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SPRING 2007 (9-13-07) Fall Season to begin Oct 2nd For those people who are considering putting a team together for this next season, time is running out. We need to get a firm commitment from everyone on the teams who will be playing so we can make up the schedule. Please e-mail Phil ASAP (9-13-07) US National Qualifiers announced The list of the 37 men and 26 women qualifiers for the US Nationals was announced. Phil O'Neill will be traveling to Denver in 2 weeks to try for one of the two spots available for this years US Team. To see the complete list of qualifiers CLICK HERE (8-26-07) BBQ Awards
Well we had our annual BBQ and awards
banquet yesterday at The James Joyce and a fun time was had by all who
attended. A special thank you to Tommy and Anna Marie for allowing us to
have our event at the Pub. We actually had a private party! Following
our brief annual meeting we saw no changes in the current board members
or really anything else for that matter. A big push is on to get new
teams for this next season and that is the main thing we discussed. Armando Adlawan was awarded the Andy Clare Sportsmanship award. Much deserved!!! If you would like to see some photos from the days event click on photos and 2007 BBQ to view. First day of next season is still to be determined. In the mean time, keep practicing and go to the Blind Draw event's on Tuesday at the Joyce and Monday's at the Maverick!
(8-5-07) Phil O'Neill qualifies for U.S. Nationals This past weekend Phil O'Neill qualified for the U.S. Nationals in Anaheim California. Phil will be moving on the the U.S. Nationals for a chance to make it on the U.S. Team on the weekend of Sept 28th-30th in Denver Colorado. Sponsorships are needed to help defray some of the costs for Phil. Any help from local businesses or individuals to help Phil in his quest for a shot on the U.S. National team would be greatly appreciated. Checks can be made payable to SBDA with "Phil O'Neill Nationals" in the memo line
Please send to: Thank you very much for your support!
(7-17-07) Terribles win THE CUP The Terribles went completely undefeated for the entire season when they beat the Dubliners in the finals for the Cup. Since there is no sign of the coveted trophy and no one knows where it is, we had to improvise. Below is a picture of the Terribles posing with the new trophy!
(7-3-07) Spring 2007 Wrap Up
Another season has come and gone. Given
that we only had 8 teams playing I still think we had a good group of
players this year. Hopefully everyone will return again next season and
we can get another 4 teams added as well. The BBQ and awards picnic will be announced very soon. We are trying to decide on a venue. Please stay tuned for that. A tentative date is Saturday, Aug 4th. More to come. (6-22-07) PLAYOFF SCHEDULE The schedule for the playoffs was completed this last week by Isaac and myself with a blind draw. Since we have an even number of teams this season there will be NO byes and we will complete the playoffs in 3 weeks total. We will take the week of July 4th off and begin playoffs on Tuesday, July 10th. As always we try to make the playoffs on neutral ground for each match but that was impossible to do with so few venues. Also with the James Joyce being so good to us throughout the season we opted to have most matches played there. It was also unavoidable to not have a match at the Maverick and a coin was tossed to determine who played there. Below is the schedule:
Week #1 - July 10th, 7PM
Week #2 - July 17th, 7PM
FINALS - July 24th
Blind Draw doubles matches will happen
throughout the summer at the James Joyce!
(6-15-07) 2 Weeks until Playoffs We are on the home stretch for this season with only 2 weeks of play left. These last two weeks are all for pride in getting your team as high in the rankings as possible as first and second place have already been determined. But don't despair! We still have the Cup and ANY team can win that! Because we have an even number of teams this season we will NOT be having any BYES for the Playoffs. Teams will be drawn at random to determine who plays who. All Payoffs will be played in SB unless two teams from the Maverick have to play each other. The draw will take place next week and I will have the playoff schedule posted to the website very soon thereafter. So keep on practicing...The Cup could be yours!
(6-3-07) One week left for make up's For any teams that have a make up match to do, you have until next week. The deadline for all make up matches is Friday June 8th. Any matches not completed by then will be considered loses. There are also no make up matches for any matches occurring during the last 2 weeks of play. Play off for the Cup will begin the week of July 3rd. No Byes.
