| 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
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| 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
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| 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; won 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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