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Releshni Karan [standing, front, right] with the Fiji women team players
The large turnout of women at the South Pacific Darts Championship in Suva calls for Fijian women to join the sport.
National rep Releshni Karan believes that darts is a sport for both men and women of all ages, and is calling on more women to take up the sport.
She adds the large turnout of female participants at the championship has really encouraged them.
Karan says they do not have many young women interested in Darts.
She said while there are older and more experienced women in the Fiji team, they need more of the younger women to play darts.
“What we’re trying to do is show that women, at any age, can go out and play. Age is not a barrier in darts. The interesting part is that the Fiji women’s team is made out of a wide ranging age group. We have brilliant players who are over 50 years old. I’m the youngest, so age is not a barrier.”
The Fiji Women’s Darts side went down 10-1 to Tonga in the first session earlier today while the men’s side defeated Tonga 8-3.
In other women results, Cook Islands drew 7-1all with Nauru, Vanuatu defeated Papua New Guinea 6-5.
And in the men’s division, Nauru thumped Kiribati 11-0, Cook Islands beat PNG 6-5 while Niue beat Vanuatu 8-3.
