Last night the new LESC Winter Darts League kicked off with 17 players signed on for 301 DIDO, Round-Robin + KO format.
In the Group phase, Paul Prince won Group 1, followed by Jasper Brunn and Geoff Nokes out of the group of 5. Groups 2, 3,and 4 were groups pf 4. Dean Caswell topped Group 2 with Cameron Meakin qualifying with him. In Group 3, Ed McManus finished first with Gaz Troth joining him and Steve Groves won Group 4 joined by Jason Evans.
In the losers KO, Daniel Prince lost a close quarter-final bettered by Mark Wynn-Smith 2-1. In the 2nd quarter Billy Cowsill was edged by Rusell Tolley 2-1 setting up the first semi-final with Mark. In the 2nd half of the draw, Jim Mildner got a bye setting up the 2nd semi-final with Steve Brunn who beat Martin Bloomer 2-0.
In the first semi, Russ beat Mark 2-0 setting up a final with Steve Brunn who beat Jim 2-0 too. In the 3rd placed match Mark beat Jim 2-0 but it was a much closer match in the best-of-5 final with Steve Brunn getting over the line first against Russell Tolley in a very close game 3-2.
In the Main KO, the odd number of players meant 1 round-of-16 game between Geoff Nokes and Jason Evans with Geoff taking a close win 2-1. That setup the first quarter-final against Ed McManus who won another close game 2-1. In the 2nd quarter-final Paul Prince bounced back from a leg down to beat Dean Caswell 2-1 while Steve Groves depatched Jasper Brunn 2-0 in the the 3rd quarter. In the final quarter-final Gaz Troth prevailed beating Cam 2-0.
In the first semi-final Paul overhauled Ed 2-0 to reach his first final. In the other semi Steve Groves continued his charge with another 2-0 win over Gaz Troth and another final.
In the 3rd placed match Ed took the honours against Gaz 2-0. In the final, Paul gave Steve a very close game wiring D16 to take the match but Steve ground out another win getting over the line first 3-2
Statistics
Games Played: 45
Darts Thrown: 4794
180’s: None
100+ Checkouts: Steve Groves (108), Paul Prince (102, 106), Dean Caswell (100)
Lowest Vists: Gaz Troth, Martin Bloomer (11 Darts)
The Winter League returns in 2 weeks