30th July

We are pleased to announce that the Ladies and Mens England Ranking pages have been updated in a new format. They can be seen by clicking on the England Rankings tab at the top of this page and then click on either the ladies or men's links.

Once on the relevant page you will see every player who has gained points in the past two years and if you click on the +/- at the end of each players points you can see how and where they have got their points.

The change in presentation style has taken almost a year to put in place and we would like to thank David Ballantine for the incredible amount of work he has put into the rankings.

18th July

We are pleased to include the brochure for the 2017 England Classic to be played at Bunn Leisure, Selsey from the 7th to 11th September, please click on the link above to download the event brochure, you can also enter all the events shown below (with the exception of the British Pentathlon which is an invitation event), just click on the Online Entries logo.

2017 England Classic Daily Schedule

28th June

EDO CHOSEN CHARITIES BENEFIT

The EDO are pleased to announce that our chosen charities, Cancer Research and Heart of Darts will both receive £350 from last weekend's Six Nations Cup. All six Countries nominated a charity of their choice to receive £200, plus there was prize money in the Men's and Ladies Singles events to go to the charities.

And with Fallon Sherrock winning the Ladies Singles another £500 was earned for our charities.ch

27th June

Following a very successful weekend at the Six Nations Cup, the England Appearances page has now been updated, CLICK HERE to see

25th June

England Men and Ladies 2017 Six Nations Champions

The semi finals onwards will also be shown on FrontRunner TV (ch 469)

Congratulations to Fallon Sherrock on winning the 2017 Six Nations Ladies singles title with a 5-0 win over Robin Byrne (Republic of Ireland), England's chosen charities Cancer Research and Heart of Darts will both benefit from Fallon's victory.

The final two matches are the team finals which are both England v The Netherlands.

Rainbow Ribbons - Mia Chambers

On visiting Merthyr Tydfil for the 2017 Six Nations Cup, it was very obvious from all the rainbow ribbons that were on vehicles and buildings that something special was happening.

We were sad to learn that it was an awareness campaign to raise funds for 5 year old Mia Chambers, a local girl who is suffering from cancer and the ribbons are being sold to raise money to send Mia to the USA for specialist treatment.

The England teams are all wearing a ribbon today in support of Mia and they all wish her a full recovery.

The England Darts Organisation have just started a two year period we will be raising money for Cancer Research and the Heart of Darts Charity.

Sunday is finals day at the 2017 Six Nations Cup in Merthyr Tydfil and will be a busy day for the England teams as both the Ladies and Mens teams are in the semi finals and Fallon Sherrock is in the final of the Ladies singles.

We will be posting the results on here and the England Darts Organisation Facebook page  

The semi finals onwards will also be shown on FrontRunner TV (ch 469)

24th June

Martin Adams has today become the first England player to play 100 games for England. He made his England debut in 1990 and is also the longest serving captain ever as he held the position for 20 years (1993 - 2013).

During his fantastic career for England he has won the World Cup singles twice in 1995 and 2001. He has also won the Europe Cup singles in 1996.

In the pairs he has won the World Cup title twice in 1995 and 2003 and in the Europe Cup he has taken the title four times in 1996, 2002,2008 and 2010.

Without doubt today confirms Martin as a great of England darts.

Martin Adams 100th Game Award

Day 2 of the 2017 Six Nations has seen the England Ladies beat Wales 6-3 to win group 2 and move into Sunday's semi final where they will play Scotland, in the other semi final Wales will face the Netherlands. The men start their campaign against Northern Ireland  before playing Wales later on.

23rd June

The weekend will see the England teams defending the titles at the 2017 Six Nations, which is being played in Merthyr Tydfil . Friday started with a singles event with all the players eligible to play, unfortunately the Dutch Players flight was delayed so they were unable to take part.

In the Ladies singles last sixteen, Deta Hedman beat Kate Smith (Scotland) 4-0 , Lorraine Winstanley beat Caroline Breen (Republic of Ireland) and Fallon Sherrock beat Kayleigh O'Neill (Northern Ireland) 4-2, in the quarter finals Fallon beat Rhian Edwards (Wales) 4-3 and Deta beat Lorraine 4-0 and then in the semi final Fallon beat Deta 4-3 to gain a place in Sundays final against Robin Byrne (republic of Ireland).

