HUDDERSFIELD JACQUES TAKES THE BARNSLEY OPEN

3rd of may at the Staincross WMC was the venue to the 2014 Projectdarts Barnsley open and it was a belter

the first round kicked off with some mouth watering match ups but none better than Tony Darlow vs Kev Shaw and it was the guy from Barnsley proving too good on the day as he swept past the tiger 3-1.Carl Hesslegrave had a tight contest against Trevor Spencer going threw 3-2.Jason Elvin made an early claim for the tournament when just missing out on a 9 dart leg but still finishing in 10 to oust Andy Jones 3-0.Carl Wilkinson hit a 180 as he made his way into the 2nd round courtesy of Joanne Senior and Chris Cooper slammed his way into the 2nd round with a 3-0 win over Neil Bates and Carl Moorhouse and exchanged 180 with Neil Sidebottom and recorded a 13 dart leg as he went threw 3-2.Steve Rumble had to get past team mate Joey Woodcock which he just managed 3-2 in which Joey recorded a 128 checkout.Cameron Hinchcliffe took his place in round 2 with a fine victory over Paul Ashcroft

1st Round

STEVE RUMBLE 3-2 JOEY WOODCOCK
RYAN BINS 3-2 ALAN PRIESTLY
CARL HESSLEGRAVE 3-2 TREVOR SPENCER
TONY MOLYNEAUX 3-0 ROBERT TURPIN
CAMERON HINCHCLIFFE 3-1 PAUL ASHCROFT
JASON ELVIN 3-0 ANDY JONES
CARL WILKINSON 3-0 JOANNE SENIOR
LES SHAW 3-0 JIMMY CHONJINOWSKI
DAVE GREEN 3-0 ANDREW DICKENSON
RAB MCKENZIE 3-2 CHRIS BURD
PETER JACQUES 3-1 STEVE BARRADELL
RICH WHINPENNY 3-0 MARK CHILDREY
BOB PINDER 3-0 STEWART DOAK
KEV SHAW 3-1 TONY DARLOW
CARL MOORHOUSE 3-2 NEIL SIDEBOTTOM
LEROY SAND 3-2 JOEL BURKHILL
GREG MARTYN 3-1 KEV MARPLES
CHRIS COOPER 3-0 NEIL BATES
JOHN DANIELS 3-0 GRAHAM OLIVER
BEN OLDROYD 3-0 HARRISON RUMFORD
CHRIS GILL 3-0 VAUGH FAIRCLOUGH
LEE BAILEY 3-2 DAVE PEASEGOOD
STEVE SELLERS 3-1 JAMES TAYLOR

The 2nd round got under way with Curly Chris Cooper smashing in 2x180s in his victory over John Daniels as well as Leroy Sands made his way into round 3 with a victory over Greg Martin.Steve  Sellers then also joined them as he got through 3-2 over Lee Bailey.Martyn Drainer put pay to Dave Greens open as he made round 3 with a fine 3-0 victory.Rich Whinpenny took out the last SDM winner Bob Pinder with a swift 127 checkout to win 3-1.Tony Hirst got into round 3 with a 3-1 victory over Tim Rumford and Jason Elvin hit three maximums in his victory over Yorkshire youth star Cameron Hinchcliffe.PDO World number 1 Carl Wilkinson just edged out home venue favourite Les Shaw 3-2.

2nd Round

STEVE RUMBLE 3-2 RYAN BINS
TONY MOLYNEAUX 3-1 CARL HESSLEGRAVE
JASON ELVIN 3-1 CAMERON HINCHCLIFFE
CARL WILKINSON 3-2 LES SHAW
MATT BENNET 3-1 TAYLOR GREAVES
MARK HELLIWELL 3-1 PAT MEESON
RUSS JOHNSON 3-0 MATT LITTLEWOOD
TONY HIRST 3-1 TIM RUMFORD
MARTYN DRAINER 3-0 DAVE GREEN
PETER JACQUES 3-1 RAB MCKENZIE
KEV SHAW 3-1 CARL MOORHOUSE
RICH WHINPENNY 3-1 BOB PINDER
LEROY SANDS 3-2 GREG MARTIN
CHRIS COOPER 3-0 JOHN DANIELS
CHRIS GILL 3-1 BEN OLDROYD
STEVE SELLERS 3-2 LEE BAILEY

Chris Cooper was faultless as he brush Leroy Sands to the side hitting 2x180s and a 156 checkout.Chris gill had too much for Steve Sellers win a 3-1 victory and and fellow Yorkshire A star Pete Jacques was casually making his way threw the contest with a 3-0 victory to make the last 8 and Russ Johnson did like wise but the match of the round and possibly of the tournament so far was Jason Elvins 3-2 win over Carl Wilkinson with both players trading maximums and a 12 dart leg to secure victory for jason.Local darting hero Kev Shaw made his way into the last 8 by just edging Rich Whinpenny with both players showing just why they are in the cream of Yorkshire.

3rd Round

TONY MOLONEAUX 3-0 STEVE RUMBLE
JASON ELVIN 3-2 CARL WILKINSON
RUSS JOHNSON 3-0 TONY HIRST
MARK HELLIWELL 3-2 MATT BENNET
PETER JACQUES 3-0 MARTYN DRAINER
KEV SHAW 3-1 RICH WHINPENNY
CHRIS COOPER 3-0 LEROY SANDS
CHRIS GILL 3-1 STEVE SELLERS

Russ Johnsons 180 wasn't enough as he went down 3-1 to Mark Helliwell who had creeped into the contest virtually unnoticed but now sat in the semi finals.A titanic Yorkshire a tussle took place as Peter Jacques took on Kev Shaw and it was Mr Jacques who was the one moving on to the semi finals.Chris Cooper was clinical in his finishing as he beat Chris Gill 3-0 and Jason Elvin did the same for the last Q/F over Darfields Tony Molyneaux

4th Round

MARK HELLIWELL 3-0 RUSS JOHNSON
PETER JACQUES 3-1 KEV SHAW
CHRIS COOPER 3-0 CHRIS GILL
JASON ELVIN 3-0 TONY MOLYNEAUX

Peter Jacques blasted his way into the final with a 4-0 demolition over Mark Helliwell but the other semi was a titanic humdinger as back and forth it went with Jason Elvin down 3-2 and Chris missing a dart to win 4-2 Jason came back and levelled and himself missed 3 darts to make the final but it was Chris Cooper who held his nerves to win 4-3

SEMI FINAL

CHRIS COOPER 4-3 JASON ELVIN
PETER JACQUES 4-0 MARK HELLIWELL

The finalist took to the stage and after several deadlocks on the bull it was Peter Jacques that got the arrows which would prove decisive as every game went with the arrows in which Peter hit 2x180s and he missed darts for a 4-2 win but Chris hit back to level and then missed darts for the final but Pete hit some lovely arrows all day as did Chris and both deserved there final spot and it was Peter That just had the edge to hit that winning double and with it take the 2014 Barnsley open.

PETER JACQUES 4-3 CHRIS COOPER

Peter pictured (left) with Kev Shaw