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2005 ADO NATIONAL 501 CHAMPIONSHIPS
The ADO 501 National Championships and the East versus West All Star Challenge Cup competitions were held
at the Stamford Marriott in Stamford, CT, on August 12, 2005.
EAST vs WEST All Star Challenge Cup
The 2005 East Team had 24 men and 12 women on their roster compared to the West Team which had 10 women
and 25 men.
Since the competition began in 1988, the East Team has won 13 times to the West’s 4 victories. Winning the East vs West All Star Challenge Cup is important to the players on the teams as the top 10 men and top 5 women from the winning team advance to the ADO National 501 Championships. Only 6 men and 3 women are selected to advance from the losing team. The East Team extended their winning record to 14 – 4 over the West Team in this year’s competition.
ADO National 501 Singles Championships
 Participants in the ADO 501 National
Championships have the opportunity to win $10,000 if they are the first person to hit a perfect 501 game. Even if no one accomplishes a perfect game, the
winners receive cash awards and the noteriety that comes with being the National Champion. The format of play is 501, straight start, double finish, best 3 of
5 games, knockout. There is no seeding of the brackets in the ADO National 501 Singles Championships.
Photo Caption: Scott Wollaston and Marilyn Popp are the new 2005 ADO
National 501 Singles Champions. Wollaston defended his title from a year ago to make it his second National 501 Singles title. This is Popp’s first
National 501 Singles title and she had to earn it every step of the way!
In the Women’s National 501 Singles Championship, Stacy Bromberg
(Defending Champion and National Team Member), Patricia Miller and Brenda Roush from the West made it through the East versus West competition to
join Gail Payne, Doreen Berry, Marilyn Popp (National Team Member), Joyce Hamilton and Carolyn Mars (National Team Member) from the East Team.
In the Men’s National 501 Singles Championship from the West Team it was
Ken Swanson (National Team Member), Scott Wollaston (Defending Champion), Chris White, Ruben Blea, Ricky Villanueva and Doug Snider who
made it through to join Darin Young (National Team Member), Ray Carver (National Team Member), Johnny Kuczynski (National Team Member), Cabell
Staples, Steve Hertzfeld, Chris Russano, Tom Curtin, Bill Davis, Dave DePriest, and Isen Veljic from the East Team.
Marilyn Popp had two very close matches against the Defending Champion,
Stacy Bromberg, and Gail Payne that went the distance of 3 games to 2, but she survived to reach the finals. Joyce Hamilton took her first match 3 game
to none against Paticia Miller and then fought a tough battle with Carolyn Mars winning 3 games to 2 to meet Popp in the final. Popp was too strong in
the final for Hamilton and took control of the match winning 3 games to 1.
The Men’s Defending Champion, Scott Wollaston, picked up where he left off
the year before defeating Ken Swanson, a National Team member in the first round, Tom Curtin and Steve Hertzfeld to reach the final. Hertzfeld knocked
off Darin Young, a National Team Member, before losing to Wollaston. Bill Davis took out National Team Member, Ray Carver, then Isen Veljic and
finally Ricky Villanueva to reach the final. Villanueva defeated Johnny Kuczynski in the first round, eliminating all the National Team members from
the competition. Wollaston was in the zone and took Davis 3 games to none in the final to repeat as the ADO National 501 Singles Champion.
Women’s National 501 Championship Bracket
1st-Mayilyn Popp; 2nd-Joyce Hamilton; T4-Gail Payne, Carolyn Mars; T8
-Doreen Berry, Staqcy Bromberg, Patricia Miller, Brenda Roush.
Men’s National 501 Championship Bracket
1st-Scott Wollaston; 2nd-Bill Davis; T4-Steve Hertzfeld, Ricky Villanueva; T8
-Darin Young, Tom Curtin, Isen Veljic, Buben Blea; T16-Cabell Staples, Chris Russano, Ken Swanson, Chris White, Ray Carver, Dave DePriest, John
Kuczynski, Doug Snider.
ADO Youth National Championship
Young players earn the right to compete at the National level through local
and Regional competions. The top 8 finishers receive scholarships from the ADO Memorial Scholarship Fund in the amounts ot: National Champion $1
,500, Finalist $1,000, Semi-finalsits $750, and Quarter finalists $500.
This year, there were 17 youth players competing for the top honor: Nick
Compton, Darylann Hardwick, Dakota Brockman, Brad Janowiak, Craig Gagnon, Mike Scarborough, Leann Burke, Steve Phillips, Dan Brown, Ryan
Mahaffey (Defending Champion), Ryan Morey, Benji Smith, Alex Broderick, Shawna Pike, Ashley Stewart, Glenn Sutton and Danny Russano.
 With the odds stacked against her and a
trip to England to compete in the Winmau World Masters, 13 year old Ashley Stewart moved through the competition to get her name engraved on the KC
Mullaney Memorial Youth Trophy as the 2005 Champion.
“I was really nervous, like my whole body was shaking,” said Stewart after it was
over. “I was already tearing up before I threw the last dart because Mike wasn’t missing and he was on a double. I
thought I wouldn’t hit my out. All I was really thinking about was winning the trip to England.”
Photo Caption: Ashley Stewart (above), the ADO National Youth Champion.
“I started the round robin off slow, but it’s pretty exciting going to England to represent my country.”
Stewart is the first girl to become the National Youth Champion and most
likely the youngest at 13 years of age. She started playing tournaments at the age of 11 and it looks like she will be a contender for many more years to
come.
Youth National 501 Championship Bracket
1st-Ashley Stewart; 2nd-Mike Scarborough; T4-Danny Russano, Nick
Compton; T8-Dan Brown, Darylann Hardwick, Stephen Phillips, Ryan Mahaffey.
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