CISWO SUMMER OPEN 2010 REPORT
THE CISWO SUMMER OPEN OF 2010 REACHED IT'S CLIMAX ON
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LOCAL MAN NELSON BROWN OF GLENROTHES WINNING A THRILLING
FINAL 3 LEGS TO 2 AGAINST WEBMASTER STEVE FAIRFULL ALSO OF GLENROTHES. THE LAST
16 ROUND PROVIDED SOME INTERESTING MATCH UPS WITH THE PICK OF THE TIES BEING
DANNY CUNNINGHAM V IAN COCHARNE AND RAY PORTERFIELD V RAB SHAW WITH BOTH FORMER
CHAMPIONS DANNY AND RAY PROGRESSING TO THE LAST EIGHT TO JOIN STEVE FAIRFULL,
ALAN SMALL, DAVE THOMSON, JIM BOWMAN, NELSON BROWN AND IAN JOLLY.
THE QUARTER FINALS STAGE SAW DANNY CUNINGHAM BEATING
IAN JOLLY 3 LEGS TO 2, NELSON BROWN BEATING JIM BOWMAN 3 LEGS TO 0, DAVE
THOMSON BEATING ALAN SMALL 3 LEGS TO 2 IN A THRILLING MATCH AND STEVE FAIRFULL
BEATING LAST YEARS CHAMPION 3 LEGS TO 0,
BOTH SEMI FINALS PROVIDED QUALITY DARTS AS YOU WOULD
EXPECT AND AS THE PRESSURE AND DESIRE TO REACH THE FINAL INTENSIFIED IT WAS
STEVE FAIRFULL WHO WAS THE FIRST TO PROGRESS TO THE FINAL BEATING DAVE THOMSON
3 LEGS TO 2 IN THE FIRST SEMI FINAL AND NELSON BROWN BOOKED HIS PLACE IN THE
2010 FINAL AFTER BEATING DANNY CUNNINGHAM 3 LEGS TO 1.
THE FINAL OF THE CISWO SUMMER OPEN 2010 WAS
CONTESTED BY NELSON BROWN AND STEVE FAIRFULL BOTH OF GLENROTHES AND ITS NOT
UNFAIR TO EITHER OF THE PLAYERS TO SAY THAT NEITHER OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN
FANCIED TO WIN THE EVENT AT THE START BUT THE BATTLING QUALATIES SHOWN BY BOTH
PLAYERS COUPLED WITH HIGH QUALITY DARTS AND CONSISTANT FINISHING MORE THAN
EARNED THEM THEIR PLACES IN THE FINAL.
IT WAS STEVE FAIRFULL WHO WON THE RIGHT TO THROW
FIRST AND HELD HIS THROW TO GO 1 LEG UP BUT NELSON SOON LEVELED THE FINAL AT 1
LEG EACH ONLY TO GO 2 - 1 DOWN AS STEVE HELD THROW IN THE 3RD LEG. STEVE'S BIG
CHANCE TO WIN THEN CAME IN THE 4TH LEG MISSING DOUBLE 20 FOR A 125 CHECKOUT BUT
NELSON HELD HIS NERVE TO LEVEL THE MATCH AND TAKE US INTO A DECIDING LEG. BOTH
PLAYERS HAD TO BULL UP AND IT WAS NELSON WHO EARNED THE RIGHT TO THOW FIRST AND
MADE IT COUNT WITH SOME TERRIFIC SCORING AND HOLDING BOTH HIS NERVES AND HIS
THOW TO WIN THE FINAL 3 LEGS TO 2. NELSON IS A WELL DESERVED CHAMPION WHO
PLAYED HIGH QUALITY DARTS ALL NIGHT AND MY CONGRATULATIONS ALONG WITH EVERYONE
ELSES GO TO HIM.