Thursday 29th June 2006

WDF EUROPE CUP YOUTH 2006

The WDF Europe Cup Youth 2006 will be played at the Kernwasser Wunderland in Kalkar, Germany from 13th to 16th July. The event consists of two championships, one for boys, and one for girls. The boys teams consist of four player who play a four person team round robin event, knockout pairs, and knockout singles. The girls teams consist of two players who play who play round robin singles and pairs events.

Wednesday 28th June 2006

RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006

We have received a short email from Russia giving some details of the results from the 2006 Russian Championships. The major shock of the championships was the eclipse of Anastasia Dobromyslova, who has won every Women's Singles event since 1999. This year she was sensationally beaten in the last 16 round by 16 year old Anastasia Belyeva who hails from the Urals.

Results received:

Tuesday 27th June 2006

BRITISH PENTATHLON 2006: STATISTICS

Complete statistics for the 2006 British Pentathlon are now available. The WDF expresses its sincere thanks to Gary Davis for making the information available to us.

You can view / download the stats.....here

Monday 26th June 2006

SCOTTISH MASTERS 2006

Gary Anderson's impressive run of form continued when he beat the best of his fellow countrymen in the Scottish Masters. Susanna Young won the women's event.

Top placings:

BRITISH PENTATHLON 2006

The 2006 British Pentathlon was played in Tonbridge, Kent at the weekend. England's Trina Gulliver won the women's event on Saturday to record her third successive win in the event. Karen Lawman was the runner-up with Sandra Greatbatch taking third place.

The men's event was played on Sunday with John Walton taking the honours with 418 points. Tony Eccles was second and Phil Nixon third.

We shall be posting all the stats from both events just as soon as we receive them.

Thursday 22nd June 2006

ENGLAND ANNOUNCE THEIR EUROPE CUP 2006 TEAMS

Women:  Clare Bywaters and Trina Gulliver.

Men:  Martin Adams, Steve Farmer, Shaun Greatbatch, and Tony O'Shea.

Wednesday 21st June 2006

CENTRAL COAST LEAGUES CLUB AUSTRALIAN CLASSIC 2006

There appears to be some confusion concerning the Ranking/Invitation Table points which the above mentioned event carries. The WDF can confirm that the event is WDF Ranked, and it also carries points for the BDO, IDL, and WDT events. The Women's event carries WDF and BDO points.

30TH SINGAPORE OPEN

Details of the 2006 Singapore Open are now online, and can be read/downloaded from the WDF Calendar.

Tuesday 20th June 2006

NEW ZEALAND MASTERS 2006

Results from the 2006 New Zealand Open which was played last weekend are now available. The major shock of the tournament was the early exit of "aussie" ace Simon Whitlock who fell to Mark McGrath at the last 32 stage. The event is popular with the Australians who are intending to return again, in force, for the New Zealand Open later this year.

MEN'S RESULTS

WOMEN'S RESULTS

CANADIAN OPEN SINGLES 2006

The 2006 Canadian Open Singles were played last Sunday, with the top eight men and women receiving ranking points on all the major tables. Here are the results.

Sunday 17th June 2006

ENGLAND OPEN 2006 RESULTS:  PLAYED AT BREAN SANDS, SOMERSET, TODAY.

MEN

WOMEN

YOUTH

Saturday 16th June 2006

BDO CHAMPIONS PRO CHALLENGE 2006

British Eurosport will be broadcasting the event live from 19.45 BST until 22.15. Viewers in Europe who can receive Eurosport 2 can see edited highlights of the tournament on Sunday afternoon from 15.00 CET until 16.00 CET. Eurosport 2 viewers will also be able to see highlights of the England Open Singles between 21.00 CET and 20.00 CET

Latest update:

Friday 15th June 2006

BDO CHAMPIONS PRO CHALLENGE ON BRITISH EUROSPORT:

PONTIN’S BREAN SANDS HOLIDAY CENTRE, SATURDAY, JUNE 17^TH ,  7.45PM to 10.15PM

There is an exciting bonus for darts fans on Saturday, June 17^th when British Eurosport  screen LIVE coverage of a unique and extra-special Men’s Singles event.

This will be the first ever invitational BDO CHAMPIONS PRO CHALLENGE involving 8 of the top men players in world darts.

The line-up is:

Current WDF World No.1 GARY ANDERSON (Scotland), and England’s finest: MERVYN KING, MARTIN ADAMS, SHAUN GREATBATCH, GARY ROBSON, JOHN WALTON, and Scotland's MIKE VEITCH and PAUL HANVIDGE.

The draw will be made on the evening of the event and promises to be one of the most exciting Pro-Darts Challenges ever staged, as well as being the perfect warm-up for the main event of the weekend – the finals of the 2006 BDO England Open the following day.

• SATURDAY, JUNE 17: 7.45PM to 10.15PM LIVE

BRITISH EUROSPORT LIVE BDO CHAMPIONS PRO DARTS CHALLENGE.

• SUNDAY, JUNE 18 : 2PM to 3PM

EUROSPORT 2: Recorded highlights of Pro Darts Challenge.

