O'Brien helps guide his team to victory

LEGS in 16 and 18 darts provided the ammunition that took Cameron O'Brien (27.33) to a 3-0 win in Cherry Tree D's Steve Chapman 501 League, 7-4 loss at Victory Hammers.

- By JAMES COOK

One of his three legs in that tie was checked with the help of a 112 combination outshot, which contributed to 11 scores of a ton or more.

The win for the home side owed much to the form of Ryan Harris, who heard scores of a ton or more called no fewer than ten times, whilst Kieran Harris was grateful for a 14-darter that helped decide a 3-2 win in his favour.

Mike Pearce (26.37) shone for St Levans with his best leg of 17 darts coming in a 3-0 win that contributed to a 6-5 success over Beacon Park. Harry MacGregor was the hero of the piece as he provided a steady hand during a 3-0 win that came with the help of a leg in 18 to secure the spoils in the final singles rubber.

As the scoreline suggests, it wasn't all one way traffic, and this was evident with the 180 and 112 three dart combination checkout provided by Ashley Evens and Jason Smout, respectively.

Victory A's Darren Collis provided as many as 14 tons but was still edged out in the final singles by Octagon's 12-ton man Chris Edgecombe, who defeated Collis in a last leg shoot-out. That 3-2 win came in the very last singles game, which meant Collis' 18-darter in the aforementioned game meant for nothing as Octagon took the 6-5 win.

Both players had team-mates playing decent supporting roles, as both Kelvin Rowe and Jayden Dodd added ten tons to the scoreboard. Dodd also provided a highlight during the finishing phase as he put away 90 at the first time of asking to take the game's biggest checkout.

Nick Miller's 12 scores of a ton or more gave Cherry Tree C the platform from which to build a 7-4 success over Raffles. The top performer for the visitors was Dan Brazier, who fired ten tons over the course of the contest, whilst 180s were fired by Miller's team-mates, Luke Johnson and Lee Hellings. Johnson showed his class in the finishing section of the game with a fine 18-darter and a 107 combination outshot coming during a 3-0 singles triumph.