BROADFORD’S Zane Kilroy has been selected for the Victorian state team to take on other Australian states in the National Junior Darts Championships next year.
The National Junior Darts Championships require states to send a team of four boys and a team of four girls to face off against the top players from across the country.
Next year’s competition will take place at Murray Bridge Darts Club in South Australia in January.
Geelong Darts Club Victoria hosted the junior state team tryouts on July 2, with players travelling from across Victoria – some from as far as Mildura – to compete to represent their state at the national championships.
Scores were tallied to decide which players would be selected, with 13 boys and six girls registering to play each other in a best of three games of 501.
Kilroy, who usually plays in Seymour District Darts Association, took top spot with a 11-1 win-loss record and topped the averages with 20.6 across the day.
The scoring system meant players accrued points for games won, with a 2-0 win awarded one point and a 2-1 win awarded half a point.
Players also recorded their three-dart average across the entire day, which was calculated and put into a leaderboard with players earning points from their standing on the leaderboard. The highest average earnt the most points and the lowest average earnt the least.
