The American Darts Organization is proud to invite all WDF member countries to participate in WDF World Cup XVII, Women's World Cup XIV, and Youth World Cup VI, September 23rd - 26th, 2009. The World Cup will be hosted by the City of Charlotte, North Carolina, at The Blake Hotel. Several Countries have already confirmed their participation in the 2009 WDF World Cup. It is shaping up to be a very large World Cup with plenty of countries attending.
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The 2009 WDF World Cup started today in Charlotte North Carolina in the United States of America. The event opened with the Men's Team event and Youth Pairs, which starts at nine o'clock in the morning. Women's Pairs started at 2.00 o'clock in the afternoon.
The men started at 9 am with the Team tournament. 32 countries divided in eight groups of four teams played all their matches. The top two Teams of each group would make it through to the last 16. All of the favourite's made it to the next stage. England, Finland, Wales, USA, Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, Norway, and Malaysia won all their group matches and Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland also managed to qualify for the next stage despite a lost match in the group.
The Australia Team of Anthony Fleet, Kyle Anderson, Beau Anderson and Geoff Kime started their Teams event strongly. They were in Group Seven which also included Scotland, Russia and New Zealand. First up they played Scotland which had a couple of strong experienced internationals in their Team in Mike Veitch and Ross Montgomery. Australia started superbly winning the first three legs (Fleet finishing from 101, Kyle on D10 and Beau D20). The next four legs were split 2 - 2 after Fleety missed a few darts at the double and Montgomery accounted for Kyle leaving Beau and Kime to even up this group of legs. After eight legs Australia were leading 5 - 3. The next four legs were not without incident. Montgomery won his third leg, this time against Beau Anderson, while Kyle hit D10 and Kime D10 for a 40 finish. Fleet was to play Mark Borilli but he threw out of turn therefore forfeiting the leg which gave Australia a 8 - 4 lead. The next leg saw Mike Veitch defeat Geoff Kime. Beau Anderson with another D10 won the match for Australia against John Henderson. All the Team played there part for a great start.
The second round match saw Australia up against Russia. This was a little one sided but to give the Russian's there dues they fought the whole way. The first few legs saw Kyle Anderson (left) defeat Aleksey Zhuroavlev hitting double top, Anthony Fleet defeat Roman Kanchikov and Beau Anderson defeated Vladimir Ovchinnikov finishing from 30 with two darts. Geoff Kime wasted six darts at double top letting in Audrey Ratnikov to steal the leg. The next four legs saw the Australian's increase the lead out to 7 - 1 with Fleety a little scratch on the double, while Kyle Beau and Geoff finishing their legs comfortably. The next two legs saw the Anderson brothers win the match for Australia 9 - 1 with finishing from 72 with two darts and Kyle 62 with two darts. A strong confidence building result hear.
The final group round match saw the old Tasman rivalry contested once again. Friendly banter between the players but serious business when on the boards. Australia could not have asked for a better start winning all of the first four legs. Fleety finished from 101 against Bernie Smith, Kyle defeated Derrick Samson hitting double 10 with his first dart, Beau (left) hit double 16 to defeat Greg Moss and Geoff Kime took out Wayne Carey hitting tops. The next four legs were evenly split when Fleety grabbed one leg with another nice finish from 72 against Samson and Kime accounted for Carey hitting tops again. The next four legs were again split, but this time the Anderson brothers won the two legs, Beau winning with a 20 finish against Smith and Kyle hitting D20 against Carey to make the score line 8 - 4. Beau Anderson defeated Samson to give Australia victory and a place in the quarter finals.