In the Men's singles  last 32, Scott Mitchell beat Neil Duff (Northern Ireland) 4-1, Martin Adams beat Euan Callander (Scotland) 4-2, Mark McGeeney beat Sean McGowan (republic of Ireland) 4-1 and James Hurrell lost 3-4 to Ross Montgomery (Scotland).

In the last 16 Jamie Hughes lost 3-4 to Kyle McKinstrey (Northern Ireland), Scott beat Craig Quinn (Scotland) 4-1, Martin beat Martin Phillips (Wales) 4-3 and Mark lost 0-4 to Ross Montgomery (Scotland). In the last eight Scott lost 1-4 to Kyle and Martin lost 3-4 to Mark Layton (Wales).  The final on Sunday will be between Kyle and Ross.

All the players in the singles finals will be playing for prize money that will be donated to charities of their choice, as Fallon is in the ladies finals the money he wins will be equally split between Cancer Research and Heart of Darts.

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18th June

Sunday saw the finals of the England Open singles events played at Bunn Leisure, Selsey. It was the tenth staging of the England Open at the popular West Sussex holiday centre and as an addition the stage finals were shown live on Front Runner TV.

In the girls Beau Greaves retained her title whilst there were first England Open titles for Keelan Kay (Boys), Lorraine Winstanley (Ladies) and Geert de Vos (Mens).

We would like to thank all our sponsors, the players, supporters  and our officials for making the England Open a great one.

2017 England Open Singles Champions
Girls Champion : Beau Greaves		Boys  Champion : Keelen Kay
Ladies Champion :		Mens Champion : Geert de Vos (Bel)

2017 England National Singles Champions
Ladies Champion : Deta Hedman	Congratulations to Scott & Deta	Mens Champion : Scott Mitchell

 15th June

2017 England Open Mixed  Pairs Champions Claire Brookin & Chris Fidler who took the title with a 3-1 victory over Marlene Badger and Neil Birkin in the final.

Click here for Mixed Pairs Results

Congratulation to Deta Hedman on winning the 14th Ladies British Pentathlon, it is Deta's 4th Pentathlon victory, congratulations also go to 2nd place Lorraine Winstanley, 3rd place Trina Gulliver and 4th place Rachna David.

The Ladies Pentathlon was played at Bunn Leisure, Selsey and the final  scores are below.

13th June

The draws for the Ladies and Mens  England National Singles and England Opens are now online, see below

ENGLAND OPEN FESTIVAL  (Updated on 12th June at 23.59)
Click Here to see who has entered
England Open Mens Singles : 494		Youth Girls : 5		England Open Ladies Singles : 150
Mens Pairs : 149		Youth Boys : 29		Ladies Pairs : 61
National Singles Mens Singles : 316		Mixed Pairs : 25		National Singles Ladies Singles : 88
To enter any event click the logo and follow the link
Click logo to see the full booking form 15th to 18th June 2017

The deadline for entering the Ladies and Mens National Singles and England Open Singles events is now shut, the final checks will be made and verified before the draws are made.

Entries for all the other events can still be made on site at Bunn Leisure.

14th June

Last weekend saw the Hampshire Darts Organisation stage their Mens and Ladies Opens, we would like to thank Frank Branscombe for sending us all the results, to see the results, photos and reports go to their website, CLICK HERE

3rd June

The Ladies who will play in the Ladies Pentathlon on Thursday 15th June at the start of the England Open weekend are:

Last years Champion, Trina Gulliver will be back to defend the title that she has already won for a record eight times and she will be competing with players from six different Countries who will be trying to become the first non English player to take the prestigious Pentathlon title. We will be bringing updated scores live from Selsey during the event.

(The Mens Pentathlon will be played on Thursday 7th September).  To see the full history of both the Ladies and Mens Pentathlons CLICK HERE.

2nd June

The England Darts Organisation are pleased to announce that their chosen charity for the England International Teams will be shared for at least the next two years, by Cancer Research and Heart of Darts, whose logo’s etc. will now be prevalent at all EDO events and Internationals.

