Target have tweeted this on Twitter:

Target Darts ‏@TargetDarts
Exciting news coming soon - unveiling a new signing plus incredible competition you don't want to miss out on! RT & follow #teamtarget



Wonder who it is?

Guess it could be anyone

Quite a few players will be tied down to contracts having had new darts released for 2012 I would have thought, people like Barney, Anderson, Taylor - can't see it being a top name but there are a few players just off the radar that have had impressive years like MvG and James Hubbard (think he may be with Red Dragon) but my guess will be......


Ian White, had a great year and as far as I know, not tied with any manufacturer as yet is he?
His darts he uses look ancient too so maybe a revamp on the cards

I just went on there and saw that tweet as well - Ian White is a good call.

Michael Smith is another name that springs to mind. He is currently with A180 and Target make some of their darts (the Kong's and old Chizzy's spring to mind) - and Bully's darts have been out of stock at A180 for a little while now.

Wonder if they will use Carreras??

I was thinking Ian White too, but I thought Red Dragon are making him a special set of Element 6 darts so not too sure about him.

Well they did contact me but I told them was too busy with the forum Ian would be a good choice IMO

I was thinking Pipe

Pipe has got darts by Cosmo so cant imagine its him

did not know that been looking for his barrels lol thanks Getagrip

I think young michael smith would be a great signing by target, but also possible the history maker might appear? Also Kist isnt tied to a manufactereur is he?

I'm pretty sure it's grip.

What about Huybricks.

Jimbo21 wrote:

What about Huybricks.

Huybrechts is with One80

Thefox180 wrote:

I think young michael smith would be a great signing by target, but also possible the history maker might appear? Also Kist isnt tied to a manufactereur is he?

I said Bully earlier - his darts are out of stock over at A180 which would make a little sense. Dolan or Kist are other good suggestions

davidsproull wrote:

I'm pretty sure it's grip.

Sssshhhh!

Just noticed on fb, theyve said its NOT a uk based player. So theres bully and dolan out

Hmmmm not UK based??? I remember a while back then the Carreras were announced, based upon the shape of one of the barrels, somebody made the observation that they were a lot like Paul Lim Barrels.

I know Target are very big in Asia, and Lim is already sponsored by L Flights (link with Target), could be a natural progression, and would be a massive signing for Target!

As far as German darts players go, Wikipedia lists the following:


Jyhan Artut
Kevin Münch
Bernd Roith
Michael Rosenauer
Tomas Seyler
Andree Welge

mvg or a soft tip player i will guess i cant see it being lim as he is problay paid a huge amout of money which i dont think target would pay.

I think it will be one of the Dutch guys then

Do Bull's still make Pro player darts?

Only pro using Bull's I can think of is Co Stompe?

So I will go with the Co.

OOOO I hope its CoStompe
I like his darts

If it's one of the Dutch players it could be one of the BDO guys like Kist, Harms or Dekker.

Looks like one of my posts didn't appear, my German players list above was because Target put on Facebook that they would be making an announcement that would excite German fans!

Irina Armstrong now throws for Germany, but I can't seeing them getting too excited over her even if she is a great player.

If it is a German then it most likely is one of the players you mentioned

Andre Welge?

Steffi Luck?

Maybe Simon too......

getagrip wrote:

Andre Welge?

He's qualified for he PDC worlds this year, but he is a Bulls sponsored player!

Thought this would have been announced by now, but Target do seem to like to make us wait for announcements.
Thinking about what has already been said. Some on here, and quite a few on Facebook/Twitter have suggested it could be MVG.

That would be a good signing, however, I was talking to the owner of a darts shop a few months back, and he told me that the owner of MasterDarts (van Gerwins current sponsor and maker of his darts), is also Van Gerwins Manager.

If that is the case, I can't see him leaving MasterDarts for Target, as surely his manager would be the person who is approached by sponsors, and I can't see him advising his client to leave his own company.

We shall see though!

I just heard it's "double tops" Kelly and Hazel that signed.