FOUR venues across the town hosted qualifying matches in the Penarth Darts League 501 best of three legs pairs competition.

At the Station, P Colley and Lee Pesticcio 140 x16 lost out to M Cox and P Cox 140 x2 and x20, while Paulo Paterson x2 and Paddy Ayers 121 went out to G Evans and A Adams x10, 100 140 x4. Finalists are Evans x18 and Adams 119 who beat M Cox and P Cox 100 125.

At the RAFA Club, S Denman and P Ringer 100 x18, 125 132 went out to John Nowland 100 and Steve Turnbull x2, x16, while M Quick 125, 140 and M Quick 110 x10 suffered the same fate against D Hodges 100 100 and partner C Evans x16, 140 x4. Steve 100 140 and John 100 x5, 100 x 20 qualified when they beat D Hodges 100 x20, 121 and C Evans.

At the Coro Club, D Evans 125 x20 and partner L Lewis 120 131, 140 x7 beat K Wingren x4, 100, with partner T Davies hitting 135. L Coombs and B Stavrakis went out to R Grant x16 and N Jones 100 x2 and, after a promising start, D Evans and L Lewis 105, 100 were beaten by qualifiers Rob Grant 120, 140 and Nathan Jones, x2, x20.

At the Ex’s Club, N Rosser and M Evans 140 x8, 140 lost out to P Wingren 100, x20, 100, 137 x8 and partner J Frost 140, 97. D Jeynes x4 100 and N Hudd x15 beat M Williams 140 and C Cook 132. Hudd and Jeynes 177 115 then lost to to J Frost 100 x20 and Elvis Wingren 100 100, 116 out shot on x18 who qualified for the finals.

Games for this Friday are: Coro v Legion; RAFA B v Ex’s; Lion v RAFA A; Keys v Station.