Holiday Blind Draw results

Thank you to all the dart shooters you played in the first GVDA Holiday blind draw - great turn out!

We had one winner in the Mystery Out - Robert Stewart took out 92 to win $95. The night ended with $132 in the pot, which will roll over to the sign-up tournament on 1/3/17.

We paid top 4 and here are the standings:

1st place:    Andy Koch and Chris Simpson

2nd place:   Andy Joss and Richard Bezar

3rd place:    Amy DeBruyne and Pat Mangan

4th place:    Andy Georgetti and Matt Herne

Congratulations!!

REMINDER....HOLIDAY BLIND DRAW COMING UP!

This event is set up on DartConnect so bring your tablets!! Not a member of Cart Connect yet? Click here to become one for only $24 per year!! http://www.dartconnect.com/join.php

We a have a gap between the end of Fall playoff's and our annual sign-up in January so why not have a blind draw tournament to fill that space?!?

December 20th at Sunset Lanes. Blind draw, Rochester format; DOUBLE elimination (single leg of 501 in losers bracket). THIS IS OPEN TO ALL DART PLAYERS!!! $5 for GVDA members in good standing, $10 for non-GVDA members. 100% payout PLUS $200 has been added in compliments of the GVDA and Sunset Lanes. Sign-up starts at 7 pm with play beginning at 7:30 pm

We will also be holding a mystery out contest. $2 per attempt to take out a randomly chosen number between 61 and 170. Winner gets 50% of the pot. We also have a sponsor for this event so the pot starts at $100 and increases with every attempt!!

Hope to see you all there!!

Playoffs final week

Congrats to the teams making the final week

Metro
McGinnity's Gunners at Casey Jones Team Mooky

Division A
Sunset Cut Men at McGinnity's Lebowski

Division B
Bathtub Billy's Dart Bags at Corner Sports Bar Island of Misfit Toys

Division C
Barnard Crossing Woodchucks at Mason's Bulls Deep

HOLIDAY BLIND DRAW

We a have a gap between the end of Fall playoff's and our annual sign-up in January so why not have a blind draw tournament to fill that space?!?

December 20th at Sunset Lanes. Blind draw, Rochester format - single or double elimination based on turnout. THIS IS OPEN TO ALL DART PLAYERS!!! $5 for GVDA members in good standing, $10 for non-GVDA members. 100% payout PLUS $200 has been added in compliments of the GVDA and Sunset Lanes. Sign-up starts at 7 pm with play beginning at 7:30 pm

We will also be holding a mystery out contest. $2 per attempt to take out a randomly chosen number between 61 and 170. Winner gets 50% of the pot. We also have a sponsor for this event so the pot starts at $100 and increases with every attempt!!

Hope to see you all there!!

2017 GVDA Calendar now available

Winter 2017 Sign up and Annual General Meeting of the GVDA is on January 3rd 2017 at Sunset Lanes. We will hold the traditional $5 members' blind draw tournament opening at 7:00pm for tournament sign up with announcements starting at 7:30pm prior to the tournament start.

Individual membership dues for the year will once again be just $30. Tavern fees (per team per season) will also remain at $60 for Winter & Fall seasons and $20 for the shorter Summer season.

In an effort to reduce darts burn-out we are sticking to the 14 weeks to cover regular season plus playoffs that we are operating for the current season. In future years this should mean more time between seasons during which we may hold additional tournaments or events.

We are not all DeBruynes or Dwyers and are happy to announce that there will be no GVDA play scheduled for Valentine's night 2017, or for July 4th and Halloween which also fall on Tuesdays next year. We still feel there is a comfortable feel to the schedule in spite of this.

2017 PDF Calendar

December's board meeting date change

December's board meeting date has been changed from December 1st to December 8th , Remember open door policy if you have ideal's or want to discuss any thing with the board come on out to Mcginnity's on west ridge road

Rule of the Week 11-28-2016

What happens when you only have four team member's and one of them have to leave early ?

section 5 - the match  part 3

Deviation from the order is permitted by consent of the two captains.

