It's time once again to start thinking about the Fall MMDL Season! The first captain's meetings in all areas will be in the first week of August
(see schedule below), so start pulling your roster together now and don't forget to secure your sponsor's fee check.
This email contains the following announcements:
- List of attached documents for the Fall 2010 season
- Super A Format change and Early Registration Request
- Captain's meeting schedule
- 601 format change for Spring 2011 season
- Looking for new players or a team?
- Win a brand new Winmau Blade III dartboard!
Attached are the contents of a postal mailing that will go out next week to all MMDL captains and sponsors. Please forward this to anyone you think may be interested in participating in the MMDL Fall season.
This information is also available on the MMDL website. List of attached documents:- League News - This sheet lists important announcements about league format changes, Area Director elections, and other information.
- Fall Season Announcement - Details, dates, times and locations of the captain's meetings for each area.
- Team Roster Application Form - You can print this out and fill in by hand or it can be typed in on your computer with Adobe Acrobat. We encourage you to please do this and bring a printout to your captain's meeting if possible to avoid unreadable handwriting. The PDF form is designed to be filled out right on your computer with your keyboard. Click on the fields with your mouse to fill out your information, and you can switch to the next field by pressing the "tab" key.
Super A Format change and Early Registration Request
Super A Divisions will undergo the following changes beginning Fall 2010:
- The first three games of doubles 501 will now be single leg and DIDO.
- All singles matches will now return to the MMDL standard 301 DIDO, best of 3 format.
- Doubles cricket will remain best 2 out of 3 legs for the highest recognized MMDL division which is currently SA
- Only the top 4 teams of each area will qualify for the playoffs.
Reasons for these changes:
After reviewing a 2 season long experiment with alternative formats, these changes were made to --
- Shorten match time duration for all SA teams in all areas
- Improve the competitive structure of the division and reduce lop-sided match scores
- Make SA more attractive to borderline teams and teams chosen to move up
- Create a format that will better enable 6-8 team division size
- Prevent the need for distant travel to SA matches
- Remain closer to longstanding MMDL match format traditions and heritage
Click here to discuss this issue with other league members.
SA Early Registration Request: In order to better manage the SA division, we are asking all teams that wish to participate to declare their intention early by submitting their Super A team roster by Monday, July 19th via email to Adam Sherlock at adams@mmdl.org. Sponsor checks will not be required on that date and are due per usual at the first scheduled captain's meeting. You do not have to submit your roster by this date, SA rosters can also be submitted during the regularly scheduled area captain's meetings the first week of August. Please use the attached roster form which can be filled out on your computer and easily sent via email.
| Captain's Meeting Schedule
Click meeting location name for maps and driving directions |
| BOSTON: First Meeting - 08/04/10
Be on time for AD ELECTION!
FRENCH CLUB - 617-884-9721
242 Spencer, Chelsea, MA 02150
Time: 7:30pm
Second Meeting - 08/25/10
Same Time and Place
Luck of the Draw to follow. | NORTH SHORE: First Meeting - 08/02/10
ELKS CLUB - 978-922-9608
39 Bow Street
Beverly, MA 01915
Time: 7:30pm
Second Meeting - 08/30/10
Same Time and Place
Luck of the Draw to follow. |
| CENTRAL: First Meeting - 08/05/10
Be on time for AD ELECTION!
MARLBORO EAGLES - 508-485-9738
56 Florence St
Marlboro, MA 01752
Time: 7:30pm
Second Meeting - 08/26/10
FRAMINGHAM EAGLES - 508-875-9071
55 Park Street
Framingham, MA 01702
Time: 7:00pm
Luck of the Draw to follow, restaurant kitchen open. | SOUTH SHORE: First Meeting - 08/02/10
POLISH CLUB - 781-878-9822
55 Wales Street
Abington, MA 02351
Time: 7:00pm
Second Meeting - 08/30/10
Same Time and Place |
601 Format Change Coming Spring 2011:
Beginning in the Spring 2011 season, MMDL will be replacing the two 601 games with three doubles 501, DIDO in ALL DIVISIONS. A significant percentage of the league membership has expressed strong feelings in support of this change and the Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to implement this after the upcoming Fall season. IF YOU FEEL THIS IS NOT A CHANGE THAT YOU APPROVE OF, please let your opinion known to your Area Director, preferably with an email.
Click here to discuss this issue with other league members.
Looking for new players or a team?
For players seeking teams and teams needing additional shooters, the MMDL maintains an online "draft" system for people to connect and find each other.
Click here to visit the draft page. Individual players are well advised to network with other players to find a team to play for. For a list of local weekly Luck of the Draw tournaments where you can meet other players, click
here. You may also wish to send an email to your Area Director who can sometimes refer you to teams or pubs seeking players.
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MMDL League Sponsor:
WINMAU - The Force Behind Darts (TM) - www.Winmau.com
-----------------------------------------Win a Brand New Winmau Blade III Dartboard!
To celebrate our sponsorship with Winmau, we will be doing a drawing to give away a brand new Blade III dartboard (Retail value: $59.99) to one lucky dart shooter. All subscribers to this email list are automatically entered and the drawing will take place on August 16, 2010. Anyone who signs up for this list with their email by midnight 08/15/10 will qualify for this drawing, so encourage all your team mates to subscribe and get a chance to win. We'll be monitoring subscriptions during this time, so please do not subscribe with more than one email address, if we notice that happening, we will disqualify you from the drawing. Click
here for more information on the Blade III.
EXTRA CHANCE TO WIN!!! - Just post a message
in this thread on the MMDL forums and we'll give you a second entry into the drawing and an extra chance to win. In your post, please tell us your opinion of the upcoming change from 601 to 501 for the Spring 2011 season.
Good luck to all teams signing up for the Fall!--<( MMDL Board of Directors --
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