New talent Laumanis wins the Estonia & Tallinn Open tournament for young darts throwing / day

There were two world -rating races in the Estonian capital, the Estonian Open, which brought together 191 gentlemen, 36 ladies and 26 youngsters in boys and girls and the Tallinn Open with 159 gentlemen, 36 ladies and 29 young people. All Baltic States, Scandinavian countries, as well as a number of other European countries were represented.

Latvia’s victory was secured by the excellent Ralph Laumanis, who remained unbeaten in the youth competition. Latvia’s best youth darts thrower and the World Youth Championship Finals Finals in the quarterfinals easily tackled the national championship bronze medalist Robert Bullko, revealing for a loss in the first round of adult competition. Then Laumanis played the new British talent Leo Howard with a unique performance in the semi -finals, winning the Tallin Open. The Latvian finished two legs in the game with 13th and 14th darts, but in all legos the average was above 93. The final against Finnish Pitkenen was even lighter, celebrating the victory with a 5: 1 and two legs finishing with 14 and 15.

Latvian vice -champion Marta Roga, who had beat Danish Hansen in the semi -finals by 4: 2, tried to show competition in some legies, but still defeated the world youth rating leader and world champion from Britain Pauling with a 1: 5 champion. Kirilova. As a result, last year’s European Cup bronze winner Roga is second. Pauling also won in women’s competitions.

Three Latvians reached the fourth round, or Top32 – both semi -finalists of this year’s Latvian Championship, or bronze medalists Nauris Gleglu and Kristaps Mickus, as well as Aigars Strēlis, third -place winner of the Riga Championship and Latvian rating vice -leader. Although Mickus began excellent, finishing the first leg with the 13th and winning the second leg, but had to concede in the next four English Daniel Lee and thus 2: 4. Gleglu also 2: 4, but not in a high -quality battle, conceded to the Finnish Tuomisto, but Selis was in the lead with a 3: 1 lead, but in the end he defeated Lithuanian Leskov with 3: 4.

For women in the sixteenth finals, or Top32 with a minimal deficit of 3: 4, both Latvian champions suffered this year without using good opportunities. The winner of the youth gold medal, Kirilov, conceded to Lithuanian Rimkevichute, while the adult group winner Irena Bauze, led by 3: 2, lost to Danish Merlita in the last two Legas.

Nauris Gleglu and Aigars Strēlis, Tallin Open, fought to the semi -finals or TOP16. Gleglu showed very good performance in some legs, but with a 2: 4 acknowledgment of British Williams’ superiority, but Selis took one leg (1: 4) against the Dutchman Konterman. Laumanis could also join them, but Ralph played the best game of the tournament in the fourth round, or the opponent of the sixteenth final, Tornbjornson from Sweden, so the new Latvian, despite his good performance, had to concede 2: 4. By the way, this duel was the second highest value, with both average points or more. Only the semi -finals between Finnish Masalin and the Belgian Gijbel was more valuable.

Our ladies, on the other hand, had to lose their first games again, both Upeniece, Rog and Bauze losing 1: 4, while Amanda acknowledged the superiority of Lithuania’s best darts thrower Tvaronavichut.

In the youth competition, the Tallin Open Latvian darts are not as successful as the Estonian Open, suffering a minimal 3: 4 loss to the Danes. Kirilova defeated Hansena with this result in the semi -finals and Laumanis in the quarterfinals in Tigisen.

Success in a pair competition for Strim with Mick, overcoming the first four rounds and reaching the semi -finals, where he lost to the Swedes Tornbjornson and Tingval at the end of a very intense battle. Aigars and Kristaps showed the character in the quarterfinals, winning the remaining four Legas after winning the Finns Takkinen and Masalin. For Latvians, one of the hardest was the first round, where they managed to play and defeat the home with a 3: 2.

The President of the Darts Organization (LDO) Žanis Buklovskis: « Unfortunately, this year, a very small number of our players went to Estonia, but this is of course explained by Easter and the very dense competition schedule this year.

“It is a special joy for our young people, for whom this competition was an excellent preparation for the Youth European Cup in July. All the newly named Latvian youth team – Ralph Lauman, Roberts Bullko, Domenik Tabor, Jacob Malnieks, Jacob Malnieks, Marta Roga and Amanda Kirilova went to Estonia. We managed to win all the awards of the forging this race both before the European Cup and each player to qualify for the World Cup at the end of the year. But it is important not to burn in your wishes, ”says Buklovsky.

« In a month’s time, the World Ranking Ranking will take place in the Lithuanian & Vilnius Open, which will take place in Lithuania and there, hopefully we will see a larger number of participants from Latvia, » the LDO president said, adding that this weekend Latvian darts will gather for the Latvian rating competition Jekabpils Cup.