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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News
May-14-12
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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
NODOR Cup
Bursary Shoot
Rules of Play
World Masters & America's Cup Qualifiers
2011 Youth National Results
Looking back over the years - Our youth championships history
Article by Catherine Haycock
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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Cindy Pardy |
Norm Tremblay |
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Canada's #1 |
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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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Tammy Perry |
Brian Cyr |
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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Kim Whaley-Hilts |
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
Champ
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Trish Wark
Ladies Singles
Runner-Up
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Rory Orvis
Men's Singles
Champ
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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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Bonnie & Crystal |
Bonnie & Laurie |
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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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Anne Marie & Dion |
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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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Debbie Lewis- Christmas |
Darlene MacLeod |
Jeff Smith |
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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Linda Ledingham |
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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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Logan Crooks |
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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.
March-09-12
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Canada's east coast showcased our top shooters as they competed in this world class event! With World and Canadian ranking points on the line the competition stepped to the oche ready for a fight to the finish in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Kicking off with the ladies, Canada's undisputed #1 Ranked Lady Cindy Pardy of Alberta, who took out Nova Scotia's own Cindy Veith in the semis, stepped into the finals against the renowned Patricia Farrell of Newfoundland & Labrador who knocked out Joanne Luke of New Brunswick in her semi finals match 3-1.
What a match this was set out to be as these ladies butted heads repeating the 2011 ladies singles finals. A good fight for Farrell, ranked #3, had to settle for another silver as Pardy dominated the match for a 4-2 win including an invitation to the 2012 World Masters event held later this year. Pardy also took gold in the ladies doubles event with partner Kim Dodge.
Ladies Knock-Out Bracket
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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's very own Chris Steiger was the 'King of the Hill" in the Men's singles event with a sudden death win in the finals dashing the hopes against Nick Yorston of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia with a 5-4 match play score. Steiger will also now have the opportuity to represent Canada in the prestigious World Masters event in England!
Hats off to both these gentlemen as they both knocked out Canada's top ranked players on their way to the finals stage. Steiger took down Canada's #2 Dave Cameron in his semi finals with a very convincing 4-1 score line while Yorston handed Norm Tremblay Canada's #1 ranked man his sitting card in the top 8 winning his match 3-1.
Men's Knock-Out Bracket
For the full results please check here
Click on Read more for additional photos...
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Mary Dezan
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March-02-12
Beautiful Quebec City hosted the Annual Snow Owl Open Feb 24-26th.
The big news of the weekend was the tournament domination by Diane Gobeil as she took top honors in every event she competed in. Most notably is the ladies singles event which also awards those precious NDFC ranking points.
Gobeil hooked up with Kevin & Sylvain Bourque to take the Mixed Triples title and Johanne Tremblay for the Ladies Doubles crown. The mixed doubles saw Gobeil win her 4th medal with Quebec's own Marcel Simard. Simard also added another title to his scorecard by taking the men's singles trophy.
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Diane Gobeil |
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Check here for the full results
Article by Catheirne Haycock, contributor Mary Dezan.
February-13-12
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
Congratulations to the Edmonton Inter-Pub Dart League as they hosted their 25th Annual Snowflake Open Feb 10-12th.
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Saturday's ladies event hosted Canada's cream of the crop as these top shooters fought for the Snowflake singles title. In a superb finals match Canada's #1 Cindy Pardy defended her 2010 title over fierce competitor Cystal Brazil who finished joint 3rd in this event last year. The Northwest Territories Brenda Moreau & Patricia Farrell of Newfoundland & Labrador wrapped up the top 4.
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Cindy Pardy |
Crystal Brazil |
Brenda Moreau |
Patricia Farrell |
Ladies Knock-Out Bracket
Ninety-Five competitors took part in the men's singles event on Sunday. Young gun Shaun Narain of Calgary Alberta came out on top defeating New Brunswick's own Tim Bradley of Grove Hill in the finals. Narain also sent Richard Greene of Grand Prairie to the benches in the top 4 while Bardley stopped Rick Arnott from Edmonton also at the semi finals. Narain a recent graduate of the darts youth program is definitely making his mark as he steps into the adult competition!
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Shaun Narain |
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Men's Knock-Out Bracket
See full results here
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Bill Hatter
February-08-12
Canada's own Ken McNeil of Alberta and 3 times World Champion John Part of Ontario rocked the PDC World Darts Championships stage as they sidelined Team Hungary 5-3 to move into the second round against England's Phil Taylor 15 times World Champion & Adrian Lewis two times World Champion!
The PDC World Cup format consists of singles and doubles with the top team advancing to the next knock-out round. Canada vs England! A match that had Canadian fans on their toes as they cheered their fellow Canucks on for an opportunity at a piece of the 150,000 pounds prize purse.
Ken McNeil stole the show as he took on Phil Taylor in his round of singles 4-3. What a win for McNeil to take down the 15 time world champion! Part had his glory also as he sent the reigning champion Lewis packing with another 4-3 score line. A great victory for Canada in the singles!
With a win in the doubles event for Taylor and Lewis the match was forced to a 'sudden death' one game decider which saw Team England come out on top. Congratulations to Part and McNeil as they did Canada proud!
Read the full details here courtesy of the PDC
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Ken McNeil defeats Phil Taylor |
John Part victorious over Adrian Lewis |
Photos courtesy of the PDC
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Bill Hatter
February-07-12
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Congratulations to New Brunswick's Jeff Smith as he qualified through the PDC Pro Tour Qualifying school for his 2012 Pro Tour card.
