Jersey Darts Organisation

It was a weekend of delight and disappointment for the Jersey Darts Organisation darters at Peninsular Hotel in Guernsey.

Friday was C.I. Finals night and saw Jersey representative Jenna Avrill adding to her JDO Ladies Singles titleby winning her second C.I. Ladies title with a convincing 3-1 victory against reigning champion Yvonne Le Gallic of Guernsey.

Saturday was the turn of the Island Teams of Jersey &Guernsey to take to the board in the annual Inter-Insular. First up and competingfor the first time were the Mens “B” Teams. A close game finally saw Jersey seize control and take the victory 6-3.

Next up was the ladies, Jerseyfielding a squad of all uncapped players fought bravely against the vastly experienced Sarnians but succumbed to an 8-1 defeat. The Jerseygirls remained up beat following their defeat with most wanting to get back tothe practice board in preparation for 2013!

The final match of the weekend was between the Men’s A squadswith Jersey looking to prevent Guernsey fromretaining the Louis Lamb trophyfor a fourth consecutive year.  However itwasn’t to be and a confident Jersey A squadwas left to rue a number of missed opportunities and were defeated 6-3.

The Jersey Darts Organisation are delighted to announce that the 2012 Jersey Festival of Darts has now been confirmed.

For the very latest information please click on the link.

Jenna Avril has continued her fine season by winning the JDO Ladies Single event at the Ommarroo on Sunday. Jenna will now compete in Guernsey on the 27th April for Channel Islands Ladies Title.

Following on from her impressive run at the Isle of Man Jenna has added the JDO Ladies Singles crown to the Ladies Super Darts League title she won on Friday.

Match results will follow...

Eddie Le Bailly (JNR) impressed in the youth event at the 2012 Isle of Man Open at the weekend. Eddie made it through to the youth final but unluckily was defeated 3-1.

Eddie Le Bailly

In the Ladies Competition Jenna Avril continued to show great form to make the final 32. It was a tough ask to make the last 16 being drawn against 9 time world champion Trina Gulliver. Jenna pushed Trina in every leg but seccumed to a 3-0 defeat.

Jenna Avril

The 2012 Winmau World Masters & Lakeside World Championship Qualifiers will be held in Hull between the 11th -14 October.

The JDO will be holding Jersey qualifiers for players that would like the oppertunity to play in these prestigous events.

There are currently 5 spaces for the Men and individual qualifiers will be held for each place on the following dates.

20th May 2012

27th May 2012

17th June 2012

24th June 2012

01st July 2012

We currently have 1 space for a female player and the qualifier for this event will be played on the 27th May 2012.

The events will be held at the Ommarro Hotel registration is 13:00 and games will commence at 13:30. Entry is £5.00

The JDO Ladies Singles & JDO Mixed Pairs Tournaments will be held at the Ommaroo Hotel on the 25th March 2012.

The JDO Ladies Singles registration is at 13:00 and will commence at 13:30

The JDO Mixed Pairs will commence at 15:00

The tournaments are open to all registered members of the JDO.

Entry is £3.00 for the signles event £6.00 per pair in the Mixed Pairs

The 2012 Inter-Insular and Channel Islands final night are being held on the 27th & 28th April at the Peninsualr Hotel in Guernsey.

The Jersey Darts Organisation has put together a supporters package for anyone who wishes to come a long and support the players. Currently we only have a small allocation of rooms at the Peninsular so space are limited. Should the need be, we will look into funding other accomodation close to venue as over spill.

The package cost including Ferry, Transfers & Hotel is £129.00. More information and an application form can be found in the download section.

Youngsters Eddie Le Bailly jnr & Joe De Sousa made the headlines in the Quants Winter Darts League on Monday.

Eddie (16) who made his first Jersey appearance in this years Inter-Insular is recognised as one of the Islands top players even at such a young age. Anyone who may have doubted this claim may have to reconsider after his performances in recent weeks.

Following on from a fantastic maximum 170 check out for the Mont Felard against the Bagot "A" on the 21st November he proved it was no fluke by doing it again on Monday night against the Early Grey also hitting a 129 checkout and 15 dart leg in the match.

Eddie Le Bailly jnr

Also making the headlines was 11 year old Joe De Sousa who secured his first win of the season for the Bagot "A" against the Temple, hitting a 180 and a 140 in due course. An excellent effort for young Joe who seems to be getting over the effect of being one the youngest players ever known to suffer Dartitis.

The BDO have confirmed that the 2012 Winmau World Masters Championships and the 2013 Lakeside World Professional International Play-offs will take place from the 10th - 14th October 2012. The location of the playing venue for the events will be advised later.

The JDO will be holding multiple qualifying tournaments for entry to these events over the coming year. Anyone wishing to enter must be availble to travel on the 09th October 2012.

More details to follow

The Jersey Darts Organisation are delighted to announce that they have been granted full membership of the World Darts Federation.

The JDO Co-Ordinator Stuart Moon attended the WDF General Meeting in Castlebar Ireland on the 20th September, where he spoke somewhat nervously to the WDF Executive Committee and delegates from from 34 WDF member nations about the current JDO and its aspirations for the future.

The membership was proposed by Denmark and seconded by Trinidad & Tobago. Then all 34 voting nations signalled their approval of the Jersey application and Jersey was inducted back into the WDF.

The WDF World Cup is currently being played in Castlebar and although Jersey were unable to attend this year, we hope to be represented in the 2012 European Cup in Belgium and the 2013 World Cup in Canada.