Macgregor and Perry take Angus Ross memorial honours at Wick
Register for free to read more of the latest local news. It's easy and will only take a moment.
Seaview captain Kevin Macgregor got his act together on Saturday night as he lifted the men’s trophy in Wick and District Darts League’s Angus Ross memorial competition.
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 (NDAGB) 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.
Former Castletown “A” team-mates Geordie Bain and Davy Crowden were in attendance, as was Tam Mulraine, a Harper’s team-mate in his latter years.
Angus’s widow Marina, along with his terrier Jocky, were present on Saturday for the prize-giving.
Freda Perry (Queen’s) took the ladies’ award. Both players also received £100 thanks to the league’s sponsor.
Macgregor was in breathtaking form, halting a great run from Seaforth club player Damon Meikle who never got a sniff at the doubles as Macgregor won the final in 19, 18, 21 darts.
Freda beat another Seaforth player, Ann Wells, in the ladies’ final.
Results – Last 16: K Donald 3 A Henderson 0; G Bain 3 D Miller 0; A Nicolson 3 H Duncan 1; K Macgregor 3 R Thain 0; T Mulraine 3 D Taylor 1; J Harper 3 L Bain 0; D Meikle 3 M Nicolson 2; T Henderson 3 M Mackenzie 2.
Quarter-finals: K Donald 3 G Bain 0; K Macgregor 3 A Nicolson 2; T Mulraine 3 J Harper 1; D Meikle 3 T Henderson 0. Semi-finals: K Macgregor 3 K Donald 1; D Meikle 3 T Mulraine 2.
Final: Kevin Macgregor (Seaview) 3 Damon Meikle (Seaforth) 0.
Maximums were hit by Alan Nicolson and Martin Nicolson.
Ton-plus checkouts came from David Taylor (152), Kevin Macgregor (131, 121, 105), Kevin Donald (121), Alan Nicolson (121) and Alan Henderson (111).
Quickest leg: K Macgregor, 14 darts.
Ladies – Quarter-finals: F Perry 3 M Sutherland 0; T Mackay 3 K Sutherland 2; A Wells 3 A Tait 1; L Ronaldson 3 J Harper 0.
Semi-finals: F Perry 3 T Mackay 0; A Wells 3 L Ronaldson 1. Final: Freda Perry (Queen’s) 3 Ann Wells (Seaforth) 2.
High scores Ann Wells 171,133, Julie Harper 134.
The Seaview ladies’ singles winner on Tuesday (round the board) was Liz Ronaldson from the Sinclair Bay, and runner-up was Seaview’s Karen Steven.
There were no fixtures in the ladies’ division or the men’s first division but there were some second division matches. Results: Harper’s 3 Norseman 5; Smiddy “4” 0 Sinclair Bay 8; Smiddy “3” 8 Seaview “B” 0; Harper’s “C” 1 Smiddy “2” 7; Smiddy “2” 3 Harper’s 5.
There were no maximums and only one ton-plus finish, coming from Will Smith (Norseman) with 110 (60, 50)
Next week sees the annual league pairs championship in the Seaforth club.
