After the success of the initial Barangay Bel-Air Dart Festival, the Sanguniang Kabataan (SK) of Barangay Bel-Air, led by Jerick Siy and Karen Mendoza, has once again tapped the services of the National Dart Foundation of the Philippines (NDFP) for the Barangay Bel-Air Dart Festival 2007 to be held on NMarch 31 to April 1, 2007 at the Barangay Bel-Air Basketball Court in Bel-Air, Makati City.

The SK Dart Festival starts on March 31 (Saturday) at 11:00 AM with the Tusok Aral, a dart clinic presented by the NDFP through a Power Point presentation on the technical and mental skills to better understand, improve, win and enjoy playing darts. The Tusok Aral also includes understanding your choice of dart equipment, its aerodynamic implications and the dart improvement programs to increase darting proficiency. Dart exhibition matches of national players, dart video showing of international matches and hands-on darts instructional sessions have alos been scheduled on this day.

The SK Barangay Dart Festival ends with three Divisional Dart Tournaments for Residents, for Employees and for the Youth on April 1 (Sunday). Tournament registration starts at 10:00 AM for the Draw Triples 501 event wherein players will be drawn to form three-person teams. This format is less intimidating to the novice / beginners and an entry event to competitive dart environment. Prizes and trophies await the winners. The Youth Division is open to players 15-years old and below while the Employees' Division is open to BAVA and Barangay Bel-Air employees only. Participants must bring their ID as proof of eligibility.

The SK Bel-Air project shows a serious effort to understand and appreciate the sport of darts. This also complements the thrust and the vision of the NDFP to professionally propagate the sports of darts, to support the youth dart development programs and to interact with the local government units (LGU’s) to expand the base of dart players.

This Dart Festival hopes to promote camaraderie among dart enthusiasts in the Bel-Air area, to serve as a model dart project and spur other SK units in the different barangays to embark on such projects and to gain the support of their local government units.

For more details download the event flyer or contact Karen Mendoza at 895-4011.