27/09/2026
WINTER SEASON FIXTURES
Good Afternoon
If you have not yet received your packs these will be delivered in to your venues over the next few days. I have emailed them out this afternoon
The season starts on Tuesday 6th October for the Ladies and Thursday 8th October for the Men's.
Just a few notes ahead of the season starting.
As with the last few seasons we will be creating a WhatsApp group for all divisions. The captains will be added to each division along with myself and Darren Hall. Darren will monitor the groups and send regular division updates.
If you do not want to be part of the group, please let me know and let me have a number of a member of your team who will stand in.
The groups can be used for sending images of your result cards and communicating with other captains within your division. Please keep all messages clean and respectful, the groups will be monitored by committee members anyone falling short of these standards will be removed from the groups.
Can I please ask that when you complete your result cards you include the full names of your players. Please do not use first names only, nicknames or initials, also please add the score, not a W or an L or a P or a O. Having clarity makes it easier to monitor most wins and result collation.
Due to the number of teams entering the league this winter I have had to reduce the number of teams in the Men’s divisions to 8 (or7). This aligns it to the format the ladies’league has played for the past few seasons.
To be able to maximise weeks and ensure your venues maintain the income, there is now a 3rd round of games scheduled for each team therefore teams in a division of 8 will play 21 games rather than 18 (if it were a division of 10). It will mean someteam will be home more than away and vice versa, home for 3 away for 4, unfortunately this is the only way I can add in extra games.
As a resultof these changes the divisional format has also changed, the Men’s Premier and Division 1 will no longer play each other, as there are 8/7 teams in each division. This means that the Men’s League will run from Premier Division to Division 6, an additional division because of the number of new teams entering.
I hope to beable to get back to the normal 10/9 team divisions for the winter 27/28 season entries allowing.
At this year’sAGM a change to the Men’s Premier/First Division format was proposed, voted in on a 1-year trial basis, the Men’s Singles in these divisions will be the best of 5 legs rather than the best of 3. The games will remain a double start. As a result of the previous mentioned change to divisional format this will now only be trialled in the Men’s Premier Division.
That’s all for now, have a great season.
Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep darting.
