TRINA GULLIVER,
the England Captain, five times Winmau
World Masters Champion and eight
times Lakeside World Professional Women’s Champion, will fly the flag
for darts when she joins Matt Dawson’s team on
BBC-1’s highly popular "A question of Sport" on
Friday May 28th at 7.30 PM.
The most capped women’s
England International with thirty-seven to her credit, she will captain
England
at the BDO British Internationals at The Spa, Bridlington on April 10th
& 11th.
286 YEARS OF COUNTYDARTS!
West Lothian Darts Association are celebrating a
record-breaking 286 years of county darts by just twelve of their
players – six men and six women!
Between them they have made 1,425 county
appearances, with seven (four men and three women) making an incredible
150 county appearances each.
Ladies first, the three
celebrating 150 appearance are:
ISI KAY (57) who has been
playing for 30 years; MARGARET ARMSTRONG (74) who has also been playing
for 30 years and MARY
WALKER (65) who has been playing for 28 years.
The four men on 150
appearances each are:
JOHN GIRWOOD (76), a player
for 30 years; ROBERT HALL
(78) who has also been playing for 30 years; JAMES MITCHELL (54) another
with a 30 year record and JAMES MACMILLAN (49) who has been playing for
a mere 28 years!
Completing a couple of centuries are ELIZABETH SCOTT
(43), who after 20 years of playing has reached the magic figure of 100
appearances for West Lothian.That record is shared with MICHELLE MCLAY (41) who has also been
playing for 20 years and has recorded 100 appearances.
Two players – HUGH RICE (54)
and DAVID CRAWFORD (45) have recorded 75 appearances in 15 years of
playing, and the ‘baby’ of the bunch, 37 year-old CAROL ANNE SPEIRS has
made 25 county appearances in 10 years of playing country with West
Lothian.
"Just as these players must be proud of their county records, I am
equally proud of their achievements", says Olly Croft.
“Collectively they epitomise the enjoyment and camaraderie of BDO
Scottish county darts for men and women of all ages and abilities. Well
done to them all!”
24th March
DARTS READY TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD
An agreement between internet broadcasters
110sport.tv and four leading darts organisations - the British
Darts Organisation, the Welsh Darts Organisation, the World Darts
Federation and the Anatolians Group in conjunction with the Turkish
Darts Federation - is set to take
darts to a world-wide audience during 2010.
The BDO is delighted that 110Sport.tvwww.110sport.tvwill be providing live streaming of the 2010 BDO British
Internationals – making them accessible to a worldwide audience over the
internet.
England's Deta Hedman and
Scotland's John Henderson won the Singles events
in the 2010 Mariflex Open which was played in Roosendaal, Netherlands
today. Deta had a comfortable 5-0 Semi-Final win over Karin Krappen
before beating Irina Armstrong by 2 sets to nil in the Final. "Hendo"
took out Fabian Roosenbrand by 2 sets to 1 in the Semi-Final before
edging out England's Steve West by 3 sets to 2 for the title.
Women’s Singles: Semi-Finals
( To be played Friday, March 19)
Paula Jacklin (Spain) v Paulette Guy (Oxford)
Hayley Plume (Kent) v Marlene Badger (Kent)
14th March
JULIE GORE AND DAVE PRINS TAKE ISLE OF MAN TITLES
Welsh Nr.1 Julie Gore
won the Isle Of Man Women's Singles title for the fourth
time in a row when she defeated England's Deta Hedman 3-2 in today's
final. In the Semi-finals she overcame Lakeside World Champion Trina
Gulliver 3-1 while Deta had a 3-0 win over Lisa Ashton.
The Men's title went to England's Dave Prins who saw of
the challenge of Joey ten Berge in three straight sets. In the
Semi-Finals Dave took out Ross Montgomery 3-2 while Joey got the better
of Brian "Pecker" Woods with a 3-1 win.
The Youth Singles was won by Mitch Davies from Avon
with a 2-1 win over Yorkshire's Ben Oldroyd.
Pairs Results:
Men:
Martin Atkins/John Walton 2 v 1 Dean Winstanley/Brian Dawson
Women:
Deta Hedman/Karen Lawman
2 v 1 Trina Gulliver/Fran Hoenselaar
Mixed:
Jamie Lewis/Julie Gore 2 v 1 Dave Chisnall/Lisa Ashton
13th March
WINMAU WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
The dates for the 2010 Winmau World Masters Championships
have now been determined as Friday 29th through 31st October 2010.
With this in mind players and officials should arrange their tournament
schedules to provide details of national qualifiers and BDO recognised
Champions by the amended date of Wednesday 1st September 2010.
Any national
play-offs or BDO recognised events played after that date will not be
included in the 2010 Winmau World Masters Championships.
The seeding of the top players will be determined after the declaration
of the results has been made for the Denmark Open {DDU} IE:
Monday 30th August 2010.
INTERNATIONAL PLAY-OFFS – 2011 WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The International Play-offs will be scheduled to be played in
conjunction with the 2010 Winmau World Masters Championships and will be
played the day before that event starts IE: Thursday 28th October 2010.
WORLD PROFESSIONAL 2011 – CUT-OFF DATE FOR INVITATIONS & SEEDING
As in previous
years this will coincide with the weekend on which the Klondike Open {Canada} is scheduled to be played.
IE: Monday 11th
October 2010 will be the actual cut-off date for seeding and
invitation purposes.
12th March
2010 BDO BRITISH INTERNATIONALS
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)
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