The 6 Nations Internationals held in Wales between 23^rd – 25^th June 2017 (schedule is below), will see the introduction of a singles event for both Ladies and Gentlemen, with the all prize monies being awarded to their countries designated charity. This is a unique innovation in the world of darts, and great credit to all the 6 countries, for this ground breaking initiative.

For more details on our chosen charities, click on the logo's below

31st May

The draws for the 2017 Europe Youth Cup to be played in Malmo, Sweden from the 12th to 15th July.

There will be 13 Countries playing in the girls and 17 in the boys event.

To see all the draws CLICK HERE

To see the WDF Europe Cup Youth Page CLICK HERE

20th May

For the first time in it's 40 year history the British Pentathlon will now join an extensive list of events run by the England Darts Organisation.

The Ladies Pentathlon will be played on Thursday 15th June and the Mens Pentathlon will be played on Thursday 7th September.  To see the full history of the Pentathlon CLICK HERE. A full list of the twenty ladies that will be playing in the 2017 Pentathlon will be posted here once all the players are confirmed.

9th May

8th May

ENGLAND NAME SIX NATIONS TEAMS

The England Selectors are pleased to announce that the England teams to play in the 2017 Six Nations Cup to be played in Wales (23rd to 25th June) are :

Ladies : Deta Hedman, Fallon Sherrock & Lorraine Winstanley.

Men : Martin Adams, Jamie Hughes, James Hurrell, Mark McGeeney & Scott Mitchell.

5th May

We are please to announce that Front Runner (the UK's only free to air sports channel) has today confirmed a further broadcasting deal with the England Darts Organisation to broadcast live at the England Open to be played from the 15th to 18th June 2017.

We are delighted to have agreed this deal with Front Runner and to get live television exposure for the England Open and we hope the players and supporters of EDO darts will also be thrilled with this fabulous news.

This will be our third event that Front Runner will broadcast, the first was the Pokerstars Isle of Man Festival of Darts and the second was the 38th annual British International Championships.

Front Runner broadcasts on a number of platforms and is available on SKY ch468, Freesat ch250, Freeview ch91 and Talk Talk/BT ch91.

John Peoples (on behalf of all England Directors)

2017 ENGLAND OPEN FESTIVAL

The 2017 England Open Festival will once again be played at the marvellous Bunn Leisure in Selsey, West Sussex from the 15th to 18th June 2017.

The festival is always very popular and accommodation at Bunn Leisure is already going fast, so to book your caravan call 01243 606080 and quote 'DARTS'.

Accommodation can be booked for the festival from Friday 16th until Monday 19th June for £254 (based on four people sharing a two bedroom caravan/ £63.50 per person) however you can also book the caravan for another  4 nights for just £50 extra.

And 2017 will see the invitational Ladies Pentathlon played on Thursday 15th June at 11.00 and then a mixed pairs event at 19.00 (approx). The full schedule of events are :

The officials and players of the England Darts Organisation wish everyone a Happy St Georges Day

19th April

The Diary Dates Page has now been updated with all the events that have been awarded England Ranking Points during 2017. CLICK HERE to go the Diary Dates page, where more details can be found.

If any other County wants to apply for points please contact us.

2017 EDO Ranked Events
April				August
22-23	Inter County Matches	GB		5th	Cambridgeshire Mens & Ladies Opens	March, Cambridgeshire
				13th	Nottinghamshire Mens, Ladies & Youth Opens	Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
May
12-14	Mill Rythe Spring Festival	Hayling Island, Hampshire		September
				8	ENGLAND MASTERS	SELSEY, SUSSEX
June				9-10	ENGLAND CLASSIC	SELSEY, SUSSEX
10	Hampshire Ladies Open	Southsea, Hampshire		16 & 17	Inter County Matches	GB
10	Hampshire Mens Open	Southsea, Hampshire
11	Lincolnshire Ladies Open	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire		October
11	Lincolnshire Mens Open	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire		14 & 15	Inter County Matches	GB
16	ENGLAND NATIONAL SINGLES	SELSEY, SUSSEX		21	EDO LONDON LADIES CLASSIC	LONDON
17-18	ENGLAND OPEN	SELSEY, SUSSEX		22	EDO LONDON LADIES OPEN	LONDON
25	LDO Ladies Classic	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
				November
July				4 & 5	Inter County Matches	GB
22	Cheshire Ladies Open	Crewe, Cheshire		10-12	Mill Rythe Autumn Festival	Hayling Island, Hampshire
23	Cheshire Open	Crewe, Cheshire		25 & 26	Inter County Matches	GB

