DartMann Youth Academy Gloucester

🏆 Congratulations to DartMann Academy student Rory Pearce on qualifying for some of the biggest events on the JDC calendar in 2026! 🎯🇬🇧

Through dedication, hard work and outstanding performances across Seasons 1-3 of the JDC routines, Rory has earned qualification for:

🏴 England World Cup B Team Qualifier 2026
🏆 England Academy Masters 2026
🏴 England Nations Cup Boys Qualifier 2026

Earning the opportunity to compete for a place on Team England is a fantastic achievement and one that everyone at DartMann Academy is incredibly proud of.

We wish Rory the very best at Hanger 61 in Bristol this July and look forward to following his journey as he competes for places at the JDC World Cup, World Championship and Nations Cup Finals.

👏 Please join us in congratulating him on this brilliant achievement!

Well done to our very own Rory Pearce 👏

Welcome to the team, Ryan Williams (left) and Rory Pearce (right)! 🎯

We’re delighted to announce that two exciting young talents from the UK will now be representing us at the oche. We’re looking forward to supporting their journey and achieving great things together.

Here’s to a successful partnership and a great time ahead! 💪

🎯 Development Session 🎯

EQ grading continued in the penultimate session of the season. There is still work to be done on improving accuracy, but it’s great to see all of the students continuing to work hard and give their best effort every week.

After grading, we completed the league phase of our doubles competition. There were some cracking games throughout, with a superb 76 checkout from Henry being a particular highlight of the evening 🎯👏🏼

Full details of the doubles competition will be shared in a separate post.

This Week’s Awards
🏆 Highest Score – Freddie
📈 Most Improved Player – Amelia
⭐ Player of the Week – Freddie

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🎯 Advanced Session 🎯

Some impressive throwing in the grading this week, with a number of students posting strong scores. Mitch followed up last week’s 1000+ score last week with another one this week. Top darts! 👏🏼🔥

The singles competition also reached an exciting stage, with both the league phase and first knockout rounds being completed. Full details of the competition will also be shared in a separate post.

This Week’s Awards
🏆 Highest Score – Mitch
📈 Most Improved Player – Charlie
⭐ Player of the Week – Rory

A special mention to Mitch, who celebrated his 17th birthday this week. We hope you had a great day! 🎉🥳

🎯 Development Session 🎯

EQ grading continued this week and it’s great to see the students continuing to work hard and improve. For the first time this season, we even had a tie for the highest score of the week! 👏🏼

Alongside grading, we used our training foam aids to help focus on those crucial doubles and high-scoring segments. The students did brilliantly, with everyone posting some impressive scores.

We played a couple of doubles matches in our season-long competition, which is shaping up to be a closely fought battle for top spot as the teams continue to trade results.

We ended the session with a quality game of killer. Some students managing to kill themselves including Milo who hit his own target to hand victory to Alfie

This Week’s Awards
🏆 Highest Score – Henry & Michael
📈 Most Improved Player – Harrison
⭐ Player of the Week – Milo

A special mention to Freddie and Harrison, who received their grading medals this week. Well done both! 👏🏼🏅

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🎯 Advanced Session 🎯

A bit of a mixed week of grading scores were recorded this week, with a few students producing strong performances. However, two players broke the 1000-point barrier, with Rory setting a new academy high score of 1427! 🔥
Mitch bounced back with the other 1000+ score of the session. Fantastic darts from both players 👏🏼

The singles competition continued as we head into the final week of the group stage next session. There are still a few key positions up for grabs before the playoffs begin, so there’s everything to play for.

This Week’s Awards
🏆 Highest Score – Rory
📈 Most Improved Player – Mitch
⭐ Player of the Week – Archie

Entry is open for the European Open in July

The events will be held at Chaukees in Ellesmere Port.

The player who tops the order of merit at the end of the 4 events will receive and invite to the world championship, and gain a tour card for 2027 (both age permitting)

Full information and the booking link can be found on the website

www.juniordarts.com/pages/european-open

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Development Session

The EQ grading continues to produce some great scoring, with students showing steady improvement week after week. Henry maintained his impressive record by once again achieving the highest score of the session 👏🏼

Training focused on grouping darts into the same segment, helping students develop consistency and get used to repeating their throw for greater accuracy. There were some brilliant performances throughout the exercise, but most importantly the improvement across the group was clear to see.

The doubles competition also continued, and with more than half of the fixtures now completed, Milo & Oliver remain the team to catch at the top of the standings.

This Week’s Awards
🏆 Highest Score – Henry
📈 Most Improved Player – Thomas
⭐ Player of the Week – Luke

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Advanced Session

Grading and training continued with plenty of positive performances, and most students improved on their scores from last week. Rory led the way once again, claiming the highest grading score of the session 👏🏼

The singles competition remains closely contested, with Mitch & Rory still tied at the top as we head into the final couple of rounds before the competition moves into the knockout phase.

With places in the knockout stages still to be decided, every leg and every point is becoming increasingly important.

This Week’s Awards
🏆 Highest Score – Rory
📈 Most Improved Player – Toby
⭐ Player of the Week – George 👏🏼

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Development Session

The EQ grading continues to show great progress with some strong scoring and students continuing to improve each week. Brilliant effort from everyone involved.

Training focused on a game of Round The Board to work on hitting those important specific segments. Some outstanding performances throughout the session, but every student gave it their all.

Our doubles competition also continued with more games completed. We are now nearing the halfway stage and Milo & Oliver are currently the pair to catch at the top of the table.

To finish the session we had some fun with a unique challenge — throwing 9 darts using different weights: x3 10g darts, x3 48g darts and x3 with their own set. A few students set the early pace, but it was Thomas who came out on top with a superb score of 145 👏🏼

This Week’s Awards
🏆 Highest Score — Henry
📈 Most Improved Player — Cameron
⭐ Player of the Week — Thomas

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Advanced Session

Grading and training continued with most students improving on last week’s performances. Rory once again led the way with the highest grading score, while Hudson lived up to his “Hawkeye” nickname by hitting the most bulls during training. 🎯

The singles competition also continued with Mitch & Rory currently sitting joint top of the standings.

A special mention must also go to coach Jon for producing a world class 124 checkout to win his coaches match 👏🏼

This Week’s Awards
🏆 Highest Score — Rory
📈 Most Improved Player — Kobi
⭐ Player of the Week — Hudson

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Development Session

EQ grading continued and although scores weren’t quite as high as last week, it’s great to see students continuing to improve week on week. Our 3 new students all did really well again and we’re looking forward to seeing their progress over the season. Henry remains the one to catch after recording the highest score once again 👏🏼

Alongside grading, we used our training foam aids to help sharpen focus on those crucial doubles and high-scoring segments. The students did brilliantly with some excellent scoring throughout.

We also kicked off our new doubles competition for the season, with Michael/Cameron and Milo/Oliver making the early running in the table 🎯

This Week’s Awards:
🏆 Highest Score – Henry
📈 Most Improved Player – Amelia
⭐ Player of the Week – Milo

Congratulations to all the students who graded last season and received your medals. Keep pushing 💪🏼

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Advanced Session

Some really impressive grading scores this week, with a number of students hitting over 800 points. Mitch top scored on the night, but a special mention goes to George who achieved his highest ever grading score 👏🏼

Our new singles competition also got underway, with Mitch, Rory and Toby setting the early pace. Still plenty of time for things to change as the season progresses.

This Week’s Awards:
🏆 Highest Score – Mitch
📈 Most Improved Player – George
⭐ Player of the Week – Charlie

Congratulations to Hudson who graded to Red 👏🏼