Easter darts
Barry Whittaker, right, who with Preston Ridd, will represent Canterbury in the South Island Masters’: darts tournament in Invercargill at Easter week-end ; with high hopes of success, i Their main aim is to win ,the pairs and sin ’les competitions, which carry a bonus of $lO,OOO for anyone achieving a nine-dart leg of 501. i Both Canterbury players have displayed splendid form in recent events. Whittaker, a past winner of South Island .and New Zealand titles, is unbeaten!this year. He won the Geraldine Open and then the Timaru Open, in which his partner, was Gary Rule. I | Whittaker is the! only! Canterbury competitor to [have won the Masters singles, and he won the pairs in his sole appearance in that contest. Ridd will be qne of the favourites after his brilliant victory two weeks! ago in the national Workingmen’s- Club singles. Many followers of the sport are tipping him for higher honours I this I year when the New Zealandlteam is chosen for the Pacific Cup contest in Japan.
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