Super League Season 8 results

This is the first season of the league without a Fiesta party to round it off. Thus the end of the league was capped off with the league finals only. But each final was nonetheless exciting for all the teams involved. Most of the nail-biting, interesting matches were played during the semi finals!

Here are the results of the Dartslive Singapore's Super League Season 8 Finals, held at i Darts Fame.

Division S4
Division Champion:  S.Caliber
Division 2nd Place: Affinity
Division Joint 3rd: Nisroc Prophecy, 酷镖一族 Cool Gangs@Wiser
Division Joint 5th: 花鳥風月@Sakura, iDarts Unicorn, Toro Reventon@Le Circuit, Geisha Jr
Division Joint 9th: Forest Monkey, Godzilla@GOD, Executor@Xpect, 花鳥風月@Maxim, Darts Culture, First Love@ Dolly, TL338, Element

S4 Group Champions
Group 1: 花鳥風月@Sakura
Group 2: Affinity
Group 3: TL338
Group 4: S.Caliber
Group 5: 花鳥風月@Maxim
Group 6: 酷镖一族 Cool Gangs@Wiser

Division S3
Division Champion: DARK ELF
Division 2nd Place: Elves@Dolly
Division Joint 3rd: 花鸟风月@ Jaeggers, Geisha
Division Joint 5th:GODSAMONGUS DEUS, Pegasus, Turbo-supercharged@Le Circuit, i.Darts Noctua

S3 Group Champions
Group 1: GODSAMONGUS神DEUS
Group 2: Geisha 芸者
Group 3: i Darts Noctua
Group 4: 【海盗】The Pirates
Group 5: Pegasus

S3 Division Champion - Dark Elf

Division S2
Division Champion:  Forest Wolf
Division 2nd Place: Checkmate
Division Joint 3rd: SDS Salva, Devil Darters

S2 Group Champions
Group 1: Forest Wolf
Group 2: Devil's Darter 魔界之首


Division S1
Division Champion:  The Dragon
Division 2nd Place: Matadors Valiente
Division 3rd: Monster Baby @ Temple
Division 4th: 花鳥風月@Supreme

S1 Division Champion - Dragon

Premier Division 
Division Champion:  Kronos Hades
Division 2nd Place: Kronos TIGA
Division 3rd: Matadors
Division 4th: Kronos Titan

Super League Master Cup
Champion: Kronos Tiga
2nd Place: Kronos Hades
Joint 3rd: The Dragon, Matadors

Master Cup Champion - Kronos Tiga

Super League Challenger Cup
Champion: Pegasus
2nd Place:Godsamongus Deus
Joint 3rd : MFFY United, MFFY

Challenger Cup Champion - Pegasus

Grand Masters Cup

Champion: Harith Lim

2nd Place: James Quek

Joint 3rd: River Ang, Tony Teo

Grand Master Cup Champion - Harith Lim with runners up, James Quek

Best Rookie Player : Ng Chee Beng
Most Improved Player : Jayler Ang

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The Riverlution iDarts Tour

River Ang a.k.a. Riverlution recently completed his Riverlution iDarts Tour to Malaysia and Singapore for the launch of his Riverlution "Pro Series" Darts set by Target Darts. In total, he visited 4 i Darts shop in the region : i Darts Hex, i Darts Quad and i Darts Trinity in Malaysia and i Darts Senso in Singapore. At each stop, he sparred with players and gave away some prizes as well as a Riverlution Darts Set to a lucky winner. The response was fantastic and everyone had fun.

River first started playing darts as a game to pass time while hanging out with his friends but soon after that, he realized that he was actually quite good in it and started participating in the Super League. He trained seriously almost every day, sometimes up to 5-8 hours a day! River had won more than 20 trophies in various darts tournament both locally and abroad and more than 10 champion trophies including team events. Although he resides in Singapore now, he also had the opportunity to represent his own country, Malaysia, in the IDF (International Darts Federation) World Cup tournament in Shanghai recently.

At the end of the Malaysian tour, he shared his experience with us about the iDarts Tour to Malaysia.

