NEWSLINE 27 TH FEBRUARY 2005
NATIONS CUP 2005 DAY TWO:
Final: England 13 Scotland 9
The successful England Team: John Walton - Tony O`Shea - Steve Farmer - Mervyn King - Martin Adams
Officials: Sam Hawkins (left) and Alan Robson (centre)
Semi-Final: England 13 Netherlands 10
Semi-Final: Scotland 13 Wales 6
5th/6th Place match. Northern Ireland 13 Republic of Ireland 11
NEWSLINE 26 TH FEBRUARY 2005
NATIONS CUP 2005
The Nations Cup 2005 starts today at the Normandy Cosmopolitan Hotel in Renfrew, Scotland. The competing countries are, England, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Latest results:
Group A: England - Northern Ireland - Wales
England 18 Wales 7
Wales 19 Northern Ireland 6
England 18 Northern Ireland 7
Group B: Netherlands - Republic of Ireland - Scotland
Scotland 18 Rep. Ireland 7
Netherlands 19 Rep. Ireland 6
Scotland 13 Netherlands 12
Sunday`s Matches will be:
Semi-finals: England v Netherlands and Wales v Scotland
Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland will then play off for 5th and 6th places.
Last match will be the Final:
NEWSLINE 25 TH FEBRUARY 2005
TEMPUS INTERNATIONAL DARTS LEAGUE
The Group draw was made today and is as follows:
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Group A Raymond van Barneveld
Marko Kantele
Martin Atkins
Mario Robbe |
Group B Tony O`Shea
Tony Martin
Robert Wagner
Qualifier "A" |
Group C Mervyn King
Mike Veitch
Gary Robson
Robbie Grant |
Group D Martin Adams
Co Stompe
Dave Routledge
Andy Fordham |
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Group E Ted Hankey
Darryl Fitton
Tony David
Kim Viljanen |
Group F Vincent van der Voort
John Walton
Andre Brantjes
Davy Richardson |
Group G Tony Eccles
Simon Whitlock
Jarkko Komula
Qualifier "B" |
Group F Tony West
Shaun Greatbatch
Stephen Bunting
Bobby George |
NEWSLINE 24 TH FEBRUARY 2005
GOLDEN HARVEST 2005 CANCELLED
We have been advised by the NDFC Executive that the 2005 Golden Harvest Tournament which was scheduled for 19-22 May has been cancelled due to lack of funds.
NEWSLINE 20TH FEBRUARY 2005
SCOTTISH OPEN SINGLES 2005
It was a good weekend for the English at the Scottish Open Singles with Martin Adams taking the mens crown and Dawn Standley the womens.
Top Placings.
Mens Semifinals:
Gary Anderson Scotland (27.83) 3 Paul Hogan England (25.02) 0
Martin Adams England (30.46) 3 Paul Hanvidge Scotland (27.49) 2
Final: Adams (38.00) 3 Anderson (33.62) 1
Womens Semifinals:
Dawn Standley England (21.95) 3 Sandra Greatbatch Wales (20.30) 2
Crissy Manley England (24.04) 0 Karen Littler England (23.86) 3
Final: Standley (24.19) 3 Littler (21.88) 1
Top 16 men and women
| 1 |
Martin Adams |
England |
1 |
Dawn Standley |
England |
| 2 |
Gary Anderson |
Scotland |
2 |
Karen Littler |
England |
| 3 |
Paul Hogan |
England |
3 |
Crissy Manley |
England |
| 3 |
Paul Hanvidge |
Scotland |
3 |
Sandra Greatbatch |
Wales |
| 5 |
Jan Paul Acker |
Netherlands |
5 |
Michelle Jackson |
England |
| 5 |
Mario Robbe |
Netherlands |
5 |
Janice Butters |
England |
| 5 |
Mike Veitch |
Scotland |
5 |
Rachel Dixon |
England |
| 5 |
Brian Woods |
England |
5 |
Lynn Cowan |
Scotland |
| 9 |
Phil Nixon |
England |
9 |
Karen Smith |
England |
| 9 |
Mike Gregory |
England |
9 |
Jackie Sharp |
Scotland |
| 9 |
John Beggs |
Scotland |
9 |
Susanna Young |
Scotland |
| 9 |
John Henderson |
Scotland |
9 |
Jan Robbins |
Wales |
| 9 |
Colin Hepplewhite |
Scotland |
9 |
Angie Graham |
England |
| 9 |
Andy Murray |
Scotland |
9 |
Maggie Sutton |
England |
| 9 |
James Service |
Scotland |
9 |
Gaynor Williams |
Wales |
| 9 |
Colin Tyrer |
Isle of Man |
9 |
Jane Stubbs |
England |
DORTMUND OPEN SINGLES 2005
Results from the WDF Ranked Dortmund Open Singles, which was played yesterday, can be seen below. The rankings will be updated upon receipt of the Scottish Open Singles which is being played today.
