- League Singles
2000--Andy Dowie
2001--Dave Mcfadden
2002--Donnie(Uist)Stewart - 2003--David Stewart
- 2004--Griddy
2005--David Stewart
ALLAN DOWIE MEMORIAL SINGLES
- 2003--ANDREW DOWIE
- 2004--PAUL GILMOUR
- 2005--ANDREW DOWIE
- 2006--DAVID MACMILLAN
ALLAN DOWIE MEMORIAL SINGLES COMPETITIONNow in it’s third year this tournament has quickly established itself as one of the biggest majors of the season, with it’s unique combination of young player’s trying to emulate Allan’s legendary status in the local darts scene and the older players who turn up to pay tribute to the player they admired and respected for many years. These factors create a day of singular atmosphere in the season’s calendar and this year’s tournament was no different, the day began with the now traditional Past versus Present match, with the Past winning the first one and drawing last year the pressure was really on the young guys to win this year, and they duly obliged, helped by the efforts of young Jaimie Reid who scored his greatest victory to date when he beat veteran Angus Roberts, the young guys better watch out though, I believe the Lochies are already organising a tournament to get their older guys in better shape for next year.After the Past V Present came the big one, the singles tournament, now the turnout for this competition has exceeded all other comps in the past two years, and this year was no different, and incredible 63 players entered, a number we would have thought impossible only a few years ago. The tournament was played over the usual four boards, with a member of the Dowie Clan playing on each board and a prize for being the first player to lose to one of them.On Board One it was Neil ‘Spike’ Maciver who emerged as the leading player in the early stages beating Murdo ‘Griddy’ Macleod and Donnie ‘Uist’ Stewart on his way to the board final where he would meet the rather unfancied Ian ‘Mac’ Mackenzie, who was playing better than he had for years, beating Craig Dowie and Calum ‘Haggis’ Macleod on his way. In a tense and unpredictable board final it was Ian who held his nerve the better and repeated his famous victory from the 2001 Island Singles final when he beat ’Spike’ 5-2, and moved into the semis.Meanwhile on Board Two Donnie Mowatt continued his good form from the previous evening as he scored impressive victories over Kenny Duncan and Keith Bain in his path to the board final, where his opponent would be the first winner of this tournament Andrew Dowie, Andrew started his day with a ‘pasting’, beating both Ian and Davie ‘Pasty’ in the first and second rounds, before gaining revenge over the man who beat him last year, Gordon Craigie, Andrew hit finishes of 92, 104 and 149 on his way to a 5-1 win. In the Board final Donnie just could not keep up, as Andrew moved through the gears with some great legs including a stunning 12 darter of 60, 180, 180 and an 81 check out despite a bounce out, effectively an 11 dart leg, resulting in a resounding 5-0 victory.Down on Board Three it was David Campbell who was first to reach the final beating Kevin Macleod and Alex Kellar along the way, in the board final he would play the winner of this tournament last year, Paul Gilmour, who had knocked out Iain Leitch and Paul Forster on his way to the final. Most would have expected Paul to win this match by a couple of legs, but a motivated David thought differently and played his heart out to win 5-1, hitting finishes of 127 and 138 in the last two legs.Board Four was probably the most open of the day without a single big name behind drawn on it, in the top half John Sleigh continued his recent good form, beating Gordon Maclean and Calum Ruddy to reach the final, where he met a man from many years back, Calum Murdo Mackenzie, who had beaten Donal Macdonald and David Macmillan in his previous matches. This final was impossible to predict as nobody knew how well Calum would play, after so many years, however despite a long absence from the game he produced the superior throwing and ran out a very comfortable 5-1 winner over John.The first semi final played was between Andrew Dowie and David Campbell, despite David winning the bull up, he failed to win a leg until the fourth, to be honest he was looking a little jaded after his performance against Paul, trailing 3-1 he was unable to find a way back into the match and Andrew relaxed into a smooth rhythm and easily won 5-1.In the second semi final were Ian Mackenzie and Calum Murdo Mackenzie, no relation, this was a real ding dong match, with neither player getting more than a leg in front through the whole match, with the scores tied at 4-4 it was Ian who produced a spectacular 110 finish to reach the final. Asked at the beginning of the day who they thought would reach the final, very few people would have tipped Ian Mackenzie, but he is a player who has worked very hard at regaining his form and it paid off on the day, sadly for him, however, he ran into a player who his playing some of the best darts of his life, and Andrew Dowie showed flashes of his fathers brilliance in the final, hitting finishes of 90 and 75(via 3, D18, D18) along with some very heavy scoring, as he dominated the final and ran away with the title for the second time with a 6-0 victory.A fantastic win for Andrew, losing only two legs in the whole day, that sees him add this title to this season’s Boxing Day Championship and the Island Masters.
Donnie Uist on his way to a 3rd island singles
