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Bull's-eye! Dart throwers win the All Star Match

2007-08-03T15:09:00.000-07:00

ON THE MARK- The Ventura Country Dart Association All-Stars, with five members from Moorpark, recently defeated Santa Barbara to win a multi-county tournament at The Bench Warmer in Ventura.
Bull's-eye! Dart throwers win
Click this link for the VCDA write up!

'Hidden jewel' finds its mark -- Orlando Sentinel

2007-07-15T08:14:00.000-07:00

"We have some of the best female players in the world living in Orlando," said Cora Mahoney, who helps run C&M Darts, which has served as a supplier of dart accessories from England since 1984.

Mahoney, 50, has been playing the sport seriously for about 15 years. She said finding a game in the area is easier than people might realize.

'Hidden jewel' finds its mark -- OrlandoSentinel.com

Press Releases > PDC World Championship Darts 2008 > www.mcvuk.com

2007-07-11T08:30:00.000-07:00

GAME ON!

Get yourself into Oxygen's newest title!

11th July 2007: Northamptonshire, UK: Oxygen Games™, in association with Gamespot and The Sun Online, is pleased to be able to offer two wannabe darts pros the chance of a lifetime and appear as playable characters in the eagerly-anticipated sequel to last year’s smash hit, PDC World Championship Darts.

For PDC World Championship Darts 2008, Oxygen Games™ is giving away two places for lucky winners to travel up to the development studio to the developers, have their virtual selves immortalised in the game alongside the PDC Champions, and learn about how videogames are made. For further details and a chance to win, please go to:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007310088,00.html

http://uk.gamespot.com/promos/2007/darts08

PDC World Championship Darts 2008 boasts a host of new, plus improved offerings, and stars even more Champions. With a full line-up of electrifying tournaments, exceptional graphic enhancements, even more play modes and additional formats, PDC World Championship Darts is back for 2008.

PDC World Championship Darts 2008: Pure excitement. Pure pressure. Pure Darts…for Playstation®2 computer entertainment system. For PC. For Wii™… coming in December 2007 - Game On!

For more information go to: www.dartsthegame.com

Ends

For further information, please contact:

Specialist Games Press

Nicôle le Strange

Oxygen Interactive

T: +44 (0) 1933 445964

M: +44 (0) 7901 552839

E: nicole.lestrange@oxygenint.com

W. www.oxygengames.net

Lifestyle Press

Sarah Hartland

Oxygen Interactive

T: +44 (0) 1933 446432

M: +44 (0) 07834 875071

E: sarah.hartland@oxygenint.com

W: www.oxygengames.net

About Oxygen Games™

Oxygen Games™ boasts a broad range of fun&sociable titles to capture the imagination of the emerging games audience. With the focus on all major console platforms, Oxygen’s games are based on mainstream lifestyles and interests, whilst delivering contemporary content featuring sports, music&well known personalities. For more information please visit www.oxygengames.net

NINTENDO DS, Wii AND THE Wii LOGO ARE TRADEMARKS OF NINTENDO.

Planet Darts - Las Vegas Desert Classic VI

2007-07-04T08:46:00.000-07:00

Las Vegas Desert Classic VI - Schedule of Play
Wednesday 4 July
11am James Wade v Colin Osborne
11.30am Gary Mawson v Stuart Holden
12pm Andy Hamilton v Steve Beaton
12.30pm Phil Taylor v Mark Dudbridge
1pm Colin Lloyd v Wes Newton
1.30pm Terry Jenkins v Ray Carver
2pm Wayne Mardle v John Ferrell
2.30pm John Part v Steve Maish

Thursday 5 July
11am Gerry Convery v Mervyn King
11.30am Dennis Priestley v Dennis Smith
12pm Darin Young v Tony Eccles
12.30pm Peter Manley v Vincent van der Voort
1pm Raymond van Barneveld v Kevin Painter
1.30pm John Kuczynski v Alan Tabern
2pm Adrian Lewis v Steve Smith
2.30pm Roland Scholten v Andy Smith

Best of 11 legs
From Round Two onwards a free draw will be made.
Planet Darts - Las Vegas Desert Classic VI

The Morning News: Sports : NWA Darts League A Bull's-Eye

2007-07-03T18:33:00.000-07:00

Events DENNIS PRIESTLY EXHIPITION Sacramento, CA

2007-06-26T11:42:00.000-07:00

June 26, Tuesday Night, Dennis Priestly exhibition at the Brick Oven, 7:00 p.m.

Dennis is currently ranked number 3 in the world and two-time world champion.

You can play Dennis for $10.00 which is contributed to the Make a Wish Foundation.

Matches are shown on the big screen TV. There will be Raffle and other prizes.

