Who's Ranked #1 in Canada? - May 1, 2012
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Norm Tremblay - AB |
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Cindy Pardy - AB |
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David Cameron - NS |
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Robin Curry - ON |
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Marcel Simard - QC |
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Patricia Farrell - NL |
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Tim Bradley- NB |
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Darlene MacLeod - NS |
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Full Womens Listing |
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Countdown to the 2013 World Cup!
World Cup Update
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It's Coming!!!xxx
Canada is proud to host the
2013 World Cup XIX
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
October 1st-5th
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Keep up-to-date here on all the latest news as the World descends on Canada!!!
*New* Check out this 2012 World Cup Video and Team Canada amongst the World! Opening & closing ceremonies plus Team Canada's rendition of our national anthem!
News
May-20-12
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The NDFC is proud as Canada's best youth step to the oche May 18 - May 20 to compete in the Canadian National Youth Darts Championships!
Best of darts to all our youth contenders!
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Thunder Bay Ontario will host this year's event and there are plenty of darts to be played. Don't miss out on all the action as we will provide daily updates as they become available.
Check out:
Schedule of Events
National Sponsors ** NEW**
Bell Youth Sponsorship ** NEW**
Day One Results ** NEW**
Day Two Results **NEW**
Day Three Results **NEW**
Canada Cup Champions **NEW**
NODOR Cup Overview
Bursary Shoot Overview
Rules of Play Overview
World Masters & America's Cup Qualifiers Overview
2011 Youth National Results
Looking back over the years - Our youth championships history
Article by Catherine Haycock
May-20-12
The NDFC would like to thank our sponsors for their continuous support of our nationals programs.
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Bell Canada |
May-20-12
Bell Canada continues to generously support the NDFC National Youth Darts Program!
Many thanks to Rick Smith and Catherine Haycock, Bell employees, who through their many volunteer hours dedicated to the 'Sport of Darts' have been granted another yearly $2500. donation!
To date through Rick & Catherine's efforts, $12,500 has been donated to our National Youth Program. The $2500, with a top up from the NDFC when required, covers 100% of the cost of the youth banquet so that each youth player attending will have their banquet meal covered.
Along with the Bell Let's Talk pins this year there are Bell items up for grabs to the kids at the banquet who did not receive an award in the top 4 over weekend. These goodies will be drawn so that each youth will have a chance to take home a Bell token - 13 Golf shirts, 6 hats, & 20 headsets to be won by the kids!
'Bell Canada, in partnership with the True Sport Foundation, proudly supports the promotion of youth sports around the country by providing grants to not-for-profit organizations. Bell’s Community Sport Volunteer Grant Program is a leading example of Bell’s commitment to encouraging volunteerism in sport. "At Bell Canada, we believe in giving young people the opportunity to live healthy, happy and active lives," said Justin Webb, Vice President, Olympic Services, Bell Canada`
Thank you Bell Canada!
Click on read more for more details...
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May-20-12
More results to come! Please check back with us...Mixed Doubles, World Masters Qualifier & Canada Cup Team Results
NODOR CUP Results
Canada Cup Champions
Mixed Doubles Results
World Masters Qualifiers
Sportsmanship Awards
May-20-12
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Congratulations to Oceanna Watson of Ontario & Dawson Murschell of Alberta as these young darters have both qualified to represent Canada at the BDO World Masters in England later this year.
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World Masters Youth Qualifiers:
Girls Knock-Out Bracket
Boys Knock-Out Bracket
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Bill Hatter
May-20-12
Mixed Doubles Canadian National Champions Crowned
Congratulations to Alicia Looker & Jared Dion of Manitoba as they won the JR Mixed Doubles Championship title over Emma Branagh & Dillon Wall of Ontario.
Crowned as our SR Mixed Doubles congratulations to Saskatchewan's own Megan Lyons & James Walter who knocked out Abbigale Hatter & Trevor Hovey from Alberta
Mixed Doubles Knock-Out Brackets Results;
JR Mixed Doubles
SR Mixed Doubles
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Bill Hatter
May-20-12
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Congratulations to Robin Barnes of Newfoundland and Labrador and Kyle Mosher of Nova Scotia this years recipients of the Sportsmanship awards!
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May-20-12
NODOR CUP 2012
In one of the most nerve racking events of the Nationals, the NODOR CUP sees each province compete in a blind draw knock-out bracket singles event to see which province takes home the sought after NODOR Cup title.
Congratulations to Team Alberta as they won the gold over Team Ontario in the NODOR CUP finals.
