Well the 2007-2008 Downtown Dart League has come to an end. We had eight teams this year and as far as I can tell, everyone had a great time. I want to thank John Geer for being our league President yet another year, along with all the team captains who did an excellent job calling in the scores, along with working together to make this an outstanding year.. Hopefully, every team will be back for another season next year (September Time-Frame). Before I wrap-up this final update, I would like to take a couple of minutes to point out some highlights from this season.

Carpentiers, led by Don Hartin, were basically unstoppable throughout the normal season and easily took 1st place. I believe they only lost two matches all year. Great Job Don!

Unlike 1st, there was a real battle for 2nd. Four teams, Cabin Tavern, Hideaway A, Club O, and Buckaroo fought right down to the last week of the season, with the Cabin Tavern winning by the skin of their teeth.

All though not battling for 2nd, the final three teams always played hard and there was no guarantee who was going to win when someone played them.

After the normal season, we always play a single elimination seeded playoff, with the winner claiming the rights to a beautiful traveling trophy that has been around since at least 1982. And as has been the norm in our league, finishing first does not guarantee you will win the trophy.

As our league champ Carpentiers can attest to. They barely survived their first round match against Hideaway B, just to fall to Club O in the semi-finals. With the upset, that left Club O and the Cabin Tavern to battle it out for the trophy, and a battle it was with the match going all the way to the final game to determine the winner. It was Cabin Tavern for the second year in a row. Is this the start of dynasty? Probably not, but we enjoy it while we can.

Thursday the 27th of March was our award banquet for the season. It was held at Carpentiers, where Dave Carpentier severed an outstanding meal for everyone to enjoy. We presented prize money for all teams along with a sponsorship plaque for each bar the sponsored a team. The traveling trophy was also presented to the Cabin Tavern. Afterwards, the league held a no entry fee blind draw team event. It’s the leagues way of saying thanks to everyone who shot with us this year. I am not sure who ended up taking the event, since I lost early, but there was still three teams in the hunt when I left.

I would like to close by inviting anyone who wishes to shot with us in the 2008-2009 dart-year to contact either myself at 345-9098 or John Geer at 338-6992. We can always use a few more teams or individuals, but only if you want to have FUN!

See you all next year. Pat Walker

Well, after picking on Pat at the banquet about not putting out any updates in regards to the downtown league, I figured I would put out a quick statement.

While Carpentiers had a great regular season, placing themselves solidly in first place, the Cabin Tavern won the playoffs to take the trophy. A hearty congratulations to both of these teams as well as a thanks to every team and player for a rather fun and enjoyable season.

By far, there was less whining and bickering than I have heard during a league (either soft or steel dart s) in a long time.

My last two thoughts are for John and Pat. In case you two have not heard it, or at least enough, thanks for running the league and for keeping us updated via the web.

See you all next year and have a great summer,
Mike Bouwkamp

OK, so I know I’m late getting this update out, and I probably would have just not done one at all; but I didn’t want to disappoint my one and only reader…..Chuck!

The final position round of the year only produced one surprise. 4th place Buckaroo beat 3rd place Hideaway A and promptly dropped to 5th. As usual the number got them in the end. Hideaway A had 158 going into the position round versus Buckaroo’s 149. After Buckaroo beat Hideaway A 11 to 8, the Buck’s were sitting with 160 points and Hideaway A at 166. What dropped the Buck’s to 5th was Club Oasis.

Club O also started the night with 149 points, but beat Pioneer 14 to 5, which gave Club O 163 points and 4th place. The match had no real impact on Pioneer since they were locked in 6th place. I should also mention that this match produced the most high scores for the night: Chuck – 140, Kim – 135, Zack and Dave for Pioneer also had 140’s.

Hideaway C beat Hideaway B 11 – 8 and the Cabin beat Carpentiers 11 – 8.

So the play-offs begin and this is how it should work. The highest seeded team plays the lowest seeded team. The match is 2 out of 3, race to 10 points, losing team is out of the play-offs. This should continue each week until there is only one team standing. The first nights matches are:

1 – Carpentiers Vs 8 – Hideaway B – Match is at Carpentiers
2 – Cabin Tavern Vs 7 – Hideaway C – Match is at Cabin Tavern
3 – Hideaway A Vs 6 – Pioneer – Match is at Hideaway
4 – Club Oasis Vs 5 Buckaroo – Match is at Club O

Good luck to all teams and win or lose, please do not forget to call in the results.

Pat

This is it, the last position round of the season. I will get to who plays were shortly, but first a quick look at last week’s results.