(5-28-07) Dennis Priestley Exhibition Once again our friend Dennis Priestley will be in our neck of the woods offering up an exhibition. However for the first time in 5 years the SBDA will not be a part of it. Due to the lack of participation and support from our league members last year and the amount of money Dennis needs to hold one of these events, we will not be involved. There is still a chance for you to have a chance to play him while he is in town. The Ventura Dart league will again be holding an exhibition. From what I heard they did an AMAZING job last year putting on the event. They were able to gather a lot of sponsors and had lots of league members not only help in running the event but also a huge turn out in support. They are charging $30 each and only have 5 open spots available at the door the evening of the event. The only other way to get a chance to play him is to play in a Blind Draw tourney at the Benchwarmer on June 23rd and win the event! Kinda shitty that it's so expensive and there isn't a chance for other people to play but oh well, it's their event. More info can be found at http://vcda.org/Priestley-exhibition.html
(5-19-07) Today was the first day of the US Open in Connecticut. Don't get me started on how mad I am that they only showed about 30 minutes of live darts here in the US today! Hopefully you got to see it though because it was some of the best dart playing I have seen by Americans in quiet a while. The match between Ray Carver and Brad Wethington was superb! Ray and Brad are always solid players but Ray showed why he is one of the best in the US today. It was a match of first to 3 sets with each set consisting on best 2 out of 3. Ray won 3-1 and threw 5 T80's in the match along with 6 T40's and at least 15 T+. I think he averaged just about exactly 100 points per turn. I don't think they will be showing any of the rest of the matches live this weekend here in the states however if you catch a plane quickly you might make it to England by tomorrow to see the finals live on TV there. To follow the action to go http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/WorldSeriesDartsDetail/0,,10180~1027664,00.html Currently only one American is still in it for tomorrows final rounds. They are down to the final 16 and Jim Widmayer is still in it! Jim took out Colin Lloyd in the first round! Huge win and had to help his confidence throughout the day today. Other notable matches were Chris White of the Bay Area finished in the top 32 along with Ray Carver who unfortunately lost in the top 32 to our friend Dennis Priestley. Stay tuned for more (5-8-07) ADO Qualifier cancelled Due to a lack of response from fellow players I will not be holding a ADO Qualifier. If you are interested in going to the Regional it will be held in Anaheim at the Dolphin Lounge on Saturday May 19th. E-mail me if you want details. (4-28-07) ADO Regional Qualifier changes I have sent out an e-mail to everyone regarding the upcoming Regional Qualifier. I still have only heard from 2 people regarding plying the event. I need 10 solid commitments from people to play or I will not hold the event. The event would be held next Weds May 2nd at 7PM sharp. If I do not hear from people by Tuesday I will not hold the event. Please get in touch with me asap. Thank you. (4-19-06) ADO Regional Qualifier We are once again planning an ADO Regional Qualifier. However this time I will ONLY hold the event if I get 10 full commitments from people that they are going to play. I will be sending an e-mail out regarding this to those players I think may want to play. The event will be on Saturday May 5th at 12 Noon at the James Joyce. Expect an e-mail or if you want to e-mail me now and tell me you want to play, please do so. Those people who tell me they are playing I will be pre-charging the $10 entry fee. If you tell me you want to play and then don't show up I will still expect the $10 entry fee. We (I) can NOT continue to hold these events without a commitment from the league. I wasted an entire day last time because only Mick from Ventura showed up. So e-mail me and tell me you want to play!!!
(4-15-07) Jim Coon Jr. killed in Iraq It is with great sadness for me to inform you of the passing of one of our fellow darters. Jim Coon Jr. was an outstanding player out of the Bay Area. He was killed in Iraq 11 days ago when an ied exploded near his vehicle. Jim Coon Sr. is also a very well known player on the circuit and both he and Jr. won many tournaments over the years. Jim Jr. was the National Youth Champion when he was 17 years old and represented the U.S. in England at the World Tournament. More on this sad story can be seen at http://video.nbc11.com/player/?id=88903 and also at http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/07/SOLDIER.TMP
(3-9-07) 6 Weeks and cruisin' 6 weeks into a long season and things seem to be going smooth. The new venue at Whiskey Dick's (formerly the Green Room) on State St is a VERY nice set up and most teams haven't minded the drive up to Santa Ynez once every couple of months. Things are tight in the league but everyone needs to remember all of the BYES that are out there for all of the teams. Don't get too comfortable thinking your team is doing great. One BYE week and you may slip back down again. Or one BYE week for another team and you may slip right on past them!
