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Our very own Eddy Sims threw so well during the Australian Championships it culminated in him being selected as 1st Reserve in the Australian Team and later due to a late withdrawal Eddy now takes that position in the Australian Team.

This team will travel to New Zealand to compete in the Asia/Pacific Cup and will be staying until the following weekend {11th/12th October} to compete in the New Zealand Masters.

Eddy has just returned from a successful jaunt to Malaysia to compete in the Malaysian Open. In his first foray into international waters Eddy was a semi-finalist beaten only by the eventual winner in a very tough field which included international players from Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.

That latest result saw Eddy move to number 16 in the WDF ranking table and close in on the invitational field jostling for a place at Lakeside for the World Professional Championships in 2009.

The future is looking very bright for Eddy

Eddy has been in the State Team 9 times since 1999 and has gone from strength to strength.

Achievements:

State:

2008 Victorian Open Singles Winner

2007 Victorian Masters Singles Winner

4 x Victorian Masters Doubles Winner

Australian:

2005, 2007 & 2008 Simi Finalist Australian Doubles

2007 Quarter Finalist Australian Singles

International:

2007 R/U Australian Masters Singles

2008 Semi Finalist Pacific Masters Singles

2008 Semi Finalist Central Coast Classic

2005 Semi Finalist Australian Masters Singles

2008 Quarter Finalist Australian Grand Masters Singles

2008 Quarter Finalist New Zealand Open Singles

2008 Semi Finalist Malaysian Open

Open Tournaments:

2006 MDDA Open Singles Winner

2006 Easter Open Singles Winner

2006 Central Highlands Open Singles Winner

2006 & 2007 Easter Open Doubles Winner

2006 Central Highlands Open Doubles Winner

Eddy is married with six [6] children and when asked to describe himself in 3 words he stated

"Family / Faithful / Competitive" and that's Eddy in a nutshell. He is indeed one of our "Gentlemen" and we are very proud of him.

Well Done Eddy!

State Reserve Challenge

The weekend of the 11th & 12th October say 9 teams meet at Dandenong to contest the final of the State Reserve Challenge.

On both days there were some great darts thrown. Unfortunately some of sportsmanship left a lot to be desired on the Saturday - it was a LOT better on the Sunday.

It came down to the clash of the 'Giants' - The State Reserve Team and the Geelong Darts Club Super League {GDCSL}. What a match! All bar one singles went to 3 legs and down to the peg on the 3rd legs. GDCSL came through and won.

Congratulations to both teams!!!!!!!!!!

There could only be one winner unfortunately as both side deserved to win.

Team         Won   Lost

GDCSL               8          0

State Reserve      7          1

Hobson's Bay      4          4

GMDA/GLDA      4          4

Touchdown         4          4

Loddon               3          5

LVMDL               3          5

State Juniors      2           6

Benalla               1          7

Phil Bott 170

Phill Bott throws the ultimate 170 Pegout against Therese Stein in the Hobson's Bay Super League on the 25th September. Congratulations Phil !

Victorian Legends 170

Victorian Legends had one of their Ladies throw a 170 peg last weekend in Maryborough. Congratulations Julie Stevens from all of Victorian Legends on the fantastic finish.

Oak's Plate Results 2008

There were only 11 teams that entered this year's Oak's Plate; so they were split into two divisions and both divisions played at the Geelong Darts Club.

In Division 1 when GDCSL were playing short so we put 'Casper' in the blank space. Lucia & Pat had to play doubles against Sandy & Casper. The chalker was wondering what the hold up was so decided to ask - the answer she got was that Geelong's other lady was in the loo and they were waiting for her - needless to say they weren't able to live it down all weekend - at least they gave everyone a laugh! Good one ladies!

MDL were too strong for the field - going through undefeated.

The LVMDL & GLDA were on equal points going into the last round. It was so tight - it went down to the very last game with Geelong coming through to take 2nd place

MDL Won 4 Lost 0 28 For 8 Against

GLDA W 3 L 1 19 F 17 A

LVMDL W 2 L 2 20 F 16 A

GDCSL W 1 L 3 11 F 25 A

LEGENDS W 0 L 4 12 F 24 A

In Division GDCSL were too strong for the field winning all 5 matches.

GLDA & MDL 1 were equal on wins and points so had to have a playoff. They played a Team's game of 1001 with the GLDA coming through to get 2nd.

