03/08/2026
Once Twitten 2026.
Yesterday we held Once Twitten 2026 at Southwick Sports and Social Club.
The event saw a huge payout of over £3,500
We kicked off the day with the Early Bird (slightly later than planned) we had a total of 72 entries battling it out in a Best of 3 x 301 quick fire knockout.
Winner £120 – George Cressey
Runner Up £60 – James Smith
Semis Finalists £30 – Lee Clarke & Bradley O’Connor
We then moved on to the Pairs Events
The Ladies had 8 pairs playing Best of 3 x 601.
Winner £40 – Abbi Ettridge & Rebecca Eves
Runners Up £20 – Keisha Collins and Tracey Collins
The Open Pairs has 32 Teams battling it out in another Best of 3 x 601 affair.
Winners £120 – George Cressey & John Power
Runners Up £60 – Luke Robertson & Matt Tovey
Semi Finalists £30 – Sumner & Connor Levett / Graham Harris & Adam Hart
Now on to the Mains.
The Ladies Singles was contested by 16 entrants in a Best of 7 x 501 Knockout.
Winner £150 – Abbi Ettridge
Runner Up £50 – Elizabeth Moss
Semi Finalists £25 – Tracey Collins & Ellie Dudeney
The Men’s Singles had 73 entrants in a best of 7 x 501 Knockout. This was a stacked event with some top players.
Winner £800 – George Cressey
Runner Up £400 – Ronnie Sumner
Semi Finalists £100 – Lewis Gurney & Darren Gale
Quarter Finalists £50 – Callum Levett, Tavis Dudeney, Bak Ko & Troy Power
U18s event was a Best of 5 x 501 knockout
Winner £80 – Kieran Mitchell
Runner Up £40 – Callum Levett
Semi Finalists £20 – Ethan Yates & Corey Ewen
Over 50s were up next in a Best of 3 x 501 Knockout.
Winner £40 – Darren Gale
Runner Up £20 – Darren Edwards
Semi Finalists £10 – Mick Rodgers & Dean Leaver
And the final event of the day was the Plate Knockout a Best of 3 x 501 affair.
Winner £40 – Jordan Blackwell
Runner Up £20 – Corey Ewen
Semi Finalists £10 – Sarah Twell & Ryan Mitchell.
And Finally a round up of the Bounties and Checkout Bounties.
In the U18s Ryan Mitchell claimed the £50 bounty for knocking Abbi Ettridge (the P and O Scaffolding Sponsored Player out of the competition while also pinging 164) in the match. He won 215 for his efforts.
In the Ladies Keisha Collins checked out 90 to claim her £90 but no one was able to stop Abbi from winning the event, so Abbi herself collected the Bounty of £50.
And in the Men’s event there was a share of the of the Checkout Bounty which was 170 by both Bradley O’Connor and Tavis Dudeney both splitting and taking £85 each.
Ronnie claimed the top 2 bounties firstly taking out Tavis Dudeney who had the PDC Players Bounty of £25 and also the £50 Bounty on Lewis’s head as a P and O Scaffolding Sponsored Player by knocking him out in the Semi Finals.
It was a very long day a 07:30 start to set up and finished at 11 after packing away. Thank you to the Sponsors Gary Meaking Fencing who sponsored the 3 Main Events, Suspiciously Elvis who sponsored all the boards, Southwick Sports and Social Club. All the Bar staff, the BBQ masters, Tracey Collins for the sweet stand, Dave Dudeney for his Darts Shop, Ollie Carter for mucking in and helping keep the games flowing, everyone that help set up and pack away at the end of the night and of course every single player and spectator who came along.
I have taken some lessons learned out of the event and will tweak the flow of matches.
I will be back in West Worthing on the 12th September for Reimagined………
