DARTS: McGarry defeats Mason to win Individuals title

Lumford's Colin McGarry is the CS Sport Larne Premier Dart League Individual champion.

The experienced thrower defeated club-mate Andy Mason in the final at Ballylumford Club.

Alan Martin recorded the highest check-out of 156 and the lowest darts, 10, on the night.

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With over 180 legs of darts thrown in the competition, there were more than 20 180s and a similar number of 100-plus check-outs scored. The entrants were drawn out on four boards and the games were played in a best-of-seven legs format up to the final of each board.

Colin McGarry won Larne Premier Darts League's Individual title.Colin McGarry won Larne Premier Darts League's Individual title.
Colin McGarry won Larne Premier Darts League's Individual title.

The final was best-of-nine with the winners going into the last four of the competition.

The board winners were: Ray Bell (Gers A), McGarry (Lumford), Mason (Lumford) and Chris Gilliland (Gers A).

In the semi-finals, McGarry defeated Bell 5-3. Colin’s legs were, 17, 15 (116 check-out), 18, 15 and 17 and Bell’s legs were 18, 18 (111 c/o) and 18 (119 c/o).

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In the other semi-final, Mason saw off C. Gilliland 5-3. His legs were, 11 (100 c/o), 22, 18 (108 c/o), 21 & 13, with Chris having legs of 16, 13 and 15.

Colin McGarry won Larne Premier Darts League's Individual title.Colin McGarry won Larne Premier Darts League's Individual title.
Colin McGarry won Larne Premier Darts League's Individual title.

In the final, which was played over a best of 11 legs, and the standard was every bit as good as the semis. McGarry came out on top of his team-mate winning 6-1.

McGarry’s legs were 15, 18 (97 c/o), 16, 15, 13 and 17. Mason won his leg in 15 darts. The match was a closer encounter than the 6-1 scoreline might suggest.

Fixtures, February 12: Lumford Young Arrows v Lumford, Lumford Phoenix v Thatch, Gers B v Gers A.

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