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Here's What's Happening In Manitoba Darts |
| DARTS FOR THE HEART | April 24, 2008 |
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At the Manitoba Open the MDAI hosted a bull shoot called "Darts for the Heart". Proceeds from this event went to the St. Boniface Hospital and Research Foundation.
The bull shoot was held on two days of the tournament with one winner each day. Each player, for a donation of $2.00, threw twelve darts at the bull on a dart board. A record was kept of the total bulls hit. At the end of the day the player with the most bulls scored claimed half of the collected money with the other half going to the charity. A couple of hundred dollars were raised over the weekend. Thanks to everyone who participated and to Alex Austria for overseeing the event. Scored 14 bulls with 12 darts Day 2 Winner - Aaron Stark Scored 13 bulls with 12 darts |
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| MDAI INFORMATION BOOTH | April 12, 2008 |
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The MDAI set up an informational booth at Garden City Shopping Centre on April 12, 2008. We had dart videos playing all day, information pamphlets, photos, tournament posters, darts and a dartboard. We were even able to get a couple of new members to sign up just from seeing us there and chatting. Lots of people stopped by to see what the darting action was all about and many questions were asked about our sport. There were about ten members who showed up throughout the day to help at the booth and that was great to see. A special thank you goes out to Alex Austria for setting up the whole thing. It was great exposure for the Association and we will be doing it again. |
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| CONGRATULATIONS | March 20, 2008 |
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 Tyler Wolejszo for being the youngest player ever to compete in the Youth Nationals. Tyler is only 9 years old!! |
| WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ARTICLE ABOUT GERRY CONVERY | March 9, 2008 |
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The Winnipeg Free Press did a full page story about Gerry and darts in Manitoba. Gerry talks about his career in darts, getting the sport the respect it deserves, and what it takes to excel in darts. The article appeared in the paper on Sunday, March 9, 2008. Click here to read a pdf of the article. |
| COACHING WORKSHOP | March 1, 2008 |
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from 8:30 - 11:30 am and a NDFC Officiating Workshop on Thursday, May 15, 2008 after lunch. The cost for both would be $75.00, but only $40.00 if the registration fee is sent in by May 11, 2008 for both courses. This workshop will be held in conjuction with the Youth Nationals. Please contact Donna Ferguson at donnacferg@yahoo.ca for more information or if you are interested in signing up. |
| LEN ANDERSON HAS PASSED AWAY | February 3, 2008 |
It is with sadness we announce that this morning (Feb 3/08) Len Anderson (husband of lifetime member Fran Anderson) passed away. Len was a member of the MDAI for many years and contributed much to our association. He volunteered many thankless hours for the betterment of our Sport. He held positions at both the zone level as well as on the Board of Directors. We offer our condolences to the family.
| GERRY CONVERY'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH | January 12, 2008 |
This is Gerry's game against Barrie Bates at the World Championships in its entirety. It's 30 minutes long. It's nice to see Gerry wearing the Manitoba logo on the big stage.
| MEN'S SUPER LEAGUE | December 23, 2007 |
Starts on January 7, 2008
Army Navy at Empress and Ellice
7:30 pm
Email Gerry for more information
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| WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | December 14/19, 2007 |
Our own Gerry Convery has qualified to be in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championships. He will be competing against the best darts players in the world.
The tournament runs from December 17, 2007 through January 1, 2008. Gerry's first match will be on Wednesday, December 19, 2007. He will be playing against Welshman Barrie Bates, currently ranked at #13 in the world. Play will start at 4:30 pm London time which is 10:30 am Winnipeg time.
Planet Darts offers a free live scoreboard for those who want to follow the match online. Click here and you will get to the Live Scoreboard page. Click on the link halfway down that page and another window will pop up for you with the running scores. You can click here for the full schedule of play.
We are all excited for and proud of Gerry and wish him the best as he climbs through the rounds at the World Darts Championships
Here are the results as posted on Planet Darts:
| THANK YOU TO ANGIE WARK | November 15, 2007 |
On behalf of the Board of Directors as well as the Membership we would
like to take this opportunity to thank Angie Wark for all the work she has
done as Publicity Director for the past few years.
We have watched as this quiet woman followed in her mother's footsteps and decided to join our association as a player. She not only obviously enjoyed the sport but she showed a drive and passion for the game to become successful at it as well. After a few years of playing Angie chose to give back as well, and we were lucky enough to add her to our Board of Directors. She was a terrific addition to the Board because she was not afraid to express any concerns or ideas that would benefit the players.
She re-vamped our website as well as our newsletter to make it what it is today but also built and maintained a database where members of our association were kept up to date on relevant news.
Words cannot express how grateful we are for everything you have given but we can say Thank You Angie, for everything you have given. Cheers!!
| PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE | November 6, 2007 |
Summer is over and we are well under way into what could prove to be one of the greatest years of darts that members
of Manitoba have had in quite a while.
The season started at the beginning of September with an All Day Board Meeting, where members of the Board of Directors get together to discuss ideas, review past performances, and make changes for the upcoming year that will help all our members. This day was no exception. There were many ideas brought forward and several changes that will help you as we start this exciting year!! These ideas were presented to the General Membership at the Semi-Annual General Meeting called at the Golden Boy. Manitoba has not held this meeting in quite some time. The ideas were presented, discussed, and received on a positive note by the membership. We think that the results are progressive and probably should have been implemented years ago. To highlight the top three changes:
#1 There is now a Buy-In Opportunity for all members in Manitoba to participate at the Provincials#2 Provincial Ranking list now has an incentive that will benefit more players within the Province
#3 Membership deadline has now been extended to February 28th for anyone wishing to participate at the Provincials.
Are you aware that it is ONLY NINE MONTHS till Manitoba hosts the top darting event in Canada? This is a chance for Manitoba to show we have the players to compete as well as the committee and volunteers to put on a good show. We have the players and volunteers - all we need is the sponsorship to make these Nationals a memorable one for all. We are looking for assistance in gathering sponsorship by ALL members. If you have access to or know of a company or individual that may be interested in helping to sponsor this event contact any board member and we will more than gladly help you out, with either letters of request, or information.
I would like to wish everyone good luck this season, and look forward to this great year of darts for the members of Manitoba!!!
| KLONDIKE OPEN CHAMPIONS | November 1, 2007 |
| SEMI-ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS | October 19, 2007 |
The Semi-Annual General Meeting was held on September 16, 2007 and there were a few things we would like remind you of that were discussed.
- The new incentive for the 2007/2008 season will be that the Top 8 men and women will receive a monetary prize. Each side will have $750 divided amongst the top 8. The breakdown is as follows: 1st: $200 2nd: $150 3rd: $100 4th: $85 5th: $70 6th: $60 7th: $50 8th: $35. Any ties will result in a split of the prize money.
- All knock-out rounds in MDAI ranked tournaments will now have a best of three games in the best of five sets format. The first best of three games will be the first set. The second best of three games will be the second set, and so on.
- Smoke breaks will now occur every two games in the round robins.
- Once a player is called to play he/she will be given a three minute warning to start play. If the player does not show up after three minutes to play he/she will be disqualified from playing in all events at that tournament.
- Players who cannot participate in zone qualifiers for whatever reason will now have the opportunity to buy into the Provincials for $100.00 per person. MDAI memberships will now have to be paid by no later than February 8, 2008 if a player wants to qualify to play in the Provincials.
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| MDAI 30th REUNION |
The MDAI is planning our 30th reunion celebration on the Saturday night of the 2008 Adult Provincials, anyone who played in the past who may be interested in attending is asked to contact us or if they know the whereabouts of players from the past please pass on the info.
