The FDDA 2025 Season was finished off in style last night with all Grand Finals played at the Spearwood Dalmatinac Club. The atmosphere was electric and ‘The House’ was pumping with everyone battling for the honours of being crowned ‘Premiers’ for 2025. Congratulations to the Cockburn Bowling Club, the Jandakot Jets and newcomers the Coolbellup Sports Association who were all rewarded with two ‘Premiership Flags’ each and to the Old East ‘Bears’ who took the ‘B’ Grade honours. A fantastic night was had by all with a special thanks to Tanya and Justine behind the bar for all the yummy nibblies, bar snacks and drink specials.

Finally, a huge thanks to everyone that came along to watch and cheer their teams on and to the Spearwood Dalmatinac Club for their continued hospitality and support.

The Darts WA Lower Grade Teams Championship was a heavily contested affair last weekend with 37 x teams from all over the State battling it out for the honours. The Fremantle No. 2 side (Below) were dominant all weekend, going through undefeated and rewarded with ‘GOLD’ in Division 4.

L-R: Mark Waterman, Charlie Lionti, Daniel Larsen (C), Peter Barry, Josh Barry & Spencer Santaromita (Front)

With three ‘Rookies’ in the side, the boys in our No. 3 team played brilliantly all weekend taking on teams from the Wheatbelt, New Avon, Bunbury and Manjimup. Led by new Captain Mike Condon, the boys were also undefeated for the weekend and justly rewarded with ‘GOLD’ medals for their efforts in Division 6.

L-R: Tylah Hodges, Mike Condon (C), Jeff Coote, Peter McLerie, Jaydon Hodges & Jamie Drage (Front)

The boys in Teams 1. and 4 played gallantly all weekend but unfortunately were unplaced at the end of the weekend.

Even the chilly wintery conditions couldn’t deter the 75 men and women that came along for the last graded event for the season, the Under 60 Singles and Under 45 Doubles.

The Under 60 Singles was a closely contested affair and consistancy would play a major part. Cockburn Bowling Club’s Grant Werner was playing well and defeated Dalmatinac’s Brock Blake to earn himself a spot in the final while in the other Semi, Paul Brotherston pipped team mate Gary Hunter at the post to secure his final’s spot. The boys went hard at it in the Best of 5 Final with Paul Brotherston taking the honours in the final leg.

Paul Brotherston & Grant Werner

The Under 45 Doubles saw some great match ups with some of the early favourites ‘Falling by the way’.  The Jandakot Jets pairing of Peter Nahirny and Thomas Jeges were playing solidly and accounted for the Dallies pair of Jason Richards and Des Franklin in the Semi’s to advance to the final whilst in the other Semi, it was the Cockburn’s Lisa Ward and Tim Barnes that edged out the Hilton ‘Navy’s’ Amanda Beedeison and Syd Game to secure their spot.

In the final, he Jandakot Jets boys turned on a really solid performance taking out the honours with a 2 – 0 victory.

Lisa Ward, Thomas Jeges, Peter Nahirny & Tim Barnes

Congratulations to all the Winners, comiserations to the Runners Up and thanks to everybody that supported all the ‘Graded Events’ throughout the year.  Finally, a huge thank you to the Dalmatinac Club for their continued support and hospitallity and to our Games Co-Ordinators Phil Cummins and Mark Walsh on another job well done.

Eighty starters braved the wintery conditions last night to contest the annual ‘Open Singles’ and ‘Under 50 Doubles’ at the home of Fremantle darts, the Spearwood Dalmatinac Club.

In the Singles, a talented field saw solid performers Matt Moody defeat Kim Lewis and Lewis Kirk defeat Steele Flight in the Semi’s to book their places in the final. Kirk played well (73.63) but just could not match the ‘In Form’ Moody (74.41) who powered to a 5 – Nil victory to eventually take the honours.

