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GOOD NEWS FOR JDC MEMBERS

As the end of an unprecedented year comes ever nearer, there is some good cheer for JDC members this December.

The JDC will be making the most of its Christmas celebrations with its members and end the year on a high. Offers and giveaways for JDC members will continue throughout December with a huge announcement at the end of the month.

With the support of the JDC's partners and sponsors the hope is that December will end the year of 2020 on a high note for the young members. 

The JDC will announce its offers and membership deals on its Facebook page and Twitter accounts during December 2020

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10 YEARS OF A JUNIOR REVOLUTION

10 Years ago, Steve Brown changed the perception of junior darts and how young people can prosper in the sport of darts.

In 2010 professional darts player Steve Brown was looking for ways his son could participate in the sport he loved at a junior level. Soon to realise that there was nothing structured for young players in his area, Steve decided to see if anyone was interested in children playing in a group / academy session. 

Above his dads public house in Bristol, Steve advertised a session for youngsters to learn and play darts in his local area. Expecting half a dozen or so children that day over 30 attended the first session and it was clear there was a need for this kind of opportunity for youngsters to play darts. 

What made the sessions different was that Steve had created something that all children could do and would be the bench mark of their ability. Known now as the JDC routines, children throw at 57 independent targets in 3 segments. Shanghai 10-15 , Doubles around the board, Shanghai 15 -20

With an introduction of a coloured shirt system similar to coloured belts in martial arts, it was soon clear that the system worked and ability was clearly measured. 

Now in 2020, the JDC has continues to follow the ethos of the original concept created by Steve Brown and now has academies affiliated to the JDC around the world.

Amongst the 10 year celebrations the routines are now used by thousands of individuals and teams on the JDC's latest concept JDC Virtual. 

10 years have shaped the way we think about the junior game and the JDC has still plenty of offerings to fill the next 10 years. 

Virtual Team Leagues launched on JDC Virtual

JDC Virtual releases its second offering with the launch of the Virtual World Team Leagues. 

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JDC GOING PINK TO CELEBRATE LADIES DAY

The JDC lends its support to recognise ladies day with the onset of the inaugural Womens World Series event this weekend. 

The JDC has a number of girls playing darts within its academy system and is supporting the event to boost the ambition of the current crop of young girls playing and hopefully to inspire others girls to start playing.

The JDC has the support of three female ambassadors, Laura Turner, Anastasia Dobromyslova and " queen of the palace" Fallon Sherrock who are assisting the JDC in promoting girls in the sport of darts and showing what can be achieved within the game. 

The celebration of the ladies game will continue this weekend and will be marked every year on October 17th for years to come. 

The JDC, JDC Virtual and its partners will be going pink this weekend with social media posts, logos and articles all featuring the colour pink to mark the celebration. 

Hewitt & Galliano will represent Gibraltar in the PDC World Cup of Darts

From JDC to PDC, Justin Hewitt and Craig Galliano will have represented their nation at junior level and now senior level.

Both players will represent Gibraltar next month in Gratz for the PDC's World Cup of darts after a final qualifier in Gibraltar this week confirmed their places in the PDC's World Cup of Darts 2020.

With the final rounds on the rock including Dyson Parody and Dylan Duo, both Hewitt and Galliano would need to be at their very best for both young players to qualify.

Eventually making the final, Galliano needed to beat Hewitt to confirm his place in the team.

Both players have previously represented Gibraltar at JDC World events in 2018 staged in Bristol and 2019 in their home nation of Gibraltar. Hewitt, who just missed out on the final of the 2019 JDC World Darts Championship last year to Adam Gawlas in the semi finals, will now get his chance on a world stage to perform. 

Alex Nunez from the Gibraltar Darts Association commented,

The PDC World Cup of darts will be featured on Sky Sports from November 6th - 8th in Austria. 

JDC ANNOUNCES JDC SOUTH AFRICA AHEAD OF A PLANNED ACADEMY ROLL OUT

The Junior Darts Corporation will be offering the opportunities and support to the children of South Africa through the newly created JDC South Africa. Headed up by the African Warrior Devon Petersen, JDC South Africa will be the spring board for Petersen’s academy roll out plans. 

Petersen, who is an ambassador for the JDC, has made huge progress behind the scenes in creating a structure for the creation of JDC South Africa to be launched, and to further his dream of an academy system opening in South Africa. Supported by fellow professional and JDC Chairman Steve Brown they have both enabled the project to get to this exciting point.

Early in 2020 ( pictured ) the African Warrior attended the JDC’s accreditation day to complete his own training in the way the JDC operate and how academies can be created with affiliation to the JDC. With a team in South Africa ready to get to work and with the current “on the oche” success of Devon himself, he has created a real buzz around darts in the country of South Africa. 

Devon said, 

“ I am very excited about this now. I have been working with Steve and Darren for a while on this and it has always been my dream to have a junior system of opportunity in South Africa. I know the value of having structure and support at junior level and now feel that I can pursue the Devon Petersen Darts Academies along with JDC South Africa and bring on more opportunities to the kids via this relationship”. 

Steve Brown Commented, 

“Fantastic news for the country of South Africa and darts as a whole. Devon has put some real effort in lately to see this through and we are delighted about this relationship going forward. I can’t wait to see young South African players getting the same opportunities as others around the world with the support of the JDC and the passionate drive Devon brings to this relationship”. 

JDC South Africa will also create the opportunity for young dart players to compete in all JDC competitions and will see a team South Africa at next years junior world team event. 

JDC GERMANY TO FURTHER JUNIOR OPPORTUNITIES

This week sees the official launch of JDC Germany under the stewardship of Hannover 96 darts academy director Andreas Rollwage. The relationship will provide Germany with a solid base on which to build the platform of junior darts across the whole of Germany with the support and guidance from the JDC and Andreas and his team.

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Potter to take final JDC spot in World Youth Finals

Nathan Potter will take the JDC's final spot and join the JDC's current World Champion in the early rounds of the PDC's World Youth Championship later this month.

JDC three time major winner and current Junior World Darts Champion Keane Barry will be joined by JDC Tour ace Nathan Potter. 

Nathan, a previous tour winner and at the top of the JDC's tour order of merit at the time of lockdown will join Keane to complete the JDC's allotted qualifiers. The JDC have 2 places in the finals for players over the age of 16. 

The suffolk ace Potter will play on September 27th at the end of the resumption of the PDC's development tour weekend in Barnsley. 

JDC Virtual to be available on 30,000 Phoenixdarts machines

 In the continued relationship between the JDC and Phoenixdarts the JDC Virtual game will now be made available to the soft tip darts world on over 30,000 machines around the world.

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