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Founding of United States Sports Dart Alliance (USSDA) - by founder Chuck Hudson

The United States Sports Dart Alliance ( USSDA ) was created in 2017 to support and promote grass roots darts in America. Having worked for several local and national dart organizations I came to the conclusion that more needed to be done.

In the old days, you looked to the established national organizations to promote darts, but now everything is wide open. With the invention of the internet and social media it is easier than ever for a small group or even one person to make a real difference. For me, there came a point where I felt I could do more if I dedicated myself in a new direction. I believed if I put the work in, then success would follow.

I have met so many quality people in different parts of the country who are dedicated to promoting darts in their own backyard. I wanted an organization to help these people feel connected. America is a very large country and for players, the logistics of traveling for tournaments can be daunting, not to mention expensive. By creating new events we felt like we give players more options to compete.

So I began talking with trusted friends that I knew would give me their honest opinions of our plan, and I received a lot of positive feedback. Next I began to contact people I knew in other areas, I spoke with league officials, national players, local players, potential sponsors and promoters. I listened to what they thought was important and tried to see the good and the bad they were compelled to comment on. I wanted to understand as much as possible, things I knew and things I didn’t know.

Finally, I decided to take the leap of faith and create the USSDA. I formed a group of advisors and we began to talk and plan for the future. I brought in dreamers, managers, sales professionals, writers, video specialists, financial and business people. I wanted everyone to have a voice and I wanted everyone to try to understand my vision. We plotted our slow, managed growth with a focus on dart leagues and the grass roots community. We prioritized and designed phases aimed at steady growth all while keeping our feet under us and not over extending ourselves financially.

The hardest thing I had to do was ask people to invest in the USSDA to develop base capital and help us launch our organization. I hate asking anyone for anything, but I had to swallow my pride a bit during this process. Surprisingly, I didn’t have much convincing to do, people were more than happy to help. We started as a for profit business with 13 investors, the first 13 people we talked too. We felt this was best in the beginning until we knew what we had. We have since fully repaid all of our investors in 2019 and moved to a non profit organization this year.

The USSDA was excited to enter into a partnership with Winmau and in October 2017 we held our first Winmau 501 National Championship in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Ghost on the Coast tournament agreed to host our event. This is one of, if not the most popular tournament in America. We crowned Sandy Hudson of South Carolina and Joe Efter of Georgia as our first champions and had a solid turnout despite the short notice of the event.

In 2018 we continued to grow our base of league partners and added a 501 Youth National and a Cricket Adult National. We also launched our long format Challenger Series later in the year. Our friends at the Cherry Bomb International tournament in Deerfield Beach, Florida hosted our first Youth Nationals. Their popular tournament was perfectly timed during the summer break from school and they have a highly developed youth program in Florida which made them a perfect choice for the Winmau 501 Youth National Championships. Nicole and Buster Graves, siblings from Tennessee were crowned champions.

Youth players in 2018 at Deerfield Beach, Florida

We decided to move forward with our Cricket Nationals and were able to combine it with the 501 Nationals in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina thus creating the Winmau Championship Weekend. We saw considerable growth from the previous year. The Winmau Cricket Nationals was played on Thursday and the 501 Nationals on Friday. Sandy Hudson from South Carolina and Leonard Gates from Texas won both Winmau National Championships. The increase in attendance let us know we were on the right track. It also showed us that we needed to separate the events to allow for future growth.

Our Challenger Series was created to get American players to play international style long format 501. A Round Robin event, leading to a seeded knockout round like our Nationals. This gave tournaments a chance to expand their events and draw larger crowds. We tested the format at a few small tournaments and laid the ground work for expanding the series the following year.

In 2019 we saw our league partners continue to grow. We kicked off our Challenger Series the first of the year and once again held our Nationals with record turnout across the board. We began to envision international events and plan our next move.

The Winmau Cricket Nationals was moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in April. Charlotte has hosted some big events through the years including the 2009 WDF World Cup. Paula Murphy of Florida and Joe Chaney of Tennessee claimed the Winmau Cricket National Championships.

The Cherry Bomb tournament once again hosted the Winmau 501 Youth Nationals in June. The Deerfield Beach, Florida event had a record turnout and produced some great darts. Rising stars Aaja Jalbert of Maine and Peter Stewart Jr. of North Carolina were crowned as National Champions.

The year closed with a bang as we returned to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in October for the Winmau 501 National Championship. This event was expanded over 2 days which proved to be a good move, the turnout increased for the third straight year. The champions were Paula Murphy of Florida and Joe Efter of Georgia.

Finalists Joe Efter and Brian Blake, 2019 Winmau 501 National Championships

We had built some strong momentum and were looking for our biggest year ever. The first three weeks on 2020 our league partners had hosted 3 tournaments and 2 Challenger Series. In February our last league tournament was held, then the world was turned upside down. The Covid 19 pandemic dealt a crushing blow to the world, and the world of darts.

Our partner leagues were forced to make hard decisions about league play. Everyone stopped, some came back after a while and others never did return to playing. America is a large country and the state officials mandate what happens in their area so restrictions vary. In some parts of the country they returned to a semi normal routine by summer, while other areas remained locked down.

Leagues were forced to reschedule and eventually cancel their tournaments over virus restrictions. Some tournaments have begun to cancel events in the early months of 2021 and nobody seems to know when this may end. The USSDA canceled all on their 2020 schedule from March through December. As frustrating as this year has been, we at the USSDA have been using the time to plan and transition to our non profit business status.

