OUTGOING Moors League champions White Swan had a huge impact on the destiny of this year’s crown as they beat long-time leaders Moors Inn 6-4 - allowing New Inn to snatch the title by a point.

Missed doubles by Moors allowed Swan into a 4-0 lead through Keith Eddon, Steve Cass, Tim Nichols (3x100 scores) and Neil Eddon.

Keith Dickson, Greg Fawcett (2x100) and Josh Fawcett (3x100) reduced the arrears but Swan took both pairs legs and the match.

New Inn’s match against Coach House mirrored Swan’s as they raced four up, Al Hodgson (180, 129 finish on bull), Nie Monkman (3x100), Mick Hodgson (121,100) and Dave Wray doing the damage.

Coach struck back through Chris O’Hara, Bri Cook and Jimmy Porter before New Inn crucially sealed the match in the pairs to nick the title.

Sun Inn edged out Blacksmiths Arms 6-4 to secure fourth spot with Geoff Allen (100), Bob Sellars (125,121,100), Neil Robson (33-dart leg) and Martyn Allen recording wins, while Adam Durrant hit a couple of tons in his winning leg for Blacksmiths.

Buck Inn ‘B’ beat Buck Inn ‘A’ 6-4, a result that guaranteed they finished above the ‘A’ team. Georgie and Mike Peirson, Adrian Hall (133) and Nick Taylor gamed for the ‘B’ side, with Dave Phillips, Darren Marsh and Dave Ord replying.

Meanwhile, Alan Dawson dominated finals night in the Pickering Rec Club Individual League to become 2015 champion.

The final itself was a fitting end to a great season as ‘A’ league new man Dawson took on the evergreen Phil Bointon.

Dawson cruised 3-0 up with legs of 21, 21 and 17 darts which included checkouts of 90 and 68.

Bointon took leg four in 18 but player-of-the-season Dawson took leg five and the title.

Dawson had opened the evening with a 4-0 victory over the out-of-form Billy Hague in the play-off semi-finals. Legs of 20, 19, 17 and 18 darts gave him an average of 81 and victory.

The second semi-final was a tighter affair between Bointon and Simmy Cass.

Cass took leg one but Bointon levelled in 18. Cass regained the lead despite missed doubles but Bointon again levelled. Leg five proved pivotal as Cass missed darts at double 10 to allow Bointon to take the lead, which he kept with a solid sixth leg.

The third match of the night saw John Bristow meet Jon Rule in the play-off to avoid relegation to the ‘B’ league and, like last year, Rule edged a scrappy match, twice coming from behind to win 3-2.

Next on was the ‘B’ league promotion play-off where new man Dave Twaddle lost 3-2 to Steve Dawson.

Twaddle took leg one against the darts but then missed 12 darts at a double which proved costly as Dawson held his nerve and took a 2-1 lead. Twaddle levelled but Dawson took out a nervy double three to gain promotion.

Hague again was below par as Cass beat him 3-0 in the third-place play-off match.

Bointon, meanwhile, is still in line for success in the Pickering League’s house championship after the nine house champions played off for a berth on finals night – Bointon making Cass pay for missed doubles in their semi-final to set up a final against Royal Oak’s Martin Cook.

The preliminary round saw Rec Club ace Bointon beat Bar 4’s Ian Robson 2-0, hitting five tons in legs of 19 and 21.

The first quarter-final saw Sun Inn’s Liam Dawson beat WMC’s Cameron Spiller 2-0 with scores of 135, 121 and 101 in an 18-dart second leg.

Cook started against Horse Shoe ‘B’s Mark Darby with an 18-darter including 100, 121 and a 76 finish. Darby levelled but, after both had chances in the decider, Cook took it on double two.

Cass beat Bay Horse’s Jono Bointon 2-1 with legs of 20 and 21, before Phil Bointon took out 111 for an opening 18-darter against Graham Steel.

The Horse Shoe ‘A’ player hit back with two 100s and a fantastic 155 finish on bull, but, as Steel waited on 72 in the decider, Bointon hit 86 on the bull to win in 21 darts.

In the semi-final, Cook beat Liam Dawson 2-0 with legs of 23 and 26 finished with a 60 outshot.

Bointon began against Cass with two 100s and 121 for an opening 17-darter. Cass levelled in 21, hitting 100 and 136, and looked to be heading for victory after leaving 32 after 15 darts, but he missed six darts at the double, letting Bointon take the decider in two.