GDCSL Won 5 Lost 0 27 For 8 Against

GLDA W 3 L 2 25 F 20 A

MDL 1 W 3 L 2 25 F 20 A

MDL 2 W 2 L 3 23 F 22 A

LVMDL W 1 L 4 18 F 27 A

NSDL W 1 L 4 17 F 28 A

Contest Director was Lorraine Kunz who did an outstanding job!

Thank you to the Geelong Darts Club for hosting this year's event.

Melbourne Cup Results 2008

1ST. DIV.

8 TEAMS

WINNERS GDCSL 6 Match Wins. 54/9

Eddy Sims, Henry Bajowski, Michael Bajowski, Simon

Sykes, Daniel Bainbridge, Anthony Foord.

RUNNERS-UP MDC Inc. 5 Match Wins 40/23

Frank Tarr, Darren Tratford, Barry Smith, Danny Bowers,

Rick Bainbridge, Ray Lucas, Andrew Garive.

45 x 180s thrown over the weekend.

2ND. DIV.

6 TEAMS (played 2 Rounds)

WINNERS MDC Inc 9 Match Wins 60/30

Peter Connolly, Rob Meldrum, Bernie Leckie, Neil Munro,

Shane Dyson, Irvine Engels, Terry Heaney.

RUNNERS-UP GDCSL 8 Match Wins 50/40

Jason Sandham, Peter Surtees, Tyler Fitch, Stan Short,

Ken Penberthy, Mick McMahon.

9 x 180s thrown over the weekend.

3RD. DIV.

6 TEAMS

WINNERS NSDL 4 Match Wins 28/17

Rick Bell, Garry Harris Snr, Garry Harris Jnr, John Caras,

Peter Kurt, Doug Goulter, John Viney, Ron Haas.

RUNNERS-UP HBSL #2 4 Match Wins 25/20

Lynden Cox, Hugh Thomson, Alan Darch, Ash Wendt,

John Wendt, Stuart Nelson.

2 x 180s thrown over the weekend

4TH. DIV.

5 TEAMS (played 2 Rounds)

WINNERS MPDL #2 6 Match Wins 43/29

Mick Chalk, Mal Baxter, Paul Peterson, Frank Hall,

Peter Simpson, Simon Blake, Trevor Cyster, Steve Hope.

RUNNERS-UP MPDL #1 5 Match Wins 38/34

Michael Bignall, Chris Bishop, Sam Ballinger, Kevin Bowen,

Barry McNealy, Adrian Wilson, Nick Underwood.

1 x 180 thrown over the weekend.

MDL Open Results 2008

The MDL Open held at the MDDA on the 30th. & 31st. of August.

There was a good turn up for the Ladies and Men's Doubles.

The Ladies Doubles Winners were Margaret Coburn & Carol Forwood.

The Runners-Up were Janine Cassar & Joanne Hadley.

The Men's Doubles Winners were Steve Duke & Scott Smith.

The Runners-Up were Ash & Ryan.

On Sunday, the Ladies Singles was won by Sheryll Beasy and the Runner-Up was Sue Tuhi.

In the Final, Sheryll's average was 21.692 and Sue's average was 18.687.

Both ladies threw very well.

The Men's Singles was won by Paul Nicholson and Runner-Up was Steve Duke.

Paul's average was 29.156 and Steve's average was 26.678.

The standard of darts for the weekend was excellent.

There were 2 x 180s thrown in the ladies doubles and singles and 39 x 180s thrown by the men.

I wish to thank all the players for their attendance on the weekend.

I would also like to let everyone know that the MDDA WILL NOT BE CLOSING DOWN in 2009.

Eddy Makes the Australian Team in 2008

2009 VDC Easter Open

Good Friday saw our players nominate to play Singles in the American Cricket event. Everyone enjoyed the format – much laughter and camaraderie was heard and seen everywhere.

Ladies Winner was Jo Hadley

And the Runner-up was Sheryl Rockall

Men’s Winner was Scott Krause

Runner-up was Tyler Fitch

3rd was Ian Wise from S.A.

4th was Tony Versace

Following the Singles was Doubles in the American Cricket – the ladies played with and against the men. Because all ladies won the same amount of games the decision was made to divide the prize money amongst these Top 5 ladies. They were Jo Hadley, Sheryl Rockall, Veronica Wilson, Vicki Johnson and Kat Thompson.

