Fort four arrow in on Calum MacAskill Memorial match
Four Fort William darts players made the trip to the Innes Bar in Inverness for the 2026 Calum MacAskill Memorial.
Once again the competition drew a strong field to support Calum’s son, Liam MacAskill - a regular on the Fort circuit and current doubles champion of both the Dewars and Duncan Carmichael Cup.
It was a mixed day for the Fort quarter. Duncan Rodger Memorial champion Evan Atkinson exited early, unable to find the level that has brought him recent success.
Ben MacDonald, playing in what was as much a leaving do as a darts day ahead of his imminent move to Australia, showed good battling qualities. He came through a tight opening match with a 3-1 win, holding his nerve well, but his run ended in the next round after a hard fought 3-2 defeat.
John Nelson produced a good run, progressing all the way to the semi-finals. There he faced Highland County and Fort William player Martyn Cameron, who had looked sharp throughout the day and had only dropped two legs across his previous four matches.
Nelson found Cameron in relentless form and was never really allowed into the match, Cameron running out a convincing 4-0 winner.
The other semi-final was an all-Inverness affair, with former Scotland international and recent Inverness Winter Singles champion Robert Mackenzie taking on serial major’s winner George Main.
Mackenzie took the first leg but Main responded in style - reeling off four consecutive legs to take the match 4-1 and set up a rematch of the Clach Open final against Cameron.
Both players reached the final having only dropped two legs each, underlining the level of consistency on show.
Main’s strength had been his scoring power, while Cameron had been clinical on the doubles, including a superb 161 checkout, the highest of the tournament.
Cameron won the bull and took the opening leg. Main had a chance to respond in the second but missed two darts at double eight and was punished.
Cameron then held his throw well to move three clear before capitalising on a loose leg from Main to stretch the lead to 4-0 in a race to five.
From there the outcome never really looked in doubt. In a position where the Fort champion rarely slips, Cameron kept his composure and saw the match out with authority, closing it off with a 5-0 victory to lift the Calum MacAskill Memorial title for the second time.
Speaking after the match Cameron said: "When I was 18 and started my darting journey in inverness, I started playing for the Spikey’s who Calum played for along with his son Liam.
"Liam and I struck up a great friendship in the years that followed so this win means so much to me. I am so proud of Liam and his fundraising efforts in his father’s memory, he really is an inspiration."
The final total raised for Highland Hospice was £5,635 - £1000 up from the previous year.
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