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2008 North American Darts Championship

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• Author: admin
• May 20, 2008
• Category: Tournaments

Recently, the Mohegan Sun hosted both the U.S. Open and a new event, the North American Darts Championship.  As usual, Phil Taylor won the U.S. Open.

The NADC event was only open to players who were citizens, or held a Green Card, from the United States and Canada.  There was $50,000 in prize money for the event, which drew a field of 242 players. 

Although it wasn’t an “American Dart” tournament, per se (as they used the English pub-style boards and darts), but it did feature some great American shooters.  In fact, one of the shooters from the local tournament scene, Darin Young, won the event!

The final match was a 15 leg event, where Darin beat Brad Wethington by the slimmest of margins 8-7.  The winner’s share of the prize pool was a hearty $15,000, with $5,000 going to the runner-up.

PlanetDarts.tv has recaps of the matches with scoring statistics:

http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/LatestDetail/0,,10180~1314345,00.html

http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/LatestDetail/0,,10180~1314614,00.html

You may remember Darin from States where this year he shot with E & B Construction, and also tied for high game in the tournament (with Tommy Hill)  by shooting a 60.

There’s a great first-person recap of the tournament by Kevin from “New Jersey Darts” that you can read here.

Another “local” darter who had a strong showing at the Mohegan Sun was Johnny Kuczyski, who monied in the event by making it to the quarter finals. 

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