Fall 2024 - Captain's Meeting Prologue and Week 1 Preview

Hello everyone, 

Google Groups has become woefully inept in maintaining its management interface, and adding new emails to the list has become near impossible.  We'll be switching from Google Groups to "Gaggle Mail".  I know, sounds cheesy and nothing but spam, but it's real and it's actually a decent platform to use so far.  

Was great seeing everyone at the Captain's Meeting on Tuesday!  A brief overview of the Meeting Minutes:

- No Old Business brought to the table

- President's Update:

  • Rules Committee:  We're in the process of setting up a Rules Committee to go over the rule book to see if things need to be tweaked and/or adjusted.  We're looking for volunteers from C and D to fill the committee.  We already have 2 A Division,  2 B Division and 1 D Division member so far.  Looking for at least 1 C (up to 2 max) and 1 more D to fill out the slots.  If interested contact Jack at:   officers@southerndutchessdartleague.com
  • Sponsorship Committee:  We're also setting up a sponsorship committee to help raise additional funds for our 2 tournaments and any other events we have planned.  Currently this committee has been filled, but if interested is serving contact Jack at:  officers@southerndutchessdartleague.com
  • Introduction of New A Division Cup.   We've bought a new cup to replace the old trophy, and the new cup has emblems representing the 40 year history of winners.  Check out our Facebook Page for pictures!

- League Secretary's Update:

  • 701 was a relative success for all divisions this past season.  We're going to be making 1 slight adjustment that is aimed at curbing the longevity of the x01 games in general for both C and D Divisions.  DartConnect now has the option to present teams with a "Sudden Death" dialog: 


    for 501 Singles and Doubles, if after 25 rounds the game has not determined a winner, a dialog similar to above will appear.  You will have the option of obliging the Sudden Death decision or continuing the game.  This choice has to be mutually agreed upon by at least 1 player from each team currently playing the leg.  If following through with the Sudden Death choice, the next players set to throw will shoot for closest to the bull to determine the winner.  If you select "Continue this leg" the game will just continue as normal until a winner has emerged.

New Business:

  • The placement of the 701 game within the match was brought up for a vote.  It was proposed to be moved to the end of the night instead of the middle of the match.   The proposition was seconded, and did not meet the 51% required to enact the change.  This topic cannot be brought to a vote for the next 2 years by league rule.

Captain's:  Please make sure that you have your DartConnect account created and or accessed so that you can use the tablets for scoring for the season.  If you have any questions on this please don't hesitate to ask!

Good Luck!!! We start this Tuesday Aug. 27th!!

- Rob

Fall 2024 - Season Information

Hello everyone!

Roster Submissions are open with the last day of submission being the night of August 13th, 2024.  The Captain's meeting will be held on August 20th at Dutchess BBQ located on1820 New Hackensack Rd. Poughkeepsie. Meeting will start at 8pm, and it is mandatory that either the team captain or a representative from the team be there for the entirety of the meeting.  Roll-call will be made at the start, and at the end of the meeting.  Failing to appear for either Roll-call will subject your team to penalties.  

NOTE:  Sponsor Fees and Team Fees are due AT THE CAPTAIN'S MEETING.  Nothing has changed with pricing and the Sponsor Fee is still $100 with the Team Fee being $25. 

We start the season on August 27th!  Looking forward to seeing you at the Captain's Meeting!

- Rob

2024 SDDL Spring Fling

 

Hello Everyone, this April we will be having our
Spring Fling Luck of the Draw Dart Tournament
 Details in the flyer below.


 

Fall 2023 - Turkey Shoot Information

Hello everyone,

It's that time of year again!  We are happy to announce that this year's Turkey Shoot tournament is going to be held at the VFW Post in Wappingers on Saturday November 4th!  The VFW in Wappingers is located at:  8 School St., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

Registration starts at 1:30 with the hopes that darts will start flying @ 2pm!   Entry fee is $10 and everyone is encouraged to bring any non-perishable/canned food items they would like to include with our donation to the Fishkill Food Pantry to help local families at Thanksgiving.

Here's the link to the official flyer: Fall 2023 - Turkey Shoot

Here's a link to the Facebook Event for it:  SDDL Facebook Event

Hope to see you at the tournament!

