Hamilton Veteran's Dart League - News
2023-2024 Season Poster Available!
See the Downloads below to get a copy of the 2023-24 Season Poster to display in your bar! If you know of any bar that might be interested in entering a team for the 2023-24 season please let the Executive know through the "Contact Us" on this page and if possible give a copy of the poster to the bar to display.
Added on: Monday, May 22, 2023
The 2023 Executive Cup was won by Matt Fraser with newly minted executive member Jamie Way placing second. Congrats to Matt!
Added on: Saturday, May 6, 2023
The Spring AGM was held at VSL on April 25th with one of the largest member turnouts in recent years. Thank you to those who attended. Several Executive positions were elected to replace retiring members. Jamie Way will work with Wolf to learn the ropes to become our new Treasurer. Bob Fannon becomes Sgt-At-Arms and Paul Dicceca becomes the new Results Secretary. Numerous changes to the Rules of Play were also voted in which will be presented at the Fall AGM. The most important of the changes will be to open the League to any bar in the Hamilton area. If you know of an establishment with at least two boards and suitable lighting let us know through the "Contact Us" on the main page. In closing this season and beginning preparations for our 75th Anniversary year. I'd like to thank all members of the League for a great season and a special thank you to the members of the Executive!
Added on: Saturday, May 6, 2023
Key dates for 2023-2024 Season!
Mark these dates down for our 75th Anniversary Season! Locations to be confirmed. Tuesday September 5th, 7.30pm - Fall AGM Tuesday September 12, 7pm - Team Registration and Four-man Team Blind Draw (registration for the tournament will close at 7.15pm with play starting at 7.30pm, this event is open to all dart players) First Night of Play September 19th.
Added on: Saturday, May 6, 2023
Key changes from the Spring AGM
This is a summary of primary changes which will come into effect for the 2023-2024 season. 1. The HVDL will welcome teams from all bars / clubs in the Hamilton area. If you know of a bar that might be interested in fielding teams let the Executive know through the "Contact Us" on the main page. All potential bars will be inspected by a member of the Executive prior to approval to register. 2. We will drop one (1) Triples match which will make it possible for ties to occur. Players may play a maximum of 2 triples. Therefore each night will be 6 Doubles Cricket, 6 Doubles 501, Six Singles 501 and 4 Triples 701. 3. We will run two Divisions in 2023-24. The number of teams in each will be confirmed after fall registration. All new teams entering the League will register to Division 2. 4. Members voted to introduce additional League tournaments and to have the Executive draft plans for presentation to the Fall AGM. 5. Members voted to have Playoff Rules formalized in the Rules of Play. The Executive will draft these additions for presentation to the Fall AGM. 6. Members voted to have all registered teams compete for the annual Playoffs which will become a double knockout format. City Cup round one will include all teams with losing teams from round one moving into the Consolation Cup. After the first round both the City Cup and Consolation Cup rounds will be knockout. Other minor changes to wording in the Constitution and Rules of Play were voted in and those will be presented the Fall AGM. Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in the Spring AGM - we have done much to help build and strengthen the League for our 75th Anniversary season!
Added on: Saturday, May 6, 2023
Following the AGM on April 25th the annual Captains Cup was held. Our winners are Jeff Whiteman and Hugh Searle from 163A. Runner-up was the Waterdown team of Ken Mison and Ravi Patel who became Ken's partner for the night through a draw as Barry Peer was unable to attend as Waterdown Captain.
Added on: Monday, May 1, 2023
Congratulations to 58 Hobos capping a great season winning the Aggregate Cup in a closely fought match with Waterdown.
Added on: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Congratulations to our 2023 Cup Winners!
It is a clean sweep for Branch 58 as the Hobos take the City Cup and the Knockout Cup goes to 58C. Let's also congratulate the runner-ups from Branch 163 with 163A finishing second for the City Cup and 163z coming Second for the Knockout Cup.
Added on: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Aggregate Cup 7.30pm April 11th
A reminder that the Top 8 teams are invited to the Aggregate Cup at Waterdown. Registration closes at 7.15pm with play starting at 7.30pm.
