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 BDO LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011

 Ticket order forms and booking forms for hotel packages for the 2011 Lakeside World Professional Championships are now available for download.  Please remember that Lakeside sells out very fast!
 
 The 2011 dates are SATURDAY, JANUARY 1ST to SUNDAY, JANUARY 9TH and there is an extra afternoon session on Bank Holiday Monday, January 3rd.

Click on the links below for the relevant forms.

Ticket packages only                  Hotel packages only

5th September

  WELSH MASTERS TITLES TO JULIE GORE AND TONY WEST



The 2010 Welsh Masters are Julie Gore and Tony West. Both finals went to the deciding leg. Julie took a narrow 4-3 victory over England's Lisa Ashton while Tony triumphed 5-4 over Davy Richardson from Northumberland.

The complete results brackets can be found on the links below.

 Men's Results        Women's Results

4th September


 THE WINAMU WORLD MASTERS 2010:  ENTRY LISTS

Provisional entry lists for the 2010 Winmau World Masters can be seen on the links below.
 
Players intending to take part but are not listed, or players who are listed but will be unable to attend are requested to contact the BDO by clicking ....here


Men's Singles        Women's Singles        Boys Singles        Girls Singles

 


 THE BDO BRITISH OPEN 17-19 SEPTEMBER:  UPDATED ENTRY LISTS

Latest entry lists for the BDO British Open are now available on the links below. As of today we have 415 men and 112 women registered Remember, entries close on Monday 6th September.

If you have sent an entry check that your name is on the list.

Men's Singles            Women's Singles

3rd September



 O'SHEA RECEIVES ZUIDERDUIN WILDCARD

England's Tony O'Shea has received the first wildcard for the 2010 Zuiderduin Masters which will be played in December. "Silverback" who is one of the most popular players on the circuit, received his wildcard in recognition of his status as reigning WDF World Singles Champion and his current position as Nr. 2 in the WDF World Rankings and Jt. 5th in the BDO Invitation Table.
Photo courtesy Zuiderduin Masters
  The top 16 players from the Zuiderduin Masters ranking table have already been established. Three of the four places allocated to the International Darts Tour of the Lowlands (IDTL) have also been decided. The winner of the tour,
Steve West, is already qualified through the Zuiderduin Rankings. This leaves the fourth place open as a wildcard. Wesley Harms is also awarded a place after his win in the Netherlands Champions League. The participants named so far are:

Zuiderduin Rankings: 1. Ross Montgomery  2. Martin Adams  3. Steve West             Jt4. Garry Thompson  Jt4. Alan Norris  6. Darryl Fitton  7. Dean Winstanley
8. Scott Mitchell  9. Gary Robson  10. Stuart Kellet  11. Scott Waites  12. Dave Prins  Jt.13. Robbie Green  Jt13. Tony West  15. Steve Douglas  16. Joey ten Berge

IDTL qualifiers: John Henderson, John Walton, and Gino Vos

Netherlands Champions League: Wesley Harms

1st. Wildcard: Tony O'shea

That leaves 3 wildcards still to be awarded.

In the Women's event Deta Hedman finished top of the Zuiderduin Rankings by a comfortable margin. In addition she qualified through her Nr.1 position in the Women's IDTL so that position will go to a wildcard. The Women's qualifiers are:

Zuiderduin Rankings: 1. Deta Hedman  2. Irina Armstrong  3. Dee bateman               4. Karen Lawman  5. Trina Gulliver

Women's IDTL:  wildcard

Netherlands Champions League: Sharon Prins

That leaves 2 wildcards to be awarded.

 


 WINMAU WORLD MASTERS SEEDS ANNOUNCED

The seedings for the 2010 Winmau World Masters were announced today.

Men:      1. Martin Adams   2. Stuart Kellett   3. Steve West   4. Dean Winstanley
             5. Tony O'Shea   6. Garry Thompson   7. Ross Montgomery   8. Scott Waites
            

Women: 1. Deta Hedman   2. Trina Gulliver   3. Irina Armstrong   4. Karen Lawman
             5. Julie Gore   6. Dee Bateman   7. Tricia Wright   8. Karin Krappen

The 2010 Winmau World Masters will be played at the City Hall, Hull from October 29th to 31st, with live and exclusive BBC TV coverage over the weekend of October 30th and 31st.

2nd September


 LIVE STREAM FROM WELSH MASTERS AND WELSH CLASSIC

Sunday 5th September 6.00 pm Welsh Masters Semi-Finals and Finals.

