Australian Darts Championships Presentation Dinner

The 31st Australian Darts Championship Presentation Dinner was held at the Central Coast Leagues Club. Announced at the Dinner was the following:

Australian Grand Prix Winners - Winning a flight to the Winmau World Masters

Men: Kyle Anderson

Women: Carol Forwood

Recognition Awards
Darts Federation of Australia Championships Recognition Awards
20 years - Anthony Fleet - Australian Capital Territory
Marie Banks - Australian Capital Territory
Roy Christopher - New South Wales
Lindsay Wells - Queensland
Sandra Smith - Tasmania

25 years - Terry Taylor - Queensland
Alison Falconer - Northern Territory

30 years - Pat Fletcher - New South Wales
Mavis Nicholson - South Australia

Inductees into Darts Federation of Australia Hall of Fame
Administration - Malcolm Bridges (South Australia)
Female Player - Dot Voakes (South Australia)
Male Player - Timothy Brown (Western Australia)

Rookies of the Year:
Ladies Rookie:

From New South Wales- Lavinia Hogg

Men's Rookie

From Queensland - Pat Orreal

Top Eight Averages:
Ladies:
1. Janine Cassar (VIC) 21.369
2. Lavinia Hogg (NSW) 20.965
3. Corrine Hammond (NSW) 20.065
4. Jucinta Dann (WA) 19.919
5. Dot McLeod (WA) 19.772
6. Sheryll Beasy (VIC) 19.725
7. Chrissy Sheerin (QLD) 19.565
8. Becca Heidke (NT) 19.414

Men's:
1. Anthony Fleet (ACT) 28.872
2. Beau Anderson (WA) 28.205
3. Kyle Anderson (WA) 27.940
4. Peter Machin (SA) 27.920
5. Pat Orreal (QLD) 27.764
6. Geoff Kime (QLD) 27.450
7. Kim Lewis (WA) 27.226
8. David Platt (WA) 26.609

Champion State
With the conclusion of the Championships, Western Australia was named Champion Darts State amassing a total of 608 points. This is the ninth occasion that Western Australia has won this honor, the last time being in 2009. Queensland was second and New South Wales third.

Final Points: 1st WA - 608, 2nd QLD - 470, 3rd NSW - 350, 4th VIC - 336, 5th SA - 296, 6th TAS - 236, 7th ACT - 213, 8th NT 160

180's
The Men threw 402 x 180's during the week while the Ladies 58. Topping the list with 19 was Geoff Kime and Pat Orreal from Queensland, Western Australia's Beau Anderson and Kim Lewis and Jason Murdoch from Victoria and for the Ladies was Corrine Hammond from Queensland with 6.

2010 Australian Team
The Chairman of Selectors Rodney Bessell named the Australian Team to play Asia Pacific Cup XV in Tokyo Japan in November.

Ladies: Corrine Hammond - New South Wales
Lavinia Hogg - New South Wales

Reserve - Janine Cassar - Victoria

Men's: Kyle Anderson - Western Australia
Tony Fleet - Australian Capital Territory
Geoff Kime - Queensland
Beau Anderson - Western Australia

Reserve - Peter Machin - South Australia

The Championships have been very successfully, with the New South Wales Darts Council hosting a great eight days of darts competition. The Championships had run very smoothly without a hitch. Greg Clegg and his band of outstanding workers and the Central Coast Leagues Club had pulled off a very memorable Championship. On behalf of the Darts Federation of Australia we thank them.