Tuesday 9 February 2016

Pete Jacques on top of the world

Project Darts World Championship 

 


1st Round

Project darts brought you it's 2nd World Championship last December with 32 players competing in a top quality field to take the crown off number 1 seed and defending champion John "Boy" Walton who opened the competition with a 5-2 win over Matt Padgett. 2nd seed Darren Johnson romped through his 1st round tie 5-0 with Kieran Evans being the victim, The number 3 seed in the competition Terry Temple won his 1st round match against Jack Kerr 5-2. They were also 5-0 wins for Trevor Burkhill (Dean Conoly), Chris Fiddler (Lee Moffat), Pete Jaques (Gareth Baxter) and Tommy Lishman (Bob Pinder). They were close match between Carl Moorhouse and Brian Lewis with Carl going through 5-4

1st Round Results
John Walton (1) 5-2 Matt Padgett
Trevor Burkhill 5-0 Dean Conoly
Andy Umney 5-2 Rab McKenzie
Carl Moorhouse 5-4 Brian Lewis
Ian Withers 5-1 Dave Hemsworth
Chris Fiddler 5-0 Lee Moffatt
Gareth Baxter 0-5 Pete Jacques
Tony Molyneaux 2-5 Trev Holtby
Darren Johnson (2) 5-0 Kieran Evans
Tommy Leishman 5-0 Bob Pinder
Chris Markham 1-5 Kieth Flint
Tom Gregory 5-1 Greg Beard
Terry Temple (3) 5-2 Jack Kerr
Brian Dawson 5-1 Tom Blagg
Stewart Bruce 1-5 Jamie Branton
Daz Layden 1-5 Stephen Briggs

Last 16

The competition was cranked up a notch with the last 16 battling out to see who goes to the quarter finals with close matches between Andy Umney and Carl Moorhouse (5-4), Keith Flint and Tom Gregory (5-4) and also Jamie Branton vs Stephen Briggs (5-4). The top 3 seeds also booked their place in the quarters with John Walton (Trevor Burkhill), Darren Johnson (Tommy Lishman) and Terry Temple (Brian Dawson) gaining solid victories

Last 16 Results
John Walton (1) 5-1 Trevor Burkhill
Andy Umney 5-4 Carl Moorhouse
Ian Withers 1-5 Chris Fiddler
Pete Jacques 5-3 Trev Holtby
Darren Johnson (2) 5-1 Tommy Lishman
Keith Flint 5-4 Tom Gregory
Terry Temple (3) 5-2 Brian Dawson
Jamie Branton 5-4 Stephen Briggs

Quarter Finals

The final 8 in the competition took to the oche knowing that one of them will be crowned World Champion. The 1st seed to go out of the competition was Darren Johnson who lost a closely fought contest with Keith Flint (5-4). Terry Temple booked his place in the last 4 after winning Jamie Branton (5-3). John Walton and Pete Jacques were the final 2 names in the Semi finals with Pete Jacques winning 5-2 over Chris Fiddler and John Walton easing through 5-0 against Andy Umney.

Quarter Finals Results
John Walton (1) 5-0 Andy Umney
Chris Fiddler 2-5 Pete Jacques
Darren Johnson (2) 4-5 Keith Flint
Terry Temple (3) 5-3 Jamie Branton

Semi Finals

As we enter the penultimate round of the World Championships 4 players battled out to get their hands on the trophy. A quality and in form Pete Jaques was the first player to book his place in the final with a convincing 5-1 win over former World Champion John Walton who had no answer to that performance. In the other semi final Keith Flint went through 5-2 over 2nd seed Terry Temple

Semi Finals Results
John Walton (1) 1-5 Pete Jacques
Keith Flint 5-2 Terry Temple (3)

Final

We're here, 32 players started out dreaming of being crowned world champion now it's down to just 2 between Pete Jacques and Keith Flint and what a final it was, closely fought contest with both players giving everything to get their hands on that coveted trophy and the title of world champion. The game went back and forth until eventually we went to an 11th and deciding leg nerves was on edge and then finally Pete Jacques hit the decisive double and with it put his name in Project Darts history and be crowned 2015 Projectdarts World Champion

Final Result
Pete Jacques 6-5 Keith Flint

Report by Pat Finney

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