Darts is basically a game of target blended with intelligence. Intelligence coupled with precision and concentration in order to score the points that are required to bring it to zero. Hand and eye co-ordination is a must for this game. It is a game played with equal vigor by the young and the old at the same platform.Last but not the least it is an inexpensive game and can be played in a small ar
ea. All India Darts Association, though still very young, has done a plethora of events to popularize the game and remodeled it from a game of elite to a game that can be played by the ordinary mass. It has organized competitions in all levels like Clubs, Schools,Corporates, States,Zonal and National among others. From its inception in 2000, All India Darts Association has traveled a long distance. It has distributed free Dart Boards to many Schools, Clubs and even individuals who have demonstrated tremendous potential to grow. At present All India Darts Association has 15 affiliated State Associations. Thus we grow hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder and therefore in our endeavor for excellence we have organized seven National Championships. We have also held four Zonal Championships, State Championships, Merchants Cup, Inter School, and Inter State Championships. The State Bodies have also been organizing the State and District level Championships regularly. All India Darts Association sending Indian team for various International Competitions like Asia Pacific Cup, Singapore Open, Malaysian Open, Phillipins Open, Winmau World Masters and World Cup Darts where around 69 affiliated countries of World Darts Federation taking part. All India Darts Association is also strengthening itself for organizing international Competitions like South Asian Darts Championship, Asian Darts Championship and Indian Open in the year 2010. As a young organization, we have received appreciation and support from many corners of the society. To boost our spirit we have received encouragement from Sports Authority of India and also Indian Olympic Association. After this National Championship certain players will be identified who will be adopted and promoted with all possible technical, tactical and administrative support. Inter School Darts Championship witnessed participation of around 32 Schools. Another feather to the All India Darts Association camp was the Merchant Cup Darts Championship. Corporate Houses who participated are Tata Steel,Eveready, Nippo, Salora, Shalimar, Ford, Tata Consultancy Services, Happy E-Zone, D.P. Ahuja & Company, Cablecomm, Citibank, Seagrams, Shaw Wallace, Bacardi, Britannia, Hindustan Lever amongst others. During our visit to Netherland for World Cup 2007 and also the WDF General Meeting we have received very good response from the organizers.Mr. Steve Alderman and Mr. Roy Price, President and other officials of The World Darts Federation appreciated us for our promotional work for the school and gave us assurances of co-operation for our future activities. International Darts manufacturing Companies like Winmau,Puma, Harrows,Unicorn, and Nodor have assured us for their support by way of providing International Standard Darts Equipments for the promotion of the Sport of Darts in our country, as well as in the South Asian Countries. Further, it gives us immense pleasure to inform that we had also organized MP Darts Championship for the first time in our country. Also we have presented Darts equipments to the Constitution Club for the Parliamentarian. Ranking players who has participated in Our National level competitions are Mohan Goel, Vishal Mehta,Ankit Goenka, Ashfaq Sayed, Amrish Negi,Chandrika Singh,Nitin Kumar, Anir Sukatu, Nanda Kumar, Sandeep Reddy, Arnab Raha, Aditya Raha, Vikash Kothari, Phalgun Tiruvasu,Mudasir Naqsabandhi, Sanjiv Jhangra, Sai Sarath, Hemanshu Sehgal, Kamal Kunteta and Altaf Hussain among others. Women Ayesha Sayed, Jolly Chanda, Vijaya Teksinghani,Amrita Raha, Bhumika Kachadia, Arti Chauhan, Ankita Upadhay,Hardee Patel, Ankita Raha,Nauseen Sayed, Subhasree Patnayak,Yashika Pardesani, Kriti Chugh,Apurva Jhunjhunwala and Aarthi P among others.
15 State teams affiliated with AIDA namely Maharashtra,Gujarat, Assam, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar,Jharkhand, West Bengal,Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir. Mr.V.K.Malhotra MP and President, General Association for National Sports Federation assured his support for the promotion of Darts sport from the school level by way of distributing the Darts equipment. Mr.Suresh Kalmadi MP, President, Indian Olympic Association has also appreciated the Association endeavor in spreading and popularizing the game of Darts in our country within a short span of time. Mr. Prasanta Saha, Secretary General, South Asian Darts Federation and AIDA. We have taken initiative to organize the Asian Darts Championship and also Indian Open as an annual event. Our initiative to popularize the game through school students has been appreciated by the World Darts Federation. Mr.Sanjiv Kumar, Working President AIDA, assured us to provide the platform to popularize the sport of Darts among the schools across the country. Mr.Venkat Reddy, Associate Secretary AIDA and Secretary Andhra Pradesh Darts Association will help us to organize Corporate Championship as well as International events sponsorship.
