John Kuczynski
World Professional Darts Player From Zion Grove, PA
16th Annual Bob Hodges Tournament
Scott Kirchner & Johnny Take 1st Place In Cricket Doubles
Johnny Also Got 2nd In 501 Singles and 3rd in Cricket
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Bullshooter International in Yokohama, Japan!
Link To Yokohama, Japan BullShooter Results!
Johnny & Kenichi Agui
There were 250 players in "Top Gun Singles"
and Johnny
won that event over Kenichi Agui in the finals. It was a great
match by both of them. It came down to the last game!
Johnny & Scott Kirchner
There were 20 players in this invitational only event. There were 10
Japanese players and 10 International players. The first part of the
tournament was a round robin with 4 groups of 5 best of 3 taking 2 from each
bracket. The next part was a knock out, where Johnny lost to Scott Kirchner
in
the semi finals and Scott went on to win the tournament!
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Kuczynski & Mawson Win Desert Classic Places
JOHN KUCZYNSKI and Gary Mawson have joined Darin Young in taking the three automatic US places in the Las Vegas Desert Classic VI.
Young went into last weekend's Charlotte Open having already secured his place in the first round of the Desert Classic on 4 July.
Kuczynski and Mawson will also avoid the qualifiers at Mandalay Bay this summer after edging out Ray Carver to secure the final two spots.
Link To Story On Planet Darts TV!
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"Check Out These You Tube Videos"
Click Here For Johnny "K" You Tube Video
Johnny K vs Phil Taylor (Part 1) - World Darts Challenge 2007
Johnny K vs Phil Taylor (Part 2) - World Darts Challenge 2007
Johnny K vs Ray Carver - World Darts Challenge 2007
Johnny K vs Jonny (Kenichi Agui) - Top Gun Singles Final - Yokohama, Japan
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2007 BullShooter Pro Singles Champion!
Team U.S.A. Wins Title!
Final Results 2007 BullShooter!
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Great Interest In PDC U.S. Open!
Saturday night (May 19th) will also see a special televised World Darts Challenge featuring four of the biggest names in darts as Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld will link up with top Americans Ray Carver and John Kuczynski.
"The World Darts Challenge being shown live (well not exactly - 2 hours later) on Fox Sports will give nationwide coverage of an exciting event, and the US Open itself will I'm sure prove a huge success."
Please note that the World Darts Challenge will be played from 9pm-11pm.
The five-match series, screened live (well not exactly - 2 hours later) from 11pm-1am on Fox Sports, will see one of the World Champions team up with a USA favourite. Taylor will be partnered by Carver, with van Barneveld and Kuczynski also linking up.
World Darts Challenge Schedule:
Game One - Phil Taylor v John Kuczynski
Game Two - Raymond van Barneveld v Ray Carver
Game Three - John Kuczynski v Ray Carver
Game Four - Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld
Game Five - Taylor/Carver v van Barneveld/Kuczynski
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World Darts Challenge Win For
Barney & Johnny K!
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD and John Kuczynski won the World Darts Challenge 14-11 against Phil Taylor and Ray Carver at the Mohegan Sun.
The inaugural event saw the world's two best players team up with the top stars from America for the Fox Sports-broadcasted event.
Link To Story At Planet Darts TV!
World Darts Challenge Photo Gallery!
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7th Annual A.B.D.A.
(American Baseball Dart Association)
National Championship
Finals Were Shot March 11th
Emmaus, PA
Johnny Whacks Tournament High Game Of "63"
Link To American Baseball Dart Association (A.B.D.A.)
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Blue Square UK Open
Southern Regional Final!
March 3rd & 4th
London, England
Johnny Narrowly Misses Quarterfinals!
Second Round
John Kuczynski 5-1 Andy Hayfield
Third Round
John Kuczynski 5-0 Rick Andrews
Fourth Round
John Kuczynski 5-2 John Part
Fifth Round
Dennis Priestley 5-3 John Kuczynski
"Mardle knocked out Adrian Lewis and Roland Scholten in his successful day, while Priestley whitewashed Andy Hamilton before edging out American John Kuczynski in their decider."
