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World's Only Steel & Soft Tip Championship Series Offers Over $125,000 Purse! ADA 2005 Championship Series Season Kicks Off In January! Enroll from the comfort of your home!
The ADA unveils a completely revised 2005 Championship Series and it promises to be our most exciting ever! Eight Regional Championships and the National Championship will generate over $125,000 in prize money.
Regional "first quarter" events kick off with the Mid-America Regional Championship in the Cincinnati, Ohio at the beautiful Kings Island Resort, January 27-30. It continues with the Midwest Regional the following weekend February 3-4-5-6 (yes, Super Bowl weekend!). The Championship first quarter ends with the Mid-Atlantic Regional in Virginia Beach, VA in March (date & location to be announced).
"We've added a "party" blind draw event on Thursday nights that will cater to the local darters. Anheuser-Busch has provided some great AmberBock prizes that will be drawn throughout the evening," reports ADA President, Glenn Remick. Friday's cricket singles returns with the best of 3, best of 3 sets format. In new Regional Championship markets where the American Dart League does not exist we are scheduling the Express League Triples event as an event on Saturday afternoon. This format includes cricket triples, cricket doubles and 501 singles. The race to 5-point single elimination format takes approximately an hour to play by three-member teams. "We've tested this in various markets throughout the country in the AmberBock Darts Challenge Series and it has been very well received. We believe it will play an important role in future Regional Championship events."
The ADA continues to maintain pace with technology by adding Internet on-line registration to the Championship Series! "This is a huge benefit to the ADA and our sport," adds Remick. "Now all darters can enter our Championship Series from the comfort of their home." All darters are eligible to enter into "open" Championship Series events by simply joining the ADA and then registering paying by either Visa or MasterCard.
The main event of the 2005 Championship Series is the 14th $75,000 National Championship that returns to the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV (August 3-4-5-6-7). This event will determine the best American Dart League members in the ADA! In addition, the ADA National Championship is also the only dart championship in the USA that seeds players in Singles competition. The top 16 men and top 8 women from four divisions in the steel-tip and soft-tip categories from the American Dart League are rated according to the cumulative scores for every dart thrown in league play, all year long. That's a total of 96 seeded players who enter with a guaranteed share of the prize purse. The Top Seed members also receive commemorative plaques, cash prizes and public recognition on stage at the Nationals. Between rounds, seeded players in the National Championships enjoy their own Skybox Lounge with a commanding view of the competition floor and complimentary food and beverages from our sponsors including Coca-Cola and Michelob AmberBock!
The Cricket Singles "Warm-Up" event returns where Team Captains will enjoy free entry and complimentary AmberBock or Coca-Cola beverages! Participation in the ADA Championship Series is an exclusive benefit of membership in the American Darters Association.
Prestigious sponsors of the ADA Championship Series include: Michelob AmberBock dark lager beer, the official beer of the American Darters Association...the Coca-Cola Co., makers of Coca-Cola, the official soft drink of the American Darters Association Championship Series... the Valley-Cougar electronic soft-tip dart machine, the official soft-tip dart machine of the Championship Series...and Dart World, official dart manufacturer of the American Darters Association.
Thanks to our great sponsors for their enthusiastic support! And of course, we urge all ADA players, members, and fans to show their appreciation by supporting each and every sponsor in return.
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