WHITWELL-ON-THE-HILL ace Terry Temple inflicted a first defeat on Brian Dawson in the qualifying stages of the Streamline Taxis York Open Darts Championship.

 

Dawson won the first four stages of the Red Dragon Darts-sponsored event, including a 5-4 victory over Temple having hit back from 4-0 down in stage three.

 

In the stage five final, Dawson was within a leg of victory before his Ryedale-based opponent won the match 5-4.

 

Temple had included a 17-darter and a 180 for a 19-dart leg against Dawson's 180 and 100 finish for 12 darts followed by legs of 15, 18 and 18 darts as Yorkshire county player Dawson went 4-2 up.

 

Despite Dawson hitting a 180 to leave 37 after 15 darts, Temple conjured up legs of 16, 20 and 180 for 18 darts to take the match.

 

The semi-finals oozed quality with Temple defeating fellow PDC Pro Tour player Darren Johnson (20) 4-2 with legs of 13, 19 and 14 darts, while Dawson, with three 15-darters and a 13-dart leg, beat PDC pro Mark Lawrence (2 x 15) by the same margin.

 

York's Russ King (15 and 180 for 16) was unfortunate to meet an in-form Johnson in the quarter-finals as he went down 3-2 to legs of 15, 16 and 180 for 15.

 

The other last eight results saw Temple beat Chris Gill 3-1, Dawson (18 and 19) beat Colin Hendry (21) 3-1 and Lawrence take a 3-0 win over Steve Kemp Snr.

 

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