Dartboard Maths initiative brings hope to youth

IF you can dream, dream big and bring international programs right to the children of Cape Town, like Delft. This is exactly what former Mitchell’s Plain resident, now living in the UK, SA Dart champion Devon Petersen is the founder of Dartboard Maths and the International School Darts League and is the only South African to become a professional dart player on the world circuit.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

A few years ago, Petersen created a module called Dartboard Maths, inspired by helping his child with mathematics. The first piloted Dart Math Centre opened in Cape Town last week at Rosendal High School in Delft and has already reached global status, starting in South Africa in Gqeberha two years ago and now home to over 400 young dart players. Petersen has partnered with NPC, CARES, and Culture, Arts, Recreation and Sport to bring Dartboard Maths to Cape Town.