Tuesday 30th October 2007

WDF RANKING SYSTEM AND THE 2007 WINMAU WORLD MASTERS

WDF EXECUTIVE STATEMENT

The recent format change in the 2007 Winmau World Masters means that the event is no longer compatible with the points allocation used for the WDF World Ranking System. The WDF system does not allow for the allocation of points to players who only take part in the closing stages of a WDF Ranked event. In an attempt to alleviate this problem, and be as fair as possible to the players, the WDF Executive has determined that WDF Ranking points for the 2007 Winmau World Masters will not be awarded to the eight seeded players who enter the competition for the stage finals.

The WDF Executive is aware that some players will not agree with this solution. However, it is our considered opinion that we have acted for the greater good of the greater number of players, and at the same time upheld the WDF rules.

In connection with the scheduled revision of all WDF documentation, the World Ranking System will also be looked at. It is possible that adjustments may be made to the system to accommodate this type of format in the future.

Thursday 25th October 2007

WINMAU WORLD MASTERS: DRAW ANNOUNCED

The provisional draw for the 2007 Winmau World Masters is now available. You can check out all the events from the links below.

Wednesday 24th October 2007

BDO ANNOUNCES "NEW LOOK" WINMAU WORLD MASTERS

The Board of Directors of the British Darts Organisation have today announced a series of significant enhancements to the 2007 Winmau World Masters, following its annual review of the tournament calendar.

This is integral to the BDO’s policy of continually moving forward to meet the demands and expectations of its players and supporters, as well as its responsibilities to its commercial and broadcasting partners.

To reflect this, the 2007 Winmau World Masters will benefit from:

·         The top eight Men’s Seeds competing in the BBC televised stages over the weekend of Saturday, November 17^th and Sunday, November 18^th. 

·         A new stage set.

·         And a record breaking prize fund of £60,000 – making it the richest two-day televised darts tournament on British terrestrial TV.

More than seven hours of live coverage will be screened on BBC-1 and

BBC-2, and the top ranked eight players in the BDO Invitation tables after the 2007 World Darts Trophy, and available and eligible to compete in the World Masters, are:

No.1 Seed:       MARTIN ADAMS

No.2 Seed:       TONY O’SHEA

No.3 Seed:       GARY ROBSON

No.4 Seed:       MARTIN ATKINS

No.5 Seed:       TED HANKEY

No.6 Seed:       DARRYL FITTON

No.7 Seed:       JOHN WALTON

No.8 Seed:       CO STOMPE

“These eight seeded players have shown their total commitment to BDO and WDF darts throughout the last 12 months by travelling the world and competing in an average of between eight and ten of the top International and World  ranking events”, says Olly Croft, OBE.

“By doing so, they have not only earned their ranking points, but have also secured the right to be recognised as seeded players in the World Masters. This mirrors the way in which our players are recognised in the Lakeside World Professional.

“The Men’s World Professional currently has an invitation criteria that includes 16 Seeds from the BDO International Rankings, the players who finished in the last four in January, the past three World Pro Champions, and players in the ranking table up to the cut-off point.  This allows for between 4 or 5 or 6 players to come through the International Play-Offs on Thursday, November 15^th at Leisure World, Bridlington.

“In addition to the eight seeded players in the 2007 Men’s World Masters, there will be a further eight available places for the televised stage matches, and the competition to secure these places will come from a true world field. This includes:

·          Players from seventy countries have been invited to participate.

·          The current Champions from over 150 National and International Singles events.

·          The top twenty from the BDO Men’s International Invitation table.

·          The top players in the BDO British Grand Prix

·          The top players in the BDO Inter-County averages for 2006/2007.

·          Qualifiers from the England, Scotland and Wales National play-offs.

·          Qualifiers from over twenty worldwide National play-offs.

  The Winmau Dartboard Company has introduced JJB Sports to the sponsorship mix, as well as retaining Jackpotjoy.com as shirt patch sponsors for the second successive year.

Together with the generous support of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, this has resulted in a 100% increase in prize money to £60,000 – making the 2007 World Masters the richest two-day televised tournament on British terrestrial television.

“It is an exciting World Masters package that reflects our forward thinking plans for the future of BDO darts and our major Grand Slam tournaments”,  adds Olly Croft. 

“It is only right and fair that our two major televised World Championships share a criteria that rewards the commitment of the top ranked BDO and WDF players on an annual basis”.

The 2007 Winmau World Masters, in association with JJB Sports and supported by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, is organised and promoted by the British Darts Organisation.

It will be played at Leisure World, Bridlington from November 16^th (multi-board matches) to November 17^th & 18^th (featuring BBC televised stage matches from the Last 16 of the Men’s Masters). 

