CELEBRATING his selection to represent England in the Youth World Cup in Malaysia later this month, 16-year-old Stephen Bunting took the 2001 British Teenage Championship title at the Kettering Leisure Village, Northants.
Competing against 73 other county youth champions, Stephen defeated Pembrokeshire’s Andrew Davies 3-2 in the final with an average of 28.48. Andrew’s average was 26.58.
Stephen hit an incredible 35.79 average in the semi-finals when he beat Shayne Townsend (Yorks) 3-1.
Andrew Davies fought back from a 2-0 deficit in the other semi-final to go through 3-2.
As championship finalists Stephen received prizes to the value of £400 and Andrew to the value of £200.
The championships were sponsored by Elkadart, Darts World magazine and the British Darts Organisation.
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RESULTS
Stephen Bunting (Merseyside);
Andrew Davies (Pembs);
3-4. Gareth Pass (Staffs), Shayne Townsend;
5-8. John Connal (Central), David Gilbert (Clwyd), Anthony Urmston (Lancs), Michael Hammond (Sussex);
9-16. Andy Callaby (Renfrew), Shawn McDonald (Grampian), Gary Carroll (Tay Valley), Carl Hatton (Derbys), Jamie Parsons (West Mids), Ben Walford (Berks), Craig Harrod (Suffolk), David Harris (Warks);
17-32. Steven Looker (Avon), Ian Turner (Essex), Glenn Furneaux (Gwynedd), Michael Welsh (Brecon), Jon Jukes (Sussex), Mark Callingham (Brecon), Joseph Murnham (Lancs), Stephen Barrett (Pembs), Daniel Guest (Leics), Alex Hogg (Herts), Jack Danahar (Sussex), Danny Ballard (Hants), Jason Crawley (Hants), James Wade (Hants), Stephen Cage (Gwent).
33-64. Glen Crook (Essex), James Samson (Notts), Anthony Hopkins (Surrey), Robert Burton (Mont and Radnor), Clare Stewart (Durham), Dale Thomas (Glam), Paul Stokes (Cambs), Matthew Jackson (Gloucs), Anthony Court (Pembs), Simon Scotthart (Sussex), Peter Burton (Mont and Radnor), Scott Ramsier (Dorset), Daniel Sare (Essex), Gavin Lewis (Gwent), Luke Wildman (West Mids), Anwen Pugli (Mont and Radnor), Scott Marsh (Kent), Richard Fielding (Gwent), Lynsey Childs (Norfolk), Christopher Doughty (Northants), Matthew Gibbs (Sussex), Sam Neale (London), Gary Painting (Hants), Gary Brown (Berks), Kevin Cassidy (Berks), Gareth Aston (Clwyd), James Byles (Oxford), Matthew Brain (Oxford), Matthew Davies (Pembs), William Hays (Ayrshire), Ben Leader (Pembs), Martin Brown (Sussex), Andrew McDougall (Fife), James Smith (Essex), Chris Wylie (Dumfries and Stew), Lee Jones (Pembs), Graham Lawrence (Cambs), Craig Baxter (Central), Adam King (Bucks).
Photo captions• British Teenage champion Stephen Bunting receives his prizes from World No. 1 ranked woman player Trina Gulliver.
BELOW: (left to right), runner-up Andrew Davies and semi-finalists Shayne Townsend and Gareth Pass.(Three small portrait photos of the finalists appear at the bottom of the page.)
Darts World September 2001 p18
