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 (pictured below)
And the Runner-up was Sheryl Rockall

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Men's Winner was Scott Krause (pictured below)
Runner-up was Tyler Fitch
3rd was Ian Wise from S.A.
4th was Tony Versace

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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 (pictured below)
2nd was Scott Krause & Tony Johnson
3rd was Paul Thompson & Kevin Johnson

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

Results:

Ladies
C. Forwood & M. Coburn (below left)
S. Rockall & V. Wilson (below right)
S. Devereux & K. Breneizeris
J. Hadley & S. Tuhi
C. Thackrah & T. Bucholz
G. Hutchinson & J. Grigg

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Men
E. Sims & P. Robinson (below left)
J. Murdock & H. Bajowski (below right)
B. Smith & D. Tratford
W. Weening & A. Robinson
D. Breneizeris & I. Wise
B. Smith & D. Tratford

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Drawn

I. Wise & T. Johnson
K. James & S. Johnson
S. Devereux & C. Forwood
P. Thompson & K. Johnson
S. Sykes & A. Gunn
R. Wilson & N. Coburn
S. Reeve & J. Trencevski

Easter Sunday started with the VDC President and his lovely wife (right), 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
Winner Carol Forwood 18.550 Ave GF 20.617Ave SF 19.381 Ave QF
Runner-up Simone Devereux 17.134 Ave GF 17.667 Ave SF 15.206 Ave QF
3rd Sue Tuhi 17.922 Ave SF 20.685 Ave QF
4th Melissa Sinnott 19.101 Ave SF 21.319 Ave QF
5th Sheryl Rockall 15.841 Ave QF
6th Jamie Crabbe 14.7444 Ave QF
7th Jo Hadley 20.755 Ave QF
8th Shelley Spark 17.948 Ave QF

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Ladies Singles: Simone Devereux and Carol Forwood [above]

Men

Winner Eddy Sims 29.020 Ave GF
Runner-up Jason Murdoch 29.953 Ave GF
3rd Barry Smith
4th Ian Wise
5th Michael Bajowski
6th Wayne Weening
7th S. Latchum
8th Daniel Bainbridge
9th Tony Versace
10th D. Gibbs
11th H. Moore
12th H. Bajowski
13th S. Sykes
14th L. McGregor
15th G. Sinnott
16th A. Foord

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Men's Singles: Eddy Sims & Jason Murdoch above

Repercharge

Winner Anthony Foord (below left)
Runner-up Jamie Brown (below right)

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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.

Ladies

Winner Carol Forwood (right)
Runner-up Hazel Spark (left)
3rd Melissa Sinnott
4th Shelley Spark
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Men

Winner Eddy Sims (left)
Runner-up Scott Krause (right)
3rd S. Latchum
4th Kelvin James
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Over the weekend there were:

76 x 180's thrown

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

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

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

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

See you ALL next year!!

Sheryl Rockall
Public Relations Officer
Victorian Darts Council

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