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Karen
wins all north of England clash to reach last four
Karen Lawman
won an all North of England clash with Linda Ithurralde 2-0 following a hard
fought 30-minute encounter.
Both players
had to wrestle with big night nerves but still produced averages of 24 plus per
dart.
The opening
legs of the first set went with the darts, Lawman stealing the third on double
five and then clinching the set with double four.
Ithy blazed
into the opening leg of the second set with a maximum but cool Lawman - who
reached the last eight in the championship four years ago - held her throw.
The 47-year-old
Cumbrian, cheered on by Phill Nixon the former men’s championship runner-up,
levelled and despite hitting her second maximum in the next saw the experienced
Doncaster 44-year-old edge ominously 2-1 ahead.
Lawman hit her
first 180 of the match in the next leg but missed double eight for a
show-stopping match-winning 136 checkout.
Defending World Master Ithurralde, needing 100 hit treble
20 but then wired attempts for double 20 and double 10, Lawman stepping up to
hit the game-winning double four.
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