Daet tournament results link

Please click this link ---> http://ndfpdarts.com/tb_news_daet_darttournament_09_results.htm

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile Cup Event Flyer

See you all there mates!

Lourence Ilagan...Our Country's best?

Looking back at his performance last year in the local and international dart tournaments,one may conclude that perhaps he's our current best. Last year he won almost every single tournament in our country and in some places in Asia. The most remarkable achievement he had last year was his back-to-back championship titles in Darterong Pinoy and 2008 Philippine Qualifier to the World Darts Championship wherein he displayed awesome darts throwing 12 to 15 darts in the finals. Internationally,he bagged the Japan soft tip Monster Trophy and placed second in the Malaysian Open. Seeing him throw his darts then made me feel confident that we have a good chance in the World Championships. Late last year,however, after getting his World Qualifier title his darts seemed blinded with the pressure and the "high" of representing our country. His performance was affected and it showed in a couple of local tournaments before his appearance in Ally Pally. I've seen him ousted early in Philippines International Darts Open(PIDO) '08 and heard of his downfall in the prelims of Pacman Cup in GenSan. I have always believed in his skills and dart-struck at this guy since I saw him play but having heard of his share of bad darts created some apprehensions that he might not be able to show his form in London. True enough,he fell short when he faced the ever-confident Marko Kantele from Finland in Alexandra Palace last December. His so-so performance in succession in local tournaments definitely lowered his confidence level. Coupled with so many factors,his stint in London was not as successful as Pinoy darters wanted it to be. Nevertheless, he still showed power in his darts and many international spectators were still impressed by his showing. Credit should still be given to Lourence and I'm sure we will still see his solid darts this year...(If you want to watch the match between Lourence Ilagan and Marko Kantele just click it on my Video Links)

Daet On the Go!

Daet on the Go! Php 60,000 Darts Tournament on February 7-8,2009 at Camarines Norte...Source link http://ndfpdarts.com/tb_news_daet_darttournament_09_organized.htm

Darts..in Philippines Senate?

Yes! And I told you Darts is gaining a tremendous popularity...Not that senators are getting those steel tips stuck in a bed but the event is sponsored by the senate office thus entitled "Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile Cup"...and yes,the event will be held at the Senate Food Center, Senate of the Philippines, GSIS Center, Pasay City. It is slated on Thursday February 12,2009. Registration time is at 4pm and game time is 6pm (i just don't think the games will start 6pm sharp but be early so you could still flex those throwing arms).

Mode of Play: Classified Doubles Double KnockOut, 501 best of 3 winner's bracket, 701 single game loser's bracket.

Total guaranteed cash prize php25,000.00. Prize breakdown: php12,000.00 champion plus trophies, 2nd place: 6,000.00; 3rd place: 3,000.00; 4th place: 1,500.00; Joint 5th (5th/6th) 750.00/team; Joint 6th (7th/8th) 500.00/pair.
Oh,btw, registration fee is Php200 inclusive of one ice cold beer (just right to start your engines roaring!).
I'm sure we'll see more of these politician-sponsored tournaments as we near the 2010 elections. I'm not saying that it's bad... In fact, it is what our sports needs today - SPONSORS! So, keep them coming please!

Darts in Philippines

Although many pinoys have heard about the sports called Darts only a handful knew that it has been here since the 70's. The earliest recorded by Darts Council of the Philippines (DCP) in their unmaintained website was on 1978 which was won by Bumbi Veloso. Personally, I've come to know darts when I was in sixth grade(1989) when dart boards are everywhere in my Honetown in Cagayan de Oro City. Two prominent dart personalities from our place once dominated Philippines darts scene - Estoy "The Maestro" Densing and Ricky Villanueva. They were so prominent that darters nowadays still utter their names. Ricky has now stopped playing darts (as my source told me) but who would have thought that he will be ranked in the US and was even a member of America's National Darts Hall of Fame. Try googling his name and you'll be surprised to know the many dart high profile stints he had in the US. "The Maestro",on the other hand, is now coming back after resting for several years because of an accident. I had the rare opportunity to play with him back home and boy, he still got it! Maybe not as good as he was in his prime but his DART still speaks English!
Another man whose name is carved in Philippines darts history is the late Freedie Deen. I don't know if many of the youngsters today know that once we had a Unicorn signature player in the person of Freedie Deen - the first Asian and a Filipino at that! Until now,some pinoy darters still use his signature dart pins --- a priceless possession I dearly want to have. He also managed to publish a dart book which I am one of those who are fortunate to have a copy.
Those names I mentioned above were just few of the many pinoys who,in one way or another,contributed to today's success of Philippines Darts. Just last year, darts in Philippines is rising once again. Events with prizes ranging from 1M(20,000USD) to 2M (40,000 USD) were
participated by locals and some international darters. Darts in the Philippines has climbed to a greater heights and is now gaining massive national support. And with our national boxing hero (Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao)supporting this sport, there is no doubt that Philippine Darts will be propelled to a level at par with world's best. Soon enough, pinoy darters will be as known as our great billiards players. Soon enough,pinoy darters will let the world know that their dart speaks English!