Men’s Winners were Tony Versace & Nathan Bridge

2nd was Scott Krause & Tony Johnson

3rd was Paul Thompson & Kevin Johns

Easter Saturday saw some great doubles combinations take to the boards.

Doubles

Ladies            Men Drawn

C. Forwood & M. CoburnE. Sims & P. Robinson I. Wise & T. Johnson

S. Rockall & V. WilsonJ. Murdock & H. Bajowski      K. James & S. Johnson

S. Devereux & K. Breneizeris  B. Smith & D. Tratford S. Devereux & C. Forwood

J. Hadley & S. TuhiW. Weening & A. Robinson  P. Thompson & K. Johnson

C. Thackrah & T. BucholzD. Breneizeris & I. Wise     S. Sykes & A. Gunn

G. Hutchinson & J. GriggB. Smith & D. Tratford  R. Wilson & N. Coburn

                        S. Reeve & J. Trencevski

Easter Sunday started with the VDC President and his lovely wife, Debbie, provide Easter Eggs for everyone.

All the State Executive was in Dress Uniform for this prestigious event. For the very first time the Ladies & Men’s Event was BDO, DFA & VDC ranked.

There was some magic darts thrown by both the ladies and the men throughout the tournament and both finals were a pleasure to watch.

The final standings were:

Ladies

WinnerCarol Forwood 18.550 Ave GF20.617Ave SF         19.381Ave QF

Runner-upSimone Devereux17.134 Ave GF17.667Ave SF 15.206Ave QF

3rdSue Tuhi              17.922Ave SF  20.685Ave QF

4thMelissa Sinnott            19.101Ave SF  21.319Ave QF

5thSheryl Rockall             15.841Ave QF

6thJamie Crabbe              14.744Ave QF

7thJo Hadley                    20.755Ave QF

8thShelley Spark              17.948Ave QF

Men

Winner  Eddy Sims29.020 Ave GF

Runner-up     Jason Murdoch  29.953 Ave GF

3rdBarry Smith

4thIan Wise

5thMichael Bajowski

6thWayne Weening

7thS. Latchum

8thDaniel Bainbridge

9thTony Versace

10thD. Gibbs

11thH. Moore

12thH. Bajowski

13thS. Sykes

14thL. McGregor

15thG. Sinnott

16thA. Foord

Repercharge

Winner    A. Foord

Runner-upJ. Brown

Easter Monday

The White Eagle House 501 Challenge Singles was also played for the first time. This unseeded event will be an annual event. Ziggy, the Club’s Manager, presented the winners with their prize money.

LadiesMen

Carol Forwood     Winner    Eddy Sims

Hazel Spark Runner-up      Scott Krause

Melissa Sinnott    3rd S. Latchum

Shelley Spark      4th Kelvin James

Over the weekend there were:

76 x 180’s thrown

And 2 x 170 Pegouts thrown by Shelley Spark & Luke McGregor.

There was in excess of 300 entries in all events over the weekend and everyone is looking forward to next Easter when once again we will meet at White Eagle House.

Veronica Wilson, our State Secretary, did a marvellous job putting together all the raffle prizes for over the whole weekend. Well Done Veronica!!

A BIG thank you to everyone who helped in any way to make this whole tournament run so smoothly.

See you ALL next year!!

Sheryl Rockall

Public Relations Officer

Victorian Darts Council

DARTS – ARAFURA GAMES 2009

Playing Venue

The Grand Ballroom, Skycity Casino, Mindil Beach

PROGRAM

10:0010 May 09Sunday    Teams Event  

10:0011 May 09Monday           Teams Event 

Tuesday 12th      Free day

10:0013 May 09Wednesday      Mixed Doubles

10:0014 May 09       Thursday    Doubles - Men/Ladies

10:0015 May 09Friday       Singles - Men/Ladies

Results – Teams Event (played over two days)

Teams:    1. Papua New Guinea National Team (PNGN)

