Gloucester Darts Academy

03/09/2026

28/08/2026

Some clarification on current and future academy structures and qualification routes 🎯

For 2026

• Qualification for Winmau Junior World Masters is still season 5 & 6 like last year guaranteeing your academy 2 spots at finals day.

• Bahrain qualification in season 5 is an addition not a replacement of the above event

• Girls Super 16 is season 4 & 5

For 2027

• Seasons will be replaced by Series

• Series 1-3 will still be World Championship qualification and World Cup qualification

• Series 3-4 will still be Super 16 qualification (Name change to JDC Grand Slam)

• Series 4-5 will still be Girls Super 16 qualification

• Series 5-6 will still remain Winmau Junior World Masters Qualification

25/08/2026

🎯🌍 BIG NEWS FOR JDC ACADEMIES! 🌍🎯

The new JDC World Darts Series is here!

From 31st August, every point matters as players compete for a place in the top 128 worldwide and the chance to qualify for the inaugural World Series Qualifier – Bahrain 🇧🇭

The two finalists will earn an all-expenses-paid trip to Bahrain and the opportunity to play on the PDC Bahrain Masters stage! 🔥

From your local JDC Academy to the world stage… dreams really can become reality. 🎯

29/07/2026

💛🖤 Thank You! 🖤💛

A huge thank you to everyone who came along and supported our DartMann Youth Academy Summer Party!

Thanks to your generosity through the games, raffle and blind auction, we raised an incredible £501 profit for the academy. 🎉

Every penny will go straight back into supporting our young players and helping our academy continue to grow.

Thank you to everyone who donated prizes, helped organise the evening and, most importantly, everyone who came along to support us. We couldn’t do it without you!

Lucky Draw Doubles Winners:
Scott & Thomas 🎯

9 Dart Challenge Winner:
Nick Kibble / Henry Kibble 🎯

Target Omni Winner:
Oliver Hudson 🎯

26/07/2026

🎯 The plan for Wednesday... 🎯

Don't forget to bring some cash 💷 – we've got loads of great prizes up for grabs and every penny raised goes towards supporting our Youth Academy.

From 6:30pm:
🎯 Lucky Draw Doubles Competition (£1 entry)
🎯 9 Dart Challenge (£1 entry)

From 8:00pm:
🍔 Food provided
🎁 Raffle with fantastic prizes
🔨 Blind Bid Auction for a refurbished Target Omni Auto Scoring System (RRP £400!)

We'd love to see as many of you there as possible. Thank you all for your continued support! 💛🖤

24/07/2026

🎯 DartMann Youth Academy – Weekly Update 🎯

What a fantastic way to finish our final academy sessions before we head into our August summer break!

Both our Development and Advanced sessions completed their respective grading, with some outstanding scoring throughout. A huge congratulations to Freddie, who became the first player to achieve a Gold score in our EQ grading – scoring over 500; a brilliant achievement and thoroughly deserved! 👏🥇

The Development Session wouldn’t be complete without a game of Killer, and once again our Killer King, Alfie, proved too strong, taking the win yet again! 👑🎯

In the Advanced Session, our four newest students all had the opportunity to play a one-leg 501 match against our existing players. It was fantastic to see that they’ve settled into the academy, with some excellent darts and competitive matches on display.

Next up is our Summer Party next week, and we can’t wait to see everyone there for a fun evening before we take our summer break.

For those who cannot make it have a fantastic summer☀️🎯

16/07/2026

🎯 DartMann Youth Academy Session🎯

Something a little different this week as we adjusted the session times so everyone could enjoy the England football match later in the evening! ⚽

It was another very well-attended session, with the coaches putting on a fun Penalty Shootout Challenge to keep the football theme going. Congratulations to Freddie, who came out on top! 👏🏼 🏆

The students then split into teams for a timed checkout challenge, starting on 41 and seeing how high they could progress before the timer ran out. Most teams battled their way well into the 50s, with some great teamwork and finishing on display 👏🏼

We were also delighted to welcome several new students to the academy – Cleo, Ollie, George, Rowan and Thomas. They all completed a practice grading before joining in with the games and fitted in brilliantly. We look forward to seeing their skills develop over the coming weeks. Welcome to the Academy!!

NOTE: - We’re back to our normal session times next week before rounding off the month with our Summer Party on 29th July. We can’t wait to see everyone there!

15/07/2026

Good luck to our very own Mitchell Atkins and Rory Pearce as they take part in the WDF World Masters in Las Vegas 🎯

Go smash it lads, enjoy the experience, we’re all supporting you back home 👏

09/07/2026

🎯 DartMann Youth Academy – Advanced Session 🎯

What a brilliant start to our first Advanced Session at our new venue after a two-week break! Despite the hot temperatures, everyone put in a fantastic effort and settled into our new home really well. ☀️🎯

We were delighted to welcome a new student, Jozef, to the academy. It’s always great to see new players joining us, and we look forward to watching his progress over the coming weeks. 👏

The students did really well during grading, with some excellent performances throughout the session. We’re looking forward to seeing how everyone develops and progresses as the season continues. 📈🎯

We then played a game of Halve It, which is always great fun! It ended with Jozef running out the winner, narrowly beating Mitch in a very close contest. We also saw three students hit a 180 during the game — fantastic darts! 💯💯💯🔥

We ended the session with some highly competitive best-of-five matches, with plenty of close games and great darts on display. 🎯🏆

We also presented George with his Green grading medal, which he earned after grading up last season. A fantastic achievement and thoroughly deserved — well done, George! 🟢🏅

A brilliant first Advanced Session in our new venue and a great start to the next chapter for DartMann Youth Academy! 🖤💛🎯

09/07/2026

🎯 DartMann Youth Academy – Development Session 🎯

What a brilliant start to our first session at our new venue after a two-week break! Despite the hot temperatures, all the students put in a fantastic effort and settled into our new home really well. ☀️🎯

The students did really well during EQ Grading, showing plenty of determination and improvement. We’re looking forward to seeing how everyone progresses over the coming weeks! 📈👏

We ended the session with a game of Killer — always great fun! It eventually came down to a head-to-head duel between Luke and Oliver, with Luke running out the winner! 🏆🎯

A number of our students also received their well-earned grading medals. A huge congratulations to:

🥈 Henry
🥉 Luke
🥉 Alfie
🥉 Milo
🥉 Thomas

Well done to everyone on a fantastic first session in our new venue. A great start to the next chapter for DartMann Youth Academy! 🖤💛🎯