DOMINANT LAWRIE WINS ALL 4 EVENTS ON FINAL WEEKEND TO TAKE TITLE
Mitchell Lawrie underlined his status as the boy-of-the-moment in junior darts as he won all four events on the final weekend of the Advanced Tour to take the overall title by a massive 28 points.
The 15-year-old Scot made it six event wins in a row at the end of the Advanced Tour season – winning 12 of the 20 events in total – as he added junior darts’ premier tour title to the World Championship he won at Alexandra Palace at Christmas.
He also finished the tour with a seasonal average of above 90 – and went agonisingly close to signing off on a perfect note with a nine-darter in the Event 20 final, missing Double 12 in the sixth leg of his 6-2 win against Lewis Cook.
Cook, who reached two finals and a semi-final over the weekend, finished runner-up, pushing Kaya Baysal into third on leg difference, while Jayden Walker was two points further back in fourth. Jack Johnson finished fifth, ahead of Owen Bryceland, Archie Self, Ben Townley, Christian Ennis and Arthur Allston.
In a high-quality final, Lawrie averaged 97.11 while runner-up Cook threw a 101 average. After Cook won the opening leg with the darts, taking out 144, before Lawrie won successive legs in 11, 12 and 12 darts to lead 3-1. Both players continued to hold throw for the rest of the match, with Lawrie taking out 54 to seal another event win. Cook’s run to his fifth final of the season saw him play some outstanding darts, notably in his 5-0 semi-final win over Oscar Saxton, in which he averaged 98.88 with legs of 15, 17, 15, 15 and 14.
Baysal may have been beaten by Lawrie in the semis but he produced a mighty comeback to get there, fighting back from 3-0 down to beat Christian Ennis 4-3. Ennis won the opening leg with a 122 checkout, then broke and held in the next two legs. But Baysal reeled off four legs in a row, taking out 65 with Ennis waiting on Double 1 to clinch the deciding leg. He also came close to hitting a nine-dart leg in his opening match of the weekend, missing Double 12 against Alfie Knox and finishing the leg in 11 darts.
RESULTS
Final:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 6-4 Lewis Cook (Eng)
Semi-finals:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 5-1 Kaya Baysal (Eng)
Lewis Cook (Eng) 5-0 Oscar Saxton (Eng)
Lawrie then beat Reggie Woodmore 4-2 and Jack Marshall 4-0 before a 4-2 win in the quarter-finals against another JPL rival in Archie Self. Lawrie averaged 100.08 with Self throwing 103.48 in defeat. Self can count himself extremely unfortunate to have run into Lawrie in such fine form. The first four legs went with throw, before Lawrie grabbed the crucial break in the fifth with a 13-darter. He then held in 14 darts to advance to the semis, where he beat Ben Townley 5-0. Lawrie averaged 95.23 in the final, beating Walker 6-2 despite losing the opening leg. Lawrie won the next five in a row including a 116 checkout, before Walker held throw with an 82 checkout as Lawrie waited on tops for the title. He did not have to wait long, however, wrapping things up on Double 16 in the next leg.
Walker was excellent in reaching his third final of the season. His best performance saw him beat Lewis Cook 4-3 in the last 16 with a 103.85 average. In a match that ebbed and flowed, Walker secured victory with an 11-dart leg, taking out 54 at the first time of asking after visits of 140, 180 and 127. He also came through an epic semi-final, beating Kaya Baysal 5-4 with a 110 checkout in the decider after Baysal had taken out 146 in the previous leg.
RESULTS
Final:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 6-2 Jayden Walker (Eng)
Semi-finals:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 5-0 Ben Townley (Eng)
Jayden Walker (Eng) 5-4 Kaya Baysal (Eng)
Facing compatriot Bryceland in the final, Lawrie averaged 97.25, while Bryceland averaged 91.45 in defeat. Lawrie went 2-0 up, before Bryceland broke back to halve the deficit. But Lawrie broke again, taking out 127 when Bryceland was waiting on Double 10, and then held to lead 4-1. Bryceland’s 85 checkout saw him hold, but Lawrie produced legs of 14 and 13 darts to get the job done. Bryceland performed excellently to reach the final, beating fellow Junior Power League players Archie Self and Kaya Baysal. He beat Baysal from 2-0 down to win the semi-final 5-2, the highlight being a 12-dart leg with a 140 checkout to go 3-2 up.
RESULTS
Final:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 6-2 Owen Bryceland (Sco)
Semi-finals:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 5-1 Lewis Cook (Eng)
Owen Bryceland (Sco) 5-2 Kaya Baysal (Eng)
Lawrie averaged 96 in the final – one of five 90-plus averages in his six matches in Event 20 – as he raced into a 3-0 lead before Cook held and then broke to make it 3-2. But Lawrie roared back, missing Double 12 for a nine-darter before taking the leg in 11 darts. He then held and broke again to put the seal on a truly remarkable tour season for him personally. Lawrie started Event 20 as he intended to carry on, beating Alfie O’Brien 4-1 with a 96.97 average, sealing the win with a 110 checkout, before beating Kaleb Gascoyne 4-2.