Monday 6th September. 6.30 pm Welsh Classic Semi-Finals and Finals.

Free stream on Cue Sports TV. Click ... here ... to watch.

 

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS TO WINMAU

The finals of the Dutch Champions League were played last Saturday. The photo on the right shows the four winners who will compete in the Winmau World Masters later this year.

The winners shown from left to right are.

Angelique Maarse (Girls), Jimmy Hendriks (Boys) Wesley Harms (Men) and Sharon Prins (Women).
Photo courtesy Zuiderduin Masters

31st August


 THE BDO BRITISH OPEN 17-19 SEPTEMBER:  UPDATED ENTRY LISTS

Latest entry lists for the BDO British Open are now available on the links below. Remember, entries close on 6th September.

Men's Singles            Women's Singles

27th August

NEW SEASON VIEWPOINT 2010/2011

I start this Viewpoint by thanking Rileys for their wonderful support of the BICC. I am delighted to say that their very impressive “Darts Zones” have now risen in number to 41 venues nationwide, and their ultimate target is to have over 100...... more

25th August

THE LAKESIDE WORLD PRO WILL WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR 

The BDO Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships will start on New Year’s Day 2011 and be the first major sporting event of the New Year on terrestrial television.

Players – men and women - from over thirty countries around the globe will compete in the qualifying events for the opportunity to reach the most famous venue in World Darts.

“What a fantastic way to celebrate the arrival of the New Year”, says Olly Croft, OBE, Managing Director of BDO Enterprises Ltd.  “For the first time since 2005, we are starting the Lakeside World Professional Championships on January 1st and, because there will be a Bank Holiday on Monday, January 3rd there is a bonus for darts fans with an extra afternoon session on that day.

 “There will be a total of twelve sessions of darts, and together with our wonderful sponsor Bob Potter and BBC Sport, we will make sure that we present the greatest darts Championship on the planet!

 “The World Pro continues to maintain the history of darts at the highest possible participation levels. It is a true world event seen by the biggest TV audiences for darts anywhere in the world.

“It offers a wonderful mix of well-known and experienced players, challenged by fresh faces and emerging talent, together with the finest officials, the premier broadcaster and the No.1 venue in World Darts.”

The Men’s World Professional Championship will celebrate thirty-four years of continuous coverage on BBC TV (1978 to 2011), while the Women’s World Professional Championship will be staged for the eleventh consecutive year (2001 to 2011).

 The extensive TV coverage by BBC Sport is complemented by red-button coverage of every dart thrown for digital TV viewers, global distribution by BBC Worldwide, European coverage via Eurosport, and Asian coverage by Eurosport Asia. Collectively this produces the biggest global TV audiences for darts.

18th August

PAULINE STAFFORD: FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Thursday 26th August at 1.30pm.

Service: St Bartholemews, Norton Lane, Norton le Moors, Stoke on Trent ST6 8BY Cremation: 2.30 pm Carmountside Cemetry & Crematorium.                                  Leek Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 /AB.

Pauline's daughter, Marie, would like all Pauline's friends to attend the Wake as she would like to put a face to all the names her Mother talked about.

The Wake will be held at Port Vale Football Club (in the Tommy Cheadle Room), Hamil Road, Burslem, Stoke on Trent ST6 1AW after the Cremation.

16th August

  SWEDISH OPEN 2010
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.Twenty years after winning her first title, England’s Deta Hedman won a record fifth Swedish Open Women’s Singles title - beating Russia's Irina Armstrong 5-2 in the
final.

Sweden's Carina Ekberg was on route to her fourth successive Swedish Open title,  but lost out to Deta in the Semi Finals, despite winning her quarter final match with a 170 checkout in the deciding leg.
In the Men’s Singles, Göran Klemme became only the third Swedish player to win the event in its 41 year history. It was a welcome return to form for the player who reached the  2005 Winmau World Masters final. He defeated Finland's Veijo Viinikka 5-4 in a thrilling final.
  Results: Men:
1. Göran Klemme  2. Veijo Viiikka (Fin) Jt3. Daniel Larsson (Swe) Vesa Nuutinen (Fin)

Women:
1. Deta Hedman  2. Irina Armstrong (Rus)  Jt3. Carina Ekberg (Swe) Lumi Silvan (Fin)

BDO Invitation tables are fully updated.
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