Annual Meeting January 7th

January signup is also our annual membership meeting.

• The largest item is Board elections.
• Volunteers or write-ins are welcome - we definitely need more help!
• We will cover the picnic/replacement survey results.
• In 2014 we are going to do a thorough review of the rulebook.
• Let us know what you'd like us to look at or any suggestions for changes.

If you have any questions or suggestions please let us know.

Winter 2014 Sign Up

Tuesday January 7th, 7pm at Sunset Lanes.

Annual dues are due. $30.

2014 Events Calendar

The 2014 GVDA Calendar has been finalized. The Annual General Meeting and 2014 Winter Season Signup & Tournament will be on January 7th at Sunset Lanes.

Next year we will also get back the rest weeks between signup and the first night of league play, which should make things a little more comfortable - however, please help us secure the fullest and most well-balanced schedule we can by letting us know your team's intentions as soon as you can. We can help individual players find each other, try to put players in touch with bars and bars in touch with teams, etc.

Please also note that nominations for board members must be received by December 31st. The form can be found here. Nominees and nominators should be GVDA members in good standing. Contact us or talk to one of us if you are interested in joining the GVDA board of directors and want to know more about what is involved.

Note: We will be hosting the 2014 Rochester Open on April 11th/12th. This weekend is less busy in the darts calendar regionally and so we are expecting a larger attendance from out of town. Please mark your own calendars or keep a copy of ours close by!

ADO Region 5-2 results

ADO Region 5-2 results:

Men:
Winner: Greg Von Lienen
Runner up: Ryan Morey
3rd: Dave Keosaian
4th: John Weinreich

Women:
Winner: Cali West
Runner Up: Amy DeBruyne
3rd: Morgan Funk
4th: Anne Kramer

Winners will be heading to Vegas in January 2014 to play in the Cricket Nationals.

Playoff Questions

We have gotten a few questions regarding playoffs. Specifically, why only one week with 1 vs. 2?

TL/DR: To put the top 4 teams in playoffs would have resulted in less playing time for ALL teams. The format for this season allowed maximum play throughout the entire season for all teams.

There were several things that played into this decision. Here they are (in no particular order):

• We went with divisions of 6 to avoid putting teams in a division where they did not belong (either up or down).
• To avoid multiple byes and/or position rounds we elected to go three times around for each division.  (in general the membership doesn't like position rounds and byes).
• Holidays at the end of the season - often the playoff finals are the week between the holidays, but it didn't work out this year.
• If we had a playoff of the top 4 teams the seasons would have to be lopsided in that you would not play all teams an equal number of times. This would have been a potential advantage for some teams and a disadvantage for others.
• To put the top 4 teams in playoffs would have resulted in less playing time for ALL teams - this allowed maximum play throughout the season for all teams involved.

Please address any further questions to your friendly neighborhood board member.

Midseason Tournament Oct 15

Midsession tournament at Sunset lanes. Normal start time and format. 7pm sign up. Min $240 + 100% payout. Rochester format. 

Don't forget each team should vote (separate from the online survey) regarding what you want to happen regarding a picnic or replacement.

Your team could win $100!!

ADO Qualifier Information

Winner: Robert Stewart

..swept the field with 15 Runner up: Dale LaFrance with 11

Robert Stewart goes through to National (Regional) tournament in October. Winner of this event gets a berth to the National Finals on January 24th in Las Vegas, NV. The players here compete for the men's and women's national titles! Great shooting to all who participated!

Next qualifier..January 2014 - 501 Winmau World Masters. Look for details in December on the ADO section under 'Information' on the web site.

GVDA ADO qualifier page

Still want to be ADO Cricket Champion?

Buffalo Qualifier:

ADO Cricket Singles Championship Qualifier 10/12/2013 12:00 PM $25 BADL
Our Bar 861 Military Rd Buffalo, NY

ADO National Cricket Champion starts here

ADO cricket qualifier this Sunday the 6th at Sunset. 11 a.m. sign-up and 11:30 start. Round Robin, play all three legs. $25 entry unless we get 6 then it is $20 entry with the winner moving on to the Regional, which is TBD, but looking to be at the end of the month at the PACC in Syracuse. So far, I have 3 confirmed players...need 2 more. LADIES...any takers? I already heard from Jennifer Nurk, but anyone else interested??

Please let Amy know if you will be attending. Thanks

This is open to Syracuse, Buffalo and other surrounding leagues.

Fall Season Starts Tomorrow 8/27

The Fall 2013 season starts tomorrow August 27th.
The schedules are up here: http://thegvda.org/schedule_rg.htm

Please note that the updated schedule page has 2 new features for each team:

1. A 'schedule' link that generates a list of all that team's matches for the season.
2. And a 'map' link in case you need directions.

Enjoy and have a great darting season!
Shoot well!

Fall Signup - late entries

Missed signup on Tuesday and want to put a team into the fall season starting August 27th? Add a comment on Facebook, email us or call the hotline ASAP to help us schedule the best possible season format we can for all our participating members!