Team Saskatchewan Photos  Recently added:1989 men, 1989 ladies, 1982, 1981

Youth Team photos 2007 1988 1986 More youth team photos on our Youth page.

Photos submitted by: John Brann, Pat Copeman, Brian Gatin, Wayne Hudson, Barb Schmidt, Carol Shepherd.
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Picture perfect: Randy Peterson receives a set of gold darts for a perfect game of 301 at the 1985 Provincials. Looking on - Ted Fudge, SDA President

Highlights from the 2008-9 season

Ninth at Nationals  

Team Saskatchewan were shut out at the National Darts Championships, their best finish being ninth place.

In women's singles, Bonnie Lapierre and Joan Hodgen each finished joint ninth June 17.

Ladies' team captain Lapierre and eleventh-hour substitute Marlene Culbert were also joint ninth in women's doubles on opening day. Marlene was a late addition when Bonnie's original partner and Saskatchewan number two Georgina Ratt had to drop out.

In mixed doubles, Saskatchewan pair Curt Gamble and Laurie Lyons made the knockout round.

And after all the results were in, Saskatchewan's team ended up ninth overall in the Canada Cup '09.

At the awards ceremony, long-time SDA executive Pat Copeman was presented with lifetime membership of the NDFC.

The Nationals took place in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. See the Provincials story below for team names and zones. You can link to the NDFC Adult page for full results.

Aspen and Alitha take bronze at youth Nationals

Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, May 15: Saskatchewan senior girls Aspen Cleaveley (Hudson Bay) and Alitha Chamney (Estevan) finished joint third in the doubles on the first day of the 2009 NDFC Youth Nationals. Great job girls!

May 16: SDA Youth Director Trish Gray says Saturday was a tough day for our players in the singles competition, with hard losses for some. No one advanced past the first round, but there was awesome group support, says Trish. Even after Team Sask had all finished for the day, they sportingly stuck around for stage play in a "sea of white" team shirts.

May 17: Trish reports from Saint-Hyacinthe.

"On Sunday we played the Nodor Cup event, our first round was against New Brunswick. The players did very well, but unfortunately the team lost 3-4 ending the opportunity to continue.

"Next was the mixed doubles event. The competition was fierce and all of our mixed teams played very well, but unfortunately they did not continue on into any of the medal draws.

Front row, L-R: Jacki Lalonde (SDA), Austin Morrison, Aspen Cleaveley, Trish Gray (SDA), Alitha Chamney, Megan Lyons, Naomi Netowaysin. Back row: Hunch Gray (SDA), Mitch Kavanagh, Tyson Newell, James Walter, Brian Humphreys (SDA).

"It was very emotional for some of the players, but I told them that I did not care about the Ws, the medals or any of that. As long as they felt that they played well that is all that mattered to me. I was never disappointed with any of them - they are all my heroes.

"Megan Lyons played in the World Masters qualifier. She advanced through a couple of the knock-out draws and played exceptionally well. She had the whole team standing right behind her all the way.

"It was such a pleasure to take this group of fine young adults to Saint-Hyacinthe and watch them compete for Saskatchewan with pride, dignity and awesome sportsmanship!"

Saskatchewan finished in sixth place overall in the Canada Cup.

Highlights from the 2007-8 season

Saskatchewan pair third at Nationals

Winnipeg, June 10, 2008: Bonnie Lapierre and Carol Shepherd took joint third place in ladies' doubles at the NDFC National Darts Championships.

Bonnie and Carol were in Winnipeg with the rest of Team Saskatchewan for the Nationals. The 16-member team is pictured below, posing on opening day June 10.

Back row: Phil Roberts, Cliff Culbert, Jason Skinner, Guy Gilbert, Steve McKechnie, Danny McKenzie, Jim Dennis, Brian Humphreys, Judy Seidler (SDA Pres). Front row: Pat Copeman (SDA Exec), Judy Cleaveley, Lowine Walter, Dorothy Zimmer, Marlene Culbert, Carol Shepherd, Joan Hodgen, Bonnie Lapierre, Georgina Ratt. Photo courtesy MDA.

