The premier Fantasy League Darts (FLD) competition is back for 2010 and it is bigger and better than before!

For the first time ever you can manage a squad of PDC and BDO players side by side. It looks like the unification of darts is still some time away so DartsMad.com has unified darts for you!

Based on our exclusive Unified World Darts Ranking (UWDR) system, the 2010 FLD competition will award points to players from both sides of the divide, based on our UWDR points structure.

The 2010 FLD competition will run from May 2010 to January 2011, culminating in the two World Championships, and taking in every UWDR ranked event in between. That’s all PDC Majors and Pro Tour events, as well as all BDO Majors and Category A, B & C events.

Simply pick a team of 10 players with a combined budget of £90 million or less. You then earn points on your players' performances throughout the season. Players will earn UWDR points for their finishing position in an event, plus extra match points as shown on the right.

It's just £5 to enter a team and the end of season cash prizes will be based on the total entry fund. So dont forget to tell your friends! More teams = Higher cash prizes! You can also play for free but remember – you won’t be eligible for the cash!

We will also have lots of extra giveaways throughout 2010, just as we did last year where we gave away £1250 in cash, £100 in free bets, PC games, darts tickets, dartboards, a Phil Taylor shirt, signed books & programs, and lots of other darts goodies!

So what are you waiting for? Enter your team now!

FANTASY LEAGUE DARTS COMPETITIONS

Match stats will be scored where the information is available. Some tournaments may not supply LWAT, 180 counts or averages. In these cases, points will not be awarded for those stats that are not available.

The reigning 2009 Champion is Simon Shaw and after Simon cashed his £1000 cheque this is what he had to say:-
 “Obviously, I'm delighted to be DartsMad's first ever Fantasy Darts Champion, having beaten off some stiff competition from other highly knowledgeable darts' gurus to pocket a cool £1,000 in the process.

It's been a fantastic, exciting and well-run competition with several darting highlights during the year, culminating in Barney's 9-darter at the Worlds, which more or less pushed me over the finishing line.

I want to thank Lee at DartsMad and the other organisers for putting on such a great competition in its inaugural season and congratulate the other prize-winners.

However, there is some bad news:  unfortunately for everyone else, I'll be back next year to defend my title. It won't be too long until they're speaking about me in the same breath as Phil Taylor - Simon Shaw "The Greatest Fantasy Darts Player the World has ever seen.

Maybe 20 years down the line, I'll be gearing up to bag my 15th title - don't bet against it, folks!”