final victory over Mervyn King. A round-up of Sunday's
action can be found
here. After Sunday's event the draw was made for the 2007 Stan James
World Matchplay to be held at Blackpool towards the end of next month.
Danny
King (pictured) retained the Three Bridges Open title on Sunday 30th
December 2007 from an
impressive field of 72 players, beating last week's Crimbo Open winner Gary
Miles 3-0 in the final and collect £180 in prize money. King had a tough
task as he was drawn on Board 1 along with last month's other finalist Tony
Ayres and semi-finalist Andy Gurr. Also drawn on the board soon renamed the
'Board Of Death' by some of the players were PDC player Martin Burchell and
County players Paul Russell and Dave Mansell as well as Mick Clarke and last
week's Crimbo Open runner-up Paul Oakley. Burchell was the first casualty
when he lost a first round tie 3-2 against Paul Burrows having lead 2-0. In
the next round Ayres beat an off form Mick Clarke 3-0 and Danny King beat
Burrows 3-0. In the third round Ayres beat Russell 3-0 and King beat Mansell
3-0. Ayres then beat Gurr 3-0 and King made it through with a 3-1 win over
Oakley. In a repeat of last month's final King beat Ayres 3-2 in the board
final. Board 2 featured the other of last month's losing semi-finalists Rob
Cross and County player James Packer. Both players met in the third round
with Cross winning 3-1. Cross then came unstuck in the fourth round when he
lost 3-2 against Ian Holman. Holman then went on to beat Phil Gorringe 3-1
in the board final with checkouts of 101 in the first leg and 126 in the
fourth leg. County star Jim Withers took an opening game exit on Board 3 as
Mick Curren beat him 3-1. Two rounds later Gary Miles beat Curren 3-2 to set
up a board final with Gavin Studholme. In a repeat of last week's Crimbo
Open semi-final Miles made it through to the final four with a 3-1 win. Last
week's other Crimbo Open semi-finalist George Finch from Woking lost 3-0 in
his opening game against Doug Mason on Board 4. Mason went on to reach the
board final with wins against Wayne Banks and David Saker. Rob Metcalfe came
from two down to beat another County player Dave Creasey 3-2 in the third
round and then beat former London County player Graham Parker 3-2 to reach
the board final. The match up between the two County Youth players saw
Metcalfe beat Mason 3-1. Due to time restrictions both semi-finals were
played alongside each other with both King and Miles progressing with 3-0
wins. King then went on to win the final with another polished performance.
Miles picked up £90 as runner-up while losing semi-finalists Holman and
Metcalfe received £45 each. 180s were hit by Ian Holman, Danny King, Dave
Mansell, Steve Mecrow and Rob Metcalfe. Wayne Banks hit a 126 checkout. A
full list of results can be found here.
Gary Miles from Thurrock won the
Inaugural Crimbo Open at the Crawley Labour Club on Sunday 23rd December
from an entry of 53 players. Miles beat team mate Paul Oakley 3-1 in the
final. Teresa Weir won the Ladies singles competition,
David Weir won the youth singles and Tony Ayres & Mick Clark won the flying
pairs. Further details plus full results will follow. 
Brighton's Mark Davis won
the Leukemia Research Shield (Mens Singles) at the Brighton Trades and
Labour Club in Brighton on Sunday 16th December beating James Packer
(Eastbourne) in the final having beaten Tony Ayres, Oliver Sopp and Ken
Sowerby (losing semi-finalist) on route. The other losing semi-finalist was
Peter Sopp. From the players representing the Crawley and Horsham leagues
only Andy Mason made the Quarter-Finals before bowing out. Along with Ayres,
Ian Holman, Danny King, Doug Mason, Rob Metcalfe and Warren Grantham all
faced early exits. Sue Bird (Eastbourne) won the Chairmans trophy (Ladies
Singles) beating Sam Harding (Lewes) in the final. Losing semi-finalists
were Hayley Gatford (Bognor) and Rhonda west (Uckfield). Oliver Sopp
(Brighton) won the Youth Singles beating Sam Barnard (Lewes) in the final.
