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TEAM 360 TAKING SHAPE

Under the watchful eye of Junior Darts Corporation (JDC) founder and chairman, Steve Brown, Winmau Team 360 has been taking shape for several months.

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JDC TOURS OFF TO A FLYING START

JDC ACADEMY STUDENT CLINCHES WORLD TITLE

Cayden Smith becomes the inaugural JDC Virtual Junior World Darts Champion 2021

In its first staging the international event held in Gibraltar would see 9 different nationalities compete for the first JDC Virtual World Junior Darts Championship.

Created during the first lockdown period of the covid 19 outbreak, JDC Virtual captivated the onlione darts world and was the qualifying criteria for this weeks event in Gibraltar.

Worcester Darts Academy student Cayden Smith would run out as the champion and pocketed a cool £1500 in prize money and a bespoke JDC Virtual Medal for life. Smith is the first winner of the week with the following days competiton seeing an adult virtual world championship , a virtual team event, MAD darts open and a phoenixdarts soft tip competition. 

JDC'S INAUGURAL Q-SCHOOL COMPLETE

This weekends action completed the JDC's Advanced Tour line up for 2021

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DAY 1 OF Q-SCHOOL COMPLETE

The first day of the JDC Q-school event would see Mitchell Elliot Bailey of England and Connor Hopkins of Wales take the first 2 cards for the advanced tour next month.

On day two there will be two further outright winners and a final seven players from the rolling order of merit. 

Thomas Banks from Hertfordshire topped the rankings after day 1 and is in a great place for a tour card. Fellow players Ronnie Woodman, Cole Davey, Tavis Dudeney and debutant Olly Raywood in a strong position at the conclusion of day 1. 

THE JDC ARE BACK ON THE ROAD

JDC Q - School this weekend will ignite the JDC Tours for 2021

The first JDC in person darts tournament since March 2020 will be staged this weekend in the shape of the new JDC Q-School tournament. Orginally planned for January the tournament will be staged over two days this weekend and is the pre curser to the years events.

JDC Q-School will offer the opportunity for any player of qualifying age to attempt to gain a tour card to participate in the JDC Advanced Tour 2021. The Advanced Tour is an exclusive opportunity for the best 32 players to battle it out over 12 events and a huge prize fund of £10,000. Not only that, all 32 players will gain a place in the JDC Junior World Darts Championship finals later in the year, ultimately finding a world champion at the Alexandra Palace London in December. 

11 tour cards are available this year from Q-School and for those that don't claim a place in the Advanced Tour this year, players will be able to compete on the JDC's Foundation Tour 2021 where at the end of the tour the top 4 placed players in the tour order of merit will recieve a tour card for 2022 saving them attending next years Q-School. In addition to that the top 4 players will also be invited to play in the JDC World Championship finals later this year. 

The Foundation tours and Advanced tours will be held on the same weekends throughout the summer and all will be staged at the Oaklands Darts center in Cinderford Gloucestershire. Until the final step of releasing restrictions in June the players will play behind closed doors. Matches can be viewed on DartConnect and selected matches will be live streamed to the JDC'S Youtube Channel. 

For further information on the JDC Tournaments visit the Tour section on the JDC website.

To enter the JDC's Foundation tour visit - www.jdcshop.net

JDC INTRODUCES ADVANCED TOUR PLAYERS

The JDC can now announce the players who have confirmed places ahead of the inaugural JDC Advanced Tour 2021.

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WINMAU TEAM 360 UP AND RUNNING

Winmau and JDC Chairman Steve Brown ignite a Junior High Performance Program.

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The JDC Regional Championships 21/22 Season

The JDC Regional Championships 21/22 Season

The JDC will be launching a brand new concept for young dart players to excel at a regional and local level in the Autumn of 2021. All young players will be able to qualify through the already well established JDC academy system by attending local clubs and academies to have the chance to represent their region in a team championships. 

Players will shoot official scores on a weekly basis through the academy system within the 14 regions of England & Wales, and the top scorers across an academy season will represent their region as a team against fellow regions within their geographical area. 

Ultimately this will give players the experience of representing their local region and having the opportunity to play for their country at the JDC World Cup in Gibraltar. All this opportunity is available from their local academy each week. 

The championships will be categorised into two factions - JUNIOR and TEENAGE Divisions -

Players aged 6-12 will be able to represent their region in a team of 5 players.

