Straus Newspapers - Warwick Advertiser / News - Orange County league for the sport of pubs

Players looking to create Orange County league for the sport of pubs, By Jeffrey Page

Monroe — With an almost imperceptible flick of his wrist, Brendan O’Dowd tossed a dart toward the target. The dart rose slightly during its brief seven foot, nine and one-quarter inch flight, then lost altitude slightly. And - thwap - it came to rest in the bull’s eye, a circular space just a half-inch in diameter at the center of the board.

Straus Newspapers - Warwick Advertiser / News - Orange County league for the sport of pubs

Meetup Group - another way to promote darts!

The East Side Darts Meetup Group

Calling all dart players, all skill levels welcome. I own the Central Ave pub in Kent, WA 1404 S Central Ave and we are forming our dart league now. Sign up party is Feb 10, free food and $300 tournment. We have a great crowd and a fun bar...lets play!
(253)-520-7749
Dave & Peg
The East Side Darts Meetup Group (Kent, WA) - Meetup.com

This seems to be the only dart related group on the Meetup site, but I guess it's one way to get the word out. They have other events listed on their page.

Yahoo! TV - Darts on TV May 6-10,2007

A search of the Yahoo! TV listitings reveals that Darts will be on TV in May!
• Darts - "World Championships"
FSW, Sun May 06 05:00pm PDT
• Darts - "World Championships"
FSW, Tue May 08 04:00pm PDT
• Darts - "World Championships"
FSW, Thu May 10 11:00am PDT
Yahoo! TV - Darts on TV May 6-10,2007

The Leader Online - Ladies Darts season for 2006/2007

As the Ladies Darts season for 2006/2007 comes to a close, I would like to say a sincere thank you to all of the ‘Sportsmans’ Ladies team. We have had a fantastic season.

The team won the league with 147 points. Shirley Edwards won the individuals, had a Bull finish and the highest outshot of 131.Valerie Daniels was runner-up in the individuals.

The Leader Online - Ladies Darts season for 2006/2007

Holsten Premier League Results table

Holsten Premier League Darts - Current League Table
Following Night 13, 26 April

Name	P	W	D	L	Legs +/-	Pts
Phil Taylor	13	10	3	0	+54	23
Raymond van Barneveld	13	7	3	3	+19	17
Terry Jenkins	13	6	2	5	-4	14
Dennis Priestley	13	5	3	5	+3	13
Colin Lloyd	13	5	0	8	-4	10
Peter Manley	13	4	2	7	-23	10
Roland Scholten	13	3	3	7	-14	9
Adrian Lewis	13	4	0	9	-31	8

LWAT = Legs Won Against Threw, used when Points and +/- are equal.

Holsten Premier League Results table

News & Star: Cumbria bow out with a whimper

WE KNEW that it was mission impossible when Cumbria travelled the long distance to Norfolk for their last fixture of the present season in the Inter Counties Darts Championship.

And so it proved as Norfolk gave the Cumbrians a hefty push through the trap door to Division Three with a thoroughly convincing victory for the home team by a whopping 27-2.
News & Star: Cumbria bow out with a whimper

Banbridge Today Sport - DARTS - RED STAR CLINCH CUP AFTER YOUNG GUNS CLASH

RED Star were starting this Malcolm Graham Cup Final as favourites against a Young Guns team that has hit a poor spell after a promising start to the season.
Banbridge Today Sport - DARTS - RED STAR CLINCH CUP AFTER YOUNG GUNS CLASH

Whitehaven News: Hensingham Darts League team knockout

The Hensingham Darts League team knockout was drawn recently with four games and four byes. The games to be played tomorrow night are Castle A v Barrajacks; St Benedict’s RUFC v HRLC; Crown & Anchor v Moorclose. The fourth game between the Sun Inn and Castle B will be played on Friday, April 27 due to the league title play-off between the Calder Club and Castle B. This title decider will be played tomorrow night in the Hensingham Rugby League Club. Normal league rules apply. The winners from the team knockout must phone the league’s secretary with their result. The draw for the next round will take place on Monday, April 30. The four byes were Frizington Veterans, Calder, Captain’s House and Haven.
Whitehaven News: Hensingham Darts League team knockout

