It was a good afternoon darting this saturday as the Yorkshire open took place in Rotherham at the Players Sports Bar and the quality was top notch as they came from all over the uk to play,Young lad from Wales and the super team from durham also from around the midlands and lots of yorkshire talent too......
Andy Nichols gave "nitro" Mark Lawrence a big scare missing double 10 to go 4-3 up but it was the PDC man who went through 5-4.Russ Johnson and Ben Sterner trew very well but went down against solid performances from "the tiger" & "the demon" as both Cushworth and Darlow went into the next round.Nigel Daniels and Mark Craddock blasted into the 2nd round with 5-0 victories and the South Yorkshire Cup winner Graham user also went into the next round with a fine performance to beat Dean Conoly 5-2 in a repeat of the semi from the formentioned title won by Graham."the Flash" Callan Rydz went into round 2 with a quick 5-1 victory over Ian Scoobie.Local player Carl Moorhouse got through a very tight match against team north east with a 5-4 victory over thomas Flint and also from the very good team was Jonny Gardener who went through 5-3.
1st Round
JOHN BOWLER 5-3 BRIAN METCALFE
NIGEL DANIELS 5-0 STUART SUTTON
BOB PINDER 5-0 OWEN CUBIT
MARK LAWRENCE 5-3 ANDY NICHOLS
JONNY GARDENER 5-2 DAZ SULLIVAN
ANDREW KELLY 5-3 JOHN DANIELS
LEE CUSHWORTH 5-3 RUSS JOHNSON
TONY DARLOW 5-3 BEN STERNER
RYAN GOFFIN 5-0 CHRIS KEANE
PAUL BETTANY 5-1 PETE BRAMLEY
STEVE MEEK 5-2 KEN MACDONALD
GRAHAM USER 5-2 DEAN CONOLY
MARK CRADDOCK 5-0 WILLIAM TAYLOR
CALLAN RYDE 5-1 IAN SCOOBIE
KEV RIMMER 5-1 TOM SAWFORD
SHAUN CARROL 5-0 MARK FOSTER
RYAN BARTON 5-1 DARREN BLUER
DAVE METCALFE 5-0 KATHRYN WAUGH
KRISTIAN LARKIN 5-0 SCOT MACDONALD
CARL MOORHOUSE 5-4 THOMAS FLINT
CHRIS COOPER 5-1 RYAN LOVERICK
LEE SLACK 5-3 DAN JACKSON
JONNIE EDWARDS 5-4 BEN HOPKINS
Nigel Daniels continued his blistering form as he went through at the hand of the very good John Bowler and joined by Paul Bettany who beat Steve Meek.Graham user and Mark Craddock had a belter as both men hit multiple 100 plus scores and terrific checkouts but it was Graham going through to the next round.Kev rimmer made sure everyone knew he was in attendance as he beat quick kid Calln rydz in a very quick game by both men.Shaun Carroll was another starting to get noticed in the draw as he went into round 3 beating Ryan barton 5-0.Lee Slack was having a good day as he went into round three beating Jonnie edwards 5-1.Mark Haynes and Gaz Watts went into round three both with 5-0 winsas did john Walton and the two matches of the round was Jonny Gardener missing a dart to go through but going down 5-4 to Mark Lawrence and Lee Cushworth just edging out Andrew Kelly by the same score in to terrific games.
2nd Round
MARK HAYNES 5-0 SAM GRAHAM
GAZ WATTS 5-0 TONILEE BROWNSTEAD
KENNY HOULT 5-2 NEIL BERESFORD
JOHN WALTON 5-0 TOM BLAGG
BOB PINDER 5-0 MARTIN SHERLOCK
MARK LAWRENCE 5-4 JONNY GARDENER
LEE CUSHWORTH 5-4 ANDREW KELLY
TONY DARLOW 5-1 RYAN GOFFIN
NIGEL DANIELS 5-0 JOHN BOWLER
PAUL BETTANY 5-3 STEVE MEEK
GRAHAM USER 5-4 MARK CRADDOCK
KEV RIMMER 5-2 CALLAN RYDZ
SHAUN CARROL 5-0 RYAN BARTON
DAVE METCALFE 5-0 KRISTIAN LARKIN
CHRIS COOPER 5-1 CARL MOORHOUSE
LEE SLACK 5-1 JONNIE EDWARDS
The 3rd round got underway with Kev Rimmer edging out Graham User in a nail bitting game 5-4 and was joined by Nigel Daniles who went through 5-1 with a great win over Paul Bettany.Shaun Carrol had a fine 5-2 victory over the inform Dave Metcalfe 5-3 and would meet Chris Cooper who came from 2-0 down to beat Lee Slack 5-2.Gaz Watts hitting more maximums also went into the last 8 beating yorkshire's Mick Haynes and he was joined in his section by John Walton as the former world champion had too much for the up and coming Kenny Hoult.Bob Pinder and Tony Darlow both went out as Mark Lawrence and Lee Cushworth put them both to the sword.
3rd Round
GAZ WATTS 5-4 MARK HAYNES
JOHN WALTON 5-3 KENNY HOULT
MARK LAWRENCE 5-0 BOB PINDER
LEE CUSHWORTH 5-3 TONY DARLOW
NIGEL DANIELS 5-1 PAUL BETTANY
KEV RIMMER 5-4 GRAHAM USER
SHAUN CARROL 5-2 DAVE METCALFE
CHRIS COOPER 5-2 LEE SLACK
Kev Rimmer raced into a 2-0 lead against Nigel Daniels before he came back to level the game but then Kev went on a run a got over the line 5-3.The similat thing was the same for Chris Cooper who came back from 2-0 down only for Shaun Carrol to race away for a 5-3 win.Gaz Waat was leading 2-1 but a barrage of 180's from John walton was enough to get him back into the game and win the match 5-3 and in the last quarter final match with the game level at 1-1 nitro went into high gear rattling off 11,12,11 dart legs to go into the semi final against Lee Cushworth
LAST 8
JOHN WALTON 5-3 GAZ WATTS
MARK LAWRENCE 5-1 LEE CUSHWORTH
KEV RIMMER 5-3 NIGEL DANIELS
SHAUN CARROL 5-3 CHRIS COOPER
Mark Lawrence got the bit between his teeth to race into a 2-0 and then 3-1 lead over John Walton but back came John boy to level the game and then go 4-3 up beofre Mark drew level at 4-4 and with both men sat on a finish it was john having the dart first only to just miss and let in Mark to hit t20 and d8 to win the game 5-4 in what was the game of the tournament.all you can say about the other semi final is that it was a blur as Kev Rimmer and Shaun Carrol put on 7 legs of the highest quality with 5 sub 15 dart legs involved and it was the midlands man from birmingham that went threw 5-2
Semi-final
MARK LAWRENCE 5-4 JOHN WALTON
SHAUN CARROL 5-2 KEV RIMMER
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| Mark Lawrence & Shaun Carroll |
FINAL
MARK LAWRENCE 6-0 SHAUN CARROLL
What a grand day of darts it was and well done to all who played and a mention to Mark Craddock and Carl Moorhouse who both played out a very good final in the duffers cup with it going to the man from the midlands Mark Craddock.
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