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  • Officers
  • Regional & Area Managers
  • Membership
  • Press Releases
  • Bylaws
  • Tournament Rules
  • Office-mailing address & phone #s
  • General Information
  • Youth Information
  • ADO Points - Rules
  • National Tournaments
  • Certificates
  • Demographics

  • GENERAL INFORMATION

    The AMERICAN DARTS ORGANIZATION (ADO) was formed in the 1975 in Southern California and today is the only darts governing body in the United States recognized by the World Darts Federation.
    Contact List as of March, 1997 (ed's note: recent ADO elections may have changed some of the info below)


    ADO National Officers (1998 ARCHIVES)

    President - Sandi Cain
    POBox 694
    Laguna Beach, CA 92652
    phone & fax: 714/497-2680
    email: Scainado@aol.com
     
    Vice President - Jim Dickinson
    880 Bent Tree Rd.
    New Ellenton, SC 29809
    work phone: 803/725-3392
    home phone: 803/652-3656
    fax phone: 803/652-3251
    email: adogs2@scescape.net
     
    General Secretary - Katie Harris
    POBox 2203
    Anaheim, CA 92814
    home: 714/827-2472
    office:714/254-0212
    fax: 714/254-0214
     
    Chief Financial Officer - Bob Ditzler
    1085 Frank P. Corso St.
    Biloxi, MS 39530
    phone & fax: 601/374-1614
    work phone: 601/864-8811


    The next group of officers are elected by their area of the country. First an Area Manager and then a Regional Representative.

     Area III - Area Manager

    Dennis Aitken

    103 Asheboro
    Katy, TX 77450-1711
    Hm: 281/392-0103
    Fax: 281/392-0190
    email: KVGP42A@prodigy.com

    Area III-Region 1, Texas

    Chris Helms
    402 Devonshire
    San Antonio, TX 78209
    210-804-0067
    Area III-Region 2, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Western Kentucky, Western Tennessee, and South Missouri
    Ken Swanson
    Tulsa, OK 74129
    918-446-6446
    Area III-Region 3, Louisiana, Mississippi, SW Alabama and NW Florida
    Jerry Brown
    319 Cindy Road
    Vicksburg, MS 39180
    601-630-9430
    601-661-0415
     


    MEMBERSHIP

    Membership in the American Darts Organization is covered by most of the local associations in the United States, however individual membership is available for $20 annually to residents of the US only.

    ADO POINTS

    The American Darts Organization sanctions tournaments throughout the country and issues ratings points to the top winners in the singles 501 and singles Cricket events.

    Ratings points or ADO points are issued according to value of the prize purse and the number of participants in the singles events. Points are divided by 4 in tournaments with payouts of less than $5,000. Points are divided by 2 for payouts between $5,000 to $19,999.

    National TOURNAMENTS

    The American Darts Organization participates in the Winmau Masters Competition held in England. (ed: The current WDC/WDF turf war may force the USA out of this event in 1995. More on this subject soon.) Local associations hold tournaments and send their winners to the regional finals, then the area finals and then the national finals. The 1994 national finals winners were Joe Futima from Lee, New Hampshire and Linda Sims from Savannah, Georgia. Youth Champion was Barry Russell. The 1995 deadline for the association playoff is July 23rd. The regional playoffs will be the weekend of August 25-27th. The national playoffs will be announced.

    The American Darts Organization pits the Eastern players against the Western players each year at the Challenge Cup during the North American Open weekend in August in Las Vegas. In 1995 the East beat the West.

    Another world event which the American Darts Organization participates in is the Pacific Cup which is limited to those counties whose borders touch the Pacific Ocean. Countries who sent teams in 1995 included Australia, Canada, United States, and New Zealand. This event is held every other year.

    On the years that do not play the Pacific Cup, the American Darts Association plays an All Star event. Association deadlines are May 7th. Regional Playoffs will be the weekend of June 9-11 and the East-West Challenge used as the National Finals for the All Stars event will be August 11.


    CERTIFICATES

    One of the popular certificates awarded by the American Darts Organization is for the exceptional achievment of a Ton 80 (or 3 triple-twenties in one turn). Those successful achievements are listed in the ADO newsletter, the DOUBLE EAGLE which is published quarterly. Other certificates issued and then acknowledge about in the DOUBLE EAGLE are 170 On and 170 Out.


    MAILING ADDRESS:

    AMERICAN DARTS ORGANIZATION, INC.
    652 S. Brookhurst Avenue #543
    Anaheim, CA 92804

    ADO OFFICE PHONE #'s

    Voice phone: (714) 254-0212
    Fax: (714) 254-0214

    ADO Travel Agent:

    RAJA Hand-USA Hosts
    5030 Paradise Rd., Ste. B-101
    Las Vegas, NV 89119

    Voice phone: 1-800-792-9999
    Fax: (702) 798-0988