Added on: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Playoff Results and Week 3 Matches
Congrats to the Week 2 winners and moving into the final week of the playoffs 163A will be home to their match with 58 Hobos and 58C will be home to 163Z for the final of the Knockout Cup. Good luck to all four teams!
Added on: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Playoffs Results and Week 2 Matches
Congrats to our first round winners! The March 28 matches are as follows. City Cup Finals Week 1: 163A @ 58 Hobos Knock-out Cup Semi-Finals: 58C @ 622 Gold and 163Z @ VSL Vets... REMINDER - All-stars and individual points are not counted in the playoffs.
Added on: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
City Cup March 21 58 Hobos @ Waterdown 622 A$$holes @ 163A March 28 Winners March 21 @ TBA April 4 Third Round if required @ TBA Knock-Out Cup March 21 VSL C @ 58C 163Z @ 551 Byes 622 Gold and VSL Vets March 28 58C / VSL C @ 622 Gold 551 / 163Z @ VSL Vets April 4 Knock-out Cup final @ TBA
Added on: Monday, March 20, 2023
Playoff Draw / Captains Meeting Reminder
Reminder that the Playoff Draw and Captains Meeting will be at 7:30pm at VSL on March 20. The Captains meeting will be reviewing a draft Agenda for a spring AGM which will be held in late April (details will follow).
Added on: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
The annual Singles Tournament was held at Waterdown on February 28. With more than 30 entries the event was very competitive but the end Jeff Whiteman of 163 prevailed over 622's Jamie Way. Congrats to Jeff and remember that All-Star shots earned have been added to the last night of play on February 21 and there were 39 (!) of them including a 170 open by 58's Matt Fraser (58) who also shot two 180s and 180s by Scott Summerville (Waterdown), Bob Fannon (622), Jason Farnan (58) and Jeff Whiteman (163).
Added on: Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Congratulations to the following HVDL members who will be moving on to the Provincial Championships! Doubles - Roy Reeves and Barry Peer, Ron Larkin and Ryan Kooistra (551 Waterdown), Pete Riehl and Jason Farnham (58 East Hamilton) Teams - Ron Larkin, Mackenzie Kingsmill, Sean Lodge, Ruth Kingsmill (551 Waterdown).
Added on: Monday, February 27, 2023
Legion District Seniors Results 2023
Congratulations to the following HVDL members who are moving on to Provincial Seniors Championships. Singles - Barry Peer (551 Waterdown), Doubles - John Taylor and Pete Riehl (58 East Hamilton) Teams - Ron Larkin, Barry Peer, Ken Mison, Scott Summerville (551 Waterdown).
Added on: Monday, February 27, 2023
Doubles Cricket Tournament Winners
Congratulations to winners Roy Reeves and Ken Mison defeating Jamie Way and Sandor Jeffries in the annual Doubles Cricket blind draw at 622 Legion on January 31. The tournament was well attended and our thanks to 622 for hosting us.
Added on: Thursday, February 2, 2023
Legion Zone B6 Seniors Results 2023
The Seniors Darts for Zone 6 were held at Waterdown Br. 551 on January 21, 2023. HVDL members moving on to Districts are: SINGLES - Ravi Patel (Br. 622), Barry Peer, Ken Mison, Ron Larkin (Br. 551), Hugh Searle (Br. 163), Doug Johnson (Br. 36) DOUBLES - Ken Mison & Barry Peer / Ron Larkin & Ron Miller (Br. 551), Hugh Searle & Lloyd Richards / Pete Colley & Gene Day / Kevin Phillippo & Brian Kokoski (Br. 163), Pete Riehl & John Taylor (Br. 58) TEAMS - Ron Miller, Ron Larkin, Ken Mison, Barry Peer / Frank Jarmuth, Brian Cruden, Ruth Kingsmill, Bill Houston (Br 551), Pete Riehl, George Butler, Bill Mlzeko, John Taylor (Br. 58), Kevin Phillippo, Brian Kokoski, Pete Colley, Gene Day / John Aitchison, Melanio Aitchinson, Mary Howard, Randy Ashurst (Br 163), Doug Johnson, Bryan Mitchell, Brad Shobbrook, Stan Sklepowscz (Br 36)
Added on: Sunday, January 22, 2023
