PINDER MAKES HIS WAY TO THE PDC AS SDM CHAMPION

Well this Sunday Bob Pinhead Pinder became the first Projectdarts SDM Grand Champion and on his way to the PDC and now has a massive opportunity to become one of the greats.

From the Pub to Pro.......

As darting fans and darting royalty swarmed into Sheffield to watch and support there favourites it was a long and eventful day full of Darts,Darts an more..

The first round got underway as No1 seed Tony "the tiger" Darlow had too much fire power as he beat "the hitman" Paul Beck with both men hitting maximums to set a very high standard for the rest of the day.Carl Moorhouse made his way to the stage with the lovely walk on girl Kiera only to fall short to PDC star Darren "dynamite" Johnson as he walked on to AC/DC TNT continued to blast his way to a 4-0 victory.Yorkshire's no1 Julie White was in outstanding form hitting a 4 sub 20 dart legs to beat Lester "big red" Bowers and again prove why she is one of the best in the world.Her Husband Nick White followed her there with a 4-2 hard fought game over Ryan "the manic" Goffin coming from 2-0 down to win 4-2.Nick would then go on to beat Julie 4-2 in the last 8 and set up a semi-final against Darren Johnson who blasted in a 103 av hitting 12/13/12/17 dart legs in a 4-1 win over top seed Tony Darlow and then would scrape through to the final as nick white came from 2-1 down to lead 3-2 in the semi only for dynamite to deep way down deep and record a 4-3 victory to no.9 seed Darren Johnson into the final.Rich "bullseye" Beck beat a below par Billy Wragg but what an achievement for the young lad making it into the grand final of such a big event bullseye would then meet Bob Pinder who got the better of a terrific battle over John Daniels as the battle of the south Yorkshire men proved a cracker Bob would then break at 2-1 down and again at 3-2 up to win a place in the semi's and he would meet no.2 seed Carl "the sword" Wilkinson who after beating "Mr 19" Andy Radford 4-1 would then take out "the messiah" Brian Lewis 4-0 after Brian had taken a tremendous game against Darren "the dream" Weaver.Bob Would edge the semi 4-3 with all legs going with throw.With Darren 2dynamite" Johnson and Bob "pinhead" Pinder making ways with AC/DC and Offspring we witnessed a terrific final as both men proving why they both made it to this stage with both men touching a 90av. several legs below 15,maximums it was Bob Pinder who just won a nervous last leg to take the title 5 legs to 4.He now joins the elite of the sport in the PDC in January.
What an amazing day as Sheffield hosted such a huge event for local player to be involved in.

from left,final marker Antonio Cruz,R/up Darren Johnson,SDM champ Bob Pinder,Riley's Scott Griffin,ref Pat Meeson & Projectdarts owner Jason Burkhill.