Medalist USA - 1st Singapore Championship 2007

24-25th Nov 2007
Orchid Country Club, Singapore

More than 100 players converged at the Orchid Country Club for Singapore’s largest soft-tip weekend of darts, darts and darts! Yes, this was the biggest event both in players and boards and prize money to be held since Medalist Singapore’s 1st launch tournament back in early 2006.

The event was also made more memorable by the largest contingent of soft-tip Indonesian players ever to attend an overseas Medalist event. More than 20 competitive players traveled from Jakarta supported by the local Minister of Sports, their spouses and friends.

Preparations for the event hall got started the day before when workers labored the whole day and night to deliver and setup all the tournament boards and dressed up the hall in true Medalist colors. By the time the hall was completed, it was already passed midnight and officials only had a few hours of nap before coming in early the next day again.


Trophies galore	Shopping for darts accessories	All hands on dart for the start of the event!

Although the event officially starts at 11am, many players were already seen at the hall an hour and half before that, getting warm up. The event was officially declared open with welcome speeches from both Medalist Singapore and Medalist Indonesia.

The games finally got underway with the Doubles medley for flights A, B and C. The teams were split into various groups and played round-robin games with 1 or 2 teams eliminated from each group. Competition was keen and many of the newer players were nervous from the pressure in a competition challenge. Only those who persist survive to the next single elimination round!

In the single elimination round, a best of 7 games were played in each flight, with the losers getting knocked out immediately and winners proceeding up the ladder. The finals were played on 2 specially allocated boards and each finalist was marched into the room in pomp and style to the loud music of the official Medalist Finals music.

In the A flight, the combo Mawi/ Sebastian defeated Jamal/ Roger to take the champion trophy. In the B flight, it was an all-Indonesian finals as Bobby/ Johanes defeated Juan/Vino, while in the C flight, it was an all Target-teams affair with the up and coming pair of Kenneth/Shervin defeating the more experienced Edmund/Jo Choy.


Indonesian finalists taking the victory walk to the final pit	Players warming up	Players warming up

Day One - Doubles Medley
Pos/Flight	A	B	C
1st	Mawi/ Sebastian Teo	Bobby/ Johanes	Kenneth/ Shervin
2nd	Jamal/ Roger Liu	Juan/ Vino	Edmund/ Jo Choy
Joint 3rd	Albert/Paul & Johnny/Tony Teo	Ervin/ Lionel & Nigel/Peter	Andy/Erick, Andy/Vincent Lee
Joint 5th	-	Anthony/ Vincent Leong, Azahar/ Joseph, Eric/Beelian, Jaycee/Victor	Belinda/HuiShan, Eric Ho/Jennifer, Ivonne/Umar, Joyce/Lena

Next, the fun event “Team Air Attack” got started once the medley event was completed. The event was held in single elimination format in two flights. The Spartan team of Johnny and Tony Teo wiped out the competition’s balloons to take the A/B flight champions while the Target team of Jaycee and Victor defeated the Stanley's Pub team of Jeffrey/Jolson to take home the B/C flight trophy.

Day One - Air Attack
Pos/Flight	A/B	B/C
1st	Johnny/ Tony Teo	Jaycee/Victor
2nd	Desmond Liew/ChoonMin	Jeffrey/ Jolson
Joint 3rd	Azahar/Joseph & Darren/CheeWee	Andy/Erick & Bobby/Sandra
Joint 5th	-	Diona/Ivy, Ivonne/Umar, Kenneth/Shervin, Zoe/Adrian

The last two events, Grandmasters and Ladies Super Count-Up finally got started at around 9pm. By then, some of the players were already tired from the day’s event but that did not stop them from signing up and putting their best efforts as the grandmaster’s event promises a challenge of the best of the best with no handicap and most importantly, with the highest winnings of the tournament.

In the ladies Doubles Super-Count Up event saw the Indonesian-Singaporean pair of Julia and Claudine up against Jaycee and Kristine but the Singaporean pair held their own to grab the champion trophy.

Day One - Ladies Super Count-Up
Pos/Flight	B/C
1st	Jaycee/Kristine
2nd	Claudine/Julia
Joint 3rd	Belinda/Jo Choy & Kae/Pauline

In the grandmaster’s event, the semi-finals itself were already exciting. It showcased neck-to-neck games of Desmond Liew playing against Jamal and Sebastian against Sani. In the end, Desmond and Sani triumphed over their opponents. However, the finals were to be played on the next day as it was already too late into the night and everyone was tired from the many games of the day.

