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Tuesday 29th August 2006
NEW SEASON VIEWPOINT: BY OLLY CROFT
BDO Secretary General Olly Croft OBE presents his viewpoint before the start of the coming season. You can read Olly's comments.....here.
NEW ZEALAND DARTS STARS ON TV TONIGHT
 Robbie Grant |
TV appearances are not reserved for the Europeans stars alone. This is just to let you know that NZ Black Flights team members Robert Grant and Graeme McElroy, recent winner of the New Zealand Singles will be on "The Crowd goes Wild" sports show on NZ Prime TV tonight 29/08 at 7 pm. |
 Graeme McElroy |
Monday 28th August 2006
GEERT DE VOS AND WENDY BEUTELS WIN THE BELGIAN MASTERS 2006
The Belgian Masters 2006 were played in Dadizele yesterday:
Geert De Vos won the men's event beating local hero Rudy Delannoy 5-2 in the final. Chris Braekevelt and Ronny Huybrechts were the losing semi-finalists.
In the women's final Wendy Beutels secured a narrow 4-3 victory over Miranda Bols. Carine Dessein and Ann Goossens were the beaten semi-finalists.
Davy Van Baelen (boys), Ina Vaneerdewegh (girls) and Kenzo Van Gelder (-13) won the youth titles.
BELGIAN WINMAU MASTERS TEAM
The Belgian representatives at this year's Winmau World Masters will be:
Men:
Dirk Hespeels, Ronny Huybrechts, Geert De Vos, Chris Braekevelt, Chris Van Den Bergh and Kurt Delahousse
Women:
Sandra Pollet and Wendy Beutels
Boys:
Niels Vanbergen, Jeffrey Vanbergen and Davy Van Baelen
Girls:
Ina Vaneerdewegh and Daphne Brynaert
Saturday 26th August 2006
TRINA AND VINCENT WIN THE DANISH OPEN TITLES
Women's World nr. 1 Trina Gulliver and Dutchman Vincent van der Voort won the Singles titles at this year's Danish Open which was played earlier this evening. Trina defeated Finland Nr. 1 Tarja Salminen 4 - 0 while Vincent beat home favourite Per Laursen. In the Youth events the Boy's Singles went to Maarten Pape of the Netherlands who beat local favourite Vladimir Andersen. The Girl's Singles was won by Linda Odén from Sweden who beat Thea Kaaijk from the Netherlands.
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Vincent v.d.Voort Nl Per Laursen Dk
Per Andersen Dk
Peter Sønderby Dk
Michael v Gerwen Nl
Jelle Klaasen Nl
Kim Frithjof Dk
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Trina Gulliver Eng Tarja Salminen Fin
Barbara Lee Eng
Thea Kaaijk Nl
Maud Jansson Swe
Carina Ekberg Swe
Karin ten Kate Nl
Tina Eggersen Dk |
Maarten Pape Nl Vladimir Andersen Dk
Pieter Otten Nl
Ron Meulenkamp Nl
Nicky Schreurs Nl
Oscar Nilsson Swe
Pascal van Mourik Nl
Daniel van Mourik Nl |
Linda Odén Swe Thea Kaaijk Nl
Sanne Nielsen Dk
Linda Holm Swe |
All ranking and invitation tables are fully updated.
SWEDISH WINMAU QUALIFIERS 2006
The Swedish qualifiers for the 2006 Winmau World Masters was played last weekend. here are the results from the playoffs:
| Women: Quarter-Finals: (Best of 7 legs) |
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| Maud Jansson - Marit Pudas 4 - 1 |
Paulina Söderström - Karin Fridlund 4 - 3 |
| Lotta Olausson - Lotta Eklund, 4 - 1 |
Linda Odén - Viveka Träff 4 - 0 |
| Semi-Finals: (Best of 9 legs) |
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| Paulina Söderström - Maud Jansson 5 - 2 |
Linda Odén - Lotta Olausson 5 - 3 |
| Final: (Best of 11 legs) |
Linda Odén - Paulina Söderström 6 - 4 |
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| Men: Last 16: (Best of 11 legs) |
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| Göran Klemme - Henrik Östlund 6 - 0 |
Dennis Nilsson - Peter Eriksson 6 - 5 |
| Pär Riihonen - Stefan Pettersson 6 - 4 |
Jonas Bergström - Ronny Röhr 6 - 3 |
| Kenneth Högwall - Sven Erik Lundberg 6 - 0 |
Veikko Holmqvist - Oskar Lukasiak 6 - 4 |
| David Pettersson - Bosse Larsson 6 - 0 |
Daniel Larsson - Örjan Thompsson 6 - 2 |
| Quarter-finals: (Best of 13 legs) |
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| Göran Klemme - Dennis Nilsson 7 - 4 |
Jonas Bergström - Pär Riihonen 7 - 2 |
| Kenneth Högwall - Veikko Holmqvist 7 - 4 |
Daniel Larsson - David Pettersson 7 - 6 |
| Semi-Finals: (Best of 15 legs) |
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| Göran Klemme - Jonas Bergström 8 - 2 |
Kenneth Högwall - Daniel Larsson 8 - 6 |
| Final: (Best of 17 legs) |
Kennet Högwall - Göran Klemme 9 - 5 |
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| Boy's : Semi-Finals: (Best of 5 legs) |
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| Oskar Lukasiak - Kalle Hansson 3 - 0 |
Tobias Tillberg- Oscar Nilsson 3 - 2 |
| Final: (Best of 7 legs) |
Oskar Lukasiak - Tobias Tillberg 4 - 2 |
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Girl's: Semi-Finals: (Best of 5 legs) |
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| Linda Odén - Lisa Hansson 3 - 0 |
Emelie Lindell - Linda Holm 3 - 1 |
| Final: (Best of 7 legs) |
Linda Odén - Emelie Lindell 4 - 0 |
Friday 25th August 2006
SWEDISH OPEN 2006
The 2006 Swedish Open will be held in Upsala on 24-26th November. Full Tournament details are now available for reading or download in the WDF Tournament Calendar.
Thursday 24th August 2006
BRUNEI POISED TO ENTER THEIR FIRST WDF EVENT
The Brunei Darussalem Darts association, one of the newest WDF member countries, will be participating in a WDF event for the very first time when they attend the WDF ASIA/PACIFIC CUP in Malaysia in September. They will be represented by the following players:
MEN
Serabah Hj. Abas
Mohamed Pg. Hj. Matarsad
Awang Muhammad Rusli
Andy Sham Hj. Samsudin
WOMEN
Mariani Emran
Jazmeen Mohd Ali Nordin
TEAM MANAGER
Zaini Kudi
Sunday 20th August 2006
LEYLSTAD OPEN 2006
The 2006 Leylstad Open was played yesterday and attracted 357 men and 80 women. Johnny Petermans took the men's title with a 4 sets to 1 victory over England's Matt Clark. The women's final was an all Dutch affair with Francisca Hoensellar just edging out her Europe Cup partner Karin Krappen by 6 legs to 5.
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