Men’s Teams
After the completion of the Men’s Teams Event Round Robin, Australia
is to play Gibraltar next. This match will be played on day
two of the World Cup, and if they are successful in that match
they play either England or Denmark in the last eight.
Women’s Pairs
At the completion of the round robin, the Australian Ladies
were playing great darts. This moved them into the final
sixteen, where they again played well to defeat Wales 4
– 1.
They played Finland next for a place in the semi finals
(medals area) but in a tough hard fought match, James and
Carter lost 4 – 3. A top effort by the Aussie Girl’s here,
which should inspire them in the Singles starting on Friday. The final of the Women’s Pairs will be played on Saturday
between the Netherlands and England. Men’s Singles
In Group A playing for Australia is Tony David who play the
winner of the match between Austria’s Alex Fladerer and
Gibralta’s Francis Taylor. That was to be Alex Fladerer
whom David easily defeated 4 - 0. He now plays Vincent
Van Der Voot from the Netherlands in the round of 64. Van
Der Voot is a seasoned player and David will need to be
on his game to get past him. Making his international debut in Group B for Australia
is Justin Thompson and he was up against Stephane Didiot
of France. A great start for Thompson, winning 4 – 0. His
next opponent will be tough. He plays England’s Andy Fordham,
a top professional dart player. Group C saw Steve Duke continue his good form when he played
Luxemburg’s Paola Flora for a strong 4 – 0 win. He now faces
Switzerland’s Walter Tschudin in the round of 64, a game
that Duke will hopefully win. To Group D and the hardest game for our guys first up. Unfortunately
for Anthony Fleet, he was up against a seasoned professional
player in England’s Tony O’Shea. O’Shea, nicknamed the “Silverback”
was too strong for Fleet here winning 4 – 1. |