Losing semi-finalists were David Weir (Eastbourne) and Warren Grantham.
Finally the flying Pairs competition was won by Dave Creasey and Rick
Cousins. Losing finalists were Ken Sowerby and James Packer. Losing
semi-finalists were Sam Harding and Oliver Sopp & Peter Sopp and Paul
Russell. 
Sussex
county star Michael Hammond (pictured) took the Mens Singles title at
the opening Sussex Grand Prix event of the season at Roffey Sports & Social
Club on Sunday 9th December beating Epsom's Steve Lovett 3-0 in the final with an average
of 30.67. On his way to the final Hammond knocked out Horley's Danny
King and Crawley pair Martin Burchell and Steve Mecrow before dispatching Gavin Studholme
3-2 in the semi-finals with an average of 28.05 after going two-nil down. In
the other semi-final Lovett beat Paul Russell 3-2 with a 23.79 average. Jake
Watts caused a couple of early round shocks when he put out Tony Ayres and
Dave Mansell. In the
Ladies Singles final Surrey's Laura Power beat Mal Henry from Reading 3-0 with a
20.59 average and in the Youth Singles final Rob Cross beat Dave Weir 2-1
with a 19.25 average. 10 year old Charlie Little hit a maximum in his
opening youth singles game.
Greyhound's
Neil Smith was runner-up in this year's Worthington Masters Southern Area
Final held at Lindford Sports & Social Club in Borden, Hampshire last night
(Thursday 29th November). Missed doubles stopped Smith from picking up the
title after a 180 had given him a comfortable advantage in the final leg of
the best of three leg final against former Sussex Youth player Carl Minter.
Earlier in the evening Smith beat Bob Anderson (not the pro) in the
Quarter-Finals 2-0 and Martin Burchell 2-1. Burchell reached the semi's with
a Preliminary Round win against Neil Neat 2-1 and a Quarter-Final 2-0 win
against Paul Jennings. Ten players competed in the finals and they also took
on 13 times World Champion and recent Glad Slam of Darts
champion Phil Taylor over one leg of 501 during the evening.. Burchell was
the only player to beat Taylor on the night and received warm applause from
the enthusiastic spectators. 
From
the nine local players that compete in the Crawley and Horsham league's that
took part in this month's Greensides Open Competition in
Wandsworth held on Sunday 25th November, Billinghurst's Tony Ayres
(pictured) made it the furthest as he reached the final where he
surprisingly lost 5-1 against England International Trisha Wright 5-1. In
the opening round Ayres played Diamonds' Nigel Panton, beating him 3-1.
Panton put up a good display and should have taken out the opening leg
having hit two 140s. He nabbed the second leg before Ayres took the next
two, hitting a 180 and finishing in 16 darts in the final leg. Next up,
Danny King comfortably beat Kevin Francis 3-0, hitting a 180 in a 15 dart
second leg and going out in 18 darts in the third leg. Ian Holman had a
shaky start and didn't get going until he was two legs down. In the third
leg he checked out on 66 in two darts and had a comfortable lead in the next
leg but blew his chance by narrowly missing doubles, losing 3-1 against Gary
Haswell. Doug Mason put up a good effort against London County player Steve
McHale but despite a 19 dart first leg went down 3-2.
It
was a disappointing evening at Aldersley Leisure Village in
Wolverhampton last Friday for local pair Martin
Burchell and Tony Ayres (both pictured) as they both lost their opening matches
in
the PDPA Qualifiers for the Ladbrokes.com World Championship. Ayres was
beaten 5-1 by Hampshire's Robbie Newland in the First Round. Newland went
out in the next round to Peter Evison. Burchell had a bye to the Second
Round where he came unstuck against tenth seed Wayne Atwood. The Welshman
won 5-1 but also crashed out in the following round 5-3 against Shayne
Burgess. The eight qualifiers to make it through to the finals at Alexandra
Palace next month were Steve Maish, Jan van der Rassel, Colin Monk, Steve
Evans, Jamie Caven, Steve Hine, Kirk Shepherd and Jason Barry. 
