DARTS AROUND ESSEX – MAY ISSUE

HOLLOWAY’S PERFECT 9!

Congratulations to Paul Holloway (Braintree) who hit a perfect nine dart leg against Graham Ince in the semi-final of his Greene King house knockout at the Rose & Crown pub in Braintree, the first of his career. Good luck in the next stage and to all the other Essex players who qualified.

Great Wakering Open

With 60 men and 3 lady players registering, the round robin was played in 9 groups of 7 players. The format being best of 3 legs 501 one point per leg won. 

Young Brandon Walsh (aged 12) from Lancashire, accumulated 13 points, including three wins, but unfortunately did not quality for the knockout stage.

The board winners were Kevin Beech, Paul Everson, John Hayter, Steve Maish, Adrian Genery, Steve Grimsey, Simon Whalley, Darren Richardson and Rick Buck. Also qualifying were the following highest point scorers: John McFall, Dave Orton, Jim Eagleton, Peter Tomlinson and Kevin Smith. Another two players had play-offs to contest too qualify: Paul Holloway beat Barry Kerby 3-0 and Ray Hayden beat Bob Adams 3-1. 

There were some great games and it was Steve Maish who won through to the final, disposing of John McFall, Kevin Beech and Paul Holloway in the semi on route. His opponent was Adrian Genery who’d beaten Darren Richardson, Paul Everson and Jim Eagleton. Maish took the £200 first prize with a clinical 5-0 victory, Genery taking home £100 for his days work. A raffle was held and raised £64.00 for the local beach hut fund.

Chelmsford Easter KO

With 56 players registering, it didn’t take long for the eight boards to produce the quarter-finalists. 

The losing quarter-finalists were David Bocking, Brian Barnard, Ben Adams and Terry Rose. The Semi-finals were on stage this year and produced a couple of cracking games. 

The first semi saw Michael Barnard - pictured right (London) beat Dave Phillips (Ingatestone) 4-1, a 12-dart 4^th leg giving Michael the advantage as Dave missed vital doubles in the 5^th leg. A 101 checkout helped Kevin Turner (Basildon) beat Paul Holloway 4-1 in the other semi. Although Michael Barnard (27.62 average) took the £150 first prize with a 5-2 victory, Kevin played well scoring a maximum and having a similar average, 27.74.  

In the Money-in Money-out pairs, Adrian Genery & Paul Holloway teamed up and beat John Jennings & Jason Walsh 3-0 in the final. The losing semi-finalists were James Noone & Dougie Wallace and Brian & Michael Barnard.

SUPER-LEAGUE

Men’s Section: The title looks destined to return to Thameside, although mathematically Colchester and Basildon could catch them. 

Recent great games have come from: Phil Brewster (Hatfield Peverel), who beat Mark Banham (Ingatestone) 3-0 with winning legs of 15, 19 & 14 for an average of 31.31; Steve Johnson (Thameside), who beat Darrell Claydon (Canvey) 3-0 with winning legs of 17, 16 & 15 for an average of 31.31; Jamie Robinson (Witham), who beat Ian Turner (Saffron Walden) 3-1 with winning legs of 23, 13 & 11 for an average of 30.21. 

Eddie Gosling (Colchester), beat Alan Church (Chelmsford) 3-0 with winning legs of 18, 17 & 15 for an average of 30.06; Dave Orton (Basildon), who beat James Connal (Witham) 3-0 with winning legs of 14, 18 & 15 for an average of 31.98; Carl Smith (Basildon), who beat Barry Balcombe (Witham) 3-0 with winning legs of 19, 17 & 14 for an average of 30.06; Chris Bowring (Hatfield Peverel), who beat Peter Chittock (Chelmsford) 3-0 with winning legs of 21, 17 & 12 for an average of 30.06. Adrian Genery (Harwich) beat James Noone (Colchester) to win the Rose Bowl, Barry Adlam (Thameside) and Dave Solly (Basildon) the losing semi-finalists. Barry Adlam tops the Most Wins table with Phil Brewster (Hatfield Peverel) both having 17 wins. 