In the final 16 round Australia was up against Norway, a Team Australia has had trouble with in the past. The first four legs were split evenly with Fleet defeating the very talented Robert Wagner and Geoff Kime accounting for Jacques Langston. The next four legs resulted in controversy again. The sixth leg saw Wagner throw out of turn giving the leg to Beau Anderson. Kime again won in the eighth leg by hitting double top to square up this match at 4 - 4. The next four legs went to Australia's advantage with Beau hitting tops, Kyle defeating Wagner pegging from 54 and Fleet throwing a brilliant leg to finish from 8 to win three of the four legs and give the Australian Team a 7 - 5 lead. Ther final four legs saw the Norwegians win three of the four legs to square up the match at 8 - 8 requiring a tiebreaker to decide the winner. Australian Captain Terry Taylor sent Kyle Anderson in and Norway put in Robert Wagner. Anderson won the bull and was away first. The big scores matched the occasion with Anderson first to the double. He finished from 40 on double 10 to move his Team into the quarter finals.
There was a few other surprises in this round with Scotland defeating England 9 - 7, the Republic of Ireland defeating Wales 9 - 5 and Italy defeating hosts USA 9 - 4.
Australia fronted up to the powerful Dutch Team in the quarter finals. It did not look good for the Aussies early. Kyle Anderson won the first leg with two dart 96 finish against Willy van de Weil. They proceeded to lose the next five legs and were in danger of a route, but the Aussie spirit came through and they started a strong fight back. Beau Anderson and Geoff Kime stopped the rot against Joey ten Berge and Frans Hormsen respectively to bring the score back to 5 - 3. Beau was playing brilliantly winning another leg against Daniel Brouwer finishing from 72 with two darts, Kyle defeating ten Berge and Fleet defeating Hormsen to hit the lead. Kime lost to van de Weil to square up the match at 6 - 6. Kyle Anderson won the 13th leg to nose Australia in front again, Brouwer counted that win by defeating Fleet. Kime got the better of ten Berg giving Beau Anderson a chance at winning the match. Unfortunately, for him van de Weil is a top player and both players matched each other score for score. Anderson was on 36 when Weil finished from over a ton. 8 - 8 and another tiebreaker required. This time Fleet was in for Australia against wan de Weil. It was a cracking leg of darts by both players but with Weil having the advantage of the darts he went on to take the leg and put the Australian Team out of the event.
It had been a great run by the Australian Team with all four players contributing to their victories in every match.
Scotland after its big win over England went down to Canada in the quarter finals 9 - 5t. Northern Ireland smashed Italy 9 - 1 and the Republic of Ireland eliminated Germany 9 - 4. The semi finals to be played on stage on Saturday sees the Republic of Ireland take on the Netherlands and Canada take on Northern Ireland.
The Ladies started their round robin pool matches at 2.00pm with Australia's Louise Ball and Janine Cassar in Group 6. This was to be a very tough group for them. They played Bermuda's Elizabeth Hickmott and Susan Simons. This was a comfortable win for the Aussie Girl's winning 4 - 1. Next up was the all conquering English pair. Trina Gulliver was not here this year but the English pair was still very strong. Lisa Ashton and Karen Lawman who replaced Gulliver showed no fear against Ball and Cassar. They were off their game a little but could not find the doubles. England winning 4 - 1. Their third match was against Finland, always strong opposition. This proved a factor again with them winning a great match 4 - 3. The Fin's won the opening two legs, but the Ball Cassar pair fought back to win the next two. From here on the legs went with the darts giving Finland's Tarja Salminen and Kirsi Vinikalainen victory. That loss to the Australian's left them out or the finals, disappointing for them.
Making it through to the final 16 combinations without losing a match were Russia's Irina Armstrong and Karina Nagapetetynts, Denmark's Janni Larsen and Mette Funch, Republic of Ireland's Angela DeWard and Nicole O'Donovan, Netherland's Francis Hoenselaar and Karin Krappen, USA's Stacy Bromberg and Marilyn Popp, England's Sue Ashton and Karen Lawman, Welsh pairing of Julie Gore and Rhian Edwards and New Zealand's Jannette Jonathon and Marion Morgan. The major upset in this round was the defeat of the very experienced Dutch pair of Hoenselaar and Krappen by Finland's Tarja Salminen and Kirsi Vinikalainen 4 - 3.
