| 1975 |
October 17, inaugural meeting
October 18, first ADO board meeting: dues, logo
and operations established
First full year of operation with 30 member clubs
and total of 7,500 members
Nodor became official dartboard of the ADO
First annual ADO Men's All-Star playoffs held
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| 1977 |
Incorporated in Massachusetts
First annual ADO Men's World Masters Held
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| 1978 |
First tournament calendar compiled
First Double Eagle published
Tournament sanctioning procedures adopted
Standard throwing distance of 7'9-1/4"
established by WDF ad adopted by the ADO
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| 1979 |
Championship Point System begun
World Cup II hosted in Las Vegas; first major
international darts event outside Great Britain
Nicky Virachkul won gold medal in World Cup II
singles
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| 1980 |
First Pacific Cup playoofs held
Darts handbook written and published
Associate Memberships established
Jerry Umberger won two gold medals - with Kathy
Karpowish and K.C. Mullaney - at the Pacific Cup I
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| 1981 |
First 180 certificates issued
Standardized rules for sanctioned tournaments
approved
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| 1982 |
First Ladies' All-Star playoffs held
First ADO computer purchased
First honorary lifetime membership awarded to
Barry Twomlow
Won team event gold medal at Pacific Cup II: Judy
Campbell, Andy Green, Wade McDonald and Sandy Reitan
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| 1983 |
First Ladies' World Masters playoffs
held
Standardized cricket rules for sanctioned
tournaments adopted
Honorary lifetime memberships awarded to John
Ross and James Miceli
Sandy Reitan won gold medal in singles at Women's
World Cup I
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| 1984 |
New organizational ad playoff
strutures implemented
Area managers added
Hosted Pacific Cup III in Honolulu
Won team event gold medal at Pacific Cup III:
JoAnn Anderson, Kathy Karpowich, Jerry Umberger and Nicky Virachkul
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| 1985 |
Adopted standardized modified round
robin format and point awards for playoff events
Won team event gold medal at World Cup V by
beating England 9-0: John Kramer, Rick Ney, Tony Payne and Dan Valletto
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| 1986 |
Revised championship point system
Reached 300 member clubs and 70,000 members
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| 1987 |
Youth program introduced and first
National Youth Manager, Ken Friend, appointed
First East-West All-Star Match and National Youth
Championships held
Record number of tournaments sanctioned at 207
|
| 1988 |
Won team event and ladies' doubles
gold medals at Pacific Cup V: Jim Damore, Katy Hopkins, Paul Lim, Lori
(Branthwaite) Verrier; won over-all silver medal
Won first matc against Canada
Challenge of Champions broadcast on ESPN; TV
shows developed in Boston and Denver
Longtime sponsor Watneys representing Frank
Dickens presented with and honorary life membership
Regional realignment completed
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| 1989 |
World Cup VII team of Eva Grigsby,
Paul Lim, Kathy Maloney and Tony Payne won the following medals: bronze
medal in ladies' doubles; gold medal in ladies' singles (Grisby);
bronze medal in men's doubles and a bronze medal in the men's singles
(Payne)
Salaried positions established
Area playoffs eliminated
Record number of 342 clubs joined
Master Card, Alamo added as member benefits
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| 1990 |
Won overall gol dmedal in Pacific Cup
VI: Eva Grigsby, Kim Kellar, Dave Kelly and Paul Lim
Paul Lim threw prefect 501 game at the Embassy
World Professional Championships
Memorial Scholarship Find begun with $5,000
National 501 championship playoff launched
Len Heard reached quarter finals in the News of
the World tournament broadcast on Sky TV
ADO lawsuit initiated for trade ame infringement
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| 1991 |
Sandy Reitan win Winmau Women's World
Masters - the first women to win both World Cup and Masters
Long-distance phone program was launched
Proceedings begun to obtain trademark
There were 136 tournament listed on calendar -
the most ever
|
| 1992 |
Southern Comfort announced as sponsor
of World Cup IX, to be hosted by the ADO
ADO operations Manual completed
Won overall silver medal at Pacific Club VII; wn
gold medal in ladies' doubles. Team: Sammy Cruz, Sean Downs, Kathy
Maloney and Sandy Reitan
First dart safety data published
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| 1993 |
U.S. became first country to host
World Cup twice
Won gold (Maloney) and silver (Bromberg) medals
in Women's Word Cup singles; won bronze in men's team event: Stacy
Bromberg, Larry Butler, Dave Kelly, Kathy Maloney, Tony Payne and
Gerald Verrier
Marketing section added to Operations Manual
Welcome Party launched in conjunction with
All-Star events
Lawsuit settled
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| 1994 |
Added Signature Dental and
Destinations travel programs to member benefits
Points Plus program launched
Tom and Della Fleetwood retired from the board
Ken Edelson of General Sportcraft Co. Ltd.
granted honorary life membership
|
| 1995 |
Placed fifth in World Cup X; won
bronze medal in men's singles (Carter)
Stacy Bromberg was runner-up in Winmau Women's
World Masters
National mixed triples program launched: James
Reesor, Pat Keys and Tom Williams crowned champions - the only team
ever to hold title as te event was abandoned due to lack of support
Tom and Della Fleetwood presented honorary
lifetime memberships
ADO officed mover to Anaheim, CA
|
| 1996 |
20th anniversary of the ADO - 292
member clubs and 60,000 members
Minute Man Dart League's John innegan threw a
perfect 501 game in tournament singles play
ADO Book of Brackets published
|
| 1997 |
First cricket singles playoffs held
New qualification system for World Cup launched
Accudart sponsored World Cup women's team
Won overall and ladies' doubles gold medals at
World Cup XI: Stacy Bromberg and Lori Verrier
Pacific Cup disbanded, combined with Asia Cup
Kevin Holden a semi-finalist at Winmau Youth
World Masters
Glenn Silva threw perfect 501 game in tournament
play
BDO and WDC settled lawsuit in England, allowing
American WDC members to once again participate in all WDF events
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| 1998 |
Realignment of regions begun for
first time in 10 years
Media kits developed
Youth program revised ad expanded to include
18-20 year olds
Offered $10,000 for first perfect cricket game at
national championship for first time
Stacy Bromberg became first player to break 1,000
point mark in championship points
Proposal submitted for new international regional
cup: Americas Cup to launch in 2002
Added Round of Nine and Deadeye certificates for
players
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| 1999 |
Longtime contract with General
Sportcraft ended; new sponsorship contract with Nodor/DMI signed
Dartboard program with Nodor/DMI launched
Realignment of regions completed for
implementation in 2000
Memberhsip fees, sanctioning fees and surcharge
increased
East-West All-Stars and International programs
were revamped
Cyberdarts became official Website of the ADO
Offered $10,000 for first perfect 501 game at
national championships for first time
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| 2000 |
25th aniversary road show announced
Additional Web partnership developed with Isport
and Community Explorer
Youth manual revised
Championship points revised with creation of
separate tournament level of $10,000 and $15,000 in prize money
Stacy Bromberg was lone dart player named to Sports Illustrated's "Greatest Sports
Figures of the Century" list for the state of Nevada
Singapore native Paul Lim named one of the top 50
athletes of the 20th century by Singapore Sports Commission
Announced the ADO would accept credit cards
beginning in 2001
Through 2000 - 173,721 180 certificates have been
issued
8,694 Round of Nine certificates have been issued
509 Deadeye certificates have been issued
3,882 tournaments have been sanctioned
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