Sunday 30th April 2006

 BDO MAY-DAY DARTS FESTIVAL 2006, HEMSBY.  

 ENGLAND NATIONAL SINGLES

Friday 28th April 2006

NEW SPONSOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DARTS LEAGUE

PRESS RELEASE   TOPIC new sponsor of International Darts League   TOPIC Embedded Systems is the new main sponsor of the International Darts League. TOPIC is actively involved in the development of embedded systems and is always on the lookout for new TOP talent. As a TOP player in the world of

 embedded technology, it was only logical for TOPIC to establish a relationship with the top players in the world of darts. We are convinced that our role as main sponsor will help us to further develop our company and realize our goals. Accordingly, we have entered into a long-term sponsorship agreement.

Profile

TOPIC Embedded Systems is specialized in the development of embedded systems and provides services to some of the world's leading high-tech players in the area of consumer electronics as well as medical & professional systems. TOPIC has two operational bases: Best in the Netherlands and Nitra in Slovakia. Core activities are the development of Embedded Software (software which is part of and built into products) and Hardware. TOPIC presently employs 135 people.

For more information, please feel free to contact Rieny Rijnen or Roger Smeets: telephone (0499) 33 69 79 or (06) 51 27 20 73.

Tuesday 25th April 2006

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Information for four tournaments have been added to the WDF Tournament Calendar today. For details of the England Open, British Classic, British Teenage, and British Open, check out the updated Calendar today.

Monday 24th April 2006

SWEDISH JUNIOR DARTS TROPHY 2006

The Swedish Darts Federation held their annual "Junior Trophy"  and "Junior District Championships" last weekend. All the titles landed in Stockholm with Linda Odén and Oskar Lukusiak taking the Singles events and the Stockholm first team winning the team event.

The Swedish Junior Trophy 2006		Individual winners Oskar Lukusiak and Linda Odén
Player	Club
Girls: 1.  Linda Odén 2.  Linda Holm 3.  Emelie Lindell 3.  Nina Kauhava 5.  Gabriella Asthammar 5.  Ellinor Fagerholm 5.  Elin Karlsson 5.  Ellenor Larsson   Boys: 1.  Oskar Lukusiak 2.  Ulf  Wållgren 3.  Oscar Nillson 3.  Mattias Jönsson 5.  Tobias Tillberg 5.  Kevin Alvesparr 5.  Oliver Alvesparr 5.  Emile Persson	Old Bowler Bro Team Teachers Nynäs Pölen Sancho Panza Östmo Myran     Bro MAD Old Bowler Atlantis Victory Lakers Donald Dart Donald Dart Dream Team
Swedish District Team Championship 2006   1.  Stockholm "1" 2.  Skåne "1" 3.  Stockholm "2" 4.  Skåne "2" 5.  Stockholm "3" 6.  Våstra Götaland   Stockholm Team "1"  From the left: Oscar Nilsson, Oskar Lukasiak, Linda Odén, Tobias Tillberg, Ellinor Fagerholm, Martin Pettersson-Sjöö and in the front Captain Konrad Hyltén.

Saturday 22nd April 2006

WDF RANKINGS UPDATED: TRINA GULLIVER AND MARTIN ADAMS TOP THE TABLES

     Despite deciding not to compete in the German Open, England's Trina Gulliver retains her Nr. 1 position in the Updated WDF World Rankings which are published today. Trina holds a comfortable 34 point advantage over nr. 2 Karin Krappen who is followed by her Dutch compatriot Francisca Hoenselaar.

     England Captain Martin Adams takes the Nr. 1 spot from his good friend Mervyn King after his 2nd place in the German Open earlier this evening. Mervyn, who  failed to collect any points in Bochum now holds 2nd place ahead of Scotland's Gary Anderson, who won in Bochum. The complete WDF Ranking Tables can be found in the menu on the left hand side of this page.

All other tables are now updated.

