Darts: Team bosses are a knockout

It is played in a World Cup format, where the captains play each other, then the secretaries, and if it’s a draw a pairs game is played to find the winner.

The early rounds saw some of the matches go to the pairs games, but ultimately some teams were unlucky.

The first semi-final saw the Derrick Longhurst and Dave Owens from the QE2 A face Paula Duckett and Mary Roberts from the Richmond A.

The QE2 took their first match with a straight 2-0 win, but it wasn’t so easy in this game. Longhurst took the first game, but Roberts took the next, taking it to the pairs game. Eventually the QE2 pair had just enough to take the game.

The second semi-final saw Andy Whiteley and Darren Rich from the QE2 Stiffs take on Cliff Prior and Lee Franklin from the Prince of Wales.

Both team had played two matches before, and both had needed the pairs game in one of those.

With Prior taking the first game it was up to Franklin, who scored a 136 in-shot to start his leg. Some 18 darts later and 300 in the lead, Franklin hit double top to take the spot in the final.

So the final saw Longhurst and Owens from the QE2 A up against Prior and Franklin from the Prince of Wales.

The captains’ leg saw Longhurst face Prior, with Longhurst winning the bull for the first darts, but it was Prior who got the first double-in.

Longhurst scored better until Prior hit a 140, giving him the lead, but there wasn’t much in it.