American”s Larry Butler and Gordon Dixon battled in the mens finals of the Las Vegas Open. Butler hit a key 148 out in the 4th leg to take a 3-1 lead. He finished off Dixon in the 5th leg to win 4-1. Bob Sinnaeve and Ed LaBarbera rounded out the top 4.

In the womens, American Stacy Bromberg played Canada’s Cindy Pardy in the finals. Cindy took an early 3-1 lead, but Stacy stormed back to win the match 4-3. Lisa Yee and Barb Lazaruk rounded out the top 4 for the women.

Article by Catherine Haycock   Contributors Rick Smith & Mary Dezan – NDFC

Curry stepped onto the finals stage facing off against Canada’s number 1 lady Cindy Pardy of Alberta. Each lady hungry for the win went to the final leg in a best of 7 match.  The deciding leg saw Pardy win the bull and kick into gear with a 95 start. Not to take a back seat Curry answered with a 100 and followed that with a 125. After 12 darts these ladies were sitting pretty with 180 for Pardy and 171 for Curry. A 60 shot for Pardy left a makeable 120 finish while Curry knocked off a 97 to leave 74. Another 60 for the Albertan, Pardy could only watch as Curry took her shot at 74 for the match.Triple 14 and 2 misses at the double 16 gave Pardy another shot at the title. Read more

Trina with Bob Potter and Barbara Leitch (Lakeside Leisure Complex)

Trina Gulliver chalked up her ninth world championship in 11 years toppling Welsh international Rhian Edwards 2-0 in 23 minutes.

In a repeat of last year’s final Gulliver from Somerset justified her top seeding but was made hard to work for the victory by the impressive Welsh player.

Remarkably Gulliver, the giant of women’s darts has appeared in every final since the women’s competition was launched in 2001.

The diminutive Welsh sharpshooter took the opening leg of the match with the throw, Gulliver powering in 123 and 140 scores, nervously requiring three darts for the set-levelling double 16. She then annexed the third on double 10, against the throw.

A rare three missed doubles were forgotten as the defending champ hit double four to take the the first set.

Throwing first in the second set Gulliver edged 1-0 ahead, Edwards holding her throw in the next and powering down to a finish before the top seed pulled off a dramatic 100 checkout finished on double 10 for a 2-1 set lead.

The players matched scores in the next leg, Edwards missing two shots for double tops to save the match, Gulliver missing double tops but clinching the title on double 10.

A tearful Gulliver said: “It is fantastic and a great feeling to retain the title.

“All the championships are special to me but I want to dedicate this championship to my Mum who has not been well.

“I am hungry for more world titles, “ declared Gulliver menacingly.

The All Indian National Darts Association Championships were played recently in Kolkata, West Bengal recently. We received the following results from the All Indian Darts Association.

Amit Gilitwala & Ankit Goenka

Jan Janakiraman & Vijaya Tecksinghani

The finals gave the following results:
Men’s Singles: Amit Gilitwala (Gujarat)  4 v 3  Ankit Goenka (West Bengal)
Women’s Singles: Jan Janakiraman (Karnataka)  3 v 0  Vijaya Tecksinghani (Maharashtra)
Boys Singles: Amit Gilitwala (Gujarat)  2 v 0  Vicky Patel (Gujarat)
Girls Singles: Parama Bose (West Bengal)  2 v 1  Amita Ahir (Gujarat)
Men’s Pairs: Ashfaque Sayed/Amrish Negi  (Mah) 3 v 0  Sagar Solanki/Sarthak Patel (Guj)
Mixed Pairs: Amrish Negi/Vijaya Tecksinghani (Mah)   3 v 0 Mayank Agarwal/Ankit Upadhaya (WB)
Women’s Pairs: Jolly Chandra/Aneesha Mehta (WB)  3-2 Amita Ahir/Kinjal Chauhan (Guj)

The “Player of the Tournament” award went to Amit Gilitwala and the “Most Promising Player” award went to Paroma Bose.