18th April

The Mens and Ladies England Rankings have now been updated after a lengthy re-design procedure, the tables are compiled over a rolling two year period. The players included in the list are only those that belong to a member County of England, unless players have accrued points as an individual in events ranked by the EDO.

The table is used to invite players into the respective England Matchplay's which are played during the England Classic weekend in September.

CLICK HERE to go to the England Rankings Page.

The players that currently lead the way are Deta Hedman who is 23 points ahead of second placed Fallon Sherrock whilst in the men's Jamie Hughes is just a single point ahead of Scott Mitchell.

The next update will be after the final Inter-County matches this coming weekend.

26th March

Congratulations to all the Champions

Girls Champions	Boys Champions	Paul Hogan	Ladies Champions	Mens champions

The First 9 Darter in the 38 Year History of the British Internationals was hit by Paul Hogan

Link To 2017 British Internationals Page

Squads
Girls
Beau Greaves		Rebecca Graham		Jessica Bonner
Shannon Reeves		Erin McNeill		Tamzin Parr
Boys
Jarred Cole		Aaron Douglas		Taylor Smoldon
Alex Gurr		Brandon Nicoll		Jordan Thomas
Keelan Kay		John Gallazzi		Darren Whelton
Owen Maiden		Nathan Girvan		Lewis Williams
Jack Vincent
Ladies
Deta Hedman (Capt)		Olive Byamukama		Rhian Edwards (Capt)
Trina Gulliver		Lynn Cowan		Katie Bellerby
Sarah Roberts		Emily Davidson		Rhian Griffiths
Fallon Sherrock		Lorraine Hyde		Ann-Marie Potts
Lorraine Winstanley		Frances Lawson		Jan Robbins
Tricia Wright		Susanna McGimpsey		Chris Savvery
		Kate Smith
Mens
Scott Mitchell (Capt)		Alan Soutar (Capt)		Martin Phillips (Capt)
Martin Adams		Euan Callander		Jeff Bass
Martin Atkins		Ryan Hogarth		Mitchell Butler
David Copley		Ross MacDougall		Wayne Davies
Brian Dawson		Jim McGuigan		Richie Edwards
Dennis Harbour		Cameron Menzies		Mike Gillet
Paul Hogan		Colin Miller		Chris Harris
Jamie Hughes		Ross Montgomery		Gareth Holt
James Hurrell		Martin Murison		Nick Kenny
Ryan Joyce		Stevie Plank		Mark Layton
Mark McGeeney		Craig Quinn		Lester Thompson
Tony O'Shea		Steve Ritchie		Jim Williams
		Steve Robertson

24th March

AUDRIE DERHAM RIP

We have sadly learnt today that former England International Audrie Derham has passed away, aged 83.

Audrie created history when along with Maureen Flowers they became the first ever Ladies World Cup winners in the event held in Edinburgh in 1983.

The picture of Audrie is taken from a YouTube clip where Audrie hit double six to also take the Ladies Pairs title.

Everyone at the England Darts Organisation would like to pass on their condolences to Audrie's family and friends.

12th March

2017 Isle of Man Festival Champions
Deta Hedman Ladies Poker Stars Open Champion		Martin Phillips Mens Poker Stars Open Champion
Jamie Hughes Mens Classic Champion	Bradley Brooks Youth Champion	Corrine Hammond Ladies Classic Champion
Aileen de Graaf/Sharon Prins Ladies Pairs Champion	Dan Day, Deta Hedman & Conan Whitehead Mixed Triples Champions	Jim Williams/Conan Whitehead Mens Pairs Champions

11th March

Congratulations to today's winners of the Isle of Man Classic, Corrine Hammond and Jamie Hughes, plus the Isle of Man Youth Winner, Bradley Brooks.

