Picnic Alternative Suggestions?

Due to very low turnout the last few years we will not be hosting a picnic for the league this summer. It is not really worth the effort and expense when only ~25 people show up.

We have been searching for alternatives some time and a few good ideas have come in. If you have any ideas for an event we could use to replace the picnic, please let us know.

We will have a survey out soon with a selection of options and a write in so that all members have a way to let us know how they like the various ideas.

Summer Season Starts Tonight!

Hello everyone. Summer season starts tonight. The schedule is up.

A few notes:
The new format is designed to be flexible:
This new schedule allows you to start and with two players from each team if you want/need.
Official start time is still 7:30, but if both teams have players and agree you are invited to start earlier.
Please let us know what you think of this trial.

Shoot well and have fun!

Summer 2013 Signup and Tournament

Registration Form - Only $5 for new/renewing members to play summer season! Sponsor tavern fee is $15.


Registration evening is May 14, 2013. Please be prompt bringing in signup forms to help prevent scheduling headaches!

If you are looking to play but don't have a full team or even a part team, come on down for the evening - we have others looking to form or fill team rosters.

McGinnity's - 534 Ridge Rd W

$240+ Signup tournament for new and existing GVDA members: $5 entries accepted starting ~7pm for ~7:45pm start

Signup Event

501 Qualifier May 5th.

ROCHESTER 501 QUALIFIER FOR THE EAST/WEST ALLSTARS CHALLENGE AND 501 SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

The Rochester qualifier will be held on Sunday May 5th at Sunset Lanes. Sign-in at 11:30 with play to start at noon.

Will need 5 people to play! Cost is $25 per per person with 1 player going to regional event in June.

Format will be round robin, 3 legs per match. If we have more than 5 the cost will go down to $20 per player. I will hold a woman's bracket if I can get 5 women OR we can play with the guys.

The winner of the regional goes to the All Star Challenge and 501 Singles Championship to be held in Stamford CT on August 9th in conjunction with the USA Classic tournament which carries a $20,000 purse.

Please let Amy DeBruyne know if you will be attending. Thanks!

Division B/C Position Night

Division B:
Carrolls Cork Soakers at Colter's Island of Misfit Toys,
The Retreat Dirty Words at The Retreat Heros,
Mulconry's Highlanders at The Dog House Woodchucks*.

Division C:

Long Pond Point Mongers at Bathtub Billys Armed and Hammered,
Tap and Mallet Bulls Deep at Mayfields Mayhem*,
McGinnitys Snipers at Woodshed Shooting Stars.

* Venue change

Report From Our NWDS Participant

We hosted a NWDS Hometown event to send someone to the beg event in Vegas.
That person was Howard M, and he sent a report of his experience:

Fantastic tournament!  LOTS of darts. Very tiring!  Very, very tough field indeed!

I barely missed the cut but I think I had a tough bracket.  Timmy Nicoll said that I was actually ahead of him going into the last 2 rounds but he finished strong since his last two opponents had pretty much given up by then.  Allen Nutter was the wild card in our group, excellent player and he shot very well.  I only made top 16 in the consolation and wasn't very happy with that.  Should have done better.

Overall it was a great trip and I'm so glad I went.  Had a great time and definately learned a lot.  Thanks again for hosting the hometown event for us.  It's a great way to get players out to these big events.  Only way to learn!

Cheers,

-Howard

Metro Schedule for April 2nd

The two games in metro division this week are: 

Casey Jones Old School at Otis Del 2G Marksmen 

Dog House Dirty Kids at McGraw's Pride

RIP John "Twinkie" Bleier

John Bleier, AKA Twinkie to those that knew him back in the day, passed away on March 1st from complications related to a brain tumor. He was a long time member of the GVDA.

Website and Social Media Update

Hello everyone!

Many of you have noticed the new web site and blog, and we have received some good feedback on the new site design. I wanted to take a minute to update everyone on what we've been up to.

New website design

The GVDA web remains the authoritative source for all official league information.

• The new site is designed to be fast and look good on all systems, including mobile devices.
• The work is not 100% complete yet, but we have come a long way in a short time.
• Ed Day has put a lot of effort into creating a new web site design, and I wanted to give him a public thanks. Thanks Ed!
• Please direct any compliments or feedback on the new site design to Ed.

GVDA News

The GVDA News section on the homepage replaces the updates that were formerly located on the scoresheet or at the top of the homepage.

• You can subscribe via email to the posts from this blog through the widget on the GVDA homepage, or use the widget on the blog itself to subscribe via a news reader.
• We chose to use Blogger for our news delivery because it allows us a great deal of flexibility in allowing authors to contribute as well as a enables variety of delivery formats.

Social Media

We have had a Facebook Page for a while now and have been trying to use it more. We also recently established Twitter accounts for the league.

• These services are now synced up with the news blog. New posts to the blog should show up on both Twitter and Facebook in approximately 30 minutes.
• Facebook: please like us here: https://www.facebook.com/thegvda
• Facebook: add gvda.darts as a friend: https://www.facebook.com/gvda.darts
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/GvdaDarts
• While there may occasionally be some traffic on Facebook or Twitter that isn't reflected elsewhere, rest assured that all the important stuff is on the site or news blog. (As an example: bracket images and winners during the 2013 Rochester Open were posted, but are not on the site yet.)

Our Facebook Page
Our Twitter Profile

Thanks for reading and please let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions.

Geoff Silkey
GVDA VP & Tournament Director

Midseason Tomorrow!

At Sunset Lanes.
$300 + 100% payout.
Vote on moving league start time to 7pm.
B there or B square!