England took the top prize in the team events at the Six Nations Cup last weekend. Both the England men's team and women's team won their finals on Sunday.
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The Six Nations Cup consists of the six leading countries in darts. In addition to England, these include the Netherlands, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. PDC players also do not participate, national associations send their own players to represent their countries at this tournament.
Jimmy van Schie and Laura Turner had earlier won the singles events but it was only Turner who was ensured overall success.
The Netherlands are usually dab hands in these events but they fell early. Due to England's victory over Ireland (13-10), the Netherlands did not advance to the semifinals. In the end, the Netherlands finished in fifth place after a 13-12 win over Northern Ireland.
The English team consisting of Jarred Cole, Sean Holley, Tom Sykes, Lewis Gurney and Chas Barstow managed to win 13-10 over Scotland in the last four before being too strong for Wales in the final 13-7.
England were in sensational form in the ladies winning 8-1 against Netherlands in the groups before heading into the semi-finals where they took down Ireland 5-2. They cruised into a final clash with Scotland.
Deta Hedman, Laura Turner and Steph Clark were simply too strong as they eased into a 5-1 win. Hedman hit double 20 to secure the win with double success for both men's and women's this year in Merthyr.
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