Link To Full Results At Planet Darts!
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BullShooter III Asia
February 2-5, 2007
Hong Kong International Trade & Exhibition Center
Hong Kong
Johnny Wins!
Hammer Cricket Singles
Top Gun Cricket Singles
Super 1 Asia Cup 501 Singles
(Only One Entry Allowed From Each Country)
501 Doubles
(With Ray Carver)
U. S. Team Finishes 2nd To Japan
Great Shooting Johnny!
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Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Began Monday December 18th at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet
Johnny K Back In The Limelight!
The American number one will take on 2004 World Championship runner-up Mark Dudbridge in arguably the tie of the first round at the Circus Tavern in Essex, England.
Click Here For Full Report From Planet Darts!
He is joined in Purfleet by another American, Philadelphia's Bill Davis, while Ray Carver only missed out in the final game of the tournament's qualifiers in Birmingham, England earlier this month.
Johnny & Bill Shot Their First Round Matches On
Thursday 21st December 2006
(NOTE: 5 Hour Time Difference In East - 1pm In England Is 8am EST)
4pm Andy Jenkins v Bill Davis
ANDY JENKINS 3-1 BILL DAVIS
(3-1, 3-2, 0-3, 3-2)
ANDY JENKINS dedicated his first round victory to his late father Chris, who died a few weeks ago.
Jenkins, 35, defeated American Bill Davis 3-1 to move into the Last 32 at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, where he will now face Andy Smith in the next stage.
Click Here For Full Report From Planet Darts!
7pm Mark Dudbridge v John Kuczynski
MARK DUDBRIDGE 3-1 JOHN KUCZYNSKI
(3-0, 1-3, 3-1, 3-0)
MARK DUDBRIDGE overcame his nerves to defeat American John Kuczynski 3-1 and set up a tasty round two clash with Andy Hamilton at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship.
A switch to new darts helped him... with an at times classy win over the US Number One.
The American - who reached round three last year
- found his range in the second set, which he took 3-1 and included a
13-darter.
Click Here For Full Report From Planet Darts!
Barney Wins Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship!
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD 7-6 PHIL TAYLOR
(0-3, 0-3, 1-3, 3-0, 3-2, 0-3, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 6-5)
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD won the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
with an incredible sudden-death 7-6 win over Phil Taylor.
The Dutchman, 39, joined the PDC in February and capped his first year in style in one of the greatest matches the sport has ever seen!
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD won a final-leg shoot-out with Phil Taylor to be crowned the 2007 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Champion.
Click
Here For Full Report From Planet Darts!
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Johnny Strikes His Winner's Pose And Says...
"Step Into My Office"
At Home With His Harley In Zion Grove, PA
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Breaking News!
Johnny Returns Home From England With A Couple Of Top 16 Finishes!
TOP ADO MEN BATTLE IN PDC WORLD GRAND PRIX QUALIFIER
ADO #1 John Kuczynski, #3 Ray Carver, #13 Bill Davis and #14 Isen Veljic
battled for 4 spots against a 127-man field at the Newport Centre for
a chance to earn a place at the SkyBet World Grand Prix held at the
Citywest
Hotel next month. Johnny K won his first 3 rounds including a 5-2 victory
over 1983 World Champion Keith Deller. In the semi-finals, Johnny K was
knocked out by current #22 player in world, Andy Hamilton, by a score
of 5-2.
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"World Series of Darts"
TV Coverage On ESPN!
TV Series To Debut In Prime Time!
Tuesday July 18th 7PM ET On ESPN
ATTN: NO MORE WSOD IN PRIME TIME!
Reprinted From Bull's Eye News
ESPN Reschedules WSOD Broadcast Times
By F. M. Harris
“The ratings were the bottom line” commented WSOD program director David Cook of Embassy Row, “the executives at EOE (ESPN Original Entertainment) were very happy with the production of the show, but not enough people were watching. This happens in television; it was a very competitive time slot.
“Of course, there are a number of different things that hurt us,” Cook said, “one was our West Coast air time of 4:00 PM, which really pulled down the overall rating. Secondly, I'm not sure the program was promoted soon enough. And, of course, no Americans won, save for Johnny. In truth, America can't be expected to go crazy for darts overnight...”
