July 7, 2007
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\nMawson and Part Advance!<\/b><\/p>\n
Today\u2019s Dartoid\u2019s World installment on the second stage round at the Professional Darts Corporations (PDC) sixth annual Las Vegas Desert Classic will be brief but that\u2019s not because of all the e-mails I\u2019ve received begging me to stop churning out this crap or because no North American\u2019s advanced to tomorrow\u2019s quarter finals.<\/p>\n
No my friends, this column will be short because I\u2019ve just plain run out of nice things to say about Dave \u2018Boy\u2019 Green.<\/p>\n
TWO North Americans (and it should have been THREE) are left standing among the last eight and ironically they are former doubles partners, John Part from Oshawa, Ontario and Gary Mawson, formerly from Canada and now from Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania\u2019s Darin Young, despite leading Dennis \u201cSmiffy\u201d Smith the entire match, landing six maximums, and ending with a nearly six point higher average, saw flurry of missed doubles let Smith steal the contest in the final moments.<\/p>\n
After Part blasted a 160 finish in his first leg to break Mark \u201cFlash\u201d Dudbridge straight away, Dudbridge responded in kind with a 124 of his own \u2013 and that set the standard that kept fans of both players on the edge of their seat throughout. In the end however, it was more a matter of missed doubles by Part (including a bull shot to finish 164) that kept Dudbridge in the encounter that ultimately came down to the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n
In another tense battle which ended in a score line that belies the closeness and back and forth nature of the match, after being ahead and behind and ahead and behind again to Alan Tabern, down 6-5, Gary Mawson finally found the darts reel off a three-leg string to take the match 8-6 and move to the next challenge of the tournament.<\/p>\n
And what a challenge it will be!<\/p>\n
Mawson will face Terry Jenkins in the fourth best-of-nineteen leg quarter final contest tomorrow. Jenkins prevailed 8-7 over Wes Newton today in a barnburner of a match in which neither player seemed to be able to find the double in the final leg. In the end Jenkins stuck the double four to set up his meeting with Mawson.<\/p>\n
In Part\u2019s quest to defend his title he will step to the quarter final oche against Dennis Smith. Part will be the odds on favorite to head straight to the semis on Sunday.<\/p>\n
In the third quarter final contest, Adrian \u201cJackpot\u201d Lewis will see Peter \u201cOne Dart\u201d Manley. Lewis threw BIG darts today, including finishes of 155, 146, and 124, to see off tough PDC newcomer, Mervyn King 8-6. For his part, Manley was on form and dispatched Colin Osborn 8-4 with relative ease. Tomorrows Lewis-Manley contest could be a great one.<\/p>\n
Finally, world champion Raymond van Barneveld will take on his countryman Roland Scholten. Barneveld dismantled Wayne Mardle earlier today, taking the dance out of \u201cHawaii 501\u2019s\u201d step with a blistering 8-1 victory. Scholten rolled past Steve Beaton quite easily as well, ending the match 8-5. The thing is, the world champion averaged just under 100 \u2013 and pretty much has all week; Scholten averaged eighty-eight. Averages may not mean everything and tomorrow is another day \u2013 but the bookies are surely going to be predicting a manhandling in this quarter final pairing.<\/p>\n
Play beings in the morning at 11:00 and afterwards comes the semi-final draw \u2013 and on Sunday BOTH the semi final and final matches will be played.<\/p>\n
The finish line is in sight. Eight players now are assured of at least a $10,000 pay day. Tomorrow four players will be guaranteed at least $15,000.<\/p>\n
And the two players will fight it out in the final best-of-twenty-five leg championship contest to determine how to divide the remaining $60,000.<\/p>\n
Good luck to all \u2013 especially Part and Mawson!<\/p>\n
From the Field,<\/p>\n
Dartoid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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No my friends, this column will be short because I\u2019ve just plain run out of nice things to say about Dave \u2018Boy\u2019 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