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"Deekay darts organises Christmas tourney
BY JOY NDOVI
01:51:49 - 20 December 2006

In an effort to attract the youth to darts, a sport that is wrongly associated with adults, Deekay Blantyre and Districts Darts League (BDDL) has organised a Christmas tournament at Ntono Sport in Zomba on Christmas Eve.
BDDL committee member Clement Gobede said the tournament was targeting youth teams around Blantyre and Zomba that intended to join BDDL next season.
'We would like the teams to come together and learn from each other as they prepare for next season's action,' Gobede said.
He said this was part of Darts Association of Malawi's (Dam) development program of incorporating new players who will eventually take over from the old ones.
'The blending of youthful players in the league will ensure continuity because most of the existing players are getting old and may soon retire,' he said.
At the close of the season last month, Dam president Majid Panjwani said it was time for the youth to take part in the sport which, he said, can help in preventing the youth from indulging in immoral behaviours.
However, Dam faces the problem of convincing parents to release their children to patronise the sport as most of them associate the sport with people who drink alcohol.
Gobede BDDL had already assembled young players whose parents were not against their participation.
'There are several youth teams in Blantyre and Zomba that are planning to join our league and these are the teams that we are targeting,' he said.
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