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Peter Hunt 38pts
Rob Szabo 25pts
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Craig Ross 13pts
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Warren Parry 10pts

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Mihi Pike 37pts
Bubs Sylya 28pts
Lorene Earnshaw 27pts
Jane Harrington 27pts
Kete Keefe 24pts
Jannette Jonathan 23pts
Rachel Padget 22pts
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Hastings (26th April 2008)

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North Island Masters Ladies Singles



Mihi George 3				N.I MASTERS
	Mihi George 3
Rotu Peneha 0	Te Awamutu			2008
		Mihi George (Av 17.77)
Catherine Byford 0		Te Awamutu
	Anna Neho 1	4
Anna Neho 3	Wellington
			Mihi George (Av 20.50)
Megan Smith 3			Te Awamutu
	Megan Smith 1		4
Claire Apiata 0	Waimarino	2
		Donna Gregory (Av 16.42)
Donna Gregory 3
	Donna Gregory 3
Piki Morrison 1	Hutt Valley

Jannette Jonathan 3				Kathy Orbell
	Jannette Jonathan 0			Hastings
Selena Baker-Clemas 0	Tauramunui			(WINNER)
		Kathy Orbell (Av 20.66)
Chris Hay 2		Hastings
	Kathy Orbell 3	4
Kathy Orbell 3	Hastings		5
			Kathy Orbell (Av 20.75)
Bev Teinaki 0			Hastings
	Anita TeAmo 0
Anita TeAmo 3	Manawatu	0
		Peggy Wikaira (Av 18.89)
Hineteariki Forde 0		West City
	Peggy Wikaira 3
Peggy Wikaira 3	West City

North Island Masters Men's Singles				27-Apr-08



John Dodunski 1				N.I MASTERS
	Phil Hazel 0
Phil Hazel 3	Taradale			2008
		Mark McGrath (Av 25.04)
Mark McGrath 3		Taupo
	Mark McGrath 3	3
Ru Teinaki 1	Taupo
			Neville Moss (Av 23.94)
Neville Moss 3			Wairarapa
	Neville Moss 3		1
Rex Harper 0	Wairarapa	4
		Neville Moss (Av 24.31)
Bill Fergus 1		Wairarapa
	Wayne Carey 2
Wayne Carey 3	Wainuiomata

Chas Forster 3				Peter Hunt
	Chas Forster 0			Palmerston North
Dave Bocking 2	Upper Hutt			(WINNER)
		Koha Kokiri (25.54)
Koha Kokiri 3		Kapi Mana
	Koha Kokiri 3	2
Steve Gooch 1	Kapi Mana		5
			Peter Hunt (Av 27.38)
Derrick Samson 3			Palmerston North
	Derrick Samson 1
Tony Nuku 1	Manawatu	4
		Peter Hunt (Av 24.94)
Jeff Williams 0		Palmerston North
	Peter Hunt 3
Peter Hunt 3	Palmerston North

DARTS: Hunt thrashes his hero and wins final

28.04.2008

ANENDRA SINGH

It was almost as if darts player Peter Hunt was flicking away pangs of guilt after a crushing win last night.

Soon after clinching the North Island Masters Championship title the 43-year-old from Palmerston North saluted his finals opponent, Neville Moss, of Masterton.

Hunt told SportToday: "Neville was my idol and I learned a lot about darts from him."

No, his mentor didn't teach him anything about keeping his hands steady and what trajectory to take to the board and all that jazz that makes dart players tick.

"He taught me a lot about things off the dart board - how to win and lose.

"He once said I had to learn to lose before I could be a gracious winner. That stuck in my mind because it's true," he said of Moss, who succumbed 5-1 to him at the Hastings Darts Association clubrooms.

While the crowds cheered as the pair traded shots, Hunt pulled away from the action to watch his experienced opponent play.

"I felt it was great to be part of the final. There was no ugly darts," said Hunt, who started playing the sport with his parents, Stumpy and Margaret, in the garage of their Greytown home.

"They never pushed me, they just encouraged me." Former national representative Hunt, who pocketed $1000 and much-needed New Zealand-ranking points that will boost him to No.1 or No.2 in the country, beat Koha Kokiri, of Kapi Mana, 4-2 in the semifinal and Derrick Samson, of Palmerston North, 3-1 in the quarterfinals.

Moss beat Mark McGrath, of Taupo, 4-3 in the semis and pipped Wayne Carey, of Wainuiomata, 3-2, in the quarters. The players are now eyeing the New Zealand Puma Masters in August in Palmerston North.

In the women's competition, Hawke's Bay player Kathy Orbell was the singles champion after beating her North Island representative mate, Mihi George, 5-4.

It was the first title for Orbell (pictured right) who prevailed in the 501, best of nine legs after an average performance in the drawn pairs on Saturday.

"It was determination. I had to play to stay and things turned my way. Once you're up there, there are no friends out there. You're playing for yourself ," said a modest Orbell, who thrashed Peggy Wikaira 4-0 in the semifinal and Jannette Jonathan, of Taumarunui, 3-0 in the quarters before pocketing $600.

"The money's going in the bank tomorrow or else I'll spend it on rubbish," said Orbell, who is a home aid for the Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings.

Her husband used to play darts but several years ago he got hurt in a car crash and that put an end to that.