{"id":46857,"date":"2022-07-21T08:04:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T06:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/local-darts-players-excel-at-nationals-20220720\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:22:43","slug":"local-darts-players-excel-at-nationals-20220720","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/local-darts-players-excel-at-nationals-20220720\/","title":{"rendered":"Local darts players excel at nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Darts players from St Croix Darts Association performed exceptionally well at the 2022 National Darts Championships which was held in Johannesburg at the Standard Bank Arena earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Junior darts player Kyle Zimmer finished second in South Africa in the junior boys\u2019 section and was selected to represent South Africa in Denmark in 2023. His phenomenal performance resulted in him earning his Protea colours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ladies team also performed excellently and won silver in their division, losing by a single point. The ladies were representatives of Nelson Mandela Bay Darts District and Eastern Cape Province Darts Federation and the team consisted of Maria Human (NMBDD 4th), Gordonica Grobler (ECPDF 6th), Charmaine Kroukamp (ECPDF 6th), Bernice Viljoen (ECPDF 6th), and Christa Pienaar (ECPDF Woman Masters 5th). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_230dd8e2\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3515\/cb4a3fae72e8488c8345608452fdb6f7.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/74a0d773b4944c79888446eed092c41d.jpg\" title=\"The men\u2019s team won gold in their division at the 2022 National Darts Championships. From left are Vernon Human, Craig Hutton, Danielo Snyman, Nico Joncker, Riaan Verwey, Chris Swanepoel, Anthony Schelver, Arthur Langley, Shaune Boggenpoel and Esias Cronje.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The men\u2019s team won gold in their division at the 2022 National Darts Championships. From left are Vernon Human, Craig Hutton, Danielo Snyman, Nico Joncker, Riaan Verwey, Chris Swanepoel, Anthony Schelver, Arthur Langley, Shaune Boggenpoel and Esias Cronje.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charmaine Kroukamp and Bernice Viljoen ended among the top 20 ladies in South Africa for 2022. The St Croix Darts Association men\u2019s team won Gold in their division. The team consists of Vernon Human, Craig Hutton, Danielo Snyman, Nico Joncker, Riaan Verwey, Chris Swanepoel, Anthony Schelver, Arthur Langley, Shaune Boggenpoel and Esias Cronje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ECPDF Masters represented by Nico Joncker, Chris Swanepoel and Shaune Boggenpoel with Arthur Langley as manager, finished 4th in South Africa. ECPDF was represented by Vernon Human and Esias Cronje. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both finished in the top 20 players in South Africa for 2022 and EC finished third overall this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St Croix Darts Association would like to congratulate the players for their outstanding performances which made Kariega and Despatch proud. They also would like to dedicate this team\u2019s performance to their late captain and darts hero Christo Meiring (alias Loslappie). It was the first time St Croix had to do battle without its Captain Meiring at nationals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-issued-st-croix-darts-association\"><span><strong>\u2013 ISSUED: ST CROIX DARTS ASSOCIATION<\/strong><\/span> <\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_345ea124\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dart players \" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3515\/f2b83b5a469446a2b7184062939d7622.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7ec929ae28164a8288048545f1991519.jpg\" title=\"Junior darts player Kyle Zimmer ended second in South Africa in the junior boy\u2019s section and was selected to represent South Africa in Denmark in 2023.        \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Junior darts player Kyle Zimmer ended second in South Africa in the junior boy\u2019s section and was selected to represent South Africa in 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