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10th March

WALES ANNOUNCE LINE-UPS FOR 2010 BRITISH INTERNATIONALS

Wales have announced their squads for the 2010 British Internationals which will be played at Bridlington on 10-11 April 2010.

Read the full Welsh press release .... here

8th March

NORFOLK IS FIRST COUNTY TO SIGN UP WITH RILEYS

The Norfolk Darts Organisation has signed a four-year deal to stage all of its competitions in Rileys Darts Zones.

It means that more than 100 players will use Rileys club in Magdalen Street, Norwich, for their home fixtures, and the NDO are the first county to commit to Rileys.... more

4th March

NEW VENUE FOR BDO WINMAU BRITISH CLASSIC

As part of new and exciting developments in its tournament calendar, the British Darts Organisation is re-locating the BDO Winmau British Classic to the expansive Towerlands Park Conference & Events Centre which is set in 130 acres of Essex countryside at Braintree.

There is also a £1,000 increase for the 2010 Men’s Singles Champion, who will receive a cheque for £3,000..... more

3rd March

BIG ROBBO WINS 6TH TYNE & WEAR OPEN

Gary Robson became the 6th different man to clinch the Tyne & Wear Open Singles title on Saturday as he beat Tyne & Wears Steve Robertson in the final 5-2 to claim the £1,100 first prize in Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton.
Gary Robson a regular at Lakeside came through a strong field of over 300 players from all over the country. In the final Gary beat Tyne & Wears Steve Robertson 5-2 in the stage final hitting 3 180’s on his way with a average of 30.93 to picking up the prize money and Trophy.

Tyne & Wear's Welsh international Ann-Marie Potts won the Ladies Competition for the Second Time from a field of 64 players, against a spirited performance from youngster Kirsty Hutchinson. It was a Close final with Ann-Marie just Winning 4-3 in a fantastic final hitting a 21.83 average and Kirsty hitting a 23.23 Average.

Graham Hutchinson (24.78) Beat 4 Times champion Leon “the Smiler” Bailey to become the only other person to win the youth title including hitting a 170 checkout and a 12 darter on his way to claiming the title.

1st March

JAMIE ROBINSON WINS ESSEX MENS OPEN 2010
A maximum field of 316 entered the 2010 Essex Mens Open. The quarter finals consisted of four Essex ‘A’ team players an England International, a former British Open Winner, a Cambridgeshire County ‘A’ player and a local pub player.

The Semi Finals saw an all Essex encounter with Colchester’s Jamie Robinson (28.05) overcoming Southend’s Mick Peel (25.75) 4-2. Al Hedman (24.74) beat Cambridgeshire’s Steve Roberts (22.85) 4-0 in the second semi final before Robinson (26.11) went on to beat Hedman (25.39) in a final which went to the deciding leg.

Winner:      Jamie Robinson (Essex) £1000

Runner-Up: Al Hedman (Essex) £500

S-Finalists:  Mick Peel (Essex) £150
                  Steve Roberts (Cambs) £150

Q-Finalists   Dave Orton (Essex) £50
                  Paul Hogan (Berkshire) £50
                  Barry Adlam (Essex) £50
                  Alan Mathieson (Essex) £50

Last 16 (£15) Dan Day (London), Paul Gibbs (Hampshire), John Creed (Hertfordshire)   Dennis Harbour (Cambridgeshire), Shaun Walsh (Essex), Daniel Sare (Essex)             Neil Bunton (Norfolk), Tim Martin (Hertfordshire)
Last 32 (£10) & George Bell, Alan Currivan (Essex), Nick Buckingham (Kent),          Steve Connor (Norfolk), John Nelson (London), Richard Howson (Essex),               Sean Johns (Devon), Daniel Faulkner (Essex), Nicky Turner (London),                    Nigel Fisher (Kent), Lee Mallett (Essex), Dave O’Meara (Essex), Robbie James (Kent), Peter Brown (Essex), Alan Church (Essex), Gary Miles (Essex)

28th February

NATIONS CUP 2010: FINAL DAY

The victorious England team.

