With the qualification cut-off for the World Matchplay drawing ever nearer, and with substantial prize money alongside invaluable ranking points still available, the double-header ultimately proved highly rewarding for certain competitors ...

For the Harrows thrower, it represented the culmination of years of persistence, resilience, and sustained progression ...

which is the greatest darting nation yet to have produced an Ally Pally champion? His immediate thoughts turn to Northern Ireland and Belgium ...