Winmau England Matchplay
Stephen Bunting secured his seventh ranking event victory of the current season when he claimed the Winmau England Matchplay title. The St Helens based thrower had to come through a quarter final clash with Scott Mitchell and a semifinal clash with Martin Atkins, during which he averaged in excess of 100 on his way to a 5-4 victory.
In the final ‘The Bullet’ again showed why he is BDO World Number 1 as he averaged over 93 in securing a 6-2 victory over Yorkshire’s Garry Thompson to claim what is a seventh ranking title of the season. In the ladies event Lisa Ashton made it a Lancashire double by defeating Fallon Sherrock 4-0 in the quarter finals, before moving on to end the challenge of World Number 1 Deta Hedman in the semi-finals with a 5-3 victory. In the final Ashton overcame Trina Gulliver in a thrilling match that went all the way to an eleventh and deciding leg.
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