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ELECTRODARTS HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER TO CARRY ON WITH THE RUNNING OF THE HULL
OPEN OR LET IT GO AND GET BIGGER WITH NEW IDEAS AND PRIZE MONEY. THE SAME
DECISION HAD TO BE MADE WITH THE FOSTERS CLASSIC AND GUINNESS MASTERS. THIS
DECISION WAS MADE FOR THE GOOD OF LOCAL DARTS AND THIS WILL MEAN BIGGER
PRIZEMONEY FOR THE PLAYERS.
GREAT NEWS FOR THE HULL OPEN THAT JOHN CATER
PAINTING & DECORATING WILL BE THE SPONSOR OF THE 2010 HULL OPEN. WITH
SPONSORSHIP SO DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN AT THE MOMENT THIS NOW MEANS THE FIRST PRIZE
WILL BE £300. THE DATE OF
SATURDAY, MAY 22ND WILL BE THE ONLY QUALIFIER WITH 16 PLAYERS GOING THROUGH TO
THE GRAND FINAL. ANY DART PLAYER CAN ENTER ON THE DAY WITH REGISTRATION CLOSED
AT 12.45. THE QUALYFYING ROUND WILL NOW
BE PLAYED AT MANOR CLUB. PLAYING DOWN TO LAST 16 FOR THE GRAND FINAL ON
WEDNESDAY JUNE 2ND
IT WAS CLAIMED IN THE SEPTEMBER 2009 ISSUE OF
DARTS WORLD MAGAZINE THAT JOHN "BOY" WALTON HELD THE RECORD FOR THE FASTEST LEG
OF 501 ON THE YORKSHIRE DOUBLE BOARD. THIS HAS BEEN FOUND NOT TO BE TRUE AND
HERE IS THE REPLY FROM ELECTRODARTS WHICH WAS PRINTED IN THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF
DARTS WORLD. IN THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF
DARTS WORLD IT WAS SAID THAT THE FASTEST LEG ON YORKSHIRE DOUBLE BOARD WAS BY
JOHN WALTON. THIS INFORMATION IS INCORRECT, AS THE RECORD TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IS
HELD BY JOHN WALKER OF HULL, WHO COMPLETED HIS LEG IN 14 DARTS. HE SCORED: 130,
100, 85, 110 & 76 GAME SHOT WITH DOUBLE 18 & DOUBLE 20. THIS WAS ACHIEVED IN THE
HULL JUPITER CUP WHILE PLAYING FOR THE WOLDS HOTEL IN 1974. JOHN WAS AN
ACCOMPLISHED PLAYER, HAVING REACHED THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE NEWS OF THE WORLD IN
1972. HE WAS MAN OF THE MATCH FOR THE NATIONAL DARTS ASSOCIATION VERSUS SCOTLAND
IN 1975 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 106. SADLY, HE PASSED AWAY IN 2008. THE 18 DARTS WAS
ALSO BETTERED BY JOHN PICKERING WHEN WINNING THE NEIL EDMONDSON MEMORIAL IN 1994
WITH GAMES WON IN 15 & 17 DARTS, RESPECTIVELY. STEVE BURWELL ALSO HIT A 17
DART LEG IN THE 2005 IDEAL STANDARD CHARITY CHALLENGE ON STAGE FOR THE ALAN
BURGESS LEGENDS TEAM.
MARSTONS SMOOTH BITTER LEAGUE
MIKE ATKINSON(GOOLE) HAS WON THE MARSTONS
SMOOTH CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS WITH A 3-2 FINALS WIN OVER BEN MALTON.
LOSING SEMI FINALISTS WERE STUART JENNINGS
AND KEVIN MOONEY
STEVE TRANMER WON THE MARSTONS 701 CUP WITH
A FINAL VICTORY OVER MIKE ATKINSON.
STEVE TRANMER ALSO LIFTED THE MARSTONS
SMOOTH HULL MERIT LEAGUE TITLE FOR 2009 FOLLOWING VICTORIES IN THE FOSTERS
CLASSIC AND ELECTRODARTS CLASSIC
Mike Atkinson recieves his trophy and £100
prizemoney from Electrodarts organiser Tom Edmondson.

STEVE TRANMER RECIEVES THE MARSTONS 701 TROPHY.
WHO SAID DARTS PLAYERS
ARE NOT FIT NEXT YEAR LOCAL PLAYERS
DAVE TAYLOR, PAUL TAYLOR, PAT
BAYNES, ANDY WHITTAKER, JIMMY ADAMS & JOHN CATER ARE GETTING ON THEIR BIKES AND RIDING THE COAST
TO COAST BIKE RIDE OR CHARITY
THE C2C STARTS OFF IN WHITHAVEN
AND FINISHES 140 MILES AWAY IN NEWCASTLE THEY ARE DOING THE CHALLENGE IN
SEPTEMBER 2010
ELECTRODARTS HAS NOW RAISED £22,000 FOR LOCAL CHARITIES AND THANK EVERYONE FOR
THEIR GENEROSITY IN HELPING RAISE THIS AMOUNT. A FURTHER £328 HAS BEEN RAISED
FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS.THE DRAW FOR THE HULL OPEN WAS MADE BY DEBBIE HARTLEY FROM
IDEAL STANDARD CLUB. A FURTHER £509 WAS RAISED FOLLOWING THE HULL OPEN FOR JAMES
FLINTHAM WHO WILL BE REPRESENTING GREAT BRITAIN IN THE TRANSPLANT GAMES IN
AUSTRALIA. THE TOTAL RAISED SINCE 2002 IS NOW £22,887. A FURTHER £360 WAS RAISED
FOR VIKING RADIOS CASH FOR KIDS FOLLOWING THE IDEAL XMAS PARTY. |