The Commercial Hotel Jamestown played host to the one show only Deller Downunder 2006 Exhibition on Saturday Evening

The night was a roaring success with many folks trekking in from all over the country to witness Keith in Action. It was great to see the townsfolk turn out and honor such a great gentleman of our sport. They came from everywhere. Broken Hill, Port Augusta, Adelaide, Murray Bridge...the list goes on. The dedication shown by all in attendance was fantastic and a credit to everyone who was lucky enough to be at the event.

Class is for ever - Keith Deller Jamestown South Australia

Our Day Started with a leisurely drive north with Keith and our
team to Jamestown. For those of you who are wondering where Jamestown is, Jamestown is located some 200km north of Adelaide. Jamestown has a population of around 1500 people.
    

Surveyed in 1871 to service the productive and reliable farmland
of the Northern Highlands, Jamestown is mainly a wool town and Jamestown's monthly sheep sales are the largest in rural South Australia.

On the board Deller Didn't Disappoint. Keith was successful in
winning all 12 games which were played over the best of 5 legs. Local Star and SADC player Amanda Fish was the first game of the evening. Amanda threw some brilliant darts and threw a really great peg of 94 to claim a leg from Keith, however it was Keith who claimed the Game 3 sets to 1.

Other strong performers were Craig Atze of Murray Bridge who was
the only game of the night from the local players to take 2 legs from
Keith. Craig threw brilliantly to bring Keith to 2-2 ,however it was Keith who secured the match with back to back 140,s in the 5th and deciding leg to take the match comfortable 3-2.

Another strong performance Came from Andrew Townes of Broken
Hill who did little wrong but simply got Keith in probably his best game of the evening

Special mention to the young boy sitting in the front row who
became Keith's Advisor for pegs during the evening. Keith threw at least 1 dozen peg outs by request.. some including 62(double 16,Double 15) a 40 Checkout (double 10,Double 10) and a number of 101 pegs with 2 darts.

So it was to the finale: Deller vs Jouannet in the best of 11 legs.

This was a brilliant Match. China led 3 legs to 1 at 1 stage and
had a shot at 40 to take him to a 4-1 lead. Unfortunately for Jouannet from there Deller took control of the match with many strong legs to take the match comfortable 6 legs to 3.There were 3 180s, thrown in the game,2 x to Deller and 1 x to Jouannet.

The evening ending with a great insight to the life of a professional dart player with Keith answering questions from the audience on his life as a Full time player, experiences with other players on the circuit, his views on Phil Taylor and his thoughts on playing in the PDC.

Barry Jouannet was also invited to the microphone giving his thoughts on playing on the worlds biggest dart stage at the Ladbrokes.com World Championships. Afterwards it was time for Keith to sign some autographs before the evening concluded

Keith and Dartplayers Australia would like to thank everyone who
attended the evening and give special thanks to Gary Sims, Tony Cooper, Warren and their team at the Commercial Hotel for a truly memorable night.

Not enough can be said about our hosts.....They looked after everyone exceptionally well...Gary is a great ambassador for the darting fraternity in South Australia and everyone at Dartplayers Australia are looking forward to many more events held at the Commercial Hotel/Motel.....Thanks again Gary.....

Keith is planning a series of Exhibitions on his next visit down under and bookings will be available shortly. To arrange a Keith Deller  exhibition at your Venue, RSL, Bowling Club or darts club please contact us info@dartplayersaustralia.com for more information. Due to demand availability will be limited so we advise to book early to avoid disappointment.

Report by Kevin Berlyn