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2020 Remote Darts League 1

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2020 Remote Darts League 1
Winner
England James Richardson
Runner-up
England Paul Hogan
Score
10–3
Dates
18 April to 27 April 2020
Edition
1st
Number of players
10
Rounds
9
Number of 180s overall
167
Highest Checkout
England James Richardson 161
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2020 Remote Darts League, shortly RDL, was a darts tournament - the first edition in its history. The tournament was developed by Farawaysports, an organisation dedicated to providing quality remote sporting contests including pictures, data and odds, during the world-wide pandemic of COVID-19.[1] Similar to the Premier League in terms of format, the Remote Darts League sees every player face off against each other with each player gaining points in order to play in finals night.[2] James Richardson became the first winner, defeating Paul Hogan 10–3 in the final.[3]

Format

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The RDL comprises 10 top WDF players competing over 10 days in a fast league format. Players all play each other once over nine nights with five matches taking place each evening. Each match will play out over a maximum of 12 legs with the first player to reach seven legs winning the fixture and picking up two league points. As its best of 12 legs this allows for the possibility of a match to be tied at 6-6, in this case each player will receive one point. After nine nights each player will have played each other and the four players with the highest number of league points will qualify for the final night showdown. On final night the Top 4 battle it out in two semi-finals and a grand final for the right to be crowned the first Remote Darts League champion. After a four-day break, the 10 players will compete again in the next leg of the Remote Darts League, RDL2.

Venues

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and regulations from the government, all players play from their home. All players have a webcam prepared in their home environment, through which it is possible to watch every thrown dart. The referee, Richard Ashdown, confirms the score. Viewers see both dartboards at the same time, along with the scoreboard and the referee.

Players

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The 10 WDF players have been chosen in advance including the former BDO World champion, John Walton or the finalist of the UK Open 2011 and European Championships 2012, Wes Newton.

Player
England James Richardson
England John Walton
England Alan Norris
England Paul Hogan
England Gary Robson
England Wes Newton
England Darryl Fitton
England Tony O'Shea
England Dean Winstanley
Wales Jim Williams

League stage

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18 April - Day 1

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Score
James Richardson England
86.29
7 – 4 England Alan Norris
81.03
Gary Robson England
83.87
7 – 2 England Dean Winstanley
78.14
Wes Newton England
85.33
4 – 7 Wales Jim Williams
90.37
Tony O'Shea England
86.13
6 – 6 England Paul Hogan
88.81
John Walton England
80.10
4 – 7 England Darryl Fitton
90.95
Night's Average: 85.10
Highest Checkout: England Paul Hogan 106
Most 180s: England Darryl Fitton 4
Night's 180s: 16

19 April - Day 2

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Score
Jim Williams Wales
90.13
7 – 3 England Gary Robson
90.85
Darryl Fitton England
84.10
5 – 7 England Tony O'Shea
81.67
Paul Hogan England
88.02
6 – 6 England James Richardson
94.56
Alan Norris England
87.26
7 – 3 England John Walton
78.09
Dean Winstanley England
77.61
5 – 7 England Wes Newton
79.45
Night's Average: 85.17
Highest Checkout: England Alan Norris 124
Most 180s: England Darryl Fitton and England Tony O'Shea 3
Night's 180s: 17

20 April - Day 3

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Score
Wes Newton England
72.59
6 – 6 England John Walton
73.70
Dean Winstanley England
83.59
5 – 7 England Paul Hogan
85.88
Alan Norris England
78.54
3 – 7 England Darryl Fitton
77.33
James Richardson England
96.18
7 – 2 England Gary Robson
93.73
Jim Williams Wales
95.29
7 – 2 England Tony O'Shea
85.93
Night's Average: 84.28
Highest Checkout: England Gary Robson 139
Most 180s: Five players 2
Night's 180s: 12

21 April - Day 4

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Score
Tony O'Shea England
79.05
7 – 2 England Dean Winstanley
74.11
John Walton England
84.89
1 – 7 England James Richardson
95.05
Paul Hogan England
91.49
7 – 0 England Wes Newton
76.84
Darryl Fitton England
90.91
6 – 6 Wales Jim Williams
94.46
Gary Robson England
91.40
7 – 4 England Alan Norris
79.77
Night's Average: 85.80
Highest Checkout: England Paul Hogan 121
Most 180s: England James Richardson 5
Night's 180s: 20

22 April - Day 5

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Score
Gary Robson England
81.68
7 – 2 England Darryl Fitton
78.24
Wes Newton England
84.41
5 – 7 England Alan Norris
86.00
John Walton England
70.97
1 – 7 England Tony O'Shea
81.92
Paul Hogan England
91.40
7 – 4 Wales Jim Williams
85.50
Dean Winstanley England
79.88
2 – 7 England James Richardson
95.34
Night's Average: 83.76
Highest Checkout: England James Richardson 120
Most 180s: England Wes Newton 3
Night's 180s: 15

