Juniors zone in on nationals

May-10-12

Experience might be the biggest ally for the Medicine Hat products that will head to the youth nationals in darts.

The local quartet of Abbigale Hatter, Dawson Murschell, Matyna Gutfreund and Kayla Molloy will head to Thunder Bay, Ont., for the Canadian National Youth Championship, which runs May 17 to 20. All four just competed in the Silver Cup Youth Challenge, which wrapped up Sunday at the Medicine Hat Legion.  read entire article on MedicineHatNew.com....

2012 Youth Silver Cup Challenge and World Dart Federation Ranked Event

May-10-12

2012 Silver Cup Winners

From Left to right:

ABBIGALE HATTER, Senior Girls Singles
TREVOR HOVEY, Senior Boys Singles
LOGAN CROOKS, Junior Boys Singles
CLOVER ARNDT, Junior Girls Singles

BOYS/GIRLS WDF Singles Event Winners

From left to right:

ABBIGALE HATTER, J3rd
SAUL ARNDT, 2nd
DAWSON MURSCHELL, 1st
LOGAN CROOKS, J3rd

Full event results on the tournament calendar

Team Alberta Player Fees Explained

March-21-12

During the 2012 AGM, questions were brought forward regarding the Team Alberta Commitment Fees. The Board is uncertain of whether members are fully aware of the expenses related to sending the teams to the National Championships and thought it important for everyone to understand the vast expenses incurred in sending the adult team each year. It is hoped this news article will help to put it into perspective. More…

Answers to the 2010-11 Financial Statements

March-21-12

It was refreshing to see a great deal of questions with regard to the Darts Alberta Financial Statements at the 2012 Annual General Meeting. This means our members are actually reading the reports and interested in what’s happening in their organization.

Unfortunately, the obvious is often forgotten when asked a question on a Financial Statement about things that happened as far back as 18 months ago. We hope the following news article will assist to clarify. More...

2012 Member League Championships Winners

March-19-12

A total of 18 teams (9 Women's and 9 Men's) participated in the 2012 Member League Doubles Championships held on March 17th at the Penbrooke Community Hall in Calgary.

Congratulations to this year's Winners!

Womens Doubles Champions:
Cindy Pardy and Julie Narain

Men's Doubles Champions:
Neil Tremblett & Dion LaViolette

 

DA Moves AGM and Events to Calgary

March-01-12

Due to issues finding a venue large enough to host the AGM Shoot in Edmonton, Darts Alberta had to make the decision to move the AGM, AGM Shoot and the Member League Doubles Championship to Calgary.

With both the Adult and Youth events now hosted at the AGM Shoot, it is becoming more of a challenge each year to find a venue large enough.

A minimum of 30+ boards is required. Hosting the adult and youth in two different smaller venues was even considered, without success.

We faced a similar dilemma in Calgary, when the Ogden Legion closed their doors at the end of 2011; and we were uncertain if we could find a venue larger enough to host the 2012 Adult Provincial Championships. Luckily, we were able to secure a new venue in Calgary. Unfortunately, we were unable to do the same for the AGM Shoot in Edmonton.

The AGM Shoot was originally designed to encourage members to attend the AGM in order to make decisions about their organization. However, with greater participation each year, finding large enough venues has become more challenging.

Cancelling the AGM Shoot would likely jeopardize the potential of achieving the quorum needed to have the AGM. Ths is quite a delimma that the Board of Directors is doing their best to address, but we encourage any suggestions that members might have to solve our issues for future years.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, please email Bill Hatter (president@dartsalberta.com) or Sandi Orr (administrator@dartsalberta.com).

2012 AGM & AGM Shoot Moved to Calgary

February-29-12

The 2012 Annual General Meeting and AGM Shoot has been moved to Calgary. The meeting and tournament will be held at the Penbrooke Community Centre of Sunday, March 18, 2012. See the poster and agenda for more details.

The following positions are up for election:

• First Vice President
• Secretary
• Membership Director
• Youth Director

If any members are interested in running for a position, we encourage you to review the Member Position Descriptions for more details on the skills and committment required.

WIN A TRIP TO THE 2013 GREATER VANCOUVER OPEN - MARCH 17th

February-29-12

Although a flyer was available at the 2012 Snoflake Open that stated the event would be held in Edmonton, this event has had to be changed to Calgary and will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at the Penbrooke Community Centre. The registration deadline is 9:45 a.m. See poster for more details.

