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Winner
George Federico of the coveted trophy for an impressive
record 8 times |
The Gibraltar National Championships where played last
week. Attendance was quite good in light of the world
cup having started.
In
an amazing draw the top 4 players in Gibraltar got drawn
together in the 1st round of the competition.
This
time around it was old guns that went through (George
Federico beat Justin Broton 3-0 and Francis Taylor beat
Dylan Duo in a close 3-2 match.
The
highlight of the night was young Danny Peach who managed
to take out Francis Taylor (always the toughest
of opponents as Dylan found out). Danny was overjoyed
by his win but lost against another veteran of darts,
Angel Debono. George then beat Manolo Asquez to reach
the final.
Last
Eight (left to right)
Henry Zapata, Joseph Sanchez,
Angel Debono, Justin Stagno, Stefan Federico, Manolo
Asquez, George Federico In
the final George played as he did all night with good
clinical finishing but Angel Debono gave him a run for
his money.
George
Federico is now the 8th time winner (and record holder)
of this long standing trophy and will get 1st choice
in deciding whether he will attend the Winmau World
Masters in November this year.
SEE
ALL PICTURES TAKEN DURING THE COMPETITION
