Airlie Beach Darts Semi-Finals

It was semi-finals day at the club house on Sunday with three tough fixtures on the cards.

First up was the second consolation semi-final with Kameron Reason and Gary Robbie battling it out to see who will take on Ross Gallichan in the Hetlock Cup final on October 2.

Kameron led for most of the match, but when Gary came back from three legs behind to level the match five legs all, the momentum seemed to swing slightly.

The 11th leg was massive, and Gary took it with a double three to take the lead for the first time in the match at 6/5.

Kameron had chances in the 12th leg to tie it up at six all and take us to a decider but missed darts at doubles gave Gary the chances he needed to convert and take the victory seven legs to five.

In the first of two Premier League semi-finals, Joe Wilson was looking to bounce back from a disappointing 9/8 loss last week with a win here over Seumas Rose.

Unfortunately for Seumas, he couldn’t rediscover the kind of form that helped him last week in his fine victory over Alan Green. Joe proved too strong for him at this stage of the competition, with Joe winning comfortably 9/3.

The last game of the day was the second Premier League semi-final match between two previous champions. With three Premier League titles between them, this one was a toss of a coin between the two-time defending champion Jamie Woods and Andy Peel, the 2019 champion.

Both players showed they were capable of scores, but it was the checkouts that were alluding Woodsy, allowing Andy to keep his nose in front throughout the match.

Andy keeping his hopes of adding a second Premier League title to his name are well and truly alive, with a gritty 9/6 victory over a great champion in Jamie Woods.

Congratulations to all the victors today, and Commiserations to the losers, who will no doubt contend with the Xmas Open starting in November.

The Premier League is sponsored by Mika Airlie and Whitsunday Tattooing Airlie Beach.

Contributed with thanks to Jamie Maher

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