The scene was the 2008 European Mega Drive Championship and Lord Dilks played his final fixture against Portuguese challenger Alberto Campos. While Lord Dilks was the undisputed master of English Mega Drive Championshipary (following the retirement of his long-running rival, Mr Smith) but the 2008 European Mega Drive Championship had hardly been a happy hunting ground for the eight times English Champion. With just one win under his belt, on Rugby World Cup '95, against German Richard Neumann this did not appear to be the happy ending Lord Dilks deserved for a long and illustrious Mega Drive career.

Lord Dilks's fate had been sealed three-years earlier. In a dimly lit snooker hall, he and fellow Administrator, Mr Smith, had discussed in length a perceived conflict of interest with both men now running the Mega Drive Championship and being the two best players within the English competition. It was decided on that day that both would step down from the competitive side of Mega Drive. Mr Smith started a phased withdrawal from the competitions, finally hanging up his controller following the Sixteenth Mega Drive Championship. It was agreed that Lord Dilks would do no such phasing and simply retire from the tournaments when there was the capacity of members to accommodate his withdrawal. With fifteen people anticipated to arrive at the Eighteenth Championship, it was deemed this was the time for Lord Dilks to stand down. Ultimately only ten of the promised fifteen turned up, however, the die was cast Lord Dilks retired from the tournaments.

Lord Dilks had been a prominant feature in the Mega Drive Championships ever since the original tournament in January 2001. Even before the First Mega Drive Championship it was Lord Dilks who expanded upon the "Sonic 2 Knockout" to suggest the "Triangular Tournament" concept. Since then Lord Dilks has found himself at the forefront of the Mega Drive Championships. Pivotal in the establishment of the original Division Two, adapting the competitions to have a draw system and the dramatic changes that took place at the Fourteenth Mega Drive Championship and subsequently, Lord Dilks now makes up one half of the Tournament Administration who oversee the entire Mega Drive Championship competitions.

Although he failed to win the First Mega Drive Championship, Lord Dilks claimed his first title at the Second Tournament. He successfully used his skills on both Pete Sampras Tennis and World Cup Italia '90 to secure the Mega Drive Championships ahead of Mr Smith and achieve an overall #1 ranking. The Third Tournament saw Lord Dilks battle not with Mr Smith for the Championship, but with Doc Shakib for second-place. In the end it was a tiebreak victory on Pete Sampras Tennis that narrowly gave him the runner-up position. Putting the ghost of the Third Tournament behind him, Lord Dilks won the Fourth Mega Drive Championship, albeit by a much smaller margin then the second. Then things went horribly wrong, following health issues at the Fifth Tournament he slumped into third-place and finished behind both his rival, Mr Smith, and Doc Shakib. This was the first in a long barren spell of four-tournaments kept him lodged in second-spot behind rival Mr Smith and, on two occasions, Doc Shakib.

His strongest games in the Mega Drive Championships were Pete Sampras Tennis and World Cup Italia '90, however, he possessed considerable skill on a great many tournament games and was able to utilise his ability on Super Street Fighter 2 to win three out of four old style Challenge Trophies, before the competition was given a revamp at the Eighteenth Tournament where, alongside Old Spice Lock as Team Defunct, Lord Dilks finished third from four! Although he was arguably dominant on a greater number of games than his rival, Mr Smith, Lord Dilks possessed more noticeable weaknesses. Columns and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 were the biggest thorns in his side.

Lord Dilks ended his barren spell when he won the Ninth Mega Drive Championship, winning by his biggest margin of seven-points. The Tenth Tournament was arguablly his most successful, as Lord Dilks went on to become the first player to secure the double of winning both league and Knockout. Eight tournaments on and this fete still hasn't been repeated. Lord Dilks was the most dominant force in early Knockouts, winning two of the original three. Since the competition was revived at the Fourteenth Championship, the Tournament Knockout hasn't been quite such a happy hunting ground for Lord Dilks having only reached the final once.

Following on from "the double", Lord Dilks returned to the runner-up spot and for two tournaments the title returned to Mr Smith who dominated the Eleventh and shaded the Twelfth. Lord Dilks returned as Champion in controversial style at the Thirteenth before becoming the first champion of the new format tournaments at the Fourteenth Mega Drive Championship. Rival, Mr Smith, ended his league career at the Fifteenth Championship when he took the title, while the Sixteenth saw Doc Shakib emerge as an unlikely Champion to pip Lord Dilks, by a single point, to the top-spot. For his final two tournaments, however, Lord Dilks has dominated the league. The Eighteenth Mega Drive Championship saw him also repeat Mr Smith achievement from the Eleventh Tournament and win the title undefeated over eight games, an impressive way to bow out of the English domestic competitions...

The 2008 European Mega Drive Championship was the last stand of Lord Dilks and his final game was against Portuguese legend Alberto Campos on Pete Sampras Tennis. Domestically, Lord Dilks was dominant on this game, however, the other jewel in his crown, World Cup Italia '90, had come crashing down against German, Tobias Berg, who defeated him by a huge 7-0 - under pressure, Lord Dilks opted to play as England and not his usual Argentina. There would be no such shock on Pete Sampras Tennis and, with the score at 5-1, Lord Dilks needed one more point to win the match, the ball was thrown, the racket swung and, in a moment of sheer poetry, an ace achieved. His final action in the Mega Drive Championships was beautiful and he bowed out as a winner.