2011 World Grand Prix Schedule
Posted on September 26th, 2011
The draw for the 2011 World Grand Prix was made on Sunday evening and as usual it has thrown up some intriguing ties. The schedule of play has been determined & detailed below.
With the short format and double in to start, the WGP ranks alongside the UK Open as the tournament of shocks. Round one is often a favourite’s graveyard but this year there are many matches where it is difficult to pinpoint exactly who the favourite is.
Try picking the winner from Mark Webster v Andy Hamilton, Vincent van der Voort v Kevin Painter, Justin Pipe v John Henderson, Jamie Caven v Denis Ovens, Mark Hylton v Mark Walsh.
Even the one sided games look like real banana skins – Phil Taylor will have his work cut out over the short format against Peter Wright. Adrian Lewis meets the man nobody wants in round one, John Part, Raymond van Barneveld would have liked an easier match up than Mervyn King, Â defending champion James Wade won’t relish tackling Steve Brown first up, Simon Whitlock has a stinker of a draw against Terry Jenkins, and Gary Anderson has pulled out Sunday’s Nuland winner, Richie Burnett. There are no easy games in darts these days.
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PartyPoker.net European Championship Preview
Posted on July 27th, 2011
THE fourth PartyPoker.net European Championship begins at the Maritim Hotel in Dusseldorf on Thursday, with Phil Taylor aiming to retain his unbeaten record in the tournament.
Taylor has won the previous three stagings of the European Championship since the tournament was introduced in 2008, defeating Adrian Lewis, Steve Beaton and Wayne Jones in the respective finals.
The 50-year-old from Stoke has drawn debutant qualifier John Michael, a Greek player who will be making his first televised appearance, in Thursday’s first round, with the game over the best of 11 legs.
Taylor retained his World Matchplay title for a fourth successive year in Blackpool last week, defeating James Wade in the final, and is targeting a repeat of that success in the ITV4-televised event in Germany.
“I was delighted to win the World Matchplay and my target now is to keep hold of the European Championship title too,” said Taylor, who is unbeaten in 15 previous matches in the event.
“I’ve enjoyed this event for the last three years and it’s my plan to make it four in a row.
“I don’t know much about John but I’ve seen him a couple of times and he’s a good player. In a short format I know I’ll have to be on top of my game on Thursday and will have to start well.”
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2011 Premier League Fixtures
Posted on January 12th, 2011
THE 2011 PDC Premier League Darts season will kick off at The O2 in London, featuring a clash between Adrian Lewis and Phil Taylor on the opening night, while Gary Anderson meets Simon Whitlock and Mark Webster plays James Wade.
The new season of the £400,000 event will kick off for the second successive year at The O2 on Thursday February 10, with the first of 14 league nights to be held around the UK and screened live on Sky Sports HD.
The four matches at The O2 will be headlined by new Ladbrokes.com World Darts Champion Adrian Lewis facing reigning Premier League Darts Champion Phil Taylor, who hit two nine-darters in reclaiming the title last May.
Premier League Darts debutants Gary Anderson and Mark Webster will face Simon Whitlock and James Wade respectively, while five-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld plays Terry Jenkins in the opening night’s other match.
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Grand Slam of Darts Schedule of Play
Posted on November 9th, 2010
THE schedule of play for the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts has been announced, confirming the fixtures for the opening two sessions of the tournament.
The £400,000 Grand Slam of Darts will begin on Saturday November 13 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, with eight matches from Groups A-D beginning nine days of live action on ITV4.
The Group A battle between Colin Osborne and Robert Thornton will open the tournament on Saturday evening, before Mervyn King takes on PDC Unicorn Women’s World Champion Stacy Bromberg.
Vincent van der Voort meets Tony O’Shea and Gary Anderson takes on Mark Hylton before Simon Whitlock, the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship runner-up in January, faces Lakeside Championship finalist Dave Chisnall. Read the rest of this entry »
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World Grand Prix Draw
Posted on September 21st, 2010
PHIL TAYLOR will begin the defence of his Bodog.com World Grand Prix against Brendan Dolan, while Raymond van Barneveld and James Wade also face ‘home’ opposition in John MaGowan and Mick McGowan at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin next month.
Taylor’s bid to win a tenth World Grand Prix title will kick off on the opening night of the £350,000 tournament when he faces Fermanagh’s Dolan in a repeat of their meeting in the first round last year.