2. Darts Federation of Australia Team (DFA)

3. Western Australia Team (WA)

4. Northern Territory Team (NT)

5. Victoria Team (VIC)

6. Papua New Guinea National Capital District Team (PNGNCD)

Sunday 10th of May

Ladies Results

Round 1

PNGN defeated NT        9 - 8

DFA defeated VIC        11 - 6

WA defeated PNGNCD10 - 7

Round 2

VIC defeated NT   15 - 2

PNGN v PNGNCD13 - 4

DFA defeated WA11-6

Men’s Results

Round 1

DFA defeated NT16 - 1

WA defeated VIC15 - 2

Round 2

DFA defeated VIC      11 - 6

WA defeated NT 15 - 2

Round 3

WA defeated DFA10 - 7

VIC v NT                     11 - 6

Monday 11th of May

Ladies Results

Round 3

NT defeated PNGNCD 10 - 7

WA defeated VIC       10 - 7

DFA defeated PNGN   14 - 3

Round 4

WA defeated NT         14 - 3

DFA defeated PNGNDC      12 - 5

VIC defeated PNGN     10 - 7

Round 5

DFA defeated NT     13 - 4

PNGN defeated WA   9 - 8

VIC defeated PNGNDC      9 - 8

Gold Medallists: Darts Federation of Australia Team (DFA)

Silver Medallists: Western Australia Team (WA)

Bronze Medallists: Victoria Team (VIC)

Monday 11th of May

Men’s Results

Round 4

DFA defeated NT16 - 1

WA defeated VIC13 - 4

Round 5

DFA defeated VIC15 - 2

WA defeated NT 13 - 4

Round 6

DFA defeated WA10 - 7

VIC defeated NT   9 - 8

Gold Medallists: Darts Federation of Australia Team (DFA)

Silver Medallists: Western Australia Team (WA)

Bronze Medallists: Victoria Team (VIC)

Results of the Mixed Doubles

Winners and finalist of Each Pool

Pool A

Winners: Justin Miles & Tamara Brown (WA)

Finalists: Allan Scott & Niamaiau Ponialou (PNGN)

Pool B

Winners: Damon Heta & Jucinta Dann (DFA)

Finalists: Bunji Gilmore & Margaret Moide (PNGNCD)

Pool C

Winners: Harlee Chauntler & Rebecca Webster (DFA)

Finalists: Brent Kenny & Rosemary Mohe (PNGN)

Pool D

Winners: Mitchell Clegg & Emily Austin (DFA)

Finalists: Luke McGregor & Melissa Sinnott (VIC)

Quarter Final Results:

Luke McGregor & Melissa Sinnott (VIC) defeated Justin Miles & Tamara Brown (WA) Damon Heta & Jucinta Dann (DFA) defeated Brent Kenny & Rosemary Mohe (PNGN)

Bunji Gilmore & Margaret Moide (PNGNCD) defeated Harlee Chauntler & Rebecca Webster (DFA)

Mitchell Clegg & Emily Austin (DFA) defeated Allan Scott & Niamaiau Ponialou (PNGN)

Semi Final Results:

Damon Heta & Jucinta Dann (DFA) defeated Luke McGregor & Melissa Sinnott (VIC) Bunji Gilmore & Margaret Moide (PNGNCD) defeated Mitchell Clegg & Emily Austin (DFA)

Final Result

Damon Heta & Jucinta Dann (DFA) defeated Bunji Gilmore & Margaret Moide (PNGNCD) 3 - 0

Gold Medalists: Damon Heta & Jucinta Dann (DFA)

Silver Medalists: Bunji Gilmore & Margaret Moide (PNGNCD)

Bronze Medalists: Luke McGregor & Melissa Sinnott (VIC)

Bronze Medalists: Mitchell Clegg & Emily Austin (DFA

Results of the Ladies & Men’s Doubles

Ladies

Pool A Results

Tegan Harris & Katrina Rawson (NT) (2 wins)

Melissa Sinnett & Jodie Crilly (VIC) (4 wins)

Rebecca Webster & Elli Ward (DFA) (5 wins)

Niamaiau Ponialou & Rosemary Mohe (PNGN) (2 wins)

Margaret Moide & Catherine Maso (PNGNCD) (3 wins)

Rebecca Miller & Amalia Geralis (WA) (5 wins)

Francesca Kupe & Marilyn Pelis (PNGNCD) (0 wins)

Pool B Results

Rachael Burton & Peta Barb (NT) (0 wins)

Emily Wills & Ebony Murner (VIC) (2 wins)

Jucinta Dann & Emily Austin (DFA) (3 wins)

