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Patricia Farrell and Rory Orvis
2003 Canadian National Single Champions
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Patricia Farrell of
Newfoundland and Labrador captured her fifth national dart
championship with a 4-1 win over Mandy Fleck of British Columbia.
On her way to the final she had defeated Anne-Marie Coroluick from
Alberta in the round of 32. She had a win over team mate
Carmelita Kelly and took out Nicole Loft of Ontario in the
quarterfinals. In the semi final she defeated Jean Barclay of
Alberta to advance to the final.
Mandy Fleck
defeated, Cavelle Taylor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Judi Brown
Alberta, Gayle King Alberta and Kim Whaley Ontario on her way to the
finals.
In the final,
Farrell went up three zip before Fleck had a 56 game shot to take the
fourth leg. Farrell finished on double six in the fifth leg to claim
the championship. Patricia Farrell had a 23.42 final set average
with ten scores 100+ and a 180. Her best game was a 13 darter
(180,135,100,54,32) while Mandy Fleck had five scores 100+ and a final
set average of 21.40.
Rory Orvis captured
his first National Singles title and it was the first championship for
Manitoba since Arnold Parke was the champion in 1981. Orvis fell
behind 4-1 to Seymour Dixon of Nova Scotia in the best of nine but
rallied to take the championship 5-4.
Rory Orvis defeated
Tim Bradley of New Brunswick, John Markham British Columbia, David
Kendall Ontario and fought through a close match with Ghislain
Tremblay of Quebec in the semifinals to advance to the final.
Seymour Dixon took
out defending national champion John Part in the round of 32 and moved
on to defeat Rick Fortin of New Brunswick. Dixon had a win over
Norm Tremblay of Northern Ontario and defeated fellow Nova Scotian
Dave Cameron in the semifinals.
In the finals Rory
had a 25.25 average with eighteen scores of 100 or more. Seymour
Dixon shot a 25.45 average and hit sixteen scores 100+. Orvis took the
first leg with a 71 game shot and Dixon took the next four legs. Orvis
rallied to take the final four legs to capture the Championship.