DARTS: Brook's Flights win 5-a-sides

LAST week saw the completion of the first team competition of the season with favourites Brook's Flights emerging as champions.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Jan 2010, 08:52 BST
Updated 13th Jan 2010, 08:30 BST

There were also new records set with Daniel McDonald (Brook's Flights) recording the fastest leg of the season by going out in 11 darts.Nigel McVey (Sperrin) recorded the highest finish of the season by finishing on 129.

Brook's Flights came through the preliminaries with a comfortable win over the Royal British Legion. Andy Martin of the Flights was the player in for recording a 180 and a 15-dart leg.

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In the first semi-final Brook's Flights had a clean sweep over the Forge throwing some impressive darts on the road to the final. Best from the Flights came from Jeff Watt (100, 2x140, 2x18 darts), Daniel McDonald (135, 136, 140, 17 & 18 darts) and Ricky Dunlop (3x100, 140, 180, 14 darts).

In the second semi-final Sperrin took the first three games to defeat Brook's A to book their place in the final. The best for the Sperrin came from Nigel McVey (100, 180, 15 darts, 129 finish – T20, S19, Bull), Johnny Campbell (2x100, 117, 133) and Trevor McLelland (3x100).

Due to deteriorating weather conditions the final was played over two boards. As the Flights only had four players available for the final the Sperrin started with a walkover and needed only two games to win. On board one Andy Martin (100, 180) beat Nigel McVey (100) and on board two David Morrow (3x100, 133) beat Ellen O'Neill (3x100) to put the Flights 2-1 up.

The second game on board one saw Johnny Campbell (2x117, 133) miss the opportunity to level the game and Daniel McDonald (4x100, 125, 135, 140, 11 darts) punished the mistake and took the 3rd leg in ll darts to secure the win. At the same time on board two Michael Sweeney (2x100, 135, 140) beat Ricky Dunlop (5x100, 2x125, 140) to leave the final score Brook's Flights 3-2 Sperrin.

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The League would like to express their condolences to the Forsythe family on the tragic death of Tom Forsythe. Tommy was General Secretary of the Northern Ireland Darts Organisation and a good advocate for local darts. He will be sorely missed on the circuit.

Fixtures: Thursday, January 14 - Brook's Flights v Scott's Ladies B; RBL Coleraine v Brook's A; Scott's Ladies A v Forge; Sperrin v Montra.

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