To Sporran Darts Club
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| Surname | To Sporran Darts Club |
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| sport | Steel darts |
| Club colors | Blue White |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Place of foundation | Vienna |
| Association headquarters | Crown & Sword |
| Members | 68 (as of September 2019) |
| Chairman | Alexander Hruza |
| Homepage | www.ansporran.at |
The An Sporran Darts Club is an Austrian steel darts club . It is the second oldest darts club in the country and the oldest still in existence in the federal capital Vienna . An Sporran is a three-time winner of the Austrian Steeldarts Club Championship and thus the Austrian record champion.
founding
The association was founded in 1984 under the leadership of the 1st chairman Wilfried Adlbrecht in the eponymous "An Sporran Pub". The sporran is an accessory (the bum bag) of the traditional kilt and an associated Gaelic article. To this day, some club members wear a kilt at important tournaments.
Club structure
At Sporran there is a member association, the chairman and all other organizational representatives ( secretary , treasurer and their deputies ) are elected by the members for a period of one year at the general assembly, with each association member being entitled to vote.
An Sporran is a non-profit association whose budget consists primarily of membership fees and voluntary donations. The association is also supported by the ASVÖ . The defined purpose of the association is to practice and promote darts, which is primarily done through the participation of the club in the competitions of the WDV or ÖDV. An Sporran also often sends players to international tournaments. They organize the weekly Mickey Mouse tournament series, their own club championship (annually), benefit tournaments for the benefit of the child protection center "Die Möwe" and most importantly, the big An Sporran Open. Furthermore, the association tries to spread the sport of darts through public relations, which is done through publications as well as presentations at game festivals and kirtagen .
Venues
After the club was founded in the An Sporran Pub, the club went through a few difficult years with several changes of location before it finally found its home for a long time in the former Cafe Floh in Nestroygasse. Since the 2001/02 season the club has had its home in the Crown & Sword in Obere Augartenstrasse in Vienna's 2nd district.
Teams
DC An Sporran currently has eight teams in the regional league of the Vienna Darts Association (WDV), two of which are in the 1st division of the top twelve teams in Vienna in the 2019/20 season. The winner of the 1st division can call himself a Viennese master. In addition, the club provides two teams in the top division of the Open Steeldarts League, which has been organized by the WDV since 2010/11. In addition to these two leagues, the WDV also organizes the WDV Team Cup, in which all national league teams of the DC An Sporran take part.
Overview of all DC An Sporran teams in the 2019/20 season:
| Team name | league | Power level |
|---|---|---|
| To Sporran 1 | National league | 1st division |
| To Sporran C&S | National league | 1st division |
| To Sporran Auchentoshan | National league | 2nd division |
| To Sporran AHG | National league | 3rd division |
| To Sporran Angels | National league | 3rd division |
| Sporran chips | National league | 4th division |
| To Sporran Dart Matt | National league | 4th division |
| To Sporran De Oidn | National league | 5th division |
| AS bar stool | Open Steeldarts League | 1st division |
| AS Claymores | Open Steeldarts League | 1st division |
| AS C&S DG7 | Open Steeldarts League | 3rd division |
| AS De Fauln | Open Steeldarts League | 3rd division |
| AS The Big Beer Theory | Open Steeldarts League | 4th division |
National successes
Since the 2000/01 season, the club was able to look forward to eleven podium places in the final table of the 1st division. So far there have been two Viennese championship titles for “An Sporran 1”, in the 2002/03 and 2014/15 seasons.
The WDV Team Cup has been won seven times so far. In addition, the WDV Open Steeldarts League was won three times by the "Die Barhocker" team.
The Ladies Challenge (last held in 2015/16), which was about the Vienna women's championship title, was won in the 2014/15 season by the "AS Ladies" team. The 2014/15 season thus advanced to the club's most successful with four titles.
The WDV summer league has been won five times so far, in 2013 and 2015-2018.
The most important title that a Steeldarts club can win in Austria is the Austrian club championship, which is organized by the ÖDV. The best clubs in the country send four men and two women each to represent their colors in the battle for the Austrian championship title. An Sporran was able to finish this competition thirteen times in the top three, including three times in first place.
Overview of the winning teams:
| venue | player | captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | ||||
| St. Polten | Roland Rihs, Ali Ghafouri, Rene Jörgensen, Thomas Sturm, Judith Walkner, Daniela Zdarskyer | Boris Hristovski | ||
| 2009 | ||||
| Linz | Aaron Hardy, Gregor Walkner, Roland Rihs, Martin Neuwinger, Barbara Kuntner, Julia Egermann | Thomas Sturm | ||
| 2011 | ||||
| St. Polten | Aaron Hardy, Gregor Walkner, Roland Rihs, Manuel Winter, Barbara Kuntner, Petra Hristovski | Philip Karall | ||
At Sporran Open
The most important event that the An Sporran Darts Club organizes itself is the annual An Sporran Open. Over the years it has grown into one of the largest and most prestigious steel darts tournaments in Austria. In the history of the event, over 2000 participants registered for this tournament, which was held in the years 2003-2006 under the name "Austrian An Sporran Open" as a world ranking tournament and thus represented the absolute highlight of the Austrian darts calendar.