| 1 |
Martin Jonkers |
Netherland |
1 |
Sandra Pollet |
Belgium |
| 2 |
Ronny Arts |
Netherland |
2 |
Heike Ernst |
Germany |
| 3 |
Colin Rice |
Germany |
3 |
Sabrina Spoerle |
Germany |
| 3 |
Frank Mast |
Germany |
3 |
Aneloes Menger |
Netherlands |
| 5 |
Tomas Seyler |
Germany |
5 |
Kerstin de Vries |
Netherlands |
| 5 |
Sven_Oliver Beute |
Germany |
5 |
Anja Silies |
Germany |
| 5 |
Ilja Feldhaus |
Belgium |
5 |
Marene Csepeli |
Germany |
| 5 |
Markus Schulte |
Germany |
5 |
Mona Lund |
Denmark |
| 9 |
Rainer Haas |
Germany |
9 |
Nicole Männel |
Germany |
| 9 |
Olaf Tupuschis |
Germany |
9 |
Snezana Vejlkovic |
Sweden |
| 9 |
Ruud Nicolaasen |
Germany |
9 |
Irena Armstrong |
Netherlands |
| 9 |
Christian Block |
Germany |
9 |
Petra Rice |
Germany |
| 9 |
Yves Cottenje |
Belgium |
9 |
Bianka Strauch |
Germany |
| 9 |
Mensur Suljovic |
Germany |
9 |
Andrea Leipold |
Germany |
| 9 |
Jörg Goga |
Germany |
9 |
Nora fekete |
Hungary |
| 9 |
Markus Hawlitzki |
Germany |
9 |
Nicole Hartmann |
Germany |
NEWSLINE 19TH FEBRUARY 2005
TEMPUS INTERNATIONAL DARTS LEAGUE 2005
The draw for the Tempus International Darts League will be made on Friday 25th February. The format has also been changed for this years event which will entail only one round of Round Robin matches instead of two rounds previously. The two best players in each group will go through to the last 16 knockout stage.
NEWSLINE 18TH FEBRUARY 2005
TEMPUS INTERNATIONAL DARTS LEAGUE 2005 PLAYERS ANNOUNCED
Thirty of the thirty-two players who will contest this years International Darts League were announced today. The 8 seeds are:
1. Raymond van Barneveld
2. Tony West
3. Ted Hankey
4. Martin Adams
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5. Mervyn King
6. Vincent van der Voort
7. Tony Eccles
8. Tony O'Shea
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The remaining twenty ranked players announced today are:
Darryl Fitton
Marko Kantele
Mike Veitch
John Walton
Shaun Greatbatch
Co Stompé
Tony Martin
Simon Whitlock
Robert Wagner
Gary Robson
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André Brantjes Tony David
Stephen Bunting
Martin Atkins
Jarkko Komula
Dave Routledge
Mario Robbe
Robert Grant
Kim Viljanen
Davey Richardson |
Two of the four "wildcards" were also announced: They are:
Andy Fordham and Bobby George.
The two remaining "wildcards" will come from a qualifier comprising the following four Dutch players:
Niels de Reuter - Hans Blijs - Rick Hofstra - Albertino Essers
NEWSLINE 17TH FEBRUARY 2005
HUNGARIAN OPEN 13 - 15 MAY 2005
We are advised that the Hungarian Open 2005 will now be played in Budapest. We shall be posting full details and entry form shortly.
