Darts ace eyes super title

ON TARGET: Greg Moss is aiming high.

Ace Masterton darts exponent Greg Moss will be in esteemed company when he contests the Wellington leg of Super League Darts at Shed 6 in the capital tomorrow.

It is the first event in an inaugural series that will continue at Hamilton on September 19 and Auckland on September 20.

The three knockout tournaments will feature New Zealand's best players with Moss being joined by Rob Szabo, Craig Caldwell, Peter Hunt, Jonathan Silcock, Mike Day, Mark McGrath and Cody Harris.

Moss, a self-employed painter for 25 years whose major sponsor is the Eastwood Motor Group, has represented New Zealand and has fashioned a magnificent record on the competitive scene, reaching the number one spot on the New Zealand Darts Council's ranking system this year. His recent form certainly suggests he will be a huge force to be reckoned with in the Wellington event and the two others to follow.

In singles play, he has won the Canterbury Open and been second in the Tararua and Wainuiomata Opens and he combined with his father, Neville, to win what was their third North Island doubles title.

Greg Moss has twice been New Zealand Masters singles titleholder (2012 and 2013), he was the New Zealand Open winner in 2011 and the Sunshine State Classic winner across the Tasman in 2011.

He also has won two national pairs titles as well and was ranked the No1 player in Asia Pacific in 2009.

The quarterfinal draw for the Wellington tourney has Moss confronting Jonathan Silcock who headed the NZDC's national ranking list in 2011, the same year he has ranked second on the World Darts Federation's Asia Pacific rankings.

He represented New Zealand at the Asia Pacific Cup in 2012. Only in his early 20s, Silcock is often labelled the "young buck" of darts in this country.

Of the other six contestants in the Super League, Hunt needs no introduction to the Wairarapa sporting fraternity as he resided here for a number of years.

He represented New Zealand for eight seasons between 1992 and 2004, has won the North Island Masters six times the Puma Masters eight times and the North Island chartered club's singles nine times.

He was a World Cup open singles winner in Durban, South Africa, in 1999.

Szabo too is a familiar name, having helped put New Zealand darts on the map last last year when he gave the world number one, and arguably the greatest player on the planet, Phil Taylor a scare at the Ladbrokes world championships.

Szabo took a set off Taylor and had the chance to claim a second set as well.