Scottish Mens and Ladies Tour 2023
The third event in the Scottish Mens and Ladies Tour was held in Aberdeen at the Dee Swimming Club attracting 110 competitors in the two championships. This year the event doubled up as the SDA Masters Championship which had been in abeyance for the last three seasons due to Covid 19 restrictions.
little bit of history was created in the men’s event as East Stirlingshire’s Gary Stone whitewashed Jamie Curran from Ayrshire, 6-0 in the final. This was Gary’s fourth championship win following triumphs in 2012, 2013 and 2018, making him the most successful male player in Masters history. Gary gained his spot in the final with a 6-5 victory over Tay Valley’s Glen Parsons while his opponent in the final defeated Jamie Bain, from Grampian, 6-4, in their last four match.
Making up the last eight were Derek Maclean (Highland), Danny Trueman (Grampian), Dean Carr (Fife) and John Imrie.
You could be forgiven for experiencing deja vu in the ladies event as the two players reaching the final were doing so for the third time this season. In a repeat of the first and second Tour events Ayrshire’s Lorraine Hyde took on Chloe O’Brien from Angus.
Lorraine took her third consecutive title, adding the Masters to the SDA Singles title won previously and taking her into a very exclusive club of players who have won both major Scottish titles in the same season.
Lorraine’s 5-0 win in the final followed a 4-0 victory in the semi-final over Andrea Carr from Fife while Chloe defeated Hollie Ridgers from Highland 4-1 in their last four match.
In the last eight were Marian Ogg (Moray), Jordan Mcnally (Renfrewshire), Susanna McGimpsey (Greater Glasgow) and Julie Ward (Ayrshire).
The Ranking Table after three events has Mark Barilli leading with 9 points, John Imrie (8) second and four players on 7 points, Colin Miller, Paul Anderson, William Kirkwood and Glen Parsons.
In the Ladies event, as expected, Lorraine Hyde, with 100% record, leads on 16 points followed by Chloe O’Brien (12) and Emily Davidson (5)
The fourth event in the Tour will take place on the 15th April at Bannockburn.
The Darts Corner Scottish County Darts Championship reached its third weekend with three matches in the North Division and two in the South.
Grampian 15 v 9 Highland (12-4) (3-5)
The defending North champions, Grampian, took apart a good Highland men’s side, winning the first nine matches without reply and finally ending with a 12-4 scoreline.
Notching the top set of the match was Grampian’s Scott Robertson, who’s 98.47 average was also the best in Scotland over the weekend’s play. Highland player Michael Maclean, drawn last on the day, took Highland’s best set with a 79.73 average.
Highland’s ladies however leapfrog Grampian to take the lead in the table after defeating the home side 5-3. This is the first match Grampian ladies have lost since the mens and ladies teams were merged a couple of seasons ago.
Hollie Ridgers took the top set award for Highland with a 56.48 average whilst tops for Grampian was Wendy Mathers with 50.02.
Courtney McBain from Highland now tops the checkout table in the ladies league after an impressive 155 three dart finish this week.
Tay Valley 14 v 10 Moray (8-8) (6-2)
In a very evenly matched game the mens sides drew 8-8 with 3-3 in the first half and 5-5 in the second. Best set here came from Glen Parsons from Tay Valley with 87.13 whilst Chris Wood had a 72.83 average for Moray.
The home side took the overall win after their ladies side edged out Moray by six legs to two. Chantelle Jolly had a 52.61 average for Tay Valley which was just ahead of the 46.04 from Gill Sharp from Moray.
Fife 16 v 8 Angus (10-6) (6-2)
Fife were the only county to win both their ladies and mens matches this weekend, taking the mens match 10-6 and the ladies, 6-2.
In the mens match Fife’s Paddy Reilly was their top player with an 84.68 average which included two 120 checkouts and a maximum. Top for Angus, and best on the day, was Scott Winder with an 87.13 average.
Fife’s Steph Gilmour celebrated her selection for the British Internationals with a 3-0 set win and an average of 61.77 which was the top ladies set in Scotland this weekend. Angus player Jackie Dempster was their top performer with a 50.10 average.
Brendyn Donnelly from the home side had the top checkout of the County weekend with 160.
