Searle recovers to dump out Schindler, Hempel edges past Bunting

Friday, 24 September 2021 at 20:53

The first round of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy continues to head towards its conclusion with Ryan Searle, Florian Hempel and Kenny Neyens moving through.

Searle recovered from 5-2 down and survived three match darts en route to victory over Martin Schindler in one of the games of the night on paper and it certainly delivered with five 180’s and a 96.3 average.

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While Hempel fired in three ton plus finishes en route to seeing off Stephen Bunting in a win that will fire him into the European Championship field.

Same for Neyens who erupted in celebration despite a tense game with Dyson Parody with both averaging in the early 70’s. He finally has a European Tour win but will need to up his game against Jose de Sousa.

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It wasn't pretty but Kenny Neyens gets through a slug fest to beat Dyson Parody 6-4. His first win on the European Tour, and he books a place in the European Championship too