Sussex Trials At Roffey by Ian Holman
BullseyeAll current county players and anyone that is interested in playing county darts for Sussex are invited by the new Mens team manager Andy Sexton to attend a trial match at the new county venue at Roffey Social & Sports Club on Sunday 17th August. This is an opportunity for the current players to have a practice game on the new county stage and for new players to come along and see what a county game might be like. Players would need to be at the venue by 12 noon. If you are interested but cannot attend the trials day please contact either Andy Sexton on 0771 7218694 or the assistant manager Michael Donegan on 0776 6790649, The full address of the venue is Roffey Social & Sports Club, Spooners Road, Roffey, Horsham, RH12 4DY.
Philpot Hits Two Maximums by Dave Miles and Ian Holman
Lee GladmanLabour C player Dave Phipot stole the limelight by hitting a brace of 180s as his side were beaten 7-1 at third placed Charcoal Burner. Lee Gladman (pictured) struck his third maximum of the season for the hosts. League leaders Greyhound playing out of the Rugby Club, won the clash between the two remaining unbeaten sides, helped by Kez Botting's second maximum of the season they comprehensively beat the Royal Oak 7-1, leaving the Ifield side just outside the play-off zone in fifth. Team Mason's Martin Burchell posted a 180 during his sides 6-2 win over the RS Bumbles, thus inflicting the second successive 6-2 defeat on the Bee's. Bridges beat Con Mates 7-1, and Longley C had a fine win at the Pelham Buckle, beating Pelhams by the same score with Andy Baller in top form, hitting a maximum.. Also winning were BBC. They beat Railway B 6-2. Finally after eight matches the Legion Lancers registered their first point of the season to move off bottom place, the problem was, they still lost, going down 5-3 at the Downsman, but winning the vital 1001 team game earned them their point. The latest league tables and stats can be found here.
Roffey Top As Botting Hits 161 Finish by Ian Holman
161 checkout from Kez BottingLast week's league leaders Bevendean Reds continued their unbeaten run this week but only managed a 5-4 win against Bognor Regis with Mick Rodgers of Bognor claiming the man of the match with a 26.08 average. The narrow win allowed Roffey to go top as they beat Warnham 8-1 with Kez Botting (pictured) hitting an excellent 161 checkout to complete a fifth leg 12 dart finish. Dean Edlin was man of the match with a 27.33 average which included one of Roffey's five maximums. Gary Newman hit two of them with Pete Crossley and Dave Fry striking the others. Crawley also kept in touch with the top two as they won 9-0 at Portslade with Tony Ayres taking man of the match with a 28.36 average. 180s for Crawley were struck by Ron Clarke, Nick Edwards, Colin Whiley and debutant Kevin Fishwick. In the other result Worthing beat Bevendean Blues 8-1 with James Greenfield taking man of the match with a 28.90 average.  The Roffey stats are available here, the Crawley stats here and the latest league tables and stats here.
Ayres & Gavahan Win Doubles Comp by Dave Miles
Doubles winnersAt a packed Roffey Social and Sports Club 90 players took part in the first Southwater & District Summer League Doubles Competition. The first crowned Champions were from the Kings Arms Billingshurst. Tony Ayres teamed up with young Matt Gavahan to clinch the first prize, defeating the BBHVC duo of Gary Kennard & Pete Sands.
From a tough top half of the draw, Ayres & Gavahan (pictured) beat off the challenges from Steve Collins & Graeme Brooker, Adrian Dudman & Paul Hopkins, Nathan Nicholls & W Caswell, and in the semis team mates Mark Knight & Matt Hoyte.
Kennard & Sands had earlier won through to face the Billingshurst duo by defeating Dave Miles/ & Rob Metcalfe, Terry Thornton & Pete Wickersham, Ian Russell & John Dawes, and finally Nigel Panton & Doug Mason in the semi-final.
Ayres struck the only maximum, and that was in the final, while young Rob Metcalfe notched a fine 177 (T20,T20,T19).
The latest league tables and stats can be found here.
Edwards Wins Monday Singles Final by Barry Moody
MC George NobleAt a well attended Three Bridges Football Club, The Crawley Monday League welcomed the PDC's international MC George Noble (pictured) on Monday 23rd June as their celebrity guest for the end of season playoffs. Events kicked off with the final of the Knockout Cup in which Labour Reds took on the holders and newly crowned 'A' Division champions The Swan. After four games the scoreline stood at 2-2 with wins for Graham Brook and Will Bolton for The Swan and Martin Burchell and Ty Coward for the Reds. Paul Chesworth checked out on 114 in his defeat against Coward while Coward hit the night's first maximum. The holders then romped home to a 4-2 win with Tommy Walker and Adam Campbell completing the victory for a league and cup double.
