Darts Corner SDA County Darts Championship – 14th May 2022
As the county championship in Scotland is nearing the finish line Grampian have swept the board in the North section winning all three sections at a canter, Highland currently lie second in the three sections but Fife have still to play Angus and that could change the result.
In the South, East Stirlingshire lead the Mens division and Renfrewshire are tops in the Ladies league. There are still two fixtures outstanding in the South, East Stirlingshire v Ayrshire and Greater Glasgow v Renfrewshire.
Greater Glasgow v Ayrshire 18-6 (13-3, 5-3)
This November match was finally completed resulting in an overall victory for Greater Glasgow.
Neil Campbell (81.52) notched the top set for the winners whilst best for Ayrshire was David Miller (66.40). The ladies set of the match was completed by Glasgow’s Susanna McGimpsey (67.30) with fellow Scotland player Lorraine Hyde (63.51) the best for Ayrshire.
Ayrshire v Greater Glasgow 6-18 (3-13, 3-5)
This month’s return fixture between the two sides resulted in exactly the same scores as the November match. John Miller (77.08) notched the top set for Ayrshire with Brian Maley (76.44) coming out best for Greater Glasgow.
In the best ladies performance of the weekend Lorraine Hyde (71.57) took the player of the match with Glasgow’s Sophie McKinlay (56.36) their best.
East Stirlingshire v Renfrewshire 15-9 (13-3, 2-6)
A 13-3 victory in the mens match took East Stirlingshire to the top of the South section while Renfrewshire’s 6-2 win in the Ladies match did the same for them in the corresponding table. East Stirling’s William Stallard (81.05) had the best mens match with Jim Russell Jr (73.10) taking Renfrewshire’s award. Louise Hepburn (54.60) took the ladies award for Renfrewshire and Vikki Swann (42.86) was best for East Stirlingshire.
Highland v Moray 19-5 (12-4, 7-1)
In the biggest win of the weekend Highland defeated close neighbours Moray, 19-5 and moved into second place in both mens and ladies sections.Hi ghland’s Sandy Morrison (80.16) was man of the match with George Smith (75.70) the main man for Moray. The ladies award went to Lynn Shearer (61.77) with Brenda Turner (25.13) the best set for Moray.
Fife v Tay Valley 15-9 (13-3, 2-6)
With the best average of the weekend Dean Carr (94.44) took the mens player award for Fife with Tay Valley’s Glen Parsons (84.45) their best.Chel Rennie (54.33) from Tay Valley had the top ladies set with best for Fife coming from Sarah Binnie (44.71).
