AUSTRALIA has two new singles darts champions after a great day's action at St Ailbe's Hall in Launceston where the standard was exceptional.
Thirteen-year-old Tiarna Smith from country Queensland became the new Australian youth girls singles darts champion.
Heading to high school this year, Smith defeated a very strong field of girls, including 2011 Australian youth world cup representative Jade Whitworth in the semi-finals.
Smith defeated another up-and-coming player 14-year-old Tori Kewish from Hobsons Bay in Victoria in a high standard final, 3-1.
Kewish accounted for Tasmanian Shannon Perry 3-2 in a top-class semi-final.
Tyson Hoefel, 17, from Rockingham, Western Australia, is the new Australian youth boys singles darts champion. Representing his state for the second time at Australian championships, Hoefel played his best darts on the final stage to claim his first singles title.
In an outstanding final played by both players, Hoefel defeated Victorian Harley Kemp 4-2.
This is Hoefel's second Australian title having won the Australian doubles in 2011.
In the semi-finals he defeated South Australia's 2010 Australian singles champion Phillip Stuart 3-1.
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