A very close affair it was as it was littered with some of the top county players taking part and as all Grand slams it was group stages leading to a straight knockout
Group A
Yorkshire County star Paul Moore was the winner of Group A winning all games in a very tough group by seeing off the very dangerous Pete Daffin,Steve Tingy,Jack Brooks and Chris in the first game with both men going through to the knockout stages
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| Paul Moore,Chris Lacey and Trevor Burkhill |
Group A P W L F A PTS
PAUL MOORE 4 4 0 16 6 8
CHRIS LACEY 4 3 1 15 8 6
PETE DAFFIN 4 2 2 12 10 4
JACK BOOKS 4 1 3 7 14 2
STEVE TINGY 4 0 4 4 16 0
PM 4-3 CL, JB 4-2 ST,
PD 2-4 CL, PM 4-0 JB,
PD 4-0 ST, CL 4-1 JB
ST 1-4 PM, JB 2-4 PD,
ST 1-4 CL, PM 4-2 PD
Group B
This was a very close one with a last game decider and a resulting shootout to go through.
Steve Meek was unsuccessful in his opener against the unlucky player of the group just missing out Bob Pinder going down 4-3 but then rallied to win the next three over Eggy Zanderberg,Steve Smith and finally over Paul woolfe which set up a shootout against the same man to decide the group winner which he won also and going through with Paul also.
Group B P W L F A PTS
STEVE MEEK 4 3 1 15 6 6
PAUL WOOLFE 4 3 1 14 5 6
BOB PINDER 4 2 2 13 11 4
STEVE SMITH 4 2 2 8 12 4
EZANDERBERG 4 0 4 2 16 0
play off for top won by Steve Meek
BP 3-4 PW EZ 2-4 SS
SM 3-4 BP PW 4-0 EZ
SM 4-0 SS BP 4-0 EZ
SS 0-4 PW EZ 0-4 SM
SS 4-2 BP PW 2-4 SM
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| Steve Meek group B winner |
Group C
The group of death as it was known with the two favourite drawn in the same and three other top players also but the group was won on a shootout between three players as they all beat each other and everyone else to end up on six points each with Turbo Trevor Burkhill and Darren Johnson heading into the next round pushed by andy Makracken who fought back hard after going down 4-0 in the opener
Group C P W L F A PTS
TREVOR BURKHILL 4 3 1 15 7 6
DARREN JOHNSON 4 3 1 15 9 6
ANDY MACKRAKEN 4 3 1 12 9 6
MICK SMITH 4 1 3 5 15 2
MARTIN DONSON 4 0 4 9 16 0
PLAY OFF RESULT
Trevor Burkhill and Darren Johnson go through
AM 0-4 TB DJ 4-0 MS
MD 2-4 AM TB 3-4 DJ
MD 3-4 MS AM 4-3 DJ
MS 1-4 TB DJ 4-2 MD
MS 0-4 AM TB 4-2 MD
Group D
this was another close one with the exception of the very experienced Steve Ward who won all his group games.Jake Rhodes the quickfire youngster push him all the way but went down in his last match to Mark Crossley and that was enough for mark to leapfrog the young gun and take 2nd spot going through
Group D P W L F A PTS
STEVE WARD 4 4 0 16 9 8
MARK CROSSLEY 4 3 1 14 6 6
JAKE RHODES 4 2 2 11 12 4
WILL NORTH 4 1 3 10 13 2
DARREN LARNER 4 0 4 5 16 0
SW 4-2 MC WN 2-4 JR
DL 0-4 MC SW 4-2 WN
DL 2-4 JR MC 4-2 WN
JR 3-4 SW WN 4-1 DL
JR 0-4 MC SW 4-2 DL
The last 8 continued in the same style with some tremendous arrows thrown in the opener of round two Paul Moore was 1st into the semis with a bloodless victory taring into Mark Crossley and coming away 4-0.Paul would meet Darren Johnson in the last four as he hit a 177 with a 124 outshot after both men had shared maximums with Darren winning 4-2.Trevor Burkhill lead 2-0 before Paul woolfe got a leg back and then Trev hit another two more to win 4-1 and the last quarter final was great as Steve Ward and Chris Lacey held throw all the way with Lacey edging it 4-3.The 1st semi final Paul Moore broke DarrenJohnson early and never looked back as the PDC star chased that break with Paul winning 4-2 but a different story in the other with Turbo Trev racing into a 3-0 lead over chris Lacey only to stumble getting over the line and letting Chris claw back to three all and then Trev shading out a last leg decider and meet fellow Yorkshire player in the final.Trevor found himself 1-0 up and then 2-1 down before hitting three sub 18 dart legs to put himself on the brink of victory at 4-2 but another rally from Paul lifted him back to 4-3 only for Turbo Trev to power his way through the line and record a 5-3 victory to take the Newbold Grand Slam at the Newbold WMC.
