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COLCHESTER OPEN DARTS TOURNAMENT 2010
The first Colchester Open darts tournament was held at the Weston Homes Community Stadium on Sunday 22 August. The event was attended by 167 competitors from all over East Anglia and London and with their supporters this number increased to approximately 500.
The results were as follows: Men’s Open Champion - Richard Howson (Essex) £800; Men’s Runner up - Peter Wright (Suffolk) £400...
Ladies Open Champion - Lucy Ward-Geddes (Essex) £200; Ladies Runner up - Julie Vickers (Essex) £100...
Youth Open Champion - Ryan Sullivan (Suffolk) £50; Youth Runner up - Robert Warwick (Essex) £25...

Colchester Riley's First Open Results:

On Sunday 1^st August the first Colchester Riley’s Darts Open took place. In the Men’s event Suffolk’s Andrew Gilding won the £250 first prize beating Essex’s Paul Barham 5-0 with an impressive 87.39 average. Gilding took control of the match with three 180’s in three legs coupled with some great finishing. Local player, Richie Norfolk, won the Highest shot out finishing on 160 in his quarter final defeat. In some great early matches there was some great finishing with an impressive Bull, Bull double sixteen 132 shot out from Colchester’s Paul Copeland. In the Ladies event Essex County player Karen Breen defeated Colchester’s Imogen Baxter 4-1 in a close encounter with Breen’s finishing the difference. There was a great result for Essex and Colchester in the random pairs as Alan Currivan (Walton) and Paul Brown (Colchester Riley’s) came through a strong field to defeat Andrew Gilding (Suffolk) and Steve Western (Colchester Town) 3-2 in an epic final with Brown and Currivan peppering the treble twenty in the last leg.
Winners were Paul Brown/ Alan Currivan.

Unlucky Hockley lost out in the final to Cambridgeshire's Comrades 'A'

Sessions 1 to 4     :     Sessions 5 to 8

CRAIG TOPOLEWSKI (Walton)
who achieved a 9-Dart Finish
on 21st April in the Cup Q/F vs Hockley

Winner: Hockley
Runner-up: Riverside

Losing Semi-finalists: Colchester & Waltham Abbey

Jamie Robinson (Colchester) beat Al Hedman (Cressing) 4-3

Losing Semi-finalists were
Michael Peel (Southend) and Steve Roberts (Cambridgeshire)

Highest Checkout 155
Al Hedman (Cressing) & Matt Waddoups (Southend)

SINGLES: Last 32 Draw – for 21^st April

Gary Payne (Orsett) v Mark Landers (Hockley)
Dave Solly (Riverside) v Phil Halls (Basildon)
Andrew Currivan (Walton) v Mick Cain (Cressing)
Paul Barham (Southend) v Darren Peetoom (Springfield)
Rob Emery (Walton) v Graham Mills (Southend)
Steve Smith (Hockley) v Mick Baglow (Hockley)
Kevin Edwards (Harwich) v Steve Johnson (Burntwood)
Mick Peel (Southend) v Andy Kateley (Galleywood)
Ben Adams (Riverside) v Richard Watering (Southend)
Tony Gardner (Cressing) v James Allison (Hockley)
Jamie Manchester (Goodmayes) v Scott Lawrie (Harwich)
Robbie Smith (Goodmayes) v Lee Woods (Colchester)
Steve Haggerty (Chelmsford) v Coen Wiekamp (Colchester)
Al Hedman (Cressing) v Paul Walker (Colchester)
Craig Vickers (Springfield) v Carl Smith (Basildon)
Mark Banham (Burntwood) v Wayne Gleed (Springfield)

5th January
Ladies: Clacton 4 Chelmsford 5 / Southend 8 Dunmow 1
6th January
Men: ALL MATCHES POSTPONED!

Winners (£200): SCOTT LAWRIE (Harwich)
Runner-up (£100): ROBBIE TURNER (Cressing)

Semi-Finalists (£25): Steve Smith (Hockley) & Alan Collins (Harwich)

Quarter-Finalists (£10): Brandon Walsh, Lionel Samms, Steven O'Neil (Cressing) & Mark Landers (Hockley)

Furthest Lady (£10): Donna Russell (Southend)

NEXT COMPETITION IS: SUNDAY 18th JULY 2010 at Flitch Snooker Club

Pairs Last 16

Southend Result Sheets have not been received

Winmau Masters Play-off at Bridlington:
Viv Dundon lost to Heike Jenkins (GER) in the last 64... in the first round Viv beat Gail Mullen (NIR)...

Sue Waterman lost to Laura Tye (ENG) in the last 64... in the first round Viv beat Louise Hepburn (SCO)...

World Professional Play-off at Bridlington:
Steve Johnson lost to Martin Phillips in the last 8, with 4 qualifying... during the day, Steve beat Mark McCurdy (NIR); Brian Cathcart  (NIR); Gary Stone (ERN) & Frans Harmsen (NL)...

