William Hill Grand Slam of Darts – Night One Round-Up
Posted on November 13th, 2011
REIGNING CHAMPION Scott Waites, former World Champions Raymond van Barneveld and Ted Hankey and Premier League Darts Champion Gary Anderson all suffered defeats in an exciting opening to the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts on Saturday night.
The £400,000 tournament kicked off at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall with eight first round matches from Groups A-D, as debutants Ian White, Dean Winstanley and Nigel Heydon stole the show.
Wildcard Qualifier White – who only came into the event on Monday when Simon Whitlock was ruled out through injury – defeated five-time World Champion van Barneveld 5-4 in their opening Group B clash to make a superb first appearance in the event.
Doncaster’s Winstanley, the 2011 Lakeside Championship runner-up, joined White in the winner’s enclosure with a stunning whitewash of two-time World Champion Ted Hankey.
“I’m so happy with the result and to be honest I’m lost for words,” said a stunned Winstanley. “Ted is a superb champion and a great player but he didn’t take his chances tonight.”
Hankey and van Barneveld will now play on Sunday evening knowing that the loser will be almost certainly eliminated from the event in the group stage. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Dean Winstanley, Gary Anderson, Grand Slam of Darts 2011, Ian White, Michael Van Gerwen, PDC Darts Results, Scott Waites, Ted Hankey
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2011 Grand Slam of Darts Invitations
Posted on August 4th, 2011
GRAND SLAM OF DARTS INVITATIONS CONFIRMED
THE qualification criteria for the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts has been confirmed, with John Part, Ted Hankey (who said he wouldn’t return last year – DartsMad Ed.), Co Stompe and Barrie Bates invited to compete in Wolverhampton in November.
One of DartsMad’s contributors has his own thoughts on how the criteria should be drawn up, click here to see the ‘Race2Wolves’! The PDC statement continues below….
The £400,000 tournament, to be held from November 12-20 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, features the finalists from major darts tournaments over a two-year period.
Won last year by Scott Waites, who succeeded three-time winner Phil Taylor, the event will be screened live on Sky Sports this November across nine days. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: BDO, Grandslam of Darts 2011, PDC, Scott Waites, Ted Hankey, Wolverhampton
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Face Off 2011 Derby Exhibition Details and Ticket Giveaway
Posted on July 23rd, 2011
Face Off 2011
MDA and Mitchell Promotions are proud to present Face Off an event which is set to be the largest independent darts event in derby to be held at the Heritage hotel, Macklin Street, Derby, DE11 1LF on Friday September 2nd 2011.
The event is unique in the fact it features top players from world darts going up against amateur players form all over the midlands. The top players include Colin Osborne (who lives in Derby), 5 Times world champion Raymond Van Barneveld , Gary Anderson and 2 times champion of the world Ted “The Count” Hankey.
They will be joined by 4 local players who are Andrew Hibbert – Leicestershire/Coalville, Drew Smith – Burton Upon Trent, Lyndon Hextall – Leics and Ricky Sudale – Woodville. All the amateur players have great pedigree and have all played county level.
Tickets are available NOW and are priced in three tiers:-
Gold VIP £65 or 5 for £300 – Includes early entry, meet and greet before the event, Reserved VIP seat front of stage and a free official event programme as well as free signed photo with one of the four pros of your choice.
Silver VIP – £30 each includes reserved seat for the event and free event programme
Bronze – £15 of 4 for £50 includes entry to the event and the last of the unreserved seating.
Tickets are available to buy online on the website www.mdapromotions.co.uk and for more information please call 07851428018.
Advertising opportunities and packages are available at the venue and in the official events programme and on the website.
For More Information Please Visit www.mdapromotions.co.uk or call 07851-428018.
All of the amateur players are available for interviews please call 07851428018 to arrange times.
Thanks to Matt at MDA, DartsMad.com has a pair of bronze tickets to give away to one lucky reader, simply email the answer to the following question.
MDA currently manage PDC Pro Justin Pipe, Pipe beat darting royalty in the first round of this years World Matchplay in Blackpool, who was it? and by what scoreline?
This competition is now closed, the winner is Michael Griffiths, Lancashire
Tags: Derby, Exhibition, Face Off 2011, Heritage Hotel, MDA Promotions, Raymond van Barneveld, Ted Hankey
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BDO/WDF June 2011 Results
Posted on June 28th, 2011
Gary Robson and Karen Lawman win England Open Singles 2011
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)
Tags: 2011 BDO International Open, Anastasia Dobromyslova, BDO, Brean Sands Pontins, darts, Deta Hedman, England Open, Gary Robson, Karen Lawman, Results, Stephen Bunting, Ted Hankey, Wesley Harms
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BDO/WDF March 2011 Results
Posted on March 13th, 2011
11 March 2011 – Isle of Man International Darts Festival
Its super Ted and deadly Deta in the Isle of Man
Double world champ Ted Hankey lifted the prestige 2011 Isle of Man International Darts Festival title and £5000 prize after flooring flying Dutchman Ron Meulemkamp 4-1.
It ended a long wait for Hankey who in the past has struggled with the short used by the competition. The introduction this year of a seven leg final appeared to find favour with “The Count” after he had systematically buried his opponents in the qualifying rounds, taking his good form to the stage.
And while Hankey was adding his name to the glittering array of previous men’s winners, Deta Hedman was also re-writing the record books.
She clinched her fifth women’s singles title after a remarkable 13 years since her last victory on the island.
Hankey emerged from a 527-strong entry in the men’s singles, reaching the final after defeating Darryl Fitton.
The opening legs saw both struggling to find consistency, two 100s and a 125 score steering Dazzler ahead in the third but he then missed seven doubles, handing a get-out-of-jail-free card to The Count who buried double five.
The Telford ace left 89 after nine darts in the next but then he suffered double-trouble missing six match-winning efforts as Fitton stepped in to punish The Count. A ton or more in each of his four visits to the oche saw Hankey leave himself 96, a late rallying 140 from the Stockport sharpshooter leaving him 76 but the former world champ needed just two darts to win through. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Deta Hedman, International Darts Festival, Isle Man 2011, Open, Results, Ted Hankey
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