Darts: Turner masterpiece seals Grand Final win (From York Press)

Darts: Turner masterpiece seals Grand Final win

9:31am Wednesday 12th September 2012 in Sport

YORK’S Martyn Turner was crowned champion at the 2012 Jorvik Security Darts Open Grand Final.

The Rawcliffe arrows ace beat Doncaster’s Brandon Walsh 6-4 in the final of the York Darts Promotions event at Huntington Working Men’s Club.

Turner, in his first Grand Finals outing, recorded a three-dart average of 94.06 to overcome a spirited challenge from Walsh to take the £250 first prize.

Turner fired a 180 for a 13-dart leg, a 116 finish for 15 darts, an 18-darter and then a 102 finish for 15 darts to open up a 4-2 lead in the best of 11 leg final.

Walsh, who won his first two legs with a 180 for 18 and a 14-darter, stormed back with a 102 finish for 15 and a 100 finish for 18 to level the match.

However, Turner responded with a maximum in a 15-dart leg and closed out the match with a 17-darter.

In the semi-finals, Turner (18, 20, 17, 15, 18) had defeated Lutz Leutzsch (16, 20) 5-3, while Walsh (19, 18, 16, 21) defeated York’s Dave Scaum (17) 5-2.

The quarter-finals saw Leutzsch (156 finish) beat Chris Matthews 4-0 and Turner (13, 15, 18) oust Jake Patchett (15, 18, 120 finish for 15) 4-3, while Walsh (18, 19, 13, 20) was a 4-2 victor over Neil Hart (20, 15) and Scaum (19, 19) toppled Wayne Woodhouse 4-1.

Former PDC World Championship qualifier Chris Thompson exited at the last-16 stage, losing 3-0 to Leutzsch (17, 21).

In the same round Patchett (21, 17) trounced Phil Good 3-0, Turner (17, 18) beat Kirk Bevins 3-1, Hart (18, 18) got the better of Vernon Walsh (18) 3-2, Brandon Walsh (14) edged past Johnathan Crossland (180 for 16) 3-2, Woodhouse (16, 17, 18) beat Steve Silver 3-1 and Scaum knocked out Dave Lord 3-1.

In the last-32, Thompson (16, 17, 17) had whitewashed Martyn Usher 3-0, while Leutzsch (16, 15) beat Al Stevens (147 finish for 21) 3-1 and Patchett (16, 102 finish for 15, 20) took the scalp of John Quantock (180 for 14) 3-1.

Woodhouse (17, 15) was a 3-0 winner over Alex Render, while Lord (16) beat Pip Hair (106 finish) 3-1 and Scaum (19-100 finish for 21) dumped out Colin Hendry (21) 3-1.

York Darts Promotions’ next event is a Jamie Inglis fundraising exhibition featuring Steve Beaton and James Richardson at the Black Bull pub in Hull Road, on Wednesday, September 26, from 7.30pm.

Further information is available by phoning Neil Hart on 07921 128063.