Scarborough darts star Graham Usher wins Christmas Competition at The Flask Inn

Saturday December 13 also saw the first annual Christmas Competition at The Flask Inn, with over £550 paid out on the day.

Graham Usher took the top prize on the day beating Tom Dawson in the final.

Graham Usher was dominant all day winning 25 of the 27 legs he played on the day, posting an average of 84.58 for the day.

He piled in a high average on the day of 98.02 beating Junior Hawkes 3-0 in the last 16.

In the group phase Usher recorded victories over Luke Beaumont, Ryan Spedding and Eren Eroglu all 3-0 before defeating Whitby's Richie Parkin 3-1 to ensure he progressed as group winner.

Victory over Hawkes in the last 16 followed before a quarter-final success against Mick Carrick by the same scoreline.

The two semi-finals saw two very much in-form players in Tom Dawson and Parkin face off, with Dawson winning 3-0 with an impressive 86.71 average, his first nine average above 114, to Parkin's 80.6.

The second semi-final saw Usher come out victorious over Rich Nicholson in what was a high quality game, Nicholson posting an 87.73 average to Usher's 88.41 in a 3-0 win.

In the final, Usher managed to capitalise on a slow start from Dawson, racing into a 3-0 lead before Dawson took leg four.

Just as it looked like Dawson may be getting a foothold in the match, Usher kicked off leg five with scores of 140, 140 and 100 to give himself a comfortable lead in the leg and eventually close out with double 10 sealing the deal.

Scores: Quarter-finals Graham Usher (85.08) 3-0 Mick Carrick (70.94), Rich Nicholson (71.00) 3-1 Eren Eroglu (60.29), Tom Dawson (71.15) 3-0 Fergus Powell (60.89), Richard Andrew (62.73) 1-3 Richie Parkin (75.85).

Semi-finals: Richie Parkin (80.59) 0-3 Tom Dawson (86.71), Graham Usher (88.41) 3-0 Rich Nicholson (87.73).

Final: Tom Dawson (69.67) 1-4 Graham Usher (81.92).

Tom Dawson picked up his first title at The Flask Inn on Monday December 8 in the ADC Vault Series after three final defeats on the bounce.

His highlight on the night was his 100.2 winning average in a 3-0 quarter-final victory over Richard Major.

He also recorded a semi-final victory over Mick Carrick by a 3-0 scoreline, and a 3-1 final victory over Danny Lans.

The other quarter-finalists were Eren Eroglu, Andy Anderson and Graham Usher, with Fergus Powell making the semi-finals.

Thursday saw the fourth event of the series at Scarborough Cricket Club, with Graham Usher securing a second title of the series.

Graham Usher advanced from the group stage of the tournament without dropping a leg, before victories over Daniel Murphy 3-1 in the quarter-final, a 3-2 win over Sam Spivey in the semi-final followed, before a 3-1 triumph over Michael Oxtoby in the final.

The highest average of the night came from Sam Spivey in his 3-0 win in the quarter-final over Joe Usher, winning with a 92.02 to Joe's 77.38.

Spivey then went on to record an 86.11 average in his semi-final loss to Graham Usher, who averaged 90.57, coming from 2-0 down to take the victory.

The other semi-finalist on the night was Brad Milburn with Tom Dawson and Lee Cusworth also securing quarter-finals.

Thursday also saw the Whitby Conservative Club host its weekly event, Richie Parkin making it four wins out of four - his fifth victory in all in this series.

Parkin piled in six 180s in his eight games on the night, losing just one leg in another dominant performance.

His best performance of the night was an impressive 88.41 in a 2-0 victory over Dylan Eglon in the group phase.

His victory in the final saw him post an impressive first nine average of over 110, ending with a 77.74 against David Brown's 65.83.

He sealed the 3-0 victory with his highest finish on the night of 104.

Semi-finalists were Mick Carrick and Danny Lans and quarter-final honours went to Andrew Thomas, Linden Boushall, Rich Nicholson and Mike Hobson.

The regional table makes good reading for our local players, with Tom Dawson sat in 23rd place, Gary Johnston sat in 27th, Graham Usher in 18th and Richie Parkin sat in third overall.

All of these players may well feature in January's Modus Super Series play-off at the Whitby Cons Club in January, where the winner will receive a full week of televised darts on the Modus Super Series.