ATTENTION ALL FLORIDA YOUTH!!!

Yvette Bergman will host a Youth Nationals in conjunction with the Cherry Bomb Tournament in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  On June 26th the 17 year olds and under will compete and on June 27th the 18-20 year olds will compete.  The format will be a complete Round Robin.  These Regionals are open to all youth residing in Florida.  For more info please contact Yvette Bergman at ybergman@comcast.net.    

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The Youth Nationals for 2010 will be on the sixth of August in Stamford, CT in conjunction with the USA Dart Classic  tournament.  The first round will be a modified round robin.  The top players from each round robin group will then compete in a knock out round for the eight scholarships.  The winner will travel to England to compete in the Masters.  If you need application forms or have any questions please contact me at jcamp13@earthlink.net.      

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                               Kudos to Kitty Burke and the Charlotte Open!!!

Kitty had 5 youth events on Saturday (401 Singles 6-12 winner Tyler Craven 13-17 winner Stephen Lamb, Cricket Singles 6-12 winner Chase Kaufman 13-17 winner Stephen Lamb, Draw Doubles 501 6-17 winners Emily Rose/Chase Kaufman, Draw Doubles Cricket 6-17 winners Noah Byrum/Dalton Kelly, and Draw Doubles (501/ckt/cc) 6-17 winners Dalton Kelly/Robby Craven) and 4 events on Sunday (Youth/Adult 6-17 winners Chase Kaufman/Gordon Kaufman,401 Singles 6/12 winner Chase Kaufman 13-17 winner Scott Frazier Jr., Cricket Singles 6-12 winner Chase Kaufman 13-17 winner Kyle Gaulthier, and Draw Doubles (501/ckt/cc) 6-17 winners Madelyn Zawila/Jared Sullivan). 

In each of the different events throughout the weekend Kitty averaged 14-20 youth in the 13-17 age group and 8-10 in the 6-12 group. Her turn out continues to grow every year!  Congratulations and many thanks !!!                     _________________________________________________________________________________

I would like to thank all of you who supported our youth program in 2009.  Thanks to you the program has come a long way.  At Youth Nationals this year we had 35 participants some of whom would not have been there without your help.

Our first time Youth World Cup team did great!  Robert Ham made the semi-finals and Staci Whitney made the quarter-finals.  Not bad!!   There again we would not have beed able to send a youth team if it were not for your help.

The top eight youth at Nationals receive scholarships thanks to your generous contributions to the Memorial Scholarship Fund and to Terry Maness and Mel Foster for their Rafles for Youth.  The eight recipients this year are Robert Ham 4-4, Josh Robinson 4-5, Shannon Gallagher 5-1, Cody Gaulthier 4-3, Stephen Lamb 4-3, Marq Macias 3-1, Paul 'Danny' Young Jr. 3-2, and Austin Knight 3-2. 

Thanks again to all of you!

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