Fall 2017 Banquet

T o n s o f N e w s l e t t e r

Home to the Fall Session of the Raleigh Dart League for the Banquet, Saturday, December 9, 2017 Issue #JK704
The "This Is Probably About As Close To A 'Royal' Wedding As I Will Ever Care To Be" Edition

TOURNAMENT WINNERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

"A" Division - Appetite for Destruction (13-11)

Item

Page Number

Appetite ends Element's 5-Mug run by pulling out a 501 sweep (just as they did in their week 14 win), punctuated by a Michael Johnson T80 and a pair of quick 20-darters in the final 3-game set.

"B" Division - Dartistic Expression (13-11)

Tournament & Regular Season Winning Teams Spring 2018 RDL Season Information

Final Divisional Standings

1123

Final Divisional Tournament Results

Dartistic finally escapes going to 1001 with Methodical (where Methodical had dumped them twice previously), thus completing an ultimate nailbiter Mug run, with 12-12, 13-11, and 13-11 wins.

"C" Division - Flightmare (13-3)

Tournament & Regular Season Winning Team Rosters Sp'18 season dates, Tiebreaker Summary, good lessons

Tournament Trophy Dart Awards

Other Tournament Hot Darts
4455
After winning the season race by 5 matches and 50 points (the second-biggest margin of victory), Flightmare rolls to one of the most dominant tournament runs this fall, only reaching 501 once.

"D" Division - Dysfunctional Outlaws (12+-12)

Dysfunctional becomes the only team outside of a "top two" from the regular season to take home a set of Mugs, outlasting the Bandits (who they also thumped during the season) in a 1001!

"E" Division - Inglourious Darters (14-4)

After trading equal wins and ending the season with identical win/loss records, Inglourious really separates themselves from WINNAU in the final, not even taking the match to the 501s.

"F" Division - Bull Hunters (14-6)

The Bull Hunters claim their third consecutive set of Mugs (first H, then G, now F), completing an absolutely dominant season/ tournament double in which no competitor was ever all that close.

"G" Division - Bulls Up! (13-9)

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Regular Season Trophy Dart Awards Divisional Singles Win %-age Winners Divisional All-Star Point %-age Winners

Players Who Beat the Singles Winners Season Penalty Summary List of Host Establishments Holiday blind draws, other local leagues RDL Address and Phone No. Information Event Calendar, Penalty Log JK's All-Star Team Picks Quick Stat Tidbits, JK's Prediction Results Summary Prediction Results Table Week-by-Week Match Results Table Fall 2017 Trivia Questions Revisited (cont. on pg. 15) Fall 2017 Lyrics Quiz Revisited (cont. on pg. 14 too) The rest of the lyrics quiz, an "RDL is great" story
After a first-round bye, Bulls Up! gets pushed more than a bit by both the #5 and #3 seeds, but it all still ends in the team's second straight season/tournament double on their way up the ladder.

"H" Division - Why So Serious? (14-2)

The rest of the trivia game, city champs, good thoughts 15

Random Thoughts from JK

16

17

29-Season listing of regular season & tourn. winners

2017 NCCDL & NCLC standings, news, history 2017 NCCDL & NCLC perfect throws, tourn. results 2017 NC State Championship results New Year's Tournament flyer, Carolina Open flyer Top Singles Records, by Division
18 19 20 21
In what had to be the least surprising result of this tournament session (with due respect to the other H teams, of course), Why So Serious? coughs up a total of 6 points (with one win by forfeit).
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REGULAR SEASON WINNERS

"A" Division - The Cardiac Element (11 wins, 1 loss)
2nd place - Appetite for Destruction
"B" Division - Methodical Madness (11 wins, 3 losses)
2nd place - Dartistic Expression
"C" Division - Flightmare (14 wins, 0 losses)
2nd place - Shooter McGavin
"D" Division - One Armed Bandits (11 wins, 1 loss)
2nd place - Pat's Blue Ribbon
"E" Division - Inglourious Darters (10 wins, 2 losses)
2nd place - WINNAU
"F" Division - Bull Hunters (12 wins, 0 losses)
2nd place - Coral Reefers
"G" Division - Bulls Up! (10 wins, 2 losses)
2nd place - Walking That Wire
"H" Division - Why So Serious? (14 wins, 0 losses)
2nd place - Just A Bit Outside

Top Doubles Records, by Division Top Singles+Doubles, by Division
23 24 25
26,27
28
Top All Star Point Averages, by Division Top Individual Records, by Section of Play League-Wide Individual Singles, Doubles Records League-Wide Individual Singles + Doubles Records, and All-Star Point Averages
Singles, Doubles Records, Ranked by Team Overall Records, All-Star Pt. Ave., Ranked By Team Complete "A" Division Statistics Complete "B" Division Statistics Complete "C" Division Statistics Complete "D" Division Statistics Complete "E" Division Statistics
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Complete "F" Division Statistics Complete "G" Division Statistics Complete "H" Division Statistics Registration Materials for Spring 2018 RDL Season

(Rosters of all season- and tournament-winning teams are on page 4.)