The Zone B6 tournament was run at Branch 163 on January 15. The following HVDL members will be advancing to District championships. SINGLES: Roy Reeves, Ron Miller, Barry Peer, Ron Larkin, Brian Cruden (Br. 551 Waterdown), Pete Riehl (Br. 58, Hamilton) and Doug Johnson (Br. 36, Dundas). DOUBLES: Hugh Searle & Jeff Whiteman / Lloyd Richards & Gene Day (Br. 163, Hamilton), Ron Larkin & Ron Miller, Barry Peer & Roy Reeves (Br. 551), Pete Riehl & Matt Fraser (Br. 58), Doug Johnson & Brian Mitchell (Br. 36) TEAMS: Ron Miller, Barry Peer, Roy Reeves, Ryan Koistra / Ron Larkin, Mackenzie Kingsmill, Sean Lodge, Ruth Kingsmill (Br.551), Ron Villanueva, Tony Spattchett, Pete Riehl, Matt Fraser (Br. 58), Jeff Whiteman, Hugh Searle, Gene Day, Lloyd Richards / Mike Broom, Brian Kokoski, Kevin Phillips, Randy Ashurst (Br. 163), Doug Johnson, Mike Horner, Brian Mitchell, Brodie Howlett (Br. 36)
Added on: Sunday, January 22, 2023
Just a reminder to Captains that High Open and High Finish (Close) All-stars are both 120 or higher. High scores are 140 - 177. See the definitions on the Captains Scratch Pad if you use them. Thanks!
Added on: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Congratulations to Barry Peer (Waterdown) and Matt Fraser (58 Hobos) who won the Doubles Blind Draw defeating Roy Reeves (Waterdown) and Russ Boyd (163A) in a hard fought final. The turnout was good with 26 players. Our thanks to Branch 163 for hosting the event. As a reminder All-Star points earned during this tournament were added to the players results for December 6th. 24 All-Star points were earned including 2x180, 2 high opens, 1 high finish and 19 high scores!
Added on: Wednesday, December 14, 2022
All-stars earned during tournaments
All-star shots earned during tournaments are recorded and awarded to the players. The way the website works is that there are no "games" being played on a tournament night so there is no way to enter all-star points for that night. In order to award the all-star points we will enter them into the players previous week results. So all-star points earned last night at the Triples Blind Draw have been entered into the night of Nov 1st - the last team play night.
Added on: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
The annual Triples Blind Draw was held at Branch 58 on November 8 with 18 entries forming 6 teams. The Winning team was comprised of Matt Fraser, Nick Fraser and Hugh Searle. Runners-up were the team of Barry Peer, Jason Farnan and Jeff Whiteman. Special notice to Jason Farnan, Jeff Whiteman and Pete Riehl for hitting 180's, Ken Mison for a 174 high score and Jason Farnan for a 126 finish.
Added on: Tuesday, November 8, 2022
The 4-Man Blind Draw was held October 4th at Branch 58 with 20 entrants making 5 teams. The winning team was Roy Reeves, Ron Larkin, George Butler and Bill Mleckzo. Runners-up were Matt Fraser, Glen MacDonald, John Carr and Bill Houston. Don't miss the Blind Draw Triples at Branch 58 on November 8!
Added on: Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Steve May of VSL C hits 170 open!
Congrats to Steve on his max open on 25 October!
Added on: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Captains Note - Reporting Results
Beginning Tuesday October 25th we move to a new Results Scorecard and it will continue to be the responsibility of the WINNING Captain to photograph and send the result to the Results line. NO phone calls or text messages will be accepted as a results report. The new scorecards and a Captains Scratchpad will be distributed to all Captains on Monday October 24th at Player Registration. You can also download them on in the Downloads section on the Main page.
Added on: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
HVDL Players Medal at 55+ Canada Games!
Congratulations to Barry Peer and Ken Mison of Waterdown who were members of Team Ontario at the 2022 55+ Canada Games. The Games were held in Kamloops B.C. in late August and featured more than 2,500 competitors across numerous sports. In darts, Barry won the Gold medal in Singles, Barry and Ken won Bronze in Doubles and partnering with the Ontario woman's representatives Barry and Sharon Trumbley took the Gold with Ken and Pam Richardson receiving the Silver medals.
Added on: Sunday, October 9, 2022