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King of Eastbourne
In the 128
Open, Roland was up against crowd favourite Ronnie Baxter in a best of 9 leg
501 game. Ronnie looked
strong taking the first leg in 18 darts with a 118 finish.
However, the laid back Holland player replied to this by taking the
next five legs in 17, 17, 12 (with a 167 gs), 19 and 19 to win the event.
Both players scored maximums. Averages
28.70 for Roland and a 26.82 for Ronnie.
Anthony
Hopkins took a 3-0 (23.48av) win in the Britvic Youth Final beating last
year’s winner, Michael Hammond (Sussex).
The Britvic
Ladies Final always looked to be a good final between Dawn Standley
(Norfolk) and Crissy Howatt (Cumbria).
Dawn took the first leg in 18 darts with a cracking 105 check-out and
allowed Crissy only one leg and took the match 3-1 (26.44 av). In the Mens Singles Final Mark Cox from Wiltshire seemed determined not to stay too long on stage and took a swift 3-0 win from Kent’s Russ Herbert for a 27.83av.
It was the
same story in the Doubles Final – Andy Jenkins paired with Kevin Painter
breezed through their game against Graham Skipp and Trevor Elmer (Hants),
winning the match 3-0 in 19, 15 and 14 darts (31.13av).
The Hants pair showed an average of 21.29. Steve Randy (John Smiths) and Ron Cousins (Eastbourne Council) were on hand to present prizes to the winners. Ron Cousins is retiring later in the year after being a regular ‘face’ at the Eastbourne Open over the years. It was obviously a nostalgic moment for him when it was announced that this would be his last presentation. JR Darts’ hard working Hayley and David Barber took on a new role this year when, after keeping the audience in touch with the matches on the electronic board and scorer, they were there to help with the presentation – a job normally carried out by John and Pauline Raby.
J. R. Darts
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Roland
Scholten (Holland) was on a roll at the recent Eastbourne Open, winning both
the John Smith’s Open and the 128 Open.