Oldham duo's revolutionary darting training aid set for exciting relaunch

Oldham brothers David and Stuart Needham

An Oldham business is set to relaunch its revolutionary darts practice training aid which was originally offered to the world's darting fanatics a decade ago.

DartSight Ltd of Boundary Park in Oldham - owned by brothers David and Stuart Needham - developed a small plastic device that fits on the player’s finger and is lined up with the target on the dartboard.

The DartSight Sighter can fit any hand and anchors the player’s aiming position while lining up the launch and follow-through of the dart.

A player’s muscle memory eventually does the rest when the sighter is removed for a game.

Now, however, 10 years on, David and Stuart have been supported in their quest to develop the new DartSight training and alignment system with the help of the Greater Manchester Business Growth Hub and a new website design by Kuiper Industries, who also provide advice and training to make access to the technology more understandable.

They have also had assistance from the 'Build a Business in GM Libraries' team at Oldham Council.

Stuart, who is currently overseeing worldwide sales, said: “The problem in darts is to keep it straight from when it leaves your hand to whichever target you are aiming at on the dartboard.

"With our DartSight training and alignment system and following the short exercise and demonstration videos in the tutorial section of our website, and with some ‘perfect’ practice, a dart player can develop a reliable and repeatable action that is more aligned and a bit more accurate. 

"With DartSight, what you see is what you hit."

The device can be bought online at: www.dartsight.com

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