East Stirlingshire 15 v 9 Ayrshire (11-5) (4-4)
East Stirlingshire closed the gap at the top of the mens table with an 11-5 victory over Ayrshire and now sit second equal with Greater Glasgow, just two points adrift of Renfrewshire.
East Stirling’s Gary Stone had the top average with a 92.40, only two players breaking the 90 barrier this week, while a 75.61 average gave Andrew Broll the best set for Ayrshire.
Despite only having seven players Ayrshire battled out a 4-4 draw in the ladies match. East Stirling’s Tammy Jo Grafton notched the top set with a 56.45 average while best for East Stirling was Stefani Errington-Dodds with 39.58.
Greater Glasgow 11 v 13 Renfrewshire (8-8) (3-5)
The mens match went the same as the other match in the South with both teams taking a share of each half of the draw to end up 8-8.
In the best match in the South section this weekend new International cap David Kirwan from Renfrewshire notched the top set average of 96.97 with Owen McNiven, 90.86, from Greater Glasgow not far behind.
The ladies match went 5-3 in favour of the visitors giving them the overall result in the match.
The best ladies match came from Scotland’s captain Susanna McGimpsey from Greater Glasgow with a 61.73 average. Leading the way for Renfrewshire was Cody Hepburn with 60.12.
In the North, Grampian lead the mens well clear of Angus and Highland are tops in the ladies, one point ahead of defending champions Grampian.
Whilst in the South, Renfrewshire top both tables just ahead of Greater Glasgow and East Stirlingshire in the mens and two points clear of Ayrshire in the ladies.
The SDA Tour is on it's travels again with Aberdeen hosting Event 3 in a return to the Dee Swimming Club, Gerrard Street, Aberdeen on Saturday 18th March.
£20 entry plus Registration costs (Silver & Gold Members discount available until 1st March) unfortunately this won't be taken off at source but will be paid back on the day.
Should be another great day with our fabulous hosts.
The monthly Membership draw will be done on the day.
The Scottish Darts Association are happy to announce the launch of our new players membership. There are several membership levels available which offer varying levels of member benefits as well as tournament entry discounts into SDA run competitions. We have also teamed up with one of the UK's leading darts suppliers Dartscorner to provide SDA members with exclusive member discounts during their membership.
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Scottish Darts Association Singles 2022
Full Stats & Results Men's Here
Full Stats & Results Ladies Here
Lorraine Hyde Mark Barilli
The first time the magnificent Scottish Singles darts trophy was handed over was in 1972 when Arbroath’s George Nicoll recorded the first of his two SDA Singles title and this year the mantle was passed to Greenock’s Mark Barilli.
This year the SDA Singles was incorporated into the Scottish Tour and was chosen to be the opening event, held at the CISWO Club, Glenrothes. Barilli, a runner-up in 1999 and 2003, also appearing in three other semi-finals defeated Highland’s Nicky Denoon 5-4 in a very close semi-final before going on to win the final 6-4 against John Imrie. Imrie had booked his spot in the final with a 5-3 victory over Grant McCauley from Clydebank. Making up the quarter-finals were Colin Hepplewhite (Fife), Jack Mcneilly (Moray), Craig Robertson (Grampian) and Greg McHattie (Grampian).
The SDA Ladies Singles was introduced in 1978 when Dunfermline’s Isobel Campbell defeated Ann Coupland from Dumfries & Stewartry in the final. Current Scotland No.1 lady player, Lorraine Hyde, now representing Ayrshire, won her first SDA Ladies Singles title in 2009 as a Grampian player and despite a further three appearances in the final had to wait until this year to take her second title. Lorraine had a 5-3 victory in the final against Angus player Chloe O’Brien. The new champion had a 4-2 win in the semi-final against the 2018 champion Chelsea McMahon from Fife while Chloe took out the champions sister Christine Hyde from Grampian.Making up the last eight were Hollie Ridgers (Highland), Lynsey Ward (Renfrewshire), Bobbie Smith (Angus) and Emily Davidson (Grampian).
SDA Tour Winners 2022
The inaugural SDA Men's & Ladies Singles Tour Grand Finals along with the 18-30 Tour Finals took place at the CISWO Club, Glenrothes. The Men's and Ladies tour players were split into round robin groups with the top two players in each group going into the knockout stage.
