Event Seven of the Winmau DPA Pro Tour saw Stuart Coburn take out his first event of the season on this tour at the Italian Club Bunbury Western Australia.
The quality of the field was highlighted by those that did not get through their top 16 matches, with names like Cuming, Fagg, Ballinger, Howell, Bailey, Mckeig, Lloyd and Mathers (Jordan) falling by the wayside.
Joe Comito then clean swept Dave Burke 6-0 in the quarter finals. Brandon Weening defeated GG Mathers 6-4, and David Platt eliminated fellow WA player by the same margin. The fourth quarter final also finished 6-4 with Coburn knocking out another WA local in Koha Kokiri.
Both semi finals finished 6-3. Comito defeated Weening having fallen 3-2 behind after five legs, before winning four straight to take the match. Coburn fell 3-1 behind in his match with David Platt before taking out five legs straight to take his match.
Comito opened with a maximum 180 and closed the leg out with an impressive 100.20 average. It was a clinical start, but Coburn was quick to respond. He rattled off three straight legs, including a 161 check out to collect the third leg in 12 darts. His run of 140 visits helped him take this lead.
Comito came back to claim leg five and across legs five to nine both players held their throw, Coburn now 5-4 up. He then busted match darts for the next leg and Comito cleaned up to tie the match up. He had the throw in that final leg but both players threw away multiple match darts before Coburn finally got the correct double to take the match and event seven of the 2025 Winmau DPA pro tour.
The second Winmau DPA event of the day at the Italian Club Bunbury created a repeat of the final from previously in the day.
Event Eight of the Winmau DPA Pro Tour saw several big names fall in the Round of 16, including Sam Ballinger, both GG and Jordan Mathers, local stars Tim Pusey and David Platt, as well as Gary Steven, Matthew McLennan, and Nino Galunic.
Stuart Coburn advanced to the semi-finals with a solid 6–3 win over Stephen Ireland. The other quarter-final matches finished 6–4 in favour of Joe Comito, Brandon Weening, and Kevin Thomas, who overcame Bobby Mckeig, Ronald Nakata, and Jeremy Fagg, respectively.
Both semi-final matches went down to the wire, going to deciding legs. In the first, Coburn and Thomas were locked at two legs apiece before Coburn held throw and then broke to move two legs clear. Thomas responded with a 13-dart break of throw, followed by a hold of throw to level the match once again. Both players then held throw to bring the score to 5–5, sending the match to a final-leg decider. Visits of 140, 123, and 177 from Coburn through the leg gave him a commanding lead, and his 14th dart sealed the win, securing his place in the final for the second time that day.
In the second semi-final, Comito responded to Brandon Weening’s opening leg win by taking the next three legs in succession. Weening battled back, taking legs five and six to level the match. Comito then broke Weening’s throw and held his own to move within one leg of victory. However, Weening wasn’t done yet—he held throw and broke back to take the match to a decider. With the throw in the final leg, Weening had the advantage, but he was unable to hold, allowing Comito to capitalise and book his place in the final alongside Coburn for the second time on Saturday.
Coburn began the final in emphatic fashion, breaking Comito’s throw in the opening leg before holding his own to take a 2–0 lead. A maximum on his fourth visit to the oche gave Coburn the upper hand in the third leg. Despite squandering a few chances to finish, Comito was unable to fully capitalize, allowing the Victorian to extend his lead to 3–0.
Coburn had the opportunity to go four legs clear, but Comito responded with a powerful sequence of scores 139, 85, 137, 140, and 99, leaving tops, which he duly took to kickstart his comeback.
In the next leg, Coburn missed a key opportunity to halt Comito’s momentum, and the local favourite closed the gap to just one leg. Comito then opened the following leg with 100, 100, and 180, cleaning up efficiently over his next two visits to level the match at 3–3.
With the momentum fully in his favour, Comito held throw to take the lead for the first time. He followed that with another maximum against the Coburn throw, then backed it up with visits of 140 and 135, leaving just 46 for the leg. Though it took four darts, he eventually completed the checkout to win his fifth consecutive leg and move within one of sealing the match.
However, Comito faltered in the next leg, missing several chances to hold throw and allowing Coburn back into the match. Needing 114, Coburn could only leave tops, while Comito left himself on 37. But the Victorian held his nerve, taking out the double with his final dart of the visit to level the match at 5–5.
In the deciding leg, Coburn’s slow start looked to prove costly. Comito looked to have punished the lapse with a dominant scoring leg but as he got to the finish line he stumbled, on multiple occasions and Coburn eventually took his chance to win a remarkable contest 6-5 and take his second event of the season, and the day!
With this result, Coburn is in prime position to take out the Kyle Anderson Memorial Trophy but there are others ready to pounce if he falters in the final event on Sunday at the Italian Club Bunbury
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