The Winmau Essex Open Championship 2012 will take place at Colchester United Football Club on the 26th of February 2012 and will be played exclusively on the Blade 4 dartboard.

The Essex Open always receives a huge number of entrants, as it carries a good prize fund, is BDO ranked and is promoted in partnership with Colchester United F.C. at The Weston Homes Community Stadium (which is one of the UK’s most modern darts venues). The 2011 event did not disappoint as, after eight hours of darts involving over 300 players, the tournament ended up being decided on one leg of darts, and was won by England International Steve Douglas.

The men and women go head-to-head in a best of 5 legs 501, straight start and double finish. The youth event was contested by over 70 players last year and the format this year will be the best of 3 legs 501, straight start, double finish. There are also senior and junior Grand Prix points on offer.

The tournament carries a very special bonus – the winners will qualify to represent the county in the 2012 Winmau World Masters and the Lakeside World Championships Qualifiers.

John Weller of Essex County Darts commented “The Essex Open has gone from strength to strength and, with Winmau’s support, we know that the future of the tournament looks very bright indeed! Colchester United have been extremely supportive and the venue is one of the finest in world darts”.

For an entry form and further details with regard to Essex darts, log on to: http://www.essexdarts.com/kevin_stammers/County/CountyIndex.htm

Yorkshire produced two champions, with Scott Waites continuing where he left off in Hull to take the mens title and Lorraine Farlam whitewashing Trina Gulliver in the ladies competition. Waites now adds the British Open to his 2011 CV along with the Winmau Masters (pictured) and Swedish Open.

Scotty 2 Hotty needs to maintain this form, in November he attempts to defend his Grand Slam of Darts title in Wolverhampton and then again in January as he sets his eyes on winning Lakeside 2012. Success in the latter event would surely prompt a move to the PDC as Scott hinted in his recent interview with DartsMad.

Below is the official report taken from the BDO website:

With record breaking entries of almost 600 for the Men’s Singles and an audience of over 1400 enthusiastic fans for the Men’s and Women’s Singles finals, the BDO British Open was a huge success at The Spa, Bridlington.

The Women’s Semi Finals saw Trina Gulliver beat Cindy Pardy of Canada in a straight forward 3-0 victory, and the in-form Lorraine Farlam checking out all three of her legs with double tops – winning her 1st leg with a 70 checkout to triumph over Russia’s Anastasia Dobromyslova 3-1.

In the Women’s Singles Final Lorraine Farlam, now an ‘adopted’ Yorkshire lass after playing her first county match for Yorkshire with a winning scoreline that included checkouts of 164 and 102, as well as being happily partnered with top Yorkshire player Dean Winstanley, continued her fantastic form.

Playing Trina Gulliver, she raced into a commanding 2-0 lead and then won the title with a stunning 135 outshot – 25, t-20, bullseye!

In the Men’s Semi-Finals, Yorkshire was again well represented by Scott Waites who won the 1st set of his match with Dutch star Jan Dekker, and then checked out with a 170 before Jan hit a 132 to level at 1-1. The high-scoring Scott then had a 98 checkout to win the match.

Glen Durrant enjoyed another brilliant run and enjoyed huge support as he won the first set against Dutchman Willy van der Wiel, who hit 5 x 180’s (including 7 t-20’s to just miss a 9 darter) and big checkouts to overcome the brave challenge of Glen.

And so, just 2 weeks after his triumph in the 2011 Winmau World Masters in Hull, Scott Waites was in yet another major final in his native Yorkshire, and soon found himself in a 2-1 lead against the high-scoring Willy van der Wiel, who just couldn’t stop hitting 180’s! He hit 6 in a thrilling final, but it wasn’t enough to beat the consistent high-scoring of Scott Waites, who powered to a 3-1 victory to become 2011 BDO British Open Champion…and it was music to his ears as the capacity crowed chanted Yorkshire, Yorkshire as he received his trophy.

Scott had a 32.66 single dart average and collected another £3,000 to add to the £25,000 he won at the World Masters. Yorkshire definitely ruled in Bridlington and there wasn’t a happier Yorkshireman than Scott.

