Tigers send Kennels to the dog house in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa darts league final

Tigers met Kennels in the final of the Turanganui-a-Kiwa darts league and it was Tigers who came out on top. The two teams are (from left) Tracey Te Kira, Chris Stevens, John White, CJ Lewis-Brown, Lucas Groenewald, Bobby Brown, Te Maipi Tuhi and John Love.

Tigers captain John White won all his games as his team beat Kennels in the final of the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa Darts Association competition at the RSA on Thursday night.

Kennels skipper Chris Stevens got his team off to a winning start but White then beat well-performed first-year player CJ Lewis-Brown to make it 1-1.

Tigers’ Lucas Groenewald beat Te Maipi Tuhi for 2-1 and Tracey Te Kira’s win over Bobby Brown made it 3-1.

Stevens pulled one back with victory against Te Kira, and Lewis-Brown won to level it 3-3.

Tigers won the next two games - White beat Brown and Groenewald defeated Stevens - for a 5-3 lead.

Lewis-Brown kept Kennels in the match with a win against Te Kira that closed it to to 5-4.

However, further wins to Groenewald and White pushed Tigers out to a 7-4 advantage.

John Love then beat Tuhi, leaving Tigers needing only one game to clinch the title.

White did the honours, handling the pressure to throw the decisive double that made Tigers the 2024 champions.

Tigers 9 Kennels 4: J White 156, 140st, 140 (4), 125 (3), 123, 121, 118, 100st (4), 100 (8); L Groenewald 140, 125, 121 (2), 120, 100st (3), 100 (7); T Te Kira 100st, 100 (8); J Love 140 (3), 100 (7); CJ Lewis-Brown 140, 135st, 135, 131, 125 (2), 121, 120 (2), 100st (4), 100 (6); T Tuhi 174, 140, 134st, 125, 100 (5); B Brown 100; C Stevens 140, 121, 110, 100st (2), 100 (11).

Prizegiving will be at the Gisborne RSA at 6pm on December 6.