Metro division !st week of Playoffs

Rookie's One More at McGinnity's Gunners and Willow West Side Boys at McGinnity's Stepchildren

Dog House Dirty Kids and Casey Jones Team Mooky both have off

Good luck

ADO Region 5-2 Cricket Regional update; GVDA mid-season update; 2017

Hi everyone!


ADO CRICKET REGIONAL:


The ADO 5-2 Cricket Regional was this past Saturday (11/5) and boy what a tough room! We had 10 shooters, which included our very own Dale LaFrance and Robert Stewart. The top spot went to Mat Malone, an Independent ADO member, 2nd went to Ryan Morey from STDL, 3rd went to Robert Stewart (yeah!!) and 4th went to Greg Von Lienen from TCNY


Mat is advancing to the cricket final in Vegas in late January! We had an extra $220 entry fees and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place finishers were given the opportunity to pay the difference and advance. Ryan and Greg were unable to, but Robert is seizing the opportunity to play in the National final!


FALL 2016 MID-SEASON REUSLTS:


The results for 1st and 2nd were recently posted, but some people have asked to see the 3rd and 4th place finishers as well so here you go:


1st:     Steve Ellingham/Pat Mangan
2nd:    Ron Pospisil/Johnny Lee
3rd:     Craig Foster/Dan Houser
4th:     Dave McCrary/Geoff Silkey


2017:


Dates to put on your calendar:


      Rochester Open:    March 31st and April 1st...$5000+ guaranteed payout!
      Winter sign-up and tourney:     January 3rd. Yearly dues of $30 will be due
      Syracuse Open:     February 17th-19th

The full 2017 GVDA Calendar is now available.

Look for information on upcoming ADO qualifiers as well

NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING DATE CHANGE

The November board meeting has been moved to tonight, Wednesday, 11/9 at 7pm. Location will remain the same...McGinnity's

Rule of the week 11-8-2016

Shooting the Bull

If both player's darts land within the double bull the throw is a tie and a rethrow is made (second thrower now throwing first.) If both darts land within the single bull the throw is tied and a rethrow is made as above. If one player's dart lands within the single bull and one player's dart lands within the double bull, the double bull wins.

Rule of the week 11-1-2016

Throwing for the Bull - Part 1
1) All legs begin with the opposing players throwing for the bull. The chalker is responsible for determining which dart is closer to the bull. Darts MAY NOT be touched until AFTER a decision has been made. A player touching a dart in the board before that decision loses the throw.

2) The home team has the option of throwing for the bull first to begin the first leg of all games. The loser of the first leg has the same option to begin the second leg. If a third leg is needed, the visiting team has the option.

3) Only players named to play in the game may throw for the bull. In doubles, only one player from each team throws for the bull.

Mid-season results

Congrats to Steve Ellingham and Pat Mangan for winning the tournament. Second place went to Johnny Lee and Ron Pospisil . Great shooting to all

Midseason tonight at Sunset lanes

Tonight is mid-season tournament come out and have a good time .

Don't forget if you want to get a newer practice board for home ? We have a limited amount of boards that we will be selling boards at the mid-season tournament for $10.00 each .  

Reminder next week is mid-season 10-25-2016

Just a few reminders before mid-season

Please remember to rotate you dart boards every two weeks , at least 2 spots .
Dartboard rotation

Is your league board seen better days and need replacement bring old board to mid-season for replacement . Make sure to contact us using the contact form on website before monday 10-24-2016 so we can bring you replacement

Does your Bar  need an extra board ? Do you want to maybe get a newer practice board for home ?
We have a limited amount of boards that we will be selling boards at the mid-season tournament for $10.00 each .  

Rule of the week 10-11-2016

Cork’s Choice
1) The winner of the throw for the bull (cork) chooses the game to be played in that leg and throws first. The choice must be clearly announced to the opponent and the chalker BEFORE play begins
2) The choice is limited to 301, 401 (doubles only), 501 or Cricket.
3) Cork’s choice is Rochester Format; the same game cannot be called in consecutive legs.

