level and at least repeat the best
results I’ve achieved so far.”
opportunity
available.
“The
backbone of Estonian darts is the
weekly competitions. There are
no bigger competitions in Estonia
and this is the reason why darts
has not developed. 10 years ago
we were in the same position as
Latvia and Lithuania but since then
we have been left far behind,”
says Meelis. Living outside of
the capital restricts his
ability to take part in
regular
competitions and he has to rely
on sporadically getting a group
of players together to share the
cost of travelling to events.
He is, however, determined to
improve his game in spite of these
barriers: “I hope something bigger
will evolve from our weekly
competitions and bigger events
will come in to help the level of
darts grow. I personally hope
to raise my skills
Most of the money that the EDO
does have comes from the pockets
of the volunteers involved and the
local events that run regularly,
including the annual Estonian
Open. There are around 50 active
players at present with another 50
semi-active and this is reflected
in the Estonian representation
in the yearly showpiece event.
The event has