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Announcing: "An evening with John Lowe - Professional Darts Exhibition".

NOTE: This event is free admission and open to all. Dart players and fans from any area and any league are invited to attend. Spread the word to all your dart playing friends to take advantage of this rare and unique professional darts exhibition.

Mark your calendars for Friday, December 16, 2011. MMDL is pleased to announce that one of the most legendary world champion's of our sport, John Lowe, will be visiting Boston on his current tour of North America. Stay tuned for all the details, including how you can get a chance to take on "Old Stoneface" at the oche. John is known as one of the pioneering professionals of darts and recorded the first ever televised perfect game of 501 in 1984. His exhibitions are fun filled events featuring stories from his travels on the pro circuit, chances to win great prizes and one-on-one matches against audience members and local top players. For more information on John Lowe, click here - http://www.legendsofdarts.com/

Updates on this event will be posted on the MMDL website as well as here, so stay tuned!

OFFICIAL EVENT DETAILS - UPDATED 10/26:


DATE & TIME: Friday, December 16 · 7:30pm - 11:00pm

VENUE:
Local 103 IBEW Fuction Hall
256 Freeport St
Boston, MA 02122
617-436-3710

Ample free parking available. Cash bar onsite.

Special Door Prize!!! - One lucky audience member will be drawn to win a free hotel room and all entry fees paid at the Witch City Open 2012 Dart Tournament. Other giveaways and raffles will be held throughout the night. Proceeds will benefit curemeso.org in memory of David Frary.

Minute Man Dart League invites all dart players to An Evening with 3 X World Champion John Lowe. Mr. Lowe will be traveling across the United States on tour in December. Come join us for a chance to play darts against John and enjoy hearing about his experiences as a world class pro. There will be raffles drawn the night of the event to play Mr. Lowe along with other chances to play via 4 Local Luck of the Draws.

Mr. Lowe will play 16 matches versus local shooters. Eight (8) people will be drawn from the audience for a chance to go head to head with our visiting World Champion.

In addition, each MMDL regional area will be holding qualifier competitions where the winner will be among those to play onstage:

Boston: Singles Tournament at My Honey Fitz on Saturday, November 26, 1pm start. Contact: Ed Codair, eddiec@mmdl.org. Honey Fitz Pub - 142 Pleasant St, Malden, MA, 781-324-0111

North Shore: Eight week, points based tournament series at the Beverly Franco. Contact Mark Millett, NSMark64@yahoo.com - Began first week of October.

South Shore: In conjunction with the LOD at the Abington Polish Club, details TBD. Contact: Gary Estabrook, garyestabrook@comcast.net Abington Polish Club, 55 Wales St, Abington, MA, 781-878-9822

Central: Singles Tourney held Oct. 23; Winner: Fred Mula

Plus the Spring 501 Mens Gold and Ladies Pink Champions, Fall 2011 Cricket Mens Gold and Ladies Pink Champions will face Mr. Lowe

There will also be raffles the night of the event to have a chance to play Mr. Lowe.

This event is open to all. Entry to the event is FREE.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

From the North: Take Route 93 South to Exit 15 (JFK/Columbia Road). Turn left at the end of the exit ramp onto Columbia Road. Go into the rotary and take the first right (Morrissey Boulevard). Drive ahead on Morrissey Blvd for 2 miles, then take a right at the main intersection onto Freeport Street. IBEW Local 103 is approximately 1/4 mile ahead on your right.

From the South: Take Route 3 North to the Expressway (Route 93 North). Take Route 93 North to Exit 13 (Freeport Street). Turn left at the end of the exit ramp onto Victory Road, then take the first right onto Freeport Street. IBEW Local 103 is approximately 1/2 mile ahead on your right.

From the West: Take the Mass Pike (Route 90) East to its end. Follow signs for Route 93 (Expressway) South. Take Route 93 South and follow directions From the North, above.

Come to The Lazy Dog in Marlboro this Sunday, October 23 for your first chance to be selected to play John Lowe on stage at his MMDL Pro Exhibition on December 16.

JOHN LOWE QUALIFIER - FREE

A singles tournament will be held with the winner invited to play John Lowe on stage at his upcoming exhibition in December. There is no entry fee for this event and both men and women are invited to participate. There will also be additional competitions to play John Lowe, which will be announced soon.

WHEN:
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 5:00pm start, registration closes 30 minutes prior to start time.

WHERE:
The Lazy Dog
31 Main St
Marlboro, MA 01752

FORMAT:
Best of 5 (501, Cricket / 501, Cricket / Choice)
Finals will be Best of 7

A Luck of the Draw will be held following the singles event.

Any questions or for more information, contact:
Becky Wainwright, becky@mmdl.org or 978-882-3119

For those of you that have not seen them yet and might be interested in reading them, here is the link for Tom, Sean, Holly & Tina's interviews/profiles with Mark Stokes about the John Lowe event 12/16/2011
Some interesting things about these great dart players.
Mark did a great job writing these profiles.

http://mmdl.org/view/news/28

Thanks Mike - here's part of the update being emailed out tomorrow:

* CHALLENGER PROFILES *

Headlining the night's competitions will be matches versus MMDL's reigning singles champions. These players represent the top echelon of the MMDL community and will give our visiting pro all he can handle at the oche. We've taken this opportunity to produce some profiles of these champions to help you get to know them better. Please follow the links below to these articles and you might find these top players are not so different from the rest of us.

* Tom Sawyer - 501 Champion - "Cool, Calm And Up There With The Best Of Them" read profile
* Tina Proctor - 501 Champion - "Darts In The Genes" read profile
* Sean Moran - Cricket Champion - "Testament To A Darts Minute Man" read profile
* Holly Frary - Cricket Champion - "Former Prodigy Is Married To The Sport" read profile

AREA QUALIFIERS

Special Congratulations to each of the following qualifiers who earned their way to the stage by winning their respective area competitions.

* Fred Mula - Central
* Pat McKeon - Boston
* Avery Barry - North Shore
* Fred Conley - South Shore

Great Job tonight Adam!! Well done! Great job to all that assisted you! Thanks for a good night.

Don and Barb Skane

I completely agree Don! What a fun and memorable night!

Thank you, also, for the role you played in assisting to make this event happen!!

We had a good turnout and everyone had a great time.

On a personal note, an extra special thank you from me to Adam and Nicole.