Weening wins first title for 2007
Wayne Weening returned to the victory stage in Ballarat at the 8th Central Highland Darts League Open on the January 27th & 28th weekend. Held in Central Highlands Dart Hall Weening was successful in winning the open singles and the first player to claim twelve DFA ranking points in 2007 to start in great form
From Darts federation of Australia
Men’s Singles
At the completion of the round robin, eight players were left to start the quarterfinals. Those eight were Andy Robertson, Peter Robertson, Eddy Sims, Frank Tarr, Tony Crampton, Gary Stevens, Kyle Anderson and Wayne Weening.
Gary Stevens (Vic) defeat Frank Tarr (Vic) 4 – 0 in the first quarterfinals. In the second quarterfinal a very close match saw Kyle Anderson (SA) defeated Tony Crampton (VIC) 4 – 3. The 3rd quarterfinal saw a 4 – 3 victory to Wayne Weening (Vic) over 2006 titleholder Eddy Sims (Vic) while the final quarterfinal saw Peter Robertson (Vic) in another even contest account for Andy Robertson (Vic) 4 – 3.
The first semi finals saw a very close contest. In this match Kyle Anderson (28.40) was in steady form. However, he was defeated by Peter Robertson (26.90) 5 – 3 to advance to the final. The second semi final match score a one sided contest. Wayne Weening (26.841) claimed his place in the final with a 4 – 1 victory over Gary Stevens (24.686).
Fifty-eight men nominated for this event, way up on 2006 numbers. The final was to be played over eleven legs of darts. Peter Robertson and Wayne Weening (left) have both represented Victoria at the highest level in darts and have played each other on many occasions. On this occasion it was Weening who dominated. Twelve months ago Weening played in the 2006 final but had to forfeit to Eddy Sims half way through due to heat exhaustion. This year Weening easily accounted for Robertson winning 6 – 1. Nether player had maintained his semi final form but Weening was able to hit enough doubles at the right time to claim the title. Weening last won this event back in 2004. Weening averaging 22.18 and Robertson 22.19.
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