New Forest darts ace Scott Mitchell will battle for the Lakeside World Championship crown tomorrow after reaching the final at his sixth attempt.

The Bransgore landscape gardener put in another near perfect performance to defeat Canadian Jeff Smith in the first semi-final at famous Frimley Green today.

Mitchell, nicknamed Scotty Dog, whitewashed ‘The Silencer’ 6-0 to add another scalp to this week’s list.

Pundits predicted a close encounter against Smith who had already defeated Lakeside regular Gary Robson and knocked out tournament favourite Robbie Green.

But Mitchell, who stands to win at least £35,000 and could pick up the £100,000 winner’s cheque, kept up the high scoring and deadly doubles he had been throwing all week.

The writing was on the wall when Mitchell nailed a maximum with his first three darts. He won that set and then reeled off the next four to leave a bewildered Canadian in his wake at the interval.

Battling Smith came out fighting with a 180 but Mitchell, who produced seven maximums during the match, pounced on his opponents’ missed chances, hitting a 105 finish to make the final.