VCDA - President's Cup

Ventura County Dart Assn.
"President's Cup" Tournament

Fall 2007 President's Cup Tournament

I would like to thank all those that attended the Presidents Cup tournament this season at Sam's Saloon. Though the event got off to a late start at about 7:30 PM, it was an impressive showing of 14 people.

The format of Chicago double elimination was altered to include only 1 game of 701 on the back side. Due to the seeding of the event there were many strong teams and it was difficult to say in the beginning who would be victorious.

It did not take long however to see that the team of Bill Neel, and DJ Smith was going to be a force to be reckoned with. In the end Bill and DJ lost only one leg of one game and were victorious.

For those that did not make it to the event you missed an exciting evening of darts and a good time had by all. We hope to see you next season for this event.

1st Place
Bill Neel and DJ Smith $80.00

2nd Place
Bryan Gosser and Dan Beck $50.00

3rd Place
Larry Gee and Clem Watts $30.00

Write Up by:
Bryan

Spring 2007 President's Cup Tournament

President's Cup Tournament Pictures Links The Presidents cup tournament was held Thursday March 15, 2007 at the Benchwarmer in Ventura. Though there was some confusion about the start time, we did mange to get going by about 7:30, and finished right around 11:30. For those of you that did not make it we had 24 participants and some exceptional darts were thrown. The event was a seeded blind draw based on MVP points for team and singles league play. The VCDA donated $100.00 to the prize pool and Cherrie Cignetti generously matched that contribution giving us a $320.00 total prize purse.

As usual with the Seeded blind draws the partnering left victory open to just about anybody, but in the end it was Mick Farrell and Randy Nordin knocking off Randy Wheeler and DJ Smith to claim the top prize of $160.00, the coveted Presidents Cup trophy, and a spot on the next VCDA All Star Team.

Highlights of the evening included countless Ton / Ton 40 rounds, and a Ton80 thrown by Mick Farrell. The final results of the tournament can be found below. For those of you that made it out to support this event we thank you for your time and hope you will be back for next seasons Presidents Cup event. For those of you that did not make it to the event keep an eye on the VCDA website for future Presidents Cup tournament details.

1st Place Mick Farrell Randy Nordin $160.00
2nd Place Randy Wheeler and DJ Smith $80.00
3rd Place Brian Powell and Diana Needham $40.00
4th Place Johnny O'Toole and Bryan Gosser $30.00
5th Place Joey Burt and John Gates $10.00

Bryan

The 2006 VCDA
"President's Cup Tournament"

First Place:
Bryan Gosser and Pat Hutcheson

Second Place:
Diana Needham and Wayne Breault

Third Place:
David Allen and Randy Nordin

The Presidents Cup event was held Thursday May 4th, 2006 at the Bench Warmer in Ventura.

The Presidents Cup Tournament turned out to be a very nice event. I would like to thank Cherrie Cignetti for donating the monster sub sandwiches, they were a big hit, and Clem Watts, Diana Needham, and Jay Carson for helping me run the event.
One of the things we learned from the event is that the seeding really made a difference in evening out the playing field, however it also led to a lot of 301 legs. This in turn drug the night out later than we would have liked. The board will be looking into this issue, and we plan to make some changes to the event to shorten the time frame. We ran over by about an hour finishing around midnight. I would like to see that shaved down to 11:00 next season.
The event format may be modified to make the back side best of one game. If anyone has any suggestions about this please contact any board member, or just show up at the next board meeting. Again thanks to everyone that participated, and I hope to see you all at the Dennis Priestly event.
Bryan