Last year's 'A' Division champions Sperry made up for a disappointing season in which they finished as league runners-up when they lifted two titles. In the Trebles final Colin Whiley, Ernie Potter and Steve Mecrow defeated Labour Reds trio Steve Souter, Keith Shotter and Ty Coward 2-0. Whiley and Potter then defeated Tommy Walker and Terry Penfold of The Swan and Ian Moorey and Paul Harding from the Downsman to claim the Pairs competition.
The Singles competition saw Whiley defeated by the Royal Oak's Nick Edwards who checked out on 105 in the first leg and hit a crucial maximum in the deciding third leg. In the Final, Edwards beat The Imperial's Ron Webster 3-1, having lost the opening leg and again firing in a maximum. Earlier Webster beat Labour Rebels player Mick Kramer in the other Semi-Final. To round off the evening George Noble presented the awards and the league presented a cheque for £200 to the Brockham Ward at the Royal East Surrey Hospital.
Mansell Claims Best Newcomer by Ian Holman
Best newcomer Dave MansellAt the Sussex County AGM held at the Brighton Trade & Labour Club on Sunday 22nd June Roffey's Dave Mansell (pictured) was awarded the Mens best newcomer by last seasons Sussex Mens team captain Geoff Taylor. Michael Hammond won the Mens Player of the Year, Donna Rainsley the Ladies Player of the Year, Lisa Tanner the Ladies best newcomer and Elaine Chapman the Ladies most improved player. Finally the personality trophy was won by Paul Russell.

Sussex Youth Are Champions by Barry Moody

Michael HammondSussex Youth are the British Inter Counties Youth League Southern Section champions after a stunning 13-4 win at Fareham against Hampshire. After the disastrous 10-7 defeat at the Roffey Social & Sports Club earlier this season against the previous champions this was an amazing turn around for Sussex. The under-18 boys stated the day well with a 6-3 win thanks to Oliver Sopp (Brighton), Crawley’s Warren Grantham, Eastbourne’s Tom Sawyer, Tom Bingham (Sidley), Mark Fluck (Horsham) and man-of-the-match David Weir (Eastbourne) with a 21.32 average, his fifth win of the season. The under-21 girls won 2-1 with Kellie Hammond (Brighton) back to form and lady-of-the-match Lorraine Horne (Littlehampton) with a 16.37 average, her fifth win in six outings. With the match score at 8-4 to Sussex their under-21 boys were in no mood to ease up and they gained their best win of the season, 5-0, with wins for Doug Mason (Horsham) and making their first appearance in the under-21s the Newhaven pair Jake Watts and Matt Walton, followed by Gavin Studholme (Ticehurst) and man-of-the-match Michael Hammond (pictured) (Newhaven) with a 25.47 average. Hammond was unbeaten in five matches and  finished top under-21 boys player with a season’s average of 25.32. Sussex won the Section Championship by one point and will go to the Youth Champion of Champions Cup playoffs in August.

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Double topTwo competitions will be held at the Crawley Labour Club during August. On Sunday 3rd will be the S & B Singles Cup (details here) and on the bank holiday Monday 25th the Crawley Open (details here). The next Three Bridges Open is on Sunday 10th August (details here).
Looking ahead to later in the year. The Three Bridges Masters will be held on Sunday 14th December. This competition will feature 16 players with matches played over the best of 9 legs. The qualifiers so far are Danny King, John Ferrell, Gary Newman, Martin Burchell, Gary Miles, Tony Ayres and Alex Tinsley. They will be joined by the winners of the Three Bridges Open competitions held in August, September, October and November. This will leave five places to fill from two competitions to be held at Three Bridges Football Club on Sunday 23rd November. The first of these competitions will start at 11am with three winners qualifying and the second competition will start around 2pm to find a further two winners. Entry will be £5 per competition and players not qualifying in the first competition will be eligible to compete in the second one. All money raised from the two qualifying competitions will go towards prize money at the Masters. Any funds made through commission from the advertisers links on this site will also be added to the Masters prize fund.