The Pokerstars Open Mens and Ladies singles are down to the stage finals which will be played on Sunday, click the links below to see the draws:

2017 ISLE OF MAN SINGLES DRAWS
Ladies IOM Open Singles Draw	Mens IOM Open Singles Draw

10th March

The Ladies and Mens Classic singles have reached the final stages, you can see all the results by clicking on the links below.

The men's quarter finals and ladies final will be on stage tomorrow from 3pm and can be seen on Front Runner TV, the games are

Mens Quarter Finals
Cameron Menzies	3-4	Geert De Vos
Kyle McKinstry	4-1	Jim Williams
Jamie Hughes	4-1	Martin Phillips
Gary Robson	3-4	Scott Mitchell
Mens Semi Finals
Geert De Vos	6-4	Kyle McKinstry
Jamie Hughes	6-5	Scott Mitchell
Ladies Final
Corrine Hammond	4-2	Lorraine Winstanley
Mens Final
Geert De Vos	2-7	Jamie Hughes

Unfortunately some players missed games as flights from Dublin, Liverpool and Manchester were delayed.

9th March

The first winners of the 2017 Isle of Man Festival were Deta Hedman, Dan Day and Conan Whitehead who took the Mixed Triples title with a 3-0 final win over Lorraine Winstanley, Scott Baker and Glen Durrant. There were a total of 63 triples in the competition.

9th March

2017 Isle of Man Festival

The 2017 Isle of Man Festival starts today, the first competition will be the Mixed Triples which starts at 8pm tonight, players can still enter in the Villa Marina up to 7pm.

7th March

The draws for the Mens & Ladies Classic and Open singles events have now been made and can be seen by clicking the links below :

6th March

The seeds for the Mens And Ladies Classic and the Mens and Ladies Open will be :

Our dedicated team are now making final checks to make sure no mistakes or admissions have occurred and then the draws will be made and published on this page.

6th March

Entries for the Mens And Ladies Classic and the Mens and Ladies Open singles are now closed. Entries for the pairs, triples and youth singles can be made at the venue.

Please note that the starting times for both the Ladies and Mens Poker Stars Isle of Man Open singles on Saturday 11th March have been changed from a 12.00 noon start to 10.30am. With the addition of TV coverage of the event it has meant we need to start both the main singles earlier so we are in a position to go live on stage at 2pm.

Please tell anyone you know who is going to the Festival of this change.

2017 ISLE OF MAN DARTS FESTIVAL
Sponsor	Event	Final Entries	Start Time	Category
	Isle of Man Open Mens Singles Entries	435	Saturday 11th March   10.30am	A+
	Isle of Man Open Ladies Singles Entries	115	Saturday 11th March 10.30	A+
	Isle of Man Classic Mens Singles Entries	298	Friday 10th March 11am	B
	Isle of Man Classic Ladies Singles Entries	85	Friday 10th March 11am	A
Online entries are now closed. Entries for the pairs, triples and youth singles can still be made in the venue			To see a list of the players who have entered so far CLICK HERE
	Isle Of Man Mens Pairs Entries	181	Sunday 12th March 10am	N/A
	Isle of Man Ladies Pairs Entries	62	Sunday 12th March 10am	N/A
	Isle of Man Youth Singles Entries	Enter in venue	Saturday 11th March 3pm (Approx)	N/A
	Isle of Man Mixed Triples Entries	52	Thursday 9th March 8pm	N/A
CLICK HERE for Printable Entry Form
CLICK HERE for Festival Website
	Friday Night Singles (Organised by IOMDO)		Friday 10th March 8pm	N/A
Festival Venue Villa Marina, Douglas Promenade

16th February

The Selectors of the England Youth team are pleased to announce that Owen Maiden has accepted a place in the Boys squad for the British Internationals. He joins Jarred Cole, Alex Gurr, Keelan Kay and Jack Vincent. Congratulations Owen

10th February

The schedule for the British Internationals have now been released :

9th February

The Directors of the England Darts Organisation are very pleased to make the following announcement :

Press Release 9th February 2017. 5.00pm GMT.
 