Where I live, in South Carolina, our leagues have returned and the local Blind Draws have restarted and while everything is not back to normal, I am happy to see our leagues active again. Leagues are and always have been the backbone of the American dart community. We will ride this out with our eyes on the future and the better days ahead. For more information please visit our website at unitedstatesdarts.com.

Sandy Hudson: US Ladies Professional Player by Chuck Hudson

Sandy Hudson is one of America’s best and most experienced international players. She is a three time Winmau National Champion, a three time ADO National Champion and the current WDF America’s Cup Ladies Singles Champion. She has represented The United States three times in the America’s Cup, winning two team Gold Medals and competed in the Winmau World Masters eight times.

Sandy returned to competitive darts in 2007 and has won over 140 Tournament Singles titles. She is one of the most talented and popular American players and remains so today after a knee replacement surgery in 2019 where she missed a large part of the tournament calendar during rehabilitation. She was hoping to return to form in 2020 and was off to a solid start in January winning 4 Singles titles and reaching the Finals of both ADO 501 and Cricket National Championships before the COVID 19 virus shut down the world of competitive darts. She had another knee surgery in August 2020 and looks forward to returning to the world of competitive darts when the pandemic eases up.

Sandy at the Charlotte Open, Ladies Singles Champion, Charlotte, NC in 2016.

Sandy is a member of the Greater Greenville Dart Girls which plays in America’s longest running Challenge Cup series, the North Carolina/South Carolina Ladies Challenge Cup which has been played since 1981. She has attracted the interest of some important sponsors which she is so happy to be associated with. They produce top quality products and many of their staff have become like an extended family. Winmau makes her 23 gram “ Storm “ signature Darts distributed by Dutchman Darts. Longtime sponsor L Style Global makes her “ Storm “ Flights and carbon shafts while Magic Wear Apparel produces her custom dart shirts.

Despite all her success she is a grounded person who enjoys helping other players develop their games. She will even help you with your “ out shots “ which has happened many times during her career. It happened in the 2020 ADO National Finals where she helped her opponent understand what was needed to win the game, advise that her opponent used to defeat Sandy. This has caused some tensions with some of her partners through the years but as she’s always says, “ I can tell you what to throw at but you still have to hit it “. It’s not something that other players do very often but it’s just one of the many things that many Sandy unique.

Sandy learned the game in 1989 after graduating from college and returning home to Greenville, SC to start her teaching career. Jobs were scarce back then so she took part time jobs while doing substitute teaching. One of her jobs was at a liquor store where she was recruited and soon began working as a sales representative at a beverage distributor. As it turns out she was a natural and quickly climbed the ranks within the company. Today, thirty years later, she is still with the same company and serves as a Sales Manager in the liquor division. Sandy has teaching in her blood and is well known for developing sales professionals within her company.

She’s really enjoys working with youth players and can often be found in the youth room at tournaments that have these events hanging out and passing along her knowledge. She has played with and helped many children during her career which has endured her to them and their parents. It’s is in this setting that she is most comfortable.

Sandy with her Youth patrner.

While she is pleasant and helpful that should not be mistaken for being weak. She is very competitive and tenacious when competing. She grew up playing sports in high school and earned a college scholarship to play basketball. Some of the talented male players in our area had to make an adjustment when she showed up and they starting losing to a strong female player, some still do, but overall they have great respect and strongly support her.

Because of Sandy’s demanding work career and the logistical challenges of traveling a country the size of America, she is not able to travel and compete as much as some players which limits her in rankings. But points are not what she chases or is interested in, she just wants to play darts against stiff competition as much as possible.

With her two knee surgeries behind her she understands that the road back will be bumpy and that she may never quite return to the same level of play or success she has enjoyed in the past. But she continues to get better and she loves the game and the people, so she will likely remain in the sport for many years to come. Sandy is one of America’s best players and people, she is a role model for many in the sport.

Sandy with Team USA, America's Cup, 2016, Barbados.

For more information or to read her blogs please visit her website at www.sandysdarts.com.

ADO 501 National Singles Champions

Tournament for both the Men's and Ladies was first staged in 1990.

The Youth event was first staged in 1987 when the American Darts Organization implemented a Youth Program and held the first National Youth Championship. The Youth event from 2017 has been revamped and there's now a Boys event and a Girls event.

Since the inception of the Men's Championship, only two players have defended the title successfully. Jim Watkins was the first player to achieve this feat winning in 1993 and 1994. Scott Wollaston achieved the same feat 10 years later winning the title in 2004 and 2005.

Only one player has won the tournament more than twice and that is Darin Young with three.

Champion

3 – Darin Young

2 – Rudy Hernadez, Jim Watkins, Scott Wollaston, Tim Grossman, Larry Butler

1 – Rick Ney, Dave Kelly, Jim Widmayer, Paul Lim, Steve Brown, Jerry Umberger, Luis Martinez, Chris White, Ray Carver, Dieter Schutsch, Chris Helms, Brad Wethington, Robbie Phillips, Dan Naylor, Chris Lim, Tom Sawyer, Willard Bruguier Jr., and Elliot Milk.

For the Ladies Championship this is a completely different story. Stacy Bromberg dominated the event winning the title thirteen times. On two occasions having a winning streak of 4 consecutive titles, 1997-2000 and again in 2009-2012. Stacy also defended the title on two other occasions winning in 2003, 2004 and 2006, 2007. Only two other players have won the title consecutively. Kathy Maloney won the the title the first two years of the Championship being held and Lori Verrier in 1995, 1996.

Champion

13 – Stacy Bromberg

3 – Kathy Maloney, Carolyn Mars

2 – Lori Verrier, Paula Murphy

1 – Sandy Reitan, Marilyn Popp, Christina Medina, Cali West, Lisa Ayers, Sandy Hudson, Debbie Ivey, and Julie Weger

	Men
	Champion	Runner up
1990	Rick Ney
1991	Rudy Hernandez
1992	Dave Kelly
1993	Jim Watkins
1994	Jim Watkins
1995	Rudy Hernandez
1996	Jim Widmayer	Roger Carter
1997	Paul Lim	Jerry Umberger
1998	Steve Brown	Brad Wethington
1999	Jerry Umberger	Roger Carter
2000	Luis Martinez	Paul Lim
2001	Chris White
2002	Ray Carver
2003	Dieter Schutsch	John Kuczynski
2004	Scott Wollaston
2005	Scott Wollaston	Bill Davis
2006	Tim Grossman	Jim Widmayer
2007	Chris Helms	Isen Veljic
2008	Brad Wethington	Jim Widmayer
2009	Tim Grossman
2010	Darin Young	Christian Haggmark
2011	Robbie Phillips
2012	Larry Butler	Robbie Phillips
2013	Darin Young	Jeremiah Millar
2014	Dan Naylor	Tom Sawyer
2015	Larry Butler	Tom Sawyer
2016	Chris Lim	Ray Dunmire
2017	Tom Sawyer	Bruce Robbins
2018	Willard Bruguier Jr.	Robbie Phillips
2019	Darin Young	Tom Sawyer
2020	Elliot Milk	Joe Chaney

	Ladies
	Champion	Runner up
1990	Kathy Maloney
1991	Kathy Maloney
1992	Stacy Bromberg
1993	Sandy Reitan
1994	Kathy Maloney
1995	Lori Verrier
1996	Lori Verrier	Stacy Bromberg
1997	Stacy Bromberg	Nancy Huntoon
1998	Stacy Bromberg	Lori Verrier
1999	Stacy Bromberg	Marcia Loche
2000	Stacy Bromberg	Terri Marcello
2001	Carolyn Mars
2002	Carolyn Mars
2003	Stacy Bromberg	Marilyn Popp
2004	Stacy Bromberg
2005	Marilyn Popp	Joyce Hamilton
2006	Stacy Bromberg	Marilyn Popp
2007	Stacy Bromberg	Doreen Berry
2008	Christina Medina	Stacy Bromberg
2009	Stacy Bromberg
2010	Stacy Bromberg	Cali West
2011	Stacy Bromberg
2012	Stacy Bromberg	Marilyn Popp
2013	Carolyn Mars
2014	Paula Murphy	Cali West
2015	Cali West	Marlise Kiel
2016	Paula Murphy	Cali West
2017	Lisa Ayers	Marlise Kiel
2018	Sandy Hudson	Paula Murphy
2019	Debbie Ivey	Marlise Kiel
2020	Julie Weger	Sandy Hudson

	Youth
	Champion	Runner up
1987	B. J. Preston
1988	Bethel Strode
1989	Albert Mendoza
1990	Albert Mendoza
1991	Albert Mendoza
1992	Albert Mendoza
1993	Kevin Luke
1994	Barry Russell
1995	Kevin Luke
1996	Brian Watson
1997	Kevin Holden
1998	Jason Jarvis
1999	Adam Cable	Wayne Creedon Jr.
2000	Kirt Johnson	Wayne Creedon Jr.
2001	Jimmy Coon Jr.
2002	Jay Moore
2003	Seth Page
2004	Ryan Mahaffey
2005	Ashley Stewart
2006	Mike Scarborough	Nick Compton
2007	T.J. Jaques	JP Fitzgerald
2008	Dan Lauby Jr.
2009	Robert Ham
2010	Miles Gallagher	Tyler Meares
2011	Kyle Gaulthier
2012	Austin Adams	Scott Frazier Jr.
2013	Dylan Andersen
2014	Connor Schlebach	T.J. Scheppele
2015	Carl Di Cicco	Dominik Pundt
2016	Dominik Pundt	Dan Robbins

	Boys
	Champion	Runner up
2017	Tyler Burnett	Brendan Mills
2018	Buster Graves	Dominik Pundt
2019	Peter Stewart Jr.	Eddy Almaguer

	Girls
	Champion	Runner up
2017	Kaylee Roy	Jenna Tazbek
2018	Aaja Jalbert	Cricket Wilkes
2019	Aaja Jalbert	Nichole Graves

ADO National Cricket Champions

Paul Lim and Marilyn Popp were the first winners of the Men's and Ladies National Cricket Tournament staged in 1997.

In the Men's Championships only two players have successfully defended the title. Chris White was the first player winning the title in 2004 and 2005. Darin Young achieved this feat in 2008 and 2009. Darin then achieved the same feat again in 2012 and 2013.

The Ladies Championship was dominated equally by Marilyn Popp and Paula Murphy. Between them they were the National Cricket Champions 11 times. Lori Verrier was the first lady to defend the title successfully in 2000 and 2001. Since then various players have defended the title successfully – Marilyn Popp, Stacy Bromberg, Paula Murphy, and Sandy Hudson.

Men's Champions

5 – Darin Young

3 – Larry Butler, Chris White

2 – Paul Lim, Joe Huffman

1 – Steve Brown, John Finnegan, Tim Grossman, Shane Meeks, Steve Hertzfeld, John Kuczynski, Gary Mawson, Tom Sawyer, Danny Baggish

Ladies Champion

6 – Marilyn Popp

5 – Paula Murphy

3 – Stacy Bromberg

2 – Sandy Hudson, Lori Verrier

1 – Doreen Berry, Andrea Taylor, Shea Reynolds, Marlise Kiel, Morgan McCormack, Robin Curry

	Men's
	Champion	Runner up
1997	Paul Lim
1998	John Finnegan	Roger Carter
1999	Steve Brown	Chad Hersman
2000	Tim Grossman	Steve Brown
2001	Paul Lim	Scott Wollaston
2002	Shane Meeks	Steve Brown
2003	Steve Hertzfeld
2004	Chris White	Ray Carver
2005	Chris White	Darin Young
2006	John Kuczynski	Scott Wollaston
2007	Gary Mawson	Scott Wollaston
2008	Darin Young	Tim Grossman
2009	Darin Young
2010	Chris White
2011	Larry Butler	Darin Young
2012	Darin Young
2013	Darin Young	Ken Swanson
2014	Joe Huffman	Alex Reyes
2015	Larry Butler	Joe Huffman
2016	Tom Sawyer	Joe Chaney
2017	Darin Young	Dave Walsh
2018	Larry Butler	Willard Bruguier Jr.
2019	Joe Huffman	Tom Sawyer
2020	Danny Baggish	Joe Huffman

	Ladies
	Champion	Runner up
1997	Marilyn Popp
1998	Stacy Bromberg	Lori Verrier
1999	Doreen Berry	Tina DiGregorio
2000	Lori Verrier	Stacy Bromberg
2001	Lori Verrier	Jennifer Daggy
2002	Marilyn Popp	Jennifer Daggy
2003	Stacy Bromberg
2004	Stacy Bromberg	Christine Carlson
2005	Marilyn Popp	Stacy Bromberg
2006	Marilyn Popp	Carolyn Mars
2007	Marilyn Popp	Brenda Roush
2008	Paula Murphy	Donna Overly
2009	Paula Murphy
2010	Andrea Taylor
2011	Marilyn Popp	Brenda Roush
2012	Shea Reynolds
2013	Paula Murphy	Kay Hoover
2014	Marlise Kiel	Paula Murphy
2015	Morgan McCormack	Sandy Hudson
2016	Sandy Hudson	Brenda Roush
2017	Sandy Hudson	Marlise Kiel
2018	Robin Curry	Paula Murphy
2019	Paula Murphy	Debbie Ivey
2020	Paula Murphy	Sandy Hudson

ADO National Points/Ranking Champions

	Mens	Ladies
	Champion	Champion
1984	Rick Ney	Sandy Reitan
1985	John Kramer	Kathy Maloney
1986	Tony Payne	Kathy Maloney
1987	Tony Payne	Kathy Karpowich
1988	Paul Lim	Melanie Rice
1989	Gerald Verrier	Eva Grigsby
1990	Paul Lim	Eva Grigsby
1991	Paul Lim	Stacy Bromberg
1992	Larry Butler	Stacy Bromberg
1993	Larry Butler	Kathy Maloney
1994	Larry Butler	Sue Qualls
1995	Larry Butler	Sue Qualls
1996	Mitch Payton	Stacy Bromberg
1997	Steve Brown	Stacy Bromberg
1998	Steve Brown	Stacy Bromberg
1999	Paul Lim	Stacy Bromberg
2000	Paul Lim	Stacy Bromberg
2001	Ray Carver	Stacy Bromberg
2002	John Kuczynski	Stacy Bromberg
2003	John Kuczynski	Stacy Bromberg
2004	John Kuczynski	Stacy Bromberg
2005	John Kuczynski	Stacy Bromberg
2006	John Kuczynski	Stacy Bromberg
2007	Darin Young	Stacy Bromberg
2008	Brian Blake	Stacy Bromberg
2009	Steve Brown	Andrea Taylor
2010	Steve Brown	Stacy Bromberg
2011	Larry Butler	Stacy Bromberg
2012	Larry Butler	Cali West
2013	Tom Sawyer	Cali West
2014	Leonard Gates	Cali West
2015	Larry Butler	Cali West
2016	Larry Butler	Paula Murphy
2017	Joe Chaney	Paula Murphy
2018	Leonard Gates	Paula Murphy
2019	Joe Chaney	Paula Murphy

Aberdeen Open (Aberdeen, SD)

Tournament began in 1985.

Aberdeen Area Dart Association.

	Men’s Singles
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Duane Hepola	Mark McDonough
2007	Patrick Cox	Kyle Liddeke
2010	Ryan Loch	Duane Hepola
2011	Ryan Loch	Dana Dayton
2012	Ryan Loch	Clarence Steffes

	Men’s Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Pat Rose	Dana Dayton
2007	Patrick Cox	Lance Allen
2010	Ryan Loch	Randy Roeseler
2011	Ryan Loch	Joe Haller
2012	Clint Vetter	Dustin Banghart

	Ladies Singles
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Nora Goodwin	Laura Braun
2007	Sara Gall	Larue Steffes
2010	Rhonda Boehmer	Meghan Ohman
2011	Angie Johnson	Denise Allbee
2012	Angie Johnson	Denise Allbee

	Ladies Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Laura Braun	Linda Crowell
2007	Laura Braun	Larue Steffes
2010	Angie Johnson	Denise Allbee
2011	Angie Johnson	Denise Allbee
2012	Angie Johnson	Bobby Burgess

	Men's Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2010	Dan Morrill & Ryan Loch	Jim Collins & Randy Roeseler

	Men's Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2010	Dan Morrill & Ryan Loch	Dustin Banghart & Willard

	Ladies Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2010	Denise Allbee & Larue Steffes	Karla Bickel & Chantel Gortmaker

	Ladies Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2010	Meghan Ohman & Lori Cushing	Angie Johnson & Sharee Burgess

	Draw Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2010	Steve Dayton & Jason Hepla	Clint Vetter & Parry Sterner

	Mixed Triples
	Champions
2010	Bryan Webb, Clarence Steffes, & Larue Steffes

Aim For Eastern North Carolina (NC)

Tournament first staged in 1998 and has been held annually.

Crystal Coast Darts Association.

	Men’s Singles 501
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Joe Futima	Johnny Brendell
2002	Shane Meeks	Neal Bedworth
2003	Doug Watkins	John Cutler
2005	Ryan Barnette	Bob Gargan
2006	Ryan Barnette	Brian Blake
2007	Neal Bedworth	Bob Gargan
2008	Ryan Barnette	Stowe Buntz
2009	Mark Hines	Robb Beeson
2011	Phillip Maxwell	Vic White
2012	Dan Naylor	Alan Matthews
2013	Joe Tadder	Phillip Maxwell
2014	Stowe Buntz	Brian Blake
2015		Bob Gargan
2016	Dan Naylor	Donavon Powell
2017	Craig Elder	Mike Denton
2018	Dan Naylor	Steve Chorba
2019	Robbie Phillips	Peter Stewart

	Men’s Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Philip Maxwell	Bob Gargan
2002	Joe Futima	Tom Hill
2003	Doug Watkins	Chris Linkous
2005	Rob Spears	Bob Gargan
2006	Bob Gargan	Neal Bedworth
2007	Steve Hills	Syowe Buntz
2008	Chris Linkous	Robbie Phillips
2009	Bob Gargan	Mark Hines
2011	Dan Naylor	Brian Blake
2012	Alan Matthews	Bob Gargan
2013	Chris Linkous	Robbie Phillips
2014	Steve Chorba	Dan Naylor
2015	Stowe Buntz	Bob Gargan
2016	Donavon Powell	Chris Harrell
2017	Donavon Powell	Brian Blake
2018	Dan Naylor	Craig Elder
2019	Robbie Phillips	David Gelberg

	Ladies Singles 501
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Barbara Moten	Charlie Daniel
2002	Belinda Cunningham	Charlie Daniel
2003	Lisa Shpritz	Debra Parker
2005	Angel Gaffney	Lisa Shpritz
2006	Dawn Bocchinfuso	Bianca Hayes
2008	Dawn Bocchinfuso	Diana Willman
2007	Penny Newberry	Charlie Daniel
2009	Charlie Daniel	Penny Newberry
2011	Charlie Daniel	Peg Jones
2012	Peg Jones	Amy Gartrell
2013	Julie Scheppele	Charlie Daniel
2014	Charlie Daniel	Peg Jones
2015		Cathe Singleton
2016	Julie Hamlin	Brenda Whitley
2017	Lauren Pizza	Stitches Preciado
2018	Camilla Bunnell	Peg Jones
2019	Stitches Preciado	Maureen Williams

	Ladies Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Barbara Moten	Teresa Ruleman
2002	Fran Grinder	Teresa Ruleman
2003	Lisa Shpritz	Jamie Henton
2005	Lisa Shpritz	Debra Parker
2006	Debra Parker	Stephanie Cheek
2007	Rhonda Farmer	Mandy Furr
2008	Diana Willman	Deana Miller
2009	Margaret Fitzgibbons	Charlie Daniel
2011	Charlie Daniel	Deana Miller
2012	Deana Miller	Talecia Zimmerman
2013	Charlie Daniel	Deana Miller
2014	Brenda Whitley	Deana Miller
2015		Charlie Daniel
2016	Julie Hamlin	Brenda Whitley
2017	Camilla Bunnell	Stitches Preciado
2018	Lori Millinder	Dorothy Spencer
2019	Julie Phillips	Charlie Daniel

	Men’s Pairs 501
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Joe Tadder & Bob Gargan	Tom Hill & Ed Rogers
2002	Shane Meeks & Bob Gargan	Will Fout & Jake Bullard
2003	Doug Watkins & Governor	J.J. Merlot & Chris Linkous
2005	Joe Futima & Shane Wright	Rob Spears & Brian Blake
2006	Neal Adams & Chris Linkous	Wil Tan & Robbie Phillips
2008	Ryan Barnette & Bob Gargan	Rob Spears & Jerry Springer
2009	Neil Bedworth & Bob Gargan	Brian Blake & Chris Linkous

	Men’s Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Neal Bedworth & Richie Hazlett	Joe Futima & Shane Wright
2002	Shane Meeks & Bob Gargan	Neal Bedworth & Brian Blake
2003	Britt Whitley & Bob Gargan	Tracy Gray & Matt Stauffer
2005	Neal Bedworth & Bob Gargan	Rob Spears & Brian Blake
2006	Neal Bedworth & Bob Gargan	Rob Spears & Steve Hills
2008	Ryan Barnette & Bob Gargan	Chris Linkous & Stowe Buntz
2009	Brian Blake & Chris Linkous	Mark Hines & Kevin Thompson

	Ladies Pairs 501
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Barbara Moten & Roxanne Bedworth	Michelle Gaffney/Hope Maxwell
2002	Melissa Perrault & Deanna Miller	Dawn Bocchinfuso & Sherry Gronek
2003	Charlie Daniel & Connie Austin	Kristel Trip & Jamie Henton
2005	Amy Newman & Debra Parker	Kim Trego & Ginger Rapp
2006	Ginger Sormrude & Debra Parker	Stephanie Cheek & Bianca Hayes
2008	Julie Payne & Nicole Hatch	Charlie Daniel & Deana Miller
2009	Jamie Dziczkonski & Gina Oakley	Angela Gaulthier & Julie Scheppele

	Ladies Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Barbara Moten & Roxanne Bedworth	Billie Churchwell &Nikki Daigneault
2002	Shawnee Cuthbert & Fran Ginder	Charlie Daniel & Belinda Cunningham
2003	Paula Delp & Beth Hutchins	Amy Page & Debra Parker
2005	Amy Newman & Debra Parker	Beth Hutchins & Barbara Cotton
2006	Ginger Sormrude & Debra Parker	Margaret Fitzgibbons & Dawn Bocchinfuso
2008	Rhonda Farmer & Susan Jordan	Margaret Fitzgibbons & Dawn Bocchinfuso
2009	Belinda Cunningham & Penny Newberry	Charlie Daniel & Deana Miller

	Mixed Pairs 501
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Joe Futima & Barbaa Moten	Tracy Gray & Gina Oakley
2002	Shane Meeks & Lisa Malphrus	Jerry Oakley & Melissa Perrault
2003	Keith Wall & Carol Whitehurst	Britt Whitley & Lisa Shpritz
2005	Bob Gargan & Lisa Shpritz	Lee Whitehead & Nicole Hatch
2006	Steve Hills & Charlie Daniel	Tommy Vanarsdale & Amanda Spears
2008	Robbie Phillips & Charlie Daniel	Stowe Buntz & Diana Willman
2009	Brian Blake & Charlie Daniel	Mark Knight & Maridy Knight

	Mixed Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Joe Futima & Barbara Moten	Vic White & Dawn Bocchinfuso
2002	Joe Futima & Suzanne Howie	Shane Meeks & Lisa Malphrus
2003	Doug Watkins & Billie Churchwell	Doug Jeffcoat & Paula Delp
2005	Neal Bedworth & Debra Parker	Ryan Barnette & Susa Jordan
2006	Steve Hills & Charlie Daniel	Brian Blake & Lynn Freitas
2008	Ryan Barnette & Susan Jordan	Bob Gargan & Deana Miller
2009	Jamie Dziczkonski & Chris Linkous	Robbie Phillips & Julie Scheppele

	Draw Pairs 501
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Wesley Covert & Randy Booker	Wesley Winston & Joe Tadder
2002	Vic White & Jerry Oakley	Tom Hill & Richie Hazlett
2003	Don White & Ryan Barnette	Jeremiah Dubois & Jim Green
2005	Channie Newberry & Randy Pavel	David Motea & Mike Denton
2006	Charles McClearen & Jerry Oakley	Wil Tan & David Minasian
2008	Charles McClearen & Deana Miller	Robbie Phillips & Mike Peoples
2009	Chris Linkous & ?	Ron McCarthy & Darrin Montgomery

	Draw Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Brian Blake & Steve Chorba
2002	Tom Hill & Ryan Barnette	Bob Gargan & Billie Hartman
2003	Steve Preston & J.J. Merlot	Ryan Barnette & Watson Litchfield
2005	Rob Spears & Ben Terrell	Jim Furr & Mike McDonald
2006	Neal Bedworth & Mike McDonald	Jeff Adams & Bob Gargan
2008	Steve Ebron & Robbie Phillips	Del Creech & Chris Linkous
2009	Chris Linkous & Charlie Woodmansee	Alan Mathews & AJ Pierce

Air Capital Open (Witchita, KS)

Tournament first staged in 1982.

Wichita Darting Association.

	Men’s Singles
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Robert Johnson Jr	Larry Trussell
2006	Ken Swanson	Brad Wethington
2007	Steve Brown	Dan Halligan
2009	Ken Swanson	Steve Brown
2010	Chuck Pankow	Robert Shotts
2011	Steve Brown	Jeff Craven
2012	Steve Brown	Connley Litton
2013	Steve Brown	Robert Shotts
2014	Leonard Gates	Chuck Pankow
2015	Eliot Milk	Leonard Gates
2016	Michael Walters	Elliott Milk
2017	Ken Swanson	Robert Shotts
2018	Leonard Gates	Morgan Dotson
2019	Leonard Gates	Eric Gregory

	Open Singles 301
	Champion	Runner up
2009	Jason Naert	Mike Johnson
2010	Bill Davis	Jeff Craven
2011	Ryan Lock	Scott Thompson

	Open Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Robert Johnson Jr	Richard Mansfield
2006	Brad Wethington	Steve Brown
2007	Steve Brown	Robert Shotts
2009	Steve Brown	Scott Cummings
2010	Bill Davis	Chuck Pankow
2011	Bill Davis	Jesse Russell
2012	Bill Davis	Steve Brown
2013	Steve Brown	Jesse Russell
2014	Leonard Gates	Rober Shotts
2015	Leonard Gates	Eliot Milk
2016	Willard Bruguier Jr.	Jon Foreman
2017	Mike Rountree	Vince Ming
2018	Derek Priest	Leonard Gates
2019	Bruce Robbins	Tom Sawyer

	Ladies Singles
	Champion	Runner up
2001	Tammy Edwards	Trina Garner
2006	Sherry Benton	Kari Stevenson
2007	Sherri Benton	Charity Swanson
2009	Christina Medina	Brenda Roush
2010	Debbie Ivey	Missy Geist
2011	Brenda Roush	Debbie Ivey
2012	Brenda Roush	Terra Poplstein
2013	Diana Rutherford	Lori Kennedy
2014	Renee Ripol	Diana Rutherford
2015	Morgan McCormack	Brenda Roush
2016	Debbie Ivey	Diana Rutherford
2017	Brenda Roush	Katherine Fitch
2018	Sarah Simoens	Brenda Roush
2019	Trish Grzesik	Debbie Ivey

	Ladies Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2009	Christina Medina	Mandy Johnson
2010	Jennifer Holley	Suzie Hall
2011	Brenda Roush	Debbie Ivey
2012	Brenda Roush	Laurie Green
2013	Debbie Ivey	Terra Poplstein
2014	Diana Rutherford	Brenda Roush
2015	Morgan McCormack	Valerie Goad
2016	Debbie Ivey	Kacee Jones
2017	Katherine Fitch	Sarah Simoens
2018	Debbie Ivey	Diana Rutherford
2019	Debbie Ivey	Renee Ripol

	Open Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Robert Johnson Jr & Tim Cherven	Roy Derz & Richard Mansfield
2006	Ken Swanson & Rick Wiedlow	Robbie Means & Richard Mansfield
2009	Tim Cherven & Harry Stout	Steve Brown & Dan Zimmerman
2010	Robert Shotts & Dan Hallagin	Chuck Pankow & Steve Brown
2011	Connley Litton & Bill Davis	Ryan Mooneyhan & Jesse Russell

	Men’s Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Robert Johnson Jr & Tim Cherven	C Bear & Ed Garcia
2009	Mike Johnson & Mike Nolen	Steve Brown & Dan Zimmerman
2010	Chuck Pankow & Steve Brown	Danny Wood & Scott Thompson
2011	Jeff Craven & Gerald Nuttle	Jared Sullivan & Steve Brown

	Ladies Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Pamela Patton & Stacy Edwards	Lori Kennedy & Cheryl Andree
2006	Margie Tiebgcali & Sherri Benton	Mandy Tynski & Angie Morris
2009	Brenda Roush & Andrea Taylor	Christina Medina & Beverly Morse
2010	Suzie Hall & Christy Zimmerman	Sandy Diel & Shawna Inkelaar
2011	Cyndi Craven & Kathy Hallagin	Christi Zimmerman & Diana Rutherford

	Ladies Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Wanda Larson & Diana Rutherford	Brenda Rouse & Tara Kienzel
2009	Christina Medina & Beverly Morse	Sherri Benton & Suzie Hall
2010	Cindy Craven & Debbie Ivey	Suzie Hall & Christy Zimmerman
2011	Cyndi Craven & Kathy Hallagin	Michelle Nagel & Amy Pierce

	Draw Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Richard Mansfield & Bill Williams	Tim Cherven & Don Walton

	Draw Pairs Chicago
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Dan Evans & Steve Miller	Bryan Byrnes & Mike Durham
2009	Kathie Wiscaver & ?	Eric Vyff & Steven White
2010	Jess Williams & Gary Boisen	Shawn Geist & John Logsdon

	Draw Pairs Chicago/Consolation
	Champions	Runners up
2001	Ed Linehan & Tara Kienzel	Kenny Chamblion & Daren Pracht

	Mixed Triples
	Champions
2001	Richard Mansfield, Donna Godwin & Roy Denz
2006	Robbie Means, Richard Mansfield, & Jeanette Bruno
2009	Ken Swanson, Charity Swanson & Tony Lynch
2010	Jared Sullivan, Christy Zimmerman, & Bill Davis
2011	Bill Davis, Brenda Roush & Connley Litton

	Mixed Triples Cricket
	Champions
2001	Robert Johnson Jr., Tim Cherven, & Tara Kiensel
2006	Steve Brown, Greg Wadsworth, & LeAnna Clifford
2009	Debbie Ivey, Robert Shotts, & Dan Hallagin
2010	Chuck Pankow, Steve Brown, & Lesleigh Hayes
2011	Connley Litton, Brenda Roush, & Bill Davis

Alabama Open

	Men's Singles 301
	Champion	Runner up
2007	Jade Henson	Danny Baggish

	Men's Singles 501
	Champion	Runner up
2007	Danny Baggish	Roger Carter

	Men's Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2007	Roger Carter	Brad Wethington

	Ladies Singles 301
	Champion	Runner up
2007	Paula Murphy	Beth Fox

	Ladies Singles 501
	Champion	Runner up
2007	Paula Murphy	Dynell Kinman

	Ladies Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2007	Paula Murphy	Vera Emons

	Men's Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2007	Danny Baggish & Brad Wethington	Jimmy Permenter & Joey Walker

	Men's Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2007	Danny Baggish & Brad Wethington	Jade Henson & Robbie Sharpless

	Ladies Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2007	Dynell Kinman & Paula Murphy	Stacey Pace & Vickie Taylor

	Ladies Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2007	Stacey Pace & Vickie Taylor	Vera Emons & Nancy Jo Sebring

	Draw Pairs Chicago
	Champions	Runners up
2007	Danny Baggish & Jason Comardelle	Ralph McCool & Stacey Pace

