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27th AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS |
January 6th - 12th 2008
The
27th Australian
Junior Darts Championships was held at Gloucester Park,
Perth, Western Australia.
The Western Australian Darts Council hosted the 27th Championship
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WA DOES IT AGAIN!! |
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With the conclusion
of the
Australian Championships Western Australia
was named Champion
Darts State.
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Amassing a
total of 330
points. This is the
seventh occasion
that Western
Australia has won
this honor, the last
time being in 2006.
Queensland was
second and Victoria
third.
Final Points:
1st WA - 330
2nd QLD - 294
3rd VIC - 186
4th NSW - 132
5th SA - 124
6th TAS - 110
7th NT - 60
8th ACT 42
The Men threw 294 x
180's during the
week while the
Ladies 38. Topping
the list was Tony
David with 19 and
Kyle Anderson with
18 and for the
Ladies was Sue Tuhi
with 5. Sue Tuhi
threw a 170 pegout. |
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2007 AUSTRALIAN
TEAMS....
The Chairman of
Selectors Terry
Taylor named the
Australian Team to
play World Cup XVI
in the Netherlands
in October.
Youth:
Brie Peters -
Queensland
Mitchell Clegg - New
South Wales
Ladies:
Natalie Carter -
Western Australia
Corrine Hammond -
New South Wales
Reserve - Dot
McLeod - Western
Australia
Men's:
Tony David - Western
Australia
Ian Brown -
Queensland
Kyle Anderson -
Western Australia
Brad Austen -
Western Australia
Reserve -
Peter Machin - South
Australia
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Photos & Reports
Courtesy of the DFA
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2007 AUSTRALIAN
CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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2007
AUSTRALIAN GRAND
MASTERS |
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Tony
David
(Western
Australia) |
Simon
Whitlock
(New
South
Wales) |
Louise
Ball
(Western
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WINS FOR SIMON
WHITLOCK AND LAVINIA HOGG
The 2007 Australian
Gran Masters was
played in Canberra
on Sunday 1st July.
Simon Whitlock continued his
run of recent successes when he
defeated
Tony David (left) to take the title.
Lavinia Hogg took
the Womens event
with a win over
Louise Ball
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Top Eight
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Simon Whitlock |
1 |
Lavinia Hogg |
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Tony David |
2 |
Louise Ball |
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Brian Roach |
3 |
Amanda Fish |
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Jamie Browne |
3 |
Corrine Hammond
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Steven McArthur |
5 |
Carol Forwood |
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Russell Stewart |
5 |
Valinda van der Voet |
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Peter J Phillips
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5 |
Mihi George NZ |
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Dave Fitzpatrick
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5 |
Pam Burr |
Full Details &
Report Here
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First
Female
in 35
Years To
Hit the
Perfect
Peg........ |
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Janine Pink (left) holds her "170" badge. Jannine got the perfect peg playing for the South Suburban Ladies in Division 2 at the recent Ladies Metro Championships. Janine became the first female in 35 years of the Ladies Inter-Association darts in Western Australia to achieve a 170 peg-out. Well done Janine! |
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2006
Winmau
World
Masters...... |
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At 17 years old Michael van Gerwen became the youngest winner of a major darts event when he beat England captain Martin Adams at the Winmau World Masters in Bridlington. In an amazing turn around the 17-year-old from the Netherlands trailed 5-2 before reeling off five straight sets for a 7-5 win.
Details Here |
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Australian
Grand
Masters...... |
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Simon Whitlock takes out the Australian Masters which was held on Sunday 2nd July 2006, beating Western Australia's Joe Comito 5 sets to 2. In the Women's event Western Australia's Natalie Carter beat New Zealand's Jannette Jonathon 4 sets to 1
Results Here
Full Report Here
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Two
"170"
Pegouts
In One
Day
!!...... |
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Two
170
Pegouts
were
thrown
at the
2006 WADC
Men's
State
Teams
Championships
Ron
Fenton
(Fremantle)
&
recently
from
Queensland
threw
the
first
one and
then
later
Wayne Battersby
(Rockingham)
threw
his. |
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WesternAustralian
John
Rodd
hits his
2nd
"Nine
Darter"...... |
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JOHN RODD John, playing for Coolbellup, threw a 9 darter on Wednesday 27th April 2005 against Hamilton Hill. This was John's Second 9 darter
John's throw was:- 180, 180, 141 pegout. His 141 peg was - 60, 45, 36
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News
Snippets...... |
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Betty
Hislop - DFA Life Membership...... |
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The Darts Federation of
Australia payed homage to Betty Hislop by awarding her with DFA Life
Membership at the 2004 Annual General Meeting in Canberra. Her nomination
came from the WADC who recognised her contribution at all levels over a
long period of time
Full Report Here
Betty Hislop Profile here |
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John
Burnett
Inducted
into the
South
West
Hall Of
Fame...... |
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Eleven
of
Western
Australia’s
South
West top
athletes
were
inducted
into the
South
West
Hall of
Fame on
3rd of
April
2004 in
Bunbury.
[
full
story
here
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