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).

Ian Perez faces Per Laursen in the Preliminary Round of the 2010 World Darts Championship

The preliminary round draw has already been made and Christian "Ian" Perez is set to face a formidable opponent in the person of Per Laursen from Denmark. Laursen is not new to the PDC World Championship as he has represented Denmark for 3 consecutive years since 2007. In 2007, he came past the first round at the expense of Colin Monk (3-0) but eventually dispatched by Dennis "The Menace" Priestley in the second round. His last two outings in the PDC World Championship were not so brilliant as he only reached the first round losing to Alan Tabern and Wes Newton in 2008 and 2009 respectively. But make no mistake about his darting skills as he has had some success in tournaments in his home country. His resume is a proof that it will not be a walk in the park for Ian Perez in the prelims. Perez should be bringing out the best in his arsenal early on to thump Per Laursen en route to the next round.

Preliminary Round Draw (Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship)

Per Laursen (Denmark) v Christian Perez (Philippines)
Ken MacNeil (Canada) v Norman Madhoo (Guyana)
Jarkko Komula (Finland) v Roman Konchikov (Russia)
Haruki Muramatsu (Japan) v Kryzsztof Kcuik (Poland)
Tomas Seyler (Germany) v Chinese Qualifier
Magnus Caris (Sweden) v Francisco Ruiz (Spain)
Aodhagan O'Neill (Ireland) v Les Francis (South Africa)
Phillip Hazel (New Zealand) v Osmann Kijamet (Slovenia)

Having fun with Darts

Sharing a video from youtube. Enjoy!

Darts? Nah...Boxing this time...

As much as I wanted to write about Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto fight, I chose to keep my thoughts private since I don't see it appropriate to do so. Aside from boxing being irrelevant to this blog site, I am simply uncomfortable writing or posting anything pertaining to boxing.
Forgive me for this post....I just can't help but to share this video about a foreigner appreciating Manny Pacquaio's recent performance against Miguel Cotto. (I hope that one day, someone from England will do the same to one of our Pinoy Darters.) Enjoy!

Ian Perez wins Philippine Qualifier to the World Darts Championship

Read the full article from NDFP's website here.