See full Knock-out Bracket here
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Bill Hatter
May-19-12
It is another exciting day in Thunder Bay Ontario as today's line-up will see Nationals Champions crowned & and a chance to represent Canada at the America's Cup, a World Darts Federation event.
Canadian Nationals Singles Championships Results
America's Cup Results
May-19-12
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With National Singles Championship titles on the line & a place in the history books, our youth step to the oche with determination and confidence to produce some amazing matches & results over the course of this event!
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CONGRATULATIONS to our 2012 Canadian Nationals Singles Champions!
Knock-Out Brackets:
Junior Girls - Stats Pending - Kaitlyn Saunders, Ontario
Junior Boys - Dawson Murschell, Alberta
Senior Girls - Oceanna Watson, Ontario
Senior Boys - Trevor Hovey, Alberta
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Bill Hatter
May-19-12
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AMERICA'S CUP QUALIFIERS
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With the opportunity to represent Canada at this year's America's Cup hosted in Belize July 20-24th, Dawson Murschell of Alberta defeated fellow team mate Logan Crooks to represent the boys while Robin Barnes of Newfoundland & Labrador won her spot over Matyna Gutfreund of Alberta for the girls!
Full results:
Girls Qualifier Bracket
Boys Qualifier Bracket
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Bill Hatter
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May-19-12
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Each year the NDFC National Bursary shoot is played to help support our youth darters in their future personal and career growth. Winners are entitled to a cash award towards trade school, college or university acceptance prior to the age of 21.
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Congratulations to our 2012 Bursary Winners:
Knock-Out Brackets:
Junior Female - Robin Barnes, Newfoundland & Labrador
Junior Male - Logan Crooks, Alberta
Senior Female - Oceanna Watson, Ontario
Senior Male - Nicholas Findlay, Ontario
To date there has been $ claimed through-out the lifetime of the program.
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Bill Hatter
May-19-12
The skies rumbled in Thunder Bay, Ontario, as Canada's best youth darters made their way through the Lakehead University halls to the opening ceremonies march. As each province made their grand entrance, the excitement was building, as the air was filled with cheers, flashing cameras, smiles ear to ear & the proud faces of the competitors, families and friends, all waiting for the moment and the call to 'let's play darts!'
The Junior and Senior Doubles events kicked off day one with plenty of drama and the competition. Wow! The adult darters had better pay attention...as these kids will soon be coming to a venue near you! This event was followed up by NDFC the Bursary shoot.
In the Junior Female Doubles event the Newfoundland & Labradors duo of Robin & Kaylee Barnes took the gold title over Ontario's own Emma Spence-Branagh & Kaitlyn Saunders 3-0 in the best of 5 finals. To make the finals stage the Barnes Girls had a close match in the semi finals going the distance for a 3-2 win over Quebec's Samantha Gibbons & Rita Champagne. Ontario had to also make their way past Brittany Lyons & Clover Arndt from Saskatchewan in another close score line of 3-2.
Jr. Girls Doubles Knock-Out Bracket
Our Junior Boys Doubles were up next with an exciting play down as Albertans Dawson Murschell & Logan Crooks made a clean sweep not dropping a single match throughout the day to capture their national title. What a feat gents! On their way to the gold the Albertans ousted Saskatchewan’s Austin Morrison & Saul Arndt 3-0 in the semis to meet Dylan Lance & Dillon Wall from Ontario in the finals. The Dylan-Dillon's had a 3-1 victory in their semis over Brayden Legge & Cameron Curnew from Newfoundland & Labrador to advance to the staged finals.
Jr. Boys Doubles Knock-Out Bracket
Senior Girls Doubles was a showdown as heavy hitters Carrie Hayhurst & Oceanna Watson brought home the gold to Ontario with a 3-1 match score over Saskatchewan's Megan Lyons & Miranda Cleaveley. Getting to the finals was no easy feat for each team as Ontario met Alberta`s Matyna Gutfreund & Abbigale Hatter in the semis for a 3-0 score to move to the finals and Saskatchewan had a close match with a 3-2 score line against Jennifer Delisle & Melisa Harding from Quebec.
Sr. Girls Doubles Knock-Out Bracket
A great windup to Day One as Ontario captured the Sr Boys Doubles title event to help chalk up two gold for the province today. It seems to be all about the Dylans in Ontario this year (3 on the team!) Nicolas Findlay & Dylan Scafe crowned the Sr. Boys Doubles Champions as they ousted James Walter & Ashtin Bear from Saskatchewan 3-0 in the finals. Making their way to the stage Ontario dashed the hopes of Trevor Hovey & Nikolas McNair from Alberta 3-0 while the Saskatchewan Team won their semis defeating Mitchell Cormier & Nathan Squires of Newfoundland and Labrador 3-0.