After the ÖDV decided in 2007 to award Austria's WDF tournament to Carinthia in accordance with the rotation principle, the An Sporran Open was held without any ranking status this year. Since 2008 it has been an Austrian ranking tournament of category B.
It is currently held on a weekend in September with the double competitions (women and men) on Saturday and, most importantly, the individual competitions (women, men and youth) on Sunday.
List of winners of the An Sporran Open individual competitions since 1999:
| year | venue | Champion men | Champion women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Ice ring south | Franz Thaler | Monika Schartner |
| 2000 | Ice ring south | Scale length Suljović | Manuela Taschlmar |
| 2001 | Ice ring south | Scale length Suljović | Monika Schartner |
| 2002 | Ice ring south | August Jost | Johanna Spet |
| 2003 | Free zone, Vienna Prater | Franz Thaler | Marion Petschenig |
| 2004 | Free zone, Vienna Prater | Dietmar Burger | Nora Fekete ( Hungary ) |
| 2005 | Free zone, Vienna Prater | Anton Pein | Zsofia Lazar (Hungary) |
| 2006 | House of Encounter Leopoldstadt | Remco van Eijden ( Netherlands ) | Blanka Vojtkova ( Czech Republic ) |
| 2007 | Cafeteria at the Vienna University of Economics and Business | Ali Ghafouri | Sonja Tschinkowitz |
| 2008 | Cafeteria at the Vienna University of Economics and Business | Darren Breedon (England) | Barbara Kuntner |
| 2009 | Cafeteria at the Vienna University of Economics and Business | Dietmar Burger | Barbara Kuntner |
| 2010 | Cafeteria at the Vienna University of Economics and Business | Scale length Suljović | Barbara Kuntner |
| 2011 | Cafeteria at the Vienna University of Economics and Business | Aaron Hardy | Katrin Spitzer |
| 2012 | Cafeteria at the Vienna University of Economics and Business | Rowby-John Rodriguez | Katrin Spitzer |
| 2013 | Cafeteria at the Vienna University of Economics and Business | Martin Kurecka | Eva-Maria Thaler |
| 2014 | "Future" shelter, Schmelz | Aaron Hardy | Manuela Brandstätter |
| 2015 | "Future" shelter, Schmelz | Dietmar Burger | Katrin Spitzer |
| 2016 | "Future" shelter, Schmelz | Felix Losan | Manuela Brandstätter |
| 2017 | Country & Sports Club Vienna North | Dietmar Burger | Kerstin Rauscher |
| 2018 | Country & Sports Club Vienna North | Aaron Hardy | Catalina Pasa |
| 2019 | Country & Sports Club Vienna North | Hannes Schnier | Kerstin Rauscher |
National team
The Austrian Darts Association (ÖDV) sends national teams to four different major international competitions of the World Darts Federation (WDF). These are the annual World Masters, the WDF World Cup (every 2 years), WDF Europe Cup (every 2 years) and the now discontinued EDC Spring Cup. The first three events are major tournaments of the WDF.
List of current players (last posting: World Masters 2019) of DC An Sporran who have played for the Austrian national team since 2000:
| competition | place | country | year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Kuntner | ||||
| Spring Cup | Veldhoven | Netherlands | 2006 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Bridlington | Great Britain | 2006 | |
| Spring Cup | Beveren | Belgium | 2007 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Bridlington | Great Britain | 2007 | |
| World cup | Rose painting | Netherlands | 2007 | |
| Spring Cup | Altlengbach | Austria | 2008 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Bridlington | Great Britain | 2008 | |
| Europe Cup | Copenhagen | Denmark | 2008 | |
| Spring Cup | Schielleiten | Austria | 2012 | |
| Judith Walkner | ||||
| Winmau World Masters | Bridlington | Great Britain | 2002 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Bridlington | Great Britain | 2003 | |
| Spring Cup | Beveren | Belgium | 2004 | |
| Europe Cup | Tampere | Finland | 2004 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Bridlington | Great Britain | 2004 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Hull | Great Britain | 2014 | |
| Petra Hristovski | ||||
| Spring Cup | Beveren | Belgium | 2004 | |
| Europe Cup | Antalya | Turkey | 2012 | |
| Manuela Stark | ||||
| Winmau World Masters | Hull | Great Britain | 2014 | |
| Philip Karall | ||||
| Winmau World Masters | Hull | Great Britain | 2010 | |
| Spring Cup | Mole | Belgium | 2011 | |
| World cup | Castlebar | Ireland | 2011 | |
| Europe Cup | Antalya | Turkey | 2012 | |
| Aaron Hardy | ||||
| Spring Cup | Schielleiten | Austria | 2012 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Hull | Great Britain | 2013 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Hull | Great Britain | 2014 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Hull | Great Britain | 2015 | |
| WDF World Cup | Antalya | Turkey | 2015 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Bridlington | Great Britain | 2017 | |
| WDF Europe Cup | Budapest | Hungary | 2018 | |
| Winmau World Masters | Bridlington | Great Britain | 2018 | |
| WDF World Cup | Cluj | Romania | 2019 | |
| One80 L-Style World Masters | Purfleet | Great Britain | 2019 | |
| Ernst Mertens | ||||
| Winmau World Masters | Frimley Green | Great Britain | 2000 | |
| Spring Cup | Basel | Switzerland | 2001 | |
| Erich Masin | ||||
| Spring Cup | Beveren | Belgium | 2004 | |
| Manuel Fischer | ||||
| Winmau World Masters | Hull | Great Britain | 2015 | |
| Marco Haban | ||||
| Europe Cup Youth | Kirchheim | Germany | 2010 | |
| Marcus Haider | ||||
| Europe Cup | Tampere | Finland | 2004 | |
Before 2000, Roland Rihs and Ernst Mertens played for Austria at least once from the current members.
