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  • Let’s get ready to rumble

    Summer Season is almost here

    The time is almost upon us, with the Summer Darts Season just around the corner.

    We have a total of 24 teams signed up to take part this season.

    As we have switched from a 2 division to a 3 division setup this season due to the swelling numbers of teams, there have been a few teams shuffling round to fit and make a balanced season.

    This season we welcome back the Cross Keys, and the Trinity Tavern ‘A’ who dropped out last season due to lack of numbers. The recruitment drive for the Trinity Tavern appeared to be very successful, as this season they will also field both the ‘B’ team and a new ‘C’ team on top.

    We also welcome the addition of the Golden Lion with a ‘B’ team and The Bugle is also joining the Summer line up as well.

    The season is scheduled to start on 21st April … ish, as this is a Bank Holiday, so our first match will be the preliminary round of the cup on the 28th, then a week off before we crack on with the league matches (well 2 of them anyway as we then have our third of four bank holidays in the season). Player competitions will be held together at the end of August / beginning September.

    There will be a registration for the Winter season held this year on a Wednesday 3rd September, where players can drop in to pay the registration fee – there will be no meeting.

    Summer Line Up

    Our full line up for the season is as follows:

    Division 1

    DOC Limes
    Duke Of Connaught
    Funtley SC
    Joseph Paxton
    Q-Battery
    Trinity Tavern ‘B’
    Wicor Mill ‘A’
    Wicor Mill ‘B’

    Division 2

    Al’s Bar
    HMS Collingwood
    Hill Park ‘A’
    Hill Park ‘B’
    Jolly Miller
    Portchester SCW
    Trinity Tavern ‘A’
    White Horse

    Division 3

    Cross Keys
    DOC Lions
    Golden Lion ‘A’
    Golden Lion ‘B’
    Portchester SC
    Portsbridge
    The Bugle
    Trinity Tavern ‘C’

    Preliminary Round John Kirby Cup

    The draw for the preliminary round was carried out earlier in the week at the Hill Park, by Cara Rummer and Jason Tutty of the Hill Park ‘A’

    This is a knockout round – losers will exit the competition.
    Winners will progress to round 1, where losers will enter the Plate competition for an extra shot at a trophy.

    Q-Battery -vs- Joe Paxton –

    Portsbridge -vs- Portchester SC –

    Cross Keys -vs- Hill Park ‘A’ –

    HMS Collingwood -vs- White Horse –

    Funtley SC -vs- Golden Lion ‘B’ –

    Trinity Tavern ‘C’ -vs- Hill Park ‘B’ –

    Wicor Mill ‘B’ -vs- Trinity Tavern ‘A’ –

    Golden Lion ‘A’ -vs- Trinity Tavern ‘B’ –

  • Air Ambulance Charity Match

    Air Ambulance Charity Darts Match

    The Duke of Connaught will be holding a charity darts match in aid of the Air Ambulance Service

    The event will be held at the Duke of Connaught on Friday 21st March

    Entrance is £2 per player and is open to all, proceeds will be to the Air Ambulance

    Players need to register by 8.00pm on the night

    The event will be a blind pairs competition, and the winners will be awarded the Phill Cravern Memorial

  • Summer AGM

    The Summer AGM was held at the Duke of Connaught

    Representatives from the Delme Arms and the Fareham Bowls were not in attendance at the Meeting, and as per rules, will not be registered in the Summer season.

    The Summer Season will see a jump from 2 to 3 divisions once more, as the teams have grown to 24.

    Joining us for the forthcoming season will be the Golden Lion ‘B’, and Trinity Tavern will field 3 teams, with the ‘A’ team returning after having to drop out last season, and a new ‘C’ team adding to the line up. We also see a welcome return of the Cross Keys.

    It was noted that to create the new divisions, it was decided not to take the bottom of Division 1 and top of Division 2 to form the new Division 2, as it was felt, due to the previous season results, that this may result in some imbalance, so some team adjustments had been made to even out the teams. The list was shared with one adjustment – the Jolly Miller and Joe Paxton felt they would be better swapping divisions.

    The Summer Season will start on 28th April due to the Bank Holiday on 21st. Due to there being only 1 week before the next Bank Holiday, it was suggested we start the season with the preliminary Cup round, and no objections were raised.

    It was suggested by the Committee to skip a finals night this season and play all the player competitions in full on the night so all matches could be held on a Monday. No objections were raised.

    It was noted that the Winter AGM evening would be moved to a Wednesday.

    It was agreed that the Presentation Evening would be booked for Saturday 25th October, and would consist of the trophies being given out and a disco.

    No other business was called and the meeting was closed.

  • Rule Revisions Released

    New Rules Released

    Following the EGM on 29th October, a new set of rules were voted in. Access is via the Info section of the website.

    These are a revised version of the original with the order re-arranged to (we hope) provide clear understanding.

    Several adjustments and amendments from the previous rules were included, and a number were discussed and some amended during the EGM.

    These rules shall be deemed in force on 10 November and Team Captains are advised to review prior to the next League match.

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