Fremantle Open 2010.

Sunday 7th March found a strong contingent of players at the Coolbellup Hotel for the Fremantle and Districts Darts Associations' Fremantle Open men's ranked singles event.
Forty-five men registered on the day 33 for the open and 12 for the "B" grade.
Open players where drawn to four groups 3 x 8 and 1 x 9 with 2 ranked players in each group.

Format for qualifying round board draw round robin best of 5 x 501 top two players to advance to knockout rounds.

Results Group One:
1st Kyle Anderson 6 wins: after winning a playoff.
2nd Damon Heta 6 wins.
Glen Harper 5 wins, Jeff Haebick and Steve Sutcliffe 4 wins, Mike Gerritsen 2 wins, Darryl Westrup 1 win and Phil Marshal 0 wins.

Results Group Two:
Kim Lewis, Justin Miles and Barry Gardner each finished on 6 wins and played-off.
1st Kim Lewis 6 wins.
2nd Barry Gardner 6 wins.
Justin Miles 6 wins, George Omond, Adam Connery, Anton Soc and Ernie Smith 2 wins, Paul Wilson 1 win.

Results Group Three:
1st Beau Anderson 7 wins.
2nd Peter Sutton 6 wins.
Jamie Miles 4 wins, Terry Carter and Steve Johnson 3 wins, Samuel Connery and Neil Dufall 2 wins, Greg Sawyer 1 win.

Results Group Four:
1st Adam Rowe 8 wins.
2nd Neil Hembrow 6 wins.
Gary Stevens and Gary Hunter 5 wins, Harry Searle 4 wins, Dave Methven 3 wins, Ron Joyce and Paul Adams 2 wins, Peter Odermatt 1 win.

Quarterfinals format best of 5 x 501:
1st quarterfinal: Kyle Anderson v Neil Hembrow.
Kyle played great darts to storm away with the first 2 legs. Neil was also playing well but could not get his rhythm going. 3rd leg and it looked all over with Kyle toeing the oche and requiring 13 for a straight legs win however a missed opportunity let Neil in for the win and he never looked back tacking the final 2 legs with some great darts to win the match 3 - 2.
Averages Neil 87.18 - 26.44pd; Kyle 83.07 - 26.73pd.

2nd quarterfinal: Kim Lewis v Peter Sutton.
Kim went ballistic in this match Peter never had a chance the match was finished before you could blink. Kim has smashed the board with 15 - 17 and 15 darts to win the match 3 - 0.
Averages Kim 100.20 - 31.98pd; Peter 61.33 - 20.44pd.

3rd quarterfinal: Beau Anderson v Barry Gardner.
Barry Gardner is a young player from Swan Districts who has really come on in the last 12 months and is now starting to challenge the top ranked players, my opinion he has a ton of talent and will make it. Brilliant game both players were burning the boards Barry got away to a flyer and claimed the first 2 legs on his 5th and 6th walk. Beau who had also been playing brilliant darts struck back in the 3rd on his 5th walk, Barry had the chance to close the match in the 4th on his 6th walk requiring 68 but leaving 20, Beau hit his 32 out to tie the match at 2 each. The final leg went with the throw after 6 walks each Beau needed 48 and Barry 40, Beau had the walk and whacked the 48 to win the match 3 - 2. Great game of darts.
Averages Beau 95.00 - 29.68pd; Barry 90.20 - 28.54pd.

4th quarterfinal: Adam Rowe v Damon Heta.
Damon has been up bush working and this is his first tournament of the year while Adam has been playing very solid darts at all events. Damon claims the 1st leg after Adam busted out, Adam hits back to claim the 2nd & 3rd legs with some good solid darts. Damon then digs deep to come back and claim the 4th & 5th legs and the match 3 - 2.
Averages Damon 82.16 - 26.82pd; Adam 85.03 - 26.45pd.

Semi-Finals format best of 7 x 501.
1st semi-final: Neil Hembrow v Kim Lewis.
Neil claims the 1st leg on his 7th walk after Kim missed a 32 out. Kim then fires up to claim the next 3 legs each on his 6th walk. Kim has a chance of sealing the match on his 5th walk in the 5th leg but leaves 8 and Neil makes no mistakes in putting the 20 away to have the match at 3 - 2 Kim's way. Kim moves through the gears in the 6th to win the leg on his 5th walk and claim the match 4 - 2.
Averages Kim 99.67 - 29.90pd; Neil 84.00 - 26.85.