Best Final Yet As Burchell Beats Mansell In July's Three Bridges Open by Ian Holman
Martin BurchellMartin Burchell (pictured) followed up his appearance in the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic last week by winning his second Three Bridges Open at Three Bridges Football Club on Sunday 13th July, checking out on 143 (T20, T17, D16) in the deciding leg of an entertaining final against last month's runner-up Dave Mansell. Mansell was in good form throughout the competition hitting five 180s. The last of these came in the fourth leg of the Final. Trailing 2-1 the Roffey player levelled with a 12 dart leg, finishing on the bull. In the Semi-Finals Burchell beat Gary Miles 3-0. Miles couldn't match his form from the previous rounds having beaten Lee Ashby 3-0 in the Board 1 Final that included a 12 dart leg. In the Board 1 Semi-Finals Miles beat Andy Gurr 3-0 that included legs of 11 and 12 darts. Miles also beat Andy MacDonald 3-0 and James Gorringe 3-0. Mansell beat Derek Furminger 3-0 in the other Semi-Final. Burchell won Board 2 with wins against Gary Newman 3-1, Michael Morley 3-0 and Chris Clewer 3-2. Furminger won Board 3 with wins against Ian Holman 3-0, Nigel Panton 3-2 and Shane Anderson 3-1. Board 4 saw former winner Tony Ayres take a 2-0 lead in the opening game only for Lee Williams to fight back to win 3-2. Following that two times winner Danny King scraped through to the Second Round with a 3-2 win against Stan Jackson. Dave Mansell made his way to the Board final with wins against Roy Oxlade 3-0 and Lee Williams 3-1. Danny King went on to beat Paul Oakley 3-1 and Kevin Fishwick beat Kevin Reilly 3-0. Fishwick then beat King 3-2 in the Board Semi-Final before going out 3-2 against Mansell. Burchell went on to complete the double by winning the Flying Pairs with Fishwick. They beat Lee Ashby and Kevin Reilly 2-0 in the final. A total of 13 maximums were recorded in the Open Singles. As well as the five from Mansell, Gary Miles hit three and there were two from Lee Williams and one each from Tony Ayres, Andy Gurr and Danny King. Michael Morley and Gary Newman both his 180s in the Flying Pairs. A full list of results are available here.
Martin Burchell Defeated In First Round Of Las Vegas Desert Classic by Ian Holman
Martin BurchellHaving battled through five rounds of qualifying, Crawley's Martin Burchell (pictured) was beaten in the First Round of the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic at Mandalay Bay by US number one Darin Young by six legs to four on Wednesday 2nd July. Burchell put up a spirited display in the match that was screened live on Sky Sports. In the opening leg, Burchell had the throw and missed one dart at double top as Young took advantage. The american then went two up before Burchell checked out on 58 for an 18 dart third leg. Young then restored his two leg advantage despite Burchell hitting his first of two 180s. The Diamonds star then checked out on 24 for a 14 dart leg and missed one dart at double eleven in the next that would have levelled the score. The seventh leg saw missed doubles from both players with Burchell eventually hitting the double five to trail 4-3. Young then won the next in 15 darts with a 158 finish leaving Burchell needing to win three legs on the spin. Burchell won the next in 19 darts but Young sealed victory with a 14 dart tenth leg. Burchell's average for the match was 26.78 per dart (80.34 per throw). Earlier in the week Burchell came through the qualifying from a field of just over 200 players as one of eight qualifiers from the first of two qualifying competitions and winning £2000 in prize money for his efforts. This included a 5-4 victory against PDC ranked number 48 Dennis Smith in his fourth game. In the deciding leg Smith was sitting on a double when Burchell checked out on 146. Burchell's other wins came against Gregor Cruickshank 5-2, Danny White 5-0, Mark Carter 5-2 and Kit Young 5-0.
Ayres, King And Co Miss Out In Vegas  by Ian Holman
Danny KingEight of the areas players missed out on joining Martin Burchell in the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic VII. In the first qualifying competition held on Monday 30th June both Tony Ayres and Danny King (pictured) made the last 64. Ayres beat PDC ranked 56 Alan Caves 5-2 but then lost out to PDC number 28 Alex Roy by the same score. King beat John Ferrell 5-4 but then crashed out 5-0 to the highly talented Alan Tabern (PDC ranked number 14). Phil Smith beat Gordon Dixon 5-3 but missed out on a clash with Diamonds team mate Burchell when he was narrowly beaten 5-4 by Mark Carter. Andy Mason beat Dave Ansell 5-2 before losing out 5-3 against Robert Watson-Lang and there were Preliminary Round defeats for John Dawes, Nigel Panton and Team Mason's Jim Withers. Dawes was beaten for the second day running by qualifier Shawn Brenneman, this time 5-1, Panton lost 5-1 against John Ferrell and Withers lost 5-2 against Terry Stewart.
The second qualifying competition held on Tuesday 1st July saw Preliminary Round victories for Tony Ayres (5-2 vs Darren Moulsley), John Dawes (5-3 vs Napoleon McPherson), Danny King (5-1 vs Bryan Willis), Andy Mason (5-3 vs John Hursey) and Jim Withers (5-0 vs Kenji Mayama). Dave Ansell beat Phil Smith 5-4 and Alan Wyatt lost 5-1 against John Worthington. In the First Round Tony Ayres beat Danny King 5-1, Nigel Panton beat Scott Clifford 5-0 and Jim Withers beat Steve Mason 5-1. Dave Ansell was beaten 5-1 by Dave Cameron, John Dawes lost 5-2 against Joe Slivan and Andy Mason lost 5-0 against Tom Wilson, In the Third Round (last 64) Tony Ayres lost 5-3 against Denis Ovens, Nigel Panton lost 5-0 to Dave Honey and Jim Withers was beaten 5-4 by John Kuczynski. 
