WILKO BLAST THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS BASH

RILEY'S CHRISTMAS BASH 7TH DECEMBER 2013

carl wilkinson

With the winner qualifying for the Sheffield dart master rounds 1-10 this was a crucial knockout not just for cash and pride but taking one step closer to joining the pdc circuit.

CARL WILKINSON had a very tough opener as he took on mag7 180 champion john bowler and got through a tricky contest and then had to navigate pass Yorkshire legend steve briggs among others before setting up a semi final against tony darlow who had just won a bradford darts competion and the players championship in rotherham.Tony himself had himself some tough matches to get to the semis including powerful youngster nathan "whizz kid" richards and the semi final went the way of carl wilkinson as he beat tony darlow 4-2 to make the final.

the top half of the draw looked wide open as john cartledge had battled his way through beating nick white in the quarters after a hard fought last 16 match and he was to take on andy firth who had gotten passed fellow friend aaron wike in the last 16 but andy firth had far too much for john cartledge as he went through to the final 4-0.

the final looked to be a close thing on paper but the dartfield ace carl who had given his all throughout the day.
proved to have too much power as he won it 4-0 over
andy taking the prize and with it qualification into all Sheffield darts masters

"PISTOL PETE" PETE ROEBUCK

Been a bricklayer all my life 26 years been playing darts since i was 12 been playing in darts leagues for 6 years play darts in 4 different leagues every week ever sport i do i like to get to the top of my game i used to be a cyclist for maltby cc and we got sponsor ship by dave marsh cycles of maltby plus did ten pin bowling which it got to the stage where i went all round country bowling for sheffield.The last year has seen my darts progress to the point i am now qualifying for national championship including the semi finals of the Budweiser masters and also the same spot in the protege norther championship and the last 8 of the protege national championship and now look forward to life in the PDC.

TURBO TREVOR BURKHILL

winning ways

mag7 champion 2012

I started playing darts in my mid 20's along with my brother and between us picked up the skegness open 4 out of 5 years in the mid 90's.i also got through to the last 16 of a regional uk open competition going down 5-3 to roland scholton and in the same year got to the last 64 out of of 500 players in the British open.I got through to the last 16 of the world pairs in 2002 in blackpool and made the final of the vauxall international open pairs by my early 30's in 2005 i had started to play county for derbyshire and became a regular in the A side and also picked up the sheffield wards singles championship,i then retired from darts to bring my family up but then returned to the board in 2012 and within a year had won the mag7 singles crown.in 2013 i also won the champions cup and then finally having the time i started to enter more valuable competitions and got to the final of the rileys darts master going down by 6-4 in legs in the final and 4 weeks later returned to the same venue to capture the north of england protege title in a very close game winning 5-4 and continued into the uk protege championships going down in the last 8 to the eventual finalist.from now i take my chances at qschool in a chance to join the pdc circuit.

living with partner
7 children
full time farther
enjoy football,rowing,driving
also has been noted as been the world fastest thrower

DARREN WEAVER

DARREN IN THE UK OPEN

I started playing darts at 16 and having produced some good games I was asked to join Yorkshire under 18’s team where I topped the averages for both Yorkshire and the North of England on a few occasions, that allowed me to play in the BDO Youth World Masters where I reached the quarter finals before losing to the American youth champion.

I went on to play under 21’s for Yorkshire where again my averages were up there with the best at that level which enabled me to get selected again for the North of England side which took on Scotland and the South of England on numerous occasions.

After winning local league individual competitions I travelled to a few open competitions where I held my own, I went on to play county darts for Lincolnshire which was cut short due to the birth of my first and second child. After taking a break for a couple of years I decided to start again just in local teams at first, as I started to find some form again and won some individual league titles and a couple of small open competitions I then qualified for the UK Open at Bolton where my first round match was televised live on Sky Sports (unfortunately losing 6-1 to Gary Mawson). Not long after this I received a letter of invitation to join up with the full Yorkshire County squad which I had to turn down having already made the decision to make the big step and join the PDC tour, over the year I held my own and coming close to beating several well travelled Pro’s losing 6-5 to Paul Nicholson and Colin Lloyd, I also took some beatings on the way 6-0 to James Wade and 6-1 to Gary Anderson but that is the strength of the Pro Tour. I unfortunately couldn’t sustain the cost of travelling and entry fee's myself after the birth of our third child.

In 2012 I qualified for the Gold Cup pairs which was played at The Lakeside.

I started 2013 off in some great form winning 2 local comps and reaching the final of the Nott's open which made my mind up to enter this Team Taylor competition which has now given me a platform to work on again to try and get back on the PDC circuit.

Darren Weaver

Married

Father of 3

Full time work

Enjoy Football, Rugby League, Running…