2nd semi-final: Beau Anderson v Damon Heta.
Damon starts in a blaze claiming the 1st leg on his 6th walk with a 100 out. Both players then set about playing some great darts with Beau taking the advantage and claiming the next 3 legs on his 7th, 6th and 7th walks. Damon then moves up a couple of gears to claim the 5th & 6th legs with 20 and 14 darts. Match tied at 3 apiece. A great last leg has Damon with 12 left after his 6th walk, Beau toes the oche on his 6th walk and puts 100 to sleep to claim the leg and the match 4 - 3. Fantastic game of darts by both players.
Averages Beau 82.81 - 25.58; Damon 86.35 - 27.16pd.

Final format best of 9 x 501: Kim Lewis v Beau Anderson.
Kim (left) and Beau have had outstanding matches today so this should be a ripper. Well ripper it was but all Kim's' way he just set the board on fire a 15 darts 1st leg with a 109 out set the standard. Beau claimed the 2nd leg after Kim had busted out needing 15. After that even though Beau played quite well it was a one way street with Kim reeling of 4 legs in a row with 19, 16, 18 and 14 dart legs to claim the match and the title 5 - 1.
Averages Kim 99.36 - 29.51pd; Beau 74.75 - 24.40pd.

Men's Open:
Winner Kim Lewis
Finalist Beau Anderson
Equal Third Neil Hembrow and Damon Heta
Equal Fifth Kyle Anderson; Peter Sutton; Barry Gardner and Adam Rowe

Men's "B" Grade
Format board draw round robin best of 3 x 501.
Players were drawn into 2 groups of 6 with top 2 from each group advancing to the knockout rounds.

Results Group One:
1st Tim Wills 4 wins.
2nd Steve Doherty.
Steve Doherty, Dave Sawyer and Peter Daines finished with 3 wins each and played off for 2nd.
Adam Piasecki 2 wins, Liam McGrery 0 wins.

Results Group Two:
1st Darren White 5 wins.
2nd Chris Evans 4 wins.
Petar Govorko 3 wins, Len Antunovich 2 wins, Otto Freeman 1 win, Darryl Rowe 0 wins.

Semi-finals best of 3 x 501.
1st semi-final: Tim Wills defeated Chris Evans.
2nd semi-final: Steve Doherty defeated Darren White.

Final best of 5 x 501.
Steve Doherty defeated Tim Wills.

Men's " B " Grade:
Winner Steve Doherty;
Finalist Tim Wills;
Equal Third: Chris Evans and Darren White.

19 x 100+ pegouts: Highest 170 Kyle Anderson, 145,117 Peter Sutton, 134,120 Adam Rowe, 130 Sam Connery & Steve Sutcliffe,128 Beau Anderson, 122 Justin Miles, 116 George Omond, 115 Jamie Miles, 110, 107 Steve Doherty, 109 Kim Lewis, 108 Barry Gardner, 102 Mike Gerritsen, 100 Steve Johnston, Ron Joyce and Gary Stevens.

81 x 180s: Kim Lewis, Beau Anderson 9, Barry Gardner 6, Adam Rowe, Glen Harper 5, Steve Sutcliffe, Neil Hembrow 4, Kyle Anderson, Gary Hunter, Justin Miles 3, Phil Marshal, Harry Searle, Ernie Smith, Damon Heta, Jamie Miles, Greg Sawyer, Terry Carter, Neil Dufall 2, Tim Wills, Darren White, Steve Doherty, Petar Govorko, Peter Odermatt, Mick Gerritsen, Dave Methven, Darryl Westrup, Sam Connery, Steve Johnson, Ron Joyce, Paul Adams, George Omond and Anton Soc 1 each.

I do not have any details from the doubles on Saturday to be able to put them to print.
Congratulations to the Fremantle and Districts Darts Association for a very successful and well attended event hopefully this event will gain momentum and get even bigger in the coming years.
Thanks to Don, Pat and Glen at the Cooby who along with their staff make this the place to be for darts.

My personal thanks to Jasmine, Peg, Lorraine and Bill who took responsibility for this event in my absence and done a bloody great job of it.