Crawley
Monday League leaders Sperry retained the Paul Matthews Memorial Trebles
title at Three Bridges Football Club for the third year running with Steve Mecrow, Phil Smith and Mal
Bradford repeating their 2005 success and a £60 payout. Runners-up were The
Swan with Adam Campbell, Graham Brook and Will Bolton losing out 2-1 in the
final having won the opening leg. The Royal Oak's two trebles both made the
Semi-Finals with Nick Little's treble knocking out last year's winners Ernie
Potter, Colin Whiley and John Nisbet in the Quarter-Finals before going out
to the eventual winners. Following the trebles was a flying pairs
competition that provided some consolation for The Swan's Graham Brook as he
paired up with Labour Reds Ty Coward to win the final 2-1 against Stuart
Campbell (Labour Rebels) and Dave Chamberlain (The Swan). 
Six
players who compete in the Crawley and Horsham league's couldn't match last
month's Semi-Final appearance by Rob Metcalfe as they all crashed out before
the Quarter-Final's stage of this month's Wandsworth open competition held
at the Greenside social club last Sunday evening (21st October). In the opening round
Kevin Reilly (pictured) won 3-1 and Danny King 3-0 with Tony Ayres,
Warren Grantham, Ian Holman and Andy Mason all receiving byes. Mason
advanced to the Third round with a 3-1 win. Grantham and Holman both lost
3-0 in the Second Round. Reilly went out to a Middlesex Youth player 3-2
with all legs going with throw despite a 12 dart finish in the 2nd leg from
Reilly that included a 180 and a 100 finish. Ayres swiftly progressed to the
Third Round with a comfortable 3-0 win that included a 141 finish in the
opening leg. Missed doubles in the final leg saw King go down 3-2 against
London county player Ian Dawson. Mason and Ayres both missed out on a place
in the last eight, Mason losing 3-2 while Ayres lost 3-1 to last month's
champion Richard Buckle despite taking the opening leg. 
The
Crawley Monday League got under way on 1st October with Sperry's Colin
Whiley winning the Alan Bowyer Singles Memorial Trophy for the third year
running beating Downsman's Duane Adams 3-1 in the final. Adams took the
first leg of the final with a 68 finish after Whiley had missed a bullseye
for a twelve dart game. Whiley then took out a fifteen dart leg with an 82
finish to level before taking command in the next two legs including a 112
checkout in the final leg. On route to the final Whiley beat Dave Critchley
(TB Bumbles) in the Semi-Finals while Adams beat the Swan's Will Bolton. A
field of over forty players took part with Adam Campbell (The Swan) and Phil
Stoner (Royal Oak) hitting maximums. Tom Walker (The Swan) hit the night's
highest finish of 122. More than £190 was raised with a proportion going to
the League's nominated charity. Full results can be found
Andy
Gurr (pictured) and Danny King shared £50 for winning the
'Open Flying Pairs' competition held at Three Bridges Football
Club last night (Friday 28th September). In a tense final they beat Pete
Crossley and Martin Burchell 3-2. On route to the final Gurr and King beat
Mick Sykes and Kevin Reilly, Warren Grantham and Mick Curren then Larry
Kavanah and Tommy Lewis. Runners-up, Crossley and Burchell progressed to the
final with wins against Dave Chamberlain and Graham Brook, Ian Munt and
Nigel Panton then Terry Britt and Dave Critchley.
The
ultimate winner was Brighton's County star Michael Hammond after he beat
Bognor's Simon Casey Rodgers in the final by two sets to nil. Hammond,
currently seventh in the Super League averages for Newhaven, beat Roffey's
Danny King as well as Richard Ford (Ticehurst) and Ken Sowerby (Worthing).
After
a good performance including a 180 and a 122 finish Rob Metcalfe
(pictured) bowed out at the Semi-Final stage in Greenside Social Club's
September Open competition against eventual winner Richard Buckle (London) 4-2.
