The first playing of the Ken Townshend Under 21's Competition was a great success although there were only a small number of players, 9 in all. All the matches were played with good sportsmanship and courtesy to each other.
The players were:
Daniel Bishop playing for The Snooker Club
Tim Gay playing for the Hatherley B
Steven Graham playing for Russell Arms B
Rob Green playing for Kings Arms Prestbury
Ryan Mitten playing for The Kingsmen
Ryan Pargeter playing for The Royal
Luke Parker playing for The Motor Club
Anthony Pulham playing for The Cat & Fiddle
Gareth Thomas playing for The Hatherley B

The format best of 5 legs 301 double start & finish throw for the bull to decide who throw first on legs 1 & 3 5th leg throw for the bull again

The Competitors

The preliminary match to reduce the number to 8 was played between Steve Graham & Luke Parker a good game played by both players with Steve winning by 3 legs to 1

Steve Graham

With a good number of team members supporting each player nerves took there toll on all players.

First Match
Anthony Pulham & Gareth Thomas were next to the oche Anthony won the bull and finished the first leg on double 14 Gareth threw first on the 2nd leg missing his starting double with Anthony starting first throw and taking that leg and the third Gareth suffered as we all have with nothing going right on the night but threw some good darts.

Anthony Pulham

Second Match
Ryan Mitten versus Ryan Pargeter the only certainty was that Ryan would win this match. The first leg being taken by Ryan Mitten with a 96 clockout Ryan Pargeter took the second leg, after 4 legs it was all square with Ryan Pargeter winning the bull and throwing first there followed a good scoring game with Ryan Pargeter just edging out Ryan Mitten on the double.

Ryan Pargeter

Third Match
Daniel Bishop against Rob Green again good darts were throw by both players, legs 1 & 2 were won by Daniel with Rob taking the third leg beating Daniel to the double, Daniel showed great determination to win the 4th leg and take the match 3 to 1.

Daniel Bishop

Fourth Match
Steve Graham against Tim Gay with Tim winning the bull threw first in legs 1 & 3 another good match by both players with Tim winning 3 legs to 1

Tim Gay

Fifth Match
Ryan Pargeter against Daniel Bishop with both players seeming to step up a gear some excellent darts being throw after 4 legs the players were all square Ryan won the bull and threw first in the deciding leg, with both players hitting their doubles in the first three darts and matching each other score for score Daniel just edged out by Ryan this was the match of the night so far putting Ryan into the FINAL.

Ryan Pargeter

Sixth Match

Tim Gay played Anthony Bishop another high quality match played by both players Tim winning by 3 legs to 1, the true quality of the match is not reflected in the score both players are to be praised for their play with Tim going into the FINAL.

Tim Gay

THE FINAL

The Finalists

Tim Gay versus Ryan Pargeter both players looked a little nervous standing at the oche to throw for the bull with Ryan winning to throw first in legs 1&3. Both players seemed to go into overdrive for this game after 4 legs scores were tied at 2 legs each. They threw for the bull Tim throwing fist losing to Ryan after a shake of hands the final leg commenced Ryan starting with his first three darts game on Tim throws and starts with 100 Ryan hits back 80 both players on an out shot with Tim finishing on double top for a 15 dart leg. Ryan & Tim are to be congratulated for an entertaining final and should be proud of themselves, both were worthy finalists on the night with Tim producing a champions game.

The Champion, Tim Gay

I as chairman of the League would like to say the spirit with which the games were played that night were of the highest standard and I congratulate all the under 21s who played and I would advise the older members of the Darts League to watch out for these up and coming stars of the future we may have a budding world champion like Jelle Klaasen.

My thanks to John Green for scoring all the matches.

John Green

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