Final, best of 5 sets, 3 legs - Scott Waites 3 v 1 Willy Van Der Wiel

Scott Waites v Willy Van Der Wiel Final Stats.PDF

Results Inc Mens Final.PDF

Semi Final Stats

Glen Durrant v Willy Van Der Wiel.PDF

Scott Waites v Jan Dekker.PDF

Dear ladies and gentlemen,

On 21^st-22^nd-23^rd October 2011 the first edition of the International Darts Tournament Top of Ghent will take place at the Flanders Sports Arena, Zuiderlaan 14 at Ghent.

The Topf of Ghent is part of the International Belgium Darts Tour and has a prize fund of 12.500 euro. Outside its own ranking (B), the Top of Ghent also counts towards the rankings of the WDF (cat 2), BDO Infication tables (cat B men and cat C ladies), the Zuiderduin Masters ranking and also for the National Belgium Darts Federation, with 3 days of points for its members.

Beside the ranking points and the prize money, the winners of each category of the singles receive an invite to participate at the Winmau World Masters 2012 and the best ladie and men receives an invite for the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships play-offs, to be held the day before the Winmau 2012.

An overview of the weekend.

Friday evening 21^st October 2011 there is a singles warming-up tournament (ladies-men-girls-boys-young boys if sufficient participants). This tournament is open for everybody. Entry fee is 7 euro for the seniors, 5 euro for youth and 3 euro for young boys. Entry on the spot till 7.30pm and toe the oche at 8pm.

Saturday 22^nd October 2011 singles are played in 4 categories: ladies-men-girls-boys. Entry fee is 16 euro for the ladies and men (WDF levy included) and 10 euro for youth players. The tournament start at 10am. There will be a first round losers tournament (max 128 players). Entry fee is 5 euro and prize money is money in money out. All finals of the main tournament will be played on stage.

Sunday 23^rd October 2011 the ladies-mixed and men’s pairs are played. Entry fee is 20 euro per pair. At 10am the mixed pairs will start. After those semi finals are played, the ladies and men’s pairs will start. There will be also a first losers round as on Saturday.

Entry for both singles on Saturday as pairs on Sunday in possible until 10^th October 2011. Entry fees must be arranged before 13^th October 2011.

Registration cards with times and boards of where and when they need to play, need to be picked-up at the venue. Those will be available from Friday evening at the venue. After the draw the start times of the participants will be published on the website.

For overnight stay, the organisation has closed a couple deals with hotels in and round Ghent. You can book them only through the website www.topofghent.be and on this site you can find further information and/or the online entry form.

Best regards,

The organisation of Top of Ghent

Entry for both the singles on Saturday 6^th Augsust 2011 as for the pairs on Sunday 7^th August is only possible in advance till next Sunday 31^st July 2011! After this date no entries, nor for the singles nor for the pairs, will be accepted.

The programme for the Belgian Open 2011

On Friday 5^th August 2011 there will be a warming up singles tournament played, with entry on the spot till 7pm. The tournament begins at app 7.30pm and will be played in 5 categories: ladies, girls, men’s, boys and young boys (if enough entries).

On Saturday 6^th August 2011 the Belgian Open Singles (ladies, men’s, girls and boys) will be played. At 10am the men’s are played, followed by the youth and ladies. After conclusion of all semi finals, the finals will be played on stage.

Sunday 7^th August 2011 the pairs (mixed, ladies and men) are played. At 10am the mixed pairs will start and after the semi finals of the mixed, the ladies and men’s pairs will start. All finals are played on stage after the semi final of the ladies and men’s pairs.

The Belgian Open is the second tournament of the International Belgium Darts Tour IBDT) and has a prize fund of 17.500 euro, with a first prize of 2.300 euro for the men’s singles winner and 1.000 euro for the ladies singles winner.

Besides the own IBDT ranking, the Belgian Open Singles are highly ranked by the WDF (cat 2) and BDO (men’s cat A and ladies cat B) and counts also for the Zuiderduin Masters ranking. For Belgian players the Belgian Open is also the start of the new National Ranking with 3 days of competition where points can be gained.

The winner in each category of the singles also receives a ticket for the Winmau World Masters Championships 2011 and the ladies and men’s winner also are invited for the qualifying tournament of the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships 2012, held the day before the Winmay starts. All players for the singles must be eligible to play in the Winmau World Masters and Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships.

Many top players of different countries will participate at the Belgian Open. The players don’t come only for the money and ranking points, but also for pleasure. The Belgian Open means meeting old friends, having a beer together and having a great weekend.