Commenting on the news of the revised broadcast schedule, Jay Tomlinson, publisher of Bull’s-Eye News magazine, added, “To say that we were disappointed to learn of this programming change would be a truly gross understatement; this is decidedly not good news for the dart players, avid fans and the 300,000+ viewers who were tuning in every week.
Episode 4 Was NOT AIRED On Tuesday August 8th At 7PM On ESPN As Originally Scheduled And Caught Us All (Including Me) Off Guard!
I was tipped off about the scheduling changes on Tuesday August 8th BUT I HAD NO IDEA that the changes included axing Episode 4 that same night which would have included (I'm Sure) the match with Johnny K (The ONLY AMERICAN Still In The Tournament) and World #5 Wayne Mardle.
Remember now that there were NO AMERICANS in Episode 3 and so we (AMERICAN DART PLAYERS & FANS) had to wait 2 WEEKS for the Johnny K match only to be disappointed that night by NO DARTS ON ESPN TUESDAY AT 7PM!
SO IN REALITY, AMERICAN VIEWERS ONLY GOT TO SEE TWO EPISODES WITH AMERICAN PLAYERS ON TV. IT'S NO WONDER THE RATINGS SLIPPED!
(Comments are only my own! - George Haines)
SO HERE IS WHAT IS LEFT (I THINK!)
On Thursday August 10th, Episode 4 will follow an airing of the first three episodes on ESPN CLASSIC:
ESPN Classic World Series of Darts (Revised) Broadcast Schedule:
Episode 1 - Thursday August 10, 2:00 PM
Episode 2 - Thursday August 10, 3:00 PM (Johnny vs Part)
Watch WSOD Episode 2 (Part 2) On Planet Darts TV!
Episode 3 - Thursday August 10, 4:00 PM
Episode 4 - Thursday August 10, 5:00 PM (Johnny vs Mardle)
Watch WSOD Episode 4 (Part 2) On Planet Darts TV!
For The Remaining Programming We Switch To ESPN2:
ESPN2 World Series of Darts (Revised) Broadcast Schedule:
Episode 4 - Friday 18 August, 12:00 AM
Episode 5 - Tuesday 05 September, 3:00 PM
Episode 6 - Wednesday 06 September, 3:00 PM
Episode 7 - Tuesday 12 September, 2:00 AM
Episode 8 - Monday 25 September, 4:00 PM
Episode 8 - Friday 29 September, 3:00 PM
Click Here For Additional TV Listings On ESPN
Tell ESPN That You Were Watching!
World Series Of Darts Hits The Screens!
Is darts the next poker?
Kuczynski can’t see why not.
“From what I’ve seen, there’s going to be a lot of emphasis on the characters,” he said. “It’s not just darts. It’s the people behind it. I think ESPN did a good job of getting that across with poker.
“It’s exciting to see what happens when you take a person and put him in a pressure situation and see how he reacts. That’s where a lot of the drama comes from.”
If lightning strikes twice, John Kuczynski and Jim Watkins could be the next big money-makers.
Kuczynski, a 32-year-old Hazleton Area graduate who runs a garbage hauling business, and Watkins, a 51-year-old maintenance technician from Schuylkill Haven, were two of 16 Americans in the inaugural World Series of Darts in May at the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut.
The majority of local darts players prefer the American game, often called “baseball” or “woody.” Players throw wooden darts at a wooden board, taking turns shooting at spots one through nine to rack up to the largest score.
“We sell probably 25 American boards to every British board, but you go down to our Allentown store, it’s the total opposite,” Jeffrey said. “You’re only talking about maybe an hour from here, and you run into a totally different type of game people like to play.”
Link To Times Tribune Article WSOD!
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"World Series of Darts"
Mohegan Sun Official
Round One Draw
PDC / Bull’s-Eye News Official Event Report
Click Here For WSOD 1st Round Draw!
"Johnny K" Defeats Two Time World Champion John Part In The First Round Of The PDC "World Series Of Darts" Tournament!
