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NEWS | coUNTrYWIDE<br />
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Every month we will be darting around the<br />
British Isles bringing you the inside news<br />
from grass roots darts to <strong>com</strong>petition<br />
news / results and all the county updates<br />
from all corners of the uk. There will be<br />
links to all the association websites in the<br />
uk so you can check out what’s happening<br />
in your area.<br />
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Also each month, our <strong>Inside</strong> Profi le will<br />
focus on a dart player from one of the<br />
associations from within the uk, giving us<br />
an insight into a player who travels up and<br />
down the country throughout the week in<br />
his / her quest to be the best they can.<br />
This month, Kevin Thomas, page 54 »<br />
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Andrew Devonshire’s<br />
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DARTINg<br />
AROUND<br />
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<strong>Darts</strong> News from around<br />
the British Isles<br />
ENgLAND DARTS ORgANISATION<br />
www.englanddarts.co.uk<br />
The England <strong>Darts</strong> Organisation was<br />
formed in 2007 with its principal objective<br />
to increase fi nances and awareness in order<br />
to enable the teams representing England<br />
to travel the world to <strong>com</strong>pete.<br />
Tommy Thompson was elected Chairman<br />
of the organisation and remains in that<br />
position. Its membership is made up of the<br />
43 English Counties who <strong>com</strong>pete annually<br />
in the British Inter-Counties <strong>Darts</strong><br />
Championships.<br />
England <strong>Darts</strong> Organisation hosts various<br />
events including the Six Nations Cup which<br />
is taking place as we go to press featuring<br />
England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern<br />
Ireland and The Netherlands. Details here<br />
next month.<br />
WELSH DARTS ORgANISATION<br />
www.welshdarts.org<br />
The Welsh <strong>Darts</strong> Organisation looks after<br />
all the Welsh Counties that <strong>com</strong>pete in the<br />
British Inter-Counties <strong>Darts</strong> Championships.<br />
Malcolm Hawkins is Chairman of the<br />
organisation and also Welsh Team Manager.<br />
Wales has a strong history in the darts world<br />
and we all know the late great Leighton Rees<br />
became the fi rst ever World Professional<br />
<strong>Darts</strong> Champion.<br />
The country is a hot-bed for many local<br />
<strong>com</strong>petitions with many carrying Welsh<br />
Ranking points that are always well attended<br />
and attract the best players from across the<br />
UK, news of these <strong>com</strong>petitions will be<br />
appearing here every month.<br />
IRISH NATIONAL DARTS ORgANISATION<br />
www.dartsinireland.<strong>com</strong><br />
The Irish National <strong>Darts</strong> Organisation<br />
runs darts in the Republic of Ireland.<br />
The I.N.D.O organises the Irish Inter-<br />
Counties Championships for Men,<br />
Women and Youth dart players, there are<br />
26 Counties affi liated to the organisation.<br />
National ranked <strong>com</strong>petitions are run by<br />
the I.N.D.O and County organisations<br />
throughout the year with ranking points<br />
awarded. The National squads of players<br />
are selected from these ranking lists for<br />
International matches.<br />
Info and details of <strong>Darts</strong> in Ireland<br />
will will appear appear here here with with a <strong>com</strong>prehensive<br />
<strong>com</strong>prehensive<br />
INSIDE view.<br />
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THE SCOTTISH DARTS ASSOCIATION<br />
www.scottishdarts.<strong>com</strong><br />
The Scottish <strong>Darts</strong> Association runs and<br />
promotes all aspects of darts throughout<br />
Scotland. Len Mutch is the association<br />
Chairman.<br />
The British Inter-Counties <strong>Darts</strong><br />
Championships in Scotland is split into two<br />
sections; Scotland North and Scotland South,<br />
East Stirlingshire are currently top the<br />
Scotland North table while East Renfrewshire<br />
are ruling the South.<br />
The Scottish Open is one of the biggest<br />
events on the darts calendar and attracts<br />
players from all over the UK looking to land<br />
the coveted title; the Fife Open and Berwick<br />
<strong>Darts</strong> Weekend are other well established and<br />
followed events. <strong>Inside</strong> <strong>Darts</strong> will keep you up<br />
to date with what’s hot in Scottish <strong>Darts</strong>.<br />
NORTHERN IRELAND DARTS ORgANISATION<br />
www.northernirelanddarts.<strong>com</strong><br />
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The Northern Ireland <strong>Darts</strong> Organisation<br />
looks after darts all over Northern Ireland,<br />
from their Inter-Area series and district<br />
leagues right through to the Northern<br />
Ireland Individual events and local<br />
<strong>com</strong>petitions.<br />
The popularity of darts in Northern Ireland<br />
is so that they regularly attract the worlds<br />
greatest dart players on the exhibition<br />
scene, details of these events and others<br />
will be followed here monthly.<br />
Each month we will run a selection of news from around the UK and<br />
Ireland, so please feel free to send me details.<br />
Country, county and individual news, at <strong>Inside</strong> <strong>Darts</strong> we wel<strong>com</strong>e all and<br />
will do what we can to feature all concerned in one way or another.<br />
Please email Andrew at: andrew.insidedarts@gmail.<strong>com</strong>
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