Boost For Brunei Darters
By Dannie Abu Basrah

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Darussalam National Darts Association (BNDA) is now officially an affiliated member of the World Darts Federation (WDF) from Oct 2.

Vice-President of BNDA Awang Serabah bin Hj Abas attended the General Membership Meeting at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Perth, Australia and officially engaged the WDF for the affiliation.

Currently, BNDA has about 80 registered members and membership is open to all interested individuals in the country.

BNDA was formed in June 1996 then known as Brunei Darts Association and was supported by the Department of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

Around 60 member countries which included newly affiliated member countries such as Iran and South Korea also attended the meet.

Prior to the meeting, the Darts World Cup, opened to all WDF nations and hosted by the

Western Australia Darts Federation was held.

The affiliation brings benefits to BNDA members where they are able to participate and compete in the WDF sanctioned tournaments hosted by other member countries and will be ranked accordingly.

The Asia Pacific Cup will be held in Kuala Lumpur next year.

The World Darts Federation (WDF) is a nonpolitical, non-racial and non-profit making organisation formed in 1976 by representatives from 15 nations.

Its establishment was dedicated towards achieving and maintaining the highest possible standard of presentation and organisations around the world, as membership is open to the official national organising body for darts in all nations.

Incorporated in the US, as a worldwide federation of darts bodies, the WDF also encourages the promotion of the sport among and between these bodies, in an effort to gain international recognition for darts as a major sport.

In keeping with this goal, the WDF organises international events such as the "World Cup" for all WDF nations, "Americas Cup" for WDF nations in the Americas, "Asia-Pacific Cup" for WDF Nations in Asia including the South Pacific and the "Europe Cup" for WDF nations in Europe.

At present, the WDF is comprised of more than 250,000 players, representing 60 nations across the six continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America.

The WDF holds bi-annual General Membership Meetings in conjunction with World Cup events convened during alternate years, following the Winmau World Championships in England.

Annually, the WDF compiles its official World Player Rankings tables based on participation in over 40 national, regional and world ranked events, staged by the WDF and its member darts bodies.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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