Jascinta So-On & Serah Sepoe (PNGN) (2 wins)

Freda Wyn & Rosa Laumaea (PNGNCD) (4 wins)

Lauren West & Tamara Brown (WA) (4 wins)

Semi Final Results

Rebecca Webster & Elli Ward (DFA) defeated Freda Wyn & Rosa Laumaea (PNGNCD) 3 - 0

Lauren West & Tamara Brown (WA) defeated Rebecca Miller & Amalia Geralis (WA) 3 - 1

Final

Rebecca Webster & Elli Ward (DFA) defeated Lauren West & Tamara Brown (WA) 4 - 0

Gold Medalists: Rebecca Webster & Elli Ward (DFA) pictured above

Silver Medalists: Lauren West & Tamara Brown (WA)

Bronze Medalists: Rebecca Miller & Amalia Geralis (WA)

Bronze Medalists: Freda Wyn & Rosa Laumaea (PNGNCD)

Men’s

Results after Pool Round Robin

Nathan Saxelby & Wayne Thomas (NT) (0 wins)

Ryan Barker & Taylor Reid (VIC 2) (3 wins)

Damon Heta & Mitchell Clegg (DFA 1) (6 wins)

Jamie Miles & Joseph Connery (WA 2) (4 wins)

Harlee Chauntler & Luke Sipple (DFA 2) (4 wins)

Justin Miles & Mitchell Gardiner (WA 1) (7 wins)

Luke McGregor & Travis Richards (VIC 1) (2 wins)

Brendon Liddy & Matthew McMurray (NT 2) (1 win)

Semi Final Results

Jamie Miles & Joseph Connery (WA 2) defeated Justin Miles & Mitchell Gardiner (WA 1) 3 - 0

Damon Heta & Mitchell Clegg (DFA 1) defeated Harlee Chauntler & Luke Sipple (DFA 2) 3 - 2

Final

Damon Heta & Mitchell Clegg (DFA 1) defeated Jamie Miles & Joseph Connery (WA 2) 4 - 0

Gold Medalists: Damon Heta & Mitchell Clegg (DFA 1) pictured above

Silver Medalists: Jamie Miles & Joseph Connery (WA 2)

Bronze Medalists: Justin Miles & Mitchell Gardiner (WA 1)

Bronze Medalists: Harlee Chauntler & Luke Sipple (DFA 2)

180’s scored

Men         Ladies

Damon Heta (DFA) 5Rebecca Webster (PNGN) 2

Harlee Chauntler (DFA) 3

Mitchell Gardiner (WA) 2

Jamie Miles (WA) 2

Justin Miles (WA) 1

Travis Richards (VIC) 1

Men’s Highest Pegout: Damon Heta  – 170

Ladies Highest Pegout: Rebecca Webster  - 127

Results of the Ladies & Men’s Singles

Ladies

Pool A Results

Lauren West (WA) (4 wins)

Rosemary Mohe (PNGN) (2 wins)

Rachael Burton (NT) (0 wins)

Margaret Moide (2 wins)

Jodie Crilly (VIC) (2 wins)

Pool B Results

Rebecca Miller (WA) (2 wins)

Jascinta So-On (PNGN) (3 wins)

Peta Barb (NT) (0 wins)

Jucinta Dann (DFA) (4 wins)

Catherine Maso (PNGNCD) (2 wins)

Melissa Sinnett (VIC) (4 wins)

Pool C Results

Tamara Brown (WA) (5 wins)

Niamaiau Ponialou (PNGN) (2 wins)

Tegan Harris (NT) (5 wins)

Emily Austin (DFA) (1 wins)

Freda Wyn (PNGNCD) (1 wins)

Emily Wills (VIC) (5 wins)

Rosa Laumaea (PNGNCD) (2 wins)

Pool D Results

Amalia Geralis (WA) (3 wins)

Serah Sepoe (PNGN) (3 wins)

Katrina Rawson (NT) (3 wins)

Francesca Kupe (PNGNCD) (1 wins)

Ebony Murner (VIC) (3 wins)

Marilyn Pelis (PNGNCD) (2 wins)

Quarter Finals Results:

Lauren West (WA) defeated Serah Sepoe (PNGN) 3 - 2

Emily Wills (VIC) defeated Melissa Sinnett (VIC) 3 - 2

Jucinta Dann (DFA) defeated Tamara Brown (WA) 3 - 2

Katrina Rawson (NT) defeated Jodie Crilly (VIC) 3 - 0

Semi Final Results

Jucinta Dann (DFA) defeated Katrina Rawson (NT) 3 - 2

Emily Wills (VIC) defeated Lauren West (WA) 3 - 2

Final

Jucinta Dann (DFA) defeated Emily Wills (VIC) 4 - 0

Gold Medalists: Jucinta Dann (DFA) pictured above

Silver Medalists: Emily Wills (VIC)

Bronze Medalists: Lauren West (WA)

Bronze Medalists: Katrina Rawson (NT)

Men’s

Pool A Results

Damon Heta (DFA) (7 wins)

Luke McGregor (VIC) (4 wins)

Justin Miles (WA) (6 wins)

Brendon Liddy (NT) (2 win)

Luke Sipple (DFA) (4 wins)

Taylor Reid (VIC) (1 wins)

Jamie Miles (WA) (4 wins)

Matthew McMurray (NT) (0 win)

Pool B Results

Mitchell Clegg (DFA) (5 wins)

Ryan Barker (VIC) (2 wins)

Mitchell Gardiner (WA) (6 wins)

Nathan Saxelby (NT) (1 wins)

Harlee Chauntler (DFA) (5 wins)

Travis Richards (VIC) (4 wins)

Joseph Connery (WA) (5 wins)

Wayne Thomas (NT) (0 wins)

Semi Final Results

Damon Heta (DFA) defeated Mitchell Clegg (DFA) 4 - 2

Justin Miles (WA) defeated Mitchell Gardiner (WA) 4 - 0

Final

Damon Heta (DFA) defeated Justin Miles (WA) 5 - 0

Gold Medalists: Damon Heta (DFA)

Silver Medalists: Justin Miles (WA)

Bronze Medalists: Mitchell Clegg (DFA)

Bronze Medalists: Mitchell Gardiner (WA)

Ladies State 4’s

Division 1 was held at the Geelong Dart Club and by all accounts, namely Lorraine Kunz,  “A good weekend was had by all”

There were 2 x 171’s thrown by Veronica Wilson & Connie Smith and 6 x 180’s by Karen Breneizeries, Karen Roberts, Sue Cox, Connie Smith, Sue Tuhi & Tricia Bucholz.

Well Done Ladies!

1stMDL1   6-030/12

2ndGDCSL4-223/19

3rdMDL2   3-322/20

4thLEGENDS1  3-319/23

5thAMDL   2-421/21

6thLVMDL 2-418/24

7thLEGENDS2  1-514-28

Division 2 & 3 were held at Mountain Dart League in Dandenong. A big thank you goes to Ron Wilson for stepping in at the last minute to run the event. It was a great weekend.

There was only 2 x 180’s thrown and they were from ladies in 3rd Division – Kat Thompson from GLDA and Kellie Kenny from MDL who threw her first ever 180 Congratulations ladies.

Division 2Division 3

GDCSL6-1  32/17NSDL17-0  37/12

GLDA15-2  36/10MDL    5-2  33/16

LEGENDS   4-3  25/24       GDCSL       5-2  29-20

GLDA24-3  25/24MPDL  3-4  23-26

MDL2  4-3  25/24NSDL2 3-4  23-26

LVMDL3-4  23/19GLDA  2-5  24/25

MDL1  1-6  19-32LVMDL2-5  19-30

MDL3  1-6  13-36AMDL  1-6  8/41

Geelong Darts Club Open 2009

The 20th Geelong Darts Club Open was held on the 16th & 17th of May 2009.

Doubles were held on the Saturday in a Round Robin Format, which turned out to be a bit lopsided in the finishing times between the Men and Ladies, it will be corrected for next year

The Men’s Final was between, Laurie Loch and Ian Wise (S.A. ) Eddy Sims and Peter Robertson

( VIC ).With Laurie and Ian Winning

The Ladies Final was between Jo Hadley and Janine Cassar Vic.

Karen Breneizeirs and Simone Devereux (Vic)  With Jo and Janine winning.

The Singles on Sunday were run as a round robin format for the preliminary rounds, with the last 16 going through for the men and the eight ladies to the Quarter Finals.