The quarter finals saw the Russian's lose to the experienced Sweden's Carina Ekberg and Maud Jansson 4 - 2, Finland defeat Angela DeWard and Nicole O'Donovan of the Republic of Ireland, 4 - 2, England defeat the USA's Bromberg and Popp 4 - 3 and the Welsh defeat Zealand's Jannette Jonathon and Marion Morgan 4 - 1.
Both Semi Finals went the full nine legs with Sweden's Carina Ekberg and Maud Jansson defeating Finland's Tarja Salminen and Kirsi Vinikalainen 5 - 4 in a great match. Not to be out done 5 - 4 was the score line in the second semi final when England's Sue Ashton and Karen Lawman defeated Wales players Julie Gore and Rhian Edwards setting up Saturday's final between Sweden and England.
There was 10 Youth Teams playing in the 2009 World Youth Cup. Australia's Rebecca Webster and Harlee Chauntler were in Group up against pairings from Denmark, England, Finland and Germany. They were a little shaky early losing first round to Finland's Tuomas Tikka and Alisa Koskivirta 4 - 2. It was encouraging though with Rebecca Webster hitting two great finishes in this match of 84 and 78. Next up was England who had just returned to England after a strong performance at the European Youth Cup. Zoe Jones and Shaun Griffiths just scrapping home winning 4 - 3. Rebecca threw her first 180 in this match while Harlee Chauntler's highlight was his two finishes of 40 and 56. The Aussie Pair need some victories if they were to progress to the next round. This they did winning 4 - 0 against Denmark's Mathias Arslev and Tarjani Anderson. Next up was Germany who were in a similar situation, desperate to with this match. Jan Waldau and Anna-Maria Schulze started strongly winning the first leg with a 72 finish. Our pair were struggling a little in this leg but they started to pick up their games. Chauntler finished from 50 to win the second leg. Leg three and Webster hit double tops to claim the leg and the lead. A close miss at a 120 pegout left Webster with 20 to finish leg four. She hit double five to take a 3 - 1 lead. They required one more leg to secure a place in the quarter finals. This they did comfortably with Harlee Chauntler finishing from 55.
The Dutch Youth have been strong for many years and this year they were represented by Daniel van Mourik and Lynn Poolen. Webster and Chauntler lost the opening leg against the Dutch Pair but leg two went the Aussies way with a 3 dart 66 finish by Chauntler. Leg three say Webster finish with a one dart hit on double 20, which she followed up in the next leg with another finish of 20 again with her first dart. Requiring one more leg to get into the medal round at the World Cup XVII a 36 finish again by Webster saw them advance.
The semi finals saw England's Zoe Jones and Shaun Griffiths somewhat surprisingly losing to the now favourites for this event Finland's Tuomas Tikka and Alisa Koskivirta 5 - 2. Australia's Chauntler and Webster were up against Northern Ireland's Patrick Meaney and Aoito Ryan. They started by winning the first two legs with finishes of 8 on D2 by Webster (right) and Chauntler on D2. From this point on Meaney really lifted his level of game and dominated the rest of the match with the Irish reeling of the next five legs to move into the final against Finland.
A 5 - 2 lose against Webster and Chauntler but a World Cup bronze medal for their efforts.
Today's play included the qualification rounds of the men's singles and doubles, the girl's singles the boy's singles, and the women's singles. All of these events would be played down to the final.
At 0900 hours the Men's singles commenced with Geoff Kime and Beau Anderson being the first players on the boards. Kime was up against Spain's Salvador Escarbajal and was off to a flying start. He threw a 180 in his first leg to win that leg with a D16 finis. He followed that up with finishes of D4, D12 and 35 in the next three legs to win the match 4 - 0. On the other side of the room Beau Anderson played Belgium's Ronny Huybrechts. This was a close contest with Beau (right) pegging D10 to claim leg one. He missed a number of darts at the double in the second leg letting his opponent in to steal the leg. Leg three and Beau was again beaten, left with 40. The match was starting to slip away but leg four saw Anderson hit a 180 set up the leg victory, but again wasting darts at the double. Leg five and he won this leg comfortably. The Belgium came back in leg six to send the match to a tie breaker. Beau pegged 32 to claim a place in the second round.
