Congratulations to Warwickshire and England player Jamie Hughes on winning the Zuiderduin Masters and pocketing an early Christmas bonus of 5,000 euros.
Jamie kicked off with a tight encounter against Latvian Madars Razma, which he won 5-4 he then won with a more comfortable 5-1 margin against Dutchman Jan Dekker. In the quarter finals he beat Michel Van Der Horst in three straight sets, a game which Jamie himself described as “Scrappy and disappointing”.
The semi finals matched him against his fellow countryman Tony O’Shea who quickly opened up a 2-0 sets lead. Hughes then had to dig deep, but nevertheless survived numerous match darts to go through to the final with a close 3-2 win.
He then took on another of his countryman in the final, Gary Robson, who after a good start in which he took out 135 on the bull in the second leg lost his way and Jamie with an amazing run of fourteen straight winning legs, opened up a 4-0 lead. He then won the final set 3-1 having whitewashed his opponent with a 5-0 scoreline and recording a superb 95.78 average.