NEWSLINE 12TH FEBRUARY 2005
SCOTLAND ANNOUNCE 2005 INTERNATIONAL SQUADS
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Gary Anderson E. Stirlingshire
Ernest Brown E.Stirlingshire
Danny Cunningham Fife
George Dalglish Lothian
Paul Hanvidge Renfrewshire
John Henderson Grampian
Paul McGimpsey Cumbria
Ross Montgomery E. Renfrewshire
Andy Murray E. Stirlingshire
James Service Jnr Borders
Mark Stuart E. Renfrewshire
Robert Thornton Ayrshire
**Mike Veitch Lothian
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Margaret Ferguson Ayrshire
Louise Hepburn Renfrewshire
Janette Higgins Lanarkshire
Christine Jenkins E. Stirlingshire
**Anne Kirk Ayrshire
Heather Ross Central
Jackie Sharp Highland
Team Manager: John Cooke |
** Denotes Captain New Caps in italics
RECORD YEAR FOR THE SCOTTISH OPEN
Scottish Open supremo Len Mutch reports that this year`s event has broken all records with 1293 entries in the Men`s Singles and 296 in the Women`s Singles.
RANKINGS AND TABLES
The WDF World Ranking Tables are now up to date and include the Finland Open. The BDO - WDT - and IDL Invitations are also updated. You can find all the info by clicking on the "Tables" button above.
NEWSLINE 11TH FEBRUARY 2005
WALES SELECTORS MAKE 5 CHANGES TO THEIR INTERNATIONAL LINE-UPS
Welsh press secretary John Williams has sent us the following.
The selectors have given first caps to Rhian Edwards, Phil Evans and Mark Webster and recalled Robert Hughes and Derek Williams to the Teams for 2005.
FULL TEAMS
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**John
Roberts M.& Radnor
John Burton
Gwent
Billy
Edwards Pemb
Phil
Evans Brecon
Andrew
Hayward Gwent
Robert Hughes
Pemb
Peter
Johns Gwent
Martin
Phillips Gwynedd
Dale
Pinch Glam
Kevin
Thomas Glam
Wayne
Warren Glam
Mark
Webster Clwyd
Derek
Williams Clwyd
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**Linda Rogers-Pickett Gwent
Rhian Edwards Pembrokeshire
JulieGore Pembrokeshire
Sandra Greatbatch Cambridgeshire
Jan Robbins Gwent
Chris Savvery Gwent
Gaynor Williams Gwynedd
|
** Denote Captain
Team Manager - Malcolm Hawkins
FINLAND OPEN 2005: REPORT
Finland`s President Timo Korpela has sent us this report...
Marko Pusa is back on top form again after two years in the wilderness. He beat England’s Mervyn King 5-2 in the final and produced some excellent darts to do so. Marko took the first two legs with 19 and 11 darts, but Mervyn came back and levelled the match with 15 and 18 darts legs. Confident Pusa then took the last three legs in row with 16, 18 and 14 darts and became the first finnish player to win the Finland Open since 1983. Marko’s average in the final was 31,78 and Mervyn’s 28,09.
“I started hard practising only two months ago and I was surprised to see these kind of results already now”, he said afterwards. “My goal was IDL 2006, but perhaps I need to change that now. Just maybe I might get enough points to get invited to the Lakeside as well”, said the happy winner.
On his way to the final Marko beat Vincent van der Voort 4-3 in the Quarter-Finals and Kenneth Högwall 4-2 in the Semi-Finals. Mervyn beat Per Laursen 4-2 in the Quarter-Finals and Co Stompe in the Semi-Finals 4-1.
The women’s final saw once again the two best lady players in the world competing against each others. This time it was Francis Hoenselaar who took the championship winning 4-1 against Trina Gulliver. In the Semi-Finals Francis beat Rachel Dixon 3-1 and Trina won 3-0 against Anastasia Dobromyslova.
Martin Adams and Mervyn King took the Men’s Pairs beating Sweden’s Peter Wahlsten and Matti Rågegård 4-0 in the Final. Inita Bite from Latvia and Anastasia took the Women’s Pairs beating Sweden’s Maud Jansson and Paulina Söderström 3-1, England’s Stephen Bunting took the Men’s 301 Singles (double in, double out) and Sari Nikula of Finland won the Women’s 301 Singles. Holland’s Jonny Nijs became the Youth Singles Champion and Veikko Holmqvist from Sweden took the Old Boys title.
NEWSLINE 6TH FEBRUARY 2005
A Hospital bed is unfortunately making updating
difficult but I hope to have everything back on the rails in a day or
two. Meanwhile here is what we have....
