Neath Youth Darts Academy is part of WDO Young Dragons Academies
Sunday's 16:00-17:30pm
Ages Under 11s - Green Board
Sundays 17:30 - 19:30pm
Under 14's - Blue Board
Under 18's and higher abilities - Red Board Youth Darts Academy – Ages 6 to their 18th Birthday
NYDA was created as a youth organisation in the Neath Port Talbot area in 2015 to encourage teamwork and assist with mathematics skills through the median of a Youth Darts Academy. They are situated in the upstairs hall of the Briton Ferry Workingman’s Club and run sessions every Sunday. NYDA has enlisted volunteers that assist in this venture and provide a support network giving guidance and advice to individuals as they require. The sport is ever-changing, especially with the recent success of Luke Littler, who became the youngest world champion in darts history, at 17 years old. NYDA believes that the future is through grassroots development programmes such as the Academy where presenting the opportunity to play and practice is the start of the journey. The aim is for it to be a relaxed environment where they can all be themselves and play against/with people of their own age or standard to help develop their technique and game. The Academy sessions work on many aspects of the game and many levels of experience are welcome including novices. NYDA has created progression pathways when individuals have developed naturally, such as through Youth County trails, which potentially leads to Under-18 Wales selection. Overall, through the academy's tender, there have been numerous successful cases of local academy players representing their county and country, which are memories they will never forget. An example of this currently is that 6 members of the academy play for Glamorgan Youth County and one individual is representing Wales for the second year, this year as Captain in the Tri-Nations British Internationals and WDF European Youth Cup. This type of youth organisation is to date one of the original academies in Wales where NYDA provides additional support and guidance to other local academies that have open such as Dyffryn, Port Talbot and Llansamlet with no thought of competition but that of comradery and how more local youth can benefit from this organic, amazing organisation. Sunday's 16:30-18:00pm
Ages 6-10 - Green Board
Under 14's - Blue Board
Sunday's 17:30-19:30pm
Under 18's and experienced players - Red Board