The draw pits the winner of Taylor’s meeting with Dolan against Andy Smith or Jamie Caven in the second round on Wednesday October 6.
Number two seed Raymond van Barneveld, who has been the runner-up to Taylor for the past two years in Dublin, has drawn Northern Irish veteran John MaGowan in the first round.
World number three James Wade, the 2007 World Grand Prix champion, will face Balbriggan’s Mick McGowan, while debutant Irishman William O’Connor – from Cappamore in Limerick – drew Wales’ Barrie Bates.
Steve Farmer, who won Sunday’s Players Championship in Holland to dramatically claim a qualifying spot, will meet another World Grand Prix debutant in the first round after being drawn with Bristol’s Steve Brown.
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StanJames.com World Matchplay Preview
Posted on July 16th, 2010
THE StanJames.com World Matchplay begins on Saturday, as 32 players battle to take the £100,000 title at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
The 17th staging of the World Matchplay sees arguably the strongest field in the event’s history battling for £400,000 prize money from July 17-25.
Reigning champion Phil Taylor, who won his tenth title last summer with a record margin of victory in defeating Terry Jenkins 18-4 in the final, enters the fray on Tuesday when he plays Barrie Bates in the first round.
However, world number two Raymond van Barneveld is in action in one of four games on the opening night of the event on Saturday, when he takes on in-form Denis Ovens, the 53-year-old who reached his first ever televised semi-final in last month’s Rileys Darts Zones UK Open.
Dutch star van Barneveld failed to qualify for the UK Open and returns to action in Blackpool having had a two-month break from darts since the end of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League – which included a trip to South Africa to cheer on the Netherlands in football’s World Cup.
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UK Open Schedule Of Play
Posted on May 17th, 2010
FORMER finalist Gary Mawson will kick off the 2010 UK Open when he takes on Rileys Amateur Qualifier Ashley Whisker on the main stage at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton on Thursday June 3.
American ace Mawson, whose family hail from Bolton, enjoyed the finest weekend of his darts career two years ago when he battled through to the final of the UK Open, defeating reigning champion Raymond van Barneveld along the way, before losing out to James Wade.
Mawson is one of 106 players who will take part in the Preliminary, First and Second Rounds at the Reebok Stadium when the four-day UK Open – nicknamed “The FA Cup of Darts” due to the free draw format for each round – begins on June 3, screened live on Sky Sports.
The Preliminary and First Rounds feature the players placed from 65-96 in the UK Open Order of Merit, following eight qualifying events, along with the 32 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers and ten BDO County Qualifiers.
Mawson has drawn Basildon-based Ashley Whisker – a 26-year-old tractor driver – in the Preliminary Round, with their match opening the tournament on the Main Stage, which is one of eight stages which will host simultanous action around the Reebok Stadium’s Premier Suite.
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coral.co.uk Players Championship Preview
Posted on January 29th, 2009
THE inaugural coral.co.uk Players Championship begins on Friday, with 32 players battling for £200,000 as darts returns to the famous Circus Tavern.
The new, ITV-televised event involves the leading players from all Players Championship tournaments held during 2008.
Offering £50,000 to Sunday night’s champion, play will be over three days at the famous Essex venue, which previously hosted the PDC World Championship for 14 years until 2007.
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2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts Fixtures
Posted on January 14th, 2009
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH TO KICK OFF 2009 WHYTE & MACKAY PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS
PHIL TAYLOR and Raymond van Barneveld will clash on the opening night of the 2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts.
The rematch of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship will be played at the Echo Arena Liverpool as the new Premier League Darts season begins on Thursday February 5.
Taylor, the defending Premier League Darts champion, claimed his 14th World Championship earlier in January with a 7-1 defeat of van Barneveld at Alexandra Palace.
“I can’t wait to get going again,” said Taylor. “It should be a real cracker because I love playing Raymond.
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PartyPoker.com Pro-Celebrity Challenge Draw
Posted on November 3rd, 2008
ENGLAND footballer Neil Ruddock will partner Phil Taylor in the PartyPoker.com Pro-Celebrity Challenge on Friday November 14.
The Pro-Celebrity Challenge will see eight celebrities team up with eight of the top names in world darts at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall ahead of the start of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts.
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