Matt Moody joins an elite group of previous winners that include 4 x Winner Barry Mader (1974, 80, 81 & 82), Graham Hunt (1987,95,96 & 98) and 5 x Winner ‘The Legend’ Kimberly Lewis (1997, 06, 08, 2012 & 2019)

Matthew Moody & Lewis Kirk

The Under 50 Doubles was a closely contested affair with some strong pairings that eventually saw the solid performing ‘Kardy Kats’ pair of Troy Hewer & Spencer Santaromita a touch too strong for the ‘Cockburn Bowling Clubs’ Graham McKenzie & Dave Doody.

L-R: Dave Doody, Troy Hewer, Spencer Santaromita & Graham McKenzie

Thanks to everyone that supported the event, the Dalmatinac Club for their continued hospitality and another stirling job by Games Co-Ordinators Phil Cummins & Mark Walsh.

The Spearwood Dalmatinac Club was a buzz last night as another fantastic crowd turned out for the 2nd graded event of the year, the Under 45 Singles and Under 60 Doubles.

Fifty five men and women battled it out in the singles with some great darts thrown and some of the favourites being knocked out early.  The Dalmatinac Club’s Dave Stanley and the Italian Club’s Vince Galati both played solidly all night and faced off in the final with ‘Mr 57’, Vince Galati finally taking the honours.

      Dave Stanley & Vince Galati

The Under 60 Doubles also saw some great match ups throughout the night with many of the games going to the final 5th Leg. The ‘Kardy Kats’ pairing of Mark Walsh and Aaron Nicholas were consistant all night and deserved their place in the final against the steady Dalmatinac Club’s Gary Hunter and Paul Brotherston with the latter proving a smidgeon too strong, eventually taking out the title.

Congratulations and well done to the ‘Old Maestro‘ Gary Hunter on his brilliant 170 Peg

Gary Hunter & Paul Brotherston

Thanks once again to everyone for coming along and supporting the event and a special mention of a job well done by Games Co-Ordinators Phil Cummins and Mark Walsh.

L-R: Chris Williams, Pat Gallacher (NPC), Matt Moody, Kristina Gallacher (Manageress), Shane Wright, Basil Thorne and Brodie Little. (Absent – Kim Lewis)

The Darts WA ‘State Teams Championships’ were held last weekend at the Belmont Sports & Recreation Club and in a very strong field, our No. 1 side took on allcomers to become overall winners in Division 2.

The boys were victorious against South Suburban, Geraldton, West Coast and Rockingham and only dropped one game against Swan Districts.

Our No. 2 team played gallantly all weekend but were unfortuantely unplaced at the completion of the weekend.

Thank you and well done to Captains Pat Gallacher and Darrin Sigley, Manageress Kristina and everyone that came along to support the boys.

A good turn out for the first graded event of the season was held at the Dalmatinac Club on Wednesday night 2nd April and a high quality contest took place in both the ‘Open Doubles’ and the ‘Under 50 Singles’.

Some good solid darts were thrown throughout the night by the 44 starters in the Singles but he boys from the Kardy Kats had come to play and strong performances from Troy Hewer and Mike Turner eventually saw the pair face off in the final with Mike Turner sneaking over the line to take the honours.

In the Doubles, the father and son combination of Kim and Todd Lewis played brilliantly all night, with a win against the strong pairing of Basil Thorne and Brodie Little in the Semi’s to force their way into the final. The other Semi Final saw newcomer Nino Galunic and partner Shane Wright edge out Gavin Horner and Steele Flight to secure their spot in the final. A great game with Nino Galunic and Shane Wright eventually taking the honours over the Lewis boys.

A big thank you once again to the Spearwood Dalmatinac Club for their continued hospitality and also to Games Co-Ordinators Mark Walsh and Phil Cummins for a job well done.

      Bailey Marsh & Tim Pusey

The Spearwood Dalmatinac Club again played host to this year’s ‘Premier League Finals’. The night was tipped to be an absolute cracker and did not disappoint with the ‘Top 8’ Premier League players battling it out to see who would be crowned Champion for 2024.

