Lester Bowers takes steel win

BIG RED TAKES STEEL

It was Lester Bowers time to put his name on the steel roll of honour as he held off a fightback by Adam Warner in a great final.Lester raced into a 3-0 lead before referee Adam Warner hit back with the next two legs and missed darts to level but it was Lester who held his nerve to take the qualifier.Lester had played well all night seeing off the likes of Mick hulley and Pat Meeson on route to the final and Adam Warner beat Ben Dulley and survived six match darts against a brilliant performance by Antonio cruz who had won his place in the semis and lead 3-0 against Adam before a fightback sealed a mammoth effort  and a place in the final.Lester no moves up to 3rd on the table with the top 32 going through to finals day

Lester Bowers and Adam Warner

32 GREG BEARD
31 STEVE MARFLEET
29 LESTER BOWERS
24 RYAN GOFFIN
22 BOB PINDER
24 BEN DULLEY
24 PAT MEESON
24 ADAM WARNER
22 PAUL BRITTLE
21 MARC ELLIS
20 MICK HULLEY
16 ANTONIO CRUZ
11 MATT PRYOR
11 CHRIS MARKHAM
11 LAURA TAYLOR
10 PETE BELL
8  OWEN CUBITT
8  LEE CUSHWORTH
7  PETE BRAMLEY
7  STEPHEN BRIGGS
7  ANNE LOFT HOUSE
6  PAT FINNEY
6  SIE SIMMONS
6  BRAD CLOWERY
5  BEN CHIVERS
5  ANGIE BRITTLE
5  STEVE THOMPSON
4  STEVE MEEK
4  AUSTIN STEBBINGS
4  JOHN LIEBER
3  RUSS SIMONS
3  TIM CLOSE
3  TOM BRIGGS
3  DAVE CLIFFE
3  SAM FORDHAM
3  TOM BLAGG
2  RICH JOHNSON
2  STEVE EWINGTON
2  SHAUN GREENFIELD
2  PAUL HARRIS
2  STEVE NAISBIT
2  TREVOR TYE
2  LEE WOLFE
1  GREG BATTING
1  HARRY HATTER
1  CHRIS KEANE
1  TOM SAWFORD
1  JOHN EDWARDS
1  JON SMETHURST
1  TRACEY BELL
1  DAZ BLUER

Yorkshireman Wilson Takes SDM Championship

Dave Wilson from Yorkshire became the 4th man to win the SDM title in a complete exhibition of natural talent.He would see off competitor after competitor and threw magical darts at the time.

Tom Sawford & Dave wilson

In the first and 2nd rounds we had some cracking matches to see us down to the last 16 with none better that trevor Tye taking on 11th seed Vaughn Fairclough a match that had 3x21,17,15 and 3x180s between the players and Vaughn winning 4-2,brilliant game.Also in the last 32 Sie simmons and Ben Dulley the 6th seed had a close encounter as Ben won through 4-3 and Tom gurran and Ian Hendry did the same but say a spare for 7yo Evan Hendry who had earned his place in the finals and was unlucky going out to 2nd seed Dave Wilson and he also hit a few 140s and missed a couple of double as did Maison Wilson the Yorkshire Youth Champion who was knocked out by 13th seed Steve Hattersley.

The last 16 was when the seeded players would go at each other and with 13 left it would be tough for the qualifiers and lets start with former Champion Bob Pinder who took out Anne Lofthouse with ease 4-0 and likewise for the other Qualifier Mark gurran who went down to Brian Lewis but the last qualifier lead 3-2 against rob Holroyd seeded 7 only for Rob to fight back and nick it at the end.Tom Sawford hit a 180 on his way to a 4-0 win over 13th seed Ian Hendry to send the player ranked 5 into the last 8 and a match up with Ryan goffin who won a close match with Steve Hattersley 4-3 and down to the wire.Lester Bowers seeded 3 had a chance to beat last years R/up Trevor Burkhill but lost out 4-3 in which both men had a maximum and a 12 dart leg for Trev.Dave Wilson continued to progress going into the last 8 with a win against Owen Cubitt.

Last 8 kicked off with Brian Lewis edging out Bob Pinder as 9th Seed dethroned top Seed and Hellraiser himself Bob Pinder 4-2.Tom Sawford did the same to Ryan Goffin as he and ryan both shared maximums and Tom hitting a 116 to level the game and a 118 to win.Vaugn Fairclough went down 4-1 to Turbo Trevor Burkhill as both of them hit a 180 and 2x14s for Trev.Dave Wilson smashed in a 11 dart leg to break Rob Holroyd in the 1st and again hit a 14 to break in the 3rd and had not lost his throw all say as he went through 4-0.

The Semis started as the last round finsidh but both semi was amazingly close with Turbo trev and Dave Wilson both men not letting anything go and no one dropping throw with 6 maximmums in the game and 3x14,3x15s in a class game and Dave Wilson going into his first SDM grand Final 5-4 and a similar fate ended Brian Lewis run as he let slip a 4-1 lead only for the Shooter to climb back and win 5-4 in a absolute epic encounter .