Metro week 6 Position week 10-11-2016

This is position week for metro division only

Casey jones team mooky at Dog house Dirty kids

Rookies one more  at McGinnity's Gunners

Willow west side boys at McGinnity's stepchildren

GVDA ADO Cricket Qualifier Results

Awesome day of darts on Saturday for the GVDA ADO Cricket qualifier!!

This was a free qualifier for GVDA members. Everyone agreed to put in extra $10 and with the GVDA kicking in the other $30 we are sending 2 players to the National/Regional Qualifier on November 5th at Quigley's in Albany.

Robert Stewart took first with 20 points only losing 1 leg all day.

Dale LaFrance took second and had 3 nine counts for the day.

Issac Robinson took 3rd and had 1 nine count and a 12-dart game.

There was a tie for 4th between Reggie Rollo and Dan Cota - tie breaker went to Reggie.

Congratulations to Robert and Dale and to all the shooters who came out!

Nice start to the game

  Congratulations to Paul Reitschky from Rookie's One More ,  on starting a game of cricket with a 9 count. ( trip 20 , trip 19 , trip 18 )

UPDATED START TIME FOR ADO QUALIFEIR ON 10/8

Last ADO qualifier of 2016 is at Sunset Lanes on October 8th. 

PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE..Sign-in at noon; play starts at 12:30. Looking to have a separate ladies bracket if we get enough interest or us ladies can play with the men as well!

This one is all cricket! Round Robin format - play all 3 legs - one bracket unless we have over 12 people.

FREE to all GVDA members in good standing. Not a member yet? You can be! For $15 you can be a general member and play this qualifier plus the mid-season tournament. Dues must be paid prior to the mid-season and/or qualifier.

Winner(s) move on to the Regional NovemBer 5th at Quigley's in Albany.

Let me know who will be attending!

Rule of the Week 10-03-2016

401 (A doubles game only)
1) EACH player must begin with a double. All scores made by a team are subtracted from a starting score of 401. One player on a team may double in and continue to shoot for score even though their partner has not doubled in. A leg ends in the same manner as 301 The “bust” rule applies. The first team to end the leg are the winners.
2) A player may double in and out on the same dart. If a player doubles in and “busts” in the same turn , that player is not in and must double in again. If a player doubles in and “busts” on the same dart, that ends the player’s turn and that player is not in.

ADO cricket Qualifier coming up

Last ADO qualifier of 2016 is at Sunset Lanes on October 8th. Sign-in at 11:30; play starts at noon. Looking to have a separate ladies bracket if we get enough interest or us ladies can play with the men as well!

This one is all cricket! Round Robin format - play all 3 legs - one bracket unless we have over 12 people.

FREE to all GVDA members in good standing. Not a member yet? You can be! For $15 you can be a general member and play this qualifier plus the mid-season tournament. Dues must be paid prior to the mid-season and/or qualifier.

Winner(s) move on to the Regional November 5th at Quigley's in Albany.

Let me know who will be attending!

Rule of the Week 9-26-2016

The Hockey

If a player has any part of their feet or shoes over the hockey during a throw, the score made during that throw is void. One warning by the opposing captain will be sufficient notice before invoking this rule against any or all members of the warned team.

 A player wishing to throw from a position to either side of the existing hockey must keep their feet behind an imaginary straight line extending the hockey to either side.

Great day of darts at the Invictus event #3

Great day of darts for Invictus event #3

1st place Winner: Dale LaFrance

2nd place Winner: Robert Stewart

Both advance to the finals in Syracuse in December!!

Great shooting everyone!

Rule of the week 9-19-2016

Some basic rules

Any dart that leaves either of the player’s hands and touches any part of the playing area beyond the hockey (i.e., between the hockey and the dartboard) is considered thrown.