River Ang, at i Darts Hex

What do you think about the level of darters that you played with in KL ?
There were some new darters and there were some seasoned players. Some of the darters I played with are quite obviously very new to the game. However, for the more experienced players, they improve very fast, although they just started playing less than a year ago. When they have the opportunity to check out, I will try to let them have at least one chance to checkout and some of them managed to do it.

River Ang, with players at i Darts Quad

Which shop's players in Malaysia gave you more challenge during the event?
All the 3 iDarts shop in Malaysia gave me about the same level of challenge during the event. I treat it as a fun and sharing event. It was an event for everyone to enjoy happily. It was not a competition. I was not out to beat everyone of them. It was more like a fun and sharing experience. I was very happy with the event as I enjoyed playing the game with everyone and I hope everyone else enjoyed the game too. I can see some of them were quite nervous too, so sometimes I give them the chance to checkout. During the first 3 darts, they had this look on their face that they feel they are not going to checkout. But after the first few rounds when I did not hit a hat trick or checkout, they suddenly realised, "eh, I have a chance!" and they became more motivated and encouraged with the crowd cheering them on. Some of them managed to checkout, so I am happy for them.

River Ang, with some of the participants at i Darts Trinity

What are some of questions that you get from the participants ?
Some of the participants were new to the game while some were seasoned players. The new ones were not yet sure or confident about their throw or they were just having fun, enjoying the challenge and playing the game. So they don't have much questions yet. The more seasoned darters will ask me about the stroke, the flow, what they can change to improve, etc.

What kind of encouragements can you give to the Malaysian players, especially to those that you sparred with?
Firstly, to improve, you really have to love the game. If you don't like it enough, you won't like working hard for it. But if you like the game, you would work hard and train hard to improve on it. Love the game then train hard for it!

You are the 2nd Malaysian (after Amin) to get his own signature darts set , how do you feel about the achievement ?
As far as I know now, that is true. For sure, I am proud, very excited and happy about it. I feel it is a recognition from the darts community for the hard work and effort that I have put into it.  When I got my signature dart, I felt very proud about it. I felt like I have achieved a level. It gave me tremendous encouragement to be better and to go further. I will strive and work hard.

I really want to thank my sponsors - Target Darts and JDarts for their support. I really appreciate it. Also to Dartslive for organizing everything. The organizer is important because if there is no organiser, we won't have the opportunity. I know it is not simple to organize a game or an event. You need to put in the effort, money and time and there may not be good response for the event. So I am very appreciative of them.

River Ang, with players at i Darts Senso

What are some of the qualities a Super-A flight player need to have to maintain the standard?
You can't totally stay away from darts. You may not have the time to train hard every day for long hours but you can do some darts related activities like watching a darts video or light training or other activities so you don't feel too far away from the game. Practice and training is important as well as the passion for it. Look after your own health. Maintain your stamina. Feeling nervous is OK as you can't avoid that. Feeling nervous will help you focus but not fear. You have to differentiate between nervous and fear. They may have similar symptoms like faster heart beat or dry throat but you must understand and differentiate between these two feelings. Love the game and train hard!

The 4 lucky winners who won River Ang's Signature Darts Set

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Unboxing "Riverlution" River Ang's Signature Darts

Target Darts recently launched River Ang's customised Pro Series darts set featuring Target's Pixel Grip Technology on a 90% Tungsten, 15.8gm barrel accurate to +/- 0.05gm. The box cover is very well designed with silver flourishes and showcasing the "Riverlution" new Panther head logo. River Ang, who resides in Singapore, spent some time testing and changing the proposed design to make it an easy dart to control. According to feedback from the market, the dart is indeed easy to throw, easy to grip and the handling is good. It is available for sale at iDarts Senso.
Related article : Riverlution iDarts Tour

Dimensions: Length 40mm, Width 7.2mm.
Weight: 15.8gm

Here are some of the good looks:

Front view of the box

Close up of the darts barrel from outside the box

Side view

Bottom view

Back view

Closeup of the darts barrel - a special feature of this darts barrel is the "Pixel Grip Technology" by Target. This is also featured in a few other Pro Series darts barrel as well as Target's Carrera range of darts barrel.

Center of Balance of the darts set - nicely located just behind the
bulbous shape around the center which means easy to locate and
grip the darts but your fingers may touch or grip the tip

Closeup of the barrel and shaft

Weight of the barrel only

Weight of the dart fully assembled

Brochure advertisement

Disclaimer: The author receive no compensation for this article.