SPRING 2018 RALEIGH DART LEAGUE SEASON INFORMATION

Registration Meeting for ALL Teams; The Upper Deck;

Match Play begins on Wednesday, January 24

Wednesday, January 3, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

MANDATORY Fifth Week Captains' Meeting;
MANDATORY Preseason Captains' Meeting; The Upper Deck;

Wednesday, January 17, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
The Upper Deck; Monday, February 26, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Divisional tournament weeks - May 2 & 9 & 16

Page 1

FINAL!! DIVISIONAL TEAM STANDINGS FOR THE FALL 2017 RDL SEASON

W

L

Pts.

W

L

Pts.

"A" Division

"E" Division










The Cardiac Element Appetite for Destruction
11 11
844
11488
215 181 149 126 119
99
Inglourious Darters WINNAU
10 10
654
2267889
186 174 133 137 114 108 126
3 Dead Beats 4 Lunatic Fringe 5 Alcohol Related



3 Game of Throws 4 Death Throw 5 Shark Shooters



Brass Monkeys North Raleigh Alliance
31
9
11
Sofa Kings Coaching Tom Seaver
4

3

109

"B" Division

"F" Division










Methodical Madness Dartistic Expression
11 10
777752
3477779
12
181 198 179 164 150 148 148 125
Bull Hunters Coral Reefers
12
7766
05566
193 132 105 154 151 129
80

3 Nine Lives

3 Don't Hit The Scorekeeper

4 Something Inappropriate 5 Show Me Your Tips



4 Kiss My Bulls 5 Menace 2 Sobriety 6 Thursday's Suck



Wayne Gretzky Plumber's Quacks
40
8

12

The Bunkers

Rif Raf

-- xx-Chatham Street Elite - removed from schedule

"C" Division

"G" Division










Flightmare Shooter McGavin
14
9876651
0567889
13
228 178 172 139 168 149 151
95
Bulls Up! Walking That Wire
10
9854
2347899
166 163 129 131 112 132 116
3 Darty McDart Face 4 Fire For Effect Again 5 Long Shafts 6 Pop That Cork!



3 Irish Ton 4 Is It In? 5 Cold Blooded and Thin Skinned



Chalker's Nightmare Dart Buddies
3

3

Cheap Shots



Ghosts of Our Former Selves

"D" Division

"H" Division










One Armed Bandits Pat's Blue Ribbon
11
8665
14667
172 155 156 127 121 125 120
Why So Serious? Just A Bit Outside
14 10
986440
04568
10 10 14
251 197 175 139 145 136 131
-5
3 Dysfunctional Outlaws 4 Hump Day! 5 Armed and Hammered



3 Ballistic Behavior 4 Brown's Bombers 5 All About That Bull 6 Chalk It Up



Red-eye Rangers Sharky's Machine
42
8

10

Tips & Shafts

xx-Dart Squad

LEGEND OF SYMBOLS IN STANDINGS:

 = clinched "top-two" finish in division
 = regular season division champion
 = clinched "bottom-two" finish in division

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FALL 2017 RDL DIVISIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

WINNER

"A" Division

"E" Division

1

The Cardiac Element (Bye)

Inglourious Darters

The Cardiac Element

(13-1)

(Bye)

(14-8)

The Cardiac Element

543672
543672

Alcohol Related

(14-6)

Shark Shooters Death Throw

(14-6)

Lunatic Fringe

Death Throw

Lunatic Fringe

(13-11)

(14-4)

Appetite for Destruction

Dead Beats

(14-10)

Game of Throws

(13-7)

Brass Monkeys

(13-3)

Game of Throws

Brass Monkeys

Sofa Kings

(14-6)

WINNAU

North Raleigh Alliance

Coaching Tom Seaver

(14-4)

(12+-12)

WINNAU

"B" Division

"F" Division

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Methodical Madness

(14-10)

Bull Hunters

(automatic forfeit)

Methodical Madness

Bull Hunters

Rif Raf

xx-Chatham Street Elite

(14-10)

(13-5)

Bull Hunters

Methodical Madness
Menace 2 Sobriety

(11-10)

Show Me Your Tips

(14-4)

Menace 2 Sobriety

Show Me Your Tips

Kiss My Bulls

Something Inappropriate

(13-11)

(14-6)

Bull Hunters

Dartistic Expression

Nine Lives

(13-11)

Don't Hit The Scorekeeper

(14-4)

Thursday's Suck

Don't Hit The Scorekeeper

(14-8)

Thursday's Suck

Wayne Gretzky

(13-11)

Coral Reefers

The Bunkers

Plumber's Quacks

(14-4)

(12+-12)

Coral Reefers

"C" Division

"G" Division

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1

Flightmare

Bulls Up!