At 0930 hours we saw the other two players in competition. Anthony Fleet was up against Emre Toros of Turkey He was in pretty hot form in this match with plenty of big scores and clean finishing. He finished the legs with one dart at D10, one dart at D8, second dart at D20 and again with his second dart to finish from 32. He lost the fourth leg but won the match 4 - 1.
Kyle Anderson (right) played Switzerland's Pascal Barbezat who played great darts but was blitzed in this match. Anderson opened with a 12-darter which included a 180 and 121 finish. The second leg was just as good, but it took three darts at D20 to win the leg won in 15 darts. The third leg was another 15-darter this time finishing from 60. The fourth and final leg saw another 12-darter, this time finishing with a maximum 170 pegout. The first round was completed and all four players had moved into the next round.
Round two matches started with Geoff Kime defeating Sylvan Jones of Barbados very comfortably. Kime started leg one with a first shot of 180 finishing the leg on D1 for a 15-darter. The next three legs were just as impressive finish on D16, D20 and from 55 to move through to the third round after this 4 - 0 victory.
Beau Andersons second match was against Daniel Larsson of Sweden. This match was very close with the lead player winning the leg. The Swede was away first finishing from 32. A three dart 101 finish by Anderson in leg two squared up the contest. Double four hit by Larsson gave him leg three and again Anderson squared away the match at 2 - 2 when he pegged D10. The next two legs were split leaving the seventh leg as the decider. Unfortunately for Anderson, Larsson was their first pegging 40 with two darts to take the match.
Vesa Nuutinen of Finland played Kyle Anderson in the second round. Anderson was a little patchy in his play in this match. He started strongly to win the first leg, after wasting six darts at the double. He started strongly again in the next leg but was beaten to the double here. The third leg saw the first danger signs for Anderson when he started the leg with three average shots giving Nuutinen a chance at stealing the leg, which he did. Leg four and a brilliant 142 pegout by the Finish player with Anderson sitting on 24 turned the match around. Three consecutive 140's set up Anderson to win leg five. Leg six and Anderson could not find the triple twenty at all, again leaving Nuutinen first shot at double. He hit double six and it was a bit of a shock to see Kyle Anderson knocked out of the event after the great start he had had.
Fleets second round opponent was Dennis Nilsson of Sweden. He started powerfully taking the first two legs finishing from 20 and 25. He lost leg three with Nilsson finishing from 136. One dart at D8 was enough to give Fleet his third leg. The match was pretty tight at this stage and Nilsson won the fifth leg. To the sixth leg and not wanting to go to a tiebreaker, Fleet finished with one dart at D10 to win the match 4 - 2.
Geoff Kime was throwing great darts. In his third round match, he faced up to the Netherlands player Daniel Brouwer. A brilliant 116 gave Kime the first leg. He followed that leg with a 180 and a 56 finish to give him his second leg. Kime kept moving along taking leg three with one dart at D16. Brouwer put in his best scoring game in leg four to take the leg with Kime still requiring 72. Leg five was the deciding leg when Kime finished from 64 to give a very impressive performance in winning 4 - 1.
You do not hear all that much about Italian darts but Luca Catallo is a very talented player as Anthony Fleet found out. Fleet won the opening leg hitting D2. Catallo reeled of the next three legs with finishes of 40, 71 and 20 to be in a commanding position going into the fifth leg. Fleet was required to find his best game to get out of this match. He won the fifth leg hitting D10 with his first dart. Double three did not bother Fleet as he hit it to square up the match at 3 - 3. His game was in full flight at this stage, giving Catallo no chance in the tiebreaking leg with Fleet finishing from 81.
