Tony Ayres Wins His First Three
Bridges Open
by Ian Holman
 Three
Bridges Football Club's seventh Three Bridges Open competition held on
Sunday 25th May attracted a decent pool of 44 players. Tony
Ayres (pictured) and Danny King both made the final for the
third time with Ayres winning the title with a 3-0 victory. The
Billingshurst player made it through to the Quarter-Finals without
dropping a leg in wins against Steve Hart, Roy Oxlade and Neil
Clarke. His opponent in the last eight (Adam Campbell) put up a good
effort despite going down 3-1. Campbell had earlier beaten Dan
Gardner 3-1 and hit a 14 dart winning leg against Wayne Dodd in a
3-0 win. Danny King started with a 3-2 win against Kevin Reilly and
then beat Warren Grantham 3-0. King's Quarter-Final win was 3-1
against fellow PDC player Martin Burchell. Burchell had earlier
beaten Ian Holman 3-1, Andy Mason 3-1 and Steve Mecrow 3-0. John
Ferrell beat Mick Clarke 3-1 and Nigel Panton 3-0 to book his place
in the last eight where he had to fight back from 2-0 down to beat
Harry Miles 3-2. Miles had earlier beaten Peter Sopp 3-1, Ken
Sowerby 3-1 and Easter Open finalist Kevin Fishwick 3-2. In the
other Quarter-Final, Alex Whiteside nudged past Dave Mansell 3-2
having beaten Chris Clewer 3-0, Stan Jackson 3-1 and Danny Fleming
3-1. Mansell beat Andy Gurr 3-2 and Oliver Sopp 3-2. In the
Semi-Finals, King beat Ferrell 3-0 and Ayres beat Whiteside 3-0.
Eleven 180s were recorded, three from Kevin Fishwick, two from Tony
Ayres (both in the final) and one each from Neil Clarke, John
Ferrell, Derek Furminger, Danny King, Steve Mecrow and Kevin Reilly.
Steve Mecrow hit the day's best out-shot of 153, Andy Gurr hit a 149
checkout, Harry Miles finished on 130 and Martin Burchell recorded
checkouts of 116 and 102. The Flying Pairs competition that followed
was won by Martin Burchell and Dave Mansell. They beat Kevin Reilly
and Danny King 2-0 in the Final. |