Mission Recap - Trio Taste Gold At WDF World Cup In South Korea

Mission Recap - Trio Taste Gold At WDF World Cup In South Korea

A trio of Mission players won gold at the WDF World Cup in South Korea at the weekend.

Peyton Hammond became the first Canadian to win the WDF World Cup youth singles, whitewashing Ireland’s Aidan O’Hara 6-0 in Saturday’s final.

The 17-year-old dropped just four legs during his opening four matches of the tournament, before being tested in both the quarter-finals and semi-finals.

‘The Kid’ edged past Australia’s Tristan Bognar 4-2 before coming back from 4-2 down to defeat Kendji Steinbach, of the Netherlands, 5-4 to advance to the final.

Robyn Byrne was part of the Ireland team that successfully retained the WDF World Cup women’s team title.

After breezing through the group stages, the Irish team were pushed all the way to a last-leg decider in the last 16 by Wales, and it was Byrne who held her nerve to send her team through after winning the deciding leg against Rhian O’Sullivan.

A pair of 9-3 victories over the Netherlands and the Philippines saw the defending champions advance to the final, where Byrne pinned the title-winning double to secure a 9-1 triumph against Australia.

Llew Bevan completed a hat-trick of Mission gold medallists in South Korea, as he helped steer Wales to glory in the WDF World Cup men’s team event.

The Welsh team won four of their five group matches to progress to the knockout stages, where victories over Northern Ireland (9-5), Canada (9-3) and Sweden (9-5) set up a showdown with Japan in the final.

Bevan won three of his four legs in the final, defeating the trio of Ryusei Azemoto, Yuta Hayashi and Yuichiro Ogawa to help his country to a narrow 9-7 victory in the final.

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Mike De Decker signed off his first season on the World Series circuit with a run to the final day of the World Series of Darts Finals.

‘The Real Deal’ picked up wins over Gabriel Clemens (6-3) and Damon Heta (6-4), before bowing out to Josh Rock (10-6) in the quarter-finals.

Elsewhere, Andras Borbely caught the eye on the European Tour with an impressive showing in the recent Hungarian Darts Trophy.

The 20-year-old averaged 96.55 - the highest average by a Hungarian player in European Tour history - and took out three bullseye finishes, including a 170, in a 6-4 defeat to Luke Woodhouse.

The PDC ProTour season resumes with a pair of Players Championship events in Leicester this week. The most recent block of floor events saw Wessel Nijman (PC26) and James Hurrell (PC27) reach the quarter-finals.

Dominik Gruellich posted the highest average on the second day of action, with the German averaging 108.65 in a 6-0 whitewash of Dave Chisnall in the last 64.

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Thomas Junghans boosted his hopes of being a seed for the WDF World Championships with several deep runs on the WDF circuit in recent weeks.

The Swiss ace reached a pair of semi-finals in the Italian Open and Italian Grand Masters, before making the quarter-finals of the British Open. Those runs have left ‘TJ’ in provisional 12th place in the main rankings in the race to qualify for the WDF Open World Championship.

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Graham Hall has qualified for the ADC Global Championship after successfully retaining his ADC Midlands belt.

‘G-Man’ defeated James Richardson 7-2 in his latest title defence, which has earned him a spot in the field for the ADC’s flagship event at the end of the year.

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Riley Emery continued his recent good form on the oche with a run to the semi-finals of Event 15 on the JDC Foundation Tour.

‘The Rocket’ posted an impressive 95.94 average in a 3-0 victory over Dylan Cowley in the last 32, before his run ended in a 4-1 defeat to Finlay Clayton in the semi-finals.

Oscar Saxton also caught the eye with a quarter-final run in the SCP Events Junior Open in Coventry on Sunday.

‘Supernova’ won seven of his eight group games before a pair of 3-0 victories saw him reach the last eight, where he lost out 4-2 to the eventual champion Jack Nankervis.

Picture: WDF

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