Barry v Adrian

After 2 consecutive defeats in the recorded DDL League results, Barry beat Adrian to return to winning ways.

The opening recorded exchange saw Adrian score 9 to leave 192, before Barry score 20 to leave 181. Those first visits set the starting point for a contest that would ultimately be settled by the finish.

There was little to separate the players in the scoring figures. Barry's 18.27 average and Adrian's 18.09 left a gap of just 0.18 points per visit. With neither player enjoying a substantial advantage on that measure, the decisive difference lay in turning the scoring into a completed finish.

Adrian produced the match's biggest visit with 70, while Barry reached 58. Adrian could point to the larger scoring burst, but it did not secure the result.

This was no quick march to the winning double: Barry needed 33 darts to complete the leg. The length of the contest gives the final checkout its significance—scoring alone had not brought an early conclusion. The recorded final-leg visits include 3 busts for Barry and 5 busts for Adrian. Those visits left the scores unchanged and prolonged the route to a finish. Adrian was still on 2 when Barry took out 6. The opponent had brought the remaining score within 170, but the decisive finish belonged to Barry.

Barry closed the match with a 6 checkout (Miss → D3). The checkout may have been small in value, but it was the decisive score of the match—the one that turned the contest into a confirmed win.

Barry took Player of the Match (6.1); Adrian was rated 4.3.

Dean S v Stewart

Dean S defeated Stewart in the DDL League, winning via the DDL Shootout (63–21).

The opening recorded exchange saw Stewart score 32 to leave 169, before Dean S score 47 to leave 154. Those first visits set the starting point for a contest that would ultimately be settled by the DDL Shootout.

Stewart supplied the stronger scoring rate, averaging 9.79 against Dean S's 9.28. That made this a contest in which scoring power and the final result told different stories: Stewart had the edge on average, but Dean S found the route to victory when the match moved to a shootout.

Stewart produced the match's biggest visit with 60, while Dean S reached 57. Stewart could point to the larger scoring burst, but it did not secure the result.

The recorded final-leg visits include 17 busts for Dean S and 22 busts for Stewart. Those visits left the scores unchanged and prolonged the route to a finish.

Normal scoring did not produce the deciding finish, so the contest moved into the DDL Shootout. Dean S won the final high-score round 63–21, turning the tiebreak into the result. The shootout darts are separate from the normal match averages, which included 64 scoring darts for Dean S.

Dean S took Player of the Match (5.3); Stewart was rated 3.8.

Morning summary

Dean S and Barry were on the winning side this morning, with three league points for each win. That completes the morning’s 2 confirmed results.