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Newsline 31st December 2005

EUROSPORT TO TELEVISE THE LAKESIDE WORLD PRO 2006

EUROSPORT have handed darts fans in mainland Europe a splendid present for the New Year in the form of daily coverage from the Lakeside World Pro. Some of the coverage will be live, and some recorded highlights.

We will be back after the Christmas holidays

Newsline14th December 2005

PRESS RELEASE INTERNATIONAL DARTS LEAGUE 2006

After 3 years the International Darts League will leave The Hague. The tournament will be held at the Triavium in the city of Nijmegen from May 6th till May 14th. Once again the 32 best dart players will participate in this Grand Slam Tournament. Among them are Raymond van Barneveld, Co Stompé, Martin Adams, Ted Hankey and Mervyn King.

Newsline13th December 2005

DUTCH OPEN 2006:........CLOSING DATE......FINAL REMINDER

The NDB has asked us to remind all players wishing to take part in the 2006 Dutch Open that the closing date for entries is the 15th December which is in two days time. Late entries cannot be accepted.

Newsline11th December 2005

LEENDESK MASTERS 2005: FINALS DAY

MERVYN KING BEATS MARTIN ADAMS IN CLASSIC ENCOUNTER

You can find all the results, reports, and photo's.....here

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NEW PRO DART TEAM ESTABLISHED IN THE NETHERLANDS

A new Professional Darts Team has seen the light of day in the Netherlands. The team, consisting of Mervyn King, Ted Hankey, Vincent van der Voort, and Jelle Klaasen will be known as "Keukenconcurrent Pro Darts Team". The team will be promoted by B & H Events and sponsored by Keukenconcurrent which is the largest producer of fitted kitchens in the Netherlands. Besides promoting themselves and their sponsors the team will be operating special darts courses and clinics throughout the Netherlands which will be available to young and aspiring dart players. All four players were delighted with the deal which will guarantee them a stable income for the next three years. Vincent will join the team after 27th February due to commitments with other sponsors.

Back from the left Hans Rothengatter, Ernst Bareman, of Keukenconcurrent, and Paul Kusters.

Front: Vincent, jelle and Mervyn. Inset: Ted Hankey

Newsline 5th December 2005

NORWEGIAN PENTATHLON 2005: RESULTS

MEN

1.	Robert Wagner		Sandefjord		399 points
2.	John Sandåker		Arendal		337 points
3.	Vidar Fisknes		Skogn		309 points
4.	Helge Guddal		Molde		299 points
5.	Øyvind Aasland		Oslo DT		289 points
6.	Kenneth Sodstad		King George		287 points
7.	Ken Rune Jørgensen		Skogn		276 points
8.	Robert Hansen		Langevåg		271 points
9.	Stig Jarle Knudsen		Kong Oscar		260 points
10.	Kent Sivertsen		Smøla		257 points
11.	Arild Folgerø		Ålgård		252 points
12.	Erik Larsen		X’n		236 points
13.	Stein Trondsen		Lillehammer		232 points
14.	Roy Trevland		Sandefjord		213 points
15.	Daniel Andersson		Marvin East		208 points
16.	Tore Kvalheim		Kong Oscar		198 points
17.	Rune Lyngstad		Marvin East		193 points
18.	Terje Oseth		Saga		180 points
19.	Roy Tore Christensen		Sandefjord		176 points
20.	Bjørn Berg		Molde		157 points

"FUNNY GAMES"
Shanghai		Robert Wagner		60 points
Round the Clock		Helge Guddal		34 points
Half-it		Tore Kvalheim		415 score
		Robert Wagner		34 pent.points
1001		Øyvind Aasland		12 points
		Øyvind Aasland		31 darts
2001		Robert Wagner		24 points
		Robert Wagner		55 darts
2x501		John Sandåker		18 points

WOMEN

1.	Hege Løkken		King George		139 points
2.	Mette Hansen		TTA		135 points
3.	Lise Gro Finnestad		Sandnes		133 points
4.	Lena Hansen		Langevåg		132 points
5.	Tone Eriksen		Arendal		125 poeng
6.	Rachna David		Arendal		114 points
7.	Kristin Helen Bjellås		SoVe		96 points
7.	Lisbeth Hauen		X’n		96 points
7.	Ann-Kristin Bøe Johansson		Fredrikstad		96 points
10.	Joan Hatlestad		Saga		95 points

"FUNNY GAMES"
Shanghai		Hege Løkken		45 points
Round the Clock		Lise Gro Finnestad		24 points
Half-it		Ann-Kristin Bøe Johansson		129 score points
		Ann-Kristin Bøe Johansson, Lena Hansen		17 pent.points
1001		Kristin Helen Bjellås		8 points
		Lise Gro Finnestad, Hege Løkken		42 darts
2001		Mette Hansen		11 points
		Lena Hansen		92 darts
2x501		Tone Eriksen		12 points

HONOURS FOR CLARE AND TRINA

The Golden Girls of England darts, TRINA GULLIVER and CLARE BYWATERS have completed a highly successful year for women’s darts by being named ‘Team Of The Year’ in the 2005 BBC TV South Sports Awards. They were deserved winners of the prestigious award following their outstanding achievement in winning the WDF

World Cup title in Perth, Australia in October.

They successfully defended the title that they won in France in 2003, and not only did they collect the Women’s World Cup title for England, but Clare was WDF World Cup Singles Gold Medallist and Trina was Silver Medallist. To complete their medal haul, both were WDF World Cup Pairs Gold Medallists.

“We are so pleased to have won this award, because it recognises the strength of women’s darts on the world stage”, says England captain Trina Gulliver. “It also represents personal success for me and Clare, and we can’t wait to get to Lakeside for the World Professional Darts Championships in January.

“This latest award is icing on the cake of a great year of darts awards and titles for the two of us”.

The first ever Midlands TV Sports Personality Of The Year, Trina has recently been named ‘Sportswoman Of The Year’ in the inaugural Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Sports Awards, so the BBC South title represents a great hat-trick of sports awards for a player regarded as the most successful women’s darts player of all time.

Now she and Clare are looking forward to being in action on the opening day of the BBC televised Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships on January 7^th, 2006.

Clare is Seeded No.4 and Trina is No.1 Seed and undefeated five times Lakeside Women’s World Professional Champion.

Newsline 2nd December 2005

LAS VEGAS OPEN 2006

Full details of the Las Vegas Open 2006 are now online. You can read the flyer with all the information on the WDF Tournament Calendar.

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