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Team Singapore powers to 3rd place in IDF National Team event 2013!

Team Singapore had arrived home after a successful outing at the International Darts Federation (IDF) World Championship 2013 in Shanghai, China recently. Represented by Harith Lim, Kristine Lim, Yinn Cheng, Paul Lim, Pau Jin Kuang and Tony Teo, the team performed much better than last year, reaching a new peak of Joint 3rd place. Read about our previous chat with the team members during their preparation.

1. Team Singapore in IDF 2013, Shanghai

This year's World Championship attracted more than 400 dart players from around the world as well as the host country, China. The hall at Shanghai East Asia Exhibition Hall was huge and there were many many boards available. The event was played over 4 days, Aug 22-25 culminating with THE WORLD Stage 5 on the last day. The champion of The World was The Gunner, Lourence Illagan, while our own Paul Lim narrowly missed the chance, coming in as the runners up.

2. Paul Lim giving a pep talk to the team

In the IDF Team event, Singapore was pitted in Group D with powerhouse Team USA and Team UK, along with our regional neighbours, Team Malaysia and Team Thailand.

3. Team Singapore with Team Malaysia

In the first Round Robin game, Team Singapore beat Team Malaysia 9 - 4. The quartet of Paul Lim, Harith, Tony Teo and Kristine was put to task straight away with the first hurdle against our neighbour. Kristine showed that she was no rookie as she held her nerves grabbing a couple of crucial points for a sweet victory.

Thailand was next as Captain Paul Lim led the Spore Lions to 5-3 only for the stubborn Thais to level the game to 6 games all! The final gallon game (4-some) was running neck-to-neck with the Thais grabbing the lead n sitting at what seems to be a formality balance of 22. Captain Paul Lim’s bull balance would have been useless if not for Tony Teo, whose only option was to freeze the Thais. And that he did with a last dart at triple 19 to allow Captain Paul to a 2 darts finish ( single 18 then double 16 ) for a rousing victory ! Team Singapore wins 7 -  6 against Team Thailand!

On the next day of the Team Event, with Dartslive Official and seasoned campaigner Harith Lim down and out with fever, team reserve Pau Jin Kuang was put on the ‘oche’ for the first time. Team USA, with The World 2012 Champion, Scott Kirchner was too much to handle as Team S’pore bowed out gracefully but not after securing 3 vital points ! Team Singapore loses 3 - 10 to the Americans.

Next up, was the British Team. A short pep talk by Captain Paul Lim was all that was needed as Team Singapore faced a British Team made up of 2 PDC players in Tony Martin and Mark Webster. They shot great. However, the freeze rule in the 01’s did not really complement the lads as Singapore took an early 2-0 lead. Then, belief sets in as we raced ahead to 6-2 when doubles pair of Tony / Kristine, Paul / Jin Kuang both won in the fourth round of cricket. Paul and Tony held the next 2 points before the four combined to complete a sensational victory in the final 701 gallon with a final score of 9-4. And so with 3 wins in the Round Robin, a beaming Team Singapore marched through to the next stage - the Knock Out rounds.

4. Team Singapore with Team Britain

5. IDF 2013 Team event - Round robin scores

In the first Single Knockout game, Team Singapore was faced with Team Mongolia. The game format was race to 7 legs. In the earlier events, the Mongolian players were performing exceptionally well especially the Ladies,  who grabbed second spots both in the singles and doubles finals ! However, that was not to be with Paul Lim at the helm of Team Singapore. Our boys and girls played well to wrap up the game with a quick and decisive 7-0 victory to proceed into the Quarter finals round!

A sense of achievement and confidence filled the air as Team Singapore warmed up for the first time in IDF history for a spot in the top 4 knowing the Koreans were just as determined. There was no letting up now and the game started one all, then two all. Paul and Harith went one gear up and Singapore soon led 4-2 ! It was Paul Lim again for the next point in the cricket. At 5-3, history was in the making with the doubles pair Tony / Harith , Paul / Kristine sealing the result which will be remembered for a long long time ! Team Singapore beats Team Korea 7-3 to gain a spot in the Top 4 teams, its best ranking spot in IDF history!