JOHN PART 5 - 6 JOHN KUCZYNSKI
JOHN KUCZYNSKI became the first (and only) American to reach round two at the
World Series of Darts with a sensational 6-5 win over John Part.
The US number one remains on course to scoop the
$1 million first prize after a dramatic triumph - with Part missing a
dart to win the game before Kuczynski landed double top for victory in
the deciding leg.
Click Here For First Round Results!
Johnny At The Oche In Second Round vs Wayne Mardle!
Photo Credit (Mike Broderick – PhillyDarts.com)
Second Round Loss To 6th Seed Wayne Mardle!
WAYNE MARDLE 6 - 3 JOHN KUCZYNSKI
WAYNE MARDLE ended the American Dream at the 2006 World Series of Darts with
a 6-3 victory over John Kuczynski.
Kuczynski was the only US Qualifier to come through the first round of the tournament, giving himself a chance to claim the $1 million first prize on offer for an American champion.
Click Here For Second Round Results!
PDC / BEN Official Report
Quarter
Final - Event Results!
PDC / BEN Official Report
Semi-Final
- Event Results!
Taylor Romps To World Series Title!
PHIL TAYLOR 13 - 5 ADRIAN LEWIS
PHIL TAYLOR won the inaugural World Series of Darts with a 13-5 victory over Adrian Lewis at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut.
The 13-time World Champion was in brilliant form throughout the event, which offered $1 million for an American champion.
Although John Kuczynski was the only home player to reach the last 16, it was Taylor who emerged to take the $100,000 first prize for a PDC champion and the first World Series of Darts title.
Heeere's Johnny!!!
Dartoid’s World... By Paul Seigel
March 12, 2006
It was a sparse contingent of just 59 darters that gathered today in Las Vegas to do battle for the seventh spot on stage at the World Series of Darts (WSOD) at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino in May. But they didn’t disappoint. Around about the same time back east that Darin Young tucked himself in for the night, possibly to dream about missed doubles and a potential million dollar pay day that may have slipped at yesterday’s Washington, D.C. qualifier, his friend Johnny Kuczynski was nailing his en route to a 4-1 finals victory over Colton, California’s Sean Downs to stake his claim on the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) Pot of Pounds.
Kuczynski, who was knocked out early in the only other qualifier he’s entered – New Jersey on February 11 – was downright pleased to finally get the monkey off his back. "There is a lot of pressure on the top five American players, because they are expected to win, and when they don't win, there are a lot of questions about why they didn't. I'm really glad to have won this one because the pressure is now off. Now I'm in, and I don't have to worry about it anymore."
Not that it was a cakewalk. In quarter final play Kuczynski found himself down two to nill to Aurora, Colorado’s Danny Moore but stormed back in typical “K Man” style to notch up four straight legs for the win, including a spectacular tide-turning 146 close in the third leg and fourteen and fifteen dart finishes in legs five and six.
In the semi finals, America’s number one ranked American Darts Organization (ADO) shooter in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 -- and current National Cricket Champion, faced off against St. Petersburg, Florida’s Michael Winthers who raised eyebrows by reaching the top eight at the second qualifier in Atlanta on February 5. Young Winthers, who is certain to be a force to be reckoned with in the future, gave Kuczynski a match, going up 2-1 before being rendered powerless as the National Champion swept the remaining three legs.
Johnny Appeared On The ESPN2 Morning Show "Cold Pizza" Friday May 19th Prior To "World Series Of Darts" Tournament!
Johnny Explained The Difference Between American Darts & English Darts!
Cold Pizza on ESPN2: The Morning Show With Everything
Kuczynski Qualifies For World Series
March 12th, 2006
JOHN KUCZYNSKI won Sunday's Las Vegas Qualifier for the World Series of Darts with a 4-1 win over Sean Downs.
Kuczynski - who appeared in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship last December - is the highest profile American player to qualify for the World Series of Darts.
He had to come from 2-0 down to win his quarter-final against Danny Moore with four successive legs, and also came from behind in his semi against Michael Winthers.
However, he produced his best darts in the final, stepping up a gear after sharing the opening two legs to win the next three in a row and seal his place at the Mohegan Sun.
