Friday night saw the first of this season's singles competitions take place in the Legion, with the Jimmy Miller Memorial Open attracting an excellent entry of 57 participants. With a number of non-regular players and women amongst the entries, a few slow games made for a long night, but there were some superb darts on show from the big guns.

Stevie Garner looked unplayable at times but fell foul of Ian Linklater at the semi-final stage, with Erland Ritch disposing of Ian Findlay in the other. The final was a close affair with Ian taking a two nil lead before Erland found his finishing touch and took the title with the next four legs in succession. Jimmy himself would have enjoyed the night's entertainment and would no doubt be thrilled to see yet another different name added to the cup, continuing the theme since it's inception.

Next up is the Cricket singles and doubles tomorrow night this Friday, before seperate 'A' and 'B' cups take place on Monday and Tuesday respectively.

180s were scored by: Graham Firth, Trevor Shearer, Gary Wilson, Erlend Lennie, Erland Ritch, Ian Findlay, Ian Linklater (two), Stevie Garner (three) and Kevin Gray (four).

High Finishes came from: Graham Firth 100, Ian Findlay 100, Erland Ritch 102, Trevor Shearer 104, Brett Dickinson 110, Kenny Gunn 125, Billy Ward 125, Stevie Garner (100, 100) and Ian Linklater (100, 117).

Short Legs (15 darts or less): Brian Moar/Keith Brumpton 15, Brett Dickinson 15, Graham Firth 14, Brian Moar 14, Kevin Gray 14, Ian Findlay 14, Erland Ritch (15, 15), Ian Linklater (15, 14) and Stevie Garner (14, 14, 14).

Results:

Spiers cup: Exiles 4, Sanday 0

Jimmy Miller Memorial Open Singles: Erland Ritch 4, Ian Linklater 2

Fixtures:

Friday September 20, Cricket Singles and Doubles, Legion, 7.30pm

Monday September 23, 301 Challenge Cup ('A'), Legion, 7.30pm

Tuesday September24, 301 Double Start Cup ('B'), Masonic, 7.30pm

Friday September 27, Royal Cup ('A' & 'B'), Masonic, 7.30pm