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Puha and King both claim double title wins in bumper DPA weekend

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by Samuel Gill
Monday, 06 May 2019 at 11:48
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The latest DPA events took place this past weekend with Haupai Puha and Robbie King in particular starring.

There were six events in all and they both picked up doubles with Koha Kokiri and James Bailey also claiming wins.
It started off with Bailey who alongside Damon Heta has been a shining light of the DPA ProTour this year.
He saw off Mick Lacey, the aforementioned Robbie King and Ryan Lynch to add another title to his haul.
King claimed the next event seeing off Ben Robb, a former World Series participant in the final.
Puha was next to claim an event win with ‘Hopes’ also seeing off Ben Robb in his final. The Kiwi ace will be part of New Zealand’s World Cup side in June with Cody Harris in a strong line up.
King returned to the winners circle in the next event seeing off Steve Fitzpatrick who himself denied Damon Heta in the semis.
Fitzpatrick reached back to back Finals with him also being edged out by the experienced Koha Kokiri in the penultimate event.
Kokiri reached back to back Finals but he was denied by Haupai Puha who picked up his double to end an exciting weekend on the DPA Pro Tour.

2019 Harrows DPA ProTour
Event 13, Thursday May 2
Quarter-Finals
Ryan Lynch 5-4 Dave Marland
Steve Fitzpatrick 5-2 Damon Heta
Robbie King 5-2 Haupai Puha
James Bailey 5-2 Mick Lacey
Semi-Finals
Ryan Lynch 5-3 Steve Fitzpatrick
James Bailey 5-3 Robbie King
Final
James Bailey 6-2 Ryan Lynch
Event 14, Friday May 3
Quarter-Finals
Damon Heta 6-5 Bill Aitken
Ben Robb 6-5 Steve Fitzpatrick
Robbie King 6-2 James Bailey
Raymond O'Donnell 6-4 Haupai Puha
Semi-Finals
Ben Robb 6-3 Damon Heta
Robbie King 6-3 Raymond O'Donnell
Final
Robbie King 6-4 Ben Robb
Event 15, Friday May 3
Quarter-Finals
Damon Heta 6-1 Bill Aitken
Ben Robb 6-3 Steve Fitzpatrick
Robbie King 6-5 James Bailey
Haupai Puha 6-4 Koha Kokiri
Semi-Finals
Ben Robb 6-5 Damon Heta
Haupai Puha 6-2 Robbie King
Final
Haupai Puha 6-3 Ben Robb
Event 16, Saturday May 4
Quarter-Finals
Damon Heta 6-2 Paul Cotton
Steve Fitzpatrick 6-1 Ben Robb
Robbie King 6-4 Ryan Lynch
Raymond O'Donnell 6-5 Haupai Puha
Semi-Finals
Steve Fitzpatrick 6-5 Damon Heta
Robbie King 6-3 Raymond O'Donnell
Final
Robbie King 6-5 Steve Fitzpatrick
Event 17, Saturday May 4
Quarter-Finals
Damon Heta 6-0 Bill Aitken
Steve Fitzpatrick 6-2 Ben Robb
James Bailey 6-2 Dave Marland
Koha Kokiri 6-1 Dave Littleboy
Semi-Finals
Steve Fitzpatrick 6-5 Damon Heta
Koha Kokiri 6-3 James Bailey
Final
Koha Kokiri 6-2 Steve Fitzpatrick
Event 18, Sunday May 5
Quarter-Finals
Josh Townsend 5-4 Ryan Lynch
Haupai Puha 5-1 Dale Burton-Pye
Koha Kokiri 5-3 Steve Fitzpatrick
Mick Lacey 5-2 Brendon McCausland
Semi-Finals
Haupai Puha 5-1 Josh Townsend
Koha Kokiri 5-3 Mick Lacey
Final
Haupai Puha 6-4 Koha Kokiri
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  • colt26-02-2026
    i can't answer this definitively, but i can make some suggestions. firstly, these are essentially just glorified qualifiers for TV events which double as helping the lesser players on tour make a living, but they aren't really considered that significant. they weren't even streamed until the past decade or so. most casual fans don't even know they exist and getting an audience in might be difficult. i'm assuming they're currently quite cheap to run and they would need to sell a lot of tickets to justify opening them up into more of a spectacle. they're held on weekdays when most people are at work anyway and there's no room on the calendar to put most of them on weekends. the logistics of presenting it to an audience would also be tricky given that they have to get through 7 rounds containing 128 players in a single day, using loads of stages simultaneously. maybe the uk open could be used as a template but it'd need to be even more condensed into a short time period, and even with the uk open it's hard to follow most of the games. the venues they're currently held at wouldn't cater for turning this into a public event as they're pretty small, so they'd need to hire much bigger venues 30 times in places around the country. it just probably isn't feasible. i also suspect the players don't really want to play in front of drunk audiences in every single domestic tournament, they already have the euro tour, world series and majors for that. the players championship is basically a way for players to demonstrate they're ready to make the step up to those levels of competition.
