Robbie Mills and Maria Carli claimed the senior singles titles at the Snoflake Open, the WDF tour's first tournament of the year in Canada.
Mills motors through to claim first WDF event win
Robbie Mills entered the Snoflake Open in Edmonton, Alberta as defending champion and he lived up to the billing that brought as he successfully defended his crown and claimed his first WDF ranked title in the process.
Mills, a Singles Bronze medallist at the 2023 WDF World Cup, had to come through a couple of last-leg deciders in the early point-scoring rounds, first seeing off Tyler Wolejszo before defeating Cory Tkach in the quarter-finals.
He then started to find more daylight with the finishing line in sight, beating Nelson Bacus 6-4 in the semi-finals before recording a convincing 7-2 final victory over Chad Brook.
Men's Snoflake Open | Quarter-Finals
Niel Shattler 5-4 Mike Dwyer
Chad Brooks 5-3 Fernando Hidalgo
Nelson Bacus 5-2 Logan Crooks
Robbie Mills 5-4 Cory Tkach
Semi-Finals
Brook 6-5 Shattler
Mills 6-4 Bacus
Final
Mills 7-2 Brook
Carli continues to dominate Canadian women's events
One of only three Canadian women to play in a Women's World Championship, Maria Carli made a positive stop to returning to that stage by winning the Women's Snoflake Open.
The experienced Carli had two of the three Canadian WDF-ranked tournaments in 2024 and she started 2025 in similar fashion, defeating Wenda Carter 4-2 in the final.
Carli had come through a couple of close affairs to reach that final, going to last-leg deciders in the quarter-finals and semi-finals against Angela Aucoin and Sora Takahashi respectively.
Women's Snoflake Open | Quarter-Finals
Maria Carli 3-2 Angela Aucoin
Sora Takahashi 3-1 Lacey MacDonald
Angelina Palumbi 3-2 Colleen Roberts
Wenda Carter 3-2 Tiffany Bowie
Semi-Finals
Carli 3-2 Takahashi
Carter 3-2 Palumbi
Final
Carli 4-2 Carter
Mills family at the double!
Robbie wasn't the only member of the Mills family to taste title glory in Edmonton, with his son RJ claiming his first WDF Youth title earlier in the day in the Boys' event.
Having beaten Las Vegas Classic champion Peyton Hammond 3-2 in a last-leg decider in the semi-finals, Mills then produced a more commanding display in the final to defeat Renaldo Smith 4-1.
Second time lucky for Hammond
Jayda Hammond made up for the heartbreak of losing the Girls' Las Vegas Classic final the weekend before to win the Girls' Snoflake Open.
Here, Hammond beat another member of the Mills clan, Hailey, in the semis before recording a resounding 3-0 victory in the final against Abigail Harty.