(3-19-07) Team Dues Hey guys, team dues NEED to be collected. If you have not turned in your checks yet, please make sure to get them to Andy Clare this week. It is $140 per team and it's always easiest if you have one member from your team write one check for thee whole team. Thank you! (3-9-07) Carp Team bows out Well that was fun while it lasted! The new Carp team never played a game and they are already out. Definitely a bummer but because it took so long for us to get going they had some members drop out and play pool league instead. Oh well. Saves you all from having to drive to Carp but it also means we have a TON of Byes this season. Nothing I can do it about now. Hopefully we can get them in next season. Just remember that when you see you are playing them on the schedule it means you have a BYE.
(3-4-07) Week #1 Complete After all of the delays in getting the season going we finally have week #1 under our belts. There was one postponement with the new team out of Carp but we did manage to get the other matches completed. The Bull has been posted for everyone to see. Click "BULL" (double 18) to see all of the stats. Teams still need to remember to bring their check for $140 this week if they haven't already. Give it to Andy Clare. He will be at The Joyce. Also, Isaac neglected to print out schedules for everyone in their packets. Make sure to print one out for yourself off the website. The printable version is at the bottom of the schedule page. Have fun and keep em in the trebles! (2-25-07) League FINALLY beginning After so many changes and uncertanties we are FINALLY going to get the league started. We lost 4 teams this season but we also gained 3 new ones. The big shocker is we lost Dargan's as a venue!!! That really screwed things up. I guess they feel that we don't do enough for them business wise. I tend to disagree and think we as a league have bent over backwards to make things work there. No big deal. We have a new venue that will be ready in about another week at The Green Room on lower State St.. We also have a new team out of Carpinteria at Carpinteria Family Billiards! So this season should be some good new vibes at these new venues. League play will begin this Tuesday. Take a look at the schedule. We will also have packets for everyone the first night of play. This season we will play every team twice. every team has 2 Byes during the season. And we will just have one division since there are only 9 teams. Make sure to have a check for $140 for your team made payable to SBDA on the first night of play! Hand it to Andy. He will be at the Joyce hanging out. Their team has the first week BYE. OK, good luck to everyone. Have fun.
(2-12-07) ADO Regional
Once again it's time for another ADO
Regional Event. The Regional for everyone in Southern California will be
held in Santa Barbara on Saturday March 3rd at 12 Noon at Dargan's. You have a
chance to qualify for this event at the Regional Qualifier the weekend
prior on Saturday February 24th at the James Joyce. This event will be
at 12 noon as well. Only $10 for a chance to move on the the Regional
event the following weekend. The format is all 501, Round Robin. Lots of
darts!!!
(2-12-07) SB Wins All Star Santa Barbara once again took home the All Star trophy by defeating the Ventura All Stars by a score of 14-8.
Santa Barbara was represented by Phil
O'Neill, Mick Farrell, Kevin Quinn, Scott Cranmer, Pat Keith, Kenny
Keith, Freddy Canez, Matt Morton, Kevin Kennedy, Gary Bixler, Isaac
Oltmans and Andy Clare. Below is a picture of the team. Flash didn't work so the picture isn't the best.
(2-8-07) This Saturday, February 10th, we will hold our bi annual All Star shoot against Ventura. This time it will be held at Dargan's which allows all of our members a chance to come down and watch and root on your team. The event will begin at 12 noon sharp. Although we have some of our top players unavailable for the event we have put together a very strong team for this event and we should be able to keep the trophy in it's home it knows and loves. So come on down this Saturday and check out the action!
(2-8-07) League to start February 20th We will be starting up the spring 2007 league on Tuesday February 20th. Unfortunately we have lost 4 teams from last season and we have been trying to get the new teams together and ensure we have a decent league to play before we start. The schedule should be ready in the next week and we will e-mail out all of the information once it is available. So start your practicing again!
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