British Eurosport is the most widely available sports channel in the UK reaching over 10 million homes. It is broadcast on Sky channel 410, NTL channel 112, Telewest channel 521 and on Freeview through Top Up TV channel 33.

British Eurosport 2 is available on Sky channel 411, NTL channel 811, Telewest channel 525.

Thursday 14th June 2006

LIVE BDO/WDF DARTS EUROSPORT

BDO ENGLAND OPEN DARTS FESTIVAL PONTIN’S BREAN SANDS HOLIDAY CENTRE:

SATURDAY, JUNE 17^TH & SUNDAY, JUNE 18^TH, 2006

The 2006 BDO England Open at Pontin’s Brean Sands Holiday Centre is the latest BDO/WDF World Ranked tournament to be featured on British Eurosport and Eurosport 2 on Sunday, June 18th. 

The major BDO/WDF ranked tournament features not only the top players from England, Scotland and Wales, but also the very best from The Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Finland and even further afield – proving yet again that Eurosport is featuring the very best in competitive BDO/WDF darts.

The 2006 England Open will be the climax of a three-day darts festival at Pontin’s, Brean Sands that includes Men’s and Women’s Singles and Mixed Pairs and Mixed Triples. There is also a mixed Youth Singles for boys and girls under the age of 18.

British Eurosport will be concentrating on the exciting stage finals on Sunday, June 18^th  with live coverage of the Men’s Singles from the Quarter-Finals right through to the Final, the Youth Singles Final and the Women’s Singles Final.

PROGRAMME:

4 PM:               MEN’S SINGLES Q/FINALS  =  4 Matches x 3 Sets

5.05:               MEN’S SINGLES S/FINALS  =  2 Matches x 5 Sets

5.55:               YOUTH SINGLES FINAL = 1 Match x 3 Legs

6.10PM          WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL = 1 Match x 5 Legs

6.30PM          MEN’S SINGLES FINAL  = 1 Match x 5 Sets

PRESENTATIONS at conclusion of Final.

• All Legs 501 straight start double finish/All sets Best of 3 Legs

EUROSPORT SCHEDULED TIMES:

• SUNDAY, JUNE 18^TH : 4PM to 7.15PM LIVE:

BRITISH EUROSPORT: LIVE COVERAGE OF BDO ENGLAND OPEN stage finals: Men, Women and Youth.

• SUNDAY, JUNE 18th:  8PM to 9PM

EUROSPORT 2: Recorded highlights..

British Eurosport is the most widely available sports channel in the UK reaching over 10 million homes. It is broadcast on Sky channel 410, NTL channel 112, Telewest channel 521 and on Freeview through Top Up TV channel 33.

British Eurosport 2 is available on Sky channel 411, NTL channel 811, Telewest channel 525.

Wednesday 13th June 2006

STACY BROMBERG AND GARY MAWSON TAKE THE HOUSTON OPEN TITLES

The 2006 Houston Open was contested last weekend and many of the top American players had found their way to the event. Current Women's Nr. 1  Stacy Bromberg claimed the Women's title with a win over Donna Johnson while ex Canadian and now US resident Gary Mawson was too strong for current Nr. 1 Johhny Kuczynski in the men's event. The top 16 men and women are listed below, and the WDF World Rankings now include this latest result.

Tuesday 13th June 2006

AUSTRIAN CHAMPIONS 2006

The Austrian National Championships were held last weekend, and our picture above shows the champions.

Monday 12th June 2006

ANOTHER WIN FOR GARY ANDERSON

Sunday 11th June 2006

TICKER'S TROPHY TURNS UP AFTER 32 YEARS

After an absence of 32 years the family of Cliff "Ticker" Inglis are once again in possession of the very first  World Masters Trophy. Cliff won the title in 1974 when he beat Harry Heenan in the Final. The event was originally  called the Phonograph World Masters and retained that name for two years before Winmau took over the sponsorship and the  name in 1976.             The trophy was left in the care of Cliff's local landlord, who was also his manager, while he was away on an extended tour. Somehow, during that period, the trophy disappeared without trace.             The trophy re-surfaced recently and was presented to Cliff's last surviving brother Dave on the occasion of his 65th birthday.             The trophy (pictured left) is now resting comfortably on the mantlepiece at the Inglis family home.

                       Photo and info from Steve Inglis.

Wednesday 7th June 2006

1ST GREEK INTERNATIONAL OPEN

SWISS OPEN 2006: REPORTS AND STATISTICS

All you will ever need to know about the Swiss Open 2006 is now available online. This 15 page report is written in English and German and includes results, statistics, photographs and articles. You can download or open this document.....here

EUROPE CUP YOUTH 2006: DANISH TEAM ANNOUNCED

The Danish Darts Union have announced their teams for the Europe Cup Youth 2006.