Darts which touch the floor behind or land straddling the hockey are considered dropped and may be picked up and thrown during that player’s turn (a dart bouncing off or falling out of the dartboard cannot be rethrown).

 Any dart that bounces back off the board, backer, wall, chalker, or any anything beyond the hockey cannot be caught and rethrown.

REMINDER: INVICTUS EVENT #3 COMING UP SEPTEMBER 17TH

INVICTUS EVENT #3 AT SUNSET LANES ON SEPEMBER 17TH

SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE!!

Invictus is a series of dart events put on by Bush League Darts across NYS with the winners of each event meeting for the finals in December in Syracuse. Event #3 is being held in Rochester on September 17^th at Sunset Lanes!!!

Open Round Robin Singles 501 (FIDO). Three legs each match. Brackets determined by number of participants. Number of players advancing from first round bracket to final bracket will be based on initial bracket size.

Pre-registration is open! Cost is $20 prior to the event and $25 the day of the event. Pre-registration closes at 7 pm on 9/16/16.

Sign in begins at 11a.m on 9/17/16 with play starting at noon. One qualifier for every 10 entries advances to the finals to be held in December at the PACC. If we have the maximum attendance (30) then the top 3 will advance.

To pre-register please see Amy or Dave DeBruyne, Dan Inman, Rick Mills Jr., Todd Crans or Tobin Bush. You must pay to be pre-registered!

 

Please let me know if you have any questions

Rule of the week 9-12-2016

Scoring the Throw

To score, a dart must remain in the dartboard for 5 seconds after the player's last dart has been thrown.

The thrower must verify the score with the chalker before removing their darts from the dartboard. If any darts are removed and a disagreement arises as to score, the chalker's decision must stand.

 Darts may not be touched by anyone (including the chalker) prior to the chalker's decision as to score.

INVICTUS EVENT #3 AT SUNSET LANES ON SEPEMBER 17TH

Invictus is a series of dart events put on by Bush League Darts across NYS with the winners of each event meeting for the finals in December in Syracuse. Event #3 is being held in Rochester on September 17^th at Sunset Lanes!!!

Open Round Robin Singles 501 (FIDO). Three legs each match. Brackets determined by number of participants. Number of players advancing from first round bracket to final bracket will be based on initial bracket size.

Pre-registration is open! Cost is $20 prior to the event and $25 the day of the event. Pre-registration closes at 7 pm on 9/16/16.

Sign in begins at 11a.m on 9/17/16 with play starting at noon. One qualifier for every 10 entries advances to the finals to be held in December at the PACC. If we have the maximum attendance (30) then the top 3 will advance.

To pre-register please see Amy or Dave DeBruyne, Dan Inman, Rick Mills Jr., Todd Crans or Tobin Bush. You must pay to be pre-registered!

 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

 

Amy

Fall Season Schedule 2016

The fall season schedule is now posted .  Season starts 09/06/2016 .

http://thegvda.org/schedule_rg.htm


Metro division Jud's team is still waiting on final board inspection before tavern is named

FALL SEASON STARTS 9/6

REMINDER: The FALL season will start next Tuesday 9/6. This is a change from the calendar date. Schedules will be posted tomorrow or Wednesday. Also, if you are interested in using the DartConnect scoring system for league play please contact Amy or Dave DeBruyne.

Results from the GVDA Fall season sign-up tournament

Results from the GVDA Fall season sign-up tournament - 18 teams; double elimination:

1st. Fred James and Amy DeBruyne
2nd. Nick Maguire and Dan Houser
3rd. Patrick Moran and Dale LaFrance
4th. Ed Day and Mike Legac
5th. Andy Joss and Reginald Rollo
6th. Andreas Koch and Ron Pospisil

Great shooting everyone!!

