MICK Nixon whitewashed fellow Minsterman John Quantock in the stage six final of The Streamline Taxis York Open Darts Championship.

Throwing one 15 and four 18-dart legs, Nixon clinched victory in the latest competition, held in association with Red Dragon Darts.

He had earlier defeated Lutz Leutzsch 4-3 in the semi-finals, where Quantock overcome Scunthorpe’s Dave Ladley 4-1.

Other selected matches saw Paul Dixon (18-17) defeat Roz Kerr (17) 3-1 and Reece Robinson (17-19-20) beat fellow Hull youngster Lewis Kirk (17) 3-1.

Robinson, though, then lost 3-2 to Terry Temple (124 finish for 15).

Fast legs were also enjoyed by Craig Owens (15), John Quantock (15-16) and Jason Day (16), while ton-plus finishes came from Quantock (104, 120) and Ladley (130).

Bradford’s Louise Simmonds, meanwhile, picked up her second consecutive YDP Ladies Knockout win, beating Tracey Farmeary 3-1 in the final after winning the last leg in 21 darts.

In the semi-final, Farmeary hit two 180s and claimed a 21-dart leg to beat Tina “Inch High” Platt 3-1, as did Simmonds to oust Cheryl Fairclough.

Farmeary had earlier included two 140s in a 20-dart leg and Di Moreland checked out on bull for a 110 finish.

In the Blind Pairs tournament, Quantock completed a hat-trick of wins, partnering Jaro Nameth to defeat organisers Neil Hart and Phil Good 2-0 in the final.

Semi-finalists were Danny Taal and Scarborough’s Julie Wrightson and Andy Rennie and Dave Kerr.

The seventh stage of the York Open Darts Championship will take place today and the last chance to gain Order of Merit ranking points to finish in the top 32 and reach the final stages will be on August 6.

Grand Finals Day is Saturday, August 20 with former World Championship finalist Peter “One Dart” Manley due to conduct the presentations at 7pm.

Entry to watch the finals is free but, after the presentations, Manley will be staging an exhibition, as well as holding a question-and-answer session.

Tickets for the exhibition and a disco afterwards cost £5 each.

They are available from Huntington WMC and you can receive further details of this and all events by contacting Neil Hart at neilhartydp@hotmail.co.uk or phoning 07921 128063.