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Dart Best Player

He started playing darts to while away time.

But after barely four years in the sport and earning the recognition as the seventh best player in the world, Filipino Bryan Elibar III is advocating the throwing of the tiny spear to help kids learn the game and excel in math as well.

The Quezon City-born Eribal who now calls Barangay Balubad in Porac town in Pampanga his home, is, in fact, embarking on a Darts Game Clinic-School Caravan province-wide for the purpose.

"In playing the sport, which people believe to be only a parlor game played mostly in dark corners of beer houses, I've realized, like the Europeans, most particularly the British did, that it, indeed, is a great way for kids to learn math even without them realizing it," the 33-year-old triggerman bared during the recent SCOOP session at the Kamayan Restaurant in Manila.

"Habang naglalaro ka kasi, players have to make instant mental calculations quickly -- adding, multiplying and subtracting their scores," Eribal, baptized as "The Incredible" following his seventh place finish in the Soft Darts World Championships held last December in Hong Kong, said.

"So that without knowing it, yung basics para matuto at gumaling sa math, nagagamit ng isang player habang naglalaro. As a result, gagaling talaga ang isang dart player sa subject na, sa tutoo lang, eh iniiwasan ng maraming kabataan sa eskuwela, di ba?" he told his audience at the public service forum sponsored by Powerade, AKTV and FILA.

"In other words, hindi na natin pipilitin ang ating mga anak na kumuha ng math sa school, paglalaruin na lang natin ng darts na ma-e-enjoy nila and at the same time, gagaling sila sa subject na iniiwasan nila," he said.

"While competing in last year's World Championships and even in my previous participation in international competitions, players from Europe, especially from the United Kingdom, have often told me that the link between playing darts and improve an individual's ability at match is well proven in their countries," Eribal, who came from a family of darters, recalled.

Eribal is the son of Boy Eribal II, one of the famous "Eribal Brothers" in the 80s that included Cesar, Ted and Mario. His father was, in fact, ranked no. 1 in the country during his prime and was once the MVP in the then Terton Open.

"Kaya pagdating ko dito from Hong Kong, I introduced the idea of putting up the Darts Game Clinic-School Caravan "Aral Matematika, Aral Dartero" in all schools in the province to Governor (Lilia) Pineda who, along with board member (Olga Frances) Dizon, readily approved the project," Eribal, father of three (Andrea Kyle, Bianca Louise and Mattheu Bryan) with wife Maria Victoria (nee Marquez) said.

Eribal explained that besides making school children proficient in math, playing darts will encourage them to play again (forget computers) and be kids once more, promote good health through physical exercise, teach good values like camaraderie, sportsmanship and discipline.

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