Highland’s Nicky Denoon secured his spot in the final with a 6-2 win over Davie Kirwan from Kilsyth which included an 11 and 13 dart leg. He would be joined by Jamie Bain from Grampian who had a 6-1 victory over Scott Winder from Angus.
Both players in the final were unbeaten on the day till then but it was Bain took the match 6-3 with a 93.54 average.
Making up the last eight were Gary Stone, Evander Stevenson, Colin Miller and Sean Ryan.
The two ladies that reached their final came through the round robin stages with 100% records winning all three of their matches.
Ayrshire’s Lorraine Hyde defeated Sophie McKinlay, Greater Glasgow, 4-2 to reach the final and was joined by Susanna McGimpsey, Greater Glasgow who had beaten Grampian’s Joan Milne 4-3.
Scotland’s top lady player, Lorraine, took the title 5-2 with a 63.07 average.
In an all-Grampian final, which went right to the wire Sean Ryan defeated his team-mate Greg Ritchie 5-4 in the 18-30 Tour finale. Losing semi-finalists were Owen O’Neill, Angus and Dean Fitch, Greater Glasgow.
Darts Corner SDA County Darts Championship – 8th October 2022
The Darts Corner Scottish County Championship got underway this week with three matches played in the North section and two in the South. Two drawn matches in the North section men’s division would indicate that it’s going to be a tough season but Grampian have raced into the lead as expected.
Moray v Highland 10-14 (8-8, 2-6)
The Mens teams seemed evenly matched with a draw a fair result whilst Highland ladies proved too strong for their Moray opposition and combined scores leave Highland second in the Accumulative Table.
Highland players took both top player awards with Sandy Morrison the best for Highland with 80.16 and team-mate Olive Byamukama averaging 56.36. Highland’s George Main also hit four maximums in his match.
The top performers for Moray were Ross Murray with 75.00 and Gill Sharp with 51.83.
Fife v Grampian 8-16 (5-11, 3-5)
Grampian continued where they left off last season winning both matches to top the overall table with a two-point lead over close neighbours Highland.
Grampian’s Matthew Goldie hit the top average in Scotland over all five matches with an excellent 92.49 average whilst Fife’s Chelsea McMahon took the best lady average with 61.77.
Dean Carr was Fife’s top men’s player with 84.03 and Joan Milne picked up Grampian’s lady award with 56.34.
Angus v Tay Valley 13-11 (8-8, 5-3)
A very close match overall with the men’s tussle drawn at 8-8 and Angus taking the lady’s game 5-3.
Neil MacDougall from Tay Valley hit an 88.95 average to lead the way in this match with Kerry Soutar from Angus the top lady with 55.67.
Tay Valley’s best lady’s performance came from Kelly Jolly with 48.88 and Scott Winder was the best Angus men’s player on 82.36.
Ross MacDougall from Tay Valley notched the top checkout of the weekend and now lead’s the table with a three-dart finish of 160.
Renfrewshire v East Stirlingshire 14-10 (7-9, 7-1)
These two teams shared the spoils winning a match each, East Stirlingshire taking the men’s 9-7 and Renfrewshire ladies crushing their opposition 7-1.
East Stirlingshire’s Gary Stone took the top player award with 89.73 and Louise Hepburn from Renfrewshire was the best ladies game with 65.35.
Evander Stevenson was Renfrewshire’s top male player with 76.10 and Lainy Lewis took East Stirlingshire’s lady award with 37.86.
Greater Glasgow v Ayrshire 15-9 (10-6, 5-3)
Greater Glasgow hit the most points from any match in the South over the weekend winning the mens 10-6 and the ladies 5-3 and go top of the section.
Ayrshire’s Lorraine Hyde hit a fantastic 81.98 average to take the best game in Scotland over all matches while Greater Glasgow’s Kevin McKinney was top male with an 84.68 average.
Sophie McKinlay from Greater Glasgow was their top lady with 49.55 and Craig Smith was the top male for Ayrshire with 78.48.
Greater Glasgow’s Lynn Cowan topped the ladies checkouts with 118.
Overall there were 54 maximums scored with 26 checkouts over 100.