23 April - Day 6

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Score
Alan Norris England
77.50
0 – 7 England Paul Hogan
90.70
Tony O'Shea England
89.22
6 – 6 England Gary Robson
90.13
Darryl Fitton England
84.60
7 – 2 England Dean Winstanley
79.83
James Richardson England
93.54
7 – 1 England Wes Newton
82.10
Jim Williams Wales
94.67
7 – 1 England John Walton
70.11
Night's Average: 85.24
Highest Checkout: Wales Jim Williams 160
Most 180s: England James Richardson 4
Night's 180s: 19

24 April - Day 7

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Score
Dean Winstanley England
73.68
6 – 6 England John Walton
72.70
Jim Williams Wales
88.29
7 – 3 England Alan Norris
83.47
Tony O'Shea England
85.52
7 – 5 England James Richardson
90.94
Darryl Fitton England
81.04
6 – 6 England Wes Newton
82.68
Gary Robson England
93.34
5 – 7 England Paul Hogan
98.35
Night's Average: 85.00
Highest Checkout: England James Richardson 128
Most 180s: England Darryl Fitton, England Wes Newton and England Gary Robson 3
Night's 180s: 20

25 April - Day 8

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Score
Wes Newton England
80.30
5 – 7 England Tony O'Shea
90.42
James Richardson England
89.65
7 – 5 Wales Jim Williams
85.88
John WaltonEngland
83.61
5 – 7 England Gary Robson
89.24
Alan Norris England
92.27
7 – 2 England Dean Winstanley
74.06
Paul Hogan England
82.47
5 – 7 England Darryl Fitton
79.81
Night's Average: 84.77
Highest Checkout: England Darryl Fitton 160
Most 180s: England James Richardson 4
Night's 180s: 18

26 April - Day 9

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Score
Darryl Fitton England
86.80
3 – 7 England James Richardson
94.89
Paul Hogan England
88.30
7 – 3 England John Walton
81.07
Dean Winstanley England
72.39
2 – 7 Wales Jim Williams
88.56
Gary Robson England
80.39
7 – 3 England Wes Newton
79.22
Tony O'Shea England
87.76
7 – 3 England Alan Norris
83.73
Night's Average: 84.31
Highest Checkout: England Paul Hogan 151
Most 180s: England Darryl Fitton 3
Night's 180s: 14

Playoff - 27 April

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Score
Semi-finals
James Richardson England
89.10
8 – 2 Wales Jim Williams
85.59
Paul Hogan England
91.73
8 – 3 England Tony O'Shea
91.71
Final
James Richardson England
98.65
10 – 3 England Paul Hogan
91.48
Night's Total Average: 91.38
Highest Checkout: England James Richardson 161
Most 180s: England Paul Hogan 8
Night's 180s: 16

Table and streaks

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Table

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Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.

After the nine rounds, top 4 players qualify for the semifinals, where the first will play with the fourth and the second with the third.

# Name Pts Matches Legs Scoring
Pld W D L LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A HC C%
1 England James Richardson Q 15 9 7 1 1 60 31 +29 29 108 70 25 92.94 135 34.68
2 England Paul Hogan Q 14 9 6 2 1 59 36 +23 23 122 90 13 89.49 151 32.60
3 England Tony O'Shea Q 14 9 6 2 1 56 40 +16 18 136 72 17 85.29 152 33.73
4 Wales Jim Williams Q 13 9 6 1 2 57 35 +22 28 134 70 11 90.35 160 36.08
5 England Gary Robson E 11 9 5 1 3 51 43 +8 18 98 64 19 88.29 139 32.48
6 England Darryl Fitton E 10 9 4 2 3 50 47 +3 20 88 59 23 83.75 160 32.26
7 England Alan Norris E 6 9 3 0 6 38 52 -14 18 119 38 12 83.29 124 29.69
8 England Wes Newton E 4 9 1 2 6 37 59 -22 16 120 33 14 80.32 120 26.81
9 England John Walton E 2 9 0 2 7 30 61 -31 10 98 33 11 77.25 95 20.27
10 England Dean Winstanley E 1 9 0 1 8 28 62 -34 7 85 48 6 77.03 116 29.47

(Q) = Qualified For The Playoffs (E) = Eliminated From Playoff Contention

Streaks

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Player Days 1 to 9 Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SF F
England James Richardson W D W W W W L W W W W
England Paul Hogan D D W W W W W W W W L
England Tony O'Shea D W L W W D W W W L
Wales Jim Williams W W W D L W W L W L
England Gary Robson W L L W W D L W W
England Darryl Fitton W L W D L W D W L
England Alan Norris L W L L W L L W L
England Wes Newton L W D L L L D L L
England John Walton L L D L L L D L L
England Dean Winstanley L L L L L L L D L
Legend: W Win D Draw L Loss Eliminated

References

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  1. ^ "Remote Darts League launched in wake of coronavirus lockdown".
  2. ^ "Fixtures released for Remote Darts League with WDF players - Darts News". dartsnews.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17.
  3. ^ https://dartsnews.com/richardson-after-claiming-first-remote-darts-league-title-im-just-over-the-moon-im-lost-for-words/ [dead link]
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