The home countries of
England,
Scotland
and Waleswill battle it out for national darts pride at
the BDO British International Darts Championships staged at The Spa,
Bridlington on April 10th & 11th by the British
Darts Organisation....more
SCOTTISH YOUTH OPEN TO BE SPONSORED BY RILEYS
The
Scottish Youth Committee
are proud to announce a new sponsorship deal
with Rileys to host the Scottish Youth Open. The 2010 Open will be held
in Rileys Bridge Place Aberdeen on Saturday 28th August with the 2011
event will be held in Central/South Scotland in a Rileys club which will
have a Darts Zone put in at a later date in 2010. The event will then
alternate between these two venues.
Each
year the event will consist ofan
Under 21s Boys and Girls and an Under 18s Boys and Girls (both will be Winmau
World Masters Qualifiers). It
will also be a Scottish Grand Prix event.
More details will be announced shortly.
ROBBIE IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
Cheshire’s
Robbie Green topped the March averages in
the Rileys BDO Inter-Counties Championships with what is believed to be
a record-breaking BICC single dart average of 42.94 (which equates to a
128.82 three-dart average).
Not
surprisingly, this won him the BDO’s March award for the highest average
in the Premier Division of the BICC.
Robbie, who was runner-up in the 2009 Winmau World
Masters, will be in the
England
12-man team which will compete in the 2010 BDO British Internationals at
The Spa, Bridlington on April 10th and 11th.
As further confirmation of the standard of play
(and players) in the BDO County system, Micky Reed (Beds) topped
Division 1 with a 31.31 single darts average, and by an amazing
coincidence the Division 2 Award was shared by Paul Hogan (Berks) and
Daniel Willimott (Suffolk) with identical 31.31 single dart averages.
John Elliott of Northants ‘B’ claimed the Division
3 Award with a 32.67 single darts average, and congratulations go to
Paul Rowley (Shrops) with a 33.40 single dart average to win the
Division 4 top average award, and not to be outdone Alan Norris, playing
for East Stirlingshire recordeda 32.67 single darts average to win the Scotland North top
average award, and Ross Montgomery (E. Renfrewshire) hit a magnificent
34.95 single darts average to win the top average award for Scotland
South.
The women’s averages for March were equally
impressive, with Olive Byamukama of Lancashire
recording an impressive 29.47 single dart average to top the Premier
Division averages.
In Division 1, Cathryn Campbell (Dorset)
won the award with 25.91; Kerry Simmons (London)
headed Division 2 with 23.86; Gaynor Williams (Gwynedd) topped Division
3 with 22.77; Julie Gore (Pembrokeshire) headed Division 4 with 22.43;
Kate Smith (Tay
Valley) was Scotland North winner with 22.77
and Louise Hepburn (Renfrewshire) won the Scotland South award with a
24.24 single dart average.
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.
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 CambridgeshireCounty ‘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)
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)
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
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.
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
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