The Ladies Final was played between Janine Cassar and Sue Tuhi

The Men’s Final between Peter Robertson and Scott Krause

In the quarter Finals of the ladies best of 5

S. Tuhi (Vic) (14.88) Def. K. Breneizeirs (Vic) (14.25) 3-0

J. Cassar (Vic) (23.48) Def. A. Wakefield (Vic) (17.14) 3-0

J. Hadley (Vic) (18.34) Def. S Devereux (Vic) (18.45) 3-2

C. Forwood (Vic) (18.78) Def. M. Coburn (Vic) (15.60) 3-0

In the semi finals Best of 7

J. Cassar (22.35) Def. J. Hadley (21.14) 4-2

C. Forwood (18.03) Def S. Tuhi (17.07) 4-1

In the Final Best of 9

J. Cassar  (21.81) Def. C. Forwood (21.01) 5-3

In the Men’s Quarter Finals Best of 7

E. Sims. (Vic) (26.29) def. D. Bainbridge (Vic) (22.55) 4-1

A. Robertson Vic (25.48) def. P. Robertson (Vic) (24.76) 4-3

S. Whitlock (Qld) (34.55) def. W. Weening (Vic) (24.68) 4-0

I. Wise (S.A.) (24.90) def. A. Foord (Vic) (25.61) 4-1

Men’s Semi Finals Best of 9

S. Whitlock (32.19) def. A. Robertson (24.81) 5-1

E. Sims (27.49) def. I. Wise (24.13) 5-1

Men’s Final Best of 11

S. Whitlock (33.26) def. E. Sims (31.92) 6-4

Great Finals by both the Men and the  Ladies, Highlighted of course by the perfect 9 Dart game by Simon Whitlock. Congratulations to him, and all the finals players.

There were 117. 180’s thrown for the weekend, with Simon Whitlock pitching in for 14 for the men and Janine Cassar 3 for the Ladies

The highest pegs were 164 by Simon

And Simone Devereux with 140

In closing, I would like to thank all those who came to Geelong to play in our open, the number of players was up on previous years, (63 in Men’s Singles, 26 in Ladies. The committee of the Geelong Darts Club thanks you for your participation in our Tournament and hopes to see you all again next year.

Yours in Darts

Peter Surtees

Tournament Director

Geelong Darts Club

2009 VDC Easter Open

Ladies State Four's 2009

Victorian Open 2009

The 2009 Vic Open was once again hosted by the Latrobe Valley Mixed Dart League. Dianne Berryman has been at the helm for a number of years and this Open is her last. Bravo Di – You have done a magnificent job – You will be missed.

Saturday morning saw 39 pairs take to the boards in the Mixed Doubles event.

Winners     S Duke & J Hadley

Runners-UpE Sims & C Forwood

3rd     N Raceuski & G Hutchinson

5th     N & S Beasy

6th     S Sykes & J Quinn

7th     S & M Krause

Best LocalsL & J Carrigy

Following the Mixed Doubles the 24 Men’s & 17 Ladies Doubles combinations took to the boards:

            Men    Ladies

WinnersE Sims & W Weening   C Forwood & M Coburn

Runners-up   T Hyland & I Whitworth         S Deveraux & M Sinnott

3rdR Sherson & S Krause  J Cassar & J Hadley

3rdS Kewish & R Barker    K & T Roberts

5thS Duke & S Smith L Reynolds & D Berryman

6th             S Spark & M Cain

7thH Thomson & L Carrigy  S Beasy & L Smith

8thK James & N Beasy

10th      R & J Brown

11th      M Cassar & G Sinnott

12th      G Stagg & R Wilson

14th      N Braceuski & N Tares

16th      C & H Kemp

Best Locals  Trent Berryman & Ken JenkinsKaren & Tracey Roberts

Sunday – Singles Day

42 men entered the Harry Metcalfe Memorial Singles & 23 ladies entered the Pauline Munday Memorial Singles. There were 40 180s thrown throughout the day – Well done everyone.

