Results and Broadcast Dates
Andy Fordham's Group
October 2: Rowland Rivron beat Johnny Vegas in sudden-death shootout
October 4: Keith Chegwin beat Vicki Butler-Henderson (winning dart double 7)
October 6: Vicki Butler-Henderson beat Rowland Rivron (winning dart double 6)
October 10: Johnny Vegas beat Keith Chegwin (checkout 32 - single 16, double 8)
October 12: Keith Chegwin beat Rowland Rivron (winning dart double 2)
October 16: Johnny Vegas beat Vicki Butler-Henderson (checkout 47 - single 15, double 16)
Vegas plays Chegwin in semi-final
Bobby George's Group
October 3: James Hewitt beat Phil Tufnell (winning dart double 1)
October 5: Michael Le Vell beat Holly Willoughby (winning dart double 17)
October 9: Michael Le Vell beat Phil Tufnell (winning dart double 1)
October 11: James Hewitt beat Holly Willoughby (winning dart double 1)
October 13: Phil Tufnell beat Holly Willoughby (winning dart double 4)
October 17: Michael Le Vell beat James Hewitt (checkout 23 - single 15, double 4)
Hewitt plays Le Vell in semi-final
Semi Finals
October 18 Johnny Vegas beat Keith Chegwin (winning dart double 4)
October 19 Michael Le Vell beat James Hewitt (winning dart double 1)
Final
October 20 Michael Le Vell (Bobby George's Group) beat Johnny Vegas (Andy Fordham's Group) by 2 legs to 1.
Vegas won the first leg in 47 darts (on double 8), Le Vell the second in 53 (on double 7) and the last in 28 (on double 16).
Three Dart Averages Le Vell 35.60 Vegas 35.21
- Phil Tufnell hit 120, the highest 3-dart score of the tournament, during his defeat to Michael Le Vell broadcast on October 9. Tufnell also managed the best leg of the group phase, with a 34 darter (average 44.21) against Holly Willoughby in his last group match. Despite these two statistics, he failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
- The highest checkout was achieved by Johnny Vegas who finished with 47 (single 15, double 16 and a dart to spare) in his last group game on October 16.
- Holly Willoughby was the only player who failed to win a single match in the competition, Michael Le Vell managed to win all five of his matches en route to the title.
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