GERMAN OPEN 2006: CARLA MOLEMA AND GARY ANDERSON TAKE THE SINGLES TITLES

The Singles events in the 2006 German Open, one of the Worlds biggest darts events, was played today in Bochum. Dutch youth star Carla Molema surprised many people by beating the experienced World Nr 3 Francisca Hoenselaar in an all Dutch Women's Final. Carla won by 2 sets to nil.      Scotland's Gary Anderson got the better of England Captain Martin Adams to win the Men's title by 3 sets to 2 after a tie-break.      The Girls Singles was won by Priscilla Groeneweg from the Netherlands by 3-2 over Benita Göbel while Germany's own Kevin Münch saw off a strong Dutch challenge to win the Boys event, beating Jiri van de Horst 2-1 after a tie-break.

 Tuesday 18th April 2006

CENTRAL OPEN 2006

The popular "Central Open" was held at the Sauchie Hall near Alloa in Scotland at the weekend. We have not received all the details yet, but the  results of the finals were as follows:

Under 21 Singles: Ritchie George (Essex)  3  Scott Campbell (Grampian)  2 

 

SUCCESS FOR BDO YOUTH IN CENTRAL SCOTLAND OPEN

 

16 year-old RICHIE GEORGE – youngest son of Bobby George - won the Central Scotland Open Under-21 event, played at Sauchie Hall, Alloa over Easter Weekend, when he beat Scotland’s Scott Campbell 3-2 in a keenly contested final between the two talented youngsters.    Scott has recently been named in the Scotland team for the WDF Europe Cup Youth tournament to be played in Bremen, Germany from July 13 to 16, and the win means that Richie is following in the footsteps of Stephen Bunting, another highly talented BDO youngsters, who won the inaugural event in 2005. A darts player since he was a toddler, Richie is currently playing for Essex Youth and his consistency has kept him top, or near the top of the under-18’s averages all season.   Richie with tournament organiser Davie Hanson

 

MIKE VEITCH REPLACED BY TONY MARTIN AT THE IDL

England’s Tony Martin will replace Mike Veitch during the International Darts League, which will be held from 6th - 14th May in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Scotland’s Mike Veitch, who was seeded 7th in the event will not take part due to sad family circumstances.

Tony Martin will be placed in Group G with two fellow countrymen, Shaun Greatbatch en Tony O’Shea, and Mareno Michels from the Netherlands.

Group G is now as follows:

1.       Tony Martin               England

2.       Shaun Greatbatch  England

3.       Tony O’Shea            England

4.       Mareno Michels       Netherlands

Group G Schedule of play:

Saturday 6 May        20.48  Tony Martin                 Eng     - Tony O’Shea                      Eng

                                   21.15  Shaun Greatbatch     Eng     - Mareno Michels                Ned

Sunday 7 May          15.36  Tony Martin                 Eng     - Shaun Greatbatch            Eng

                                   16.03  Tony O’Shea               Eng     - Mareno Michels                Ned

Monday 8 May          22.09  Tony Martin                 Eng     - Mareno Michels                Ned

                                   22.36  Shaun Greatbatch     Eng     - Tony O’Shea                      Eng

Monday 17th April 2006

GERMAN OPEN 2006

The Draw for the 2006 German Open is done and the times for all first matches are online:

Visit      www.germanopen2006.de   for all the details. The total entries for each event are listed below.

Mens Singles: 1196 (41 players from Top 50 WDF).   Womens Singles: 254 (14 players from Top 20 WDF) Boys Singles: 151.   Girls Singles: 31.   Mens Pairs: 418.   Womens Pairs: 106

INDIA - PAKISTAN FRIENDSHIP CUP 2006.

The All India Darts Association, in association with the Rajastan Darts Association, recently held an International match against near neighbours Pakistan. The match was held at the Jaipur Club, in Jaipur on 7th and 8th April. We have received the following results.

Team Championship: