{"id":5973,"date":"2022-05-31T11:04:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2022\/05\/column-hr345-the-wdf-is-the-ados-boss\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:18:22","slug":"column-hr345-the-wdf-is-the-ados-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2022\/05\/column-hr345-the-wdf-is-the-ados-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR345 \u201cThe WDF is the ADO\u2019s boss!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
\n<\/strong>Column HR345<\/strong>
\n“The WDF is the ADO’s boss.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Really<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Those words are found on the ADO website in an opus by Director of Operations Steve Brown.\u00a0 It presents supposition that the reader is asked to accept as incontrovertible truths.\u00a0 Goebbels school of propaganda on display.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Oregon Open will not only be run according to ADO rules, but to WDF rules also.\u00a0 This seems to confuse a lot of people.\u00a0 Many ask why we should be having to abide by rules of a different body?\u00a0 The thing that many don\u2019t get is that the WDF is the ADO\u2019s boss!\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0That statement – setting out\u00a0the ADO as\u00a0subservient to the WDF – should shock all American darters and cause the ADO founders to spin in their graves.<\/p>\n

Steve Brown is a good guy, a hard worker and dedicated.\u00a0 \u00a0But if he believes this, he doesn\u2019t understand his responsibility to American players.<\/p>\n

The Portland Area Dart Association faced a problem\u00a0with\u00a0dwindling numbers for the Oregon Open.\u00a0 The idea – a “solution” – arose (possibly planted by an uninformed someone) that WDF ranking points would increase attendance.<\/p>\n

It was taken as the gospel as if written on a table from on high.<\/p>\n

There is no evidence that WDF points increase attendance for tournaments in the USA.\u00a0 Did attendance increase? \u00a0\u201cNo, not over all.\u00a0 There were a few more big-time players.\u00a0 That\u2019s all.\u00a0 Locals don\u2019t come around much either.\u00a0 The Oregon Open is probably about done for.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Oregon Open has a special place in the ODC\u2019s heart.\u00a0 It was his first travel tournament – held at Portland\u2019s Masonic Hall and the Paramount Heathman Hotel, the ODC had high expectations.<\/p>\n

Freddy DuBois brought a bus load of darters and reserved one hotel room just for beer.<\/p>\n

The ODC\u2019s first blind draw matched him with unknown\u00a0lady named Linda.\u00a0 At the board she asked, \u201cAre you Howie Reed?\u201d \u00a0\u201cYes.\u201d \u00a0\u201cOh, you have to bring your own darts?\u201d<\/p>\n

The next year, pure coincidence, the ODC again drew Linda. \u00a0\u201cI bought my own darts,\u201d she proudly announced.\u00a0 After three of her practice darts, he asked, “Why?”<\/p>\n

The next year, the ODC declined to enter the blind draw.\u00a0 He still drew Linda.\u00a0 The late tournament director Roger Crystal denied shenanigans with a smile.<\/p>\n

Brown continues, \u201cWDF stands for \u201cWorld Darts Federation.\u201d\u00a0 The term \u201cWorld\u201d is an indicator of the fact that the WDF is actually the world\u2019s official governing body for steel-tip darts.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Talk about drinking the Grape Kool-Aid at Jonestown.\u00a0 This is fiction, not fact.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no “official governing body” for steel-tip either in the world or in the USA.\u00a0 This \u201cfact\u201d is made of nothing more than the “cloth” from a sow’s posterior.<\/p>\n

No sensible argument can be made that the WDF is more powerful than the PDC.\u00a0 In the USA the CDC and USSDA are on the rise as they nip at the ADO\u2019s heels.<\/p>\n

Ask any dart player who\u2019s the world champion?\u00a0 The answer will be Michael van Gerwen, Phil Taylor or Peter Wright nary a mention of Neil Duff.<\/p>\n

Brown’s logic is questionable, at best.\u00a0 \u201cThe American Darts Organization is the official governing body for steel-tip darts in the US \u2013 as recognized by the WDF, of whom the ADO is a member.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d\u00a0 The WDF bestows upon itself the title \u201cworld official governing body\u201d then anoints the ADO as the \u201cofficial governing body in the USA.\u201d\u00a0 Sure.<\/p>\n

Steve Brown’s responsibility is to help rebuild the ADO after lockdowns and lack of leadership have decimated the ranks.\u00a0 He and the ADO\u00a0owe no allegiance to the WDF, nor should they shill on their behalf<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Darts fans have memories that bring smiles.\u00a0\u00a0For instance, the comeback of Ronnie Baxter against the ODC in New Orleans.\u00a0 Baxter smiles.<\/p>\n

Add another to the ODC\u2019s list.\u00a0 The final night of full Premier League play, we saw Joe Cullen vs. Peter Wright for 4th<\/sup>\u00a0place.\u00a0Head to head for \u00a310,000, a place in the finals on June 13 in Berlin and \u00a3275,000 to the winner.\u00a0 Wright had been secure in the top four throughout the season only to be regulated to 5th<\/sup>\u00a0after losing to Cullen 6-1 in week 15.<\/p>\n

The always resplendent John McDonald introduced Wright, rolling the \u201cR\u201d with the ease of a ladyboy rolling a drunk on Beach Road in Pattaya, Thailand.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0scenario was scripted by the Dart God, who takes pleasure in promising a pony but delivering, well, never mind…<\/p>\n

Cullen\u00a0threw first.\u00a0 The players held thru 8 legs, level at 4.\u00a0 Along the way, Wright would avert losses when Cullen missed a bull on a 126 (getting \u00bd bull) by whacking out 116, then held in 11 darts making it level again.<\/p>\n

The ninth leg was the decider as Wright needed to hold all his throws,\u00a0then break to win.\u00a0 Cullen\u2019s hold effort was strong with T20, T80, 96 – leaving 105 after 9.\u00a0 Wright applied pressure with T40, T80, T45 – leaving 36 after 9.\u00a0 But Cullen broke Wright’s effort to hold and his spirit with the 105-check (19, t18, d16 – done with the cool of an ex-mother-n law’s stare.<\/p>\n

The 10th<\/sup>\u00a0leg produced two of the best approach shots of the match.\u00a0 Wright, throwing first, used 133 to leave 24 after Cullen tallied 134 to leave 49.\u00a0\u00a0A 17 and d16 sends Cullen to the playoffs where he\u2019ll face Jonny Clayton.\u00a0 James Wade and Michael van Gerwen will meet in the other semi in Berlin.<\/p>\n

This weekend, June 3-4, the PDC makes their annual visit to the Colonies for the US Darts Masters where eight PDC players will face 8 from Norte America…<\/p>\n

On Saturday afternoon, the North Americans will vie for their championship.\u00a0 \u00a0Danny Baggish will try to repeat his victory over Jeff Smith of 2019. \u00a0Canada\u2019s David Cameron is coming in with a head of steam after his 6-2 victory over Phil Taylor in the Senior Masters. \u00a0Cameron was 33-1 to win collecting \u00a310,000 for the win,<\/p>\n

North America Team<\/u><\/p>\n

Jeff Smith, Matt Campbell, David Cameron, Danny Baggish, Jules van Dongen Leonard Gates, Doug Boehm and Danny Lauby Jr.<\/p>\n

PDC Team<\/u><\/p>\n

Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen, Fallon Sherrock, James Wade, Michael Smith, Gary Anderson and Jonny Clayton.<\/p>\n

As the PDC is invading New York, England’s longest serving Queen will be celebrating her\u00a0Platinum Jubilee marking her service to the people of the United Kingdom – 70 years on the throne.<\/p>\n

Those of us that eat at Taco Bell know the experience.<\/p>\n

Stay thirsty my friends.<\/p>\n

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