The very first qualifier back in 2014 with r/up Brendan Marren & Steve rumble(Winner)

The final promised to be a great game but tom Sawford just didn't have anything left as he battled well the first two legs but then started to falter but had thrown excellent all day but Dave Wilson was exceptional all afternoon and held throw all day in a blistering display of darts he would win the final 5-0 and credit to both players and the rest who turned up for a terrific SDM finals and now Dave Wilson adds his name to Bob Pinder(2014) Darren Johnson(2015) Brian Dawson (2016) in becoming the Projectdarts/Red Dragon Darts Masters for 2018

The tournament has come along way since the very first qualifier back in January 2014 for that years darts masters

PINDER TAKES STEEL

Bob Pinder won the latest round of the Steel City qualifier at the Woodbourne Hotel and it was a tough one too with a select field of very good up and coming talent but it was won by local legend the Hellraiser himself Bob Pinder.

Opening Round was threw up some interesting ties and none better than Lester Big Red Bowers and Greg Beard with and the Titan won through 4-2.Marc Ellis produced the performance of the round winning Ryan Goffin 4-0.Tim close like wise beating Paul brittle in another good win.

MICK HULLEY 1-4 MATT PRYOR
RYAN GOFFIN 0-4 MARC ELLIS
BOB PINDER 4-0 ANTONIO CRUZ
BEN DULLEY 4-1 AUSTIN STEBBINGS
GREG BEARD 4-2 LESTER BOWERS
STEVE MARFLEET 4-2 PAT MESSON
TIM CLOSE 4-1 PAUL BRITTLE

Last 8 had friend against friend as Marc Ellis hit a 180 against good mate Matt Pryor but it was Matts late rally to win through 4-2.Bob Pinder hit 2x180s in his victory over Ben Dulley who also hit a maximum and a 14 dart leg.Steve Marfleet edged a good battle with Tim close 4-2 and Greg Beard had too much scoring power to go through over Laura Taylor.

GREG BEARD 4-0 LAURA TAYLOR
MATT PRYOR 4-2 MARC ELLIS
BOB PINDER 4-2 BEN DULLEY
STEVE MARFLEET 4-2 TIM CLOSE

Semis was as good as the darts had been all night Bob Pinder hitting back to back 15 dart legs to go through to the final and Steve Marfleet won 4-3 over very good friend Greg Beard.

STEVE MARFLEET 4-3 GREG BEARD
BOB PINDER 4-1 MATT PRYOR

In the final Marfleet kicked off with a 16 dart leg and it was followed by Bob hitting 2x180s in a 12 dart leg.Few missed doubles in the next let in Bob to break and then he took the next to lead 3-1.Steve came back at Bob with a 17 dart leg and he had a chance in the 6th leg did Damorf but is was bob Pinder who hold his nerve to win the Final 4-2 in a great night of darts

BOB PINDER 4-2 STEVE MARFLEET



32 GREG BEARD
31 STEVE MARFLEET
24 RYAN GOFFIN
22 BOB PINDER
22 LESTER BOWERS
21 BEN DULLEY
21 MARC ELLIS
20 PAT MEESON
20 PAUL BRITTLE
19 ADAM WARNER
17 MICK HULLEY
12 ANTONIO CRUZ
11 MATT PRYOR
11 CHRIS MARKHAM
10 PETE BELL
9  LAURA TAYLOR
------- FINAL 16------------------
8  OWEN CUBITT
8  LEE CUSHWORTH
7  PETE BRAMLEY
7  STEPHEN BRIGGS
7  ANNE LOFT HOUSE
6  PAT FINNEY
6  SIE SIMMONS
6  BRAD CLOWERY
5  BEN CHIVERS
5  STEVE THOMPSON
4  STEVE MEEK
4  AUSTIN STEBBINGS
4  JOHN LIEBER
3  RUSS SIMONS
3  TIM CLOSE
3  TOM BRIGGS
3  SAM FORDHAM
3  TOM BLAGG
2  RICH JOHNSON
2  STEVE EWINGTON
2  SHAUN GREENFIELD
2  PAUL HARRIS
2  ANGIE BRITTLE
2  STEVE NAISBIT
2  TREVOR TYE
2  LEE WOLFE
1  GREG BATTING
1  HARRY HATTER
1  CHRIS KEANE
1  TOM SAWFORD
1  JOHN EDWARDS
1  JON SMETHURST
1  TRACEY BELL
1  DAZ BLUER

Boom Extends At The Top As The Ladies On Song

BOOM EXTENDS LEAD

Ben Boom Beardmore extended his lead at the top of the Pikado Liga with good wins against Shaun Greenfield and Brian Lewis who both ran the leader very close.Micky stocks moved up to 3rd hitting 6 maximums on the night with Pete Bramley also moving up to 4th after a fine win over Lee Thompson.Deb Mcabrey winning a classic with Super sue Edwards closed in on Anne Lofthouse as the highest lady finish with not much between them now with the Hustler just shading it.

Both Jodie & Angie have made great improvements this year

Jodie Bruce picked up good points this week as she keeps on improving as does Angie brittle who has made massive strides this season recording 7 wins along with other half Paul who has also had a fare share of the winners enclosure with 13 wins for the season.Charlie stocks moved into contention for a top half spot winning well last night.Bob Lamb and Antony Ainsworth played a beauty with Double A shading the game 4-3 and also sie Simmons and Liam Johnson and Chalie Stocks and tom Briggs also with the same score.Tom Sawford pushing for a top 3 finish had a 7-0 to help his cause.With just 3 weeks left it is really close for any position,Good luck all on the run in

Ben Boom Beardmore