Castletown provide shock of the round in Knockout Cup
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Wick and District Darts League's first action of 2023 saw the quarter-finals of the Knockout Cup being contested, and Castletown provided the shock of the round by defeating Seaview.
Castletown's Donnie Farquhar called on stalwart Geordie Bain and it proved fruitful. With the addition of Willie Plank and Barry Sutherland they could do even more damage.
Sammy Troy and Kara Sutherland won their games for the ladies' sides. Sammy beat Graeme Sutherland of the Village Inn, while Norseman's Sandy Mackay lost without reply to Kara.
Harper's Bar and Function Suite will be the venue on January 17 for the Angus Ross memorial trophies for men's and ladies' singles (double start).
Harper's will be enhancing the prizes. Any player outwith Wick and District Darts League can enter as this is classed as an open event.
Angus was one of the top Scottish players in his day, a British Darts Organisation (BDO) Gold Cup pairs winner along with partner Geordie Bain in 1979/80 and National Darts Association of Great Britain pairs championship winner in 1980/81, with Geordie again.
He was Scottish singles champion 1981 as well as taking the pairs title. He beat the then world champion Eric Bristow 3-2 on his Scottish debut in Newcastle.
He competed in world championships and was part of the great BDO Nations Cup winning team in 1981 as Scotland beat England, along with Rab Smith (Dumfries) and Jocky Wilson (Kirckaldy). The English trio was Eric Bristow, Cliff Lazarenko and John Lowe.
League officials are hoping for a good turnout on the exact date of Angus's passing in 2016, even if only to spectate.
Results – Knockout Cup quarter-finals: Village Inn 4, Camps ladies 1; Seaforth ladies 1, Norseman 4; Seaview 3, Castletown 4; Smiddy Inn 0, Smiddy “2” 4; Comm 1, Smiddy “3” 4; Smiddy “4” 0, Seaforth 4; Harper's “B” 4, Harper's “C” 0 (walkover).
Best scores: Stewart Tait (Seaview), Willie Plank (Castletown), 124 checkout; Michael Campbell (Seaforth), 105 checkout; Ryan Campbell (Seaforth), 100 checkout.