"I'm really glad to have won this one because the pressure is now off," said Kuczynski. "Now I'm in, and I don't have to worry about it anymore.
"There is a lot of pressure on the top five American players, because they are expected to win, and when they don't win, there are a lot of questions about why they didn't.
"I'm looking forward to the World Series of Darts now. I'll have lots of support there from my family and friends."
"Johnny K" Wins WSOD Qualifier In Vegas!
THE BIGGEST Prize In Darts History!
Darts Actually Televised By ESPN On American TV?
Bull's Eye News "World Series Of Darts"
"Planet Darts" WSOD Coverage - Official PDC Page
ESPN Televised "World Series Of Darts"
Excerpt From:
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SUPERSTARS OF DARTS
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Issue Eighteen - December 2005
"The Big Interview" COLIN LLOYD (#1 World Ranked PDC Player)
Terra Rising asks: I have a few of questions from the other side of the pond:
There is a planned "World Series
of Darts" event in the US next year. If asked, will you attend and
how do you think the Americans will fare against the PDC's top darters?
COLIN LLOYD responds:
I'll be there. The Americans will fare
well I think but maybe not in
the higher order of things. Some great players - John Kuczynski, Ray
Carver and Darin Young all great guys and I'll give them and other
Americans the respect they deserve. However once I get on the dartboard,
I'll want to rip their heads off.
"Johnny K" Defeats Two Time World Champion John Part In The First Round Of The PDC "World Series Of Darts" Tournament!
JOHN PART 5 - 6 JOHN KUCZYNSKI
Link To Johnny's PDC Player Profile!
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"More Darts On TV"
Holsten Premier League Darts On OLN Network!
Matches between 7 top professionals take place at 10 different venues across the United Kingdom. Premier League Darts has become a firm favorite with both players and fans alike. There have been a lot of great games with some dramatic comebacks over the last year so tune in for continuing excitement of the 2006 Holsten Premier League Darts. OLN will feature twelve 1 hour episodes. Begins Saturday 8/5 at 10pm.
10/9/2006 2:00 am - 3:00 am Night Nine - Stevenage
Night nine of the 2006 Holsten Premier League Darts from Stevenage.
10/10/2006 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Night Ten - Reading
The final night of league action for the 2006 Holsten Premier League Darts.
10/16/2006 2:00 am - 3:00 am Night Ten - Reading
The final night of league action for the 2006 Holsten Premier League Darts.
10/17/2006 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Semi Finals
Semi Finals of the 2006 Holsten Premier League Darts from Plymouth.
10/24/2006 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Finals
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Johnny Rides His Harley Home |
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Johnny With His Mustang |
"Vegas Gears Up For Desert Classic V"
PLAYERS from as far afield as Japan and Australia will be competing in the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic V, which begins on Monday at Mandalay Bay.
The tournament sees 200 players competing to join the top 12 players in the PDC rankings and four North Americans in Wednesday's first round proper.
Eight players from each qualifier on Monday and Tuesday will join the likes of defending champion Phil Taylor, 2003 winner Peter Manley and world number one Colin Lloyd in the event.
Former Desert Classic finalist John Part, four-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld and leading American John Kuczynski are among the players heading to the Bayside C arena on Monday morning in a bid to qualify.
2005 semi-finalist Wes Newton will also be battling to win one of the 16 places in the main tournament.
Wednesday's first round will begin at 11am (local time), with coverage being shown live on Sky Sports from 7pm (BST).
Click Here For Schedule Of Play!
"It's A Re-Match Of Last Month's WSOD Finals
In The FIRST ROUND Of Desert Classic V"
Click Here For Free Live Scoreboard!
PHIL TAYLOR will begin his defence of the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic title with a clash against Adrian Lewis (who overcame Johnny K in Tuesday's qualifier to advance) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on Wednesday.
Taylor, the champion in three of the four years that the event has been staged in Las Vegas, will take on his 21-year-old practice partner in arguably the tie of the first round.
Click Here For Future Reports!
Johnny Beat Part In The First Round Of "WSOD" In May -
But June Was Sweeter For The Canadian!