We hope to receive your entry as soon as possible. Entries close on Sunday 31^st July 2011, both for the singles and pairs! You have less than a month to enter. As the draw will be made the day after closure of entries, no late entries are accepted. Changes in the pairs will be accepted until Saturday 6^th August 2011 at 7pm.

Registration cards with times and boards where players need to play, need to be picked up at the venue. Those will be available at the venue from the Friday evening. Entries can be done online at www.bdbdarts.be

Payment for entries must be received before 2^nd August 2011 on the account Fortis bank BE31 0016 0460 8655 (BIC code GEBA BE BB) in name of Remi Verbeeck, Hensellaan B 15, 2960 Brecht, Belgium.

For further information you can always contact the BDB President, Remi Verbeeck by mobile phone +32 496 624342, at home +32 3 2930793 of by e-mail verbeeck@priximedia.be

In the closely contested Semi-Finals and Final of the British Teenage the results were:

Matthew Dicken (W.Mids)    3-2 Reece Robinson (Humberside)
Kurt Parry (Glam)                3-2 Ash Khayat (W.Midlands)

FINAL: Matthew Dicken        3-2 Kurt Parry

2011 British Teenage Champion: Matthew Dicken (West Midlands)

In the Inter-County Youth KO Cup, the results were:

Semi-Finals

W.Midlands B   2-5   Kent A
Essex A           5-2   Bedfordshire

FINAL

Kent A            4-3   Essex A

The 2011 British Inter-County Youth KO Cup Champions are: Kent A

Full results for both events are as follows:

Click here for British Teenage GB Finals

Click here for BDO British Inter-County Youth KO Cup

Source – BDO

Results: England Masters Men’s Semi-Finals Ross Montgomery 4-2 Darryl Fitton John Walton 4-3 Robbie Green

Final: John Walton 5-3 Ross Montgomery

Women’s Semi-Finals Anastasia Dobromyslova 3-2 Lorraine Farlam Julie Gore 3-1 Lisa Ashton

Final: Anastasia Dobromyslova 4-2 Julie Gore

Men’s Pairs Final: Dean Winstanley/Robbie Green 3-2 Glen Durrant/Dave Prins

Women’s Pairs Final: Trina Gulliver/Lisa Ashton 3-0 Lorraine Farlam/Emma McGarvie

Youth Final: Jake Jones 3-0 Josh Thompson

Gary Robson continued his winning streak by taking the Men’s England National Singles title and Lisa Ashton took the Women’s title.

Results England National Singles Men’s Final: Gary Robson 5-3 Robbie Green

Women’s Final: Lisa Ashton 4-1 Anastasia Dobromyslova

Youth Final: Sam Cankett 3-0 Thomas Chant

Youth International Challenge: England Boys and Girls are the first International Challenge Champions.

For full information go to: www.englanddarts.co.uk

The program for the Belgian Open 2011

On Friday 5^th August 2011 there will be a warming up singles tournament played, with entry on the spot till 7pm. The tournament begins at app 7.30pm and will be played in 5 categories: ladies, girls, men’s, boys and young boys (if enough entries).

On Saturday 6^th August 2011 the Belgian Open Singles (ladies, men’s, girls and boys) will be played. At 10am the men’s are played, followed by the youth and ladies. After conclusion of all semi finals, the finals will be played on stage.

Sunday 7^th August 2011 the pairs (mixed, ladies and men) are played. At 10am the mixed pairs will start and after the semi finals of the mixed, the ladies and men’s pairs will start. All finals are played on stage after the semi final of the ladies and men’s pairs.

The Belgian Open is the second tournament of the International Belgium Darts Tour IBDT) and has a prize fund of 17.500 euro, with a first prize of 2.300 euro for the men’s singles winner and 1.000 euro for the ladies singles winner.

Besides the own IBDT ranking, the Belgian Open Singles are highly ranked by the WDF (cat 2) and BDO (men’s cat A and ladies cat B) and counts also for the Zuiderduin Masters ranking. For Belgian players the Belgian Open is also the start of the new National Ranking with 3 days of competition where points can be gained.

The winner in each category of the singles also receives a ticket for the Winmau World Masters Championships 2011 and the ladies and men’s winner also are invited for the qualifying tournament of the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships 2012, held the day before the Winmay starts. All players for the singles must be eligible to play in the Winmau World Masters and Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships.