Eser Tekin of Turkey was Kime's opponent in this round four match - last sixteen. This was a tough match with both players winning the legs with the darts early. Kime won the opening leg on D6. With 55 left Kime saw this leg go to Tekin. Again Kime won the leg with the darts, this time hitting D10. Missing one dart at D20 was costly here in leg four for Kime as it gave Tekin the chance to square up the match at 2 - 2 which he did on his next shot. Leg five and the pressure was mounting. Kime finished from six on double one - what pressure. Leg six and Kime hit a timely 180 to really put the pressure on but Tekin was up to it. Kime was sitting on D10 after 12 darts but did not get a shot at it. The tiebreaker was required to separate the two with the match standing at 3 - 3. Tekin was away and both players were in the leg as the scoring was heavy. Kime scored 96 to leave 32 when Tekin hit the winning double to win the match 4 - 3. Kime had played very exciting darts all day and should have been very pleased with the way he had thrown.
Round of sixteen matches saw Fleet up against Canada's Clint Clarkson. Another tough game here. Clarkson hit D16 to claim the first leg. Fleet immediately responded taking leg two - he finished with one dart at double twelve. The next two legs saw some great finishes by Clarkson 103 and 80 to have a 3 - 1 lead. Fleet had to win the next three legs to stay in the competition. A couple of 180's helped his corse as he won the fifth leg on D12, D8 for the sixth and in the deciding leg D8 to give him another 4 - 3 conquest.
The quarter finals were next for Fleet. Republic of Ireland's Connie Finnan was Anthony Fleets adversary. The number of legs had increased to best of nine in this round. Fleet was away and won leg one with his first dart at D20. Finnan responded immediately winning the next leg with a finish of 32. A solid 64 finish by Fleet gave him his second leg. One dart at D8 was all that was required to even up the match at 2 - 2 by Finnan. You did not want to miss your chance at the double in this match. The trend continued with Fleet hitting D10 with his first dart. Back came Finnan to win leg six hitting double top (he was struggling here it took him two darts to hit the double). The seventh leg would prove costly. Fleet missed a chance at claiming the leg as the pressure was really on. Finnan grabbed his chance and with one dart hit double top clean as a whistle to inflict the first leg win against the throw. Fleet (right) was in big trouble now. He threw bravely in the eighth leg but could not quite get the advantage he needed to have first shot at the double. Finnan finished off the match with a clean 66 finish using all three darts. A great close contest between these two players.
Gore defeated Karina Nagapetynts of Russia 6 - 4 in the semi finals and England's Lisa Ashton 5 - 2 in the Quarter Finals. Bromberg won through with a semi final victory 6 - 5 over New Zealand's Jannette Jonathan and a 5 - 2 win over Karen Lawman of England in the quarter Finals.
For our Aussie Girl's it was a tough day. Janine Cassar had no luck going down to Kirsi Viinikainen of Finland 4 - 0. She could not get her game going and was extremely disappointed at her performance in this match.
Louise Ball was made to struggle at little in her first match against Japan's Yukari Asano. Ball was having a few problems but managed to win the first two legs with finishes of 4o and 36. Asano won the third leg with a clean 60 finish before wrapped up the match by winning the last two legs with pegouts of 32 and 4.
Ball's second round match saw an improvement in her game after the first leg which she lost to Renata Rangel of Brazil. Leg two was far better with some big scoring and a clean finish pegging 40 with two darts after she had thrown away the first leg by missing nine darts at double ten. Another good finish, this time from 68 to claim leg three. The fourth leg saw her power away with some big scores and just missed a big bull finish. She cleaned up from 25 next shot to win 4 - 1 and move into the next round.
Julie Gore is a very experienced ladies darts player having played for herself and Wales on all of the big stages around the world. In this third round match against Louise Ball that experience came through to win easily 4 - 0 in a great display of accurate darts. Ball was not disgraced at any stage in this match, but could not quite match her opponent.
Friday's play included the Men's Pairs. This event would be played down to the final.