Peterborough Today Sport » - Darts: New England pip Cuckoos to the title

NEW England received their reward for ending Ebs Cuckoos' reign of glory in the Jubilee Ladies Darts League at the league's presentation night at the Newark Hotel.
Ebs throwers had taken the title for three successive seasons, but were pipped at the post this time around.
Peterborough Today Sport » - Darts: New England pip Cuckoos to the title

Planet Darts - Holsten Premier League Darts

Holsten Premier League Darts - Night 13, Alexandra Palace
MATCH REPORTS, reaction and stats from Alexandra Palace as the Holsten Premier League Darts visited London.

Holsten Premier League Darts
Night 13, Alexandra Palace, London
Peter Manley 8-3 Dennis Priestley
Terry Jenkins 0-8 Colin Lloyd
Raymond van Barneveld 8-5 Roland Scholten
Adrian Lewis 2-8 Phil Taylor
Planet Darts - Holsten Premier League Darts

icCheshireOnline - Champions bid for magnificent seven

PIONEERS have sent out a clear message that they intend to win the Carlsberg UK Open League Premier Division Darts title for a record seventh time.

They doubled their lead to eight points by whitewashing promoted British Lion B. Main challengers Delamere and Rockwood drew. icCheshireOnline - Champions bid for magnificent seven

wauchope.yourguide.com.au: Zone 4 darts association

THE Zone 4 darts association has announced that Wauchope based darts player, Joanne Witchard, has been selected to represent NSW in the Australian Darts Federation Championships at Hobart in July this year.

Joanne, attended school at Beechwood and played darts on the veranda of the family home against her older brothers and sisters with guidance from her parents Joe and Ruth Workman renowned dart players of that era.
wauchope.yourguide.com.au: Zone 4 darts association

Darts Wiltshire - Down And Out In Devon (from This Is Wiltshire)

WILTSHIRE failed in their bid to stave off the threat of relegation in their final match of the 2006/07 season.

They were beaten 24-15 away by Devon at the Heavitree Social Club, Exeter, and find themselves being relegated for the second time in three years.

The Moonraker county now drop to Division Four of the BDO inter-county championships next year - the lowest league. Darts Wiltshire - Down And Out In Devon (from This Is Wiltshire)

Midweek Herald - Darts v Bermuda

THE EIGHTH annual darts challenge between Lyme Regis and St George's, Bermuda, takes place on Thursday, April 26, at the The Nags Head in Lyme Regis.

Seven darts players (five men and two women) picked from the Lyme Regis Darts League will throw darts in the Nags Head, Lyme Regis and a similar team from the twin town of St George's, Bermuda will throw darts in the St George's Dinghy Club. Midweek Herald - Darts v Bermuda

Unicorn - News: HOLSTEN PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS - ALEXANDRA PALACE PREVIEW 25

25 April 2007

THE PDC will take darts back to Alexandra Palace on Thursday following a near 30-year absence from the north London venue.

The 13th league night of the 2007 Holsten Premier League Darts will take place in the West Hall at the prestigious venue, preceding the arrival of the Labdrokes.com World Darts Championship in December.

Alexandra Palace became famous in darting circles for hosting the final stages of the News of the World championships between 1963 and 1977.
Unicorn - News: HOLSTEN PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS - ALEXANDRA PALACE PREVIEW 25

Planet Darts - Great Interest In PDC US Open

THE 2007 PDC US Open has seen great interest from North America, with the weekend also set to feature the World Darts Challenge.

The PDC US Open will take place from 18-20 May at the Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut, with a Friday Night Madness qualifier for North American players followed by two days of action in the tournament proper.

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Saturday night will also see a special televised World Darts Challenge featuring four of the biggest names in darts as Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld will link up with top Americans Ray Carver and John Kuczynski.

The five-match series, screened live from 11pm-1am on Fox Sports, will see one of the World Champions team up with a USA favourite. Taylor will be partnered by Carver, with van Barneveld and Kuczynski also linking up.

World Darts Challenge Schedule
Game One - Phil Taylor v John Kuczynski
Game Two - Raymond van Barneveld v Ray Carver
Game Three - John Kuczynski v Ray Carver
Game Four - Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld
Game Five - Taylor/Carver v van Barneveld/Kuczynski

link to flyer

link: Planet Darts - Great Interest In PDC US Open

Link: Planet Darts - PDPA Stars Secure Topic IDL Spots

CHRIS MASON AND MARK DUDBRIDGE are among the eight PDPA Qualifiers for the 2007 Topic International Darts League.

Over 100 players travelled to Villa Park on Saturday to play off for the eight places in the Preliminary Round of the IDL, to be held in Holland next month. Link: Planet Darts - PDPA Stars Secure Topic IDL Spots

Planet Darts - Jenkins' Delight At Play-Off Spot

TERRY JENKINS is hoping to show his true colours over the next fortnight, after qualifying for the Holsten Premier League Darts play-offs.

Jenkins has enjoyed a hugely successful first campaign in the Premier League, with a win over Adrian Lewis in Blackburn last Thursday ensuring he will make the top four. Link: Planet Darts - Jenkins' Delight At Play-Off Spot

SEWA-darts.com & Dartplayer.net - Professional Darters Of North America

Roger Carter writes "The discussion has been tossed around for years and it is time we finally initiated a plan to make North America one of the premier continents to play professional darts. No one else accept the players are going to take a chance and make it work.

I recommend that we pool together and start an organization that will help darts grow, put darts on television, and provide a measuring tool for players to become World champions.

We already have John Part, a two time world champion, Larry Butler, World Matchplay champion, Roger Carter, 4 time world championship participant, Johnny Kuczynski, 3 time world championship participant, Darin Young, Bill Davis, Scott Wollaston, and Ray Carver, world championship participants. Not to mention all the players that lay in waiting for something exciting to happen here in the U.S. as well as in Canada.
SEWA-darts.com & Dartplayer.net - Professional Darters Of North America

Texarkana Gazette - SportsCheck 4 - April 21, 2007: Darts

DARTS: Richard Blackstone tops the Texarkana Dart Associations individual standings after Week 11.

The rest of the top 10 in order includes Joe Stockman, Jamie McGilberry, Gary Harris, Mike Blackstone, David Womble, Mark Patterson, Duck Robinson, John Edwards and Charlie Dossey.
Texarkana Gazette - SportsCheck 4 - April 21, 2007: Darts

The Castle’s ... singles

LAST Thursday was the fourth heat of The Castle’s double entry singles. Scanner Bone won the first semi-final. He beat Brian Bell 2-0. The second semi also ended 2-0 when Ferret Parkes beat Scanner then Scanner Bone beat Ferret 3-1 in the final. Will future entries please note there will be a duffers competition on May 17 with the main play-off on Thursday, May 24 - all welcome. Whitehaven News: The Castle’s singles

News Times Live Local sports: Darts

WESTERN CONNECTICUT DART LEAGUE: Looking for new teams and individual players to join the league, which has been promioting steel-tip darts in the Danbury area since 1995. Start-up meeting May 2 at the Golden Leaf Restaurant on Route 7 in Brookfield at 8 p.m. Call 203-417-3717 or look online at wcdl.leaguerepublic.com.
News Times Live Local sports: Darts

Isle of Man Today Isle of Man Sport - Kelly and McStay qualify for darts world cup

THE Island Darts Championships were held at Pulrose Golf Club last week with an excellent turnout over the two-day event.
With £1,000 prize money up for grabs, entries were high and congratulations goes to Margaret Kelly and Shauna McStay on qualifying for the world cup in October.

