Open Doubles & Under 50 Singles ‘Round Up’

The Spearwood Dalmatinac Club once again played host to the first graded Singles and Doubles event for the year.

32 x Players took part in the Open Doubles that saw some of the best players in the State battle it out for ‘Bragging Rights’ with Bailey Marsh & Gary Stevens narrowly defeating Dave Charnock and Mick Zdun in the Final.

With some very good darts being thrown, the Under 50 Singles saw 51 x starters from various clubs around Fremantle also battle it out to see who would be Under 50’s Single’s ‘Champ’ for 2023.

In a close final Paul Stuart (Cockburn Mens Dart Club) was the eventual winner, edging out the Fremantle Italian Club’s Dan Christmass.

Dan Christmass & Paul Stuart

Metropolitan Teams Championships ‘Round Up’

The best of WA’s darting talent were all present last weekend at the Darts WA Metropolitan Teams Championships held at the Belmont Sports & Recreation Club that saw 24 x Teams in 4 x Divisions battle it out for ‘Territorial Pride’.

In a very strong Division 1, Captain Pat Gallacher led his ‘Chargers’ to a well-deserved ‘Gold’ medal, going through the weekend undefeated……a brilliant effort.

L-R:  Brodie Little, Kim Lewis, Pat Gallacher, Kristina Gallacher (Book), Peter Sutton, Basil Thorne, Matt Moody & Mick Zdun

The boys in Division 2, led by Captain Kevin Garlett also played fantastically all weekend but missed out by a whisker and had to settle for Silver, also in a very strong field.…..Great job guys, well done.

L-R:  Gary Hunter, Darrin Segley, Kevin Garlett (Capt.), Paul Brotherston, Steve Doherty & Brock Blake

Unfortunately, our boys in Division 3 who tried very hard were unplaced at the end of the weekend.

Finally, a huge thank you once again to Pat and Kristina Gallacher and Cassandra Clancy for all their help with doing the book and looking after the boys all weekend.

Fremantle & Districts Darts Association

Premier League 2022

Finals ‘Round Up’

The Spearwood Dalmatinac Club once again played host to this year’s Fremantle ‘Premier League Finals’. The night was tipped to be an absolute cracker with the cream of WA’s dart players battling it out to see who would be crowned Champion for 2022.

Q F 1.  (Best of 11)     Kim Lewis (75.6) defeated Mick Zdun (70.85)                       6 – 2

Q F 2.  (Best of 11)     Bailey Marsh (91.05) defeated Deon Wyatt (80.00)              6 – 2

Q F 3.  (Best of 11)     Dave Charnock (89.78) defeated Denis Parr (79.62)            6 – 2

Q F 4.  (Best of 11)     Tim Pusey (78.48) defeated Lewis Kirk (70.20)                     6 – 2

S F 1.  (Best of 11)     Tim Pusey (91.10) d Kim Lewis (78.59)                              6 – 2

Tim jumped out the blocks winning the first four legs before Kim pegged in the 5^th leg to register his account. Kim won the next leg but was down on his recent good form and Tim responded by winning the next two legs comfortably.

S F 2.  (Best of 11)     Bailey Marsh (95.84) d Dave Charnock (82.94)                  6 – 5

The 2^nd Semi of the night was an absolute ripper. Both players started off a little slow but the tempo really picked up as the game progressed. Dave taking out the first leg but Bailey quickly followed pegging 16 and 44 in 16 and 15 dart legs. Dave responded taking out 105 in a tidy 15 dart leg making the score line 2 all. It was ‘Tit for Tat’ for the next four legs with heavy scoring and clinical pegging from both players, score line 4 – 4. Bailey turned on an absolute ‘Pearler’ with a 130 peg in 12 darts to take leg nine before Dave responded with a 120 check out in 18 darts to make it 5 – 5. Bailey with the shot in the deciding leg opened with a 180, followed by 134, 47 then a brilliant 140 peg (54, 54, 32) to take the win.

Final    (Best of 13)     Bailey Marsh (95.87) d Tim Pusey (90.83)                          7 – 6

The replay of last year’s final between two of the state’s best young dartplayers did not disappoint with both turning on some power scoring and brilliant pegging. ‘The Magnet’ Tim Pusey got off to a good start taking out the first two legs before Bailey registered his account pegging 36 to win the third leg. Tim responded with scores of 100, 140, 100, 137 and 24 peg to take the 4^th leg, followed by the 5^th. With the score line at 4 – 1 Pusey’s way it was looking like it could be a reversal of last year’s result but Bailey had other ideas taking out the 6^th leg in 14 darts (85,140,100,136, 40 peg). Tim won the 7^th leg before Bailey turned up the heat with an impressive 13 dart leg in the 8^th (140, 81,180, 60, 40 peg) to make the score line 5 – 3 Pusey’s way. Tim pegged the next leg to take the score 6 – 3 his way and the finish line was in sight BUT “The Ghost” wasn’t done yet. The reigning ‘Champ’ turned it on to take out the next four legs straight, giving Bailey Marsh the ‘Back to Back’ title.

Congratulations to Bailey on a well deserved win, commiserations once again to Tim and a big thank you to everybody that came along to watch and make the 2022 ‘Premier League’ finals a night to remember.

Big Thanks to organiser and Semi/Grand Final caller Glen McLeod for a well run night.