Victoria Burnage vs Royal Oak A

Match Information

Victoria Burnage 4–3 Royal Oak A

Despite losing the gallon 2–0, Victoria Burnage bounced back to edge a 4–3 win over Royal Oak A in what proved a game of two halves that wasn’t sealed until the very last game of the night.

Royal Oak made the brighter start, with Pete Perry opening the match by beating Pete Evans 3–1 in Game 1, hitting a 180 while putting the visitors 1–0 up. The Oak’s lead was doubled in Game 2, as Ryan Crook edged out Andrew Day 3–2 in a tight contest, Crook posting four tons and a 20-dart leg, while Day hit six tons, but it was the Royal Oak man who won the deciding leg to put his side into a 2–0 lead.

The fightback started in Game 3, with Tom Beatie pulling one back for the Vic with a 3–1 win over Sharon Kirby. Beatie landed two tons, checked out in 19 darts, and averaged 59.35. Kirby had three tons of her own and a 26-dart leg, but couldn’t keep Beatie from halving the deficit at 2–1.

Royal Oak responded through Steve Lawless in Game 4, restoring their two-game lead with a 3–1 win over Ant Hargreaves Sr. Lawless was in fine form, with seven tons and a 17 darter — the least darts of the night. Hargreaves threw a couple of tons but couldn’t hold him off, and the away side moved 3–1 ahead and just one away from victory.

From there though, it was all Victoria Burnage. Dylan Wimbury reduced the defecit to 3-2 overall with a clean 3–0 win in Game 5 against Steven Lee, before Tony Green levelled the match in Game 6, hitting five tons while also winning 3–0 — this time over Liam Perry.

The decider came down to Steve Moane and Luke Loveitt in Game 7. Moane delivered when it mattered, seeing off Loveitt 3–0 thanks to four tons, a 19-dart leg, and a match-winning 61.77 average. Loveitt hit five tons of his own, but couldn’t find a finishing double.

A tight one in Burnage — the Vic (B) taking the last three on the spin to clinch it.