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Want your own Pro Tour Card? Get all the details here
Article by Catherine Haycock
February-03-12
From East to West darters from across the country descended on Kitchener, Ontario for this newly NDFC ranked darts tournament. Tournament directors Chad & Nicole Hergott had an excellent turn-out over the weekend while pending snow storms and winter driving did not deter the best from competing for the $8000.+ payouts.
Shelley Watson of Fergus ON, came out on top in the ladies singles as she took down the strong female contingency that was on hand over the weekend. Watson met Trish Grzesik of Stratford ON at the finals board however Grzesik could not stop Watson as she claimed her crown! Gresik also added the Saturday Ladies Doubles title to her scorecard with partner CJ Slater.
Watson claimed another gold in the ladies team event with mates Marion Carli, Maria Mason, & Debralee Roberts all from ON. A joint 3rd with Roberts in the ladies doubles wrapped up a very successful weekend for Watson!
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The men's events were a who's who of Ontario players with Canada's Number 1 ranked man Norm Tremblay of Alberta also in attendance. Owen Sound's Dave Richardson was the man to beat over the weekend as he worked his way through the cream of the crop to take the Men's Singles title against veteran Shawn Brenneman. Brenneman had his share of the glory though with partner Jason Barlow as they won the men's doubles event.
Richardson also took top top honors in the Early Bird Singles for double gold victory including a joint 3rd to his list of awards in the men`s team event with Ted Lawrence, Nick McCoy, & Graham Waite.
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While this tournament hosted many events with many champions a stellar performance from youth players Ashley Gilbert from Quebec and Sarah Hayhurst of Ontario won these young women the Ladies Doubles victory on Sunday over Marion Carli & Maria Mason! Hayhurst & Gilbert will definitely be names to watch for in the future as these youth players evolve into the adult dart programs and tournaments. Congratulations girls!
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Ashley & Sarah |
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Check here for full results
Article by Catherine Haycock
January-25-12
The Quebec Open kicked off 2012 with a full weekend of superb games, great drama, and a fight to the throne! There was a lot on the line as this event also hosted ranking points for the World Darts Federation (WDF), British Darts Federation (BDO), and the National Darts Federation of Canada (NDFC).
With the invitation from the WDF to the World Masters in England later this fall on the line, the singles competition was fierce! Cindy Pardy of Alberta and Canada's #1 ranked lady strutted her stuff over the weekend taking 3 golds which includes the ever sought after Ladies Singles title.
Pardy met Quebec's own Diane Gobeil in the ladies final. With the home town crowd behind her Gobeil could only watch as Pardy claimed her crown. Pardy also won the ladies doubles with Yvonne Martin Cowhig of Ontario & the Mixed Triples event with fellow Albertans Terry Hayhurst & Norm Tremblay.
In a worthy mention Tremblay also chalked up the Men's doubles title with Terry Hayhurst and the Mixed Doubles title with Robin Curry of Ontario.
On the Men's side Marcel Simard the defending champion met up against young gun David Dionne in the Men's finals. Simard being the favourite was left on the side lines as Dionne showed the veteran how it was done. Dionne is the 2012 Men's Singles Champion!
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Quebec Open 2012 Singles Champions
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Cindy Pardy |
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See the full results here
Please check read more for other photos
Article by Catherine Haycock, contributor Mary Dezan
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January-25-12
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The British Darts Organization has implemented a 'Code of Practice on Betting and Related Activities policy' in light of recent questionable activity at a specific darts match. Further investigation is pending.
Read the article here courtesy of the British Darts Organization.
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January-01-12
The race is on to the the May 1st ranking list with no change in the top 2 places on both the men's and ladies ranking for January 1.
The big change in the ladies is Patricia Farrell of Newfoundland & Labrador and her singles win at the Newfoundland Molson Open which gained her 6 precious points leap frogging her into 3rd place. This move pushed Robin Curry of Ontario to 4th & Roxanne Van Tassel of British Columbia back into 5th spot.
Sylvian Bourque of Quebec jumped up the Men's ranking list into 4th spot with his recent gain of points in the Owen Hunt and Sasha Lemieux tournaments. Rick Arnott of Alberta moved back into 5th spot.
Check out the latest ranking stats here: Men Ladies
Article by Catherine Haycock
December-27-11
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Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
May 2012 be the best yet!
Your NDFC Executive;
Bill, Mary, Don, Maggie, Carol, & Catherine
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December-26-11
Check out the excellent CBC Radio interview with Alberta's Abigail Hatter as she was preparing to attend the World Youth Masters in England back in September. Click on the radio button below to listen to the inteview beginning at 3:40
December-26-11
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The Silver Cup Youth Darts Tournament hosted by the Medicine Hat Dart League is one of 4 youth events across Canada to receive the honour of adding World Darts Federation Youth Singles Ranking Points to this already prestigious event!
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Tournamemt Director Bill Hatter is excited about the addition of the WDF ranking points and is confident that this will help to promote the growth of youth darts across the country.
With $2000 in prize money up for grabs... this is one event our youth will not want to miss!
Review the tournament flyer here
Article by Catherine Haycock
December-26-11
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The spotlight is on our Canadian youth darters as the World Darts Federation awards our country with 4 WDF Youth ranking opportunities!
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This will allow our kids to earn points to climb up the NEW Youth World Wide Ranking List! Four events have been identified across the nation to host these youth singles events.
Click here for the details
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Youth Competitors at the 2010 Canadian Darts Championships |
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Article by Catherine Haycock
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