Tons of Newsletter Home to the Spring Session of the Raleigh Dart League for the Banquet, Saturday, May 20, 2017 Issue #JK688 The "Evidently Captaining Is Somehow Easier & More Fun When You Sorta Suck Instead Of Being A Good Thrower" Edition TOURNAMENT WINNERS TABLE OF CONTENTS "A" Division - This Is Element (13-5) Item Page Number This final played out in three chapters: a very tight string of singles Tournament & Regular Season Winning Teams 1 that left Element up 7-5; a quite lengthy DCkt group listing session; Fall 2017 RDL Season Information 1 and a pretty abrupt DCkt sweep that makes the final look lopsided. Final Divisional Standings 2 "B" Division - Shaunt Be Shutout (13-9) Final Divisional Tournament Results 3 Shaunt rolls twice and survives once to join Element as not just the Tournament & Regular Season Winning Team Rosters 4 only two teams to finish the season/tournament without a loss, but Fa'17 dates, Tiebreaker Summary, RDL baby time! 4 also as the only two teams to finish with fewer than two losses. Tournament Trophy Dart Awards 5 "C" Division - Mike's Garage (14-10) Other Tournament Hot Darts 5 The #6 seed Garage was the spring's tournament Cinderella, in the Regular Season Trophy Dart Awards 5 craziest of divisional tournaments (one dart away from the bottom Divisional Singles Win %-age Winners 6 four advancing to the semis), winning three consecutive nailbiters. Divisional All-Star Point %-age Winners 6 "D" Division - One Armed Bandits (13-11) Players Who Beat the Singles Winners 6 The Bandits finally come through on their high potential (somebody Season Penalty Summary 6 picked them as a top-two finisher at the season start), romping List of Host Establishments 7 through the quarterfinals before taking out the top two in nailbiters. Summer dart options - leagues, blind draws, tourneys 7 "E" Division - Game of Throws (13-11) RDL Address and Phone No. Information 8 In the season's most heart-stopping run to a set of Mugs, the Event Calendar, Penalty Log 8 Game comes from a bottom-three-in-the-division spot to full-on JK's All-Star Team Picks 9 glory with clutch winning scores of 12+-12, 13-11 and 13-11. Quick Stat Tidbits, JK's Prediction Results Summary 9 "F" Division - All Flights Matter (13-9) Prediction Results Table 10 One-Eyed Willie and Company, sitting at 0-2 after week 3 of the Week-by-Week Match Results Table 11 season, run the table the rest of the way to become one of four Spring 2017 Trivia Questions Revisited (cont. pg. 14) 12 teams this season to complete the season/tournament double. Spring 2017 Lyrics Quiz Revisited (cont. on pg. 14) 13 "G" Division - Bull Hunters (14-8) End of Trivia Answers, Lyrics Quiz Answers 14 After doing Show Me Your Tips a favor in week 14 that got them Quotes from the season, A few RDL Badasses 15 the season title, the Hunters were having no part of being quite Team love; Photoshoppers; Rule ideas; Non-apology 16 so generous to their ladder-climbing compadres in the finals. Random Thoughts from JK 17 "H" Division - Bulls Up! (14-4) RDL Board Member History - 1996-2017 18 After an 0-2 start to the season (and their RDL existence), Bulls 2017 NCCDL & NCLC results and standings 19 Up! put it all