 Q F 1.  (Best of 11)     Tim Pusey (87.56) defeated Kim Lewis (79.14)                   6 – 2

Q F 2.  (Best of 11)     Bailey Marsh (76.42) defeated Ron Kneale (68.35)              6 – 0

Q F 3.  (Best of 11)     Dave Burke (75.27) defeated Lewis Kirk (71.07)                  6 – 2

Q F 4.  (Best of 11)     Denis Parr (75.15) defeated Gary Stevens (68.71)               6 – 5

S F 1.  (Best of 11)     Tim Pusey (92.60) d Dave Burke (81.88)                            6 – 2

Tim jumped out the blocks winning the first three legs before Dave could register his account, taking out the 4^th leg in 13 darts before Tim rattled off the next two legs to make it 5 – 1 his way. Dave was playing well but could not match the power scoring of the young ace, taking out the winning leg in 12 darts (137, 134, 180 & 50 Peg)

 S F 2.  (Best of 11)     Bailey Marsh (82.25) d Denis Parr (80.56)                          6 – 5

The 2^nd Semi of the night was an absolute ripper. Both players going ‘Hammer & Tong’ and after 6 x legs were 3 x legs each. Bailey put his foot on the pedal and took out the next 3 x legs to make the score line 6 – 3 his way. The “Menace” wasn’t done yet and chimed in with a brilliant 12 darter in Leg 9 (140, 180, 96 & 85 Peg) and also took out Leg 10 to make it 5 Legs a piece before Bailey took out the 10^th leg to earn himself a spot in the Final .

 Final    (Best of 13)     Tim Pusey (91.30) d Bailey Marsh (85.57)                          7 – 6

A replay of the last three year’s final between two of the state’s most exciting and talented young dartplayers did not disappoint with both players turning on some power scoring and clinical pegging. Bailey drew first blood, taking out the first leg in 14 darts (62 Peg) before Tim bounced back taking out Leg 2 but Bailey was quick to respond with an awesome 12 dart game in Leg 3 that included a 135 check out. The boys were going hard at it and after 6 x Legs, the score line was 3 – 3 before Bailey took out Legs 7 and 8 to make it 5 – 3 his way.

The “Magnet” was having none of it and rattled off the next 3 x Legs to take him 1 x Leg from victory but “The Ghost” wasn’t done yet and chimed in with a brilliant 13 dart game to make to score line 6 x games each. Tim had ‘The Shot’ in the last leg and took full advantage, taking out 32 (Bailey wanting 40) to take out this year’s title of ‘Premier League Champion’.

Congratulations to Tim, commiserations to Bailey and a big thank you to Mike Condon, Dave Charnock and Lewis Kirk for all their help and also to everybody that came along to watch an awesome game of “Premier League” darts.

With the ‘Home & Away’ fixture now complete, it’s the business end of the season with the following 1st and 2nd Semi Finals to be played next Wednesday night the 21st August.

Note: The host venue will be responsible for providing the Ipad for scoring and the HOME team is mentioned first.

The final ‘Graded’ Singles and Doubles event for the 2024 season saw some fantastic darts thrown in both the Under 60 Singles and the Under 45 Doubles. The Fremantle Italian Club’s Darrin Sigley was solid all night and edged out  the Dalmatinac Club’s Gary Hunter in a hard fought singles final, whilst the Doubles final was an all Jandakot Jets affair with seasoned campaigners Peter Nahirney and Shane Marciano proving too strong for Club team mates Conrad Dalais and Tony Sharland.

Finally, our thanks to the Dalmatinac Club for their continued support and hospitality and also to our resident ‘Games Co-Ordinator’ Phil Cummins on another job well done.

            Darrin Sigley & Gary Hunter                              Peter Nahirny, Shane Marciano, Conrad Dalais & Tony Sharland