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Monday 5th May 2008

MAY-DAY RESULTS FROM HEMSBY

All the results from this years May-Day event at Pontins, Hemsby are now available. Check out the links below.

Men's Singles     Women's Singles     Youth Singles     Mixed Pairs     Mixed Triples

Sunday 4th May 2008

BDO BRITISH MASTERS 2008

The 2008 BDO British Masters was played at Pontins Hemsby yesterday. Norfolk's Dawn Standley claimed the women's crown with a 3-0 win over Tricia Wright from Kent. The men's title went to Paul Crawford of Cambridgeshire after 1 3-1 victory over Cheshire's Mark Cairney.

Full results:   Men      Women

Wednesday 30th April 2008

BDO INVITATION TABLES REVISION

"The latest revision of the BDO Invitation Tables System & Criteria includes amended points allocations, the upgrading of several events and the introduction of '4' new events outside Europe - details are available for reference here."

Sunday 27th April 2008

SCOTTISH SINGLES 2008

The Scottish Singles was played yesterday in Bannockburn Miners Welfare Club. Mike Veitch took the Men's title beating  Derek Cunningham 3-2. Linda Marshall captured the Women's crown beating Sharon McKinnon by the same score.

Men's Bracket (Last 128)            Women's Bracket (Last 64)

Thursday 24th April 2008

BRITISH CLASSIC AND BRITISH OPEN 2008 The entry forms for the BDO British Classic and the BDO British Open are now online. Click the links on the right side of this page or visit the BDO Diary Dates.

Wednesday 23rd April 2008

Popular internet streaming company Darts in Motion will be offering a new, free, internet stream from the final stages of Saturday's West Brabant Open. The stream is scheduled to start at 17.30 CET. Among the entries are Gary Anderson, Darryl Fitton, Gary Robson and none other than Mr. Bobby George. Don't forget the stream will be available world-wide. The link can be found ...here You may need to download and install Microsoft Silverlight (free download) to view the stream. There is a link on the page which leads to the required download.

Monday 21st April 2008

ENGLAND NATIONAL SINGLES 2008

The England Darts Organisation has sent us the results of the England National Singles which were played at Selsey on 13th April 2008.

Saturday 19th April 2008

JULIE GORE AND GARY ANDERSON LIFT THE GERMAN OPEN SINGLES TITLES

Garry Anderson returned to winning ways with a 3 sets to o win over the regning Winmau World Master and fellow countryman Robert Thornton. In the semi-finals Anderson disposed of Scottish captain Mike veitch without dropping a leg while Thornton got the better of World Nr. 1 Mark Webster by 2 sets to 1. Welsh Nr.1 Julie Gore won the women's title with a straight sets win over Rilana Erades from the Netherlands. Dutch players Carla Molema and Francisca Hoenselaar shared third place The brackets for the last 64 men and last 32 women can be found ... here

Tuesday 15th April 2008

SETANTA SPORTS TO SCREEN BDO INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX SERIES

Exclusive deal with BDO adds darts to Setanta’s growing sports portfolio

A new and exciting BDO ‘International Grand Prix’ series, comprising five established tournaments, is to be televised live on Setanta Sports from May to September 2008.

The five tournaments will feature LIVE coverage of the Last Eight in the Men’s Singles:

     The WDO WELSH OPEN:  Pontins, Prestatyn - Sunday 18th May.

     THE BDO INTERNATIONAL OPEN:  Pontins, Brean Sands - Sunday 15th June.

     THE BDO GOLD CUP:  Lakeside Country Club - Saturday 12th July.

     THE BDO BRITISH CLASSIC:  Kettering Leisure Village - Saturday 26th July.

     THE BDO BRITISH OPEN:  The Spa Bridlington - Saturday 2oth September.

In each tournament, the final stages of the Men’s Singles from the Quarter-Finals to the Final will be broadcast LIVE on Setanta Sports.

The Welsh Open will be shown on Setanta Sports from 7pm to 12.30am, and the remaining four tournaments will each be screened from 6.30pm to Midnight.

Though each tournament will be ‘stand-alone’ they will be played under a generic ‘umbrella’ International Grand Prix title, with points being awarded from Quarter-Finals to Final.

Trevor East, Director of Sport at Setanta Sports, said: “As part of our commitment to a wide variety of sports, we are extremely happy to be working alongside the BDO to bring this series of top darts tournaments to our viewers.  Darts is an exciting sport with great across-the-board appeal, and we look forward to a successful liaison with the BDO and its players.”

Olly Croft, Managing Director of BDO Enterprises, said:  “This latest innovation for BDO televised darts, is a clear indication that in its 35^th Anniversary Year the BDO continues to move forward and look after the future of our sport.

