Jersey Darts Organisation

It was a tough day at the Winmau World Masters for the five Jersey qualifiers. However, some of the performances will give them confidence going into todays Lakside World Championship Qualifiers.

First to the oche was Steve Eusebini (Beanz) who was drawn against current world number 23 Dave Prins but "Beanz" who reached the last 32 at the Isle of Man open in 2010 the same year Dave Prins won it took the game to Prins and led 2 Sets to 1. However its was Prins the 2011 Hungarian Open champion who rallied to come back to win by 3 Sets to 2.

2010 Isle of Mann winner Dave Prins

Next up was the ever impressive Eddie Le Bailly (The Eagle) who was the only Men's player to make it past the first hurdle with a tough fought 3-2 win over England's Ian Pallett. "The Eagle" was then met with the tough task, of taking on world Number 15 Wesley Harms of the Netherlands. It was no surprise that "The Eagle" who has had a good summer season managed to take a set off of Harms but the Dutchman proved to be to good winning through by 3 sets to 1.

Wesley Harms

Paying at the same time was Phil Speak who was another player to receive a tough draw against the 2004 Quater Finalist Rick Hofstra from the Netherlands. The Dutchman was in top form and easily one through by 3 sets to 0.

Rick Hofstra

Last up for the Men was Craig Quemard who drew the World number 85 from Scotland Ewan Hyslop and in another epic battle it was the Scotsman who scraped through by 3 sets to 2.

Ewan Hyslop

For Hofstra & Hyslop their victories over the Jersey players was the first step on the road to reaching todays televised stages. Live on ESPN at 17:00

The Jersey men will be back in action today when they try to qualify for the Lakeside World Championships in January. We will keep you up to date with their progress here.

For Jersey junior Edward Le Bailly it was the last 32 again this year. Following the 4 leg to 1 win over Adam Gwilliams he faced Sam Cankett who impressively defeated the young Jerseyman by 4 legs to 0. Cankett went on to make the Semi-Finals where he played the up and coming Jake Jones with Jones making the final which will be played this afternoon.