Many top players of different countries will participate at the Belgian Open. The players don’t come only for the money and ranking points, but also for pleasure. The Belgian Open means meeting old friends, having a beer together and having a great weekend.

We hope to receive your entry as soon as possible. Entries close on Sunday 31^st July 2011, both for the singles and pairs! You have less than a month to enter. As the draw will be made the day after closure of entries, no late entries are accepted. Changes in the pairs will be accepted until Saturday 6^th August 2011 at 7pm.

Registration cards with times and boards where players need to play, need to be picked up at the venue. Those will be available at the venue from the Friday evening. Entries can be done online at www.bdbdarts.be

Payment for entries must be received before 2^nd August 2011 on the account Fortis bank BE31 0016 0460 8655 (BIC code GEBA BE BB) in name of Remi Verbeeck, Hensellaan B 15, 2960 Brecht, Belgium.

For further information you can always contact the BDB President, Remi Verbeeck by mobile phone +32 496 624342, at home +32 3 2930793 of by e-mail verbeeck@priximedia.be

The Topf of Ghent is part of the International Belgium Darts Tour and has a prize fund of 12.500 euro. Outside its own ranking (B), the Top of Ghent also counts towards the rankings of the WDF (cat 2), BDO Infication tables (cat B men and cat C ladies), the Zuiderduin Masters ranking and also for the National Belgium Darts Federation, with 3 days of points for its members.

Beside the ranking points and the prize money, the winners of each category of the singles receive an invite to participate at the Winmau World Masters 2012 and the best ladie and men receives an invite for the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships play-offs, to be held the day before the Winmau 2012.

An overview of the weekend.

Friday evening 21^st October 2011 there is a singles warming-up tournament (ladies-men-girls-boys-young boys if sufficient participants). This tournament is open for everybody. Entry fee is 7 euro for the seniors, 5 euro for youth and 3 euro for young boys. Entry on the spot till 7.30pm and toe the oche at 8pm.

Saturday 22^nd October 2011 singles are played in 4 categories: ladies-men-girls-boys. Entry fee is 16 euro for the ladies and men (WDF levy included) and 10 euro for youth players. The tournament start at 10am. There will be a first round losers tournament (max 128 players). Entry fee is 5 euro and prize money is money in money out. All finals of the main tournament will be played on stage.

Sunday 23^rd October 2011 the ladies-mixed and men’s pairs are played. Entry fee is 20 euro per pair. At 10am the mixed pairs will start. After those semi finals are played, the ladies and men’s pairs will start. There will be also a first losers round as on Saturday.

Entry for both singles on Saturday as pairs on Sunday in possible from now on and this until 10^th October 2011. Entry fees must be arranged before 13^th October 2011.

Registration cards with times and boards of where and when they need to play, need to be picked-up at the venue. Those will be available from Friday evening at the venue. After the draw the start times of the participants will be published on the website.

For overnight stay, the organisation has closed a couple deals with hotels in and round Ghent. You can book them only through the website www.topofghent.be and on this site you can find further information and/or the online entry form.

England’s Gary Robson and Karen Lawman are 2011 England Open Men’s and Women’s Singles Champions respectively.

Results are as follows:

Men’s Singles Semi-Finals

Ted Hankey 5-0 Benito van de Pas
Gary Robson 5-3 Tony O’Shea

Final

Gary Robson 6-2 Ted Hankey

Women’s Singles Semi-Finals

Karen Lawman 4-3 Trina Gulliver
Kirsi Vinkanainen 4-3 Lisa Ashton

Final:

Karen Lawman 4-2 Kirsi Vinikanainen

Men’s Pairs Final:

Paul Hogan/Paul Gibbs 3-1 Paul Neate/Aaron Turner

Women’s Pairs Final
Trina Gulliver/Lisa Ashton 3-1 Donna Rainsley/Trish Kidd

Mixed Triples Final
Ash Khayat/David Pallett/Linda Jones 3-1 Garry Thompson/Dave Calvert/Dee Bateman