At 16.00 hours the Men's Doubles started with Kyle and Beau Anderson playing from the start. They were to play the strong Norweigen combination of Vegar Elvevoll and Jacques Landston. The Anderson brothers started strongly winning the first two legs with Kyle finishing both legs with 40 and 20. They were playing well and looked comfortable. The Norwegian pair lifted their game to reel of the next three legs pegging 20, 105 and 40. The Anderson's had a few chances but did not capitalise on those chances. Beau Anderson evened up the match at 3 - 3 when he hit double top to move the match into a tiebreak situation. Unfortunately for the Aussie boy's Landston nailed double five with his first dart at it to take the match and eliminate our first pairing from the event. They had thrown great darts but not quite good enough on this occasion.
30 minutes later the Anthony Fleet and Geoff Kime (left) combination started their assault on the title. They played Northern Ireland's Gary Elliott and Glen Rodney. The Fleet Kime combination started encouragingly taking the first leg. The Northern Ireland pair immediately won the next leg finishing from 25 and followed that leg by claiming the next against the darts with a 64 finish. The Australian pair responded greatly to immediately break back with Kime hitting double 18 and again double 8 in the next leg to take a 3 - 2 lead. Northern Ireland was still well and truly in this match and sent the match to a tiebreaker when they finished from 40. A nice finish from 32 saw the Australian Pair move through to the next round after what had been a very exciting match.
With a win under their belt Fleet and Kime took on Scotland's Mike Veitch and Ross Montgomery, a very seasoned combination. The match started with the lead off pair winning the leg. Kime pegged the first leg on double 8, and Fleet the third leg from 40. The fifth leg and the Australian Pair held their lead darts again with Kime finishing from 32. The sixth leg and the Kime Fleet struck it rich claiming the first break for the match and the victory thanks to a great 101 finish by Fleet. They were into the third round after winning 4 - 2.
Their third match was going to be really hard as they were up against real professional players in this match Joey ten Berge and Willy van de Wiel of the Netherlands. The Dutch pair opened strongly taking the first leg with a D18 finish. Fleet found his range on target in the second leg to finish from 82 with two darts. Kime and Fleet inflicted the first break when Kime finished from 52 two darts to take the lead. The Dutch immediately fought back winning that break back finishing from 48. The Aussie boy's were playing brilliantly and again broke back with Kime finishing on tops. They needed to hold their lead throw in the sixth leg to take the match but the Dutch had fight. The Aussies were to good though holding on for a great win with Fleet hitting double 5 first dart.
With their confidence sky high they played the Norwegian pairing of Robert Wagner and Oyvind Aasland in their fourth round quarter final match. Fleet and Kime powered through this round winning in four straight legs with finishes of 101 (Fleet), 16 and 56 (Kime) and 25 again by Fleet for a great victory. They were playing magnificent darts together.
To the semi final and they were to play Malaysians Tg Hadzall Shah and Joseph Clarines. Fleet and Kime started strongly winning the first leg when Kime finished from tops with his second dart. To make this stage of the event, the Malaysians must have been playing well and they won the next two legs to inflict a break on the Australians with finishes of 91 2-darts and 46 2-darts. The Aussies came straight back to win leg four Kime hitting D20 with his first dart to square up the match at 2 - 2. They also won leg five with Kime this time hitting D1 not the best double, but at this stage any double was a good double. The Australian's were in control and won leg six with Fleet (left) finishing from 48. The seventh leg and requiring just one more leg to see Kime and Fleet into a World Cup Final they produced what was needed and with twenty left with his second dart he put the Australian Pairing into Saturday's final. A sensational 5 - 2 victory.
This gave Australia its second chance at holding a World Cup Pairs title after Wayne Weening and Keith Sullivan won the title back in 1991. They will be playing Northern Ireland's John Elder and Daryl Gurney.
Today's play included the girl's singles the boy's singles. Both of these events would be played down to the final.