7th February

The England senior and youth teams selected to play in the 2017 British Internationals, to be played from the 24th to 26th March in Bradford, Yorkshire are :

If you want to buy tickets for the British Internationals, Click on the logo and go the 2017 British Internationals. The tickets are £25 and this covers all three days. Tickets are of limited availability and sales are on a first come, first served basis.

The Selectors and Directors of the England Darts Organisation would like to congratulate all the players who have been selected for the England team and wish them the very best of luck in Bradford. There will be debuts for Sarah Roberts, Dave Copley and Ryan Joyce, whilst we are pleased to welcome back Tricia Wright, Martin Atkins and Tony O'Shea in the seniors and Jack Vincent in the youths.

They would also like to thank the players not selected from last year and wish them the best of luck to hopefully return in the future, in the Ladies these are Lisa Ashton and Gemma Hayter (who have both stopped playing County darts at the moment). In the Mens Glen Durrant was unable to accept his invite due to a prior arrangement, the others being Shaun Carroll, Dave Parletti and Darren Peetoom. In the Youths the players not re-selected are Jimmy Bristow, Dan Perry, and Tyler Radlett and in the girls Danielle Ashton has moved up to senior level.

The England Youth teams will see debuts for Shannon Reeves, Jarred Cole, Alex Gurr and Keelan Kay.

31st January

As promised previously please see another positive Press Release from the England Darts Organisation.

27th January

This is the first of several positive Press Releases that the England Darts Organisation will be releasing,  the second one will be on Tuesday 31st January (WATCH THIS SPACE) .....

7th December

Are you looking for something different this year for a Christmas Present for a dart playing loved one?

Maybe they are going to the 32nd Isle of Man Festival being played from the 9th to 12th March 2017. Why not pay their entry fees for them, just CLICK HERE to enter online or for a printable postal entry form CLICK HERE.

11th November

21st October

Julie's funeral service will be held on Friday 4th November at the Chelmsford Crematorium, Writtle Road, Chelmsford, Essex. CM1 3BL at 12.30.

Everyone is then invited back to the Chelmsford Social Club, 55 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex. CM2 6JG.

The family have asked anyone attending to wear either their dart uniforms, county shirts or bright colours.

Family flowers only, with donations to Macmillan Cancer Support  can be made at either the crematorium or the social club.

18th October

Everyone at the England Darts Organisation is absolutely devastated to learn that Julie Vickers lost her battle with cancer earlier today and our thoughts are with her husband Don and their family at this terrible time.

Julie was a valuable part of the EDO team and today we grieve as a family at losing a special lady and a true friend.

As well as being part of the EDO, Julie was also a player and official for her beloved Essex.

RIP Julie

11th October

RIP Richard Dennis (Devon)

Everyone at the England Darts Organisation passes on their condolences to former England International, Merryl Dennis whose husband Richard sadly passed away on Sunday.

Devon County Secretary, Mo Mortimer paid the following tribute to Richard "Devon County darts and all its members are very sad to report the sudden and unexpected passing of Devon Super League Secretary and County A Player, Richard Dennis, age 54.

Richard played his first match for Devon in 2004 and played a total of 105 matches. He had been our Super League Secretary for several years and had also taken on the role of County Selector.

Richard was a larger than life character who was full of fun. Richard met Merryl, herself a Devon County A Team player, whilst playing darts and they were happily married and had recently taken on the running of a local pub in Tiverton.

Richard's passing will leave a huge hole in Devon that will be hard to fill. The thoughts, love and prayers of everyone from Devon Darts Organisation are with Merryl and Richard's family."

