The Winmau DPA Satellite Series restarted in Victoria (for events 5 and 6), and the ACT (events 3 and 4 2021) on Saturday. Sam Ballinger came away with the event in Victoria whilst it was Matthew Leahy who took home the spoils at the Young RSL club, home of the ACT event.
In Victoria Stuart Coburn made the quarters with a 4-2 win over Jackson Viccars whilst his opponent would be Steve Duke, who comfortably went past Hayden Psaltis 4-0. Also in their half of the draw Ash Britt overcame Rhys Mathewson 4-2 and Sam Ballinger took out Karl Schaefer 4-1. In the bottom half of the draw Steve Powell saw off Dean Sherson to set up a quarter final against Lucas Cameron who defeated another Dean (this time Gibbs) 4-1. Brody Klinge fought off the challenge of Brandon Weening, whilst Mal Cuming defeated Tic Bridge 4-2 to take up the eighth spot in the quarters.
In the quarter finals Stuart Coburn’s match with Steve Duke was generally one way traffic as Coburn defeated the veteran Duke 4-1. Sam Ballinger set up another battle with Coburn by surviving a deciding leg against Ash Britt. The bottom half of the draw saw almost a reflection of the top half, with Lucas Cameron surviving the dreaded deciding leg to win 4-3 whilst Brody Klinge defeated Mal Cuming in much more dominant style, securing a 4-0 win.
Both semi finals finished 4-1 with Ballinger eliminating Coburn and Klinge doing the same to Cameron. The final was a much closer affair. Ballinger broke in the opening fame of the match with a 104 check out only for Klinge to break straight back. Ballinger then took a 2-1 lead with a 14 dart leg and this time held throw to move to a 3-1 lead in the first to five leg match. Both players held throw, although Ballinger had a shot at a 40 check out on the Klinge throw but spurned it. At 4-2 down Klinge had to keep winning legs and held throw in 15 darts before leaving just 7 as he chased a break with a 98 check out. Ballinger missed a 63 check out chance to leave tops but he never returned as Klinge broke back on his next visit to the oche, albeit with his last dart in hand.
Thus Klinge had fought back to a 4-4 scoreline and a deciding leg in which he had the throw. However Ballinger took the impetus in the early parts of the leg and finally pounced with a 72 check out as Klinge stood behind him needing 60. A 5-4 match between two of the most consistent players in Victoria this season was not unexpected and again demonstrated the class of player emanating from Victoria at present.
In the ACT event Matthew Leahy (over Jake Buckley), Bryson Williams (v Josh Townsend), Greg Le’Strange (against Trevor Crooke), and Pat Molloy (verses John Laybutt) all won their quarter finals 4-1. The semi finals went generally the same way as well with Leahy defeating Williams 4-2, and Molloy whitewashing Le’Strange 4-0 to make it into the final. The final would be just as clear, but this time not in favour of Molloy. Leahy comfortably held throw in the first leg before pouncing on the Molloy throw when he could not convert 80 or 20. He then held throw comfortably once more and in a rerun of two legs previous Molloy could not convert 80 and Leahy jumped at the chance once more to lead 4-0. 18 darts later and Leahy was crowned ACT Event 3 champion.
Both locations then followed up with more great action on the Sunday as Bryson Williams (ACT) and Brandon Weening (VIC) coming away with wins.
In ACT Event Four Bryson Williams defeated Matthew Leahy in their quarter final 4-1 whilst Pat Molloy also won his second quarter final in consecutive days (4-2 over John Labutt). Josh Townsend demonstrated the form he had two years ago on the local development tour by dismissing Jake Buckley 4-0 and Greg Le’Strange defeated Brady (Le’Strange) 4-1. In the first semi final Bryson Williams defeated the two finalists from the previous day in consecutive matches as he put pay to Pat Molloy 4-1. The other semi was a match that had regularly occurred in the 2019 DPA development tour and as ever it was a very close affair. For the first six legs of the match the players held throw and so it went to a decider where Le’Strange had the throw and on his second visit secured a ton visit. Townsend responded with successive visits of 121, 100, 125 and 92. Nerves then hit and both players had opportunities to take the leg before a double two gave Townsend the break and the match.
The Final saw both players win their opening two legs on throw before the fifth leg saw Townsend break Williams with a 144 check out. Williams was able to put that blow behind him and immediately broke back to move the match level once more. He then held throw (Townsend missing a chance to convert 52) before Townsend held throw to move the match to a deciding leg. Williams had the throw and with early visits of 125 and 100 he was able to hold and win the match by five legs to four and thus took out the event.
Victoria’s Event Six saw Round 16 wins for Stuart Coburn (4-0 over Jackson Viccars), Tic Bridge (4-3 over Dale Burton-Pye), Aaron Simpson (4-0 over Mark Smithies), Brandon Weening (4-1 over Dean Sherson), Lucas Cameron (4-1 over Karl Schaefer), Mal Cuming (4-2 over Sam Ballinger), Ash Britt (4-3 over Dean Gibbs), and Brody Klinge (4-3 over Steve Powell.)
The Coburn v Bridge and Cameron v Cuming quarter finals both ended 4-1, to Coburn and Cameron, whilst the Weening v Simpson and Klinge v Britt affairs finished 4-2 to Weening and Klinge. In the end it was these two who would make the final as Klinge defeated Cameron 4-1 and Weening did exactly the same job on Coburn in the semi finals.
Thus what was a round of 16 match the day before was the Final on the Sunday and Brandon Weening was out for revenge for the defeat the day before whilst Klinge was looking to go one result better than the Saturday. The opening leg of the Final saw Weening hold throw despite a maximum from Klinge and having darts at a 20 check out. Weening then broke the Klinge throw despite another maximum from the Team Platinum man and missed darts at a 40 check out. Klinge then missed a chance at breaking back immediately as Weening held throw. Weening then threw an 11 dart leg that included three successive 140s and an 81 check out in two darts. Klinge then held throw but it was just delaying the inevitable as a 15 dart leg (including another 140 visit, a 135 visit and a 73 check out) from Weening saw him take out the event.
Next weekend sees players from NSW return to the oche at the Warilla Sports and Recreation Club
The Winmau Satellite tour continues this weekend across 2 states, stay tuned to Dartplayers Australia for all the latest news and results.
All states will be playing the same format:
Round Robin – 501 best of 5 legs.
Top 4 from the Group stage progress to the knockout stage
Knockout – 501 best of 7 legs.
Final – 501 best of 9 legs.
Australian Capital Territory
Young Services Club
Total of 15 players today
FINAL
Bryson Williams 5-4 Josh Townsend
Top 4
Bryson Williams 4-1 Pat Molloy
Josh Townsend 4-3 Greg Le’Strange
Top 8
Mat Leahy 1-4 Bryson Williams
Pat Molloy 4-2 John Laybutt
Josh Townsend 4-0 Jake Buckley
Greg Le’Strange 4-1 Brady Le’Strange
Group A
Mat Leahy
Jon Pearson
Jake Buckley
Pat Molloy
Bob Berg
Brady Le’Strange
Corey Fortington
1st – Mat Leahy
2nd – Pat Molloy
3rd – Jake Buckley
4th – Brady Le’Strange
Group B
Greg Le’Strange
Bryson Williams
Daniel Sim
Josh Townsend
John Laybutt
Trevor Crooke
Ciaran Holmes
Phil Sellick
1st – Greg Le’Strange
2nd – Josh Townsend
3rd – John Laybutt
4th – Bryson Williams
Victoria
Italian Australian Club, Morwell.
Total of 34 players today.
FINAL
Brandon Weening 5-1 Brody Klinge
Top 4
Stuart Coburn 1-4 Brandon Weening
Lucas Cameron 1-4 Brody Klinge
Top 8
Stuart Coburn 4-1 Tic Bridge
Aaron Simpson 2-4 Brandon Weening
Lucas Cameron 4-1 Mal Cuming
Ash Britt 2-4 Brody Klinge
Top 16
Stuart Coburn 4-0 Jackson Viccars
Dale Burton-Pye 0-4 Tic Bridge
Aaron Simpson 4-0 Mark Smithies
Dean Shearson 1-4 Brandon Weening
Karl Schaefer 1-4 Lucas Cameron
Sam Ballinger 2-4 Mal Cuming
Ash Britt 4-3 Dean Gibbs
Steve Powell 3-4 Brody Klinge
Top 32
Stuart Coburn 4-1 Jackson Wilson-Young
Rhys Mathewson 3-4 Jackson Viccars
Dale Burton-Pye 4-2 Adam Power
Tic Bridge 4-0 Shijian Sun
Aaron Simpson 4-0 Tony Crampton
Mark Smithies 4-0 Cody Midolo
Chris Powell 3-4 Dean Shearson
Brandon Weening 4-0 Ian Dargan
Karl Schaefer 4-0 Paul DeMaria
Lucas Cameron 4-0 Iain Thompson
David Putt 0-4 Sam Ballinger
Mal Cuming 4-0 Deb Quinn
Ash Britt 4-0 Danny Bryant
Dean Gibbs 4-0 Ryan Lynch
Steve Powell 4-2 Frank Ascenzo
Brody Klinge 4-1 James Jackson
Group A
Stuart Coburn
James Jackson
Dean Gibbs
Adam Power
1st – Stuart Coburn
2nd – Dean Gibbs
3rd – Adam Power
4th – James Jackson
Group B
Steve Powell
Tic Bridge
Jackson Viccars
Danny Bryant
1st – Tic Bridge
2nd – Steve Powell
3rd – Jackson Viccars
4th –Danny Bryant
Group C
Lucas Cameron
Aaron Simpson
Dean Shearson
Deb Quinn
1st – Aaron Simpson
2nd – Lucas Cameron
3rd – Dean Shearson
4th – Deb Quinn
Group D
Brandon Weening
Paul DeMaria
David Putt
Cody Midolo
1st – Brandon Weening
2nd – David Putt
3rd – Cody Midolo
4th – Paul DeMaria
Group E
Sam Ballinger
Ian Dargan
Karl Schaefer
Troy Jackson
Mark Smithies
1st – Karl Schaefer
2nd – Mark Smithies
3rd – Sam Ballinger
4th –Ian Dargan
Group F
Mal Cuming
Tony Crampton
Michael Mikhail
Chris Powell
Iain Thompson
1st – Mal Cuming
2nd – Chris Powell
3rd – Iain Thompson
4th – Tony Crampton
Group G
Rhys Mathewson
Brendan Quinn
Ash Britt
Frank Ascenzo
Shijian Sun
1st – Ash Britt
2nd – Rhys Mathewson
3rd – Frank Ascenzo
4th –Shijian Sun
Group H
Brody Klinge
Jade Lock
Dale Burton-Pye
Jackson Wilson-Young
Ryan Lynch
1st – Brody Klinge
2nd – Dale Burton-Pye
3rd – Ryan Lynch
4th – Jackson Wilson-Young
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