Brilliant Part Takes Desert Classic Glory
John Part 6 - 3 Raymond van Barneveld
Set Scores: 1-3, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 2-3, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-1
JOHN PART claimed the third major title of his career with a 6-3 win over Raymond van Barneveld to take the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic V.
The Canadian, a double World Champion, had to come through the qualifiers at the start of the week just to win a place in the main tournament after slipping out of the world's top 12.
However, he picked up his biggest title since the 2003 World Championship with a brilliant triumph against the Dutchman.
"I had a terrific honour in 2003 being the World Champion by beating Phil Taylor and I wasn't sure I could ever follow that up," said Part.
"But to beat a four-time World Champion like Raymond van Barneveld here in Las Vegas is as good, if not better.
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Johnny "K" Makes the Cover - Again!
March/April 2006
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Johnny "K" Makes the Cover!
Click This Link or The Cover Image To Read this Great American Darts Story!
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A Pair Of "Grand Woodys" From Kansas City!
(The Wooden American Darts Used To Win 501 Singles Title Shown On Left)
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I found this post on another site and so I thought it would be good to post it here too!
Johnny doesn't know I put it here - YET!
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:35 am Post subject: JohnnyKdarts.com
Kind of funny story... I wasn't really playing darts at the time, but my friend
Brad was in town for the Buckeye Open last year, so I made the trek from
Dayton to the tourney see him. After a few hours of watching darts, hanging
with Brad, few drinks, etc., I walked passed Johnny K, and somehow we
got to talking about darts in general, and of course I began to run my
mouth about how passionate I was about the promotion of the game, how
big of a fan I am of Brad's, blah, blah, blah. Keep in mind, I had never
met Johnny before. I simply asked him to see what he was shooting, cause
I always like to look at other people's darts. He handed them to me,
and said "you can have them". He said I could have his friggin
darts, and I don't even know him!! I swear I wasn't trying to lift the
darts from this guy, but he must be such a nice guy, and I guess he saw
that I was such a fan of the game. I wasn't sure that I liked the dart
itself at the time, but I had to accept them. I'm still to this day sort
of honored by that. When I told Brad, he said "yeah, people that
don't know Johnny don't realize how cool of a guy he really is."
Well, after hanging out some more with my friends & watching some matches, the dart hall began closing for the night, and it was about time for me to make the 1.5 hour drive back home. I got about halfway down I-70 before I realized I had left both my own set of darts, and THE FRIGGIN DARTS THAT JOHNNY K GAVE ME in the dart hall!!! I called several people to see if they could find them for me, to no avail.
Johnny, if you're reading this, I thought that was ultra-cool that you gave those darts to me, and I totally appreciate that!
Oh, and I would love another set!
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World Darts Championship 2006
News From The Circus Tavern In Purfleet, England
Johnny "K" Kuczynski
Zion Grove, PA
Click This Link Or The Cover Image To Read This Great American Darts Story!
Johnny Earned An Invitation This Year As U.S. #1 Ranked Player Three Years Straight!
Our Americans Were Scheduled To Shoot:
And Last Standing Was...
Johnny "K" Kuczynski
Third Round Match
Wednesday 28 December - 9pm John Kuczynski (USA) v Gary Welding
Welding Ends American Dream
GARY WELDING 4-2 JOHN KUCZYNSKI
(1-3, 3-2, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-0)
GARY WELDING'S dream debut at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship continued as he became the first player to move into the quarter-finals, with a 4-2 win over American John Kuczynski.
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Monday 26 December - 6pm John Kuczynski (USA) v van der Rassel
Johnny "K" Moves Into The Last 16!
Click Here For "Johnny K Pips Dutchman In Classic!"
Johnny K Pips Dutchman In Classic
JOHN KUCZYNSKI 4-3 JAN VAN DER RASSEL
(3-2, 2-3, 3-1, 3-0, 1-3, 1-3, 6-5)
JOHN KUCZYNSKI moved into the last 16 of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship following an incredible final-leg shoot-out against Jan van der Rassel.
American star Kuczynski looked set to cruise to victory when he pulled clear at 3-1, but allowed his Dutch opponent to hit back and take the game into a deciding set.
