2007/8 men's singles
There was a good entry of 27 players for the 2008 men's singles, held in the Stromness Legion on Friday 14th March.
Matches were close right from the off, 3-2 being a very common scoreline. Playing on their home patch, the league winning Legion players would have fancied their chances, but surprisingly none of them got past the quarter-final stage. The first semi-final saw Paul Foubister from the Merkister beat Alec Stanger from the Smithfield, while in the other Juicy Johnston from the Smithfield overcame the challenge of Noust 1 player Ian Findlay.
Juicy raced to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven final, showing some of the clinical finishing that had been a feature of his play en route to the final. Unfortunately for him, his form dipped from then on and great play from Paul won him the next four legs and the trophy, which, by the way, he also won in 2006. Paul was acknowledged by all in attendance to be a deserving winner, having produced excellent darts all evening, and it seemed only right that the 180 and high finish table leader should take the title.
There were 180s from Paul Foubister and Juicy Johnston, a 101 finish from Dennis Watt, and a 100 checkout from John Munson,
Full results
Round 1
Keith Chalmers beat Donald Clouston
Erland Ritch beat Nathan Prestwood
John Munson beat Clive Hewison
Francis Ballantyne beat Steven Moar
Mal Reid beat Andrew Morgan
Ian Findlay beat Ian Donaldson
Ray West w/o Neil Skinner
Juicy Johnston beat Jim Hamilton
Lennie Clouston beat Don Wilson
Dennis Watt beat Sean Chalmers
Neil Croy beat Kenny Gunn
Round 2
Paul Foubister beat John Norquoy
Malcolm Smith beat Keith Aim
Alec Stanger beat Keith Chalmers
John Munson beat Erland Ritch
Mal Reid beat Francis Ballantyne
Ian Findlay beat Ray West
Juicy Johnston beat Lennie Clouston
Dennis Watt beat Neil Croy
Quarter-Finals
Paul Foubister beat Malcolm Smith
Alec Stanger beat John Munson
Ian Findlay beat Mal Reid
Juicy Johnston beat Dennis Watt
Semi-Finals
Paul Foubister beat Alec Stanger
Juicy Johnston beat Ian Findlay
Final
Paul Foubister 4 - 2 Juicy Johnston