(13-3)

Flightmare

Bulls Up!

Ghosts of Our Former Selves

(Bye)

(14-8)

(14-10)

Bulls Up!

Flightmare

543672

Long Shafts

Cold Blooded and Thin Skinned

(14-8)

(forfeit)

Long Shafts

Cold Blooded

and Thin Skinned

Fire For Effect Again

Is It In?

(13-3)

(13-9)

Bulls Up!

Flightmare

Darty McDart Face

(13-3)

Irish Ton

(14-10)

Darty McDart Face

(13-7)

Irish Ton

Pop That Cork!

Chalker's Nightmare

(14-10)

Darty McDart Face

Irish Ton

Cheap Shots

(13-9)

Dart Buddies

(13-9)

Cheap Shots

Walking That Wire

Shooter McGavin

Walking That Wire

"D" Division

One Armed Bandits

(14-4)

"H" Division

Why So Serious?

(14-4)

1

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One Armed Bandits (Bye)

Why So Serious?

(automatic forfeit)

xx-Dart Squad
One Armed Bandits

Why So Serious?

(14-2)

543672

Armed and Hammered

(11-1)

All About That Bull

(13-3)

Armed and Hammered

Brown's Bombers

Hump Day!

Brown's Bombers

(12+-12)

Dysfunctional Outlaws
Why So Serious?

Ballistic Behavior

(?-?)

(13-7)

Ballistic Behavior

(12+-12)

Red-eye Rangers Sharky's Machine
Chalk It Up

(13-9)

Ballistic Behavior

Tips & Shafts

(14-8)

Pat's Blue Ribbon

Just A Bit Outside

Pat's Blue Ribbon

Just A Bit Outside

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THIS SEASON'S TIEBREAKERS

SPRING 2018 RDL SEASON INFORMATION

I am putting these dates in many locations (pages 1, 4, 8, 40) because they might be the most important thing for you in this newsletter.

Wednesday, Jan. 3rd - Spring season registration, Upper Deck

(online registration should be available in the days immediately prior to the 3rd - Membership Director Heather Bohanan will likely be in charge of early registration, and she will likely hook it up through the website and accept payments through PayPal)
Wed., Jan. 17th - Preseason capts.' mtg./packet pickup, Upper Deck

Wednesday, January 24th - Start of Spring season match play
Monday, February 26th - Fifth week captains' meeting, Upper Deck

Wed., May 2 / 9 / 16 - Spring season divisional tournaments

Saturday, May 19th - Spring season banquet, site TBD

Given the fact that effectively 6 of our 8 divisions had a bye, this season's total of 42 tiebreakers is really quite a pile. We even had a tournament Mug decided in an extra leg! Nice… B division posted the top number with a huge 10 tiebreakers (with 1 of those in the tournament), followed closely by the 8 played by G division. Next up were C (with 6), A (with 5, 1 of those coming in the tournament), D (with 5, also 1 of those coming in the tournament), and E (with 4). Tying for last were F and H, with 2 each (with 1 of H's coming in the tournament). That total of 42 tiebreakers thus includes 38 during the regular season and 4 in the tournaments -- interestingly, 3 of those 4 tournament tiebreakers were won by teams that won the Mugs for their division (so not all the winners were all dominant, eh?). There were 10 teams that each played 3 or more 1001 games, with four of those playing 4 or more. In the end, the title of Cardiac Kids (for most tiebreakers played) was shared by Methodical Madness in B division and Irish Ton in G division, who each played in FIVE tiebreakers (with both teams posting 3-2 records).

THIS… THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT

The right way to come back from a thrower error

In our A division finals match, Michael Johnson of Appetite for Destruction made a critical error in DCkt, popping a triple on a closed number. The shot quite likely cost them the game and the set. But did he fume and blow up? Nope. He bonked himself on the head, then he forgot the hell all about it. And he came back and won the final set of 501 for the Mugs, hitting a 180 and both outs. He was smart enough to leave the shot behind. It's over and there's nothing you can do about it, so he didn't worry about it. And it paid off in a big way. I guess that's how you become a state singles cricket champion, eh? Lesson to be learned here, folks…
This season's Heartbreak Award officially goes to Chalker's Nightmare in G division, as the only team that lost as many as 3 1001s (posting exactly an 0-3 record). But a case could certainly be made for an honorable mention for the One Armed Bandits in C division, who only lost one 1001 (their only one played)… in the C Mug final.