This exhibition is brought to you by A-Zdarts.com and Magic Darts with the support

of the SVDA and Brick Oven Pizza. 916-393-3320

Events DENNIS PRIESTLY EXHIPITION - Sacremento, CA

Dennis Priestley will be in Ventura, CA. at the Golden China Restaurant on Thursday the 28th of June at 7pm.... Please click the following link for details: http://vcda.org/Priestley-exhibition.html

Play to win a chance play Dennis Priestley Tournaments

2007-06-22T08:55:00.000-07:00

On Thursday, 21st of June the first of two "Play to win a chance play Dennis Priestley Tournaments" was held at Sam's Saloon, a Sponsor of the exhibition... the results are now posted at:

VCDA - SAM'S SALOON - Priestley Exhibition

Here are the pictures from the Parkhill youth Darts, Provincial Championships,

2007-06-20T12:36:00.000-07:00

This just in from Ron reporting on Parkhill Youth Darts....
Our players did very well 3rd Senior Singles, an accompanying player with us took 1st, junior teams top 8, junior doubles top 8, Senior teams top 10 Senior Doubles top 10. Congrats ALL players, Enjoy the pictures...

ParkhillDarts - Photobucket - Here are links to more of the pictures....

WORLD #5 DART PLAYER TO PLAY IN LOCAL EXHIBITION > Ventura > YourHub.com

2007-06-19T13:37:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure the ranking is correct, but here it is......

Dennis Priestley, currently ranked #5 in the World
Provided by: Kelly-marie Tracy

Contributed by: Kelly-marie Tracy on 6/19/2007

The Ventura County Dart Association is hosting an Exhibition of Darts to be preformed by Dennis Priestley, currently ranked number 5 in the world, and two-time World Darts Champion. A percentage of all profits will be donated to local boys and girls clubs.
WORLD #5 DART PLAYER TO PLAY IN LOCAL EXHIBITION > Ventura > YourHub.com

Also visit the VCDA Priestley Exhibition Page! http://vcda.org/Priestley-exhibition.html

Lapierre's dart exploits go largely unnoticed

2007-06-19T10:48:00.000-07:00

Bonnie Lapierre's darts resume is long, and it's also widely ignored by the masses.

The Regina thrower would be a household name if she played other sports -- she's won 13 provincial titles in 14 years, and captured the national 2005 and 2006 women's championships.

Lapierre's dart exploits go largely unnoticed

Planet Darts - Part Completes Trans-Atlantic Double

2007-06-19T10:39:00.000-07:00

JOHN PART won Sunday's Players Championship at Hayling Island with a 3-1 victory over Mervyn King in the final.

Part capped a memorable week by taking the £5,000 first prize in the event - having flown back to Canada following his exit in the Blue Square UK Open last weekend to win the Canadian National Championship on Wednesday before returning to the UK for the weekend's tournaments.

Planet Darts - Part Completes Trans-Atlantic Double

Planet Darts - 2007 Stan James World Matchplay Schedule of Play

2007-06-19T10:35:00.000-07:00

THE Schedule of Play for the 2007 Stan James World Matchplay, which will take place at Blackpool's Winter Gardens from 22-28 July.

The tournament will see eight-time champion Phil Taylor defend his title, and he has drawn Fleetwood's Wes Newton in the first round.

World Champion Raymond van Barneveld will make his World Matchplay debut alongside fellow Winter Gardens debutants Mervyn King, Michael van Gerwen and Adrian Gray.
Planet Darts - 2007 Stan James World Matchplay Schedule of Play

The Daily Record - RAISE YOUR DART RATE

2007-06-19T10:14:00.000-07:00

Oche pressure same as for footballers
By Paula Murray

THE heart rate of darts players in major events can match other top sportsmen, a study has revealed.

Medical tests show that despite its pints and pot-bellied image, the game of darts can more than double the average heart rate during a tense match at the oche.

Phil "The Power" Taylor and other players were wired up at a recent tournament to discover the effects of tension and playing in smoky venues where conditions regularly top 100F and 90 per cent humidity.

The Daily Record - RAISE YOUR DART RATE

Priestley Exhibiton - raised oche auction

2007-06-18T13:27:00.000-07:00

Check out the raised oche that will be auctioned at the Dennis Priestley Exhibition. There will be a reserve on this item.
http://vcda.org/nordic-services.html

Terre Haute News: Terre Haute professional dart thrower’s son readies for national competition

2007-06-18T09:18:00.000-07:00

‘He doesn’t know he can miss,’ father says
By Laura Followell
The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Terre Haute teen Danny Lauby might throw his way to college and become known worldwide for doing it, thanks to his professional dart-throwing dad.

Danny strolled calmly to the toe line in front of a dartboard, paused to focus on his target, raised his left arm and gracefully threw his steel-tipped dart into the black center of the bull’s-eye, known as the double bull.

Terre Haute News: Terre Haute professional dart thrower’s son readies for national competition

Planet Darts: Jenkins Takes Hayling Island Win

2007-06-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

TERRY JENKINS won his second Pro Tour title of 2007 with a 3-0 defeat of Wes Newton in the final of Saturday's Players Championship at Hayling Island.

Jenkins followed up his Antwerp Darts Trophy victory with a battling performance at the Lakeside Holiday Village.