He then beat Harley Glycos and Charlie Greensmith, both by scorelines of 4-1, before a 5-1 win over Archie Self in the semis, averaging 98.04. Self, who averaged 93.98 himself, won the first leg but then did not get another dart at a double as Lawrie took control, with a 12-darter in the fifth leg. Cook deserves huge credit and but for running into the in-form Lawrie would arguably have taken at least two titles over the weekend. He produced a stunning performance in his semi-final against Ben Townley, winning 5-3 with an average of 105.49. Cook won with legs of 14, 16, 16, 10 and 13, while Townley more than played his part, winning his legs in 15, 13 and 18 darts. Cook missed Double 12 for a nine-darter and once again underlined his talent with an outstanding performance.
And, although beaten in the last 16, Event 19 runner-up Owen Bryceland deserves a mention for a 170 checkout in his 4-3 win over Riley Ladigus.
RESULTS
Final:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 6-2 Lewis Cook (Eng)
Semi-finals:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 5-1 Archie Self (Eng)
Lewis Cook (Eng) 5-3 Ben Townley (Eng)
The 15-year-old Scot made it six event wins in a row at the end of the Advanced Tour season – winning 12 of the 20 events in total – as he added junior darts’ premier tour title to the World Championship he won at Alexandra Palace at Christmas.
He also finished the tour with a seasonal average of above 90 – and went agonisingly close to signing off on a perfect note with a nine-darter in the Event 20 final, missing Double 12 in the sixth leg of his 6-2 win against Lewis Cook.
Cook, who reached two finals and a semi-final over the weekend, finished runner-up, pushing Kaya Baysal into third on leg difference, while Jayden Walker was two points further back in fourth. Jack Johnson finished fifth, ahead of Owen Bryceland, Archie Self, Ben Townley, Christian Ennis and Arthur Allston.
EVENT 17
Mitchell Lawrie kicked off the weekend with another event win to make it three in a row and nine for the season as he beat Lewis Cook 6-4 in the final to become the new JDC world number one. Lawrie was excellent throughout the event, opening with a 4-1 win over Ben Townley and taking out 109 in the opening leg of the weekend, before averaging 95.76 in beating Toby Clements 4-2. Lawrie was 2-1 down as the match went with throw in the early stages before winning three legs on the spin, including an 11-darter. He then beat Tergel Khurelkhuu 4-0 with a 92.49 average, before coming back from 3-2 down to beat Jayden Walker in the quarter-finals. Lawrie beat Kaya Baysal 5-1 in the semis, averaging 93.16, breaking in the fourth leg to lead 3-1 and not looking back.In a high-quality final, Lawrie averaged 97.11 while runner-up Cook threw a 101 average. After Cook won the opening leg with the darts, taking out 144, before Lawrie won successive legs in 11, 12 and 12 darts to lead 3-1. Both players continued to hold throw for the rest of the match, with Lawrie taking out 54 to seal another event win. Cook’s run to his fifth final of the season saw him play some outstanding darts, notably in his 5-0 semi-final win over Oscar Saxton, in which he averaged 98.88 with legs of 15, 17, 15, 15 and 14.
Baysal may have been beaten by Lawrie in the semis but he produced a mighty comeback to get there, fighting back from 3-0 down to beat Christian Ennis 4-3. Ennis won the opening leg with a 122 checkout, then broke and held in the next two legs. But Baysal reeled off four legs in a row, taking out 65 with Ennis waiting on Double 1 to clinch the deciding leg. He also came close to hitting a nine-dart leg in his opening match of the weekend, missing Double 12 against Alfie Knox and finishing the leg in 11 darts.
RESULTS
Final:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 6-4 Lewis Cook (Eng)
Semi-finals:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 5-1 Kaya Baysal (Eng)
Lewis Cook (Eng) 5-0 Oscar Saxton (Eng)
EVENT 18
Mitchell Lawrie continued his excellent form with his second win of the weekend, his fourth in a row and his tenth overall on the Advanced Tour, beating Jayden Walker 6-2 in the final. Lawrie threw two 100-plus averages on his way to the title, opening the event with a 4-0 win and 103.66 average against fellow Junior Power League player Tergel Khurelkhuu. He broke throw in the opening leg and did not look back, winning in style with the highlight being a 164 checkout for a 12- darter in the third leg.Lawrie then beat Reggie Woodmore 4-2 and Jack Marshall 4-0 before a 4-2 win in the quarter-finals against another JPL rival in Archie Self. Lawrie averaged 100.08 with Self throwing 103.48 in defeat. Self can count himself extremely unfortunate to have run into Lawrie in such fine form. The first four legs went with throw, before Lawrie grabbed the crucial break in the fifth with a 13-darter. He then held in 14 darts to advance to the semis, where he beat Ben Townley 5-0. Lawrie averaged 95.23 in the final, beating Walker 6-2 despite losing the opening leg. Lawrie won the next five in a row including a 116 checkout, before Walker held throw with an 82 checkout as Lawrie waited on tops for the title. He did not have to wait long, however, wrapping things up on Double 16 in the next leg.
