Saturday and Sunday 18th 19th June 2023
State Open and B Grade Doubles
Saturday commenced with the Open and B Grade men’s and ladies doubles.
Darts Connect was used for the first time at this kind of event. Nominations had to be manually entered and going forward pre-nomination would speed up the process. Unfortunately, there was an issue with the Open Ladies doubles, which Darts Connect later apologized for so the ladies used the old fashioned method.
Ladies B Grade Doubles saw 8 pairs compete. Following the round robin the ladies moved straight to semi-finals.
Semi-finals
- Rose Pickett 29.92/Brinley Tregoning 36.46 def Angela Fairman 31.70 and Di Hopkins 35.44 2-1
- Lisa Collard 40.26/Samara Ugle 42.51 def Jordan Marsh 42.14 and Jai Milne 44.55 2-1
Lisa Collard and Samara Ugle took out a hard fought final to win 3-0 over Rose Pickett and Brinley Tregoning, the score line not reflecting the closeness of the match.
Ladies B Grade Doubles Winners Lisa Collard 33.18 and Samara Ugle 45.04 Runners up Rose Pickett 33.00 and Brinley Tregoning 40.88.
Men’s B Grade Doubles saw the 20 pairs split into 4 divisions of 5, with 2 pairs advancing from each group.
Quarter Finals
- Wayde Bennell 75.68/Presley Bennell 74.65 def Dwayne Galby 66.56/Gayden Karey 64.00 2-0
- Rodney Dumezo 54.77/Dom Comito 53.00 def Ed Payne 45.18/Darrin Bryden 50.36 2-0
- Greg Sawyer 59.58/Dean Aldridge 61.62 def Dylan Sutherland 54.35/Jack Bunworth 52.83 2-1
- Mitchell Galby 55.55/Terence Morton 64.97 def Charles Lawrence 69.10/Wayne Kelly 47.10 2-0
Semi-Finals
Semi-final 1 saw the 2 junior players, Mitchell Galby 49.05 and Terence Morton 55.73 win over Greg Sawyer 55.81 and Dean Aldridge 51.81 3-1.
Semi-final 2 saw Wayde Bennell 78.81 and Presley Bennell 63.92 win over Rodney Dumezo 57.64 and Dom Comito 73.46 3-0.
The final was a tight fought match with the junior pairing of Mitchell Galby and Terence Morton landing a convincing 4-2 win over Wayde Bennell and Presley Bennell.
Men’s B Grade Doubles Winners Mitchell Galby 58.66 and Terence Morton 73.76 Runners up Wayde Bennell 68.75 and Presley Bennell 65.39.
Ladies Open Doubles
10 pairs of ladies split into 2 groups of five with 2 pairs advancing from each group. It was wonderful to see the return of Kim Kelly who has been absent since 2019. The old pairing of Kim and Natalie was still a force to be reckoned with.
Semi finals
- Kaitlan Brown/Tamara Brown def Angela Clarke
- Natalie Carter/Kim Kelly def Dot McLeod/Martekea Wilson
The lady’s final was a classic but the pairing of sisters Kaitlan and Tamara was too strong for Natalie and Kim.
Ladies Open Doubles Winners Kaitlan and Tamara Brown.
Men’s Open Doubles
21 pairs competed and were split into 4 divisions for the round robin. 2 pairs from each group advanced to the quarter finals.
Quarter Finals
- Carl Caton 80.34/Howard Jones 65.43 def Mark Smyth 67.26/Dylan Dunster 76.00 3-1
- Glen Harper 74.53/Jordan Harper 72.53 def Keith Charchalis 71.19/ Joe Comito 79.36 3-2
- Gary Stevens 64.56/Harvey Mayall 80.13 def Mark Dorotich 61.47/Kyle Tregoning 74.15 3-1
- Bryce Simpson 80.37/Clifton Beauchamp 53.39 def Wayne Egan 65.87/Vinay cooper 71.03 3-2
Semi Finals.
Semi-final 1 Howard Jones 97.05 and Carl Caton 80.47 had a very convincing 4-0 win over Glen Harper 81.07 and Jordan Harper 83.73.
Semi-final 2 Gary Stevens 78.71 and Harvey Mayall 57.75 were on a mission as they defeated Clifton Beauchamp 68.63 and Bryce Simpson 63.09 4-1.
Onto the final. The pairing of Gary Stevens and Harvey Mayall was a repeat of last years final and they were hoping to go one better. Howard Jones and Carl Caton put an end to the plan and defeated Gary and Harvey in a very well fought final 5-2.
Men’s Open Doubles Winners Howard Jones 75.83 and Carl Caton 80.54 Runners up Gary Stevens 87.27 and Harvey Mayall 51.35.
State Open and B Grade Singles
Ladies B Grade Singles
This saw 13 ladies play a round robin in 2 divisions.