       "John Boy" receives his 9 dart award

The order of play is as follows:

Women's Semi-Finals: Netherlands 5 Rep. Ireland 3    England 5 Scotland 0

Men's Semi-Finals:    Wales 13 Scotland 7     England 13 Northern Ireland 3

Women's 5/6 place:   Wales 5 Northern Ireland 0

Men's 5/6 place:    Netherlands 13 Rep. Ireland 10

Women's Final: Netherlands 3 England 5

Men's Final: Wales 7 England 13   9 dart leg by John Walton in 17th leg.

Women's overall averages          Men's overall averages

FINNISH OPEN 2010

Deta Hedman won her sixth Finnish Open title with a 4-0 win over Finland's Tarja Salminen in Helsinki yesterday. Deta has played in nine previous Finnish Open finals, the last time she won was way back in 1996.

Paul Knighton won his first Finnish Open title with a 5-2 win over Jonny Nijs from the Netherlands.

Women's Semi-Finals:
Deta Hedman 4-1 Kirsi Viinikainen (Fin)
Tarja Salminen 4-1 Marika Juhola (Fin)

J5: Kristin Bomander (Swe), Katja Helin (Fin), Maret Liri (Fin), Tricia Wright (Eng)

Men's Semi-Finals:
Scott Mitchell (Eng) 3-4 Paul Knighton
Jonny Nijs (Nl) 4-3 Jonas Olovsson (Swe)

J5: Ulf Ceder (Fin), Remco van Eijden (Nl), Veijo Viinkka (Fin), Uki Takkinen (Fin)

27th February

NATIONS CUP 2010

The 2010 Nations Cup kicked off today at Sligo in the Republic of Ireland.
Results from Day one:

Click on each match result for the match statistics.

Men Group 1. Wales 13 Netherlands 7
Men Group 1. Netherlands 13 Northern Ireland 11
Men Group 1. Northern Ireland 13 Wales 12

Men Group 2. Scotland 13 Republic of Ireland 5
Men Group 2. Republic of Ireland 10 England 13
Men Group 2. England 13 Scotland 9

Men's summary sheet

Women Group 1. Wales 2 Netherlands 7
Women Group 1. Netherlands 5 Scotland 4
Women Group 1. Scotland 5 Wales 4

Women Group 2. Northern Ireland 2 Republic of Ireland 7
Women Group 2. Republic of Ireland 3 England 6
Women Group 2. England 9 Northern Ireland 0

Women's summary sheet

20th February

SCOTTISH OPEN 2010

Results and updates are available on the SDA website.

Click .... here

16th February

SCOTTISH OPEN 2010

The draw for the Scottish Open Singles events can be found on the links below. All start times and board numbers are shown on the draw sheets.

Men: Session 1        Men: Session 2        Men: Session 3       Men: Session 4

The Men's sessions 1 and 2 will be played on Friday 19th February and sessions 3 and 4 will be played on Saturday 20th February.

Women: Session 1        Women: Session 2

Both Women's sessions will be played on Saturday 20th February.

10th February

GRANITE CITY OPEN YOUTH 2010

Results of the 2010 Granite City Open Youth events are available from the links below.

Under 15      Boys Under 18      Girls Under 18      Boys Under 21      Girls Under 21

To view the Finalists photo-gallery click ... here

BICC LIVE STREAMING: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v CUMBRIA THIS WEEKEND

The Nottinghamshire Darts Organisation will once again be providing an internet stream from their home fixture, this time against Cumbria. Streaming is expected to start at 12.00 noon on both Saturday and Sunday. We wish them every success.

8th February

DETA AND WOLFIE TAKE THE DUTCH OPEN TITLES

Deta Hedman and Martin Adams lifted the Singles titles at this year's Dutch Open which was concluded in Veldhoven yesterday. Deta got the better of Lakeside World Champion Trina Gulliver after a dramatic 5-4 tie-break win.

"Wolfie" had a tremendous battle with Scott Waites before winning his first ever Dutch Open Singles title by 3 sets to 1.

