Leonard Gates produced a series of brilliant performances to capture his second World Seniors Darts Tour event of the year! Gates added the JenningsBet World Seniors Darts Masters to the JenningsBet Champion of Champions he won back in March.

As he did in Blackpool, ‘Soulger’ again faced Richie Howson in the final. This time, the American averaged over 90 as he stormed to an impressive victory by a score of 6 sets to 2. A nice 12-darter put Gates two sets ahead before Howson fought back to win two of the next three sets. Sadly for the Englishman, that was as close as he was going to get, and Gates took the next three sets to lift the title.

In the earlier rounds, the Texan had some great battles with Mark Dudbridge, Chris Mason (which went to a last-set decider), and Robert Thornton.

Final
Leonard Gates 6 – 2 Richie Howson
Semi-Finals
Richie Howson 5 – 2 Dennis Harbour
Leonard Gates 5 – 2 Robert Thornton
Quarter-Finals
Richie Howson 4 – 3 Neil Duff
Dennis Harbour 4 – 2 Phil Taylor
Robert Thornton 4 – 3 John Part
Leonard Gates 4 – 3 Chris Mason
Top 16
Neil Duff 4 – 3 David Cameron
Richie Howson 4 – 0 Bob Anderson
Phil Taylor 4 – 2 Mark McGeeney
Dennis Harbour 4 – 2 Martin Adams
Robert Thornton 4 – 2 Colin McGarry
John Part 4 – 3 Kevin Painter
Leonard Gates 4 – 2 Mark Dudbridge
Chris Mason 4 – 2 Trina Gulliver

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