Buckle went on to beat Essex 'A' and Crawley Open Semi-Finalist James
Allison 5-2 in the final which started off with 13 dart finishes for both
players. Buckle picked up £150 in prize money, Allison £75 and the
semi-finalists Metcalfe and Ian McNeil (London) £25 each. Metcalfe went on to collect
another £15 for winning the flying pairs with Steve Mead (London) 3-2 against Allison
and Danny Fleming (Essex). Greenside's next competition will be held on 21st
October. Players need to register by 5pm and entry is £6 on the day.
Roffey
and Greyhound's Danny King (pictured) missed out on a place in the
televised stages of the Winmau World Masters to be held in Bridlington in
November. In the final qualification held at Staverton Park in Daventry,
Northants yesterday (Sunday 19th August 2007) King won his First Round tie
against Lancashire's Shaun Liptrot by two sets to nil before bowing out 2-1
against Cheshire's Robert Arrowsmith. Sussex's other representative Ken Sowerby
(Worthing) fell at the same stage, also losing 2-1 against Andy Meikle. The
eight qualifiers for the BBC covered event are Martin Davey (Devon), Peter
Jacques (Yorkshire), Alan McNaughton (Cumbria), Brian Startin (Derbyshire),
James Wilson (Yorkshire), Andy Steed (Cornwall), Stephen Lovett (Surrey) and
Steve Farmer (Shropshire).
Mick
Clarke (pictured) won this year's S & B Singles Competition at the
Labour Club from an entry of thirty players last Sunday (5th August),
beating Nigel Panton 3-1 in the final. On route to the title Clarke beat
Steve Souter in the Quarter-Finals and Steve Mecrow in the Semi's. Panton
beat Danny King in the Quarters and Andy Mason in the Semi's. The other
Quarter-Finals results saw Mecrow beat Rob Metcalfe and Mason beat Alex
Whiteside. There were eight 180's hit in the competition. Clarke
picked up £70 in prize money, £35 went to Panton and £15 each to Mason and
Mecrow. 
Crawley
Labour Club recently completed the staging of their annual darts
tournaments. The five events run over one month received the support of more
than 100 members and local league players and raised £280 for this year's
nominated charity, The Heart Foundation 
At
a packed Three Bridges Football Club on Friday night, the Horsham 5s team
(pictured) were crowned Sussex Inter-League Champions, after a tense
final against Billingshurst they eventually emerged victorious 5-4.
It
was a disappointing day for Crawley's four representatives in the second and
final day of qualifying for the Las Vegas Desert Classic, as they all lost
at the first attempt. Steve Mecrow went close again in his first round tie,
losing in the deciding leg against Breconshire's Pete Aleman. Phil Smith
went down 4-2 against New Yorker, Jim McPherson while both Martin Burchell
and Steve Souter (pictured) had byes to the second round where they
both failed to win a leg. Dan Olson from Ontario ended Burchell's hopes and
Paul Cohen from Oxfordshire saw off Souter. The eight qualifiers from the
day were John Ferrell, Steve Smith, Tony Eccles, Mark Dudbridge, Stuart
Holden, Andy Smith, Alan Tabern and Vincent van der Voort. A full round-up
can be found
Steve
Mecrow almost pulled off an opening round win in yesterday's Las Vegas
Desert Classic Qualifying Competition when he took Illinois State Champion
Stephen Panuncialman to a deciding leg in their best of seven encounter.
Mecrow was one of four players from Crawley Friday League Champions
'Diamonds' looking for a place in the televised main draw. Phil Smith was
another opening round casualty, going out 4-0 against Englishman Robert
Watson-Lang. Martin Burchell made it through to the Second Round (Last 128)
with a 4-1 opening round win against Dana Dayton before going out 4-2
against Steve Brown. Finally, Steve Souter had a bye to the Second Round
where he lost 4-1 to John Worthington. The eight qualifiers to progress were
Dennis Smith, Wes Newton, Steve Maish, Kevin Painter, Steve Beaton, Colin
Osborne, Mervyn King and Ray Carver.