Walker was excellent in reaching his third final of the season. His best performance saw him beat Lewis Cook 4-3 in the last 16 with a 103.85 average. In a match that ebbed and flowed, Walker secured victory with an 11-dart leg, taking out 54 at the first time of asking after visits of 140, 180 and 127. He also came through an epic semi-final, beating Kaya Baysal 5-4 with a 110 checkout in the decider after Baysal had taken out 146 in the previous leg.
RESULTS
Final:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 6-2 Jayden Walker (Eng)
Semi-finals:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 5-0 Ben Townley (Eng)
Jayden Walker (Eng) 5-4 Kaya Baysal (Eng)
EVENT 19
Having secured the title the previous afternoon, Mitchell Lawrie continued to dominate and impress in equal measure as he beat Owen Bryceland 6-2 to take his third title of the weekend. After opening the event with three wins against Belgian players, averaging 95.43 against both Vince Kenis and Jason Goossens, Lawrie beat Addison Hefferon 4-1 in the quarters. He then produced his best performance of the event, a 5-1 win with a 99.67 average against Lewis Cook. Cook took out 120 to break in the opening leg – but Lawrie did not look back, breaking straight back and then winning four more legs in a row (including 110 checkout to break for a 3-1 lead) to reach the final.Facing compatriot Bryceland in the final, Lawrie averaged 97.25, while Bryceland averaged 91.45 in defeat. Lawrie went 2-0 up, before Bryceland broke back to halve the deficit. But Lawrie broke again, taking out 127 when Bryceland was waiting on Double 10, and then held to lead 4-1. Bryceland’s 85 checkout saw him hold, but Lawrie produced legs of 14 and 13 darts to get the job done. Bryceland performed excellently to reach the final, beating fellow Junior Power League players Archie Self and Kaya Baysal. He beat Baysal from 2-0 down to win the semi-final 5-2, the highlight being a 12-dart leg with a 140 checkout to go 3-2 up.
RESULTS
Final:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 6-2 Owen Bryceland (Sco)
Semi-finals:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 5-1 Lewis Cook (Eng)
Owen Bryceland (Sco) 5-2 Kaya Baysal (Eng)
EVENT 20
Mitchell Lawrie brought the curtain down on an incredible Advanced Tour as he claimed his fourth title of the weekend, his sixth in a row and his 12th of the season. He continued his remarkable run of form by beating Lewis Cook 6-2 in the final – the second time he had beaten him in the final during the weekend – to show exactly why he is the top-ranked player in the JDC.Lawrie averaged 96 in the final – one of five 90-plus averages in his six matches in Event 20 – as he raced into a 3-0 lead before Cook held and then broke to make it 3-2. But Lawrie roared back, missing Double 12 for a nine-darter before taking the leg in 11 darts. He then held and broke again to put the seal on a truly remarkable tour season for him personally. Lawrie started Event 20 as he intended to carry on, beating Alfie O’Brien 4-1 with a 96.97 average, sealing the win with a 110 checkout, before beating Kaleb Gascoyne 4-2.
He then beat Harley Glycos and Charlie Greensmith, both by scorelines of 4-1, before a 5-1 win over Archie Self in the semis, averaging 98.04. Self, who averaged 93.98 himself, won the first leg but then did not get another dart at a double as Lawrie took control, with a 12-darter in the fifth leg. Cook deserves huge credit and but for running into the in-form Lawrie would arguably have taken at least two titles over the weekend. He produced a stunning performance in his semi-final against Ben Townley, winning 5-3 with an average of 105.49. Cook won with legs of 14, 16, 16, 10 and 13, while Townley more than played his part, winning his legs in 15, 13 and 18 darts. Cook missed Double 12 for a nine-darter and once again underlined his talent with an outstanding performance.
And, although beaten in the last 16, Event 19 runner-up Owen Bryceland deserves a mention for a 170 checkout in his 4-3 win over Riley Ladigus.
RESULTS
Final:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 6-2 Lewis Cook (Eng)
Semi-finals:
Mitchell Lawrie (Sco) 5-1 Archie Self (Eng)
Lewis Cook (Eng) 5-3 Ben Townley (Eng)
