Namdev and Nimmy champions of the First All Kerala Darts Championship

The First All Kerala Darts Championship was held by Team Sam and Cochin Club at Cochin Club, Church Road, Fort Kochi on Sunday, 26 June 2011. Rieko Kitahara, a Japanese dart player and executive in the IHI company at Vallarpadam inaugurated the championship and demonstrated throwing techniques for the benefit of the participants.

In the Men's category Namdev Prabhu defeated P.S. Giridhar in a closely fought final to win the title and secure a place in the Kerala Team for the Nationals to be held in Hyderabad from 5 to 7 July. Manish Bafna came in third place.

Inderpreet Kaur (Nimmy) won the Women's title defeating Asha Kamath. Samor Joseph took the Junior Under 18 years trophy overcoming a 40 point lead by Sukhpreet S.  Partheshwar Sharma took the third place. Nimmy got a double title as she won the Under 15 title beating Sukhpreet.

The game was played on the single leg 301 points to zero format mainly and limiting the ending to three busts with the final bust (crossing 301 points) recorded due to lack of time.

Meanwhile, Team Sam has promised to come up with more Darts tournaments in future. An Ernakulam District Darts Championship is also scheduled to be in August. Good times ahead.

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