Monday 22nd October 2007

The Geelong Men's and Geelong Ladies Darts Association's were once again proud to host the 2007 Australian Masters Darts Tournament, played at White Eagle House Geelong Victoria on the 20th and 21st of October.   Simon Whitlock (averaging 31.17) from Queensland continues on with his good form to easily win the final of the Masters Singles from Eddy Sims of Victoria 8 - 1. Whitlock backed up his 2006 victory in this event.   Sandra Smith ventured over to the mainland from Tasmania to claim the Rene Stevens Ladies Singles title from another Tasmanian in Christine Woolley in a very close contest winning 6 – 5.
Men’s top 8   1 Simon Whitlock 2 Eddy Sims 3 Andy Robertson 3 Shaun Gibbs 5 Tony David 5 Steve Duke Snr. 5 Peter Phillips 5 Ian Brown		Women’s top 8   1 Sandra Smith 2 Christine Wooley 3 Cathy Shaw 3 Pam Burr 5 Janine Cassar 5 Peta Whitlock 5 Frances Pikos 5 Corrine Hammond

Sunday 21st October 2007

JOEY TEN BERGE RECEIVES FINAL WILDCARD FOR ZUIDERDUIN MASTERS

Photo: Darts4You Netherlands	Following his impressive showing in the recent WDF World Cup Joey ten Berge has received the final remaining wildcard. Australian Simon Whitlock will not take part and is replaced by Phill Nixon. The complete lineup is:
	1   Gary Anderson (Scot) 2   Mark Webster (Wal) 3   Martin Adams (Eng) 4   Darryl Fitton (Eng) 5   Scott Waites (Eng) 6   Tony O'Shea (Eng) 7   Co Stompé (Nl) 8   Niels de Ruiter (Nl) 9   John Walton (Eng) 10 Martin Atkins (Eng) 11 Steve West (Eng) 12 Shaun Greatbatch (Eng)	13 Gary Robson (Eng) 14 Ted Hankey (Eng) 15 Mario Robbe (Nl) 16 Martin Phillips (Wal) 17 Edwin Max (Nl) 18 Remco van Eijden (Nl) 19 Mark Barilli (Scot) 20 Phil Nixon (Eng) 21 Andy Fordham (Eng) 22 Steve Coote (Eng) 23 Robert Wagner (Nor) 24 Joey ten Berge (Nl)

Thursday 18th October 2007

ROBERT WAGNER GETS WILDCARD INTO ZUIDERDUIN MASTERS

Photo: Darts4You Netherlands

Following his success in this year’s WDF World Cup Singles, in which he was runner-up to Mark Webster of Wales, Robert Wagner has been named as the third player to receive a wild card invitation to the BDO ranked Zuiderduin Masters.  Born in Austria, but now living in Norway, 42 year-old Robert was runner-up in this year’s WDF World Cup Men’s Singles, and having enjoyed success in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Lakeside World Professional, he is delighted to once again be invited to play alongside the best WDF/BDO players. To be played at the Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands from December 7th to 9th, the BDO ranked Zuiderduin Masters will comprise the top 20 players in the BDO Invitation table, plus four wildcards.  The three already named are: Andy Fordham, Steve Coote and Robert Wagner.

Sunday 14th October 2007

WDF WORLD CUP FINALS DAY

   Girls Singles Final:

Linda Odén (Swe) 3  Harriet Wolton (Eng) 0

   Youth Pairs Final:

Maarten Pape/Thea Kaaijk (Nl) 3  Mitchell Clegg/Brie Peters (Aus) 0

   Women's Pairs Final:

Anastasia Dobromyslova/Irina Armstrong (Rus) 4  Carina Ekberg/Maud Jansson (Swe) 2

   Boys Singles Final:

Tibor Tax (Hun) 3 Maarten Pape (Nl) 1

   Women's Singles Final:

Jan Robbins (Wal) 4  Julie Gore (Wal)2 

   Men's Pairs Final:

Mario Robbe/Joey ten Berge (Nl) 4  Marko Kantele/Asko Niskala (Fin) 2

   Men's Singles Final:

Mark Webster (Wal) 4  Robert Wagner (Nor) 0

   Mens Team Final:

England 9 Netherlands 8 

Saturday 13th October 2007

WDF WORLD CUP: DAY THREE

Results from today's matches:

Men's Singles: Quarter-Finals:

Mario Robbe (Nl) 4 Steve farmer (Eng) 1

Mark Webster (Wal) 4 Marko Kantele (Fin) 0

Robert wagner (Nor) 4  Connie Finnan (Rep. Ire) 3

Geert De Vos (Bel) 4  Paul Hanvidge (Scot) 2

Women Pairs: Semi-Finals:

Anastasia Dobromyslova/Irina Armstrong (Rus) 4 Francis Hoenselaar/Carla Molema 0

Carina Ekberg/Maud Jansson (Swe) 4 Stacy Bromberg/Marilyn Popp (USA) 0

Men's Pairs Semi-Finals

Marko Kantele/Asko Niskala (Fin) 4  Martin Phillips/Wayne Warren (Wal)2

Mario Robbe/Joey ten Berge (Nl) 4  Martin Adams/John Walton (Eng) 2

Men's Singles: Semi-Finals:

Robert Wagner (Nor) 4  Geert De Vos (Bel) 1

Mark Webster (Wal) 4  Mario Robbe (Nl) 1

Men's Team Semi-Finals:

England 9  USA 7

Netherlands 9  Northern Ireland 1

Friday 12th October 2007

WDF WORLD CUP: DAY TWO

Thursday 11th October

WDF WORLD CUP 2007

The 2007 WDF World Cup starts today in Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands The event opens with the Men's Team event which starts at 09.00 (CET). Women's Pairs and Youth Singles start at 14.00 (CET). Failure to visas resulted in the withdrawal of the Philippines and Pakistan. India obtained visas for the their Women's team only. This has resulted in considerable changes in the draw for the various events. Links to today's events and the Points Tables are shown below. The remaining sheets wil be online later today.

Monday 8th October 2007

LIVE INTERNET STREAM FROM THE WORLD CUP

Dutch media company "Darts in Motion" will be presenting a live internet stream from the World Cup. The stream will feature selected floor matches which will be streamed live. This a most welcome innovation and we are sure that darts fans world wide will seize this chance to to watch some of the most attractive floor matches on their home computers.

Just click on the link    http://www.dartsinmotion.nl/   then click on "World Cup Darts" and you will be able to tune in. The site is in Dutch at the moment but an English language site is expected at  http://www.dartsinmotion.co.uk or http://www.dartsinmotion.com

Saturday 6th October 2007

RUSSIAN YOUTH PLAYERS MISS OUT ON WORLD CUP

Due to a mix up within the Russian Darts Federation the Russian Junior players will be unable to attend the forthcoming WDF World Cup. Unfortunately visa applications have failed to reach the Dutch authorities, and at this late stage visas cannot be issued. Revised draw sheets for the Youth event can be seen in the main menu under WORLD CUP.

Thursday 4th October 2007

WORLD CUP ON EUROSPORT 2

Eurosport 2 will be covering the closing stages of the 2007 World Cup from Rosmalin in the Netherlands. On both Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October Eursport 2 will transmit a 2 hour programme of edited highlights from each day's play. The Saturday transmission starts at 18.15 CET (17.15 in the UK). On Sunday the transmission starts at 20.00 CET (19.00 in the UK). This follows an agreement between Dutch broadcasters SBS6 who will be covering the event live for viewers in the Netherlands. Transmissions in the Netherlands start at 12.55 (CET) on both days.

DICK VAN DIJK ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR HEART SURGERY.

Reigning WDF World Cup Singles Champion Dick van Dijk was admitted to the Leyenburg Hospital in The Hague last Sunday suffering with severe chest pains. Unfortunately the diagnosis revealed that Dick has severe heart problems and will undergo "by-pass" surgery this coming Monday. I am sure we all hope that Dick will be back with us very soon and wish him a very speedy recovery. Email messages to Dick can be sent to him via his manager Rob van Toor at the following email address:

robvantoor@watchdarts.com    or by telephoning  +31(0)616570419

Wednesday 3rd October 2007

STEVE COOTE TO PLAY IN THE 2007 ZUIDERDUIN MASTERS
	Steve Coote has accepted a wildcard invitation to play in the BDO ranked Zuiderduin Masters in the Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands from December 7th to 9th.
The 37 year old Bolton fire fighter with the nickname ‘Magic’, joins 2004 Lakeside World Champion Andy Fordham as the second wildcard invitation. The top 20 in the BDO rankings have been invited, and the remaining two wildcards will be announced shortly.

Tuesday 2nd October 2007

RECORD PRIZE MONEY FOR THE LAKESIDE WORLD PRO 2008

The 2008 Lakeside World Pro will carry record prize money. The Men's Champion will pick up a cool 85,000 pounds sterling for his efforts.

Get the details.... here

BALTIC CUP 2007

The 2007 Baltic Cup was played in Riga, Latvia at the weekend. It proved to be a good weekend for the hosts and an excellent warm-up for the forthcoming World Cup. Latvia won the overall event with Lithuania in second place.

All the results can be found.... here

FRENCH OPEN 2007

The 2007 French Open was played in Epinal last weekend. The event was not WDF ranked this year but still carried a lot of interest due to the fact that all winners of the Singles event qualify for the Winmau World Masters. The result lists were dominated by Dutch players, and they took with them all of the three World Masters which were available. The Women's winner was Sacci Koelman who beat Thea Kaaijk, who is still a youth player, in the final. The men's final was another all Dutch affair with Dennis te Kloese beating Mark Wensink. In the youth event Daniel van Mourik completed a clean sweep for the Netherlands.

Monday 1st October 2007

CELTIC CUP 2007

The inaugaral Celtic Cup, which is an international tournament played between the national teams of Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Wales, was played in the Republic of Ireland at the weekend.

Wales became the first Celtic Cup Champions winning both the men's and women's events.

Results sheets can be read.... here

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