Day 2 of the SG Championship started with the doubles medley with some changes to the game format to reduce the time taken.

Day Two - Doubles Medley
Pos/Flight	A	B	C
1st	Paul Lim/Christine Choy	Azahar/Joseph Ho	Belinda/HuiShan
2nd	Mawi/ Sebastian	Chee KT/Terry	Samantha/Sammi
Joint 3rd	Clement/Ng Ngak Keng & Jamal/Roger	Darren/Cheewee & Nigel/Peter	Chelsea/Pauline & Kenneth/Shervin
Joint 5th	-	Arthur/Claudine, Bobby/Johanes, Eric/BeeLian, Juan/Vino	Adrian/Zoe, Andy/Erick, Edmund/Jo Choy, Ivonne/Umar

Once the C and B Flight events got underway, the grandmaster’s finals game were played. It was an exciting game with some teams putting their game on-hold to watch the finals between Desmond Liew and Sani. It was, again, a neck-to-neck game until Desmond threw some amazing white-horse, 3-in-a-bed and many hat tricks to defeat Sani to grab the title "Medalist Grandmaster of the Year"!

Day One - Grandmasters
1st	Desmond Liew
2nd	Mohd Sani
Joint 3rd	Abd Jamal, Sebastian Teo

Paul Lim with Desmond Liew

After the grandmaster’s finals, a showcase event challenge was played between Paul Lim, who just arrived late the night before, and Desmond. It was, again, an amazing game to watch as Desmond hold out his own against the 5 times World Champion. In the end, it was a triumph of experience as Paul Lim recovered from initial loss and played many good shots to overcome Desmond.

Finally, the biggest event of the tournament “Team Trios” got underway in the evening. The event pit teams representing a Medalist location and each team’s pictures were also featured in the Medalist Year Book. The winning team gets to bring back a large, beautifully gilded challenge trophy for their location. Whichever location wins the Challenge trophy 3 times in a row gets to keep the trophy permanently.

In the Team Trios B/C flight finals, it was an all-Greenforest affair as Greenforest Charlie put up a stunning win against Becks Hero.

The Team Trios A/B flight finals was very exciting as it pitted Target’s Max Power against Storm’s Storm Bringer. Supporters from both locations cheered for their team and all players of the both teams put up an amazing game of sharp shooting talent. They played neck-to-neck games until the last deciding game of cricket. Target’s Kenneth pulled off a rabbit from the hat when he scored an important 3-in-a-bed. From then on, it was highway all the way as Target’s Kenneth, Joseph and Azahar finally overcome the team from Storm’s Roger, Albert and Jimmy.


Flight A/B Team Trios Finalist Target Max Power & Storm Bringer	Flight B/C Team Trios Finalist Greenforest's Becks Hero & Greenforest Charlie

Day Two - Team Trios
Pos/Flight	A/B	B/C
1st	Target : Target Max Power Kenneth Chang, Joseph Ho, Atan Azahar	Greenforest : Greenforest Charlie Mark Tan, Eric Yeo, Andy Heng
2nd	Storm : Storm Bringer Roger Liu, Albert Chia, Jimmy Lee	Greenforest : Becks Hero M.S Babu ,Eric Ho, Jennifer Yong
Joint 3rd	2002 : Safevoyage 02 Koh Hock Heng, Kid Liang, Desmond Liew Robo Madness : The Robos Shaun Chng, Robin Yong, Rave Lim	Target : Johnnie Walker Darters Eric Tan, Kristine Lim, Shervin Tan Target : Team Dartcularr Lawrence Lee,Vincent Chan, Rubi

In the prize presentation, which only got started just before midnight, Target Darts and Greenforest took home the two Challenge trophies for 2007. They will surely do their best to maintain their win again next year. All the trophies were given away and the remaining players that were around cheered happily even though they were tired and sore. In the end, everyone was already talking about and looking forward to next year's event.


Medalist Singapore and Indonesia players	Medalist Singapore players with Paul Lim

More pictures are available at the Medalist photo album.