Halton bang on point to scoop Terry Abbott Memorial Trophy
with the Cricket Club leading by one, the Goldmine made it all square through Sean Bell with one to play. With everything on the line it was the Goldmine who held it together as Phillip Dunn took the last to put them through to the final.
Halton Stadium v Goldmine After two close semi-finals it came as no surprise to anyone that we were in for an equally close final.
The Stadium took a two leg lead through Alan Magee and Tony Jackson but the Goldmine then pulled one back with a win for Colin Grindley.
Another win for the Stadium through Mike Callaghan & Tony Jackson restored the Stadium’s two leg advantage before Sean Bell & Colin Grindley (12 Darts) cut the deficit to one. Robbie Gorst & Joe Price for the Stadium and then Sean Bell (17 Darts) for the Goldmine then had a win each as the match went into the last two legs.
Unfortunately for the Goldmine it was the Robbie Gorst won the next leg for the Stadium to give them a wellearned trophy. Despite the loss the Goldmine never gave up and still managed to take the last leg through Alan Jones to keep it to the narrowest margin possible. A fantastic display to make the Halton
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Stadium winners of the Terry Abbott Memorial Trophy 2019/20.
● The George Sharples Shield Cricketers Arms V Widnes Bowling
Club B
A fairly one sided first semi-final saw the Bowler take a two leg lead through Dave Cowan and Jeff Thompson. Paul Mason pulled one back for the Cricketers, but the Bowler were too strong as they took the next five legs on the run with wins for Dave Cowan & Dave Pickles, Mark Connor & Alan Moran, Mike Ruane & Jeff Thompson,
Alan Pennington and Alan Moran.
The Cricketers didn’t give in though and managed to win the last leg through Terry Ainsworth, but it was the Bowler B who were through to the final.
Hough Green Social Club v Mill
Brow Social Club
The second semi-final was an even more one sided match which saw Mill Brow take a five game lead through Kev Helps, Brian Spruce, Chris Bright, Eric Peel & Neil Platt (16 Darts) and Paul Woodward & Chris Bright. Hough Green then grabbed a single leg back through Ken Dow & Dave McIntosh only to see the Brow carry on where they had left off with further wins for Dave Woodward, Dave Powell (10 Darts) and Paul Linger to take them through to the Final.
Mill Brow v
Widnes Bowling Club B
The Brow took the lead with a win for Kev Helps.
Jeff Thompson and Alan Moran then grabbed a couple of wins for the Bowler but back came the Brow with wins in the Doubles for Paul Woodward & Chris Bright, Neil Platt & Eric Peel and Dave Powell & Paul Linger.
Mark Connor then took a third leg for the Bowler, but that was it from them as the Brow took the last two legs and the match with wins for Chris Bright and Paul Woodward. A wonderful display on the night to give Mill Brow Social Club the George Sharples Shield for 2019/20. 501 League 2019/20 – Round 7 Goldmine A at home to Halton
Stadium
In a close match full of achievements, the Stadium took the first two games through Alan Magee (19 Darts, 18 Darts) despite Luke Littler (15 Darts) and Tony Jackson.
Terry Roach (15 Darts, 156 Checkout) then took the next for the Goldmine despite Ste Barrow (16 Darts).
The doubles then saw Ste Barrow (180) & Robbie Gorst (14 Darts) take the first for the Stadium but the Goldmine then took the next three with wins for Luke Littler & Dave Evans (180); (19 Darts 18 Darts), Terry Roach (180, 100 Checkout) & Leon Littler and Anton Conroy (12 Darts, 136 Checkout) despite Robbie Gorst (19 Darts).
The stadium then drew level through John Bowles (17 darts, 17 Darts) despite a Dave Evans (180, 12 Darts) to leave everything hanging on the last game.
In a nervy last contest it was Kev Garcia (17 Darts) who came through to win and take the Match for the