American Baseball Dart Association

(A. B. D. A.)

6th Annual Joe Voystock Memorial

Dart Tournament

Final Results From 2009

Sunday, May 3rd

1st Place

"Raven's Nest"

Quakertown, PA

Todd Harder, Curt Williams, (Jim Baran-Presents), Keith Bauer

2nd Place

"The Rummies"

Coaldale, PA

Chet Jachowicz, (Jim Baran-Presents), Gary Petrash, Ed Kusko

3rd Place

"Jeddo Stars II"

Jeddo, PA

Lee Bredbenner, (Jim Baran-Presents), Russ Bredbenner, Dave Dibonifazio

4th Place

"VIP Darts"

Jim Thorpe, PA

Ed Kanick, George Haines, Ken Grabey

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Michael C. Voystock

As published in the Standard Speaker: Sunday, April 12, 2009 4:13 AM EDT

April 10, 2009

Michael C. Voystock, 43, of 321 Ridge St., Freeland, died Friday evening at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy.

Born in Hazleton, he was the son of the former Ida (Turri) Voystock, of Freeland, and the late Joseph Voystock Sr., who died in 2003.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Harleigh.

Michael was a dart shooter in the Freeland area dart league and the founder of the annual April 25 dart tournament in honor of his late father, Joseph, and a social member of the VFW Post 5010 and American Legion Post 473.

Michael was employed by Bradley Caldwell and Hazleton (Weir) Pumps, Hazleton, as a computer programmer.

Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his brother, Joseph, and his wife, Karen, Lititz; nephews, Andrew and Peter, and nieces, Anna and Jillian.

The funeral will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. from McNulty Funeral Home, 494 E. Butler Drive, Freeland.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church, Harleigh.

Burial will follow in St. John’s Cemetery, Freeland.

Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 6 to 8 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society, 132 S. Wyoming St. Hazleton, PA 18201, or to Hospice of Lancaster County, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy, PA 17552.

Location: Jeddo Stars Athletic Association, Jeddo/Freeland, PA 18224

This photo collage of Joe Voystock was created by the Voystock family and was proudly displayed at the dart tournament. My father enjoyed competitive darts, but also enjoyed making a new friend afterwards. I try to carry on the same philosophy.

Those shooters who knew my father agreed the middle photo best captured the image they remembered.

These posters were created to display the charities that benefited from the 2007 tournament. All money raised was donated in memory of Joe Voystock by the Joe Voystock Memorial Dart Tournament.

Those charities include:

Corrine Connor in memory of John Orbach

Food for the Poor

Covenant House

Propagation of the Faith

American Cancer Society

Make A Wish

St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital

American Red Cross

The Jeddo Stars Athletic Association

Mike Voystock said after the 2008 tournament:

"The best friends anyone could have. I’m so fortunate to be part of a tournament in honor of my father.

Thank you for everything!"

Mike

It was Mike's last wish that the tournament still continue this year without him.

The committee did that for Mike and will also continue the tournament into the future, and now to be known as...

The Voystock Memorial

Dart Tournament

Thank you Mike for everything!

Results recap from the finals...

In 4th place was "VIP Darts", in 3rd place it was "Jeddo II", in 2nd place were "The Rummies", and in 1st it was "Raven's Nest"! Raven's Nest came from the loser's bracket and a first game loss to undefeated Rummies to win the next 4 games and the championship. It was an excellent match and finals. On behalf of "The Voystock Memorial Dart Committee" we would like to thank everyone who participated in this year's tournament. As stated, as per Mike's wishes, we will continue this tournament and hope to see everyone again next year. This tournament helps a lot of needy organizations and we couldn't do this without the generosity of our fellow dart shooters. Again, let me say thank you to one and all for making this a successful event .We will post the donation recipients as soon as we finish up the list.

See ya'll next Tournament!

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