Boys Singles Final
Craig Brown 4-3 Nick Kenny

Girls Singles Final
Stacey Ellis 3-1 Josie Patterson

For more information: www.englanddarts.co.uk

2011 BDO International Open Posted 13/06/11

The 2011 BDO International Open played at Pontin’s, Brean Sands, certainly lived up to its name by producing Men’s, Women’s and Youth Champions from The Netherlands, Russia and Wales respectively.
Exciting young Dutch player Wesley Harms won the Men’s title in an impressive 4-2 victory over England’s in-form Stephen Bunting; Anastasia Dobromyslova enjoyed more success in her return to the BDO with an impressive 3-2 victory over England’s Deta Hedman, and in an all-Welsh Youth Final, 14 year-old Rhys Griffin of Glamorgan played an outstanding match against Europe Cup Youth Champion Nick Kenny of Gwent.
The two extremely promising youngsters thrilled the big crowd with some exciting and high-scoring darts. Key to the win by Rhys was an 86 check-out to level the leg scores at 2-2 before he took the final leg to win the title 3-2.

In the Men’s Singles Benito van der Pas, another exciting Dutch talent had the crown on the edge of their seats when he produced a 10 dart leg at the start of the deciding set of his Quarter-Final with Peter Mitchell. He then hit a 104 checkout to win the game.
Stephen Bunting almost equalled the feat by producing an 11-dart leg to win his Quarter-Final match with Vern Sheppard.
Anastasia Dobromyslova confirmed her return to form by winning the Mixed Pairs with England’s Stephen Bunting.
The Mixed Triples was won by Martin Adams, Louise Hepburn and Gary Stone.
Results:
Men’s Singles
Quarter-Finals:
Garry Thompson (Yorks) 2-0 Martin Adams (Cambs)
Wesley Harms (Neth) 2-1 Dean Winstanley (Yorks)
Peter Mitchell (Kent) 1-2 Benito van der Pas (Neth)
Vern Sheppard (Middx) 1-2 Stephen Bunting (Eng)

Semi-Finals:
Wesley Harms 3-2 Garry Thompson
Wesley Harms 4-2 Stephen Bunting

Women’s Singles:
Semi-Finals
Deta Hedman (Oxfords) 3-1 Sue Brazell (Som)
Anastasia Dobromyslova (Russ) 3-2 Julie Gore (Pembrokes)

Final:
Anastasia Dobromyslova 3-2 Deta Hedman

Youth Singles
Final:
Rhys Griffin (Glam) 3-2 Nick Kenny (Gwent)

Paul Jennings wins 2011 Swiss Open June 4th & 5th 2011

The 2011 Swiss Open Men’s Singles has been won by England’s Paul Jennings, with Russia’s Irina Armstrong taking the Women’s Singles title.
The Swiss Open was played in Lausen, Switzerland over the weekend on June 4th and 5th, and England Men enjoyed more success in the Pairs, with Martin Atkins and Scott Mitchell winning the title.
Russia’s Irina Armstrong added to her tally of titles by taking the Women’s Pairs crown with her countrywoman Karina Kanzig .

Results:

Men’s Singles
1 Paul Jennings (Eng)
2 Christian Kist (Neth)
Semi-Finalists
Benito van de Pas (Neth)
Wesley Harms (Neth)
Quarter-Finalists
Tony West (Eng)
Jerry Hendriks (Neth)
Dave Prins (Eng)
Alan Norris (Eng)Last 16
Gino Vos (Neth)
Kim Huybrechts (Belg)
Clive Barden (Eng)
Stephen Bunting (Eng)
Scott Mitchell (Eng)
Maarten Gerritsen (Neth)
Martin Atkins (Eng)
Jamie Lewis (Wales)

Men’s Pairs
1 Scott Mitchell/Martin Atkins (Eng)
2 Tobias Muller/Johannes Posthoff (Ger)
Semi-Finalists
Paul Jennings/Kevin Hill (Eng)
Clive Barden/A.J. Urmston-Toft (Eng)

Quarter Finalists
Stephen Bunting/Alan Norris (Eng)
Thomas Junghans/Tobias Anliker (Switzerland)
Patric Aesshbach/Martin Bohn (Switzerland)
Andy Bless/Chris Kotal (Switerland/Ger)

Women’s Singles
1 Irina Armstrong (Russ)
2 Fiona Gaylor (Switzerland)
Semi-Finalists
Colette Rudin (Switzerland)
Neclar Densar (Switzerland)

Women’s Pairs
1 Irina Armstrong/Karina Kanzig (Russia)
2 Lorraine Woodrow/Ann Walsh (Eng)