Danny King Wins His Fourth Bridges Open Title by Ian Holman
 Danny
King (pictured) matched Andy Derrick's four Three Bridges
Open wins by beating him in the April Final 3-0 and collect the £100
winning prize after the lowest turnout yet of just 24 players.
Despite the poor turnout there was some great darts on show with 14
maximums from 23 matches played and also a 170 checkout from
Thurrock's Harry Miles. On his way to his beating Derrick for his
second title of the year King beat his brother Tim 3-0, Andy
MacIntosh 3-2, Harry Miles 3-2 and Kez Botting 3-1. Derrick made the
final with wins against Anthony Morley 3-0, Liam Caplin 3-1 and Gary
Miles 3-2. Botting 's route to the semi-finals saw him beat Rob
Cross 3-0, Kevin Reilly 3-1 and Gary Simpson 3-2. Gary Miles made
the other semi with wins against Gary Newman 3-2 and Tony Denman
3-0. Kez Botting, Liam Caplin, Danny King and Andy MacIntosh all had
two maximums each with Rob Cross, Andy Derrick, Gary Miles, Roger
Milne, Gary Newman and Gary Simpson hitting one each. Newman had a
120 checkout and Caplin a 108. Kieron Sullivan had a 130 checkout in
the youth competition that attracted just six entries with Caplin
carrying over his good form from the open competition by hitting
another maximum and a 107 finish although he missed out on a second
straight title as he ended up on the wrong side of a 3-2 result
against Matthew Ansley in a repeat of the previous months final. Ian
Holman and Lee Campbell won the flying pairs competition beating
Danny King and Gary Newman in the final. Full open results are
below. |