Sr. Boys Doubles Knock-Out Bracket
NDFC Bursary Shoot results
Check back tomorrow for another full day of excitement & action!
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Bill Hatter
May-14-12
Canada's east coast hosted the first ranked tournament of the season with the island's best darters battling for those precious NDFC ranking points.
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Canada's #3 ranked lady Patricia Farrell won gold in the ladies singles over Krista Kelly-Cox in the finals. Farrell also took top honors in the ladies doubles with partner Alycia Hope defeating contenders Geraldine Healey & Krista Kelly-Cox
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Patricia Farrell Singles Champ with Bob Gulliver
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Troy Hanlon dashed the hopes of Wayne Kelly to come out as 'top dog' in the men's singles event. Hanlon added two more titles to his credit with wins in the Men's Doubles with Wally Brennan and teamed up again with Brennan & Alycia Hope to win the Mixed Triples event
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Troy Hanlon Singles Champ with Bob Gulliver |
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See the full results here
Article by Catherine Haycock
May-03-12
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It's Official!
The May 1st final ranking list has been published.
Check out who is Canada's best!
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Albertans Cindy Pardy and Norm Tremblay held onto their #1 positions to finish out the season at the top of the NDFC's official ranking list. Congratulations Cindy & Norm!
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With just 10 points between the ladies first & second place spot Robin Curry of Ontario moved herself into 2nd place over the past few months gathering 18 points in 3 tournaments. Patricia Farrell of Newfoundland & Labrador finished even with Nova Scotia's Darlene MacLeod for a shared joint 3rd finish with 44 points each.
Ladies Ranking List
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Robin Curry #2 |
Patricia Farrell #3 |
Darlene MacLeod #3 |
Also with a 10 point spread between first & second on the men's ranking list there was little change between second and third place. Dave Cameron of Nova Scotia stayed in 2nd place while Quebec's Marcel Simard held onto his third place position. The big change was Tim Bradley of New Brunswick as he moved into the top 4. Bradley's wins at the Snow Flake and the Greater Vancouver Open were enough to push him up the ranks.
Men's Ranking List
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Dave Cameron #2 |
Marcel Simard #3 |
Tim Bradley #4 |
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Mary Dezan
April-30-12
The Sharpshooters Association proudly hosted the Prince Edward Island Open at the Summerside Fire Hall drawing some of the best darters from our East Coast to this annual event.
Tammy Perry of Fall River Nova Scotia came out on top over Carmel Pasher. Perry also racked up gold in the mixed triples with mates Jeff Smith & Fred MacKinnon and a bronze in the Mixed Doubles with partner Ronnie Williams.
Brian Cyr from New Glasgow topped Carter Mill of Kensington, PEI in the men's singles final.
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See full results here
Article by Catherine Haycock
April-30-12
In memory of Dan Cruickshank, this was the 12th edition of this annual event hosted by the Greater Ottawa Super Singles Dart League.
Kim Whaley-Hilts of Belleville was the 'queen bee' as she defeated Trish Grzesik of Strafford in the ladies singles finals. Bob Sinnaeve of Langton dashed the hopes of St. Catharine's Bruce Davey on the men's singles finals. Sinnaeve also captured the Mixed Doubles title with partner Trish Grzesik.
Grzesik also added the Ladies Doubles crown with partner Debralee Roberts while the 'Smith Boys', Tom & Mike won the Men's Doubles title.
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Bob Sinnaeve |
Check here for full results
Article by Catherine Haycock
April-23-12
Heather Freisen & Rory Orvis were the top guns at the 2012 annual Manitoba Open winning their respective singles titles. With 3 grand and crucial ranking points on the line the competition were all biting for a taste of the glory!
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Heather Freisen
Ladies Singles
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Trish Wark
Ladies Singles
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Rory Orvis
Men's Singles
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Scott Sanson
Men's Singles
Runner-Up
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Freisen also teamed up with Mark Denmark to take another gold win in the mixed doubles event. Congratulations to all the winners over the weekend!
See full results here
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Mary Dezan
April-22-12
The 17th annual Easter Open drew the provinces best of the best as this event is held during the Ontario Provincial Championships and offered up over 10k in prize monies!