Rule of the week

1. Rules of conduct
A. Sportsmanship
1) Good sportsmanship shall prevail at all GVDA activities. The GVDA may expel, suspend, or place on probation any member who creates discord, behaves in a belligerent or defamatory manner or engages in conduct prejudicial to the welfare and image of the GVDA and the sport of darts.
2) Attempts to distract a player at the hockey are prohibited.
3) Opposing team members must stand at least 2 feet behind a player at the hockey.
4) Captains must remove any distractions and remedy any problems of which they are advised as fully as possible. Captains will be held responsible for the conduct of their team members.

FALL SIGN-UP AND TOURNAMENT - NEXT ADO QUALIFIER - DARTCONNECT - INVICTUS

A ton of stuff going on and coming up for darts and the GVDA!!

FALL SIGN-UP AND TOURNAMENT

Fall season sign-up and tournament tonight at Sunset! Festivities start at 7 pm.

Not already a GVDA member? You can be for $15!! Play on a team and/or play the mid-season tournament and the upcoming ADO cricket qualifier. There are always teams looking for players or players looking for a team!

Blind draw tournament will start at 7:30 pm. $5 entry fee; 100% payback plus $240. Rochester format-single or double elimination determined by number of players.

CRICKET ADO QUALIFIER

The last ADO event for 2016 is cricket!! Local qualifier is October 8th at Sunset Lanes. Open to all GVDA members in good sanding and it is FREE!!!!! Sign-in at 11:30 a.m. with play starting at noon. Round Robin - all cricket! If we have more than 12 people there will be 2 brackets with the top 3 from each moving on to the a final round robin bracket. Winner will advance to the Cricket National/Regional to be held at Quigley's in Albany on November 5th. Winners at the National/Regional level travel to Vegas in January

DARTCONNECT

Some of you may have seen us using the DartConnect app for the summer season. It is an electronic scoring app (similar to the ones that used to be at Dirty & Co many moons ago) you use on a tablet. DartConnect will be available for any team that wants to use it for the Fall season. Cost is $20 per team. Here is a link to find out more about DartConnect  http://www.dartconnect.com/

It will be available at the sign-up tournament tonight - come check it out!

INVICTUS

Invictus is coming back to Rochester! It is a series of 6 events with the winners of each moving on to the final in December. It is a long format, 501 steel tip event. Event #3 is on September 17th at Sunset Lanes. Pre-registration is $20 ($25 the day of the event). You can pre-register with Amy DeBruyne tonight at sign-ups.

Rule of the Week

Been thinking about starting the " Rule of the week " back up , so with the new season coming up i wanted to start with chalking .

 Chalker’s Responsibilities 
1) The chalker’s function is to keep score. Engaging in other activities while chalking is not allowed. Chalkers are to face the dartboard, keep movements to a minimum and be considerate of the thrower.
 2) A chalker must not distract the player at the hockey. A chalker may not stare at the shooter, lean in to check the score between darts thrown, or speak without being requested to do so.
 3) A chalker may not in any way advise the thrower on outs, shot choice or strategy. When asked, a chalker may advise the thrower as to points scored and points remaining only. Such information is not official and the player acts upon it at his/her own risk.
 4) It is permissible for other players or spectators to advise the thrower, upon request, during the match. 
5) If you must use a calculator, cell phone, automatic dart scorer, or other device to help do math: 
a. Please do not enter any darts, scores, or values into it until the shooter has thrown all three darts.
 b. Please use these as quickly as possible not to delay the game


Thank you for your time ,  if you have a suggestion for us to post a "Rule of the Week" please let me know 

FALL SIGN UP AND TOURNAMENT

Fall sign up and tournament is Tuesday, August 23rd, at Sunset Lanes.


We have teams looking for players or you can be a general member which makes you eligible to play in the sign-up and midseason tournaments as well as the ADO qualifiers.

If you are looking for a team, have questions about the league please fill out the contact form on the website and a board member will get back to you.