	Mixed Triples
	Champions
2007	Danny Baggish, Paula Murphy, & Brad Wethington

Alabama State Tournament

	Men's Singles 301
	Champion	Runner up
2009	Donald Bilbro Jr	Tom Sheets
2010	Roger Carter	JR Roland
2011	Ralph McCool	Thomas Baugh
2012	Ralph McCool	Beaver Potterfield
2016	Jimmy Altsman	Kyle Dean

	Men's Singles
	Champion	Runner up
2009	Roger Carter	Tom Sheets
2010	Thomas Baugh	Roger Carter
2011	Roger Carter	Barry Colston
2012	Jimmy Altsman	Jonathan Bond
2016	Gene Walts	Steven Gosnell

	Men's Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2009	Roger Carter	Shane Woods
2010	Roger Carter	Barry Colston
2011	Ralph McCool	Barry Colston
2012	Steven Gosnell	Ralph McCool
2016	Tom Sheets	Gene Walts

	Ladies Singles 301
	Champion	Runner up
2009	Denise Wallace	Kayleen Sullivan
2010	Cathy Lowery	Wanda Pepper
2011	Vera Emons	Darla Wood
2012	Vera Emons	Cyndy Gaskin
2016	Melissa Wright	Jami Quick

	Ladies Singles
	Champion	Runner up
2009	Wanda Coontz	Wanda Pepper
2010	Vera Emons	Melisia Anderson
2011	Vera Emons	Whittney Goode
2012	Vera Emons	Wanda Coontz
2016	Nancy Jo Mize	Wanda Pepper

	Ladies Singles Cricket
	Champion	Runner up
2009	Vera Emons	Wanda Pepper
2010	Elena Cordova	Jody McLane
2011	Vera Emons	Jody McLane
2012	Wanda Coontz	Vera Emons
2016	Melissa Wright	Cindy Johnson

	Men's Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2009	Thomas Baugh & Beaver Potterfield	Keith Graham & Ralph McCool
2010	Thomas Baugh & Beaver Potterfield	JD Dunaway & Salem Lopez
2011	Ralph McCool & Steven Gosnell	Thomas Baugh & Barry Colston
2012	Heinz Sage & Shane Woods	Jonathan Bond & Jimmy Womack
2016	Jimmy Altsman & Chris Campbell	Tim Byrd & Eric Little

	Men's Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2009	Beaver Potterfield & Thomas Baugh	Dan ny Casey & Shane Woods
2010	Jake Thompson & Roger Carter	Roger Duncan & Keith Graham
2011	Thomas Baugh & Barry Colston	Jimmy Womack & Roger Carter
2012	Batty Colston & Mike Patterson	Mickey Eldridge & Trint Sumner
2016	Ralph McCool & Chris Campbell	Donnie Lassey & Shane Woods

	Ladies Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2009	Wanda Coontz & Wanda Pepper	Nancy Jo Sebring & Vera Emons
2010	Cindy Williams & Xiu Knoll	Darla Wood & Denise Wallace
2011	Shelby Sullivan & Whittney Goode	Vera Emons & Nancy Jo Sebring
2012	Wanda Coontz & Xiu Knoll	Elena Cordova & Kayleen Sullivan
2016	Nancy Jo Mize & Melissa Wright	Karen Williams & Rachael Haines

	Ladies Pairs Cricket
	Champions	Runners up
2009	Vera Emons & Nancy Jo Sebring	Wanda Coontz & Wanda Pepper
2010	Xiu Knoll & Cindy Williams	Bonnie Henderson & Wanda Pepper
2011	Vera Emons & Nancy Jo Sebring	Darla Wood & Denise Wallace
2012	Vera Emons & Nancy Jo Sebring	Patricia L Brinkley & Angela Holladay
2016	Nancy Jo Mize & Melissa Wright	Cindy Johnson & Jami Quick

	Mixed Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2009	Roger Carter & Vera Emons	Russ Lopez & Wanda Coontz
2010	Roger Carter & Vera Emons	Tom Sheets & Bonnie Henderson
2011	Roger Carter & Vera Emons	Beaver Potterfield & Darla Wood
2012	Barry Colston & Wanda Coontz	Brandy Tucker & Trint Sumner

	Draw Pairs
	Champions	Runners up
2009	Roger Carter & Mark Pepper	Ken Woodall & Shane Woods
2010	Bubbba Gump Sullivan & Todd Gober	Barry Colston & Jamie Smith
2011	Ralph McCool & Blu Smallwood	Tom Bush & Nathan White
2012	Thomas Baugh & Barry Colston	Bobby Dunn & Eric Wilson
2016	Jimmy Altsman & Chip Pollard	T.W. Smith & Shelby Sullivan

	Draw Pairs Chicago
	Champions	Runners up
2009	Jonathan Lamons & Shane Woods	Steven Gosnell & Robert Martin
2010	Thomas Baugh & Kayleen Sullivan	Beaver Potterfield & Salem Lopez
2011	Mitch Quick & John Harris	Kyle Dean & Jimmy Altsman
2012	Craig Mize & J Parochelli	Dan Greene & Henry Kakatin
2016	Jamie Smith & Randy Joyner	Tim Byrd & David Smith

	Mixed Triples
	Champions
2009	Vera Emons, Roger Carter, & Jake Thompson
2010	Nancy Jo Sebring, Barry Colston, & Steven Waldrep
2011	Nikki McCool, Ralph McCool, & Steven Gosnell
2012	Barry Colston, Wanda Coontz, & Mike Patterson
2016	Cindy Johnson, Chris Campbell, & Jimmy Altsman

USA Darts

Steel Tip Tournament Results

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