At 0900 hours the Boy's Singles were started. Ten youth players were placed in two groups where a round robin was played. Australian representative was Harlee Chauntler. He played Finland's Tuomas Tikka first up. Tikka was the early favourite to win this event. He was in impressive form and he defeated Harlee 4 - 0 with pegouts of 92, 20, 76 and 32,
Second round was against England's Shaun Griffiths (left with Chauntler). Griffiths started strongly with finishes of 72 and 32 to claim the first two legs. Chauntler pegged 68 to claim the third leg and was in the hunt in the next two legs but Griffiths was just a fraction strong finishing these two legs with pegouts of 40 and 52 to seal the match.
Sweden's Edwin Torbjornsson was his third opponent. Chauntler was not having much luck. He found himself down 2 - 0 before he won the third leg with a magnificent 102 finish. Torbjornsson kept his form to win the next two legs with finishes of 2 and 47.
Fourth match was against another top youth player in Patrick Meaney. He was in pretty hot form and never gave Harlee a chance. He won this match in four legs with finishes of 32, 25, 32 and 68.
It was a little disappointing for Harlee but he will learn from this performance and he will be back better than ever. He was now out of the competition.
After the knockout stages Tuomas Tikka and Jamie Lewis from Wales had made it through to the final.
The Girl's Youth Singles started at 1400 hours playing the same format as the boy's. Rebecca Webster had been playing really well to date. Her first match was against Ireland's Aoita Ryan. She started strongly winning the first two legs before Ryan was able to win a leg. The next two legs were also won by Webster finishing from 10 and 40 to win her first match.
Anna-Maria Schulze of Germany was Webster's next opponent. This was a great match that went the full distance, leg for leg. Webster hit her first 180 for the day in this match. This match came down to the deciding leg which saw Webster the first to hit the winning double finishing from 50.
Her third match was also a close contest, this time against USA's Anastacia Whitney. Away first she was always playing for the lead in the match as like her last match this match went leg for leg with the lead player taking the leg. Whitney managed a 180 in this match but D10 was a great double which she hit to win the match 4 - 3.
Another 180 in this fourth round match against Finland's Alisa Koskivirta showed how well Webster was throwing. Finishes of 24, 18, 10 and 52 with two darts saw Webster take this final Group match 4 - 0 and qualify for the quarter finals after topping this pool of players.
He quarter final say her up against Kimberley Lewis from Wales who was playing in her third World Youth Cup. Webster was on target right from the start claiming the first two legs with finishes of 8 and 20. Lewis was back in the match when she finished from 32 for the third leg. Leg four and again another pegout by Webster D4 to take a 3 - 1 lead. Lewis kept fighting and took the leg with a 60 pegout. Webster claimed the sixth leg with a nice checkout of 64 to win the match 4 - 2 and move into the semi finals.
Zoe Jones of England was Webster's opponent in this match and she had just completed a strong performance over USA's Staci Whitney winning 4 - 2. This match was the best of nine. Jones started strongly taking the first two legs with 38 and 24 finishes. Webster was soon on the scoreboard taking leg three with a D10 finish. Jones stretched her lead with another pegout, this time from 32 to lead 3 - 1. Webster (right) was playing great darts and was fighting hard taking the next two legs with finishes of 40 and 2 to even up the final at 3 - 3. Jones crept ahead in the match by winning leg seven, but Webster was not going to let her win easy. A 180 by Webster in this leg got her to the finish first hitting D19. The deciding tiebreaker was required to find a winner in this match. Unfortunately it would not be Webster on this occasion as Jones hit D18 to clinch the semi final 5 - 4. Webster had played a great match and was so unlucky not to advance further, but some conciliation for her efforts though was she had won her second World Cup bronze medal.
With Jones into the Final, she is to play Finland's Alisa Koskivirta.
Australian Representatives Anthony Fleet and Geoff Kime are 2009 World Pairs Champions. They became only the second pair's combination to win this World Cup title, which was previously won, by Wayne Weening and Keith Sullivan back in 1991. Anthony Fleet from Canberra and Geoff Kime from Wynnum in Queensland teamed up to defeat the best dart players in the world at the XVII World Cup in Charlotte North Carolina USA.