6. Team Singapore with Team Korea

In the semi-finals, an opportunity to level the first game went astray when Captain Paul Lim narrowly missed the double 18 for a 156 finish. Very quickly, the team went down 4-0 after that. Although, we made a gallant effort to hold the next 2 points and took another 2 from the 5th game cricket to trail 4-6, there was no stopping the reliable Filipino number 1 player, Lourence Illagan, as he finished with a black bull, to put an end to what would have been a marvelous run by the Singapore Team !  Semi finals results : Team Singapore 4 – Philippines 7.

For the record, Team Philippines went on to beat Team USA in the final to win the IDF Team Event. Congratulations to all players of the Team Singapore 2013! This was the best achievement for the team in the IDF events. We are all proud of you guys!

7. Team Singapore with Team Philippines

Related story : Team Singapore prepares for IDF 2013
Content contributed by Roger Liu

Pictures 1,5 are Copyright © International Dart Federation & DARTSLIVE

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IDF World Cup Darts chat with River Ang and Loh Yi-Shin

This article is the second half of the interview with our players who travelled to Shanghai to participate in the IDF (International Darts Federation) Darts World Cup Shanghai on 6-9 November, 2012. The event is a premier world class darts tournament held in Shanghai and sponsored by Dartslive. It attracted participants from more than 20 countries from around the world ! Team Singapore was represented by Paul Lim, Harith Lim, Kelvin Yap and Loh Yi-Shin. We had a chat with two of our players Loh Yi-Shin and River Ang to share their experiences in Shanghai with our readers. Read the first part of this interview with Harith Lim and Paul Lim

Q. What ambitions did you initially have when travelling to Shanghai?

River - As participation in Team Event was based on nationality, I played with the Malaysian team. I was hoping to win the PRO Singles event. However, I manage to beat only 2 players in that event, one from Canada and another was from Malaysia.
Shin - My ambition was a lot simpler, I just wanted to improve my own rating and not be a burden to the guys in the competition as I knew I was still way off from the international ladies standard. No wild dreams there.

Q. In general, what was the standard of the players that you met at the IDF ?

Shin - Following the reply above, I should have harboured some wild dreams as there were some mixture of standards for the ladies in the competition, depending on the luck of draw. Overall, I would guess the ladies' rating range from 8-14.
River - Most of the players are world class standard, especially the Croatians!

Team Singapore - (left-right) Paul Lim, Kelvin Yap, Harith Lim, Shin

Q. Tell us about your team's performance in the Team event?

Shin - Our first game was against Philippines and the psychological block was there as I knew the standards of the players personally, thinking that they were much stronger. It was mainly my fault as I could not check, holding up my partners when they could have the chance to check the 01 games. I lost all my games. If I were to just win one game, the scoreline could have been totally different as in the end we only lost 5-8. After this game, however, with the positive encouragement from my teammates, we managed to bounce back comfortably for the rest of the matches with Switzerland and Taiwan. In the team event against Switzerland and Taiwan, I was more stable in the check out and the scoring. It helped as my stronger partners would then have no worries while scoring and checking.
River - I played with Team Malaysia which consist of Amin, his wife and his son. Amin asked me to play with them. We didn't do very well though and didn't progress far.

Q. After proceeding into the Single knockout round, Team Singapore crashed out against Slovenia. What happen there?

Shin - In the round robin games, we had to play all 13 matches. However, in the Single knockout, the team that reach first 7 games will win. We were holding our own steadily against Slovenia until one game was lost. And after that, we eventually lost. Not exactly a crash out, but somewhat similar to the opponent breaking our serve in a tennis game. And once the game was lost, the set was lost. No reprieve. That’s the hard part of it.

Q. River, tell us about your Singles Cricket event where you finished in 3rd place?

River - I was most satisfied with my performance during the PRO Singles Medley as the bull was single bull and in the x01 games, it was Double In/Out. I had to walk-over my semi-finals game due to the clash with Team Malaysia game and ended up at 3rd place in the Singles OPEN. Actually, if have I proceeded on with the Singles event, I could have been the default champion as the 2nd and 1st place was walked over too. I felt the organizer did not manage this very well.

