Josh Wills and Mike Lagar win GR Taylor Doubles darts competition

Wills and Lagar came out tops in the Warrington Darts Organisation's GR Taylor Doubles after a shoot-out, backing up their only other occasion as a pair when they won the same event in the 2017/18 season.

"To play together again and win it again was unbelievable," said Wills, 30, a Newsquest digital advertising consultant from Orford.

"I didn’t think I would be playing as my partner had been in and out of hospital over the week leading up to the competition as we thought our baby daughter was arriving.

"The fact Hallie could have arrived anytime during the week led me to think I wasn’t going to play in the competition and Mike was sweating on it too as he wouldn’t have had a partner to go in with.

"So to have won it was just so overwhelming and I'm so proud.

"Hallie did arrive two nights later on the Sunday evening though so it was truly a fantastic weekend."

Josh Wills with his daughter Hallie (Image: Contributed)

Cromwells Pirates pair Wills and Lagar, 30, from Padgate and owner of Wire Scaffolding, won the round-the-board competition by beating The Albion's Archie Goodier and Paul Clarke in the final.

From a field of 59 pairs starting out in the event at Eagle Sports Club, they won five matches to reach the final and dropped only five legs all night.

Presentation of trophies after the GR Taylor Doubles event at Eagle Sports Club in Warrington (Image: Contributed)

The final proved to be an epic battle.

Clarke and Goodier took a speedy 2-0 lead, only for Lagar and Wills to pull it back to 2-2.

The fifth leg again went to Clarke and Goodier, but Lagar and Wills again levelled matters to force a one-leg shoot-out.

Both pairs uncharacteristically missed chances to hit D9 and see the leg out.

It seemed as though nerves crept in for both pairs, but Lagar and Wills managed to get over the line in the end.