Tuesday 6th July 2006

YOUNG IRANIANS TAKE TO DARTS

IRAN, more noted for its nuclear ambitions than darts, is one of the latest countries to join the World Darts Federation.   And typically, they are not entering into the darts fraternity half-heartedly. Indeed, the country can already boast a staggering 500,000 men darts players and, perhaps more surprisingly, 220,000 women.   Now, like the majority of WDF countries, Iran is keen to get its youngsters involved in the sport. And the younger the better!   To this end, the Islamic Republic of Iran Darts Association  has recently staged its first ever Darts Olympiad for Children.   It attracted 400 young darts players – boys and girls age from 4 to 7 – and involved coaching staff and an enthusiasm and commitment that was praised by the UN.

“Sport has been found to help re-build communities, overcome trauma and bring jobs to many people”, says Adolf Ogi, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace. “Political, religious, gender and race barriers have been broken down when people play sport together”.

GARY’S HAVING A GREAT YEAR

Scotland’s Gary Anderson whose recent titles are the 2006 Isle-of-Man Open, the 2006 German Open and the 2006 Swiss Open, tops the BDO British Grand Prix table – 10 points ahead of his Scotland team-mate Mike Veitch.

To emphasise his success, Gary also sits proudly at No.1 in the WDF World rankings.

In 3^rd place in the BDO Men’s Grand Prix table is BDO Young Player of the 2005/2006 season Kirk Shepard

The full Men’s list is as follows:

1^st     GARY ANDERSON, Stirlingshire (35 Points) £400

2^ND    MIKE VEITCH, Lothian  (25 Points) £200

3^RD    KIRK SHEPARD,Kent (24 Points) £100

In the BDO Women’s Grand Prix, TRINA GULLIVER adds the 2006 title to this years already impressive list of Lakeside Word Pro, Northern Ireland Open, Isle-of-Man Open, Welsh Open and Swiss Open.

The  full Women’s list is:

1^st     TRINA GULLIVER, Warwickshire (52 points) £400

2^nd     DAWN STANDLEY, Norfolk (48 points) £200

3^rd     JAN ROBBINS, Gwent (42 points) £100.

In addition, the first five players in the respective British Grand Prix tables will be invited to the following major events (if they have not already qualified for invitation):

LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL

INTERNATIONAL PLAY-OFFS

WORLD FINALS OF THE WINMAU WORLD MASTERS

Sunday 4th June 2006

WALES ANNOUNCE THEIR EUROPE CUP 2006 TEAMS

The Welsh teams for Europe Cup 2006 were announced today, they are:

MEN: Robert Hughes (Pemb.), Martin Phillips (Gwynedd), Wayne Warren (Glam.),  Mark Webster (Clwyd).

WOMEN: Julie Gore (Pemb:)  Jan Robbins (Gwent).

TEAM MANAGER: Malcolm Hawkins.

SWISS OPEN 2006: ANOTHER WIN FOR GARY ANDERSON.

Scotland's Gary Anderson maintained his impressive run of form with a win in the Swiss Open Singles, which were played yesterday. He defeated Dutch wonder-boy Michael van Gerwen in the Final hitting an average of 33.8 in the process. World Nr. 1 Trina Gulliver won the Womens event beating World Nr. 2 Karin Krappen in the Final.

MEN'S LAST 16

Anderson Gary	2
van Dijk Dick	0
		Anderson Gary	2
		Robson Gary	1
Hogan Paul	1
Robson Gary	2
				Anderson Gary	2
				Hanvidge Paul	1
Hanvidge Paul	2
Michels Mareno	1
		Hanvidge Paul	2
		O'Shea Tony	1
O'Shea Tony	2
King Mervyn	1					Anderson Gary	3
Atkins Martin	1					van Gerwen Michael	1
Komula Jarkko	2
		Komula Jarkko	2
		Stompé Co	1
Stompé Co	2
Apollonio Marco	0
				Komula Jarkko	0
				van Gerwen Michael	2
Jackson Craig	1
Klaasen Jelle	2
		Klaasen Jelle	0
		van Gerwen Michael	2
Bunting Stephen	0
van Gerwen Michael	2

WOMEN'S LAST 16

Gulliver Trina	2
ten Kate Karin	1	Gulliver Trina	2
Nikula Sari	2	Nikula Sari	0
Beutler Sabine	1			Gulliver Trina	2
Lazar Zsofia	1
Hunt Colleen	2	Hunt Colleen	1	David Rachna	0
David Rachna	2	David Rachna	2			Gulliver Trina	2
McKinnon Kellyanne	0
Krappen Karin	2
Brown Gill	0	Krappen Karin	2			Krappen Karin	0
Wright Tricia	2	Wright Tricia	1
Salminen Tarja	1			Krappen Karin	2
Erades Rilana	1
Molema Carla	2	Molema Carla	2	Carla Molema	1
Bywaters Clare	2	Bywaters Clare	0
Demsar Necla	0

Friday 2nd June 2006

BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY 2006

AN SPORRAN AUSTRIAN OPEN 2006

Details for the 2006 An Sporran Austrian Open are now online, they can be found in the WDF Tournament Calendar. The Tournament will be played on 6 - 8 October.

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