Sue Waterman lost in the final to Rhian Edwards (GLA)... Sue had beaten Sue Talbot (SUF); Heike Jenkins (GER); Grace Crane (NIR); Lisa Ashton (LAN) & Karin Krappen (NL) to reach the first final...

Lucy Ward-Geddes lost to Karin Krappen (NL) in the last 16... earlier Lucy had beaten Zsofia Lazar (HUN) & Joy Toghill (BRE)...

Viv Dundon lost to Lorraine Farlam (DER) in the last 16... Viv beat Dana Verhaegen (BEL) in her first match...

Congratulations to Deta Hedman who qualified for Lakeside in January... Deta had victories against Maud Jansson (SWE); Fiona Carmichael (BUC); Angela De Ward (IRE); Sally Dowell (KEN); Nicky Deakin (YOR); Lorraine Farlam (DER) & Frances Lawson (LOT)...

ARCHIVE NEWS - prior to September 2009

Mall Club
Burnt Mills Road
Basildon, Essex. SS13 1DT
 
01268-724098

A disappointing result for our Super league teams in the Champions Cup today (2nd August)...
Clacton Ladies lost in the final to Hertfordshire 3-2...
Hockley lost to Hertfordshire 5-4 in the preliminary round; Suffolk were the eventual winners...

Teams can download the following forms direct:

Note! I will e-mail any team secretary that would like the original Player Attendance Sheet so that they can add their own players... please request via e-mail: kjsdarts@talktalk.net

World Professional Play-off:
Congratulations to Steve Johnson (Burntwood) who won through to Bridlington after a superb match against Harwich's Scott Lawrie, 2-1 in sets...

Annual General Meeting: Took place Sunday 26th July...

• Dave Bokenham has joined the committee as Vice Chairman.

• We still require a Minutes Secretary, volunteers please.

• Harlow have decided not to carry on in the league.

• We welcome 5 new teams: Bocking, Colchester Town, Galleywood, Rayleigh and Saffron Walden

• The following teams have changed venues: Cressing, Rush Green, Springfield and Walton

• All rule amendments were passed.

• Player Release Forms should be in as soon as possible.

• All teams must have 8-players registered by Wednesday 26th August.

• The new season will start on Wednesday 9th September.

• We will publish the first two weeks fixtures after the 12th August.

Presentation Night!

A successful night but once again poorly attended by the Men...  County Manager Don Vickers was true to his word and had his back waxed and raised £160 for the "Heart of Darts"... Entertainment by Rob Walsh was well received, a shame more weren't there to appreciate the talent...

ESSEX MASTERS QUALIFIERS
Congratulations to Steve Johnson (Burntwood), Darren Peetoom (Springfield), Eddie Gosling (Colchester) and Andrew Kateley (Chelmsford) who all qualified for Regional play-offs on 1st August at Six in One Club, Tonbridge, Kent...

British Pentathlon:
Congratulations to all 4-Essex Girls that took part at the Six in One Club, Tonbridge, Kent on Saturday 20th June...  Deta Hedman finished 4th with 282 points; Viv Dundon 6th with 261; Lucy Ward-Geddes 16th & Sue Waterman 17th... Viv smashed the ladies record in the "Halve-it" scoring a superb 465 points... the previous record was Trina Gulliver's 373 in 2006...  Trina Gulliver won the title for the 5th time in 6-years...

Ladies - Masters Qualifiers
Lucy Ward-Geddes, Sue Waterman, Lynn Kelly & Wendy Johnson

WALTON'S FESTIVAL OF DARTS RESULTS

ESSEX DARTS SUPERLEAGUE - NEW TEAMS

With the current season coming to a close, the Essex Super leagues are inviting new teams and individual players to join for next season.   Each League is set up to promote the best players within Essex to attain their maximum achievement. Essex has over recent years had three players, from within the Superleague system; represent their country in Internationals across Europe.
The Ladies Superleague plays on a Tuesday evening and knows that there are both players and teams from around the County who both could and should be playing within the Superleague system. If you are one of those mentioned and would like some more information then please contact Jenny Powell on 01206 564236.
The Youth Superleague plays on a Sunday evening about once a month with all the matches at Witham Town Football Club. Currently there are over 50 players, both male and female, who are under the age of 18 and play within the Youth Superleague. Anybody who will be within this age group on the 1^st of September and would like to participate should contact Roz Ambrose on 01255 223406.
The Mens Superleague consists of two divisions and has teams from across Essex, any teams who would like to apply for next season should contact Kevin Stammers on 01277 228103.

Viv Dundon lost in the Quarter-Finals of the Isle of Man Singles

Steve Johnson (Burntwood) and Simon Whalley (Springfield) emerged as qualifiers in a well attended play-off at Chelmsford last night (4th March)... Losing semi-finalists were Graham Bacon (Maldon) and Simon Cook (Harwich)...

