James Dempster and Chris Irvine won the Nikki Lavery World Cup of Darts for the second time in three years as they defeated holders Ross Rimmer and Kenny Hartley in the final at Cloud Nine.

This was the second year in a row the competition was run in memory of former darts player Nikki Lavery, with a full field of 30 pairs taking part, while a brilliant total of £1,540 was raised for Furness Stroke Support Group.

The event started with qualifying days at the Castle House Hotel, Walney, the sponsor of the event, where 15 pairs battled it out for a chance to qualify for the grand finals night at the Cloud Nine, with the other 15 pairs competing at the Duddon Sports & Social club in Askam who again sponsored the event.

To enable each pair to qualify for the finals night they had finish In the top four places at each venue to book their place.

In the grand final itself, the first pair to three points would pick up the title and first up, Kempster took on Hartley and Rimmer went against event organiser Irvine, with all games still being a best-of-five format.

Kempster overcame Hartley 3-1, with both players scoring very heavily, before Rimmer had a bit too much on the doubles front for Irvine in taking the game 3-1.

That meant it came down to the pairs match, which each year is a crucial and pivotal part of the final, with the winner of this match going on to win the final, and what a game it was, with the longest leg of darts being 19 darts.

All players scored consistently and hardly missed any doubles in a match Irvine and Kempster managed to win 3-1. Captain Irvine next took on old teammate Hartley and started well it but failed to end the first leg.

Hartley then managed to gain some ground and win the match 3-1, leaving the match tied at two points apiece, meaning the winner of the finals singles match would lift the 2019 Crown and it came down to Kempster v Rimmer.

Kempster started the match like a train putting the first two legs on the board in quick succession but again there was another twist as Rimmer got into his stride and returned with two legs to level the match at 2-2 and force a deciding leg.

Ross started 100, 121 and with Kempster struggling with his first six darts, the match looked over and the tittle staying in the hands of Rimmer and Hartley, but he had other ideas, hitting 140, 177 before taking the match with a 64 check out.

The champions each received £550 and it was Irvine who got hold of the mic and got the full crowd on there feet to chant 'There's only one Nikki Lavery' in an extra special moment