Mo Mortimer
Devon Secretary

The EDO London Ladies Classic & Open details can be seen below

EDO LONDON LADIES CLASSIC & OPEN
Spots & Stripes, Ewer Street, London. SE1 0NR
Saturday 22nd October 2016		Sunday 23rd October 2016
BDO Category C Points WDF Category 3 Points EDO Ranking Points		BDO Category A Points WDF Category 3 Points EDO Ranking Points
Entry Fee : £8	Combined Entry: £20	Entry Fee £15
Closing Date for Entries : 21st October (09.00) Payment by Paypal to PBrown@wardourpartners.co.uk
CLASSIC		OPEN
£500	Winner	£1,000
£250	Runner Up	£500
£125	Joint 3rd	£250
£60	Joint 5th	£125
=	Joint 9th	£60
=	Joint 17th	£30
Playing Format : Finals : Best of 9 Legs Semi Finals : Best of 7 Legs All other rounds : Best of 5 Legs
For further details : Contact Paul Brown 07557 339114 E.mail : PBrown@wardourpartners.co.uk

23rd September

The players and officials of the England Darts Organisation would like to pass on our condolences to Mark McGeeney whose Mum passed away earlier today.

24th September

At the end of the Europe Cup all the England party of players, officials and supporters went on stage wearing black arm bands in memory of Gerry Haywood  (husband of EDO Tournament Director, Jean Haywood) who passed away recently.

Gerry's funeral is being held on Thursday 29th September, the hearse and funeral car will meet immediate family at Ventnor Quarry Road, Dewsbury WF13 2RZat 13.10pm. The walking cortege will leave Ventnor at 13.20pm to the funeral service at Our Lady & St Paulinus RC Church at 13.30pm.

Following the service in church the cortege will proceed to Dewsbury Cemetery for interment at 2.30pm.

Following this refreshments will be served at the Irish National Club Westtown, Dewsbury.

All venues are very close to one another.

Floral tributes are welcome, a single white rose will suffice. Flowers will be received at Chapel of Rest, 9 Battye Street, Dewsbury between 8.30am and 12 noon on Thursday 29th September. 

The moment is also dedicated to Mark McGeeney, whose Mum passed away earlier this week.

2016 Europe Cup Finals Day Schedule

See

TO SEE ALL RESULTS FROM THE ENGLAND TEAM CLICK HERE

20th September

Europe Cup 2016 Egmond Aan Zee, Netherlands

Tonight saw the opening ceremony of the 2016 Europe Cup in the Netherlands, the games get underway tomorrow with both the Ladies and Mens Teams playing their respective team events.

The Ladies start at 12.00 and the Men at 12.45 (both English time) with their respective group games.

The ladies face Belgium, Hungary and Switzerland whilst the men play against Czech Republic, Italy and Romania with the top two in each group going into the last 16.

Click here to watch the darts

18th September

2016 Europe Cup

20 -24 September at Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond Aan Zee

Organised by the Netherlands Darts Bond

There are 32 men's teams and 26 ladies teams competing in the 2016 Europe Cups, the England Teams are :

Ladies : Trina Gulliver, Deta Hedman, Fallon Sherrock & Lorraine Winstanley.
Mens : Glen Durrant, Jamie Hughes, James Hurrell & Scott Mitchell.

Unfortunately Mark McGeeney has had to withdraw because of a family illness and he has been replaced by James Hurrell.

To see further details CLICK HERE

13th September

Darts People are simply the Best

After what we believed was a successful weekend at Selsey for the England Classic weekend (except the odd minor problem) we were all devastated to return home on Monday to learn of the passing of Gerry Haywood (husband of EDO Tournament Director, Jean Haywood) and we ourselves and Jean in particular have been overwhelmed by the number of messages of condolence and support.

During the weekend one of the England players was being constantly updated as his Mum is in a life threatening condition. one of our officials came along a day after her Dad's funeral. One of the youth players who had lost his Mum earlier this year won one of the tournaments and the emotion was clear to see what and why it meant so much to him.

A car travelling from Holland broke down on the motorway with a player, official and photographer in it. A player at Selsey leant them a credit card to get the car removed from the motorway, an official travelled down to pick them up and arrived back in the early hours of the morning and as the car was beyond repair, other Dutch people took them home.

We have other people who are receiving treatment for life threatening illnesses and recovering from operations.

The support for all these people has been staggering and as one big dart family we should all be very proud.

To those that have left us, our memories of you will never be forgotten and you can rest in peace knowing that the family and friends you have left behind will be looked after by the darting family.

EDO Board of Directors

12th September

It is with deep regret that the EDO has to announce that Gerry Haywood has passed away earlier today.

