Victoria Burnage edged a back-and-forth derby clash in sweltering conditions at Burnage Lane, running out 4–3 winners in the main event, though it was the visitors from Withington who claimed the gallon 2–1.
Pete Evans got the home side off to the perfect start with a 3–0 win over Matthew Jepson in game 1, notching four 100+ scores and a 20-dart leg, while Ant Hargreaves Sr doubled the lead with a solid 3–1 victory over Toni Wieczorek, hitting five tons, a 21-darter and checking out with a 77 finish. Dylan Wimbury then made it 3–0, seeing me off 3–1 with five 100+ scores, and a 17-dart leg while also firing in the only 180 of the match.
Sean Edwards sparked a Withington fightback in game 4, producing a superb 77.74 average, five 100+ scores, a 17-dart leg and a 75 checkout to comfortably beat Andrew Day 3–0, and the comeback was truly on when Connor Wigley followed up with a tight 3–2 win over Steve Moane, hitting five tons to bring the scoreline to 3–2.
But any hopes of a full turnaround were dashed in game 6, where Tom Beatie’s 3–0 win over Paul Mitchell sealed the bonus points for Burnage. With the game already lost, Terry Jepson grabbed another point in the final game for The Vic Withington, with a 19 darter in a 3-0 defeat of Tony Green.