Carpentiers easily beat Hideaway B 17-2. The only high score reported was for Al from Hideaway B. He shot a nice 105 on to start his match and as it turned out, also produced the only wins for Hideaway B when he won both his singles.

Hideaway A picked up 12 points, beating Hideaway C 12-7. Once again, the only big score reported was for the losing team. Jennette shot a 125 in her match. No mention if she won or lost.

Club Oasis had a preview of this weeks position round, when they hosted Pioneer. Club O won 13 – 6, but this might have just been the practice round that Pioneer needed for next week. O, by the way, someone from a winning team finally had a high score, Mike for Club O shot a 122.

Cabin Tavern and the Buckaroo partied it up (well at least the Buckaroo did, since two of their players hit a super bowl football pool) last week. Cabin played a little more sober and won 11 – 8. They also had the most high darts for the week. Pat a 123, Kristi – 121 and Helga a 120.

So who plays who for position round, glad you asked.
1. Carpentiers will host Cabin Tavern
2. Hideaway A Vs Buckaroo at the Hideaway
3. Pioneer will once again play Club Oasis at The O
4. Hideaway C will be home team against Hideaway B at ---- the Hideaway.

High Scores – This Week:

Over 120: Jennette (Hideaway C) – 125, Pat (Cabin Tavern) – 123, Mike (Club Oasis) – 122, Kristi (Cabin Tavern) – 121.

D-On’s Over 100: Al (Hideaway B) – 105,

Out’s Over 100: None

League High Scores – Year to Date:

Over 120: Jason (Hideaway A) – 180, Rob (Cabin Tavern) – 180

D-On’s Over 100: Mike (Hideaway A) – 160, Chuck (Club O) – 160, KJ (Carpentiers) 160

Out’s Over 100: Freak (Carpentiers) - 137

Pat

With only one week to go and a position round, it looks like Carpentiers has first place locked-up. Especially since their match before position round is Hideaway B who is currently near last place in the league. I guess the only real hope for the rest of the league is if the entire Carpentiers Team drops of the face of the earth for the next two weeks…does anyone know who books the flights for NASA? Anyway onto this weeks results.

Hideaway A is trying to recover from last week’s bruising, by taking it out on Hideaway B. Hideaway A won what must have been an uneventful match, since no high scores of any kind where called in. Hideaway A 16, Hideaway B 3.

Carpentiers was also at the Hideaway, taking on Hideaway C. As usual, Carpentiers turned in some impressive scores. Conrad shot a 140 and Gill a 127 for the high scores, while KJ shot a 160 on to start his match. Hideaway C was not going to be left out, for the second week in a row Don shot a 140. Carpentiers 14, Hideaway C 5

Pioneer was visiting Buckaroo and walked away with a few badly needed points. Pioneer was led by Dave who shot a 140, while the Buckaroos could muster and high scores. Pioneer 12, Buckaroo 7

The Cabin Tavern hosted Club Oasis in what turned out to be a slugfest. Helga got things started with a 110 on but couldn’t find her out. Next came Kristi who shot a 121 and provided Cabin with their first win. Rob, was not going to be out done by his wife (Kristi), then steps up and shoots a 180, 125 and a 121. Even Club Oasis was getting in on the action, with Keith hitting both a 140 and a 132 as high darts for his team. Cabin 12, Club O 7.

High Scores – This Week:

Over 120: Rob (Cabin Tavern) – 180 & 125 & 121, Don (Hideaway C) – 140, Keith (Club Oasis) – 140 & 132, Conrad (Carpentiers) – 140, Dave (Pioneer) – 140, Gill (Carpentiers) – 137, Kristi (Cabin Tavern) – 121.

D-On’s Over 100: KJ (Carpentiers) – 160, Helga (Cabin Tavern) – 110.

Out’s Over 100: None

League High Scores – Year to Date:

Over 120: Jason (Hideaway A) – 180, Rob (Cabin Tavern) – 180

D-On’s Over 100: Mike (Hideaway A) – 160, Chuck (Club O) – 160, KJ (Carpentiers) 160

Out’s Over 100: Freak (Carpentiers) - 137

Pat

Carpentiers KO’d Hideaway A this week to all but lock up first place in the Downtown Dart League. Hideaway A won only one match, losing 18-1 to Carpentiers. RJ was the heavyweight for Carpentiers, starting two games with a 130 and 115 on. Ty for Hideaway answered with a 112, but even with Jason shooting a 140 it wasn’t enough to stop the bleeding. Not only was the 18-1 the worst lost of the season, but it also knock Hideaway A all the way down to fourth place, and with only two weeks left in the season I am not sure they can recover.

With two wins this week, the Cabin Tavern moved into second place. On Tuesday, the Cabin and Hideaway C played a make-up match from 17 January. Lead by Don’s 120 on (all double 20’s) Hideaway C fought hard, just barely losing 10-9. The Cabin’s second match was against Pioneer this week. With Rob from the Cabin stepping up when needed and shooting a 140, the Cabin won the match 12-7. The combined wins gave the Cabin a combined 22 points and second place.

Hideaway C must also like playing twice in one week beating in house rival Hideaway B 11-8. Once again, Don was the big gun scoring both a 140 and a 120 to help his team win.

The final match of the night was also the closest. Buckaroo out-danced Club Oasis to win the match 10-9. Mike from Club Oasis was swinging hard, with a 140, but Keith counterpunched with a nice 125.

High Scores – This Week:

Over 120: Don (Hideaway C) – 140 & 120, Jason (Hideaway A) – 140, Mike (Club Oasis) – 140, Rob (Cabin Tavern) – 140, Keith (Buckaroo) – 125.

D-On’s Over 100: RJ (Carpentiers) – 130 & 115, Ty (Hideaway A) – 112, Don (Hideaway C) – 120 (all double 20’s).

Out’s Over 100: None

League High Scores – Year to Date:

Over 120: Jason (Hideaway A) - 180

D-On’s Over 100: Mike (Hideaway A) – 160, Chuck (Club O) - 160

Out’s Over 100: Freak (Carpentiers) - 137

Pat

Hideaway A barley beat Buckaroo 10-9 this week. Ken for Buckaroo was the big gun, shooting a 140 in one of his matches along with a 111 to start another. For Hideaway, Jason had another good week also shooting a 140. Since this was Jason’s only high score, I am not sure if it was better or worse than last week – only one high score, but no three, and only 10 points.

Carpentiers won again, (so what else is new), beating Pioneer 14-5. Pioneer was led by John who shot a 140 and assisted by Dave with a 125, but apparently all Carpentier needed was a single high score of 115 from Freak to win the match. It will be interesting next week when the first place Carp’s plays the second place Hideaway A.

I am not sure what all happened during the Club O – Hideaway B match, since the only thing reported was the score of 12-7. There was one other thing, but I am not sure why Chuck wanted to know what I was wearing. Chuck, the New Years celebration is over – stay away from the happy juice!

Due to a lack of shooters, Hideaway C requested a postponement of their match with the Cabin Tavern. The make-up match will be held this coming Monday and I will report the scores in my next newsletter.

High Scores – This Week:

Over 120: John (Pioneer) – 140, Jason (Hideaway A) – 140, Ken (Buckaroo) – 140, Dave (Pioneer) – 125, and Freak (Carpentiers) – 115.

D-On’s Over 100: Ken (Buckaroo) - 111

Out’s Over 100: None

League High Scores – Year to Date:

Over 120: Jason (Hideaway A) - 180

D-On’s Over 100: Mike (Hideaway A) – 160, Chuck (Club O) - 160

Out’s Over 100: Freak (Carpentiers) - 137

Carpentiers notched another win this week beating Club O 13-6. Supported by strong starts from Conrad with a 106 on, KJ’s 105 on and Gill’s 102 on, this team seem unstoppable. The only bright spot for Club O was Mike who shot a 133. I also heard that Kim came close to skunking her opponent. I didn’t heard though if she won her match or not.

Buckaroo also had a strong night, easily defeating Hideaway C 16-3. Either no one shot any high darts, or the match was over so quickly they didn’t have time to write them down.

A team match decided the winner in the Hideaway A – Cabin match. Which unfortunately for us, the Hideaway won, beating us 12-7. Rob tried to keep the Cabin in the match by shooting a 140 and Helga even shot a 118 to start a game, but the Hideaway was too much. Jason shot 125 twice and Ty had a 120 on, to give Hideaway just enough momentum to win the match. However, I must mention that although Jason and Ty were the big guns for Hideaway, they were also the little pistols. Jason shot a 3 with three darts and Ty started to do the same thing, but decided to hit a 3 on his third dart for a total of 5. Sometimes Hideaways strategy amazes me.

Pioneer was led by strong shooting from both Dave and Zack in their 12-7 win over Hideaway B. Dave shot a 140 followed closely by Zack’s 133.

High Scores – This Week:

Over 120: Rob ( Cabin Tavern) – 140, Dave (Pioneer) – 140, Mike (Club O) – 133, Zack (Pioneer) – 133, and Jason (Hideaway A) – 125 x 2.

D-On’s Over 100: Ty (Hideaway A) – 120, Helga (Cabin Tavern) – 118, Conrad (Carpentiers) – 106, KJ (Carpentiers) – 105, and Gill (Carpentiers) - 102

Out’s Over 100: None

League High Scores – Year to Date:

Over 120: Jason (Hideaway A) - 180

D-On’s Over 100: Mike (Hideaway A) – 160, Chuck (Club O) - 160

Out’s Over 100: Freak (Carpentiers) - 137

Pat

I want to start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year and I hope all of you will be here with us at the end of the year. This may be a new year, but the darts scores called in seem a repeat of last year.

The Cabin started the year with the most wins, beating Hideaway B 15-4. However neither team had any high scores to report. The night was just full of “How was Christmas, Did you do anything for New Years” and so forth. What a wonderful way to start the year.

Buckaroo ran into Carpentiers and didn’t fare so well, losing 14-5. Here is another match that was pretty low key, with the only big darts being a High-on of 120 shot by RJ for Carpentiers.

Club O traveled to the Hideaway and went home with 12 points, beating Hideaway C 12-7. Chuck keep up his strong darts by shooting a 140, while Joleen for Hideaway answered with a 134. Mike did report someone else shooting a high score, unfortunately, I pressed the delete key instead of repeat, so I apologize to who was great that night.

For the second week in a row, Pioneer won 10-9 in a squeaker over Hideaway A. The 10-9 score would indicate a hard fought battle, but the only big darts reported was for the Hideaway. Rob shot a 137 and a 125, while Mike contributed with a 124. I know a win is a win and Pioneer is probably feeling pretty good, but they have to remember this is a point league not a match league and one point more than your opponent does not normally get you very far.

High Scores – This Week:

Over 120: Chuck (Club O) – 140, Rob ( Hideaway A) – 137 & 125, Joleen (Hideaway C) – 134, Mike (Hideaway A) – 124, and someone else in the Hideaway C -- Club O match.

D-On’s Over 100: RJ (Carpentiers) – 120

Out’s Over 100: None

League High Scores – Year to Date:

Over 120: Jason (Hideaway A) - 180

D-On’s Over 100: Mike (Hideaway A) – 160, Chuck (Club O) - 160

Out’s Over 100: Freak (Carpentiers) - 137

Pat

OK, so I am late getting this week’s web updated. But Helga insisted that buying her gift came before updating a web page. So I quick ran down to AAA and bought her a new set of flights. I hope she doesn’t want anything else, because I am fresh out of ideas. Anyway, here is what happened this week.

Buckaroo must have been pretty unhappy losing two weeks in a row and took it out on Hideaway B, beating the 17-2. Come on John, where’s your holiday sprit. The only player that appears to have rang a bell was Al when he shot a nice little 133. I hope he was a good little boy and went on to win that match, maybe I’ll ask him next time we play.

Club O appears to also been in the holiday mode, giving the Hideaway A 12 points and a win. I said give because there were no high scores reported for Hideaway, while Club was lead by Chuck who shot a 120 along with a 123 and helped out by Mike who shot a 125. With all these high darts, Club O must have giving the matches away.
PS: Chuck, this is the third week in a row the called in score ended with a love note from you to me --- am I going to have to talk to Meryle?

Carpentiers got back on the winning track beating Cabin 10-9. Don for the Carpentiers shot a 121 to win his singles match and help Carps climb back into the match. One of these days, the Cabin is going to win a team game.

Well I guess the players for Pioneer are going to be getting coal this year for Christmas, since they were bad little boys and did not call in the score this week. I had to track it down via Hideaway C. It appears John for Pioneer shot a nice little 128 on this week, while Don for Hideaway C shot a 140. The eggnog must not have been two strong, though since Pioneer won 10-9.

High Scores – This Week:

Over 120: Don (Hideaway C) – 140, Al ( Hideaway B) – 133, Mike (Club O) – 125, Chuck (Club O) – 123, Don (Carpentiers) – 121

D-On’s Over 100: Zack (Pioneer) – 128. Chuck (Club O) – 120

Out’s Over 100: None

League High Scores – Year to Date:

Over 120: Jason (Hideaway A) - 180

D-On’s Over 100: Mike (Hideaway A) – 160, Chuck (Club O) - 160

Out’s Over 100: Freak (Carpentiers) - 137

Pat