Lisa Stanton of London won the ladies singles title over veteran Robin Curry of Peterborough. While David Switzer of Orangeville took gold over Ritchell Penalosa in the men's singles finals.
Other event winners are:
Ladies Doubles - Marjorie Allardyce & Kim Whaley-Hilts
Men's Doubles - Steve Warnock & Bruce Davey
Blind Draw - Dan Berrigan & Bob Sinneave
Check here for full results
Article by Catherine Haycock
April-05-12
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan hosted the 21st Main Event tournament drawing the best of the west to this prestigious darting event with $8,800. up for grabs!
Veteran Bonnie Lapierre of Saskatchewan was the ladies star of the weekend as she captured the singles title over Crystal Brazil of Alberta. Lapierre also added gold with partner Laurie Kitzul in the ladies doubles event over Wanda Earle and Darlene Howarth.
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Alberta's Dion Laviolette made his mark on the men's scene by taking the singles title from Alberta's young gun Shaun Narain. Laviolette chalked up another first in the mixed doubles event with Anne Marie Coroluick. Jeff Howard & Norm Tremblay won the men's doubles passing on silver to Laviolette with Bob Large as this wrapped up to be a successful weekend for the Albertan.
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Our youth deserve honorable mention this weekend as they proved their prowess as they competed very well against the adult contenders. Here is how they faired:
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Logan Crooks - won Blind Draw with Ian MacKay (adult)
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Logan Crooks & Dawson Murschell - joint 3rd Men's Doubles
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Dawson Murschell joint 3rd - Men's Singles
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Abbigale Hatter joint 5th - Ladies Singles
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Abbigale Hatter & Anne Marie Coroluick (adult) - joint 3rd Ladies Doubles
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Dawson Murschell & Abbigale Hatter - joint 5th Mixed Doubles
Check here for the full results
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Mary Dezan
April-04-12
In honor of Ed Shand the New Brunswick Darts Association invited the east coast to celebrate Ed's memory at this NDFC ranked event.
Nova Scotia’s Debbie Lewis-Christmas rocked the house as she ousted Canada's #2 Darlene MacLeod off the champions podium. These two gals also hooked up to win the ladies doubles and MacLeod added to her credit the Mixed Doubles title with Chris Steiger.
Jeff Smith won the men's singles event over Fred McKinnon and also took the men's doubles title with Gerry Johnston.
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Darlene MacLeod |
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Check here for full results
Article by Catherine Haycock
March-19-12
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The Vancouver Darts Association proudly hosted this World and NDFC ranked event over March 9-11th. Canada's top shooters were on hand as they battled for the glory, bragging rights, and an invitation to the exclusive 2012 World Masters in England later this year. |
The ladies saw Alberta's own Linda Ledingham face off against Robin Curry of Ontario in the ladies singles finals. These two gals have a ton of experience and set it up to be a great match that you didn't want to miss! On her way to the finals Curry took out Suzie Letrud in the top eight and Roxanne Van Tassel in the semis with a scoreline of 3-1 in each match moving her to the podium. While Ledignham ousted contendors Carole Herriott and Peggy McKay also both with a 3-1 match score.
Ladies Knock-Out Bracket
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With these two powerhouses stepping to the oche in the finals anything can happen! In a best of 7 match, Ledingham squeaked it by Curry to take the win in a sudden death 4-3 playdown. What a match and Ledingham comes out on top as the 2012 ladies champion!
The men’s finals was a classic show down between top shooter Tim Bradley of New Brunswick and Canada’s own Bob Sinnaeve from Ontario. It was no easy feat to the finals for this pair as Bradley made his way through the top eight with a 3-1 match score against Sean Smyth and 4-2 win over Kent Peterson to grace the stage. Sinnaeve expelled Gardener Poucette in his quarter finals round 3-1 and made short order of Ken Howard 4-2 in the semi finals match.
What a sweet finals this chalked up to be as Bradley took it 'the distance' taking the match with a 5-4 win over Sinnaeve. An invitation to the 2012 World Masters sweetens the pot for the champ.
Men's Knock-Out Bracket
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The GVO also had the honors of hosting Canada’s first WDF youth singles ranked event for 2012. Logan Crooks strutted his stuff as he won the boys singles title over Dawson Murschell 4-2. F
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Youth Knock-Out Bracket
For full results please check here
Please check back for photos
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Mary Dezan
March-11-12
**NDFC Ranked Tournament Notice**
There has been a venue change for the 2012 Rodeo City Open May 18-20th.
The new venue is:
Dover Community Association Centre
3133 30th Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta
Check the tournament flyer here.
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