Planet Darts: Jenkins Takes Hayling Island Win

Sun.Star Manila - Non-rated darts tilt precedes Philcup Darts 2007 in Baguio

2007-06-15T16:45:00.000-07:00

THE much-awaited Philippine Cup Championship 2007 kicked off Friday with the Cocoy David Cup, a non-rated singles event at the Cozy Nook Restaurant along Magsaysay Avenue in Baguio City.

The event served as a warm up tournament for the Philippine Cup (Philcup) 2007 men’s team of four doubles and singles events plus the women’s pair and singles event also at the same venue Saturday and Sunday.

Sun.Star Manila - Non-rated darts tilt precedes Philcup Darts 2007 in Baguio

Unicorn - Arron Monk Chosen For England - Glen Dawkins: uniBlog

2007-06-13T17:35:00.000-07:00

In the week that Colin Lloyd the world’s former number one spent two nights playing darts in Andover, The Unicorn Darts Youth Academy is delighted to announce that Arron Monk has been selected to represent the England Youth Team in next months European Championships in Folkestone.
Unicorn - Arron Monk Chosen For England - Glen Dawkins: uniBlog

2007-06-13T10:27:00.001-07:00

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Northwest Arkansas Darts League is celebrating its 29th season this year.

The league has nine teams, with each team averaging about eight players. League play takes place every Tuesday night in Fayetteville at one of three locations, including Rogers Recreation on Dickson St., Ryleigh's on Dickson St., and American Legion Post 27 on Curtis Ave.

During league play teams go head-to-head competing in a variety of singles, doubles, and team events (11 total). The team that wins at least six of the 11 is the winner for that week.

The Morning News: Sports : NWA Darts League A Bull's-Eye

REMINISCING ABOUT THE REEBOK - Sid Waddell - uniBlog

2007-06-13T10:23:00.000-07:00

Phew!!! I am sitting in my Pudsey garden in 78 degrees of balmy heat just shaking my head in wonder at the great darts fest we had at Bolton.

Keeping tabs on 170 plus darters was difficult and doing 26 hours of live telly was invigorating but it was hour by hour a pure gas.

Looking through my tatty water-spotted notes, here’s what jumps out off the pages…
Unicorn - REMINISCING ABOUT THE REEBOK - Sid Waddell - uniBlog

Priestley Exhibiton Fliers.....

2007-06-11T10:00:00.000-07:00

The 2007 Dennis Priestley Exhibition is getting closer! Be sure to keep checking http://vcda.org/Priestley-exhibition.html for updates! Today there's another video from last year demonstrating Dennis' skills on the Double 1.

I was just wanting to let everyone know that you can find updates on the Priestley Exhibition at: http://vcda.org/Priestley-exhibition.html

There also fliers at:
http://vcda.org/PDFs/PreistleyFlyer6-4-07.pdf
http://vcda.org/PDFs/PriestleyExhibitonSlide07.pdf

feel free to pass this information along.

FUN AND FLAIR AT BOLTON Sid Waddell uniBlog

2007-06-06T15:11:00.000-07:00

I’ll start with a joke…

Have you heard the one about the undertaker, the karaoke DJ and the bloke who packs David Beckham’s toiletries?

Punch line: They all reckon they can beat Barney, Taylor, Lloyd, Mason and Wade and Co and win the UK Open at Bolton. They are Nigel Heydon, alias Deadly of Leamington Spa, Disco Ian Walters of Manchester and Fragrant Dave Ladley of Scunthorpe. And therein lies the appeal of this weekend’s Open – the FA Cup of darts, where the minnows meet the sharks.

Since its inception in 2003 the Open has produced some remarkable darts. Phil Taylor did a nine-darter in 2004 and 2005. Adrian Lewis and Chris Mason, both currently in cracking form, had a belter of a match a couple of year’s back in which 19 180s were thrown. Last year bullet-headed Barrie Bates of Wales crushed his way to the final against Barney.

Unicorn - FUN AND FLAIR AT BOLTON Sid Waddell uniBlog

Targeting the dart community

2007-06-06T14:56:00.001-07:00

GREEN A month after Empire Darts opened its doors, a thief nearly shut them permanently.

Jim and Bobbi Licitri kind of fell into the darts business. They ran a shop in Norton for two years that sold billiards, poker and other gaming supplies. When a customer asked about dart supplies, the Licitris got some in for her and for stock.

The woman told her friends, and soon more darts enthusiasts were coming into the store.
Targeting the dart community

Stacy's annual "Make a Wish" fundraiser

2007-06-06T14:20:00.000-07:00

INFO for Stacy's annual "Make a Wish" fundraiser,
happening July 3rd.
CLICK HERE

Ronnie Baxter Dart Exhibition Flyer

2007-06-06T14:00:00.000-07:00

SNDA dart exhibiton with Ronnie Baxter
June 29, 2007
CD's Lounge
Link to Flyer

SNDA site link: