Australian Sunshine State Classic Doubles Report

We would like to express our gratitude for the players that attended our inaugural competition. The amount of local players in such a large State with so many registered dart players was very disappointing, but the quality and the sportsmanship shown were exceptional. It was especially great and encouraging to see some of the top female players travel from WA, SA & NSW to offer their support in participating in our first event and showing our locals their talent in the game that we all aspire to!

The quality of the darts were a credit to all, and the only negative side of our first day, was the lack of commitment of a few of the losing combinations not following through their tournament responsibility of chalking to allow future games to continue in a smooth organised manner. This was very disappointing as the players concerned, were all experienced darts players, (some being State Reps) and one would have thought that they would be happy to set an example for our aspiring darties!!

Ladies Doubles

Very poor show with only 15 pairs nominating for the Ladies Doubles competition. However, the Ladies showed very consistent darts with most of the games being tightly contested and going to the wire.

The first quarterfinal was won by Louise Ball & Robyn McCloy, with a combine average of 19.46 against Julie Thomas & Kerry Crowdey whose average was 19.45, which highlights how close the actual game was played - Final result being 4 games to 3.

Corrine Hammond & Peta Whitlock 18.61 (right) defeated Kylie Townes & Jamie Loeber with a combined average 17.73 - 4 games to 1.

In the finals, Louise & Robyn (right) were the victors, winning 5 games to 3. The individual averages were very close, Louise 17.86, Robyn 16.76, Corrine 17.81 & Peta 17.37.

Meredith Roberts, Peta Whitlock and Kerry Crowdey threw 180's.

Highest peg Merrrilee Taylor 93.

Men's Doubles

The men faired a little better with 26 pairs participating.

Quarter Finals were won by Stuart Leach & Geoff Kime 4 games to 3 with a combined average of 26.07 by defeating Bill Aitken & Bill Stanley who averaged 24.73.

Arthur Jones & Darren Kirk (left), combined average 30.05 defeated Josh Kime & Chris Woods, 25.23 - 4 games to nil to reach the finals.

 

The finale was another exciting match with Arthur & Darren wining 5 game3s to 2 against Stuart & Geoff. Individual averages were, Arthur, 30.17, Darren, 20.53, Stuart 23.64 & Geoff, 29.71. (left)

Highest peg for the day was Troy James with 141. And the highest Junior finish was Jamie Fliedner with a 130.

180's were thrown, by Josh Kime, Richard Trinder, Daryl Stewart, Robert Drift, Mike Merz, Danny Porter, Warwick Roberts, Robbie, King, Rob Modra, Lindsay Wells, Arthur Jones, with 2 x 180's to Stuart Leach, Danyl Abel, Dave Marshall, Troy James

A great effort to all players

In conclusion, we offer our appreciation to the game officials, organisers, venue staff, sponsors, and all volunteers who gave up their precious time to ensure that the event was co-ordinated with the precision and friendleness that is required in making it a successful event.

We hope that we will be in a position to host this event annually and the date will remain firm in the Queensland calendar and look forward to the continued support of our local and interstate players in the future years.

Australian Sunshine State Classic Singles

Here we are at day 2 of our Classic and the numbers have increased slightly for the Singles with 23 Ladies and 47 Men nominating for our debut event. Again, it was reassuring to have some Interstate Players participating, including a couple of visiting New Zealanders who performed very well throughout the day.

The qualifying round robin format ran a "little" overdue, so the player's (and Officials) had a very long day, but most took it in their stride and gave some positive and constructive feedback to the organiser's. I am sure that we have learnt a lot over the weekend and we are confident that the hiccups experienced this year will be resolved and we will be able to move forward and plan next year's event with the valuable insight gained this weekend. We did have a few player's comment; they definitely got plenty of games!

We again offer our appreciation to all players, our sponsors, and the volunteers for a great, (but tiring) tournament, and we hope to see you back next year, making and renewing new friendships.

Remember without all of you - there is NO event!

Congratulations to all competitors, as it is you that make any competition successful!

Famous quote by Babe Zaharias :
"Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most"

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Results - Ladies Singles

FINAL 16
Carol Forwood	def	Jackie Henry	3	-	1
Meredith Roberts	def	Kerry Crowdey	3	-	2
Chrissy Sheerin	def	Zhaneen Jackson	3	-	1
Pam Burr	def	Naomi Ingram	3	-	1
Rachael Moody	def	Louise Ball	3	-	2
Julie Thomas	def	Kylie Townes	3	-	2
Rebecca Webster	def	Chris Crellin	3	-	1
Corrine Hammond	def	Kelly Ludgater	3	-	0

QUARTER FINALS
Carol Forward	18.36	def	Meredith Roberts	17.77	4	-	3
Chrissy Sheerin	21.02	def	Pam Burr	19.32	4	-	1
Julie Thomas	16.09	def	Rachael Moody	17.55	4	-	2
Rebecca Webster	19.99	def	Corrine Hammond	19.44	4	-	1
SEMI FINALS
Carol Forward	20.67	def	Chrissy Sheerin	20.62	5	-	3
Rebecca Webster	20.45	def	Julie Thomas	21.67	5	-	4
FINAL
Rebecca Webster	19.69	def	Carol Forward	18.58	6	-	3

180's were thrown by Meredith Roberts, Chrissy Sheerin, Kelly Ludgater, Kylie Townes and Kerry Crowdey.

Highest peg for the day was Kylie Townes with 126.

Results - Men's Singles

FINAL 16
Roger Henry	def	Rob Modra	3	-	2
Stuart Leach	def	Bill Stanley	3	-	0
Arthur Jones	def	Warwick Roberts	3	-	0
Lindsay Wells	def	Jonathon Griffiths	3	-	2
Dave Marshall	def	Adam Moodie	3	-	2
Mike Merz	def	Chris Woods	3	-	2
Josh Kime	def	James Hain	3	-	0
Geoff Kime	def	Tony Davy	3	-	0

QUARTER FINALS
Dave Marshall	26.61	def	Mike Merz	23.83	4	-	2
Josh Kime	26.29	def	Geoff Kime	25.4	4	-	2
Stuart Leach	26.03	def	Roger Henry	23.5	4	-	0
Arthur Jones	25.76	def	Lindsay Wells	24.45	4	-	1
SEMI FINALS
Dave Marshall	27.39	def	Josh Kime	27.73	5	-	1
Arthur Jones	24.44	def	Stuart Leach	24.06	5	-	4
FINAL
Dave Marshall	27.6	def	Arthur Jones	25.79	6	-	2

1 x 180 Danny Porter, Mick Bower, Bill Aitken, John Rankine, Gordon McCallum,
Robert Drift, Tony Shreeve, Nick Breedveld, Robbie King, Mark Oliver,

2 x 180 Aaron Marsh, Daryl Stewart, Warwick Roberts, Stephen Duke Jnr, Paul Kelly,
Mike Merz
3 x 180 Tony Davey, Mitchell Clegg, Roger Henry, Jason Roberts, Jonathon Griffiths,
4 x 180 Darrin Kirk, Chris Woods Geoff Kime, Lindsay Wells, Dave Marshall
5 x 180 Arthur Jones
6 x 180 Rob Modra
8 x 180 Josh Kime, Stuart Leach

Highest peg for the day was Ricky Loeber with 161

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