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The second Pro Darters Championship is in the history books and the level of play from our Certified Professionals just keeps getting better! If you have been following the Pro circuit you’ll recall the first Championship was held in New Orleans back in May of ’07. Unfortunately lack of sponsorship prohibited the ADA from returning to the Big Easy. It also prohibited us from keeping this a “stand alone” event. So this year we combined it with the 17th ADA National Championship in Orlando scheduling it on Wednesday, August 6th.
Twenty-four Pros registered in four singles categories; Men’s & Women’s soft tip and Men’s & Women’s steel tip. The format was identical for all categories; 501 straight start, double out best of 3, best of 3 sets single elimination. All matches were seeded based on the Pro’s year end qualifying points per dart averages (ppda). If you follow other Professional sports you’ll recognize the seeding process. No “random blind draw” here as the top seed played the lowest seed, second highest, second lowest with the remaining seeds paired in the same order. Under these conditions as the top seeds advanced they could only meet in the finals. Incidentally all four reigning Champions returned to defend their titles. Over $4000. was awarded in both events.
The competition was fierce and there were several upsets during the competition. An upset occurs when a low seed defeats a higher seed. At the conclusion of each round points per dart averages were adjusted with the higher average starting the first leg and odd numbered games. The lower average started the even games.
The Pro/Am doubles followed. This event included 501 and cricket. Games alternated in a race to four format.
Most Valuable Pro’s were determined by comparing their certified ppda to their Championship ppda, number of games played versus number of games won and 180’s.
| Pro Darts Championship Seeding |
| Men’s Soft Tip |
| ADA Professional |
PPDA |
Seeded |
Region |
| Youngblood, Mark |
29.16 |
1 |
II |
| Cross Jr, Bill |
28.74 |
2 |
II |
| Wehde, Bob |
27.61 |
3 |
VI |
| Cartwright, Chris |
26.71 |
4 |
II |
| Fraedrich, Thaddeus |
25.17 |
5 |
VI |
| Meyer, Brad |
23.36 |
6 |
V |
| McNeely, Ott |
23.22 |
7 |
III |
| Milan, Mike |
22.03 |
8 |
IV |
| Boudreaux, Casey |
21.50 |
9 |
IV |
| Nelson, Robert |
21.36 |
10 |
VI |
Men's Soft tip Results
First round
Number one seed Mark Youngblood defeats tenth seed Rob Nelson in 2 sets 4-1
Number two seed Bill Cross defeats ninth seed Casey Boudreaux in 2 sets 4-0
Number three seed Bob Wehde defeats eighth seed Mike Milan in 2 sets 4-0
Number four seed Chris Cartwright defeats seventh seed Ott McNeely in 2 sets 4-1
Number five seed Thaddeus Fraedrich defeats sixth seed Brad Meyer in 2 sets 4-1
Second round
Number one seed Mark Youngblood advances
Number five seed Thaddeus Fraedrich upsets fourth seed Chris Cartwright in 2 sets 4-1
Third round
Number five seed Thaddeus Fraedrich upsets number one seed Mark Youngblood in 2 sets 4-0
Number two seed Bill Cross defeats three seed Bob Wehde in 2 sets 4-1
Finals – Race to 9 wins
Number two seed Bill Cross defeats number four seed Thaddeus Fraedrich 9-4
| Pro Darts Championship Seeding |
| Women’s Soft Tip |
| ADA Professional |
PPDA |
Seeded |
Region |
| Purgold, Jean |
20.51 |
1 |
II |
| Beard, Amy |
19.96 |
2 |
III |
| Lemon, Brenda |
17.00 |
3 |
II |
| Nelson, Codi |
16.67 |
4 |
VI |
| Harris, Ines |
16.42 |
5 |
III |
Women's Soft tip Results
First round
Number one seed Jean Purgold advances to the second round
Fourth seed Codi Nelson defeats fifth seed Ines Harris in 2 sets 4-1
Second round
Number four seed Codi Nelson upsets one seed Jean Purgold in 2 sets 4-0
Number two seed Amy Beard defeats third seed Brenda Lemon in 2 sets 4-0
Finals – Race to 9 wins
Number four seed Codi Nelson upsets second seed Amy Beard 9-6
| Pro Darts Championship Seeding |
| Men’s Steel Tip |
| ADA Professional |
PPDA |
Seeded |
Region |
| Simko, Toby |
21.15 |
1 |
II |
| Dye, Bill |
19.25 |
2 |
II |
| Berthelot, Charles |
19.02 |
3 |
IV |
| Dove, Christopher |
18.23 |
4 |
IV |
Men's Steel Tip Results
First round
Number one seed Toby Simko defeats fourth seed Christopher Dove in 2 sets 4-0
Number two seed Bill Dye defeats third seed Charles Bertholet in 2 sets 4-1
Finals – Race to 9 wins
Number one seed Toby Simko defeats number two seed Bill Dye 9-4
| Pro Darts Championship Seeding |
| Women’s Steel Tip |
| ADA Professional |
PPDA |
Seeded |
Region |
| Weaver, Wanda |
14.58 |
1 |
IV |
| Nolasco, Marilyn |
12.98 |
2 |
IV |
| Crisman, Kimberly |
12.91 |
3 |
IV |
| Orgeron, Brandy |
12.91 |
4 |
IV |
| Thorson, Sally |
12.27 |
5 |
VI |
| Stafford, April |
12.25 |
6 |
IV |
Women's Steel tip Results
First round
Number one seed Wanda Weaver defeats number six seed April Stafford in 3 sets 5-4
Number five seed Sally Thorson upsets second seed Marilyn Nolasco in 2 sets 4-1
Number three seed Kim Crisman defeats fourth seed Brandy Orgeron in 2 sets 4-1
Second round
Number one seed advances
Number three seed Kim Crisman defeats fifth seed Sally Thorson in 3 sets 5-2
Finals – Race to 9 wins
Number one seed Wanda Weaver defeats number three seed Kim Crisman 9-4
Most Valuable Pro's
Men's Steel Tip
Toby Simko, PA
Women's Steel Tip
Wanda Weaver, LA
Men's Soft Tip
Bill Cross, Jr., VA
Women's Soft Tip
Codi Nelson, CO
Results of the Pro/Am that followed (Pros are listed first)
Soft Tip
1st Mark Youngblood, VA Mark Hinds, VA
2nd Robert Wehde, CO Saul Herrera, CO
3rd Mike Milan, LA Chuckie Graf, LA
3rd Denise Reisinger, MD, Pete Lynch, DE
Steel Tip
1st Toby Simko, PA Keith A Williams, TX
2nd William Dye, PA Mark Fair, PA
3rd Charlie Graf, LA Wanda Weaver, LA
3rd Mal Nolasco, LA Raynell Moody, LA
Highlights:
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In the soft tip first round Bill Cross tossed a 40.8 ppda in four games (10-12-13-14 darts)
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In the Men’s steel tip finals Champ Toby Simko tossed three 180’s finishing the match with a 24.2 ppda
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Number four seed Codi Nelson pulled out two upsets defeating the number one & number two seeds on her way to being the Women’s soft tip Champion tossing a 22.2 ppda
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On his way to the finals Number five seed Thaddeus Fraedrich upset the number one and number four seeds
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After 13 games played in the steel tip Women’s finals only a 1.2 ppda separated Champ Wanda Weaver and runner-up Kim Crisman
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After 15 games played in the soft tip Women’s finals only a 1.9 ppda separated Champ Codi Nelson and runner-up Amy Beard
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In the Men’s soft tip finals of the 13 games played only one reached 20 darts
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