Perez bowed to Thornton (3-1)

Perez' dream was halted by Robert Thornton in a rather great game at the Ally Pally today. Perez was impressive in the first set firing several T40's and T00's until Thornton found his mark and started putting pressure on Perez. Perez, being his first time in the Ally Pally, was feeling the pressure as his darts can't find its target. The match could have ended differently should Perez took out D8 to give him a 2-1 lead. Thornton, who was also strugling on the double, made sure he'd take out D4 for the advantage. The last set saw Ian a bit down but still managed to pull out a leg over the world ranked number 16 Robert Thornton. The match ended at 3 sets to 1 for Thorton.

Ian Perez has nothing to be ashamed of. His feat was yet another first in the Philippine darts history. Some more international exposure and Philippines will surely have a World Darts Champion! We're getting there..Slowly but surely! Congrats Ian Perez! Mabuhay ang Darterong Pinoy!

Perez beats Per Laursen

Christian Perez showed his great form to beat the veteran player Per Laursen of Denmark 4 legs to 3 in the best of 7 preliminary round of 2010 World Darts Championship. It was a great performance of Perez who averaged 94.53 and a perfect checkout rate (6/6). Perez hit two 180's, eight 140's, and four 100's and sealed the deciding game with a 12-darter to face Robert Thornton in round 1. The world once again was shocked in the way Perez devastated the highly favored veteran. Let us keep our fingers crossed and hope that Perez can handle Thornton to secure himself a second round slot.

Dixie Ybanez wins Philippine International Darts Open

Dixie Ybanez, a veteran darter from Cagayan de Oro, emerged as the Champion of the recently concluded Philippine International Darts Open.

Other winners (Open Singles) :

2nd : Emil Manga

Joint 3rd: Boy Gionson/Boy Ulang

Congratulations!

Lourence Ilagan wins the 5M Manny Pacquiao International Darts Classic- Men's Singles Event

The Winmau World Masters semi-finalist, Lourence "The Gunner" Ilagan, proved once again that he's the MAN in Philippine darts by trouncing Junjun Bayawa (8 to 1) in the recently concluded 5M Manny Pacquaio International Darts Open held in Lagao Gymnasium General Santos City. Ilagan pocketed 700,000 pesos for this win while Bayawa walked home with 320,000 pesos. This is Ilagan's second national title in succession this year after winning the Championship over Ian Perez in the Darterong Pinoy tournament last month.

The 5M Manny Pacquaio International Darts Open and Darterong Pinoy are just two of the big tournaments under National Darts Federation of the Philippines (NDFP).