Women: Last 16
Trina Gulliver - Zoe Jones 3-1
Francisca Hoenselaar - Carla Molema 3-0
Rilana Erades - Sharon Prins 3-0
Yvanca v Welt - Karen Lawman 0-3
Deta Hedman - Floortje v Zanten 3-2
Nicole Delie - Karin Krappen 1-3
Dee Bateman - Lisa Ashton 0-3
Louise Carroll - Irina Armstrong 0-3

Women: Last 8
Trina Gulliver - Francisca Hoenselaar 3-1
Rilana Erades - Karen Lawman 0-3
Deta Hedman - Karin Krappen 3-0
Lisa Ashton - Irina Armstrong 3-2

Women: Semi-Finals
Trina Gulliver - Karen Lawman 4-1
Deta Hedman - Lisa Ashton 4-2

Women: Final
Trina Gulliver - Deta Hedman 4-5

Photo: Henk Westerdaal www.home4darts.nl Men: Last 32
Patrick Loos - Dave Proosten 3-0
Danny v de Kooy - Scott Mitchell 1-3
Jerry Hendriks - Ross Montgomery 2-3
Robbie Green - Mark de Wolf 3-2
Remon Hurrebrink - Scott Waites 1-3
Cor Ernst - Mark Barilli 3-1
Stephan Gerritsen - Benito v de Pas 0-3
Paul Gibbs - Davy Mertens 3-2
Edwin Max - Andy Wright 3-1
Lewis McGurn - Patrick v Veldhoven 3-2
Steve Douglas - Brian Woods 3-1
Stephen Bunting - Dave Prins 3-2
Phil Niixon - Dave Chisnall 1-3
Henri Klein - Steve West 0-3
Robert Wagner - Joey ten Berge 1-3
Jasper Smidt - Martin Adams 1-3

Men: Last 16
Patrick Loos - Scott Mitchell 3-0
Ross Montgomery - Robbie Green 3-2
Scott Waites - Cor Ernst 3-1
Benito van de Pas - Paul Gibbs 1-3
Edwin Max - Lewis McGurn 3-1
Steve Douglas - Stephen Bunting 3-1
Dave Chisnall - Steve West 1-3
Joey ten Berge - Martin Adams 1-3

Men: Last 8
Patrick Loos - Ross Montgomery 0-4
Scott Waites - Paul Gibbs 4-1
Edwin Max - Steve Douglas 1-4
Martin Adams - Steve West 4-0

Men: Semi-Finals
Ross Montgomery - Scott Waites 0-2 sets
Steve Douglas - Martin Adams 0-2 sets

Men: Final
Scott Waites - Martin Adams 1-3 sets

Men Pairs Semi Finals :
Craig Baxter/Alan Soutar - Scott Waites/Garry Thompson 3-4
Ian White/John Henderson - Rick Hofstra/Tony West 4-3

Men Pairs Final;
Scott Waites/Garry Thompson - Ian White/John Henderson 0-2 sets

Ladies Pairs Final
Fran Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver - Irina Armstrong/Karin Krappen 5-2

7th February

DUTCH OPEN LIVE STREAMING

The final stages of the 2010 Dutch Open is available on a live internet stream.
The stream is available world-wide and can be viewed ... here

You will need to install Microsoft Silverlight to view the stream.

SCOTTISH OPEN 2010

The Scottish Open Draw Lists are available on the links below, Men's Sessions 1 and 2 will be played on Friday 19th and Sessions 3 and 4 will be played on Saturday 20th. Women's Sessions 1 and 2 will both be played on Saturday 20th.

Men's Lists            Women's Lists

5th February

BDO STATEMENT REGARDING PDC OFFER

In the interests of transparency the BDO Board of Directors have decided to publish the following correspondence.

The letter from the BDO Board of Directors to PDC Director Barry Hearn is ... here

The letter from PDC Director Barry Hearn to the BDO is ... here

The official statement by the BDO Board of Directors is ... here

1st February

MANX DARTS FESTIVAL ROUNDS 25 YEARS THIS YEAR

A palatial venue with pillars and cascading waterfalls overlooking the sea in Douglas on the tax exile island of the Isle of Man is the perfect setting for one of darts longest running tournaments next month .... more