- Rob

 

Fall 2023 - Week 1 Starts 8/22/23!

Hello everyone,
 
Thank you to all the captains and representatives that showed up for last night's Captain's Meeting.  A short summary of minutes from the meeting:
  • President Jack Nightingale: 
    Expressed his desire to do something special for the upcoming 40th Anniversary of the SDDL.  If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see done, please let us know!  You can email the officers at:  officers@southerndutchessdartleague.com 
  • League Secretary Rob Ellsworth:  
    1) Announced a Match Format change for the A Division.  The A Division will now play to a 17 point night, with the addition of a 4 vs. 4 1001 Double-In / Double-out Game worth 1 point.  This game is to be played after the Double's Cricket game.   For the A Division, a new Match Score Sheet was quickly drafted up.  If you still use these sheets to manage the roster throughout the night, you can download a copy of it here (a copy is available on our website) :  --->   A Division Match Score Sheet
    2) The 2023 Turkey Shoot is being organized as we speak.  Details will be announced once finalized
    3) There were no increases in either the Sponsor Fee or Team Fee at this time.  We have been able to combat inflation with the help of our 50/50 Ticket sales, and very generous donations of winnings at times back to the league!  I want to THANK Alex Sokolinski, winner of the 50/50 last night, donating all $125 back into the league!
  • Vice-President Pete Alonso:
     No new updates. 
  • League Treasurer Jim Eve:
    The League is in good shape financially, with us sitting at close to $4750 as of the Captain's Meeting.  Plaques for the 2023 season were just paid for, which will drop that balance down by almost $1350, but we are still in an ok position.
  • Open Floor:
    -
    The topic of replacing plaques with shirts was brought back up, and Jack agreed to look into what options we might have to make it possible.
    - The topic of getting sponsors for our hosted tournaments (Turkey-Shoot and Spring-Fling).  This too will be explored by Jack and the officers.
Plaques have been handed out.  Congratulations to all the winners!   All Division Schedules have been released!  Log into DartConnect to check your schedules.  Remember we are off on Halloween this year (10/31/23). 
 
As a reminder, PLEASE make sure you log into DartConnect on your devices and makes sure you have downloaded all updates!   Please verify that your roster looks correct!  If there are any roster corrections, please get them to me ASAP so that I can make the changes before we start.   
 
Finally, if you want to get out there before we start the season, Karen's Bar and Grill is hosting another Thursday Night Luck Of The Draw Tournament tomorrow night.  Sign-Ups will be at 6:30p and darts will start flying at 7!  There is also a mystery out. The pot is at 80$ so far and will continue to grow this week there will be a winner and winner will take all.
 
Thank you and good luck next week!
 
- Rob

2023 SDDL Spring Fling

 

Hello Everyone, this April we will be having our Inaugural Spring Fling Luck of the Draw Dart Tournament. Details in the flyer below.
2023 SDDL Spring Fling


 

Fall 2022 - Turkey Shoot Information

Tournament Flyer

 

Hello everyone,

It's that time of year again!  We are happy to announce that this year's Turkey Shoot tournament is going to be held at the VFW Post in Wappingers on Saturday November 5th!  The VFW in Wappingers is located at:  8 School St., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

Registration starts at 1:30 with the hopes that darts will start flying @ 2pm!   Entry fee is $10 and everyone is encouraged to bring any non-perishable/canned food items they would like to include with our donation to the Fishkill Food Pantry to help local families at Thanksgiving.

Here's the link to the official flyer: Fall 2022 - Turkey Shoot

Hope to see you at the tournament!

- Rob

 

Fall 2022 - Timeline for the startup of the season

Hello everyone, 

Rob here.  We're a little more than 2 weeks away from the start of our Fall 2022 season.  Week 1 is planned to start on Aug 30th.  

Captain's:  Check your emails.  Captain's Meeting information has been sent to you.  Remember that is it MANDITORY that either yourself or a least a team representative be present for the beginning and end of the Captain's Meeting.  

Schedules will be published on DartConnect immediately following the Captain's Meeting.  

Looking forward to seeing everyone again.  Have a great rest of your summer and see you later!

- Rob