“We are delighted that BDO darts and its players will be screened by Setanta Sports, and the series of five live ‘International Grand Prix’ tournaments perfectly complements our two majors – the Lakeside World Professional and the Winmau World Masters - on BBC terrestrial TV.

“It gives the BDO a portfolio of seven televised tournaments with the real potential of providing opportunities for fresh, as well as established names, to become the darts stars and characters of today and tomorrow”.

The BDO International Grand Prix series marks a darts debut for Setanta Sports, which is a leading international pay-TV sports broadcaster operating nine channels in the UK, Ireland, North America and Australia.

Founded in 1992, its premium sports content is available to more than 50 million digital homes worldwide.  Setanta operates more sports channels than any other broadcaster in the UK and Ireland, and is the most widely-available premium sports channel in the UK: on satellite, via Freeview, Virgin Media, Tiscali, BT Vision and by Broadband, ensuring the widest possible distribution to all sports fans.

Setanta Sports is the only broadcaster of premium sports on digital terrestrial (Freeview). The Setanta Sports 1 channel, featuring the best of Setanta’s premium live content, is available on Freeview boxes and digital TVs with viewing card slots.

Setanta Sports is also available online, live and on demand, via Setanta by Broadband, featuring all Setanta’s leading content offered on Setanta Sports 1, Setanta Sports 2 and Setanta Golf, allowing sports fans to access at home, work or elsewhere.

For information on how to subscribe, go to: www.setanta.com or call 08712 10 20 30. Virgin Media, BT Vision and Tiscali customers should contact their operator.

Saturday 12th April 2008

TRINA GULLIVER AND ROSS MONTGOMERY ARE ENGLAND OPEN CHAMPIONS

England's Trina Gulliver won the England Open Women's Singles title with a narrow 3-2 victory over Russia's Irina Armstrong in a final of the highest quality. In the Men's Singles Ross Montgomery scored a narrow but deserved 3-2 win over fellow scot Gary Anderson.

View the results brackets ... here

Sunday 6th April 2008

SCOTLAND MEN AND ENGLAND WOMEN WIN THE BRITISH INTERNATIONALS

In one of closest ever British Internationals Scotland took the Men's title in the last match of the day with a narrow 7-5 victory over England. All the other Men's matches had been drawn. The situation was the same in the Women's event going into the final match. Here England gained a clear 5-1 win over Scotland to take the Women's crown.

All the results and match score-sheets can be found below.

Saturday 5th April 2008

BDO BRITISH INTERNATIONALS 2008

The 2008 BDO British Internationals are taking place in Glasgow this weekend. You can click on the links below to view the individual match results.

SETANTA SPORTS TO SCREEN BDO INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX SERIES

A new and exciting British Darts Organisation ‘International Grand Prix’ comprising five established tournaments is to be televised live on Setanta Sports from May to September 2008.

The five featured tournaments will be:

• THE WDO WELSH OPEN: Pontin’s, Prestatyn - MAY
• THE BDO INTERNATIONAL OPEN: Pontin’s, Brean Sands - JUNE
• THE BDO GOLD CUP: Lakeside Country Club – JULY
• THE BDO BRITISH CLASSIC: Kettering Leisure Village – JULY
• THE BDO BRITISH OPEN: The Spa, Bridlington – SEPTEMBER

The BDO ‘International Grand Prix’ series marks a darts debut for Setanta Sports, which offers an extensive sports package that includes the recently launched 24 hour Setanta Sports News.

Olly Croft, Managing Director of BDO Enterprises, says:

“This latest innovation for BDO televised darts, is a clear indication that in its 35^th Anniversary Year the BDO continues to move forward and look after the future of our sport.

“We are delighted that BDO darts and its players will be screened by Setanta Sports, and the series of five live ‘International Grand Prix’ tournaments perfectly compliments our two majors – the Lakeside World Professional and the Winmau World Masters - on BBC terrestrial TV.

“It gives the BDO a portfolio of seven televised tournaments with the real potential of providing opportunities for fresh, as well as established names, to become the darts stars and characters of today and tomorrow”.

Further details will be announced shortly.

Friday 4th April 2008

DATE CHANGE FOR THE BICC

All players are advised of the date change for the last BICC fixture in 2008. Now that the date for the Winmau World Masters has been finalised, the BICC fixtures will be played on 29-30 November.

Wednesday 2nd April 2008

2008 WINMAU WORLD MASTERS WORLD FINALS

THE SPA, BRIDLINGTON

Friday, December 5^TH, Saturday, December 6^th and Sunday, December 7th

THE BRITISH DARTS ORGANISATION is delighted to announce that the World Finals of the 2008 Winmau World Masters will return to The Spa, Bridlington from Friday December 5^th to Sunday, December 7th.