Northern Bar are the 2024 Runcorn Darts League Executive Competition Winners after a 5-4 win over Bully Dogs in the Final, sponsored by Tony Ayres Decorating.
Leg One of the Cup Final seen Northern Bar's Neil Preece face Bully Dogs Paul Linger. Neil started the leg with 100, but sadly went on to lose the leg with Paul having a 116 checkout to win the leg after 21 darts giving Bully Dogs a 1 nil lead.
Leg Two it was soon 2 nil to Bully Dogs as Dave Powell hit a 100 & 125 to win in 21 darts against Lee Wolstencroft who also hit a 125.
Tony Roach quickly reduced the arrears with 20 dart leg win over Dan Glynn, with Tony hitting 3 100s and Dan hitting a 140 and 100 to make 2-1 to Bully Dogs.
Onto the doubles, Leg Four seen Northern Bar paired Paul Dukes & Lee Wolstencroft together to make it 2-2 against Dave Powell & Paul Linger, Paul Linger also hit a 100 but it wasn't a high scoring for Section One standard.
Leg five seen Tony Roach & Lewis Mercer who played against Brian Spruce & Dan Glynn. Both teams started well, with Tony hitting 100, Brian and Dan gave it a good go as they both hit 100 each, but Lewis hit tops to make 3-2 to the Northern Bar.
Leg Six seen the pairing of Kieran Daniels & Neil Preece play against Marc Jones & Jordan Davies. Both teams struggled to hit a double to start the leg. Neil Preece hit a 100 for the Northern Bar, and Marc Jones hit a 100 for the Bully Dogs and Jordan hit the double to win the leg for the Bully Dogs making it 3-3 after six legs played.
Leg Seven and back to the singles format, Northern Bar selected Lewis Mercer, whilst the Bully Dogs selected Marc Jones who had just played in Leg Six. Both players struggled after hitting one big score each, with Lewis hitting a 140 and Marc hitting a 100, and after some double trouble for both players Lewis took the leg hitting Double 2 to make it 4-3 to Northern Bar.
As we went into Leg Eight, Northern Bar knew they only needed one more leg to clinch the Executive Cup, they selected Kieran Daniels whilst Bully Dogs picked Jordan Davies, it wasn't a high scoring affair with neither player hitting a tonne which is a rarity, but Kieran managed to hit the double first meaning Northern Bar had become Executive Cup winners.
The last and final leg with the title already confirmed seen Northern Bar select Richie Grimley and Bully Dogs picked Cody Davies, Cody hit 125, 100 and a 140 and won making the final score 5-4 to Northern Bar.
Well Done Northern Bar on becoming the 2024 Executive Cup Winners 🏆
Man of the match award went to Paul Linger for his 116 Checkout in the First Leg - Well Done Paul👏