DARTS players converged on the Malteenoes Sports Club last Friday night to compete in the LENS sponsored Guyana Darts Association (GDA) National Championships, with two events being contested, the Team competition and the Mixed Doubles.In the team event, FAMILY SQUAD got the better of TRIPLE 20 to come away with a 5-0 margin of victory, winning the singles and doubles games as well as the 1001 games, before disposing of Bank of Guyana via the same scoreline to advance to the final, while TRIPLE 20 got there by taking out ALL STARS 3-2.

In the Mixed Doubles 501, Lalchand Rambharose and Rosetta Hiralall put on a fine display to reach the final which will be contested today.

In their semi-final matches against Colin France and Shondell Hyles, they wrapped it up 2-0 with a 16-darts finish and will take on Miguel Merlano and Mary Correia who defeated Adrian Damon and Melissa Smartt 2-0 in their semi-final.

On a night when it was announced that there will be special incentive prizes for players who throw the most 180s and 100s, a total of 41 hundreds were registered by several players, while the action continues from 19:00hrs at the same venue tonight.