Players aged 13-17 will be able to represent their region in a team of 7 players.

The JDC is looking to allow players of these ages to experience team play, minimise travel and to express themselves with similar aged players.

The teams will be made up from the academy system order of merit and each team will have a regional manager and one player will captain the team. Players will make the team on ability and will not be picked by a committee or board. 

The regional matches will take place at the end of each academy season and the regions that play each other will be put into four strategic areas of the UK. 

Alongside the regional events players will also be playing for a place in the nation teams of England B and Wales B through the regional order of merit system. They will also be awarded a place in the JDC World Darts Championship finals in Gibraltar. 

JDC Chairman Steve Brown commented, 

“ I am very excited to launch this further opportunity for young players in their region of the UK. There has been a fragmented approach to young players playing for their locality over the years and nothing exclusively for them as under 18’s. 

We will look to develop the players in the team game as Juniors and Teenagers, as we recognise that even at this young age, players should be playing with similar aged players as a team. 

There will be 14 regions placed into 4 key areas of the UK and players within their academies will be working each week to get into their regional teams. With the support locally of academy coaches and regional directors, this will give a clear pathway for children to enjoy regional team darts”.

Further details to come on the JDC Regional Championship 21/22 season later this year with a launch of the championships in the Autumn. 

JDC Q SCHOOL KICKS OFF THE JDC’S PATH TO THE PALACE

2021 will begin for the JDC with its Q school event on May 22nd & 23rd.

During 2021 the JDC will be hosting two tour events in the shape of the Advanced Tour and the JDC Foundation Tour.

Q school will be the opportunity for young dart players to obtain a tour card exclusively for the Advanced Tour in 2021. The Advanced tour is an exclusive 32 player closed field that will contain the highest standard and ability of junior dart players as they prepare for a career in darts.

The Advanced tour will be highly promoted and will attract huge media interest for these special players. 12 events will see the JDC offer over £10,000 of prize money just for these 32 players. 

All 32 players will automatically qualify for the JDC World Darts Finals in Gibraltar late November.

The JDC’s Foundation Tour is the continuation of the JDC tour as known in previous years. An open event for under 18’s anywhere and is an opportunity for children to explore their ability and set targets during the tour. A prize fund over £5,000 and an order of merit that will see the top 4 players at its conclusion offered a tour card for Advanced tour in 2022. Information on both events are on the JDC website under the tour rules section. 

Both tournaments will be hosted over weekends that will see the Foundation Tour played out on a Saturday and the Advanced Tour on the Sunday. 

*Dates for the tour events are as follows in 2021,

Foundation Tour Saturday x 2 events

Advanced Tour Sunday x 2 events

Tour 1&2 - 19th/20th JUNE

Tour 3&4 - 3/4th JULY

Tour 5&6 - 10th /11th JULY

Tour 7&8 -  24TH 25TH JULY

Tour 9&10 - 7TH 8TH AUGUST 

Tour 11&12 - 21ST / 22ND AUGUST 

To complete the line up of the Advanced tour, competitors at JDC Q school will be offered the opportunity of 10 tour cards over 2 days of darts. Q school will be held over 4 sessions of competition and will run an order of merit to enable 10 players to obtain a card. 

2 players from each day will win a tour card outright leaving 6 to play for in the events order of merit.

JDC Q school will be held at the Oaklands Darts and Pool centre in Cinderford Gloucestershire over the weekend of 22nd/23rd of May. Updates on the event will be published on JDC social media and on its website. The event is online entry only at - https://jdcshop.net/index.php?route=product/category&path=71

Once the Q school event is complete the JDC will move on to the tour events in succession including its bespoke Greenzone events. *Dates at this stage for the Greenzone events are ,

JULY 31ST  -  SOUTHAMPTON

AUGUST 1ST -  TEWKESBURY

AUGUST 28TH - BLACKBURN

AUGUST 29TH  - TIPTON

*All subject to covid restrictions.

JDC Q school entry is now open and the tour events will be open for entry later this month. 

JDC Membership is now available for 2021 which will give considerable discount on entry to Q school the Foundation Tour and Greenzone competition.

All details available on www.jdcshop.net 

The PDC have confirmed that this years JDC Junior World Darts Championship final will be played out at the Alexandra Palace London. 

The road to the palace begins…..