New Set of Champions Emerge in 2006 Robson Dart League 1st Conference View Complete Results and Pictures

Pasig City Darts Club (Div A), Pansol 1 (Div B), BT Darters (Div C) and Amazing (Div D) emerged as the divisional champions at the conclusion of the 2006 Robson Dart League 1st Conference held last June 6, 2006 (Tuesday) at Ali Mall in Araneta Center, Quezon City. The Robson Dart League is organized by the National Dart Foundation of the Philippines (NDFP) and sponsored by Sportshouse and Robson Sportscraft.

Pasig City Darts Club won the Division A Championship over defending champion Alcodarts of Quezon City with a score of 5-3 while Robson K of Caloocan City took 3rd place over undermanned MCDO – Knights of Darters 1 with a score of 5-1. Boyet Concepcion of Pasig City Darts Club bagged the special award for the coveted Most Highlights trophy by scoring a total of twenty-eight (28) highlights during the entire conference. Teammate Oya Martin received the special awards for Highest High Out and Highest Double Bull Out while Teddy Soberano of Alcodarts received the award for Most T80’s with a total of five (5) T80’s.

Pasig City Darts Club		Alcodarts		Robson K		MCDO - Knights of Darters 1

Second-time finalist Pansol 1 and Shougo of Quezon City overpowered their respective rivals with similar 5-0 scores. Pansol 1 defeated 2005 3rd Conference Division C Champions Barako Darters of SSS to grab the Division B Championship while Shougo placed 3rd by defeating D’ Magnifico Darters from Marikina City and Taytay Rizal. With eighteen (18) highlights, Boy Plares of the champion team received the special award for the Most Highlights. Shougo player Ely Laluan received the special awards for the Highest High Out and Highest Double Bull Out while Jun Carranza won the special award for Most T80s with three (3) T80’s.

Pansol 1		Barako Darters		Shougo		D' Magnifico Darters

2005 3rd Conference Division D Champions BT Darters of Balut, Tondo, Manila continued their winning ways as they defeated Tumpukan of Calumpang, Marikina City in a hotly contested decision match, 5-4, to win the Division C Championship. In the battle for 3rd place, second-time participant MCDO – Bodega Boys A of Calumpang, Marikina City won over Philpost – RODC, 5-3. The special awards for the Highest High Out and Highest Double Bull Out went to Denmark Reyes of Thrust of Pitogo, Makati City while Michael Francisco of Tumpukan received the special award for Most Highlights with thirty-three (33) highlights. Francisco tied with teammate Ram Tira-Tira with two T80’s each to receive the award for the Most T80’s.

Tumpukan		BT Darters		MCDO - Bodega Boys A		Philpost - RODC

In Division D, powerhouse Amazing of Pitogo, Makati City defeated fellow Pitogo team Shining Darters with a score of 5-1 to grab the divisional championship. Samahang Batang Coral of Manila triumphed over financial institution team A.F.P.F.I., 5-2, to win 3rd place. Players participating in Robson Dart League for the very first time took home the all of the special awards. Monching Mendoza of Samahang Batang Coral received the special award for Most Highlights after scoring twenty-two (22) highlights while teammate Jun Contiling received the special awards for the Highest High Out and Highest Double Bull Out. Mendoza and youth player Kim Ongpauco of Shining Darters tied with three (3) T80’s each to share in the award for Most T80’s.

Amazing		Shining Darters		Samahang Batang Coral		A.F.P.F.I.

Special awards were likewise given to a record nine (9) individuals, the most in a single conference to-date, who achieved a Triple Highlight (High Score, High Out and Double Bull Out) during the entire conference. The awardees were Oya Martin of Pasig City Darts Club, Buddy Mesias of ACDC and June Reyes of M.C.D.A. in Division A, Ely Laluan of Shougo in Division B, Michael Francisco of Tumpukan, Thelma Pineda of Mr. & Mrs. and Denmark Reyes of Thrust in Division C and Henry Dacoco of Shining Darters and Jun Contiling of Samahang Batang Coral in Division D.

The Triple Highlight awardees likewise set other records: Reyes became the first three-time awardee while Mesias became the fourth two-time awardee. Pineda became the first female awardee while Contiling set the highest Triple Highlight score with a T70.

Winners of the League Tournament held last May 20, 2006 at Common Room Bar and Resturant in Marikina City also received their respective trophies: Champion - Glenn Buenaventura of BT Darters (Div C), 2nd Place - Boyet Concepcion of Pasig City Darts Club (Div A) and Joint 3rd Place - Jhun Soriano of BT Darters (Div C) and Tameng Gica of MCDO - Knights of Darters 1 (Div A).

All teams took home a share in the prize money based on the points they won during the entire conference in this unique money-in, money-out dart league. Aside from the cash prize, Sportshouse awarded gift packs to the players of the champion, 2nd place and 3rd place teams in each division while Robson Sportscraft awarded all the team and individual trophies and special awards.

In a related development, the organizers would also like to announce that the 2006 Robson Dart League 2nd Conference is tentatively scheduled to start by last week of July or early August 2006. There may be a change of venue which will be announced at a later date. Due to limited slots, interested teams should submit their team line-up and their team logo (colored, JPEG or PSD format, 300 dpi) as soon as possible. Entry forms may be faxed to 372-3541 or e-mail to rgannaban@ndfpdarts.com. For further inquiries, please contact Ritchie Gannaban (League Statistician) at 372-3541 / 416-9242 / 0919-8238521.