Monday 10 March 2014

DAZ JOHNSON WIN THE ROTHERHAM OPEN

It was a case of quality and not quantity for the projectdarts Rotherham open as the list of players involved was like a who's who.

the prelims kicked off and there was some very interesting ties too as two PDC stars went at it with Terry Temple out gunning pistol Pete Roebuck 3-0 and Craig Fisher having to settle for 2nd best against Keith Flint and the dark knight Dave Copley playing well and going through against the strong Andy Firth but the match of the round was the very close battle between Frazer Pickering and Ryan Critchlow with the Teacher Ryan going through by the skin of his teeth 3-2

Prelim Rounds

RICHARD BECK 3-0 ROB BASTOW
BRANDON WALSH 3-1 STEWART TAYLOR
CHRIS GILL 3-0 STEVE NEWTON
DAVE COPLEY 3-0 ANDY FIRTH
RICHARD BROWN 3-2 CRAIG LATHAM
BRIAN LEWIS 3-1 KEV BROWNE
TONY DARLOW 3-0 STEVE BARRADELL
RYAN CRITCHLOW 3-2 FRAZER PICKERING
RUSS JOHNSON 3-2 JOHN JUSTICE
KEITH FLINT 3-1 CRAIG FISHER
TERRY TEMPLE 3-0 PETE ROEBUCK

The 1st round got underway with Lee Bailey and Carl Wilkinson having a cracker mr Bailey just having the last say after Wilkie had missed doubles to go through.daz Johnson got through a tough tie against the very good Carl Moorehouse and 15yo Nathan Richards just been beaten by Danny Hacket.Steve Hattersly scrapped into the 2nd round with a 3-2 win over 18yo Joel Burkhill.Winmau open champion Tony "the tiger" Darlow just managed to have enough in the last leg over Brian Lewis.Rich Beck let a 2-0 lead slip to turbo Trevor Burkhill and the tie of the round was Keith Flint and Terry Temple with Keith just having the edge 3-1.

1st Round

SEAN DAVIS 3-2 JOSH THOMPSON
STEVE RUMBLE 3-0 TOM SAWFORD
DAZ JOHNSON 3-1 CARL MOOREHOUSE
PAT MEESON 3-1 DAVID SLATTERY
JOHN BOWLER 3-1 LEE CUSHWORTH
LEE BAILEY 3-2 CARL WILKINSON
JOHN DANIELS 3-0 LUKE ORMAN
DANNY HACKETT 3-2 NATHAN RICHARDS
STEVE HATTERSLEY 3-2 JOEL BURKHILL
BOB PINDER 3-1 KENNY HOULT
TREVOR BURKHILL 3-2 RICHARD BECK
CHRIS GILL 3-0 BRANDON WALSH
DAVE COPLEY 3-0 RICHARD BROWN
TONY DARLOW 3-2 BRIAN LEWIS
RYAN CRITCHLOW 3-1 RUSS JOHNSON
KEITH FLINT 3-1 TERRY TEMPLE

Pat "the Chuaffeur" Meeson had a tricky tie as he took on Daz Johnson but fell to a 3-0 defeat and that same for Danny Hacket going down to John Daniels the same score.John Bowler had a terrific win over Lee Bailey commanding the match from the beginning.Steve Rumble had no luck as Sean Davis ran out a 3-2 winner and Bob "pinhead" pinder had to much with his big scoring for Steve Hattersley going through 3-0.Chris Gill with a 146 and a 109 checkout got through over Trevor Burkhill and Dave Copley went through 3-1 over Tony Darlow.Keith Flint's progress continued as he went into the last 8 with a 3-0 victory.