Looking forward to seeing you  at sign-up

Also this season we will have the ability to sign teams up to use dart connect . If you would like to know more about it her is a link .  http://dartconnect.com/ 

RESULTS FROM THE US TEAM QUALIFIER (JULY 30TH)

The previous post was actually about the All Star results from June. The US Team National Qualifier was held July 30th in Syracuse and here are those results:

Men's bracket:

1st         Jerry VanLoan
2nd       Joseph Rutsky
3rd        Gino Florian
4th        Todd Crans
5th        Dan Inman
6th        Dale LaFrance
7th        Brian Field
8th        Andy Joss
9th        Rick Mills Jr.

Woman's bracket:

1st        Cali West
2nd       Rachel Burrous
3rd        Robin Curry
4th        Amy DeBruyne
5th        Stacy Bradley

The winners, Jerry and Cali, will advance to the US Team final to be held in Colorado in October. This will be the final event to complete the US Team, who will compete in the World Cup to be held in Japan in 2017.

FALL SIGN UP AND TOURNAMENT

Fall sign up and tournament is Tuesday, August 23rd, at Sunset Lanes.

We have teams looking for players or you can be a general member which makes you eligible to play in the sign-up and midseason tournaments as well as the ADO qualifiers. Also looking for teams who want to use DartConnect (scoring application) this season.

If you are looking for a team, have questions about the league or DartConnect please fill out the contact form on the website and a board member will get back to you.

Looking forward to seeing you all at sign-up!

RESULTS FROM THE ALL STAR REGIONAL

A little late but here are the results from the recent (July30th) All Star Regional held in Syracuse, NY.

1st           Josh Connell               
2nd          Richard McGlynn
                John Fratangelo
4th           Dale LaFrance
5th           Gino Florian
6th           Matt Franciola
                Schuyler Dembroski   
8th           John Weinreich
9th           Dan Inman

Josh (from Syracuse) National Final and did very well! He made it out of his round robin bracket and finished in the top 4! Way to go Josh!

Stay tuned for information regarding the final ADO qualifier of the year - cricket!

REMINDER!!! LOCAL GVDA QUALIFER THIS SUNDAY 7/10

This is a reminder that the ADO US Team (World Cup Team) local FREE GVDA qualifier is this Sunday the 10th at the Brew Haus. Sign-in at 11:30 and play starts at noon. All 501, round robin format.

We are sending the top 2 finishers to the Regional on July 30th. We had 2 qualified last time around but the second person couldn't go so that opens a second spot for this one.

Hope to see you there!

Amy

SUMMER MIDSEASON

REMINDER: Tonight is the SUMMER MIDSEASON tournament at McGinnity's. 7pm sign up and 7:30 start. $240 plus 100% payout. Not playing summer season? It doesn't matter! Tournament is open to all current GVDA members.

NEXT ADO QUALIFIER COMING UP FAST

The 3rd Annual ADO LOCAL GVDA qualifier is coming up FAST! Sorry for the short notice!!

Open to GVDA members in good standing only. Not a member? NO PROBLEM - become a general member and be eligible to play all ADO qualifiers, sign-up and mid-season tournaments. Dues must be paid on or before July 10th.

This qualifier is for the US Team (World Cup) Regional. Winner(s) of this local qualifier will advance to the Regional to be held at the PACC in Syracuse on July 30, 2016. We will be sending 2 people this time around as the 2nd player nor the alternates could play at the last Regional.

All 501. Will be a round robin-exact format will be based on participation.

Sign-n at 11:30 with play starting at noon on July 10th. Contact Amy DeBruyne for any questions or to become a general member.

Hope to see you there!

Summer Season

The schedule is now up for summer season. There will be one division which will play like a non-metro division (8 matches per night). Captains that are already registered will be assigned to their new teams shortly for score submission purposes. There is a slot for one more team if anybody is interested in signing up. Just use the contact form on our website to let us know. Thanks and shoot well!

Summer signup tournament results

Congratulations to last night's winners Nick Maguire and Dan Cota. 2nd place went to Pat Mangan and Monkey (aka Brian Hastings). 3rd place was Judd Brown and Stacy Bradley. Nice shooting all. Thanks to everyone who came out to play!

