Last Saturday we ran the Big Dog Event.  i want to send out a big round of thanks to the shooters who made the day a great time, filled with excellent darts!

we ran two singles tournaments on the day.  the first event was the BIG DOG, the second was a half price second chance event that carried no title shot.  it was really a matter of “hey, we’re still a room full of dart shooters, and a couple of free boards. what else are we going to do, play tiddlywinks?”  so i busted out the tiddlywinks, and half way through we decieded to just go back  to shooting darts.

there were 10 shooters in the Big Dog, and with the way the brackets are drawn that means four guys have a longer road to the finals.  those guys were Nate, Hobo, Jason, and Doug. 

per usual, Hobo dropped his first match of the day, landing him in what seems to be his second home – the one-loss bracket.  mind you, that’s despite posting a 45 in a losing effort. 

jason made it past doug, and as a reward received the opportunity to match up against mark rohlfing.  in that match the winning scores were 49 or better.  top notch shooting.  Mark came out on top.

the tourney continued with Zig, Nate, Mark, and Frank Rakes all posting wins in the second round.  in the one-loss bracket Jason ran into Hobo, and in a match where the winning scores were 54, 50 and 46, Hobo prevailed. 

The Big Dog is a tough tournament.  Jason Kroh probably drew the “long road” straw by facing the defending Big Dog in Doug Troutman in his first match.  following that up with a series against Mark Rohlfing, and finishing up with a bout vs. Red-Hot Hobo.  Jason gets the “Kirk Wimble” Award of the day.

Doug and Dennis conti met in the One-Loss bracket for a legendary match.  Leading in the top of the 9th, Doug tosses a 6 inning, finishing the game with a 47.  The count to Dennis is now 7 to tie, 8 to win.  And he hits a 7.  so now we are going to Over Time!  in the tenth Doug opens with a 7.  in the bottom of the 10th Dennis follows with a 7.  and then Dennis overtakes Doug in the 8th with an 8.  that gives us an extra-inning game with finishing scores of 62 to 55.

eventually the winner’s bracket boiled down to Frank and Mark, with mark getting the victory and the catbird seat. 

Hobo advanced past Nate in the one-Loss bracket, and went on to meet Zig who had put together his own vicotry over Curtis Susnoski.  Hobo banged another 50 game and bested Zig, earning him his fourth consecutive win the One-Loss bracket. 

Then, he met Frank who was fresh off of his match against Mark.  they battled through exciting games where the winners were posting 46 scores.  Hobo, King of the One-Loss bracket, prevailed.  That set up the final pairing. 

Mark Rohlfing and Dave Hobowski.  The winning scores in their match were 51, 48, 51.  Two of those games were hit by Mark, who now holds the title of . . .

BIG DOG

Congrats to everyone who made the tournament possible, it was a GREAT time.  And special congrats to mark for being able to best the field and find yourself at the top of the pile when the dust settled!

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That’s Mark on the left, and Dave on the Right.

the second tournament was an 8 man event, with the brackets working out beautifully.  there were some great games played, and a lot of players contiued to shoot excellent darts.  high games of the day were emerging as several shooters hit 53 games.  then Frank Rakes landed a 54 game.  then Hobo lands a 54 game. 

instead of slowing down, these guys were heating up!

for the second time, the final three shoteers in the tourney were Frank Rakes, Hobo, and Mark Rohlfing.  they were having great days at the line. 

and, once again Hobo and Mark were squared off. This time the Hobo went big on the scoreboard, posting a 57.  That was certainly high game of the day.  But, Mark was steady enough in his game to take the match, and the second chance tourney.

It was a great day, and I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday Season!  The next tourney in the pipeline is the High/Low for the Fall Dart League, sometime after the New Year’s celebrations. 

that’s right, the Big Dog tourney is going down this afternoon.  i’m heading in to get the kitchen fired up, and everything else in place.  i’m not sure there will be enough Mad Elf to last the day.  word on the street is that they put a heavy hurting on the fellow last night!

some quick notes:

Roast Beef, that much is for sure. 

YES – we will have the fight tonight. 

1 o’clock – that’s when darts fly, so be there before 1 to sign in. 

Army/Navy is at 2:30pm

Flyers at 7