Pacman seals exclusive deal with Target Darts

MANILA, Philippines - World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has linked up with Target Darts, the most prestigious darts design and manufacturing company in London, to produce the most exciting products ever to hit the world darts market.

Under the exclusive deal, Pacquiao will work exclusively with the UK-based company to create his own personal range of soft and steel-tip darts, flights, surrounds, and bristle and soft-tip dart boards. The entire product line will be on sale globally from May this year.

Target Darts will also design and manufacture an innovative new Pacquiao darts pack for children.

Matt Gilewicz, Target Darts’ International sales manager, also confirmed Pacquiao’s commitment to helping children improve their numeracy skills through playing darts through the “Family Pack” dart set.”

The dart sets will be part of an educational initiative designed to help promote enhanced math skills in the country. This will compliment Pacquiao’s on-going charitable projects as well as his political initiatives as congressman for the district of Sarangani in Mindanao.

The “Family Pack” will contain a Pacquiao branded paper board, which will come with two sets of Pacquiao branded darts. Separate Pacquiao poster size sticker sets including an exciting dart board surround sticker will also be available with each set.

Target Darts has been designing and manufacturing the highest quality products for nearly 40 years from their base in Harlow in the south east of England and company managing director Garry Plummer was thrilled with the deal to be working with the world’s only eight-division champion.

“We are absolutely delighted to be working with someone of Pacquiao’s caliber who is a sports icon known throughout the world. Not only is Manny a fantastically talented competitor in the boxing ring, but he also conducts himself with great dignity and professionalism, and it is a wonderful accolade for everyone at the company to be working with such a renowned sporting ambassador,” said Plummer.

“Aside from his record-breaking boxing exploits, Manny is a great scholar of the game of darts, as well as a highly talented dart player. He is also a generous patron to the sport, having sponsored his own darts tournaments; which have been held in his native Philippines and Los Angeles in recent years.

“Manny’s enthusiasm for the game of darts and our knowledge, built over nearly forty years in business, will result in a wonderful addition to our product range, and I am confident that sports fans around the globe will be as excited as both Manny and I are about what we manage to create over the forthcoming months.”