Darts Australia - Darts Federations of Australia Junior Championships 2004, Altona Victoria

Queensland Girl’s takes Junior Darts Teams Events

Queensland’s Junior Girl’s Darts Teams continue to dominate the 23rd Puma Australian Darts Championships at the Altona Sports Club in Melbourne today. Teams competitions were completed with the Queensland Girls Teams winning the title of Australian Teams Champions for the third year in a row after winning the title in Adelaide and Brisbane. This is their fifth time the Queensland Girls have won this title since the commencement of Australian Junior Darts Championships.

A very tight Girls Teams Championship in 2004 made for some very exciting darts being thrown by the girls. OK Queensland won the title but they really had to fight for it this year. Last year they won the event undefeated, but that first round lose to the Northern Territory put the acid test on them. They were able to come through that test winning their next five rounds reasonably comfortably.

Playing for the Queensland Team are Brie Peters (pictured right), Pare’one Matson, Raylee Parsons and Danielle Fischer. The strength of junior darts in Queensland is evident with this team as it has a little bit of experience (Pare’one Matson and Brie Peters – 2nd year players) and new enthusiasm (Danielle Fischer and Raylee Parsons – Rookies) helped them through this event as all players put in a great effort. Their Captain has been Leonie Campbell.

The battle for second place went right down to the wire with three states battling for that placing. New South Wales, Northern Territory and South Australia were all in the mix.

Starting the day in round five saw Northern Territory and South Australia front each other. The winner of this match would remain in contention for the title. The loser would have two loses and would not be able to catch up enough ground in the remaining two rounds. The Territory took the honours in a very close contest 4-3.

New South Wales was still in contention at the round six stage. They were to play Queensland in this round but they lost 2-5, which ended their hope of the title.

With New South Wales and New South Wales with two loses after round six, only Queensland and the Northern Territory remained with title chances. The Northern Territory won its final round match against Victoria 5-2 and Queensland just defeated Western Australia 4-3.

This left the Northern Territory and Queensland on equal wins so legs was going to separate these two Teams. Queensland had won more six more legs to claim the title. Queensland 10points and 30 legs, Northern Territory 10 points 24 legs.

New South Wales with 8-25 claimed third place, with South Australia (8-24) taking fourth spot.

Representing the Northern Territory Girl’s Team at these championships has been Kathleen Logue (pictured left), Melissa Mundy, Melissa McArthur and Kayla Whittaker are the players representing the Northern Territory. Captain of this Team has been Ruth Lacanau.

Western Australia had a tough time of it this year. Unfortunately they have sustained injuries to two off their players. Emily Wills of Victoria stepped into the Western Australian Team much to her amazement and for the trill of her life. Emily, who unfortunately could not try out for Victorian selection as she had other commitments, was ecstatic that she could now play in a Championship.

Girls Day 2 Results: (Round by Round)

New South Wales: (VIC 4-3) (QLD 2-5) (Bye)

Northern Territory: (SA 4-3) (TAS 5-2) (VIC 5-2)

Queensland: (Bye) (NSW 5-2) (WA 4-3)

South Australia: (NT 3-4) (Bye) (TAS 5-2)

Tasmania: (Bye) (WA 4-3) (NT 2-5) (SA 2-5)

Victoria: (NSW 3-4) (WA 0-7) (NT 2-5)

Western Australia: (TAS 3-4) (VIC 7-0) (QLD 3-4)

For all of the results for your Team, go to the Menu Bar at the top of the Junior Championship page, click on Girls and select Teams.

Western Australia Boy’s Win Undefeated

The Western Australian Boy’s clinched the Boy’s Teams Event, winning back-to-back titles. This is the third time the Western Australian Boy’s have won this event and in 2004 completed the competition undefeated. Western Australia defeated a gallant Queensland 5-2 in the final round today.

Entering the final round, both Queensland and Western Australia were both undefeated. There was only a leg or two separating the two teams, so this was going to be a cracker of a match. The Western Australian Boy’s won the first doubles, Queensland the second. The singles saw Western Australia win the first two to take a 3-1 lead. Kyle Anderson in his singles won the first leg in 15-darts, his opponent Matt Mullen fought back to win the second. Kyle pegged the third game to end a great game. Both players were brilliant.

Betty Hislop Betty Hislop (pictured left) said, ”I am so proud of all off our players. They are simply fantastic. They are so easy to manage and they all played well through out this event. From the experienced Kyle Anderson who won all of his singles had a highest pegout of 135 and hit 4x180’s through to our rookie in Justin Miles who lost his first singles in the final round against Queensland.”

The WA Team, Captain Betty Hislop and players Kyle Anderson (pictured right), Damon Heta, Trenton Phillips, Justin Miles and Bradley Wellington were far too strong and consistent for all the other teams. This team highlighted the strength of junior boy’s darts in Western Australia with most of these players contesting this years Australian Darts Championships having several more chances at representing there state in future years.

Chris Woods The Queensland Team was Captained by Greg Rideout consisted of Josh Kime, Chris Woods (pictured left), Matt Mullen and Shaun Bracken placed second with only the one loss to Western Australia. Apart from Western Australia, the Queensland boys were rarely challenged on the scoreboard.

Placing third was South Australia (6-24). Captained by Scott Mackinlay, players competing for South Australia have been Bradley Coulson, Shannon Patterson, Tristan Angel, Daniel Lill and Daniel Thomson. They suffered defeats to Western Australia and Queensland on day one and lost the last round to Tasmania 3-4. They won more legs than fourth placed Tasmania (6-20) and fifth placed Northern Territory (6-17).

Boys Day 2 Results: (Round by Round)

New South Wales: (VIC 6-1) (QLD 1-6) (Bye)

Northern Territory: (SA 2-5) (TAS 4-3) (VIC 5-2)

Queensland: (Bye) (NSW 6-1) (WA 2-5)

South Australia: (NT 5-2) (Bye) (TAS 3-4)

Tasmania: (Bye) (WA 6-1) (NT 3-4) (SA 4-3)

Victoria: (NSW 1-6) (WA 0-7) (NT 2-5)

Western Australia: (TAS 6-1) (VIC 7-0) (QLD 5-2)

For all of the results for your Team, go to the Menu Bar at the top of the Junior Championship page, click on Boy’s and select Teams.

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