Team Unicorn Ladies stars Anastasia Dobromyslova and Irina Armstrong are both celebrating tournament success!
Ana has just won the Top of Ghent event – beating Irina in the final!
And her success came after Irina won the French Open title for a third time.
Both Unicorn girls have also been invited to play in the prestigious Zuiderduin Masters in December and of course, Anastasia is back at the Lakeside in January as she tries to win the World Championship for a second time.
Disappointingly though, Irina will not be at the Lakeside, despite winning more BDO ranking events than any other woman during the year.
It will be a source of immense frustration, that’s for sure.
The BDO points system has worked against Irina, despite all those tournament victories and in the end, she missed out by just THREE points.
Irina won five tournaments during the year, compared to Deta Hedman (4), Julie Gore (2), Lorraine Farlham (3) and Karen Lawman (1)
Remember – Anastasia won through to the Lakeside via the qualifiers.
And it was Ana who edged out Irina by 2 sets to 1 in the final of the Top of Ghent tournament, which was played at the Flanders Sports Arena.
Anastasia had beaten Deta Hedman by 5 legs to 2 in the semi-finals, while Irina defeated Carla Molema by the same score.
Earlier this month, Irina defended her French Open crown, as she beat Swiss International Anita Tobias in the final.
And Anastasia and Irina are teaming up to play for Russia for a big soft-tip tournament in Shanghai….
By STUART PYKE