THE Braintree Open Darts League's winter season concluded with some exceptional performances at the Knockout finals night at Braintree Football Club.

The evening started with the fours final between two Cressing A teams as Dan Dearing, Rob Tinsley, Stuart Chapman and Tony Bamsey faced Shane Smith, Mick Cain, Martin Compton and Bryan Willis.

The opening exchanges in the first leg saw both teams hitting regular 100-plus scores but it was the quartet of Smith, Cain, Compton and Willis who proved the stronger as they did in the next leg to secure the fours title.

The mixed pairs final had Braintree Football Club's Dawn Kennedy and Rick Marshall against the Swiss Bell's Rachel Farmer and Ash Chibwe.

Honours were shared in the first two legs but the Swiss duo outscored their opponents in the third and hit their double to become the champions.

The ladies' pairs had Cressing B's Lauran Smith and Cara Catley taking an early lead, but Swiss Bell's Farmer and Jan Pearce claimed the next three games to take the title.

Cressings A's Rob Tinsley and Shane Smith then eased to a 3-0 victory against Swiss Bell's Chris Holden and Dan Taylor to take the men's pairs prize.

The ladies' singles final was between the Football Club's Dawn Kennedy and Cressing B's Tracey Hemming.

Hemming held the early advantage by winning the opening two leg, before Kennedy came back with a win in the third, but with Hemming took the fourth to restore her two-leg advantage.

Kennedy hit back to win the fifth leg, but that was her last success as Hemming went on to win the next leg to secure the ladies' title.

The final competition of the evening had Swiss Bell's Chris Holden facing Cressings A's Martin Compton for the men's singles crown.

A high scoring match saw Holden 2-1 ahead going into the fourth leg, but Compton drew level by hitting an 80 out shot and then edged ahead with a 98 shot out in the fifth.

The sixth had both players hitting 100-plus scores from the outset and after Holden missed a chance to finish, Compton took advantage to place himself just one win away from victory.

The seventh leg saw Holden start with a 140 but Compton pegged his opponent back and went on to win the leg to be crowned men's singles champion.