Summer 2016 season signup and tournament

The Summer 2016 Registration form is now available. There will be a blind draw tournament  at McGinnity's on Tuesday May 17th to mark the new season signup night. The tournament is open to all GVDA members in good standing as well as those who join on the night and will payout $240 plus 100% payout of any entry fees of just $5 per member. Hope to see everyone there!

REMINDER!! FREE QUALIFIER (GVDA MEMBERS ONLY) THIS SUNDAY!!

The next local FREE qualifier, to all GVDA members in good standing, is coming up on May 15th at Sunset Lanes. Sign-in at noon and play to start at 12:30 pm. All 501!! Format determined by number of participants, but will be a round robin of some sort :)

Not currently a GVDA member? No problem, you can become a general member for $30. This will give you the opportunity to play in all the mid-season and sign-up tournaments as well as the ADO qualifiers. Dues need to be paid on or before May 15th.

Winner advances to the Regional to be held at the PACC in Syracuse on June 18th.

Any questions please ask!

Thanks!

Amy

Winter 2016 Season Playoffs

- McGinnity's Stepchildren at Braddock Bay West Side Boys

- Sunset Retreds at Dog House Dirty Kids

- Mulconry's Let's Be Ins at McGinnity's Gunners

- McGinnity's Lebowski at Sunset Cut Men

- Bathtub Billy's Army of the 12 Monkeys at Mulconry's Highlanders

- Dog House Woodchucks at Corner Sports Bar Island of Misfit Toys

- Long Pond Dirty Words at Bathtub Billy's Dart Bags

- Mayfields Mayhem at Tap & Mallet Bulls Deep

ADO All Stars and 501 Singles Champion Qualifier

The next local FREE qualifier, to all GVDA members in good standing, is coming up on May 15th at Sunset Lanes. Sign-in at noon and play to start at 12:30 pm. All 501!! Format determined by number of participants, but will be a round robin of some sort :)

Not currently a GVDA member? No problem, you can become a general member for $30. This will give you the opportunity to play in all the mid-season and sign-up tournaments as well as the ADO qualifiers. Dues need to be paid on or before May 15th.

Winner advances to the Regional to be held at the PACC in Syracuse on June 18th.

Any questions please ask!

Thanks!

Amy

2016 ROCHESTER OPEN RESULTS

The 5th annual Rochester Open is in the books! We had a great turn out! Saw some old faces and new ones. All in all another successful tournament! Here are the results:

Open 101:

Winner:             Mark Conti
Runner-up:        Ed May

Blind Draw (Friday):

Winner:            Matt Herne
                         Jim Graton

Runner-up:       Kevin Alger
                         Todd Crans

Woman's Singles 501:

Winner:            Cali West
Runner-up:       Juanita (Nita) Buckshot

Men's Singes 501:

Winner:            Steve Warnock
Runner-up:       Todd Crans

Woman's Doubles 501:

Winner:            Cali West
                         Robin Curry

Runner -up:      Amy DeBruyne
                         Jennifer Williamson

Open 401:

Winner:            Angelo DiGiulio
                         Steve Warnock

Runner-up:       Milan Savic
                         Rich Nieman

Men's Cricket Singles:

Winner:            Steve Warnock
Runner-up:       Todd Crans

Woman's Singles Cricket:

Winner:            Cali West
Runner-up:       Robin Curry

Blind Draw (Saturday):

Winner:            Mark Conti
                         Robert Stewart

Runner-up:       Dale LaFrance
                         Nick Maquire

Rochester Open

IT'S TIME!!! First event starts in an hour. Blind draw starts at 8:00. Come on down!

2016 ROCHESTER OPEN...IN 4DAYS!!

The 5th Annual Rochester Open is happening in 4 days!!! Hope to see you there!!!!!

HELP WANTED!

HELP WANTED!

