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E-News | May 29, 2007

Hello Darts Enthusiasts,

Welcome to our Spring 2007 Darts Alberta e-news flash. Our Members and fellow dart enthusiasts have not been hibernating this past Winter as plenty has been happening within the DA community and the dart world in general since last e-news flash. The executive of DA trust you enjoyed your Winter and expect big things this Spring and Summer. We hope you find the enclosed information useful.

Enjoy the Summer and see you at the oche soon.

If you have any questions/concerns/suggestions, please email the DA Publicity Director at publicity@dartsalberta.com.

Youth Program

Congratulations, Youth Team Wins Gold at the 2007 Youth Nationals. History was in the making at the 2007 Youth Nationals held on the May long weekend in Montreal Quebec. Team Alberta and Team Saskatchewan tied in first place with 84 points each to both take home the Canada Cup Gold Medal; an astounding 14 points ahead of the Bronze Medal team from Quebec (70 points)...<click to read more>

2007 Youth Team Profile...<click to read more>
2007 Youth Team National Results...<click for results>

Youth Dart Competitions in Alberta Skyrocket in 2007. There have never been more opportunities in Alberta for youth competitors to hone their competition skills, with two new events creating in the past few months...<click to read more>

Husky / Mohawk
Loyalty Program

Husky/Mohawk Loyalty Program pays off for Darts Alberta. Darts Alberta has already begun seeing the benefits of joining the Husky/Mohawk Loyalty Program. Even though the distribution of the cards got off to a slow start, in four months we have earned an amazing $351.14 in rebates...<click to read more>

Member League Provincial Championship Program

Another record year for the Member League Championship. The Member League Championship Program achieved another record-breaking season with 24 teams competing in their league playoffs, for a total of 116 participants...<click to read more>

Member League Provincial Championship Photo Highlights...<click to view>

Elite Development Program

Elite development award winners are heading to Vegas. The official results of the 2006-07 Ranking Season are now available, following the completion of the 2007 Medicine Hat Open held last weekend. This official ranking list is used for a number of Darts Alberta Awards...<click to read more>

Darts Alberta to review Elite Development Award options. Le Skratch Tournament has been removed from the choice of competitions eligible for the Elite Development Awards...<click to read more>

Intermediate Development Program

Intermediate development awards drawn at the 2007 Rodeo City Open. Darts Alberta extends our congratulations to Bill McDowall and Georgina Gibb on being awarded the 2007 Intermediate Development Award...<click to read more>

Grass Roots Mentorship Program

A new Pro-Am style tournament (DART) will soon replace the current Grassroots Mentorship Program. Entry into the Developing Achievements of Rookie Talent (DART) shoot will be by invitation only, limited to 32 participants (16 member league grassroots nominees and 16 elite adult / youth competitors) and be on a first-come first-serve basis...<click to read more>

E-NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

2007 Adult Alberta Team Heads for another Gold In Saskatoon SK on June 12-15, 2007
The last time the Nationals were held in Saskatoon in 2002, Team Alberta won its first and only Gold Medal in the Canada Cup...we’re headed back to Saskatoon for a repeat performance...<click to read more>


Sandi Orr Receives the Alberta Volunteer Sport Award
Congratulations Sandi Orr (Darts Alberta Administrator) on being recognized and honoured by Alberta Sport for your volunteer commitment and dedication for advancement and  development of sport within Alberta in Banff on April 14th, 2007...<click to read more>


Dianne Greening (Alberta Youth Director) Receives NDFC Life Membership
Congratulations Dianne Greening (Alberta Youth Director) on being awarded a life membership with the NDFC for her years of outstanding volunteerism in our sport...<click to read more>


Added Incentive for Canadian Men’s National Champion
The NDFC has just announced that “The PDC has offered an invitation to the Canadian National Champion only (not the NDFC) to attend the PDC Grand Slam of Darts. This is a new ground breaking tournament that has a prize fund of £250,000 GBP. Our National Champion will be guaranteed a spot in the top 32 with $6,661.00 in his pocket just for stepping onto the oche.”...<click to read more>

PDC Changes the Canadian Qualification Process for Ladbrokes World Championship
The PDC has confirmed that two Canadians will once again qualify to compete at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship but that the PDC has changed their method of selection...<click to read more>

The PDC have altered the method for selecting the invited players to the World Championship...<click to read more>


2007 Annual General Meeting has Record-breaking Number of Participants Attended 
A record-breaking number of participants attended the 2007 Annual General Meeting and AGM Shoot on Sunday, March 11, 2007 in Calgary...<click to read more>

2007 AGM Minutes...<click to read>

UPCOMING DA TOURNAMENTS

New Shoot!! Dublins Open - July 20-22, 2007 - Medicine Hat, AB - DA, NDFC ranked

Calgary Open - Aug 17-19, 2007 - Calgary, AB - DA, NDFC ranked
Email: Margaret Heinermann at cpdapresident@calgarypubdarts.ca for more details.
Note: Poster will be posted on Darts Alberta website when made available.

Checkout out our tournament page for more events.

DA RANKINGS & TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Adult Rankings as of May 21, 2007 <click for rankings>

2007 Rodeo City Open Results <click for results>

2007 Medicine Hat Open Results <click for results>

2007 Adult AGM Results <click for results>

2007 Member League Provincial Championship Results <click for results>

2007 Adult Provincial Men's Results <click for results>
2007 Adult Provincial Women's Results <click for results>

2007 SnowFlake Open Results <click for results>

Checkout out our results page for more past results.


Youth Rankings as of May 7, 2007 <click for rankings>

2007 Youth Silver Cup Results <click for results>

2007 Youth & Senior 55+ Shoot Results <click for results>

2007 Youth AGM Results <click for results>

2007 Youth Provincial Results <click for results>

Checkout out our youth page for more results.

OTHER BITS & BITES

Volunteer and Grassroots Award Recipients...more details to follow

Adult Nationals Update...more details to follow

DA Casino July 12 and 13, 2007 at Palace Casino in West Edmonton Mall - Volunteers willing to be "on call" back-up, please contact Judi Brown at jrbrown1@telusplanet.com.

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Darts Alberta proudly acknowledges that many new programs and initiatives would not have been possible without funding through ASRPWF.

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