Adlam also tops the Averages and Tons tables, Alan Collins (Thameside) the 180’s table and Steve Johnson (Thameside) the Player of the year table. 

Ladies Section: The Sponsored knockout cup was won by Clacton who beat Hatfield Peverel in the final.

TOURNAMENT NEWS IN THE COUNTY

Wickford Spring Open on Sunday 22nd May at the Little ‘n’ LARGE Club, 23-25 The Broadway, Wickford, Essex. Telephone: 01268 572180.  £4 entry fee. Entries will be taken on the day of the competition [a Maximum of 128 entries]. Doors open 11:00 am, Registration from 11:15 am to 12 noon, Toe the Oche 12:30 pm. Prize Money to be announced. If time allows, there may also be a pair’s competition.

Little ‘n’ LARGE Monday Night Individuals League starting on Monday 30th May at the Little ‘n’ LARGE Club, 23-25 The Broadway, Wickford, Essex. Telephone: 01268 572180.  £5 registration plus a £1 weekly subscription. Contact Derek Freeman for more details.

Essex Dart Leagues “Charity Golf Day” on Monday 25^th July at Maylands, Romford. £40 for the day.

Contact Paul Sedge (07808 502385) or Kevin Stammers for details; requires a £10 deposit per player. Open to any player or team that is registered to a dart league in the county. All proceeds going to the “Heart of Darts”.

Chelmsford Open on Sunday 21st August at the Chelmsford Social Club, 55 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex. Details to follow in future issues.

Charity "Darts Around Essex" Inter-League Tournament: Sunday 25^th September at the Little ‘n’ LARGE Club, 23-25 The Broadway, Wickford, Essex. 11:30 am doors open, all teams register by 12:15 pm, toe the oche 12:45 pm. Entry fee is £24 (£32 on the day) per league of four players, contact Kevin Stammers for more details. Proceeds split between the “Heart of Darts” & the “Beach Hut” fund.

AROUND THE LEAGUE’S:

Ingatestone & District: The Ex-Chequers won their first winter championship title after coming back from 4-3 down against the Red Beret; the Rising Sun Dragons finished in second spot. Promoted from division two are the Black Bull (Chelmsford) and the Royal Oak ‘A’, and promoted from division three are the Ship, Chelmsford R.B.L. and Spread Eagle. The Prince of Wales are the recipients of the Wooden Spoon.

Southend & District Ladies Amateur: The Pool Shack are the league winners winning 20, drawing 5 and only losing the one game, this is a new record and the girl’s are very proud of this record. Finishing runners-up are the Eagle Club 7-points adrift. The Pool Shack also topped the “Vic Cook” table a single point ahead of the Castle. Pam Brooks (Shack) has a 100% win record to date. Gill & Dave Rice won the “Mr & Mrs Cup”. A great website to keep up to date with results found at www.sdladl.co.uk

Brentwood Borough & District: The Cherry Tree ‘A’ won the division won title from the White Hart. Division 2 winner is Prince of Wales ‘A’ with the Rising Sun finishing runners-up. Saxon King ‘B’ finished two points in front of Henderson ‘B’ to win the division 3 title. Players of the years were Steve Johnson (Division 1), John Wastenage (Division 2) and Sean Sargent (Division 3). Steve Johnson shares the Most 180’s with Bobby Semple, both scoring seven, Steve’s 170 is the highest checkout.

Harlow Industrial & Business: The Easter Blind Pairs was a great final that went the distance, with Peter Brown (Gate) and Dick Foster (Council) beating Mick McNally (Moot) and Kevin Rees (Dusty) 3-2.

Wickford & District: The York Bees won the division one title 11-points ahead of Rayleigh Lanes. Division two champs are the Mayflowers with the Railway Woodman runners-up, and also promoted are Invacar. The Railway Woodham won the “Peter Hayday Shield” beating Invacar 3-2 in the final.