Both suffered nerves as the tension reached boiling point and the game moved into sudden death after the pair were locked at five-all.
Despite van der Rassel reaching the double first, Kuczynski managed to re gather himself after a string of misses from both players to land double two and progress.
Kuczynski, a comfortable victor against Lionel Sams in the first round, started well and took the opening set 3-2.
While van der Rassel hit back to level the game in the second, Kuczynski won six legs out of seven, including an 11-darter, to put himself two sets clear.
The Dutchman took the fifth and sixth sets 3-1 to level matters, but paid for missed doubles in the decider as the American World Championship dream continued.
"It's unbelievable," said Kuczynski. "Jan played great darts and I almost messed it up.
"Those (missed) doubles cost me so much, but I hung in there and got the job done in the end.
"After I missed the first darts to win I didn't expect to get another shot but you hope you will. I did, then I missed it - but I hung in there and got the one that counted.
"It's been my dream since I was a kid to play in the World Championship, and now it's reality."
Van der Rassel added: "It was a great game.
I was pleased to come back and had chances to win it, but it wasn't to
be."
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Tuesday 20 December - 4pm Lionel Sams v John Kuczynski (USA)
Johnny "K" Advances With An Impressive 3-0 Win!
Click Here for "Super Kuczynski" Roars Past Sams!
Super Kuczynski Roars Past Sams
JOHN KUCZYNSKI 3-0 LIONEL SAMS
(3-0, 3-0, 3-0)
AMERICAN number one John Kuczynski produced a clinical display to dump number 16 seed Lionel Sams out of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship.
Kuczynski failed to drop a single leg on his debut at the Circus Tavern to set up a second round contest with Dutchman Jan van der Rassel.
The American announced his intentions by opening the game with a maximum 180, and he took the first set before Sams had time to settle.
His quick-fire style continued in the second set, winning three straight legs in 15, 14 and 15 darts and including a 116 finish.
And he wasted no time in wrapping up the whitewash in the third set to move into the last 32.
"I didn't play great but I hit my doubles when I had to and it was enough," said Kuczynski, whose odds for the tournament have been slashed from 500/1 to 80/1.
"I've been practicing with [fellow American qualifier] Ray Carver but was worried coming into the game because I haven't played too well for the last couple of days.
"But the 180 to start settled me down and I grew in confidence and this is magnificent for me."
Kuczynski is one of three American qualifiers for the event, along with Carver and Darin Young, and he admitted that their participation is positive for darts in the United States.
"A lot of the other players have more experience in this event, but I plan to be around for a long time," he said.
"We're good players and we'll become more solid the more we play over here. The better player you play against, the better you become."
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Johnny "K" Talks About The Influence Of "American Darts" On His Game!
Bull's Eye News Cover Story (Nov/Dec 2003) reprinted with permission of Bull's Eye News
"Johnny K"
By Jay Tomlinson
American Darts is a different game than the English Darts
most of America
plays. That’s the only game Kuczynski’s Dad and the firehouse
league played back when he was growing up. “The game is totally different.
The lines (double and triple rings) are closer, and you use wooden darts
with steel tips and turkey feathers and play baseball (using the wedges)
one to nine. A good average game is 45 or better. At the leagues at home,
I average around 48 or 49,” said Kuczynski. (Today
more like 50 or 51!)
Kuczynski lives in Zion Grove, in south central Pennsylvania
where the
American Darts game flourishes. Guys like Ray Fisher, Joe Baltidonis, Frank
Ennis, Jerry Umberger and Rick Ney all got their start in darts on the American
Dartboard playing baseball. Kuczynski feels that learning the American Dart
game first gave him, and those who started on the American Dartboard, an
advantage. “I think there is somewhat of an advantage because we just
learned the stroke. When we switched to the English game, the stroke was
already there. We got everything from the American Dart game. The targets
are small,” explained Kuczynski.
He continued, “Playing the American Dart game in leagues helps us stay sharp. Since we do not have any steel tip boards locally around my house we all play the American Dart game, like 2 nights a week. It still keeps me sharp, as far as playing is concerned.
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