The GVDA is looking for help with set-up and tear down for this year's Rochester Open. Here is what we need:

Set-up: Friday, 4/15 starting at 11am until approximately 3pm.  We need people to arrange the room, move and set up stanchions at Sunset Lanes.  We will offer free entry to the Singles events on Saturday to the first 5 people that respond to this post and show up to set up.  Lunch will also be provided.

Tear down: Sunday, 4/17 starting at 11 am until approximately 3pm.  We need people to tear down and store stanchions as well as rearrange the room.  We will provide lunch and cash compensation for the first 5 people that respond and show up to tear down.

If you are interested please go to http://thegvda.org/contacts.htm choose ADO/OPEN from the topic list and respond with your name, phone number and which day(s) you are available.  If we already have 5 people signed up we will let you know that you are an alternate and call you if anyone backs out.

Winer mid-season winners

This past Tuesday was the GVDA winter season mid-season tournament. We had 11 teams and the winners re:

1st place:         Dale LaFrance and Reggie Rollo
2nd place:       Andy Joss and Rich Bazer
3rd place:        Pat Mangan and Mike Depalma
4th place:        Geoff Silkey and Bob Shermetta

Great shooting!!

MIDSEASON TONIGHT!

Come on out for tonight's midseason tournament at Sunset! $5 entry with 100% payback + $240! Sign up starts at 7 with draw at 7:30. See you tonight.

Weather Postponement

In light of the continued ban on all unnecessary travel, the fact that 490 is closed and the weather radar that calls for continuing snow until at least 6pm the GVDA has decided to postpone darts for this evening. Please inform your taverns in the event that may want to close. Matches will be made up in week 9 as part of a double points night as the schedule is an exact duplicate of tonight's schedule. Alternatively, if captains agree, matches can be made in a different manner. Options include playing on a different night or, if the tavern has 2 boards, 2 matches can be played simultaneously rather than counting each individual match as 2 points. If you choose one of these alternatives to make up your match please inform the GVDA via email or by putting a note on the score reporting portal. Thanks. Stay safe and warm.

Bad Weather February 16th

Currently there is a no-unnecessary-travel advisory in Monroe and other surrounding counties. We will make a decision by mid afternoon on what the plan is for tonight's matches so keep an eye out on this news blog for updates. Thanks & be safe!

LOCAL ADO WINMAU MASTERS QUALIFIER RESULTS

The first ADO qualifier for 2016 was a HUGE success!

We had 12 players broken into two groups (Clubs and Spades) of 6. The top 3 from each group advanced to a final round robin group. The GVDA kicked in $50 towards a 2nd player advancing and each of the finalist put in $10 each to fully fund a second player from Rochester advancing to the Regional/National qualifier in March.

Here is the breakdown:

CLUBS
PLAYER	Robert	Reggie	Rich	Dave D.	Dave M	Joe
Robert	X	3	3	3	1	3	13
Reggie	0	X	2	3	1	2	8
Rich	0	1	X	2	1	1	5
Dave D.	0	0	1	X	1	2	4
Dave M	2	2	2	2	X	1	9
Joe	1	1	2	1	2	X	7
SPADES
PLAYER	Andy	Doc	Stacy	Scotty	Dan H.	Dale
Andy	X	3	3	3	1	2	12
Doc	0	X	3	3	2	0	8
Stacy	0	0	X	1	2	1	4
Scotty	0	0	2	X	0	0	2
Dan H.	2	1	1	3	X	2	9
Dale	1	3	2	3	1	X	10
		1st
		2nd
		3rd

Dan Houser came out on top in the final round robin and there was a 3-way tie between Robert Stewart, Dale LaFrance and Andy Joss. They went into a tiebreaker..round robin of one leg of 501. Robert came out on top to secure the second spot. Dale LaFrance is the 1st alternate and Andy Joss the 2nd alternate.

Congratulations to Dan and Robert and to all the shooters!! Dan and Robert will be representing Rochester in the Regional/National qualifier on March 13th.