Men’s Event       Ladies Event

E SimsWinner             C Forwood

Q HadfieldRunner-Up            J Hadley

S Sykes   3rdM Coburn

S Duke  T Bucholz

T Hyland   5thJ Cassar

D Bainbridge     6thM Sinnott

S Smith    7thJ Grigg

W Weening      8thS Tuhi

H Bajowski       9thS Deveraux

P Lynch   10th       S Rockall

J Brown   11th       S Beasy

R Brown   12th      K Roberts

I Whitworth      13th       L Smith

D Bowers 14th              B Jones

S Krause 15th`      L Thomson

M Cassar 16th       T Roberts

G Sinnott 17th

J Hilsley  18th

M Kenney19th

R Strobel  20th

A Coburn  21st

D Wilberforce   22nd

R Sherson       23rd

S Walsh  24th

J Healey   25th

C Harris   26th

H Thomson      27th

D Gibbs   28th

N Beasy  29th

R Barker  30th

J Carter    31st

A Jenkins 32nd

P Lynch   Best LocalK Roberts

S Coburn                Best Junior       S Brown

International Power – Hazelwood once again sponsored the Best Local’s categories.

As President of the LVMDL I would like to thank all our sponsors – without your continued support we couldn’t run this prestigious event.

To all our hard working volunteers who set up and take down all the boards – Thank you all.

Dianne, Dennis Tisdale, a non dart player & Garry Stagg a special acknowledgement for all your hard work and efforts – if it wasn’t for you this tournament would not have been the success it was. – Thank You Very Much

Geraldine Hutchinson & Ron Wilson the VDC Contest Directors did a wonderful job as usual. I would also like to acknowledge the rest of the State Executives, Kelvin, Russell, June, Veronica & Wendy and add it was a pleasure to have your attendance at this year’s Vic Open.

Sheryl Rockall

President

Latrobe Valley Mixed Dart League

&

Public Relations Officer

Victorian Darts Council Inc.

State Fours Grades Three and Four

Div 3 was won by NSDL #1  6 match wins - 37/5

Ray Maloney, John Viney, Simon Latchum,,John Caras and Ron Haas.

Runner-up was GDCSL   5 match wins - 28/14

Beau Travaille, Hank Travaille, Colin Godfrey, Geoff Fitch and Ian Dobson.

Only 180 was Ray Maloney.

Div 4 was won by LVMDL 5 match wins - 26/16

Gary Stagg, Barry Ashworth, David Wilberforce, Noel Schultz and John Healey.

Play off for Runner-up between GDCSL #2 and Legends who both had 4 match wins - 23/19

was won by Legends.

Ed Creely, Robert Creely, Herman Fransen, Lynden Cox and Steve Wills.

Our Inaugural VDC Awards Night 2009

Oak’s Plate 2009

This year saw all three divisions play at M.D.L. Our VDC Ladies Contest Director, Geraldine Hutchinson, was the Match Controller; and a fine job she did of it.

The VDC Secretary, Veronica Wilson, did her usual thing – she sold break-opens to help with the VDC fund raising efforts once the normal raffle was drawn each day and again did a marvellous job. 

RESULTS

Division 1

WinnersGDCSL5 Wins     0 Losses      31/14

Runners-Up   MDL   4 W  1 L31/14

3rdLVMDL3 W  2 L26/19

Division 2

WinnersMDL 2 2 W 3 L21/24

Runners-Up  GDCSL1 W        4 L15/30

3rdMDL 1 0 W        5 L11/34

Division 3

WinnersSDL     7 W       1 L49/23

Runners-Up   GLDA 1       7 W       1 L41/31

3rdGDCSL6 W2 L44/28

4thMDL 3  5 W       3 L34/38

5thMDL 2  4 W4 L40/32

6thGLDA 24 W4 L35/37

7thLVMDL 1      2 W       6 L34/38

8thMDL 1  1 W7 L25.47

9thLVMDL 2      0 W       8 L22/50

180’s

Sue Tuhi x 2, Lucia Reynolds x 1 & Carol Johnson x 1.

Renee Plucinski

Brothers George and Matthew Francois were familiar and welcome faces at the first Round Robin this year. George is one of Matthew's biggest supporters, and it was great to see him there with his family again this year.

Junior Round Robin 2009

Past State Teams

First-time VDC 180's

Jacob Seidel

Kevin Johnson

Toran Helmore

David Skinner

Brad Walder

Ashley Manico, Belinda Penberthy,

Renee Plucinski, Sarah Brown, Tamara Doughty (Res),  June Sinclair and Shirley McKinley

Matthew Francois, Sam Ballinger, John Tuhi, David Skinner, Jacob Seidel (Res), Ken Penberthy and John Plucinski

State Team 2009

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