Ladies Singles Competition Result

Winners: Viv Dundon (Clacton)
Runners-up: Lucy Ward-Geddes (Braintree)

Ladies Superleague: KO Cup Result 16th December

Winners: Braintree
Runners up: Clacton

NOTE! Cressing have changed their Secretary:

Now contact Lucy Ward-Geddes, her details have been e-mailed to all teams.

Springfield 'B' beat Southend 'A' 2-0 to win the Fours Competition. Losing semi-finalists were Burntwood and Colchester 'B'...

NOTE! Cressing have changed their Captain:

Now contact Lynn Kelly, her details are in the Ladies Section of Handbook

NOTE DATE CHANGES FOR MEN'S SUPERLEAGUE!

MIXED PAIRS - SUNDAY 15th MARCH at CHELMSFORD SOCIAL CLUB

ENGLAND NATIONAL SINGLES - WEDNESDAY 27th MAY at CHELMSFORD SOCIAL CLUB

GOLD CUP SINGLES & PAIRS - SUNDAY 17th MAY at CHELMSFORD SOCIAL CLUB

NOTE! Cressing have moved venues... New Venue is:

Bocking United Services Club, Church Street, Bocking, nr Braintree. CM7 5LA.
Telephone: 01376 324584

Kevin Edwards qualified via the play-off for the World Professional held at Chelmsford Social Club... 77 players entered this seasons competition... John McFall lost out in the final... Martin Compton & Tim Franklin the losing semi-finalists...

Note! The Average table will show D/Ave, but will be sorted in Average order, until end of the season, as requested by county team manager... Tables will be available after 2-games...

ARCHIVE NEWS - prior to September 2008

The 2008/9 season will start on Wednesday 3rd September with Two Divisions of 9-Teams... Saffron Walden withdrew their application and Colchester Town failed to attend...

All Fees and Registrations are due on Wednesday 27th August from 8pm at Chelmsford Social Club... Each team must register a minimum of 8 players...

The other new teams (Maldon, Orsett & Rush Green) were accepted into the league...

Full fixtures will be published once the handbooks have been printed and available for the teams... First two-fixtures are available...

Each team will play each other three times and each team will have three byes... I suggest that the teams that have byes, play each other in friendly matches! If teams wish, I will publish results and averages for these games on website for information, if sheets are sent to me!

Team Secretaries have been asked to promote attendance of both the Singles and Pairs competitions, because of additional sponsorship!

A Finals Night to play-off the last 16 or 8 in Singles & Pairs is the only additional fixture, however, the outstanding fixture date has been removed, and the Officials competition will now be on the same night as the Champion of Champions...

Mixed Pairs Result
Winners:
Sue Waterman (Colchester) & Darren Peetoom (Springfield)
Runners-up:
Roz Ambrose (Clacton) & James Noone (Colchester)

A disappointing turnout, only 12 pairs entered

Hockley 'B' beat Southend 'A' to win the Fours Competition! The losing semi-finalists were Walton & Colchester 'B'...
Hockley 'B' (John McFall, Mark Landers, Shaun Walsh & Paul Marsh)
Southend 'A' (Stephen Kiamil, Graham Mills, Richard Watering & Bradley Caiger)
Walton (Alan Currivan, Andrew Currivan, Robert Emery & Reece Hutchison)
Colchester 'B' (Dave Warner, Dave Orton, Andy Cole & Bryan Willis)

Hockley beat Thameside 14-10 to win the Knockout Cup! The losing semi-finalists were Cressing & Colchester...

Congratulations to Braintree who win the Ladies League title...
Congratulations to all players who took part in the season, especially the winners of the following...

Averages & Most Tons - VIV DUNDON (Clacton)
Most Maximum's - SHEILA BUSBY (Clacton)

Congratulations to Hockley who win the title for the first time, 1-point ahead of 17 times winners, Thameside...  Congratulations to all players who took part in the season, especially the winners of the following...

Player of the Season - SCOTT LAWRIE (Harwich)
Most Wins & Averages - GARY PHIPPS (Hockley)
Most Tons - DARREN PEETOOM (Springfield)
Most Maximum's - JOHN McFALL (Hockley)

www.patrickchaplin.com/Vivdundon.htm

Viv Dundon lost out to Trina Gulliver 1-4 in the 2nd round of the Group 5 match; winning her first match vs Christine Hyde 4-3...
Congratulations to both James Jennings and Andrew Currivan for getting to the group finals in the Boys World Masters... James lost to David Coyne 3-4 in the Group 1 final... and Andrew lost to Oskar Lukasiak 2-4 in the Group 3 final...

James Allison lost out to Wayne Warren in the second round of group 4A in the play-offs...  Viv Dundon has won her first 3 games, beating Sandra Mendes 3-1, Marie Ronson 3-0 and Brenda Roush 3-1... Viv lost out in the group semi 2-3 to Stephanie Smee...