Final Visit To Oche For Great Cornish

Friday darts is usually a celebration of the best darting talent in the city but a cloud emerged over the Plymouth City Super League Division A fixtures with the passing of Pete Cornish during match play.

The wonderful man was playing for Indian A at Bluebird B when 'Corndog', as he was affectionately known, passed without warning.

A friend to everyone and one of the very best in his hay day, the lovable character will leave a hole in the community after being taken so suddenly doing what he loved until his last breath, playing darts.

The game itself wasn't completed for obvious reasons but the section that was played before the tragic event saw Simon Washington nail two 180s on his way to ten tons for the home side.

Cornish's teammate Mark Hatherley added his team's only maximum during a 3-1 loss to Washington and the game was abandoned at 6-3 to Washington's team.

In Kings Arms B's 6-5 loss at King Billy, Simon Kelly (30.67) produced a faultless display for the defeated team in the individual phase with legs in 17, 17 and 15 darts in his 3-0 win.

Kelly and teammate Johns provided the fire power in the scoring phase of play for the defeated team with twelve and eleven tons respectively.

For the victors', Antony Hayman shone with fifteen three figure visits including three of the four maximums from the Devonport team.

Lee Doncaster added the fourth 180 to his ten ton haul and his night ended with a 3-1 singles win that left the score line nicely poised at 5-5 going into the final singles rubber.

Paul Goundry led his team home with last leg shootout win by 3-2, which came in spite of Paul Carpenter's 127 checkout that was both the best checkout of the game and match week across all fixtures.

Cornwall Gate once again relied on fireworks from Simon Stevenson who nailed fifteen scores of a ton or more to help his team to a 7-4 win over Ker St.

Stevenson added a 180 to his ton tally whilst the former PDC Tour Card holder was supported well by Matt Vosper with ten ton plusses.

Paul Tackle was at the heart of everything good that came from the away side as he teamed with Ian Heggie for a 601 leg in 19 darts.

Tackle added the highest checkout of the match with a 105 finish that bettered a 95 by Shaun Dring for the hosts and Tackle also added his name next to Stevenson's in the 180 section of the sheet.

George Beckett heard scores of a ton or more called no fewer than twelve times but still found himself on the wrong end of an 8-3 loss as Steampacket were downed by Indian B.

Teammate Luke Johnson added one of the three maximums in the game whilst the man who beat him 3-1 in the individual phase, Scott Wapshott, added the other two.

Wapshott's teammate Ant Pearn showed his finishing prowess with a 120 three dart combination out shot that claimed the best finish of the contest.

An 11-0 win for Cherry Tree C at Clifton was dominated by the scoring of Nathan Langdon and Dave Hollow who both added ten tons each to the board.

Teammate Dan Jewell showed a moment of his best with a maximum and Steve Towl's combination checkout of 85 wasn't bettered by any of the twelve on display.

The trio of Quinton Taylor, Dave Lee and Steve Mills all found scores of a ton or more ten times each to lead Cherry Tree A to a 7-4 success against Bluebird A.

Their teammate Nick Miller added a three dart checkout of 122 that had to settle for second best in the contest as Glenn Halford put up a 126 for the defeated team.