Q. Shin, how was it like playing with Paul Lim in the team event ?

Shin - Tremendous encouragement and professionalism from him. A big WOW! We had to play 2 games separately at the same time. And even though he had to concentrate on winning his own game, he had the headache to peek at my game and continually gave encouragement to me. That’s what I meant by burdening my other teammates. Stressful for him lah! Given another chance, I will never cause this type of stress onto my teammates again. OMG!

Q. Share with us some of the most memorable games that you had with any players during the event?

River - My best game was with Johnny (Canada) and John (also Canada) during the PRO singles Medley.
Shin - My most memorable game was with Switzerland in the Team event – I started with a ton 80 for my cricket game with Kelvin, and never looked back. I only had to play 3 rounds to win that game. Ton 80 (round 1), T18-T17 (round 3), T15-DB-SB (round 5). Smiles...

There was another memorable moment during the Singles event against a Canadian player – it was 1-1 and I was leading in the third game until my tip broke badly. It was badly stuck in the shaft and I couldn’t get it out no matter how I tried for 5 mins. Then the Canadian captain (David Fatum) came over to help me and it also took him 10 mins and yet the tip was still stuck. What struck me was when the lady player was getting a bit impatient and asked him how long she had to wait, he replied : “As long as this takes, you just have to wait while remembering who you are to win the game later.” And with that (another 10 mins later), after replacing the tip and continuing the game, she went on to overtake me and check the game. Great sportsmanship from both parties.

Q. What did you do in Shanghai other than darts?

Shin - This was not my first trip to Shanghai, thus, I was not into much sightseeing. I was very focus on darts for this trip and did not stray out far from the Hotel Ramada and the tournament venue. My only sightseeing for this trip was walking to and from the Hotel and Venue….. There were lots of great food near the hotel already.
River - I stayed in the same hotel as the other players, Hotel Ramada. I didn't go anywhere else as I was there just for the tournament. I played in every event that I could participate. I also ate a lot with Paul, Harith and Kelvin as he was the only one who can read the food menu!

Enjoying sumptuous food - (left-right) Harith, Paul, Kelvin, River and Shin

Q. Share with us some of the new friends that you made during the event

River - I made friends with mostly Asian, Chinese-speaking players like Xiao-Hei from Taiwan and Deng Ying from China. They are all very good players.

Shin - Roger from Switzerland; Sdjenka, Strnnd and Gregor from Slovenia. All players with great sportsmanship.

Team Singapore with Team Switzerland

Q. Any other word of encouragement you would like to share with the others

Shin - Go into the competition with an open mind, don’t get overwhelmed or vice-versa. Singapore is not too far off the Stage!

Q. What can local players do to raise their dart standards in order to reach a higher placing in the World Cup?

Shin - Self-discipline to practice and practice. And practice using the game format. We are so used to playing bulls here, but it was split bull over there, which means do not use bulls for 01s. And double in-double out. Most of the time, qualifying events here are not played in the format that we will be competing in. I would like the qualifying events held in the same format as the competitions, however, it will be a challenge for the organizers, I guess.
River - Singapore already have many players that have good potential to become world class players, to name a few like Raymond Seah, Alan Chau, Johnny Seow, Max, Jin Kuang, Jimmy Te, Ben Tan, Darryl Lim, Tony Teo, etc.

Read the first part of this interview with Harith Lim and Paul Lim
Photos courtesy of Harith/Shin

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Count-Up Club 1000 winners show the way to improve

Tired of playing the same game of 01 with your friends? Your rating keeps dropping? Or having yet another bad darts day? Well, in any sports or games, when you don’t have any measurable results to train for, your skills will slowly drop.

Count-up Club 1000 Sept 2012 finalists

Count-Up Club 1000 (CC1K) is one such event to train for. It is open exclusively to darters who have achieved a score of at least 1000 and above in a Count-Up game. Created specially by Dartslive Singapore, it gives darters a simple yet measurable target to achieve every month. It is not exactly a simple challenge for most of us as you will need to hit at least 42 points for every dart thrown or 20 bulls on Count-Up, and there are less than 20 players currently who have achieve that in Singapore. Dartslive wants to increase this small pool of talented players by providing a platform to challenge players and at same time provide a standard, measurable target to achieve.

All CC1K members get an exclusive not-for-purchase patch for their jersey

Each month, darters who have achieve this target on the Dartslive Count-Up ranking chart will be invited to participate in the Count-up Club 1000 monthly finals. The winner of the month will walk away with prize money and the title of CC1K Champion of the Month.

During this month's Count-Up finals, first-time participant, S.K. Ang, came without any expectation of winning. However, he almost gave eventual champion, River Ang, a fright with his strong challenge during the first round game. He manage to drag out River to a 2-2 game before finally bowing out in the last cricket game.

SK, who plays at Wiser, have been playing darts for only a few years. "My highest Count-Up was 1036. It was tough but i felt really 'SHIOK' when I hit the score", says SK. He picked up darts on his own and plays and trains with his friends at Wiser. He adds, "The most important thing to get 1000 on the Count-Up is to get your basics right. You can learn and ask from other experienced players. Once you get the basics right, you will improve very fast with practice. After all, practice makes perfect".

Count-Up Club 1000 Sept 2012 Champion - River Ang

This month's CC1K Champion, River Ang, also believes strongly in the saying "Practice makes Perfect". He has this advice for new players, "The more you play, the better you get and the more you will enjoy the game. For new darters, learn from others and try to remember the correct throw, the stroke, the standing position and the release point. But most importantly, you must find a position where you feel is the most comfortable throw for you. You also need to be mentally strong during competitions apart from regular practice and a passion for darts. With these factors, you should get into the Club 1000 very soon".

The finalists at the CC1K finals are getting better and better over the months. River beat Zac Hong, another strong contender, in the Final game to take the title. River adds, "this month's finalists are all very good darters. I felt every game I play tonight is very challenging and crucial".

September 2012 marks the 3rd time River won the title CC1K Champion and he feels Count-Up is a good game for practice, "You can use Count-Up to train for competition and big tournaments like 'The World', where all the opponents are players with very high rating". River, who is a 17 rated player, feels rating is a very good milestone to measure your progress in skill.  "When you play well and use a lot of effort to improve yourself, improve your rating, you will gain a lot of respect from other players, locally or even abroad. I am happy to have made many new friends with other darters from other countries like HK, Taiwan and Malaysia!"

Congratulations to September 2012 CC1K Champion - River Ang!

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All fired up at Singapore SoftDarts Championship 2012!

After a long 2 year plus drought on the local darts scene, Dartslive Singapore put together the Singapore SoftDarts Championship 2012 tournament for the soft tip darters last week at the Grand Ballroom of Grand Park Hotel at City Hall. Dartslive players from overseas countries like Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Taiwan also flew in for a 2-day intensive darts shootout with the locals. Almost 500 players, supporters and spouses visited the Grand Ballroom during the tournament to partake in the 2 days of darts extravanganza. And thanks to the everyone involved, from board marshalls, bartenders, cashiers, and most importantly, the friendly (and some very funny) darters, all had a wonderful great time!

Paul Lim, the most famous Singaporean Darter and winner of many darts tournament around the world kicked off the opening games on the first day on 1st Sept with his famous words "Gaaaaame... On !!!". And away the games started off with the 01 Doubles event. The hall was packed with excited and enthusiastic yet nervous players, eager to win their very first Dartslive tournament medal in Singapore. There were quite a few tournament first-timers and some were visibly excited throwing with trembling hands too. But soon enough, after a few gulps of tension-calming beer, nerves were brought under control. Competition was tight as players were put into groups with other players of similar caliber. No one could say they were "(b)eaten alive" as everyone had a fighting chance.

The finalists soon emerge and their games took center stage. Everyone had an enjoyable time watching the finals games. The most funny and unusual finals was where Kane/Andrew took on the pair of Raymond/Eve for the C flight finals on stage. Kane and Andrew were trailing their opponent in the decider leg and Kane needed to do a high checkout of 146 as the opponent had 96pts left in the 01 game. After scoring the first bull and followed by a double-18, he needed another daunting triple 20 to win the game. He paced up and down the line nervously and had everyone on their feet cheering him on and breathlessly anticipating his last dart. He took a last careful aim and scored the checkout with a spectacular pose! And he literally jumped for joy and hugged his partner! Everyone else in the hall cheered him for that amazing shot.