Former club members with national team assignments include a. Austria's figurehead Mensur Suljović and record national team player Franz Thaler.
Web links
- On Sporran homepage. In: ansporran.at. Retrieved on September 6, 2012 (German).
- At Sporran Open 2013 Video. In: youtube.com. Accessed on January 23, 2014 (German).
- Crown & Sword Homepage. In: crownandsword.at. Retrieved September 8, 2012 (German / English).
- Austrian Darts Association homepage. In: dartsverband.at. Retrieved on September 7, 2012 (German).
- Wiener Darts Verband homepage. In: wdv-dart.at. Retrieved on September 7, 2012 (German).
- World Darts Federation homepage. In: dartswdf.com. Retrieved September 7, 2012 .
- ASVÖ homepage. In: asvoe.at. Retrieved September 14, 2012 (German).
Remarks
- ↑ The year 1985 appears in the Austrian register of associations, but the official confirmation that was valid at that time is for the year 1984
- ↑ from 2004 to 2012 national team supervisor for men
- ↑ from 2012 to March 2014 member of the ÖDV board (secretary)
- ↑ This competition took place for the last time in 2012
- ↑ a b As a junior (U-18), in 2003 she took 3rd place.
- ↑ Active under her maiden name Petra Stauber until the end of the 2011/12 season.
- ↑ From 2012 to 2014 member of the ÖDV sports department.
- ↑ Meanwhile President of the Vienna Darts Association
- ↑ a b c Not a member of the An Sporran Darts Club at the time of the national team deployment
- ↑ Since 2013 youth worker of the national team of girls
Individual evidence
- ↑ Darts Links on dartn.de. In: dartn.de. Retrieved September 9, 2012 (German).
- ↑ http://www.dartsverband.at/own/calendar/2010/vmsfolder2010.pdf (link not available)
- ↑ Pictures of the teams at the 2011 ÖDV championship. In: noedsv.at. Retrieved on September 7, 2012 (German).
- ^ To Sporran at the ASVÖ. In: asvoe.at. Retrieved September 14, 2012 (German).
- ↑ Major donor of the "Möwe". (No longer available online.) In: die-moewe.at. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014 ; accessed on October 3, 2012 (German).
- ↑ Christoph Steiger: An Sporran Open 2012. In: dartsverband.at. August 29, 2012, accessed on September 7, 2012 (German).
- ↑ End table of the WDV Landesliga 2002/03. In: wdv-dart.at. Retrieved on September 7, 2012 (German).
- ↑ End table of the WDV Landesliga 2014/15. In: wdv-dart.at. Retrieved on July 4, 2015 (German).
- ↑ Final table of the Open Steeldarts League 2014/15. In: wdv-dart.at. Retrieved on July 4, 2015 (German).
- ↑ Final table of the Ladies Challenge 2014/15. In: wdv-dart.at. Retrieved on July 4, 2015 (German).
- ↑ End table of the WDV summer league 2013. In: wdv-dart.at. Retrieved on August 22, 2013 (German).
- ↑ End table of the WDV summer league 2015. In: wdv-dart.at. Retrieved on August 28, 2015 (German).
- ↑ Overview Austrian Open. In: dartn.de. Retrieved September 14, 2012 (German).
- ↑ Winmau participants. In: dartsverband.at. Retrieved on July 30, 2014 (German).
- ↑ WDF Events. (No longer available online.) In: dartswdf.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012 ; accessed on September 6, 2012 .
- ↑ Austrian Darts Association national team. In: dartsverband.at. Archived from the original on August 7, 2012 ; accessed on September 26, 2016 (German).
- ↑ Girls competition of the World Masters 2003. (No longer available online.) In: dartswdf.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015 ; accessed on September 7, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Best performances of the 2002/03 league season. In: wdv-dart.at. Retrieved on September 7, 2012 (German).