  • MrMarkWatsonnonotthatone25-02-2026
    Hi, can someone explain why the Players Championship takes place behind closed doors? I've been watching the big championships on and off for decades, but only just started taking a keener interest in the game, and this strange looking competition is a bit of a head scratcher to me at the moment.
  • medinabello25-02-2026
    Not Noppy. Get Beau in.
  • rick6724-02-2026
    If I was noppert,I'd say,sod you lot. You don't think I'm good enough,but suddenly,I can be a replacement? What a load of rubbish. Either you're in,or not. I keep saying,it's a pointless league,just to get people on seats,and beer down their necks. Scrap the whole thing
  • OldShakey23-02-2026
    Exactly! Did the Glasgow punters get a partial refund for missing out on a potentially explosive match up? I don't know but I doubt it. Given the existing set up, how about this? Four reserves, one European based player to cover the four overseas rounds (including Dublin) and three UK based players to cover four UK rounds each (including Belfast). If the number of continental rounds changed to four for instance then Dublin could be transferred to the UK players allocation for convenience. All reserves should have their travel and accommodation costs covered and to make it worth their while, if they are not used, the reserve could play a match with a LOCAL non tour card holding player between the semi finals and final. This local player would be chosen by a prior qualifying tournament. The prize for this game could be £/euros 1000 or 2000 as the reserve could be spending his time and effort doing an exhibition instead not that I know what the commercial rate for an exhibition is! If the reserve is used in the main competition then the winner and the runner up of the qualifier can play. This could generate additional local interest and publicity. Obviously this doesn't cover every "what if" scenario i.e. What if two main players pull out? Maybe a second of the four reserves could be chosen at random? What do you think?
  • medinabello19-02-2026
    what a load of croc
  • rick6718-02-2026
    So,it's a rubbish league,waste of time. Just put 8000 people in a building every Thursday,get them all drunk,and wonder why it's a complete joke. And forget every other player apart from 8. It's a ridiculous,inane,and needless so called competition.
  • rick6716-02-2026
    Sorry,I've never been a professional darts player,but obviously from your comment,you have. So, going to your reply, you're blaming the management,not the player? So in that respect,he should get a different manager? That's basically all your comment is saying. Don't let him do money makers,which Barney said is easy money, instead of tournaments? Shake hands instead of trophies? Well I guess the manager knows best,as he has a big cut!
  • BandB15-02-2026
    Sorry Mr rick67, erm what punditry credentials do you have to comment on a pundit? There's a reason why many top professionals have management teams. They know how to manage schedules etc so the players can just play. And how is Edgar wrong? Last year MVG failed to qualify by missing too many tournaments and underperforming. He's repeating the error this year so Edgar is right In calling this out.
  • rick6715-02-2026
    Just get of Mardle,I didn't pay to watch him,and I don't want him for free! Let's see,how many world champions,either code,did you win? None! Now mason does it more as a player who was a floor player than you were putting pineapple on your shirt. Mardle,just go,you over inflated ego may follow. Tell you what,get on the seniors tour,and show everyone how good you weren't

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