Triple-20 Checkout shot by Kane Choo during his C Flight Finals:

from left : (1) The elegant pose (2) The shocking joy (3) The ecstatic celebration

(Photos by:Tan Chin Fan)

Day 1 - A Flight Doubles Winners

C Flight Joint 3rd : Angus/Katherine

BB Flight 2nd place - Paul (left) with Haze Leung of HK

Day 1 '01 Doubles: A Flight 
Champion : Ali Ho/Ivan Shen (TW)
2nd place : Zac Hong/Eddie Low
Joint 3rd : William Lee/ Tina Chan (HK) and Harith Lim/Nelson Wong
Joint 5th : Alan Chau/Jimmy Te, Jason Tan/Wei Ming, Johnny Seow/Winson, Andy Tan/Thomas

Day 1 '01 Doubles: BB Flight
Champion : Johnny Tan/ Lincoln Lai
2nd place: Haze Leung/Paul Leng
Joint 3rd : Kenny/CK, Kelvin Goh/Marcus Jiang
Joint 5th : Low Boon Chye/ Loh Yi-shin, Wai Leong/Jia Jie, Shine Hsieh/Nick Wu (TW), Frankie Cheong/Michael Ramond

Day 1 '01 Doubles: B Flight
Champion : Johnny Khoo/Alvin How
2nd place : Kok Ping/Andy Choo
Joint 3rd : Chris Leong/ Eunice Tan, Jason Chong / Yeow Jen Hwa
Joint 5th : Adrian Tan/Alvin Gan, Neo Qiu Nan/Caleb Fung, Kristine Lim/Yinn, Yap Boon Leong/Marco Lee

Day 1 '01 Doubles: C Flight
Champion : Andrew Ong/ Kane Choo
2nd place : Raymond Lim/ Eve Boon
Joint 3rd : Angus/Katherine, John Teng/Samuel Cheong
Joint 5th : Andy Bay/Evelyn, Syazwan/NurAyu , Marvin Fung/Thomas Lee (HK), Sammi Chong/Wendy Shaw

Once the Doubles event got wrapped up towards evening time, the Singles and Grand Masters got underway. The Best-of-the-Best Grand Masters event was interesting as all the high rated players from various countries came together for a chance to take the top prize and the bragging rights that came with it. Skilled players included Thailand's Watanyu and Yong Thanawat, Singapore's Paul Lim, Harith Lim, River Ang and Hong Kong's Haze Leung and Ben Wong.

The semi finals of the grand masters event pitted Paul Lim vs River on one side and Harith Lim vs Ben Wong (HK). It was the Semi final game between Paul and River that drew the crowd's attention and support as River fired up all cylinders to shoot an amazing and one of his best-ever game on the stage, in front of a wowed crowd. He led Paul Lim through much of the game and right into a 2-2 score and played Cricket as the last choice game. In the decider game, he was leading Paul right from the start and look very close to winning, until he missed two precious darts on the last remaining house - 15. Those 2 darts costs him dearly as Paul came back with multiple vicious triples and overcame the lead and wrap up the game soon after. But River wowed everyone with his awesome performance on the stage that was worthy of everyone's respect. Good game, River!

River Ang, Grandmasters 3rd place

Paul Lim - Grand masters Champion

Day 1 Singles : AB Flight
Champion : Kang Wei Ming
2nd place : Johnny Tan
Joint 3rd : Syazwan, Ding Dong De Mesa
Joint 5th : Clarence Wee, Kelvin Chan, Max Ong, Kristine Lim

Day 1 Singles: BC Flight 
Champion : Esanna Lam (HK)
2nd place : Thomas Lee (HK)
Joint 3rd : Danny Koh, Caleb Fung
Joint 5th : Marvin Fung, Claudine Oh, Tony Kwan, Thniah Peng Keang

Day 1 Grandmasters
Champion : Paul Lim
2nd place : Harith Lim
Joint 3rd : River Ang, Ben Wong
Joint 5th : Zac Hong, Yong Thanawat, Cheung Pui Hong, Haze Leung

Day 1 ended with the Singles final with the HK players of Esanna and Thomas sweeping the top 2 spots in the BC Flight while Johnny Tan took the champion for AB fight.