Kelly beat McStay in the final but with two spaces up for grabs, both finalists will go.
Isle of Man Today Isle of Man Sport - Kelly and McStay qualify for darts world cup

All Set For Lva Summer Darts League Season (from Bridgwater Mercury)

THE Sedgemoor LVA Summer Darts League starts tomorrow night (Wednesday) with the opening fixtures in the Mixed Division. The Monday ladies' divisions kick off on May 14 and the Tuesday men's on May 1. Fixtures are at the Cobblestones awaiting collection.
All Set For Lva Summer Darts League Season (from Bridgwater Mercury)

The Herald : Sport: most gripping sport I have watched

the most gripping sport I have watched so far this year was one that has to fight for credibility. Darts, in many people's eyes, is a pastime not a sport.

But when Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld faced each other in their sudden death play-off during the World Darts Championship it became one of those classic sporting moments.
The Herald : Sport: most gripping sport I have watched

allAfrica.com: Uganda: Bull At Stake for Darts Guru in Jinja

TOP darts guns clash for the top prize of a bull in Busoga zone Open in Jinja this weekend.

Police Darts Club ace Joseph Orisa will be the man to beat in the two-day meet starting Saturday at Nalufenya Recreation Hall. allAfrica.com: Uganda: Bull At Stake for Darts Guru in Jinja

Unicorn - The Premier League dream is over

The Premier League dream is over for Unicorn trio Colin Lloyd, Peter Manley and Adrian Lewis after all three were beaten on night 12 of the 2007 tournament in Blackburn.

But Phil Taylor powers on…..he demolished Lloyd to secure top spot ahead of the play-offs and extend that remarkable unbeaten Premier League run to 40 matches.

The top four for the semi-finals in Brighton will feature Taylor, Raymond Van Barneveld, Dennis Priestley and Terry Jenkins. Mathematically, Roland Scholten could still catch Priestley but he would have to win his final two matches 8-0 or 8-1 and hope Priestley loses his last two games by the same score…..realistically, that isn’t going to happen.
Unicorn - The Premier League dream is over

Sierra Vista Herald - The best dart-throwing

SIERRA VISTA — The best dart-throwing on the local calendar will happen this weekend at the Sierra Vista Elks Lodge on Wilcox Drive and Fab Avenue, in the Sierra Vista Dart Association Thunder Mountain Open.

About 50 darters are expected for Friday night and 45 for Saturday, competing for a chunk of a $5,000 prize pot. The biggest pot and the toughest competition will come in the men’s singles cricket Saturday and 501 on Sunday. Sierra Vista’s top darters, such as Mack McCarron, Sammy Traylor, Derek Simmons and John Johnson will take aim at darters from around the nation lured by the prize pot.
Sierra Vista Herald - The best dart-throwing

Planet Darts - Holsten Premier League Darts - Night 12, Blackburn

Phil Taylor
Holsten Premier League Darts - Night 12, Blackburn
REPORTS from the Holsten Premier League Darts action at the King George's Hall in Blackburn, as Phil Taylor ensured he would finish at the head of the table.

Taylor's 8-3 win over Colin Lloyd - his 40th successive game without defeat since the tournament's inception in 2005 - ensures that he cannot be caught in the final two league nights and that he will enter the play-offs as number one.


Night 12, King George's Hall, Blackburn
Terry Jenkins 8-5 Adrian Lewis
Peter Manley 4-8 Roland Scholten
Dennis Priestley 4-8 Raymond van Barneveld
Colin Lloyd 3-8 Phil Taylor

Planet Darts - Holsten Premier League Darts - Night 12, Blackburn

Fun is the point of church darts league - Times Union - Albany NY

NASSAU -- In basements and community rooms of churches around the Capital Region, generations of men gather to play in the Interchurch Dart League just as they did more than 70 years ago when the league was created as a cheap form of entertainment during the Great Depression.
Fun is the point of church darts league - Times Union - Albany NY

Unicorn: NOSTALGIA TIME AT CARDIFF Sid Waddell uniBlog

The Premier League swept into Cardiff last week and I was swept through with great memories.