More results from Winnipeg: Bonnie Lapierre made joint 9th in the ladies' singles. Georgina Ratt finished joint 17th. In ladies' doubles, in addition to semi-finalists Lapierre and Shepherd, Georgina Ratt and Marlene Culbert were joint 17th. Over in the men's doubles, Jim Dennis and Brian Humphreys were the highest finishing Saskatchewan team with joint 17th.

Two of our mixed pairs made it out to the last 32: Danny McKenzie and Bonnie Lapierre, Steve McKechnie and Marlene Culbert. The NDFC website has full draw results posted - just follow this link, choose a competition and click on the word "knockout".

The MDA website has a very nice photo gallery from Nationals.

Bonnie wins pre-tournament at Nationals

In an early result from Winnipeg, the SDA's own Bonnie Lapierre wins the ladies' singles event at the Red River pre-tournament. Nice job!

Youth team third in Canada Cup 08

Final results from NDFC Youth Nationals: Saskatchewan finishes third with 69 points, behind Ontario (1st - 86) and Alberta (2nd - 83). 

Winnipeg, May 18: Jaret Gray and Alitha Chamney finish joint third in the senior mixed doubles. In the Nodor Cup team event, Saskatchewan were joint third.

May 17: Singles successes include a second place for Megan Lyons of Nipawin in the junior girls, and joint third for Jaret Gray of Rosetown in the senior boys' event.

May 16: Senior boys Jaret Gray and Wade Grassing take first place in the doubles. Alitha Chamney and Janine Grassing finished second in the senior girls' doubles. Junior girls Megan Lyons and Nicole Allardice came in joint third in their event.

Coaching this year were Trish and Hunch Gray; our chaperones were Jim Dennis and Shauna Grassing. For photos of the team see our Youth page.

Highlights from the 2006-7 season

Moon rises at Nationals

Danny "Moon" McKenzie of Stanley Mission, SK reached the final of the Canadian National Darts Championship at the Saskatoon Inn June 13, 2007.

McKenzie qualifies to play in the World Masters in England, representing Canada.

Five-time Saskatchewan provincial champion McKenzie says he’s “always dreamed of getting into professional darts.” On stage in the final with a raucous home-town audience cheering his every throw, he took one step further towards his dream. “I liked the sound of that ‘One hundred and eighty’ when the guy announced it,” he says.

McKenzie was beaten in the Men’s singles final by two-time world champion* and now 5-time Canadian Champion John Part of Ontario. Part, nonetheless proud of his achievement, admits to 'spoiling the party' in an interview on the PDC website. Read the interview here.

Danny finished first in his section, and then proceeded to take care of players from Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Ontario's number two Dan Olson before meeting Part in the final.

After his amazing run, Danny says he was "in the rhythm all day."

McKenzie equals the best ever performance by a Saskatchewan man at Nationals. Carl Mercer came second in 1995 as a member of Team Sask. Brian Gatin was 3rd in 1991.

Danny a good sport

The Men's Sportsmanship award for 2007 Nationals goes to Danny McKenzie of Saskatchewan. The most sporting woman is Kim Whaley-Hilts of Ontario.

Saskatchewan seventh

In the 2007 Canada Cup, we were two points back of sixth-place B.C., but we held sway over Northern Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba.

Out of twelve teams at Nationals, overall winners were Ontario, followed by Alberta, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Quebec. You can see a full breakdown of the points on the NDFC Adult page.

Team Saskatchewan 2007 are shown below in the official team photo taken at the Saskatoon Inn June 12.

Saskatchewan shares Youth Canada Cup

Lachine, Quebec, May 20 : For the first time in its history, the NDFC Youth Canada Cup finished in a draw. Tied on points for first place were Saskatchewan and Alberta. Full points breakdown here

On the whole a very strong performance by our Youth at Nationals. You can see the full results here on our Youth Page

Note: *Part became World Champion for a third time in January 2008