Final positions after 9 events     

Europe Cup Youth team:

Boys:  Pieter Collijn, Maarten Pape, Wesley van der Hurk and Jan Dekker.

Daan Broekhuizen could not be selected because he wil be 18 years old before the event is played.

Girls: Thea Kaaijk and Lyn Poolen.

Men’s national squad:

Mario Robbe, Hennie van der Ster, Mark Wensink, Fabian Roosenbrand, Joey ten Berge, Niels de Ruiter and Daniel Brouwer.

Women’s national squad:

Carla Molema, Rilana Erades, Karin Krappen and Karin ten Kate.

Note:

Initially players like Francis Hoenselaar and Co Stompé are not selected for the  teams because they do not meet the required criteria, however they can be selected later because of their special status in the Netherlands (they do meet the requirement that they have participated in 20 international events (EC, WC etc). The teams to represent the Netherlands in the WDF World Cup will be selected later this year.

  Thursday 24th May 2007 

WALES RETAIN THEIR SQUAD FOR THE WDF WORLD CUP

The Welsh Darts Organisation have announced their teams for the forthcoming WDF World Cup. They retain the entire squad which represented them in the WDF Europe Cup in the Republic of Ireland last year.

     MEN: 

                       Robert Hughes (Pembrokeshire) Martin Phillips (Gwynedd)

                       Wayne Warren (Glamorgan) and Mark Webster (Clwyd)

     WOMEN:

                       Julie Gore (Pembrokeshire) and Jan Robbins (Gwent)

NEW ZEALAND TO ARRANGE A TOURNAMENT WITH THE NEW "POKER-DART" GAME BOARD

The New Zealand Darts Council have announced a new Open Pairs Tournament which will be included in the 2007 New Zealand Championships. This "fun" event will be played on the revolutionary Poker-Dart board and will make an interesting addition to the championships. We look forward with interest to a report from this competition.

  Wednesday 23rd May 2007 

DARTS ON THE THEATRE STAGE:  LAKESIDE CELEBRATION TOUR

	The reigning Lakeside World Professional Champions - MARTIN ADAMS and TRINA GULLIVER  will be touring the country in a darts based entertainment show, hosted by MARTIN FITZMAURICE, which guarantees a night of unique theatre entertainment for darts fans.   Martin ‘Wolfie’ Adams won the 2007 Lakeside World Championship in front of a sell-out audience at Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green ‘the home of World Darts’ and a BBC audience of 4 million in January.
He now takes to the stage with ‘The Golden Girl’ of darts, Trina Gulliver, the unbeaten and seven times Lakeside Women’s World Champion. Both she and Martin are the current England captains.   Holding the show together with a mix of his own brand of humour and darts knowledge,  Martin Fitzmaurice is seen every year hosting both the Lakeside World Championships and the Winmau World Masters for BBC TV Sport,  and there is no more famous catchphrase in World Darts than Martin’s invitation to: ‘Let’s Play Darts!’
	The Celebration Tour will give audiences the opportunity to not only see the darting skills of Martin and Trina, but also to take part and enjoy the experience of sharing the oche with two World Champions and two England Captains at the same time.   Throw in lots of laughs from Martin Fitzmaurice, add plenty of audience participation, and you have the recipe for a night of ‘fun darts’ the likes of which you will never have never seen or experienced before!   It’s a show not to be missed.

  Tuesday 22nd May 2007 

ENGLAND ANNOUNCE WDF WORLD CUP 2007 TEAMS

The England teams for the 2007 World Cup were announced late last week, the teams are:

          MEN:  Martin Adams, Tony Eccles, Tony O'Shea and John Walton

          WOMEN:  Trina Gulliver and Apylee Jones

Team Manager is Peter Melton

WORLD DARTS TROPHY 2007: FINAL INVITATION TABLE

The Final Table for qualification to the 2007 World Darts Trophy is now available in the "Tables" section. New players expected to make their debut in the event are Austrian Dietmar Burger and Michael Rosenauer from Germany. Finland's Jarkko Komula will make a welcome return to the big stage after a couple of years with indifferent form due to injury.

AUSTRIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007

The Austrian National Championship were played last weekend in Vienna, we have received the following results from the championships.

  Monday 21st May 2007 

WELSH OPEN 2007:   WINS FOR TRINA GULLIVER AND MARK WEBSTER

The complete results from the 2007 Welsh Open are expected tomorrow.

  Sunday 20th May 2007 

2ND GREEK OPEN

The second Greek Open was played today, the top eight in the Men's and Women's Singles can bee seen below.

  Saturday 19th May 2007 

MEDITERRANEAN CUP 2007: GREEK MEN AND FRENCH WOMEN WIN THE TITLES

The Finals of the 2007 Mediterranean Cup was played today in Eretria.

You can find the final results ...here..

  Friday 18th May 2007  

MEDITERRANEAN CUP 2007

The international teams from Bulgaria,  Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy and Malta are meeting this weekend in Eretria, Evia Island in Greece for the 8th Mediterranean Cup. The WDF is present at the event and we hope to bring you a full report from the event, with frequent updates during the course of the event.

You can find the latest results updates ...here..

  Tuesday 15th May 2007 

BDO ANNOUNCE 2007 WORLD MASTERS AND 2008 WORLD PROFESSIONAL

The British Darts Organisation is delighted to announce the BBC  scheduled dates for the two most prestigious televised Championships in World Darts: the WINMAU WORLD MASTERS (played annually since 1974) and the WORLD PROFESSIONAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS (played annually since 1978).

The 2007 WINMAU WORLD MASTERS will be played at Leisure World, Bridlington on November 16^th, 17^th and 18^th, with the Saturday (17th) and Sunday (18th) Men’s Masters matches being televised exclusively by BBC TV Sport.

The 2008 LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS will be played at ‘the home of  World Darts’, Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey, and televised by BBC TV Sport, BBC Worldwide, BBCi, SBS-6 Holland and Eurosport, for nine consecutive days from Saturday, January 5^th to Sunday, January 13^th, 2008.

The International Play-Offs for the 2008 World Professional will be played at Leisure World, Bridlington on Thursday, November 15^th.

“These two BBC televised World Championships provide the most coveted titles in World Darts”, says Olly Croft of the BDO. “Since their inception, both have established themselves as the very best in terms of global participation, competitiveness and kudos.

“The World Masters is unique in providing four World titles: Men’s, Women’s, Boys and Girls, and the World Professional has produced a Men’s World title since 1978, and a Women’s World title since 2001. 

“Both of these great World Championships are made more unique because each provides women players with their own stand alone World Titles.

“There isn’t a darts player anywhere in the world who doesn’t dream of being crowned Winmau World Master or Lakeside World Pro Champion.  They are titles which truly encapsulate all the history of World Darts, and the status that goes with them.

“Both are open to the 250,000 playing members of the World Darts Federation (now officially recognised as the worldwide governing body for darts) whose 64 member nations are representative of all  six continents around the globe.   

“World Titles do not get any bigger or more prestigious than the World Masters and World Professional – they have been looking after the future of the sport of darts since the 1970s, and will continue to do so by giving players – men, women and youth – the opportunities to develop from grass roots level, right through to National, International, World and Professional levels.”

MAJOR BDO DATES

2007 WINMAU WORLD MASTERS

Leisure World, Bridlington

NOVEMBER 16, 17 & 18, 2007

2008 LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSONAL

INTERNATIONAL PLAY OFFS:

Leisure World, Bridlington

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007

2008 LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey:

JANUARY 5 to 13, 2008

Issued by THE BRITISH DARTS ORGANISATION: 15/5/07

  Monday 14th May 2007 

HUNGARIAN OPEN 2007: WINS FOR REMCO VAN EIJDEN AND MARKETA ABADZIEVOVA

Remco van Eijden from the Netherlands and Marketa Abadzievova from the Czech Republic were the winners of the 2007 Hungarian Open which was played in Budapest at the weekend. The Men's Singles proved to be a very popular event indeed with an entry of 196 players from 12 countries.  Daniel van Mourik from the Netherlands won the Youth event which completed a very sucessful weekend for the van Mouriks.

RESULTS: TOP 16 MEN AND WOMEN