Fall 2017 Banquet
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Tons of Newsletter 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 Tournament & Regular Season Winning Teams 1 (just as they did in their week 14 win), punctuated by a Michael Spring 2018 RDL Season Information 1 Johnson T80 and a pair of quick 20-darters in the final 3-game set. Final Divisional Standings 2 "B" Division - Dartistic Expression (13-11) Final Divisional Tournament Results 3 Dartistic finally escapes going to 1001 with Methodical (where Tournament & Regular Season Winning Team Rosters 4 Methodical had dumped them twice previously), thus completing Sp'18 season dates, Tiebreaker Summary, good lessons 4 an ultimate nailbiter Mug run, with 12-12, 13-11, and 13-11 wins. Tournament Trophy Dart Awards 5 "C" Division - Flightmare (13-3) Other Tournament Hot Darts 5 After winning the season race by 5 matches and 50 points (the Regular Season Trophy Dart Awards 5 second-biggest margin of victory), Flightmare rolls to one of the Divisional Singles Win %-age Winners 6 most dominant tournament runs this fall, only reaching 501 once. Divisional All-Star Point %-age Winners 6 "D" Division - Dysfunctional Outlaws (12+-12) Players Who Beat the Singles Winners 6 Dysfunctional becomes the only team outside of a "top two" from Season Penalty Summary 6 the regular season to take home a set of Mugs, outlasting the List of Host Establishments 7 Bandits (who they also thumped during the season) in a 1001! Holiday blind draws, other local leagues 7 "E" Division - Inglourious Darters (14-4) RDL Address and Phone No. Information 8 After trading equal wins and ending the season with identical Event Calendar, Penalty Log 8 win/loss records, Inglourious really separates themselves from JK's All-Star Team Picks 9 WINNAU in the final, not even taking the match to the 501s. Quick Stat Tidbits, JK's Prediction Results Summary 9 "F" Division - Bull Hunters (14-6) Prediction Results Table 10 The Bull Hunters claim their third consecutive set of Mugs (first Week-by-Week Match Results Table 11 H, then G, now F), completing an absolutely dominant season/ Fall 2017 Trivia Questions Revisited (cont. on pg. 15) 12 tournament double in which no competitor was ever all that close. Fall 2017 Lyrics Quiz Revisited (cont. on pg. 14 too) 13 "G" Division - Bulls Up! (13-9) The rest of the lyrics quiz, an "RDL is great" story 14 After a first-round bye, Bulls Up! gets pushed more than a bit by The rest of the trivia game, city champs, good thoughts 15 both the #5 and #3 seeds, but it all still ends in the team's second Random Thoughts from JK 16 straight season/tournament double on their way up the ladder. 29-Season listing of regular season & tourn. winners 17 "H" Division - Why So Serious? (14-2) 2017 NCCDL & NCLC standings, news, history 18 In what had to be the least surprising result of this tournament 2017 NCCDL & NCLC perfect throws, tourn. results 19 session (with due respect to the other H teams, of course), Why 2017 NC State Championship results 20 So Serious? coughs up a total of 6 points (with one win by forfeit). New Year's Tournament flyer, Carolina Open flyer 21 Top Singles Records, by Division 22 REGULAR SEASON WINNERS Top Doubles Records, by Division 23 "A" Division - The Cardiac Element (11 wins, 1 loss) Top Singles+Doubles, by Division 24 2nd place - Appetite for Destruction Top All Star Point Averages, by Division 25 "B" Division - Methodical Madness (11 wins, 3 losses) Top Individual Records, by Section of Play 26,27 2nd place - Dartistic Expression League-Wide Individual Singles, Doubles Records 28 "C" Division - Flightmare (14 wins, 0 losses) League-Wide Individual Singles + Doubles Records, 2nd place - Shooter McGavin and All-Star Point Averages 29 "D" Division - One Armed Bandits (11 wins, 1 loss) Singles, Doubles Records, Ranked by Team 30 2nd place - Pat's Blue Ribbon Overall Records, All-Star Pt. Ave., Ranked By Team 31 "E" Division - Inglourious Darters (10 wins, 2 losses) Complete "A" Division Statistics 32 2nd place - WINNAU Complete "B" Division Statistics 33 "F" Division - Bull Hunters (12 wins, 0 losses) Complete "C" Division Statistics 34 2nd place - Coral Reefers Complete "D" Division Statistics 35 "G" Division - Bulls Up! (10 wins, 2 losses) Complete "E" Division Statistics 36 2nd place - Walking That Wire Complete "F" Division Statistics 37 "H" Division - Why So Serious? (14 wins, 0 losses) Complete "G" Division Statistics 38 2nd place - Just A Bit Outside Complete "H" Division Statistics 39 (Rosters of all season- and tournament-winning teams are on page 4.) Registration Materials for Spring 2018 RDL Season 40 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; The Upper Deck; Monday, February 26, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 17, 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 11 1 215 Inglourious Darters 10 2 186 Appetite for Destruction 11 1 181 WINNAU 10 2 174 3 Dead Beats 8 4 149 3 Game of Throws 6 6 133 4 Lunatic Fringe 4 8 126 4 Death Throw 5 7 137 5 Alcohol Related 4 8 119 5 Shark Shooters 4 8 114 Brass Monkeys 3 9 99 Sofa Kings 4 8 108 North Raleigh Alliance 1 11 109 Coaching Tom Seaver 3 9 126 "B" Division "F" Division Methodical Madness 11 3 181 Bull Hunters 12 0 193 Dartistic Expression 10 4 198 Coral Reefers 7 5 132 3 Nine Lives 7 7 179 3 Don't Hit The Scorekeeper 7 5 105 4 Kiss My Bulls 7 7 164 4 Something Inappropriate 6 6 154 5 Menace 2 Sobriety 7 7 150 5 Show Me Your Tips 6 6 151 6 Thursday's Suck 7 7 148 Wayne Gretzky 4 8 129 The Bunkers 5 9 148 Plumber's Quacks 0 12 80 Rif Raf 2 12 125 -- xx-Chatham Street Elite - removed from schedule "C" Division "G" Division Flightmare 14 0 228 Bulls Up! 10 2 166 Shooter McGavin 9 5 178 Walking That Wire 9 3 163 3 Darty McDart Face 8 6 172 3 Irish Ton 8 4 129 4 Fire For Effect Again 7 7 139 4 Is It In? 5 7 131 5 Long Shafts 6 8 168 5 Cold Blooded and Thin Skinned 4 8 112 6 Pop That Cork! 6 8 149 Chalker's Nightmare 3 9 132 Cheap Shots 5 9 151 Dart Buddies 3 9 116 Ghosts of Our Former Selves 1 13 95 "D" Division "H" Division One Armed Bandits 11 1 172 Why So Serious? 14 0 251 Pat's Blue Ribbon 8 4 155 Just A Bit Outside 10 4 197 3 Dysfunctional Outlaws 6 6 156 3 Ballistic Behavior 9 5 175 4 Hump Day! 6 6 127 4 Brown's Bombers 8 6 139 5 Armed and Hammered 5 7 121 5 All About That Bull 6 8 145 Red-eye Rangers 4 8 125 6 Chalk It Up 4 10 136 Sharky's Machine 2 10 120 Tips & Shafts 4 10 131 xx-Dart Squad 014-5 LEGEND OF SYMBOLS IN STANDINGS: = regular season division champion = clinched "top-two" finish in division = clinched "bottom-two" finish in division Page 2 FALL 2017 RDL DIVISIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals WINNER Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals WINNER "A" Division "E" Division 1 The Cardiac Element 1 Inglourious Darters The Cardiac Element Inglourious Darters (Bye) (Bye) (13-1) The Cardiac Element (14-8) Inglourious Darters 5 Alcohol Related 5 Shark Shooters (14-6) Lunatic Fringe (14-6) Death Throw 4 Lunatic Fringe 4 Death Throw (13-11) Appetite for (14-4) Inglourious 3 Dead Beats Destruction 3 Game of Throws Darters (14-10) Brass Monkeys (13-7) Game of Throws 6 Brass Monkeys 6 Sofa Kings (13-3) Appetite for Destruction (14-6) WINNAU 7 North Raleigh Alliance 7 Coaching Tom Seaver (12+-12) Appetite for Destruction (14-4) WINNAU 2 Appetite for Destruction 2 WINNAU "B" Division "F" Division 1 Methodical Madness 1 Bull Hunters (14-10) Methodical Madness (automatic forfeit) Bull Hunters 8 Rif Raf 8 xx-Chatham Street Elite (14-10) Methodical Madness (13-5) Bull Hunters 5 Menace 2 Sobriety 5 Show Me Your Tips (11-10) Menace 2 Sobriety (14-4) Show Me Your Tips 4 Kiss My Bulls 4 Something Inappropriate (13-11) Dartistic Expression (14-6) Bull Hunters 3 Nine Lives 3 Don't Hit The Scorekeeper (13-11) Thursday's Suck (14-4) Don't Hit The Scorekeeper 6 Thursday's Suck 6 Wayne Gretzky (13-11) Dartistic Expression (14-8) Coral Reefers 7 The Bunkers 7 Plumber's Quacks (12+-12) Dartistic Expression (14-4) Coral Reefers 2 Dartistic Expression 2 Coral Reefers "C" Division "G" Division 1 Flightmare 1 Bulls Up! (13-3) Flightmare Bulls Up! 8 Ghosts of Our Former Selves (Bye) (14-8) Flightmare (14-10) Bulls Up! 5 Long Shafts 5 Cold Blooded and Thin Skinned (14-8) Long Shafts (forfeit) Cold Blooded 4 Fire For Effect Again 4 Is It In? and Thin Skinned (13-3) Flightmare (13-9) Bulls Up! 3 Darty McDart Face 3 Irish Ton (13-3) Darty McDart Face (14-10) Irish Ton 6 Pop That Cork! 6 Chalker's Nightmare (13-7) Darty McDart Face (14-10) Irish Ton 7 Cheap Shots 7 Dart Buddies (13-9) Cheap Shots (13-9) Walking That Wire 2 Shooter McGavin 2 Walking That Wire "D" Division "H" Division 1 One Armed Bandits 1 Why So Serious? One Armed Bandits (automatic forfeit) Why So Serious? (Bye) 8 xx-Dart Squad (14-4) One Armed Bandits (14-4) Why So Serious? 5 Armed and Hammered 5 All About That Bull (11-1) Armed and Hammered (13-3) Brown's Bombers 4 Hump Day! 4 Brown's Bombers (12+-12) Dysfunctional (14-2) Why So Serious? 3 Dysfunctional Outlaws Outlaws 3 Ballistic Behavior (13-7) Dysfunctional Outlaws (?-?) Ballistic Behavior 6 Red-eye Rangers 6 Chalk It Up (13-9) Dysfunctional Outlaws (12+-12) Ballistic Behavior 7 Sharky's Machine 7 Tips & Shafts (14-8) Pat's Blue Ribbon (14-8) Just A Bit Outside 2 Pat's Blue Ribbon 2 Just A Bit Outside Page 3 THIS SEASON'S TIEBREAKERS SPRING 2018 RDL SEASON INFORMATION Given the fact that effectively 6 of our 8 divisions had a bye, this I am putting these dates in many locations (pages 1, 4, 8, 40) because season's total of 42 tiebreakers is really quite a pile.