Quarter finals
- Brianna Pickett 45.55 def Samara Ugle 45.52 2-0
- Roz Watkins 36.10 def Lisa Collard 37.35 2-1
- Jordan Marsh 37.53 def Rebecca Harkin 37.51 2-1
- Lily Zdun 57.81 def Rose Pickett 40.53 2-0
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1 Brianna Pickett 41.26 def Roz Watkins 41.66 2-1.
Semi-Final 2 Lily Zdun 39.55 played a very convincing game to beat Jordan Marsh 39.00 2-0.
The final was a pleasure to watch. The 2 young ladies, one still a junior and one not long out of juniors played a thrilling match. Lily Zdun came out the champion with a 3-1 win over Brianna Pickett.
Ladies B Grade Singles Winner Lily Zdun 50.34 Runner up Brianna Pickett 50.59.
Men’s B Grade Singles.
29 entrants split in to 4 round robin groups, with 4 players advancing from each group.
Last 16 – Edward Oversby, Jack Bunworth, Dom Comito, David Litchfield, Kyle Hutchins, Steven Hand, Mitchell Galby, Brock Blake, Presley Bennell, Zac Greay, Matthew Colbung, Charlie Lionti, Jason Jeanes, Rick Rossi, Dwayne Galby and Terence Morton.
Quarter finals
- Edward Oversby 57.81 def Dom Comito 58.35 2-0
- Mitchell Galby 65.35 def Steven Hand 53.27 2-0
- Zac Greay 59.31 def Matthew Colbung 59.33 2-1
- Dwayne Galby 71.57 def Jason Jeanes 51.50 2-0
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1 saw junior player Mitchell Galby 60.63 def Edward Oversby 60.33 3-2.
Semi-final 2 Dwayne Galby 58.78 def Zac Greay 53.46 3-2.
This led to a father and son final, with Dwayne commenting that he was glad it was best of 7 as he might need the time to catch up to his son. In the end the extra legs weren’t of any use as young Mitchell beat his dad, Dwayne, 4-2.
Men’s B Grade Singles Winner Mitchell Galby 56.03 Runner up Dwayne Galby 49.76.
Ladies Open Singles
The 12 ladies played a round robin which let to the quarter finals.
Quarter finals
- Angela Clarke 64.41 def Michelle Rodney 52.33 3-0
- Jucinta Dann 64.20 def Dot McLeod 64.19 3-1
- Natalie Carter 59.52 def Evelyn Cockie 51.03 3-1
- Kaitlan Brown 60.12 def Martekea Wilson 51.42 3-0
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1 saw a nip and tuck match, not reflected in the score line with Angela Clarke 64.88 defeating Jucinta Dann 62.05 4-1.
Semi-final 2 Natalie Carter 63.96 took her opportunities and was victorious over Kaitlan Brown 52.13 4-0.
The final saw Natalie Carter win the first leg, but Angela Clarke had other plans and won the next 5 legs to claim a 5-1 victory.
Ladies Open Singles Winner Angela Clarke 65.39 Runner up Natalie Carter 55.98.
Men’s Open Singles
36 men were divided into 4 groups of 9, playing a round robin on 2 boards. The standard was high from the first dart thrown and many of the matches went the full distance in the best of 5 competition.
The last 16 were: Carl Caton, Keith Charchalis, James Thorne, James McKenna, Kevin Thomas, Lionel Anderson, Dave Burke, Kyle Tregoning, Lindsay Haji Ali, Clint Austen, Rivers Ryder, Howard Jones, Joe Comito, Robert Binsair, Trent cooper, Gary Stevens.
Quarter finals
- Carl Caton 71.57 def James McKenna 68.43 4-0
- Lionel Anderson 75.22 def Kyle Tregoning 77.73 4-3
- Howard Jones 86.39def Lindsay Haji Ali 73.37 4-2
- Gary Stevens 76.54 def Robert Binsair 60.44 4-2
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1 saw a very in form Carl Caton 82.75 take on Lionel Anderson82.59. This went down to the deciding leg with Lionel coming out victorious 5-4 over Carl.
Semi-final 2 the same happened in the second semi with game again going to the deciding leg with Howard Jones 81.61 nailing the double to go forward 5-4 over Gary Stevens 73.57.
The men’s final. This was one for the books, Lionel started off like a steam train and took the first 4 legs before Howard even got a chance at a double, Howard then took the next 2 legs to make the game score 4-2. Lionel hit back with another winning leg followed by 3 on the trot from Howard. The game score was now 5-5 and it still looked like anybody’s game. Both players missed chances at the double to take out the match but Lionel pegged the winning double to claim victory.
Men’s Open Singles Winner Lionel Anderson 70.79 Runner up Howard Jones 73.71.
There were 109 180’s we hit over the weekend with Carl Caton hitting the most with 9.
The highest peg for the weekend was 170 by Tom Wiley.
Many thanks to BSRC and their staff.