Day 2 first event was the doubles playing medley and players turn up early and waiting to enter to start warming up for the game.

In the A Flight event of day 2, the team of Harith/Nelson put away Paul Lim/Joey Ho in the semi-finals to set up an all-Singapore team affair for the Finals. However, Alan Chau and Jimmy was on form and defeated Harith/Nelson to grab the champion trophies. In the C Flight, the HK pair of Marvin and Thomas managed to do better than their yesterday's Joint 5th position and reached the finals to play against the popular local pair of Edmund/Kin Leong. This time, the HK pair was on form and easily defeated Edmund and Kin Leong to take the champion.

Day 2 Medley Doubles: A Flight 
Champion : Alan Chau/Jimmy Te
2nd place : Harith Lim/Nelson Wong
Joint 3rd : Paul Lim/Joey Ho, Ben Phua/Eric Tan
Joint 5th :   William Lee/ Tina Chan (HK), Johnny Seow/Edwin Yak, Osbert Neo/Jason Tan, Jason Tay/Kelvin Yap

Day 2 Medley Doubles: BB Flight
Champion : Arturo/Reynan
2nd place: Leow Wei Qiang/Kelvin Chan
Joint 3rd : Jalen Ng/Gary Tay, Dicky Mahdi/Danny Ang
Joint 5th : Alice Koh/Kenny Tan, Shine Hsieh/Nick Wu, Sky Neo/James Kew, Shawn Tan/Raymond Teo

Day 2 Medley Doubles: B Flight
Champion : Ken/David Khor
2nd place : Sunny Soh/Cassandra
Joint 3rd : Johnny Khoo/Alvin How, Felicia Ooi/Nick Lee
Joint 5th : Jason Chong/Yeow Jen Hwa, Hiu Lam/Esanna Lam, Ace Lau/Ruide Tan, Kristine Lim/Yinn Cheng

Day 2 Medley Doubles: C Flight
Champion : Marvin Fung/Thomas Lee (HK)
2nd place : Edmund/Kin Leong
Joint 3rd : Wang Liting/Hoo SiewFen, Vincent Leong/Joyce Chee
Joint 5th : Raymond Lim/Eve Boon, Jean Hia/Jenny Loo, Angus Wei/Katherine Chiok, Andrew Leong/Daniel Kum

C Flight Doubles Day 2 Winners

5th place Trios team of Kristine/ Yinn/ Nick looking tired but happy with their win

Day 2 Trios 
Champion : Eddie Low/Leow Wei Qiang/Kelvin Chan
2nd place : Paul Lim/Esanna Lam/Marvin Fung
Joint 3rd : Lincoln Lye/Johnny Tan/Ken Khor, Jimmy Te/Marcus Ye/Wang Liting
Joint 5th : Ryan Lau/PuiHong/Carmen Lo, Bernard Tong/Lion Lim/Alvin Lim, Kristine Lim/Yinn Cheng/Nick Lee, Nick Low/East Leng/Kwan HF

The Trios, as the last event of the Dartslive Singapore's Softdarts Championship 2012 tournament, was a popular event as it reach its maximum team limit much earlier in the day and the organisers have to turn down a few more teams' request. It was a tough fight as there were no divisions and no handicap. Competition was keen and there were many cases of tied games forcing some extra games from the teams. However, everyone enjoyed themselves especially since there was a lucky draw and location players/team photographs.

Finally, in the Trios finals, we see the local trios of Eddie Low/Leow Wei Qiang/Kelvin Chan playing against the HK team of Paul Lim/Esanna Lam/Marvin Fung. It was a tough fight as both teams were equally strong and the game went into the 3rd leg tie breaker. Finally, all 3 members of the balanced team of Eddie/Leow/Kelvin shot continously good darts leaving Paul Lim struggling to catch up on the score. The checkout dart was confidently made by Eddie and the trios trophy goes to the local trios team!

At the end of it, most of the players were tired but at the same time thoroughly enjoyed themselves and had great fun meeting and playing with local and overseas darters. Some had tears of joy, some had tears of disappointment, but all of us had much fun to laugh and cheer about and collected many experiences and stories to tell other darters. We all went home that night with a new experience and a new zest for darting!

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Correction 22 Sep'12 - Singles AB Flight results

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