The Barrow area final for the The Mail darts competition will take place at Cloud Nine tonight, with 12 players competing to join those who have already qualified from the Dalton & District area.

Players are encouraged to attend by 7:30pm or they won’t be included in the draw, while tournament organiser Chris Irvine is urging people to come down and lend their support to the long-running event.

The 2019 Grand Final night will take place at the same venue on November 30, when the champion will be crowned and James Kempster still has a chance of defending his title, as he is one of the Barrow dozen involved.

The other names battling it out are Ryan Tippett, Tommy Richardson, Ian Greaves, Dan Cottam, Dave Eccles, Ross Rimmer, Jason Caine, Martin Rhodes, Steve Woodburn, Kev Hubbold and Liam Armistead.

At the Dalton & District area final at Duddon Sports Club, there was some great darts thrown on the night, which included three 100-plus checkouts and two 180s thrown.

Crowd favourite Barry Twiname of Askam, took on the Golden Ball’s Ian Iveson, who strode into a 2-0 lead, but Twiname got himself back in he match with some heavy scoring to lock the score at 2-2.

Iveson then held his nerve in the deciding leg, hitting double four to put himself in the semi-final against the winner of ex-champ Steve Callister or Chris ‘Woogie’ Pickthall.

Their game looked tasty from the off, with both players starting well, but a few missed doubles from Pickthall give Callister the chance to step in and take the first leg, which put him into his stride and he never looked back in taking the match 3-0.

Sean Miles then found himself against young Aiden Wilkinson, who started the match well with the crowd on the Askam lad’s side, but it wasn’t long before Miles let his darts do the scoring, as he hit seven 100-plus scores to win 3-0.

Phil Myers landed himself a bye as unforeseen circumstances meant Sam Proctor of London House couldn’t make the night.

The first semi-final was between Callister and Dalton’s Iveson, where ‘Jiffy’ Iveson showed some consistent scoring and held his nerve when it come to the doubles, as he overcame Callister to land himself the first available spot at the Grand Final.

The other semi looked set to be a classic, with Miles starting to show some commitment back to the game and the in-form Myers winning the local Clarence competition the week before.

Both players hit the ground running, starting with solid 100-plus scoring, but Miles showed the time he has been putting in is paying off, as he barely missed a double in sweeping to a 3-0 win.