FINLAND OPEN SINGLES 5TH FEBRUARY
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1 |
Marko Pusa |
Finland |
1 |
Francisca Hoenselaar |
Netherlands |
|
2 |
Mervyn King |
England |
2 |
Trina Gulliver |
England |
|
3 |
Kenneth Hôgwall |
Sweden |
3 |
Rachel Dixon |
England |
|
3 |
Co Stompe |
Netherlands |
3 |
Anastasia Dobromyslova |
Russia |
|
5 |
Vincent van der Voort |
Netherlands |
5 |
Mieke de Boer |
Netherlands |
|
5 |
Per Laursen |
Denmark |
5 |
Karin Krappen |
Netherlands |
|
5 |
Shaun Greatbatch |
England |
5 |
Clare Bywaters |
England |
|
5 |
Tapio Laaksonen |
Finland |
5 |
Barbara Lee |
England |
|
9 |
Niels de Reuter |
Netherlands |
9 |
Colleen Hunt |
England |
|
9 |
Jari Nissinen |
Finland |
9 |
Eija Metsi-Mellberg |
Finland |
|
9 |
Magnus Jelenius |
Sweden |
9 |
Roelie Bakker |
Netherlands |
|
9 |
Andrei Ratnikov |
Russia |
9 |
Saija Koskivirta |
Finland |
|
9 |
Asko Niskela |
Finland |
9 |
Anette Tillbom |
Sweden |
|
9 |
Rick Hofstra |
Netherlands |
9 |
Sari Nikula |
Finland |
|
9 |
Vesa Nuutinen |
Finland |
9 |
Jane Monaghan |
England |
|
9 |
Ôrjan Thomsson |
Sweden |
9 |
Crissy Manley |
England |
MEDITERRANEAN CUP 2005
Tony Dawkins, General Secretary of the Gibraltar Darts
Federation informs me that the Mediterranean Cup will be
played in Gibraltar 18 - 21 May.
NEWSLINE 2ND FEBRUARY 2005
The Las Vegas Open results arrived this morning with Davis Snider winning the men`s event beating John Kuczynski (who recently participated in the Lakeside World Pro) in the Final. The women`s final was a repeat of last year with Stacy Bromberg again proving too good for England`s Tricia Wright. The results and updated WDF World Rankings can be found in the Tables area.
NEWSLINE 1ST FEBRUARY 2005
The invitation package for the 2005 Welsh Open arrived today and can be read/downloaded for the link on the WDF Calendar 2005 page. The file is in .pdf format so you will need "Adobe Reader" to be able to read it. If you don`t have "Adobe Reader" hit the button on the bottom left of this page for the FREE download.
NEWSLINE 31TH JANUARY 2005
Current WDF Top Ten Rankings can be seen on the right of the page, and include the Dutch Open and the German Gold Cup. The WDF Rankings will be fully updated again just as soon as we get the results from Las Vegas.
All the Invitation Tables (BDO - WDT - IDL) are now online and fully updated.
NEWSLINE 30TH JANUARY 2005
Darts came back to life this weekend after a three week lull in activity. Europe hosted two WDF Ranked Events, the Dutch Open and the German Gold Cup. On the other side of the Atlantic our American members have been doing battle at the WDF Ranked Las Vegas Open, which is now in its 27th year. Details of the German Gold Cup and Las Vegas Opens are expected to reach my desk sometime on Monday Evening (CET) whereas the Dutch results will be complete this evening.
DUTCH OPEN 2005
This years Dutch Open once again produced an enormous entry of nearly 4000 players. Our congratulations to Trina Gulliver and Francisca Hoenselaar on winning the Dutch Open Women`s Pairs and to Ted Hankey and Co Stompe who took the Men`s Event. The Womens Final will be between Russian star Anastasia Dobromyslova and England`s Clare Bywaters. The Men`s Singles will be an all England affair with Martin Adams meeting John Walton in one Semi-final and Tony Eccles meeting Peter Manley in the other.
Latest:
Mens Semifinals: Martin Adams 0 John Walton 2.... Peter Manley 1 Tony Eccles 2
Womens Final: Anastasia Dobromyslova 2 Clare Bywaters 1
Mens Final: Tony Eccles 3 John Walton 0
GERMAN GOLD CUP 2005
Bianka Strauch (Ger) beat Nicole Männel (Ger) in the Womens Final and Tomas Seyler (Ger) beat David Miklas (Cz Rep) in the Mens Final. More results on Monday.