I recalled, happily, for several Welsh newspapers the great days of Alan Evans and Leighton Rees, the two men who really put darts on the map in the late 1970s and early 80s. Their flamboyance, character and skill at the Indoor League and on other telly darts grabbed the public imagination. So I was delighted to get a warm letter from Alan’s daughter Claire and her husband Mark thanking me for keeping his name alive. Take it from me, if there had been a Premier League in 1980 Evans and Rees would have been in it – along with Brissy and Lobo. Who do you reckon would have been the other four?
Unicorn: NOSTALGIA TIME AT CARDIFF Sid Waddell uniBlog

Newry Democrat: Three way play-off in South Down District darts League

Three way play-off in South Down District darts League

THERE was a three way play-off for the South Down Darts League Cup on Friday night with Seasiders, Lowrys and Grants all in with a chance of winning the cup.
Newry Democrat: Three way play-off in South Down District darts League

John Part Evening -- UPDATE!!: Darts News by TheOche.com

This update sent by Ron Wilcox, the event organizer for the earlier mentioned John Part Exhibition and Dinner:

Thanks to everyone who has replied so greatly to this event announcement, The flyer didn't really explain everything as well as I hoped so I would like to explain a few things more clear now:

The purpose behind this event is to get more support for the youth players interested in Darts, To help support them in up coming events, To get more youth players involved, I feel that if parents came to this event then more kids would be interested in darts. Any and ALL monies over and above the cost of me running this event WILL be donated Back to the youth dart league.
the evening will consist of the following:
John Part Evening -- UPDATE!!: Darts News by TheOche.com

Sky Sports - The Premier League From King George's Hall

The Premier League arrives at the King George's Hall in Blackburn this week and Sid says that after returning to winning ways in Cardiff seven days ago Barney will edge his top three tussle with Dennis Priestley in Lancashire...

Sky Sports - The Premier League From King George's Hall

Andy Fordham interview

This is a link to the Andy Fordham interview

Other Andy Fordham links

Corporate Games will begin April 18 in Ventura : Sports : Ventura County Star

Opening ceremonies for the 17th annual Corporate Games will feature 60 teams, the Buena High School Jazz Band, a torch lighting and a two-mile run/walk/jog on April 18 at the California Plaza where California Street meets the ocean.

More than 24 sports will be contested through May 19 with the closing ceremonies at Harbor Cove Beach in Ventura.

"The goal of the Corporate Games has been to promote teamwork and camaraderie at the workplace through friendly sports competitions among business of similar size," said Eric Burton, Corporate Games director and founder.
Corporate Games will begin April 18 in Ventura : Sports : Ventura County Star
Well what does this have to do with darts? This is the largest sporting event for everyday people in the county, and it features the largest darts event in the county. Granted that many of the participants in the darts event are first time players, but there are always many strong players in the event. Last year a couple of our league's players took top honors in the strongest division.

As a league we provide scorekeepers for the event, and this year we are providing coaching and clinics to help teams prepare for the darts event.
Past Coporate Games Blog entries:
More about the Corporate Games...
Our league's Corporate games page:
http://vcda.org/corp-games.html
The Official Corporate Games Page link...

News Times Live Local sports & recreation WESTERN CONNECTICUT DART LEAGUE

DARTS

WESTERN CONNECTICUT DART LEAGUE: Looking for new teams and individual players to join the league, which has been promioting steel-tip darts in the Danbury area since 1995. Start-up meeting May 2 at the Golden Leaf Restaurant on Route 7 in Brookfield at 8 p.m. Call 203-417-3717 or look online at wcdl.leaguerepublic.com.

News Times Live Local sports & recreation WESTERN CONNECTICUT DART LEAGUE

The Leader Online - Costa Calida, Costa de Almeria, and the Costa del Sol Ladies Darts Fun League

This season was the first time that the ladies have had their own fun league. The season has been a very successful one. All the teams have enjoyed their nights out with some very good games being played. To celebrate their season of darts the ladies enjoyed a night out together with a meal and a good laugh.

We will be starting the next season in October so if any new teams wish to enter a league without so many rules but with a lot of enjoyment please contact Lyn on 966 716 924. The dates of the SAGM will be published in the Leader in September.
The Leader Online - Costa Calida, Costa de Almeria, and the Costa del Sol Ladies Darts Fun League