Reid Taylor wins first JDC Academy Development Tour

The JDC have decided to include a development tour for the affiliated academies to its portfolio. The Greenzone Development tour is an opportunity for all to compete on a level playing field using the Greenzone handicap system and dart board.

Devised by JDC Chairman Steve Brown, the Greenzone System is in place at all JDC academies to measure the ability of young Dart players by giving them a handicap via a coloured shirt system. Similar to martial arts children are rewarded with a higher grade shirt as they progress.

The tournament at Kenny’s on Saturday home of Staffordshire DA, allowed all abilities to compete against each other and giving the younger academy students a chance to compete with higher grade players. The Semi finals themselves consisited of a white shirt, purple shirt, green shirt and a black shirt.

It was the white shirt of Reid Taylor that picked up the trophy and the tournament win. The JDC are determind to allow everyone a chance to play and get prepared with experience of playing in a tournament. In addition children could play other games and a bullseye challenge. £125 was raised for the Jack Dowding Foundation, the chosen charity of the JDC.

JDC Academies from Blackburn, Staffordshire, Worcester, West Midlands, Tamworth and Paignton were in attendance and all the coaches were assiting and helping in a great day of fun for the young players.

Staffordshire Darts Academy runs two sessions a week:

• At Kenny’s in Stafford Tuesday evenings between 6pm-7:30pm
• At the Duck pub in Cannock on Wednesdays between 5pm-6:30pm

Anyone who would like to find out more information regarding the Staffordshire Academy can contact:

David Galaska
Galaskadarts1@hotmail.co.uk

Kennys Stafford, 8 N Walls, Stafford, ST16 3AD

Duck Pub, Cannock Road, Cannock, WS11 5HG