Sam, SAM or SAm may refer to:

People

Samuel (name), includes a list of people known as "Sam"

Samantha, a female given name often shortened to Sam

Sammy, an informal variation on the name Sam

Sām, a Persian folk hero, whose name means 'very dark'

Sam (Book of Mormon), the third son of Lehi and elder brother to the prophet Nephi

Animals

Sam (ugly dog) (1990–2005), dog voted the world's ugliest dog in 2003, 2004, and 2005

Sam (army dog) (died 2000), former army dog that was awarded the Dickin Medal

Sam (koala) (died 2009), koala rescued after the 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia

Sam (orangutan), an orangutan that starred in the movie ''Dunston Checks In''

Places

IOC and FIFA country code for American Samoa

Sam, Burkina Faso (disambiguation), several towns in Burkina Faso

Sam, Benin, a town in Benin can be called Sammy

Entertainment

''Sam'' (Škabo album), 2003

''Sam'' (Osvajači album), 1995

''Sam'' (film), a 1986 documentary film

''Sam'' (1976 film), a 1976 film directed by Larry Buchanan

"Sam" (Meat Puppets song), 1991

"Sam" (Olivia Newton-John song), 1977

''Sam'' (1973 TV series), a 1973 British television drama series

Sam (1978 TV series), an American crime drama television series

Sam (Trick 'r Treat), the main character in the horror movie ''Trick 'r Treat''

Sam (iCarly), a character in the TV show iCarly

Software

Symantec Anti-Virus for Macintosh

SAM card (Security Authentication Module card), a small smart card used to hold cryptographic keys

San Andreas Multiplayer, the multiplayer feature on GTA: San Andreas

Secure access module

Security Account Manager, the accounts database used by Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, and later Microsoft operating systems

Sequential access memory, a class of storage devices that are read sequentially

Software asset management

Software Automatic Mouth, a computer program for speech synthesis

SAM Broadcaster

Sam (text editor), a text editor by Rob Pike

Microsoft Sam, the default voice for the screen reader program in Windows 2000 and Windows XP

Science and technology

''S''-Adenosyl methionine, a common co-substrate involved in methyl group transfers

Scanning acoustic microscope, a device using focused sound to investigate, measure, or image an object

Self-assembled monolayer, an organized layer of amphiphilic molecules

Shoot apical meristem, a tissue in plant cells

Significance analysis of microarrays, a permutation-based method to estimate the false discovery rate in microarray analysis

Small article monitor, a monitoring device designed to screen small items for radioactive contamination

Southern Annular Mode, a mode of atmospheric variability of the southern hemisphere

Swinging Atwood's machine, a mechanism that resembles a simple Atwood's machine

Systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve, in cardiac medicine

In mathematics, SAM is an acronym for ''Sparse anti-magic square'', another name for Antimagic square

In astrophysics, SAm is an acronym for a type of Magellanic spiral galaxy

Business

SAM Records, an American disco/post-disco record company

SAM (vehicles), a Greek truck manufacturer

S.A.M.: Simply About Music, a satellite-driven radio network

Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín, a Colombian airline

SAM, the ticker symbol of the Boston Beer Company, the brewers of Samuel Adams

Sustainable Asset Management a sustainable investment company

Transportation

Sandy Area Metro a transit system in Sandy, Oregon

SAM, IATA airport code of Salamo Airport in Papua New Guinea

SAM (vehicles), a Greek truck manufacturer

Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín, a Colombian airline

Other uses

Sam (Olympic mascot), the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics

Seattle Art Museum

South Australian Museum

Shared appreciation mortgage

Sigma Alpha Mu, a fraternity at the City College of New York

Social accounting matrix, a matrix representation of the national accounts

Society of American Magicians

South Atlantic Medal, a British campaign medal for the Falklands War

Stop action magnet, a device used in a pipe organs

Surface-to-air missile, an anti-aircraft missile

SAM Coupé an 8-bit British home computer

Syriac Abbreviation Mark, a Unicode control character in the Syriac block

See also

Uncle Sam, a personification of the United States government

Samsø, earlier Samsey, literally "Sam's island"

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	John Part
nickname	Darth Maple
birth date	June 29, 1966
birth place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
hometown	Oshawa, Ontario
homecountry	Canada
since	1987
darts	23g Golden Unicorn John Part
laterality	Right-handed
music	The Imperial March (Darth Vader's theme from Star Wars)
bdo	1991 - 1997
pdc	1997 - present
currentrank	30
bdo world	Winner 1994
world masters	Last 16 1995, 1997
pdc world	Winner 2003, 2008
matchplay	Runner-up 2002, 2005
grand prix	Runner-up 2002, 2003
grand slam	Quarter-final 2007
premier league	6th 2005, 2009
vegas	Winner 2006
european	First round 2008, 2011
uk open	Runner-up 2004
us open	Semi-final 2007
pc finals	Second round 2009
tournament	Syracuse Open Ontario Singles Canada Cup WFD World Cup Pairs Blueberry Hill Open Motor City Open Canadian Pairs Quebec Open Windy City Open Canadian Singles Cleveland Extravaganza Canadian Open Klondike Open Las Vegas Open Eastbourne Open WDF Americas Cup Irish Classic Vauxhall Spring Open Vauxhall Fall Open Golden Harvest Cup Players Ch'ship Players Ch'ship Players Ch'ship Derby Players Ch'ship North American Darts Championship
resultyears	1991 1992, '93, '95, '98, 2002, 2003, 2007 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 1993 1993, 2000-2002 1993, 2001-2003, 2006 1994-1996, 2002-2004, 2007 1994, 1996, 1999, 2002 1994, 2002, 2003 1995, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 1995, 1997, 2002 1995, 2001, 2004 1996, 1998 1998 2000 2002 2002, 2003 2002, 2003 2003 2004 2007 2008 2011 2011 2010
achievement	PDC World Number 1 January to June 2003 Member of Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame
updated	19 January 2008 }}

John Part (born June 29, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.

Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion. His first world title came at the 1994 BDO World Championship and he later won the other version of the world title, the PDC World Championship in 2003 and again in 2008. He was the first non-British player to win each of these titles. He is the only man other than Phil Taylor to have won the PDC World Championship more than once. His three world championships, alongside his 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic win against Raymond van Barneveld in the final, plus various major television finals and a host of other tournament wins make him the most successful North American darts player ever.

Career

Early career

Part was given a dartboard by his parents as a Christmas present in 1987 which gave him the bug to take up the game. He found a pub to practise in Toronto – coincidentally called ‘The Unicorn’ (also the name of his current sponsor) – and success soon followed. He won his first title in 1991 at the Syracuse Open and two years later, Part was Canada's No.1 player.

Another big win came at the 1993 Blueberry Hill Open at Chuck Berry's restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri.

Rise to Fame

Part was transformed from an unknown Canadian to the top of the game in just one week in 1994. Part had never played in front of television cameras before the 1994 Embassy World Championship and was given an opportunity following an acrimonious split in the game of darts the previous year.

There have been two different versions of the World Championships played each year since 1994. All previous world champions started up the World Darts Council (now Professional Darts Corporation) and the British Darts Organisation continued organising the Embassy World Championship, with only 8 out of 32 players from the previous year's competition re-appearing. This gave an opportunity for previously unheard-of players to participate. Part stormed through to the 1994 final losing only one set en-route. He defeated Bobby George 6-0 in the final.

Lean years

Part failed to capitalise on his first World title. In 1995, 1996 and 1997 he won his first round match at the Embassy World Championship - but was knocked out by Paul Williams, Steve Beaton and Roger Carter respectively in the second round.

After the 1997 Embassy World Championship, Part decided to join the PDC and initially his results were just as disappointing. His PDC debut came in the 1997 World Matchplay, losing in the first round 4-8 to American Drew O'Neill. He also lost in the first round of the event for the next three years.

His PDC World Championship debut came in 1998, winning his first group match against Paul Lim - but lost 3-1 to Peter Evison and failed to progress to the knock-out stages.

PDC Success

It wasn't until 2001, some four years after joining the PDC that Part began to make an impact on the circuit. He made it to the final of the 2001 PDC World Championship losing to Taylor, who averaged a record 107.46 in the final.

But Part's resurgence continued - he reached the finals of the 2002 World Matchplay and the 2002 World Grand Prix. Again, Taylor was the man who ended his run.

Part finally beat Taylor in the 2003 PDC World Championship final in Purfleet. Taylor was 1/7 favourite to win, but Part took the first leg with a 121 checkout, and then roared into a 3-0 set lead. Part was still in control at 4-1 when Taylor suddenly hit form, winning 11 straight legs on his way to a 5-4 lead. Part then hit back with pressure doubles to take the 10th set and break Taylor in the final leg of the 11th.

At 6-5, with Part needing only to hold his darts to win the title, Taylor broke back to force a deciding set. However, when the crunch came, Taylor struggled to find his range and Part stayed calm to break the throw and hold on for victory.

Part became PDC world number one after his world title win in 2003 and proved himself to be one of only a few players capable of beating Taylor, when he knocked the Power out of the 2005 World Matchplay in the quarter-final. This ended a potential grand slam (winning all televised tournaments in a year) by Taylor and his record 28 matches unbeaten run in the tournament.

He dropped down the world rankings somewhat in 2005 and 2006, but still enjoyed a major championship success in July 2006, when he added the Las Vegas Desert Classic trophy to his haul of championship wins, beating Raymond van Barneveld, 6 sets to 3 in the final. Following this, Part was a consistent semi-finalist in 2007, reaching this stage in three televised events: the US Open, the Desert Classic, and the World Grand Prix. He also reached the quarter-finals of the inaugural Grand Slam of Darts (losing to Taylor) and had moved back up to 11 in the world rankings by the end of 2007.

Ending a successful year, Part won the 2008 PDC World Championship with a 7-2 victory over Kirk Shepherd, winning the first four sets on his way to victory and joining Taylor, van Barneveld, Eric Bristow and John Lowe as the only players to have won a World Championship more than twice. With this win he also became only one of two players to have won the PDC World Darts Championship more than once, the other player being Taylor. Part also became the first dart player to win the World Championship in three different venues – having won the 1994 BDO at Lakeside, the 2003 PDC at Circus Tavern and the 2008 PDC at Alexandra Palace. This has since been equalled by Taylor.

Despite winning the World Championship, Part had an indifferent 2008. He finished bottom of the 2008 Premier League and suffered early exits in the US Open, Desert Classic and the European Championship. He did however reach the quarter finals of the World Grand Prix.

Part was defeated in the first round of the 2009 PDC World Championship, losing 3-0 to American Bill Davis - the second time in which Part has lost his first match in the World Championship, having won the title the previous year (he was knocked out by Mark Dudbridge in 2004 having won the title in 2003). Part was defeated by Kirk Shepherd in the second round of the 2010 World Championship in a repeat of the 2008 final, only recording a 76 average in a 4-1 loss. This result meant Part droped down the rankings and did not appear in the Premier League.

In June 2010 Part came through a large field of players to win the PDC North American Darts Championship in Las Vagas.

Part lost heavily to Danish Qualifier Per Laursen in the first round of the 2011 World Championship, in which the score resulted as 3-0.

He won his first players championship since 2007 in February 2011 in Derby whitewashing Mark Walsh 6-0 with 104.86 average. On the previous day he narrowly missed double 12 for a 9 dart finish. The next day Part stated "he had nothing to lose" and that "illness had stopped him reaching where he wanted to be at the World Championships. Part's form continues when he won another players championship in May 2011 in Austria by thrashing Denis Ovens 6-0 in the final and during the event he overcame Phil Taylor 6-2. This win makes him qualify for the major tv tournaments in 2011 which he failed to do in 2010 except for the 2010 UK Open Darts.

During the First Round of the 2011 World Matchplay, John hit a 9 Darter against Mark Webster and came from 7-1 down to within one leg at 9-8. He subsequently lost the match but hit a milestone in his darting career with his first ever televised perfect game.

Television Commentary

In June 1994, BBC commentator Sid Waddell decided to leave the BBC to join Sky Television. This left just Tony Green as the only commentator on the event. Part is considered to be one of the games's best "counters" or "spotters" (the ability to work out scoring shots or where the next dart may be thrown). This knowledge is essential to a darts commentator and contributed to Part being chosen by the BBC to join Green in the commentary box during the latter stages of the 1995 Embassy World Championships.

Despite his decision to play in the PDC World Championship from 1998 onwards, he was a regular in the BBC commentary box up until 2007. He missed work for two days of the 2003 Embassy World Championship due to the fact he was winning the PDC World Championship at the time.

He also missed the 2007 Winmau World Masters, a tournament which he would usually commentate on, as he was taking part in the first-ever Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton. He has not returned to commentating at the Lakeside Country Club since 2007, having taken position in the BBC commentary box from 1995-2007.

World Championship Performances

1994 (BDO) - Winner beat Bobby George 6-0

1995 (BDO) - Round 2 lost to Paul Williams 2-3

1996 (BDO) - Round 2 lost to Steve Beaton 0-3

1997 (BDO) - Round 2 lost to Roger Carter 1-3

1998 (PDC) - Round 1 lost to Paul Lim 1-3

1999 (PDC) - Round 1 lost to Alan Warriner-Little 0-3

2000 (PDC) - Round 2 lost to Dennis Smith 0-3

2001 (PDC) - Runner Up lost to Phil Taylor 0-6

2002 (PDC) - Quarter-finals lost to Phil Taylor 0-6

2003 (PDC) - Winner beat Phil Taylor 7-6

2004 (PDC) - Round 3 lost to Mark Dudbridge 3-4

2005 (PDC) - Round 4 lost to Mark Dudbridge 2-4

2006 (PDC) - Round 3 lost to Wayne Mardle 2-4

2007 (PDC) - Round 2 lost to Chris Mason 2-4

2008 (PDC) - Winner beat Kirk Shepherd 2-7

2009 (PDC) - Round 1 lost to Bill Davis 0-3

2010 (PDC) - Round 2 lost to Kirk Shepherd 1-4

2011 (PDC) - Round 1 lost to Per Laursen 0-3

References

External links

John Part's official web site

John Part's Profile and Stats on Darts Database

John Part's helpful darting series offering advice on how to play and practice the sport

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