Three Bridges Open Singles February 2009

Danny King Wins The Three Bridges Open For The Third Time by Ian Holman

Danny King (pictured) won the Three Bridges Open on Sunday 15th February to match last month's winner Andy Derrick by taking a third title. King started off with a 3-0 win against John Neil, he then beat Darren Hagon 3-0 and Andy Relf 3-1 to win board 2. In the semi-finals King beat board 1 winner Duncan McCotter 3-1. McCotter won his board with wins against Tony Denman 3-2, Kerry Jobson 3-1, Anthony Morley 3-1 and Gary Simpson 3-0. King beat board 3 winner Danny Wright 3-1 in the final. Wright came through a tough board that featured PDC players Ben Burton, Adrian Gray, Tony Ayres, Steve Smith and Andy Mason as well as recent Sussex Grand Prix winner Harry Miles. In the first round Wright beat Mark Fluck 3-0 as Smith beat Gray 3-1 in the match of the round. Wright then beat Derek Furminger 3-1 as Smith ended Ayres hopes with a 3-2 win. Wright beat Burton in the board semi-final as Smith edged out Miles 3-2. Wright then went on to beat Smith 3-2 in the board final and board 4 winner Alan Colgate 3-0 in the semi-finals. Colgate came through his board with wins against Jason Terry (Reigate) 3-2, Chris Levett 3-2, former winner Gary Miles 3-1 and Gary Trodd 3-2. There was no Ladies competition this month due to the County matches being played but 19 youths turned out for their competition with Lewis Venes beating Liam Caplin 3-0 in the final. Venes made his way to the final with wins against Adam McCarthy 2-0, Tom Newble 2-0 and Matt Wenham 2-1. Caplin beat Liam Saxon 2-1, Connor Levett 2-1 and Matthew Ansley 2-0. Gary Simpson and Daniel King-Morris won the Flying Pairs beating Ian Holman and Liam Saxon in the final. Full results from the open are listed below.

First Round
Duncan McCotter	3-2	Tony Denman
Anthony Morley	3-0	Brian Lilley
Kevin Clark	3-0	Stan Jackson
Anthony Oak	3-0	Colin Blay
Dick Brice	3-2	Steve Morris
Gary Simpson	3-2	Lee Campbell
Matt Wenham	3-0	Rob Metcalfe
Andy Relf	3-1	Daniel King-Morris
Danny King	3-0	John Neill
Darren Hagon	3-0	Conner Levett
Steve Elliott	3-0	Blake Alford
Dan Gardner	3-2	Bob Bradbury
Lee Williams	3-0	Ant Caswell
Danny Wright	3-0	Mark Fluck
Ben Burton	3-1	Shayne Milner
Vince Nemenyi	3-2	Andy Mason
Ian Holman	3-1	Liam Saxon
Harry Miles	3-0	Rob Tyrrell
Steve Smith	3-1	Adrian Gray
Tony Ayres	3-0	Liam Caplin
Ryan Clark	3-0	Tony Newble
Gary Trodd	3-0	Mick Corbin
Brannon O'Neill	3-2	Barry Stringer
Chris Levett	3-1	Simon Langridge
Alan Colgate	3-2	Jason Terry (Reigate)
Andy Nye	3-0	Phil Brindley

Second Round
Duncan McCotter	3-1	Kerry Jobson
Anthony Morley	3-1	Kevin Clark
Dick Brice	3-2	Anthony Oak
Gary Simpson	3-1	Matt Wenham
Andy Relf	3-1	Graham Christian
Danny King	3-0	Darren Hagon
Dan Gardner	3-1	Steve Elliott
Lee Williams	3-1	Lewis Venes
Danny Wright	3-1	Derek Furminger
Ben Burton	3-2	Vince Nemenyi
Harry Miles	3-1	Ian Holman
Steve Smith	3-2	Tony Ayres
Ryan Clark	3-0	Steve Shaw
Gary Trodd	3-0	Brannon O'Neill
Alan Colgate	3-2	Chris Levett
Gary Miles	3-2	Andy Nye

Third Round
Duncan McCotter	3-1		Anthony Morley
Gary Simpson	3-2		Dick Brice
Danny King	3-1		Andy Relf
Dan Gardner	3-2		Lee Williams
Danny Wright	3-1		Ben Burton
Steve Smith	3-2		Harry Miles
Gary Trodd	3-0		Ryan Clark
Alan Colgate	3-1		Gary Miles

Quarter-Finals
Duncan McCotter	3-0		Gary Simpson
Danny King	3-0		Dan Gardner
Danny Wright	3-2		Steve Smith
Alan Colgate	3-2		Gary Trodd

Semi-Finals
Danny King	3-1		Duncan McCotter
Danny Wright	3-0		Alan Colgate

Final
Danny King	3-1		Danny Wright

Prize Money
Danny King (Winner)		£150
Danny Wright (Runner-up)		£70
Duncan McCotter (Semi-finalist)		£35
Alan Colgate (Semi-finalist)		£35
Total Payout		£290