Professional
Dart Tournament Director Accreditation Seminar: On the Road to Setting
Standards of Excellence
Fifteen participants representing six Mindanao
cities attended the first Professional Dart Tournament
Director Accreditation Seminar organized by the National
Dart Foundation of the Philippines (NDFP). The seminar was held
last August 18, 2006 at the Retro Village Grill and Dart Lane in
Buhangin, Davao City.
The dart Tournament Director (TD) seminar was conducted
by NDFP National Tournament Director Rommel Escubil and NDFP National
Coordinator Ritchie Gannaban, in pursuit of the NDFP vision to standardize
and professionalize the management of dart tournaments and dart
leagues nationwide.
The Karaan Davao Darters Association, Inc. (KADDAI)
and NDFP Southern Mindanao Regional Manager Jong Gonzales spearheaded
the support network for the participation of aspiring TDs, not only
in Southern Mindanao, but in the whole of Mindanao. This is the
first of a series of dart Tournament Director seminars to be conducted
nationwide.
The main thrusts of the seminar were:
• To standardize the management of tournaments,
• To facilitate efficient and smooth
running of tournaments, and
• To professionalize the dart tournaments.
During the seminar, Ritchie Gannaban enumerated
the responsibilities, ethics and transparency of TD plus the orientation
of added service a TD should espouse. On the other hand, Rommel
Escubil thoroughly explained the logic and the formula of bracketing
and the application of the NDFP seeding. A systematic process of
registering, classifying and drawing were presented and the organization
and management of dart leagues was also discussed.
The first batch to successfully complete the seminar
were:
| Tagum City |
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Pepit Quillope |
Tagum Optimate Darters Organization
(TODO) |
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Ronal Casas |
Tagum Optimate Darters Organization (TODO) |
| Butuan City |
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Eric Oclarit |
Butuan City Dart Club, Inc. (BCDC) |
| Koronadal City |
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Sheila May Braña |
South Cotabato Darters Association (Socodarts) |
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Erwin Yap |
South Cotabato Darters Association (Socodarts) |
| Cotabato City |
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Tinoy Guerra |
Dart Federation of Kutawato (DFK) |
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Roland Ade |
Dart Federation of Kutawato (DFK) |
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Lorna Quibuyen |
Dart Federation of Kutawato (DFK) |
| Cagayan de Oro City |
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Duel Bacarro |
Cagayan de Oro Darts Association (CODA) |
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Tony Pudador |
Cagayan de Oro Darts Association (CODA) |
| Davao City |
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Totong Saguid |
Buhangin Darting Assoication (BUHDA) |
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Noel Espina |
Buhangin Darting Assoication (BUHDA) |
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Brian Lituañas |
Karaan Davao Darters Association, Inc. (KADDAI) |
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Jecle Rosales |
Karaan Davao Darters Association, Inc. (KADDAI) |
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Boy Villamor |
Karaan Davao Darters Association, Inc. (KADDAI) |
With the participation of Lorna Quibuyen of Cotabato
City and Sheila May Braña of Koronadal City, the NDFP hopes
to have the first female Tournament Directors in Philippine darts.
After the seminar, the participants were given
hands-on training during the staging of the 21st Kadayawan
2006 sa Dabaw P100,000 Darts Championship held on
August 18 - 20, 2006 at the Pantawan Hall of the Casino Filipino
Davao at Garnd Regal Hotel in Lanang, Davao City.
As a continuing educational program, participants
will be recognized as NDFP accredited tournament directors after
meeting the requirements of accreditation through actual running
of tournaments.
With the confidence and know-how related to tournaments
and leagues, Mindanao will see further acceleration and expansion
of darts. |
