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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2004. PAGE 17.
Local darter enjoys triumphant return at nationals
By Elyse DeBruyn
Citizen staff
After a three-year break from the
dart scene, one local man makes an
incredible comeback by bringing
home his third national title.
John Verwey of Auburn and his
partner John Part of Oshawa,
represented Team Ontario at the
Canadian National Darts
Championship from June 8-11 in
Summerside, P.E.I. The pair proudly
captured the national men's doubles
championship.
"We're always happy with a win.
It was tough coming back from a
long layoff, but I had a great
partner," said Verwey, a millwright
electrician at Goderich Elevators.
This victory marks the second
national championship for Part and
Verwey who last won together
during the 1996 nationals.
Aside from three national titles,
Verwey also holds six provincial
titles.
He said one of his most
memorable shots at the men's
doubles tournament came in the final
leg of the semifinal match when he
nailed a bull's-eye against fellow
Ontario teammates Mike Reid and
Mel Balicki.
Verwey said it was memorable
because Reid and Balicki were on a
24 double to win and his bull's-eye
was the shot that advanced his team
into the finals where they defeated
the British Columbia team of
Michael Lockstead and John
Markham.
Aside from playing in the men's
doubles, Verwey, a former member
of the Huron County Dart League
and a current member of the
Kitchener Dart League, competed in
the men's singles division.
Thanks to an intense performance
against Alberta's Ken Scanlon,
Verwey came close to adding a
fourth national title to his resume as
the semifinal match was at an even
3-3.
He then opened the seventh and
final game with scores of 78, 100
and 140 before scoring a 30 which
almost knocked him out of the
game.
With Scanlon needing 176 to win,
it was the triple 20, triple 19 and
double 18 (153 total points) that won
Verwey the final round.
The next round came as quite a
surprise as Verwey's victory over
Scanlon meant a showdown in the
finals with Part, his doubles partner.
Beginning the finals with a bang,
Verwey fired against Part with
scores of 195, 45, 100 and 114 in the
opening game.
Unfortunately, he never had a
chance to double out for the win,
losing his next four games in the
best-of-five match.
Part finished with scores of 180,
100 and 180 in the fifth and final
game.
. "He got me 5-0. What a game. I
shot better in the finals than in the
semis," said Verwey. "I averaged
29.5 (points) per dart and John shot
33 (points) per dart."
The unforgettable match between
Verwey and Part, marks the first time
in history that members of the men's
doubles championship team had met
in the men's singles final.
Verwey said it was a privilege to
represent Ontario, which he says is
one of the best organizations in the
national championships as he and his
Ontario teammates were "well
looked after."
"(The Ontario organization) looks
after a good part of the expenses and
tries to take all the burden off the
players so they can concentrate on
playing darts."
Verwey also finished in a ninth-
place tie with Ontario team member
and Brussels resident Anita Little in
the mixed doubles competition.
Although a little disappointed in
the loss, Verwey received some good
news as he had qualified for the
Professional Dart Corporation
(PDC) this December in London,
England.
"I didn't expect this to happen, but
I'm really looking forward to it. I
have to make time to practise and get
some more tournaments under my
belt before I go," said Verwey.
"We'll see what happens. I've got
nothing to lose."
He said the PDC is televised
nationally throughout the United
Kingdom and "everyone wants to be
involved in it."
"It's going to be tough because
they are professional dart players
and do nothing else but play darts
while I do it for a hobby," he said.
The week-long tournament begins
Dec. 26, so Verwey said Christmas
with his wife, Heather and daughter
Jessica, will be spent in England.
If three national titles aren't
eiicugh, Verwey also returned home
with the Canada Cup - the national
dart award presented to the team
earning the most points - which
Team Ontario has won for the eighth
time in 11 years.
County council briefs
North Huron's Layton runs for county warden
North Huron councillor Doug
Layton of Wingham became the first
councillor to throw his hat in the ring
to be warden of Huron County in
2005 at the July IneCtiiig of county
council.
Layton said as a retired person he
felt he had the time to carry out the
job and he had the support of
members of North Huron council.
***
Elizabeth French was introduced
as the new assistant curator of the
Huron County Museum. A graduate
of Trent University in history she
later studied museum management
and curatorship at Sir Sanford
Fleming University and worked at
several museums including the Bell
Homestead in Brantford. She is a
native of Perth County.
***
After falling attendance last year,
the Huron County Museum is seeing
a surge in attendance this year so far,
said Beth Ross: director of cultural
service.
The museum had suffered along
with most tourist-oriented
businesses after the combination of
SARS, the U.S. war in Iraq and BSE
cut visits by tourists, she said but
this year attendance has bounced
back.
***
Cuts to the provinces funding for
West Nile prevention programs
won't likely hurt Huron County.
Penny Nelligan, director of the
health unit, said municipalities had
put in requests for so much money
under the West Nile program that the
province ran out of money.
"Our budget was pretty dead-on"
she said. "We expect to get most of
what we need."
So far there have been no positive
tests in Huron for West Nile in
mosquitoes, birds or humans in
2004, she said.
***
An Ontario Municipal Board
hearing on June 1 dismissed
objections for the Ashfield-
Colborne-Wawanosh official plan
and the plan came into effect June 2.
Three appeals had been made to
the OMB. One was resolved prior to
the hearing while two others
regarding the plans not permitting
the sale of surplus dwellings on
farms, were dismissed.
***
Social services manager John
MacKinnon expressed approval of a
new provincial increase of three per
cent for social services clients but
expressed frustration that a glitch in
the province's computer system
would prevent it being paid until
March 2005.
A one-time cheque with some of
the money owing will be issued later
this fall to help families, he
said.
"At least there is a rate increase,"
he said, noting there has been no
increase since the previous
government slashed rates by 21 per
cent in 1995.
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