CyberDarts

June 22, 1999

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Anaheim, CA The ADO International Team made its presence known at the Australian Grand Masters earlier this month. Team members David Marienthal and Steve Brown bested Perth native and World Cup runner-up Peter Hinkley and his partner, Dennis Parr, for the doubles title in the competition. And teammates Stacy Bromberg and Lori Verrier, World Cup women's champions, each placed 3rd in ladies' singles.

Men's singles champion was Victoria, Australia resident Steve Duke, who bested Western Australia's Graham Hunt for the title. Perennial ladies powerhouse, Western Australia's Dot McLeod, took both the ladies' singles title and the ladies' doubles, with partner Helen Chalson. ;In other action during their trip, the American team maintained its winning ways in what is fast becoming a traditional exhibition match played as a round robin of team members playing singles in the best of 17, 501- game format. The ADO team won that match 8-6 over Aussies Graham Hunt, Steve Duke, Dot McLeod and Helen Chalson. Both Marienthal and Brown went 3-1 in their respective match-ups, while Bromberg posted a 1-2 record while Verrier posted 1-3. (All team members do not play the same number of matches if a team reaches the required 8 wins before the round robin is complete. Men and women play equally. )

Approximately 70 All-Stars will convene on Las Vegas in August for the 13th annual East-West All-Star Challenge. These players will have the opportunity, based on point per dart averages achieved in the competition, to advance to the National 501 Championships, for which a $10,000 prize will be offered for the first player to throw a perfect game. For the first time, junior all-stars -- regional winners from the new 18-20 age group -- will join in the East-West format, with a special recognition award for the junior all-star with the best overall performance in that competition. The National Ambassadors Team will be seeded into the National Championships based on their points finish in 1998. Darts got another boost in the media with its inclusion in the Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal's list of sports halls of fame. The Darts Hall of Fame is in Martinsburg, W.Va. and was listed in the June 7 issue of the weekly publication.