This weekend was sort of a mixed bag for the association.

WCMDA nominated 5 teams for the Metros. WCMDA 1 and WCMDA 2 were placed in Division 1, WCMDA 3 were placed in Division 2, WCMDA 4 in Division 3 and WCMDA 5 in Division 4.

WCMDA 2 and 3 did not win a match and finished bottom of their groups. WCMDA 4 won 2 games and WCMDA 5 won 1 game and finished 5th in their groups.

However, WCMDA 1 who were the same team that won the Men’s States Championship 2 weeks prior (Tom Wiley (c), David Platt, Carl Caton, Shane Ashe, Roger Clinch, Howard Jones) repeated the feat and went the whole weekend unbeaten winning gold and making it a rare States and Metros gold double.

Only FDDA 1 team challenged them taking them to 6/5. Howard Jones finished with an 81.23 average, which was the highest of the weekend. David Platt 77.45 (7th), Shane Ashe (8th), Carl Caton (9th), Roger Clinch (11th), Tom Wiley (18th). Howard also had the joint highest finish of the weekend with a 160 peg, sharing that honour with fellow WCMDA player Cos D’Uva.

Congratulations to WCMDA 1 and everyone who played over the weekend.

What a weekend for the West Coast Men’s Darts Association at the Darts Western Australian, State Teams Championships held on the 13 & 14 of April 2024.

Our Association nominated 2 teams for these Championships. The were;

Team No 1

Howard Jones, Tom Wiley (Capt), Carl Caton, David Platt, Shane Ashe and Roger Clinch.

Team No 2

Bob Glass, Matt Knight, John Donnelly (Capt), Dylan Walsh, Steve Palasin and Ricky Pickett Junior.

Team 1 were placed in Division 1 and our second team was placed in Division 2.

Our Division 1 team were undefeated all weekend. They won all 5 matches and secured the Gold Medal. This included a 10-1 win against the South Suburban Darts Association and a 6-5 win over Fremantle, two perennial medal winners over the last few years. Daivd Platt (New State Team Non Playing Captain) averaged 84.6, Carl Caton averaged 80.4, Howard Jones averaged 74.3 and Roger Clinch averaged 69.5 over the weekend. This culminated in Howard, Carl and Roger being selected in the State Squad. Congratulations to those 3 players and all team members for a fantastic weekend. Thank you to Anton Soc for scoring all weekend for our number 1 team.

Our Division 2 team lost their first 2 games 5-6. Both were winnable games. This team finished really strongly by winning their next 3 games to finish second to Kalgoorlie Boulder’s number 1 team and secure the Silver Medal. It should be noted that 4 Associations had their number 1 teams in the second Division! Matt knight averaged 65.8, Bob Glass averaged 65.3, and John Donnolly and Ricky Pickett Junior averaged 64.1 over the weekend. Well done to all players. Thanks to Crackers for scoring all weekend for this team.

Once again congratulations to all players. Your Association is very proud of you.

The DWA Mens Lower Grade Teams comp was held during the weekend of 23rd and 24th July 2022 at BSRC. WCMDA entered 3 teams. WC1 were in Div 1 and finished 2nd missing out on Gold by 2 points. Well done Alan Oakman, Tim Pass, Ricky Pickett Jnr, John Gardner, Terry Van Eck, Steve Hunter, Lachlan Hunter (c). Ricky Pickett Jnr picked up highest peg 126 (twice).

WC2 finished 3rd missing out on Silver by just 1 game. Well done AJ (c), Craig Penman, Luke Sach, Aaron Goring, Matt Garner, Ken Whittet, Sam Bavington. Aaron picked up the highest peg (156) the highest peg of the comp.

WC3 finished 4th well done Dan Amplett (c), Tony Day, Adam Barnes, Dave Gannaway, Roy Sturges, Andrew McClean, Vern Passey.

The 2022 WCMDA took place last night at The Olympic Kingsway Sports Club in Madeley. A total of 102 players participated across 4 grades.

The winners are as follows.

60 and above
C Caton/A Whatmough def S Ashe/K Kerai

50 – 59.99
D Mouritz/R Lampitt def J Clinch/T Wills

40 – 49.99
G Plowman/P Plowman def D Boscutti/D Cusack

39.99 and below
P Saloman/R Moore def D Amplett/B Heaver

Well played all.

The final leg of the Trowbridge / Little Shield between WCMDA and FDDA was played at the Dalmatinac Club in Spearwood on Saturday 10th July. WCMDA held a 23 point advantage going into the 2nd leg having won the first leg 214 points to 191. WCMDA duly won the away leg to retain the shield. Highlights were a 154 finish by West Coast’s Tom Wiley.

There will be no Harry Ashby Cup this year due to low number of nominations.

The first match of the annual Trowbridge / Little Challenge Shield between Fremantle Districts Darts Association and West Coast Mens Dart Association took place at the Olympic Kingsway Sports Club on the 12th June 2021. It was a competitive day of darts with lots of boards going down to the wire. WCMDA just won by 23 games overall, 214 – 191 so all to play for in the return leg on 10th July.

The 2021 WCMDA took place last night at The Olympic Kingsway Sports Club in Madeley. A total of 88 players participated across 4 grades.

The winners are as follows.

55 and above
S Catchpole/R Clinch def A Hutchinson/B Playle

48 – 54.99
S Bavington/B Robins def T Van Eck/B Everett

42 – 47.99
M Phillips/L Munro def P Upton/B O’Sullivan

41.99 and below
J Louden/Maui Tetana def J Garvey/J Spencer

Well played all.

The WCMDA Winter 2019 Finals Night was played at our sponsor’s host venue The Olympic Kingsway Sports Club in Madeley on 12th September 2019. It was a great night with some excellent darts being thrown. The results were

Division 1 Quinn’s (2) 6 Def Kingsley Tavern Dart Club 3
Division 2 Greenwood Dart Club 6 Def West Perth Cardinals Dart Club 4
Division 3 Kingsley Tavern Dart Club 6 Def Nollamara RSL Dart Club 2
Division 4 Greenwood Dart Club 6 Def Currambine Dart Club 0
Division 5 West Perth Cardinals Dart Club 6 Def Kingsley Tavern Dart Club 2
Division 6 West Perth Cardinals Dart Club 6 Def Siciliani Dart Club 5

Congratulations to the winners, commiserations to the runners up. Honours table updated.

The 2019 Darts WA 25s and under State Championships were held on 24/25 August. WCMDA fielded 2 teams. Div 2 Team comprising of Blake Robins, Hayden Southerland, Lachlan Hunter, Jakim Dickson won the Gold medal and our Div 3 Team consisted of 3 WCMDA players Lachy Cunningham, Scott Tylee, Blake Southerland and 1 from other association Anthony Pearce, also won Gold. Well done all players it’s a fantastic achievement.