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Sunday 20th July 2008

RECORD ENTRIES FOR THE WINMAU BDO BRITISH CLASSIC 580 men and 134 women will contest the 2008 Winmau BDO British Classic which will be played at the Kettering Conference Centre on Saturday. The Men's Classic is the penultimate event in the 2008 BDO International Grand Prix and will be televised live on Setanta Sports. You can view the draw on the following links:   Men     Women Links to the alphabetical lists of players:   Men     Women CLICK  here  TO SUBSCRIBE AND WATCH EXCLUSIVE BDO DARTS ON SETANTA SPORTS or call 08712 00 33 22.

WDF EUROPE CUP YOUTH 2008 The Europe Cup Youth was concluded yesterday evening in Swansea. The Dutch Boys retained their overall title with England in second place and the Republic of Ireland third. England's Shaun Griffiths won the coveted Singles title with a narrow 3 sets to 2 victory over Patrick Meaney from the Republic of Ireland. The Pairs event went to Jeffrey Stigter/Maarten Pape of the Netherlands who edged out David Coyne/Patrick Meaney by 4 legs to three. In the Team event Netherlands defeated England by 9 legs to 7 in yet another exciting match. Sweden dominated the Girls event winning both the Singles and Pairs events. Gabriella Asthammer defeated Germany's Asaria Hintzsche-Oehme by 4 legs to 2 in the Singles then teamed up with Lina Odén to win the Pairs with a 4 - 2 win over Lynn Poolen and Kristie Struker from the Netherland who finished in second place in the overall Cup. Hosts Wales took the overall Bronze medals. Full details are available on the WDF website ... link

Friday 18th July 2008

WDF EUROPE CUP YOUTH 2008 The 2008 WDF Europe Cup Youth is currently being played at the University of Swansea in South Wales. The opening rounds of the Boys Team and the Girls Pairs events were played yesterday with the best British performances coming from England in the Boys Team and Wales in the Girls Pairs. The Boys Singles and Pairs plus the Girls Singles will be played today. Full details can be found on the WDF Website.

Wednesday 16th July 2008

BRITISH CLASSIC 2008: KETTERING CONFERENCE CENTRE The 2008 BDO British Classic – the penultimate tournament in the BDO International Grand Prix Series of five major events - has attracted record entries, and the Last 8 in the Men’s Singles will be seen live and exclusively on Setanta Sports from the Kettering Conference Centre, on Saturday, July 26th from 7.30PM to Midnight. ... more ... CLICK  here  TO SUBSCRIBE AND WATCH EXCLUSIVE BDO DARTS ON SETANTA SPORTS or call 08712 00 33 22.

Saturday 12th July 2008

BDO GOLD CUP FINALS 2008 Men's Singles: Quarter-Finals: (3 sets) Mick Reed 0-2 Gary Anderson      Scott Waites 2-0 Gavin Forsyth Paul Gibbs 0-2 Chris Jones     Kevin Edwards 0-2 Stuart Bousfield Semi-Finals: (5 sets) Gary Anderson 3-0 Chris Jones   Scott Waites 3-1 Stuart Bousfield Final: (7 Sets) Gary Anderson 2-4 Scott Waites BDO International Grand Prix Table ... here Women's Singles: Final: Dawn Standley 3-1 Julie Gore                                                     Foto: Steve Daszko Men's Pairs: Final: Alan Davie/Andy Lynn 4-1 Trevor Ellacott/Wayne Morgan                                                   Foto: Steve Daszko Women's Pairs: Final Sally Dowell/Tricia Wright 3-1 Sandra Greatbatch/Barbara Lee                                                               Foto: Steve Daszko Men's Singles: Complete Bracket: ... here Women's Singles: Complete Bracket: ... here Men's Pairs: Complete Bracket: ... here Women's Pairs: Complete Bracket ... here

Wednesday 9th July 2008

ANDY FORDHAM 2004 BDO World Professional Darts Champion Andy Fordham has been given medical advice that he needs a liver transplant. Having collapsed during the 2007 Lakeside World Championships, Andy was hospitalised and later diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. He expects to be placed on the transplant list shortly. Everyone at the British Darts Organisation and his many colleagues and friends in world darts send their best wishes to him for a speedy return to good health.

Sunday 6th July 2008

AUSTRALIAN GRAND MASTERS 2008 Australia's Tony David captured the Australian Grand Masters title with a 5-3 win over Rob Modra. Third spot was shared by Steve Duke senior and Kyle Anderson. Simon Whitlock shared 5th place. In the Women's event Corrine Hammond took the title with a 4-0 victory over Janine Cassar. Carol Forwood and Julie Thomas shared third place. Result Sheets

WELSH CLASSIC 2008 Francis Hoenselaar returned to winning ways when she won the Womens Singles at the Welsh Classic, she beat England's Dee Bateman 3-0. Irina Armstrong continued her good form and shared 3rd place with Tricia Wright.  Full results ... here The Men's title went to England's Garry Thompson who got the better of rising Dutch star Joey ten Berge by 4 legs to 1. Sweden's Alan Norris and Yorkshire's Scott Waites shared third place. Full results ... here

Friday 4th July 2008

	BDO GOLD CUP FINALS 2008 Champions from fifty-four BDO counties will be at Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green on Saturday, July 12th for the 2008 BDO GOLD CUP - and the stage finals from the Last 8 to the Final in the Men’s Singles will be televised live and exclusively on Setanta Sports from 7PM to Midnight. Among those hoping to win through to the televised stage finals is Scotland’s Gary Anderson, currently holding joint first place in the BDO International Grand Prix table with 15 points. (Link to table)
The draw:	Men's Singles      Women's Singles     Men's Pairs     Women's Pairs Men's Singles Format

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

	BDO GOLD CUP FINALS 2008 The Finals of the 2008 BDO Gold Cup will be played at the Lakeside on Saturday 12 July. The list of qualifiers can be found ... here

GRANITE CITY 2008: WINS FOR KARIN KRAPPEN AND GARY ANDERSON

The 2008 Granite City Open, which was played in Aberdeen at the weekend, attracted a record entry of 452 men and 160 Women.

The results for all singles and pairs events can be found ... here

Tuesday 1st July 2008

LILL COOMBES

The family of Lily Coombes would like to thank the BDO and Suffolk Darts for their lovely floral tributes and representatives of the Darts World who attended her funeral..

The service included Sue Talbot paying a lovely tribute to Lil and also reading a tribute from Sharon Kemp who is in Australia. Thanks also to Maureen Flowers for the lovely ‘pillow tribute’.   

Thank you also for all the cards from around the world. Mum’s service card included a lovely poem and a beautiful photo of her enjoying her strawberry’s and cream  We will be sending mums service cards to all her friends who have included their address on the cards sent. If anyone else would like one please email jmichael@btinternet.com please include your address.  

Kindest regards Janette and Valerie (Lil’s daughters)

 
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