Impressive darts

Press, 12 August 1985, Page 26

Impressive darts

PA Rotorua Ron te Moananui of Otago produced a spectacular 130 finish to capture the mixed pairs final at the DB Draught New Zealand Darts Championship at Rotorua. Te Moananui finished with a triple 20, single 20 and a bullseye to win the title from the Nelson-Marlborough combination of M. Barclay and P. Norman. Earlier the husband and wife championship was won by John and Clare Lines, of Auckland, who had defeated the seven-time winners, John and Mattie Wilkie, in their semifinal.

At the end of the day’s competition a total of 166 possibles of 180 had been struck by men and 25 by women.

Results of Tuesday’s play:—

Husband and Wife championships: J. and C. Lines, Auckland 1, Mr and Mrs L. Turner, Southland 2, J. and M. Wilkie, Mr and Mrs A. Watt, Otago 3. Consolation: Mr and Mrs C. Travers, Auckland 1, Mr and Mrs J. Murdoch, Southland 2, Mr and Mrs J. Bakani, South Canterbury-North Otago, Mr and Mrs R. Furmage, Waikato, 3. Mixed pairs championship: P. Keen and R. te Moananui, Otago 1, M. Barclay and P. Norman, Nelson-Marlborough 2, P. Andrews and H. Donner, Southland, T. McCoy and S. Rollo, Auckland 3. Zone teams competition:— Men: Canterbury 1, Auckland 2, Wellington and Otago 3. Women: Nelson-Marlborough 1, Auckland 2, Wellington and Otago 3.