2nd Round

BOB PINDER 3-0 STEVE HATTERSLEY
CHRIS GILL 3-2 TREVOR BURKHILL
DAVE COPLEY 3-1 TONY DARLOW
KEITH FLINT 3-0 RYAN CRITCHLOW
SEAN DAVIS 3-2 STEVE RUMBLE
DAZ JOHNSON 3-0 PAT MEESON
JOHN BOWLER 3-1 LEE BAILEY
JOHN DANIELS 3-0 DANNY HACKET

Daz Johnson swiftly moved into the semi finals as he made quick work off sean davis 3-0.John "danny" Daniels got through with some clinical finishing over John Bowler 3-1 and it was Chris Gill hitting a crucial 140 at the right time to take the 4th leg and a 3-1 win over Bob Pinder and Dave Copley was the next to fall to Keith FLint going down 3-1

Quarter finals

CHRIS GILL 3-1 BOB PINDER
KEITH FLINT 3-1 DAVE COPLEY
DAZ JOHNSON 3-0 SEAN DAVIS
JOHN DANIELS 3-1 JOHN BOWLER

John Daniels was ruing missed doubles as Daz Johnson moved into the final racing 3 legs on the spin to go through 4-1 and Keith Flint blasted his way into the final with a 4-0 demolition of Chris Gill.

Semi-Finals

DAZ JOHNSON 4-1 JOHN DANIELS
KEITH FLINT 4-0 CHRIS GILL

Daz johnson raced into a 3-0 lead in the final as his powerful scoring and clinical finishing proved to strong for Keith on the day but then a rally from the man from the bottom half of the draw got him back into it but then Daz just proved to good on the afternoon taking the 1st prize and the rotherham open

Final

DAZ JOHNSON 4-1 KEITH FLINT




The Players Championship took place directly after

with an all mag7 final as 2013 mag7 champion beating 2012 mag7 champion Bob Pinder 4-2 Trevor Burkhill.

Prelims

KENNY HOULT 3-1 JOEL BURKHILL
STEVE RUMBLE 3-1 JOHN DANIELS
KEV BROWNE 3-0 STEVE BARRADELL
CARL WILKINSON 3-0 LUKE ORMAN
CHRIS GILL 3-0 LEE BAILEY
BRIAN LEWIS 3-2 RICH BECK
KEITH FLINT 3-0 BRANDON WALSH
BOB PINDER 3-0 DAZ JOHNSON
NATHAN RICHARDS 3-1 RUSS JOHNSON
ANDY FIRTH 3-1 KRZYSZTOF WIECZOREK
JOSH THOMPSON 3-0 RICH BROWN

LAST 16

DAVE COPLEY 3-0 JOHN BOWLER
TREVOR BURKHILL 3-1 PETE ROEBUCK
TONY DARLOW 3-0 JOSH THOMPSON
STEVE RUMBLE 3-1 KENNY HOULT
CARL WILKINSON 3-0 KEV BROWNE
CHRIS GILL 3-1 BRIAN LEWIS
BOB PINDER 3-2 KEITH FLINT
ANDY FIRTH 3-1 NATHAN RICHARDS

LAST 8

TREVOR BURKHILL 3-2 DAVE COPLEY
STEVE RUMBLE 3-2 TONY DARLOW
CARL WILKINSON 3-0 CHRIS GILL
BOB PINDER 3-1 ANDY FIRTH

SEMI-FINAL

TREVOR BURKHILL 3-0 STEVE RUMBLE
BOB PINDER 3-2 CARL WILKINSON

FINAL

BOB PINDER 4-2 TREVOR BURKHILL


The adjusted Projectdarts/PDO world rankings after both events

1.CARLWILKINSON-same
2.BOB PINDER-up1
3.STEVE RUMBLE-up1
4.TREVOR BURKHILL-up6
5.DAZ JOHNSON-up28
6.CHRIS GILL-up2
7.ANDY FIRTH-up1
8.BRANDAN MARREN-down6
9.JOHN DANIELS-up7
10.ANTONY DARLOW-up1
11.JOHN WALTON-down6
12.DARREN WEAVER-down6
13.KEITH FLINT-
14.DAVE COPLEY-
15.JOHNBOWLER-up17
16.BRIANLEWIS-same




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