There are several new changes to the Darts Alberta Member League Championship Program:

• The events NOW include Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles.
• The Chicago style format has been eliminated and all matches will be 501 straight in, double out.
• There are no spares permitted.
• There is no pre-registration.
• Although ALL participants must be members of a Darts Alberta Member League, you and your partner do not have to be members of the same member league.
• No two elite players can be on the same doubles team. Check the Elite List for player status.
• With the men's event now being doubles, the elite list has changed to include the top 32 ranked players as of April 30, 2011. All other elite status criteria remain the same (e.g. Top 32 NDFC Ranked, Top 64 WDF Ranked, represented Canada at international events in the past 5 years, members of Team Alberta currently and in the last two years.)
• The prize for the Men's Doubles winner and the Women's Doubles winner is now a Trip to the next Greater Vancouver Open (2013 GVO), the closest WDF Ranked Tournament outside of Alberta. The trip includes airfare and shared accommodations for two nights.
• No one under the age of 18 is permitted to compete. However, if a member of a member league is 18 years or over but still participates in the Youth Program, you would be eligible to participate.

2012 Youth Provincial Championships Highlights

February-28-12

The 2012 Youth Provincial Championships only had 23 participants; however, tension was high as each was looking to earn a spot on the Alberta Provincial Youth Team.

Congratulations to the 2012 Team Alberta Youth!

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Download the 2012 Provincial Championships results PDF

Awards were presented to the top ranked players for achieving the number one spot on the youth ranking list for 2010/2011 season.

• Shaun Narain - Senior Male
• Abbigale Hatter - Senior Female
• Dawson Murschell - Junior Male
• Raelyn Mills-Meunier - Junior Female.

Awards were presented for volunteer recognition to:

• Matthew Dalton, Medicine Hat
• Stephen and Alexandra Foulds, Calgary
• Shaunna Boychuk, Edson
• John Mulbery, Morinville

Senior Male Most Sportsmanlike Player: Trevor Hovey

Senior Female Most Sportsmanlike Player: Matyna Gutfreund

Junior Male Most Sportsmanlike Player: Dawson Murschell

Junior Female Most Sportsmanlike Player: Jenna Kane

Most Sporting Team: Morinville

2012 Team Alberta!

February-23-12

Alberta's top players met in Calgary Feb 18-20 to compete for a position on 2012 Team Alberta.

A big congratulations to those players who earned a spot! 

A special thank-you to the Darts Alberta Board members, volunteers, spectators, and participants who made the 2012 Adult Elite Provincials another success!

The players below have earned a spot to represent Alberta at the 2012 National Championships to be held in Thunder Bay, ON June 12-15, 2012.

To those who never made the team, Darts Alberta sincerely hopes that you have taken away some valuable experience, great memories, new friends, and we hope to see you at the oche next year in Edmonton. The 2013 Adult Nationals will be held in St. John's NL.

If you have any questions please contact the DA Administrator.

CHAT TV with Dawson Murschell "Sports Star of the Week"

January-20-12

Increased Team Alberta Player Fees

January-08-12

Darts Alberta has made a difficult decision to increase the Team Alberta Player Fees for those who earn a spot on the team to compete at the National Championships.

This decision was based on two major factors – the first being major budget constraints, the second, a lack of volunteers from members of the 2011 Team Alberta for the most recent Alberta-hosted casino.

If it wasn’t for other dedicated Darts Alberta members and several non-member volunteers, we could have lost all future casinos along with the earned proceeds of $60,000 to $75,000 every two years.

"For those that did volunteer, we can't say thank you enough!"

Since the gaming funds are used primarily to send our youth and adult teams to the national championship, it is expected that those benefiting from the proceeds assist in the raising of those funds.

Our next casino is scheduled for the third quarter (July, August or September) of 2013. Darts Alberta recognizes that 16 to 18 months is a long time to wait to be reimbursed player fees, so a two-tiered system is being implemented.

• In a non-casino year, the Adult Team Player Fee will be $300.00. If the team member or designated representative works the next casino, they will receive a $100.00 refund.
• In a casino year, the Adult Team Player Fee will be $400.00. If the team member or designated representative works the next casino, they will receive a $200.00 refund.
• In a non-casino year, the Youth Team Player Fee will be $150.00. If the team member or designated representative works the next casino, they will receive a $50.00 refund.
• In a casino year, the Youth Team Player Fee will be $200.00. If the team member or designated representative works the next casino, they will receive a $100.00 refund.

The 2012 Team Player Fees will be based on it being a non-casino year at the lower of the two rates. Pending confirmation of our 2013 Casino, the 2013 Team Player Fees will be based on it being a casino year with the potential of getting your refund only 2 to 3 months later, depending on the actual date of the casino.

If a player earns a spot on Team Alberta in both 2012 and 2013, they would be eligible for the refund from both years if they work the 2013 casino. The eligible refund portion of the player fees are paid immediately after working the casino.