together and won 14 of their last 15, including a sort Flier & sponsorship form for Wreck at the Deck 20 of leisurely tournament stroll that never included a set of 501. Fliers for Queen C. Summer Shootout, Music City Cl. 21 Top Singles Records, by Division 22 REGULAR SEASON WINNERS Top Doubles Records, by Division 23 "A" Division - This Is Element (14 wins, 0 losses) Top Singles+Doubles, by Division 24 2nd place - Appetite for Destruction Top All Star Point Averages, by Division 25 "B" Division - Shaunt Be Shutout (14 wins, 0 losses) Top Individual Records, by Section of Play 26,27 2nd place - Them Handsome Devils League-Wide Individual Singles, Doubles Records 28 "C" Division - Dartistic License (13 wins, 1 loss) League-Wide Individual Singles + Doubles Records, 2nd place - The Bunkers and All-Star Point Averages 29 "D" Division - We've Got Big Bulls (10 wins, 2 losses) Singles, Doubles Records, Ranked by Team 30 2nd place - Bullseye Brewers Overall Records, All-Star Pt. Ave., Ranked By Team 31 "E" Division - Hump Day! (9 wins, 3 losses) Complete "A" Division Statistics 32 2nd place - Red-eye Rangers Complete "B" Division Statistics 33 "F" Division - All Flights Matter (10 wins, 2 losses) Complete "C" Division Statistics 34 2nd place - Death Throw Complete "D" Division Statistics 35 "G" Division - Show Me Your Tips (10 wins, 2 losses) Complete "E" Division Statistics 36 2nd place - Wayne Gretzky Complete "F" Division Statistics 37 "H" Division - Bulls Up! (11 wins, 3 losses) Complete "G" Division Statistics 38 2nd place - Chalker's Nightmare Complete "H" Division Statistics 39 (Rosters of all season- and tournament-winning teams are on page 4.) Registration Materials for Fall 2017 RDL Season 40 FALL 2017 RALEIGH DART LEAGUE SEASON INFORMATION Registration Meeting for ALL Teams; The Upper Deck; Match Play begins on Wednesday, August 9 Wednesday, July 19, 7:00-8:00 p.m. (web registration begins ~7/17) MANDATORY Fifth Week Captains' Meeting; MANDATORY Preseason Captains' Meeting; The Upper Deck; site TBA; Monday, September 11, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 2, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Divisional tournament weeks - November 15 & 29, December 6 Page 1 FINAL!! DIVISIONAL TEAM STANDINGS FOR THE SPRING 2017 RDL SEASON W L Pts. W L Pts. "A" Division "E" Division This Is Element 14 0 260 Hump Day! 9 3 161 Appetite for Destruction 12 2 237 Red-eye Rangers 9 3 160 3 Dead Beats 8 6 183 3 Sofa Kings 9 3 160 4 Lunatic Fringe 7 7 162 4 Coach's Last Stand 5 7 151 5 North Raleigh Alliance 6 8 140 5 Game of Throws 4 8 116 6 Brass Monkeys 6 8 140 Shark Shooters 3 9 124 Beer View Mirrors 3 11 130 Something Inappropriate 3 9 117 Nine Lives 0 14 62 "B" Division "F" Division Shaunt Be Shutout 14 0 227 All Flights Matter 10 2 168 Them Handsome Devils 9 5 174 Death Throw 8 4 162 3 Rif Raf 8 6 184 3 Coral Reefers 7 5 152 4 Kiss My WHAT?! 7 7 166 4 Don't Hit The Scorekeeper 6 6 144 5 Methodical Madness 7 7 152 5 Ducks of War 5 7 140 6 Menace 2 Sobriety 5 9 156 Chatham Street Elite 5 7 128 Shooter McGavin 5 9 141 Dart Buddies 1 11 104 Who Gives A Cork? 1 13 121 "C" Division "G" Division Dartistic License 13 1 221 Show Me Your Tips 10 2 174 The Bunkers 8 6 174 Wayne Gretzky 10 2 169 3 Cheap Shots 7 7 170 3 Bull Hunters 8 4 179 4 Fire For Effect 7 7 155 4 Walking the Wire 7 5 149 5 Big Bulls 7 7 125 5 Is It In? 5 7 129 6 Mike's Garage 5 9 164 All About That Bull 2 10 97 Dysfunctional Outlaws 5 9 149 xx - Train Station Shooters 01213 Never Trust a Dart 4 10 105 "D" Division "H" Division We've Got Big Bulls 10 2 180 Bulls Up! 11 3 208 Bullseye Brewers 7 5 154 Chalker's Nightmare 10 4 171 3 Armed and Hammered 7 5 152 3 Irish Ton 9 5 182 4 One Armed Bandits 7 5 149 4 Chalk it Up 9 5 173 5 Sharky's Machine 6 6 132 5 Ballistic Behavior 8 6 178 Ted's DeploraBull Emporium 4 8 113 6 Brown's Bombers 4 10 159 Dynamic Darts 1 11 101 Tips & Shafts 4 10 151 Just A Bit Outside 1 13 108 LEGEND OF SYMBOLS IN STANDINGS: = regular season division champion = clinched "top-two" finish in division = clinched "bottom-two" finish in division Page 2 SPRING 2017 RDL DIVISIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals WINNER Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals WINNER "A" Division "E" Division 1 This Is Element 1 Hump Day! (12-1) This Is Element Hump Day! 8 Nine Lives (Bye) (12-4) This Is Element (13-11) Game of Throws 5 North Raleigh Alliance 5 Game of Throws (13-11) North Raleigh Alliance (12+-12) Game of Throws 4 Lunatic Fringe 4 Coach's Last Stand (13-5) This Is Element (13-11) Game of Throws 3 Dead Beats 3 Sofa Kings (13-9) Dead Beats (14-4) Sofa Kings 6 Brass Monkeys 6 Shark Shooters (14-10) Appetite for Destruction (13-3) Sofa Kings 7 Beer View Mirrors 7 Something Inappropriate (14-2) Appetite for Destruction (14-10) Something Inappropriate 2 Appetite for Destruction 2 Red-eye Rangers "B" Division "F" Division 1 Shaunt Be Shutout 1 All Flights Matter (13-5) Shaunt Be Shutout All Flights Matter 8 Who Gives A Cork? (Bye) (14-4) Shaunt Be Shutout (14-8) All Flights Matter 5 Methodical Madness 5 Ducks of War (12+-12) Methodical Madness (13-7) Don't Hit The Scorekeeper 4 Kiss My WHAT?! 4 Don't Hit The Scorekeeper (13-9) Shaunt Be Shutout (13-9) All Flights Matter 3 Rif Raf 3 Coral Reefers (14-6) Rif Raf (forfeit) Coral Reefers 6 Menace 2 Sobriety 6 Chatham Street Elite (13-7) Rif Raf (13-5) Death Throw 7 Shooter McGavin 7 Dart Buddies (13-9) Them Handsome Devils (13-5) Death Throw 2 Them Handsome Devils 2 Death Throw "C" Division "G" Division 1 Dartistic License 1 Show Me Your Tips (12+-12) Dartistic License Show Me Your Tips 8 Never Trust a Dart (Bye) (13-7) Dartistic License (13-9) Show Me Your Tips 5 Big Bulls 5 Is It In? (12-7) Big Bulls (forfeit) Walking the Wire 4 Fire For Effect 4 Walking the Wire (14-10) Mike's Garage (14-8) Bull Hunters 3 Cheap Shots 3 Bull Hunters (12+-12) Mike's Garage (13-3) Bull Hunters 6 Mike's Garage 6 All About That Bull (14-10) Mike's Garage (13-3) Bull Hunters 7 Dysfunctional Outlaws 7 Train Station Shooters (13-9) Dysfunctional Outlaws (automatic forfeit) Wayne Gretzky 2 The Bunkers 2 Wayne Gretzky "D" Division "H" Division 1 We've Got Big Bulls 1 Bulls Up! We've Got Big Bulls (forfeit) Bulls Up! (Bye) 8 Just A Bit Outside (12+-12) One Armed Bandits (13-3) Bulls Up! 5 Sharky's Machine 5 Ballistic Behavior (13-3) One Armed Bandits (14-10) Chalk it