Fleet and Kime played Northern Ireland's John Elder and Daryl Gurney in the best of eleven legs final. Australia was away first and both players looked comfortable hitting the triple twenty regularly. Kime finished the first leg hitting D20 for a good start. The second leg saw Australia continue to hit the big scores but in this leg Gurney had first dart at a double which he hit first dart with the Aussies sitting on 41. Double top was popular already.
The third leg saw Australia ready to shoot for the double after12 darts but Gurney had other ideas and finished from 96 on D9 to steal the leg and inflict the first break in the final.
That break upset the Fleet Kime pairing for a couple of shots letting Northern Ireland get away early in the leg score wise. The Aussies were soon back attacking the triple twenty with Fleet (right) setting up Kime for another shot at tops but this was not to be as Gurney again hit the winning double to consolidate the break they gained previously.
Kime was really on fire at this stage hitting plenty of triple twenties. In leg five a 135 by Kime left Fleet 84 which he pegged on the bull for a great 15 dart leg. They were still down a break but back winning legs.
The sixth leg saw Northern Ireland respond. A 180 by John Elder and one dart at double tops also by Elder gave them the leg in 16 darts. They were leading 4 - 2 at this stage.
Leg seven and both pairs were matching each other score wise. Kime missed double 16 when attempting to finish from 74, but Fleet was able to claim the leg with his very next dart to keep the Aussie pair in the match.
With 172 left Fleet scored 156 to leave 16 for Kime (right) to finish inflicting a break back on the Irish pair. It took three darts but in the end he hit double 4 to claim leg eight and square the score up at 4 - 4.
The Aussie boy's were showing great poise at this stage and were throwing confidently. Two bad shots late in leg nine though put a little scare into the supporters as Northern 
Ireland missed a chance to break back again. Fleet was ready to pounce on this missed shot and cleaned up with two darts from 84 to get back the lead 5 - 4.
The tenth leg was tough for the Aussie pair. Fleet could not find the triple twenty; and Kime had an untimely bounce out to put themselves under some pressure. Elder was struggling for the Northern Ireland pair which helped the Aussies a little. Kime hit 110 to leave tops for Fleet to win the title. Northern Ireland was sitting on a double waiting on the outcome of Fleets next three darts. He hit the double 20 with his third dart to become a World Champion with Geoff Kime.
Congratulations Anthony Fleet and Geoff Kime - World Champions.
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First event for Finals day was the Girl's Youth Final
Finland's Aliisa Koskivirta came back from 5 - 1 down to defeated Zoe Jones of England 6 - 5 in to take the title.
Boys Youth Final
Jamie Lewis of Wales at his third World Youth Cup won the title 6 - 4 from Finland's Tuomas Tikka
Women's Pairs Final
England, Lisa Ashton and Karen Lawman defeated Sweden's Carina Ekberg and Maud Jonsson 6 - 2
Youth Mixed Pairs Final
Finland's Aliisa Koskivirta and Tuomas Tikka defeated Republic of Ireland's Patrick Meaney and Aoita Ryan 6 - 4.
Men's Pairs Final - Anthony Fleet and Geoff Kime Australia
Women's Singles Final
Stacy Bromberg of the USA defeated Julie Gore of Wales 7 - 3.
Men's Singles Final
England's Tony O'Shea (35.71) defeated Joey ten Berge (30.69) of the Netherlands 7 - 3
Men's Teams Final
The Netherlands defeated Canada 9 - 2
The Australian Team finished competition with the following Medals:
Bronze Medals:
Rebecca Webster - Youth Singles
Rebecca Webster and Harlee Chauntler - Youth Mixed Pairs
Geoff Kime, Anthony Fleet, Beau Anderson and Kyle Anderson - Overall Men's Teams
Gold Medals:
Geoff Kime and Anthony Fleet - Men's Pairs