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Hazlemere Easter Darts Open - 21st Mar 2008 - Pictures also available in Photo section Credit Andy

Hampshire’s Paul Logan took the very first Bucks Open at the Hazlemere Community Centre, as he defeated Berkshire’s George Mackay 4-3 in a great final.
With a fantastic turnout of some 82 players, the standard was excellent all day and not short of some surprises as Stuart Dutton was overturned by local Hazlemere player Steve McLeod 3-2, with McLeod going on to make the quarter finals.
And Maggie Sutton making the last 32.
Results
Furthest Lady--£25
Maggie Sutton.
Losing quarter finalists--£10 each
Joe Stone
Steve McLeod
Dave Anderson
Martin Forrest
Losing Semi finalists--£25 each
Rob Dell (Bucks)
Nick Cobb (Oxon)
Runner Up--£75
George Mackay (Berkshire)
Winner--£225
Paul Hogan (Hampshire)

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Whitley Bay Open 21st March 2008 - Credit to Stody
Mens - 105 entries
Last 32
John Nicholson 3 - 0 C Cottrell
John Moore 0 - 3 Davey Richardson
T Norton 3 -0 K Fletcher
Glenn Moody 3 - 0 Chris Henry
Graeme Begby 1 - 3 Paul Knighton
Ian Dobson 1 - 3 Steve Hogg
Dave Blenkarne 3 - 0 Ian Gleeson
John Quantock 1 - 3 A Dobey
Kevin Hill 3 - 2 Mark Stevenson
Colin Janson 3 - 0 S Cook
Ned Savery 0 - 3 Andy Chalmers
Alan Hassan 1 - 3 Andy Lynn
A Goodfellow 3 - 1 Alan Slight
Robbie Parker 3 - 1 Chris Lisle
Davey Prins 3 - 2 Chris Hornby
Gordon Dobey 3 - 0 J Palmer
Last 16 (£10)
John Nicholson 2 - 3 Davey Richardson
T Norton 0 -3 Glenn Moody
Paul Knighton 3 - 1 Steve Hogg
Dave Blenkarne 2 - 3 Arthur Dobey
Kevin Hill 3 - 0 Colin Janson
Andy Chlamers 3 - 2 Andy Lynn
A Goodfellow 2 - 3 Robbie Parker
Davey Prins 2 - 3 Gordon Dobey
Quarter Finals (£30)
Davey Richardson 2 - 3 Glenn Moody
Paul Knighton 3 - 1 Arthur Dobey
Kevin Hill 0 - 3 Andy Chalmers
Robbie Parker 1 - 3 Gordon Dobey
Semi Finals (£75)
Glenn Moody 4 - 3 Paul Knighton
Andy Chalmers 1 - 4 Gordon Dobey
Final
(£400)Glenn Moody 5 - 1 Gordon Dobey (£250)
Ladies - 39 entries
Last 16
Caroline Welsh 3 -1 Meg Cullen
Maureen Purvis 3 - 1 Joanne Wood
S Parker 1 - 3 Mo Lyons
C Caldow 3 -1 M Whittle
Liz Kelly 3 - 1 C Cassidy
Pam Knott 3 -2 W Beetham
C Groves 0 - 3 Vera Younger
T Longstaff 3 - 2 Joy Wanless
Last 8 (£10)
Caroline Welsh 2 - 3 Maureen Purvis
Mo Lyons 3 - 2 C Caldow
Liz Kelly 1 - 3 Pam Knott
Vera Younger 3 - 0 T Longstaff

Last 4 (£30)

Maureen Purvis 2 - 3 Mo Lyons

Pam Knott 0 - 3 Vera Younger
Final
(£50) Mo Lyons 2 - 4 Vera Younger (£100)
180s - Claire Proctor, Vera Younger, C Groves, T Longstaff
Total Paid out - £1250
Many thanks to Whitley Bay residents club for putting this event on, was a great success, many thanks to the staff and the players for making this a cracking day of darts, and congratulations to Glenn and Vera on winning their respective singles.

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WOLVERHAMPTON OPEN  - 16th Feb 8008

The second Wolverhampton open provided some excellent darts with 111 entries on the day with players entering from birmingham,coventry,uttoxeter,derby just to name a few and it also provided a couple of early shocks with local pdc player Darren Williams and Redditch's Dave Honey going out at the first hurdle.The winner was Stuart Dutton from bedfordshire winning his 2nd open in the space of 2 weeks beating birmingham's pat koyce 5-3 in the final,Dutton raced into a 3-0 lead only for Koyce to battle back and draw level at 3-3,Dutton then took leg 7 in 14 darts and held his nerve in 8th leg to clinch the title.Wolverhampton's Wayne Jones made it to the semi final finally going out 4-3 to Dutton in a tense encounter with both players missing important doubles,Mark Jodrill was the other losing semi finalist going down 4-1 to koyce.The next wolverhampton open will be held on Saturday 21st June.

Credit Paul Walters

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SOUTH BIRMINGHAM OPEN DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP  - 9th Feb 2008

Over £1,440 was on offer at Stirchley United W.M.C. when South Birmingham Open Darts Championship was staged, the event attracted 173 entries from a wide area including London, Liverpool, South Wales & Oxfordshire. A top class event bringing life back to Birmingham darts with many well known players attending. It was also great to see many players from Birmingham taking part.
With £500 up for the winner players were soon finding their form in the early rounds, however several top performers went out early. The standard was high throughout, and following a series of thrilling games the final was reached - ranked 41st in the PDC World rankings Andy Smith faced Stuart Dutton from Bedfordshire over nine legs of 501 up. First leg to Stuart but Andy came back to lead at 2-1, Stuart produced a 160 checkout to level at two each. Following a further four legs it was all square at four each - in the deciding 9th leg Stuart Dutton emerged the winner and taking the £500 first prize.
Local lad and Sports Argus star Tony Randell reached the semis before losing out 4-2 to the eventual winner. Also in the semis S Arora from Shropshire lost 4-0 to Andy Smith. It was good news for the local Sports Argus team when a further two players reached the quarter-finals - Martin Tibbetts and Jim Norris. Other quarter-finalists were Joe Palmer (Oxfordshire) & Rob Green (Liverpool).
A first class turn out, plenty of top darts has helped to ensure the event will return next year.

Credit Stokesey

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Name of Event: The Stella Artois Tyne and Wear Open
Date : 26JAN08
Venue: Legends 114 High Street West Sunderland
Entry cost: £6 Pre £8 on the day
Number of entries :  169 Men 34 Ladies
Number of boards: 18
Price of food and drink: £2.60 pint snakebit £2.20 Pint of coke  / Burger and Chips £2.50
Car parking availability: Town Centre venue next to multi storey
Last 8 players in comp: Alan Davie, Andy Lynn, Paul Williams, Mike Veitch /  Semis Glen Durrant,  Paul Skelton, Runner Up Kev Elliott /  Winner  Tony Eccles
And a view words overall: Very sucessful 1st comp at the home of T&W county darts next event 21st/22nd June 2008 singles and pairs TBC.

Credit to Stodfish180

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