Ayres Beats Scholten In Vegas by Ian Holman
Tony AyresTony Ayres (pictured) beat PDC ranked number eight Roland Scholten in the Second Round of the Las Vegas Players Championship yesterday (Sunday 29th June) by three sets to one having put out top Canadian player Gerry Convery by the same scoreline in the First Round. Ayres was then beaten 3-0 in the Third Round (last 32) by Steve Grubb. Along with Ayres, Eastbourne player Jim Withers (who recently joined up with Team Mason) also made the last 32 on his PDC debut winning 3-2 against Robbie Newland in the First Round and 3-0 against Dave Smith in the Second Round before narrowly missing out on a chance of playing Michael van Gerwen in the last 16 when Bill Davis beat him 3-2. Broadbridge Heath player John Dawes lost in the Preliminary Round 3-0 against Shawn Brenneman and there were First Round exits for Dave Ansell, Martin Burchell, Danny King and Andy Mason. Ansell lost 3-0 against Scholten, Burchell lost 3-2 to Lee Holden, King lost 3-0 against Bill Davis and Mason lost out 3-0 to Alan Matthews. Phil Taylor went on to win the competition with a three sets to one victory against Ronnie Baxter in the Final.
Ayres Makes West Sussex Semis by Ian Holman
Semi-Finalist Tony AyresTony Ayres (pictured) picked up £50 in prize money as he made the Semi-Finals of the West Sussex Summer Open at the Chichester Snooker Club on Sunday 22nd June, going out 4-2 to eventual winner Ricky Williams. At the Quarter-Finals stage Ayres beat PDC ranked number 20 Andy Jenkins. Danny King won the Plate competition and picked up £70 in prize money.
 Pearce And Richardson Qualify by Ian Holman
DartboardLocal youth players Nathan Pearce and Paul Richardson have qualified for the England playoffs of this years Winmau World Masters in the Boys Youth section. They qualified at the Brighton Trades & Labour Club on Sunday 22nd June and will join Oliver Sopp and Tom Sawyer in Tonbridge on 17th August as Sussex representatives. Sopp beat Warren Grantham to claim his place. In the Mens section the qualifiers were Ian Bingham, Paul Eves, Michael Hammond and Paul Russell. Ian Holman lost out in the Preliminary Round against one of last year's qualifiers Ken Sowerby (2-0, 2-1) while Kevin Reilly crashed out in the First Round against Russell (2-0, 2-0) and Rob Metcalfe also lost out in the same round against Peter Sopp (2-0, 2-0) having won a Preliminary Round tie. In the Ladies section the qualifiers were Sue Bird, Elaine Chapman, Donna Rainsley and Lisa Tanner. Talya Bingham and Ellie Sopp both qualified from the Girls Youth section.
Reilly Beaten In Wandsworth Quarters by Ian Holman
Kevin ReillyKevin Reilly (pictured) was beaten in the Quarter-Finals stage at the latest Wandsworth competition held at Greensides Social Club on Sunday 22nd June. From a field of 65 entries Reilly won three matches all with a 3-2 scoreline to meet eventual winner Clive Barden in the last eight. Barden struck two 180s as he beat Reilly 3-1 in a high scoring game. Rob Metcalfe made it to the last sixteen with a 3-1 win in his first match that included a 110 checkout and a 3-2 win against John Jenkinson. Metcalfe eventually lost 3-1 to Joe McLaughlin. Ian Holman went out in the First Round, 3-2 against Chris Copeland having lead 2-0. Barden, who picked up £210 in prize money beat PDC player Ben Burton (£100) in the Final 4-3.
King Almost Beats Lewis For Second Time This Year by Ian Holman
Man of the Match Danny KingDanny King (pictured) was just one leg away from beating world number six Adrian Lewis for the second time this year at the Bobby Bourn Memorial Players Championship at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on Saturday 19th July. Lewis won the First Round match by three sets to two taking the final set two-one. Back in March, King beat Lewis by five legs to three in the Blue Square UK Open Southern Regional Finals in Brentwood. Tony Ayres won 3-0 in the Preliminary Round in Blackpool against higher ranked Nigel Birch before losing out 3-1 against Dickie Foster in the First Round. Martin Burchell also faced a First Round exit 3-1 against Paul Cooper while fellow Team Mason sponsored player Jim Withers went one better by winning his First Round match against Kevin Reade 3-0 then losing out 3-0 to world number ten Wayne Mardle. Withers picked up £75 in prize money. Phil Taylor went on to retain the title for a sixth successive year beating Ronnie Baxter 3-0 in the Final.    
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