Gerry was a former England International in a very successful playing career with his beloved Yorkshire, however a lot of people will have known Gerry as an ever present at England events since his marriage to EDO Tournament Director Jean Haywood.

Our thoughts are with Jean and all their families at this tragic time.

RIP Gerry

11th September

The EDO would like to thank everyone for attending Selsey and we would like to congratulate all the winners, once again our thanks go to Bunn Leisure for their hospitality and sponsorship.

We hope to see everyone back at Selsey next year for the England Open.

Finally we would like to thank all the officials who gave up their time to run the event, to those who were not able to make it this weekend our thoughts are with you.

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2016 England Classic Champions
Ladies Pairs : Deta Hedman & Rachel Brooks	Mens Pairs: Martin Atkins & Glen Durrant	Girls Singles : Nicolle Bidgway
Boys Singles : Tyler Radlett	Ladies Singles : Lisa Ashton	Mens Singles : Dean Reynolds

2016 England Masters Champions
Ladies :Deta Hedman	Mens : Glen Durrant

2016 England Matchplay Champions
Girls: Natasha Eaves	Boys: Jack Vincent	Ladies: Lisa Ashton	Mens: Glen Durrant

Mixed Fours Champions

Darryl Fitton, Jimmy Hendriks, Julie Thompson, Conan Whitehead,

10th September

Congratulations to Dean Reynolds who had a 9 dart leg tonight in the England Masters Singles, however it only tells part of the story as Dean was playing Glen Durrant and Glen also missed a double for a 9 darter as well, Glen won the match 5-4.

Tomorrow (Saturday) will start with the Ladies Pairs and the Mens Classic Singles, they will be followed by the Ladies Classic Singles and the Mens Pairs, selected matches will be streamed (full details to follow), the streaming will also include games from the Boys and girls England Matchplay's.

The draws for the Ladies and Mens Pairs are now available on the links below.

ENGLAND MASTERS	Ladies Classic Pairs Draw	ENGLAND CLASSIC
Ladies Masters Singles Draw    Mens Masters Singles Draw	20 2016 England Classic Weekend    9th - 11th September	Ladies Classic Singles Draw    Mens Classic Singles Draw
	Mens Classic Pairs Draw

To Enter Online CLICK HERE
England Classic Mens Singles : 226		England Masters Mens Singles : 165		Mens Pairs : 90
England Classic Ladies Singles : 68		England Masters Ladies Singles : 34		Ladies Pairs : 29
Mixed Fours : 32		England Classic Boys Singles : 28		England Classic Girls Singles : 6
To see a list of players entered CLICK HERE   (8th September)

8th September

The online facility for all the events has now been closed down and the Mens and Ladies Classic Singles draws can be found by clicking on the links below.

Entries for the Youth events, Pairs and Fours can still be entered on site on arrival at Selsey.

Registrations for the England Masters Singles events close at 16.00 on Friday at Selsey, with a start time of 18.00

7th September

29th July

POKER STARS CONFIRMED FOR ISLE OF MAN FESTIVAL

On behalf of the EDO and myself (Howard Miller) I take great pleasure in announcing that Pokerstars have this week agreed to continue their headline sponsorship of the Isle of Man Darts Festival , not just for 2017 but also 2018!

Especially after everything that happened last year, just having the words largest online Poker card room company headlining the event was great, more so as without doubt they represent the biggest name ever to get involved with our side of darts, but to now have their involvement confirmed again and for the next two years as well is brilliant news for us all. We are thankful, not just for their actual financial sponsorship, though of course that's extremely welcome but equally for the way they embraced the event generally.

From their attitude, general support, POS they supplied, the videos they gave us and more particularly the way their staff (nearly 50 of them) supported the finals day during which they really threw themselves into it's great to have you on board.

I know they have their HQ on the IOM and support a lot that goes on within the island but his deal though fitting in with that general philosophy also hopefully endorses the fact as it should be, that we all did things properly and returned them as good an ROI as we could.

So a huge thank you to Pokerstars for continuing with their headlining role and who now join, IOM Event services, the Steam Packet Ferry Company, One80 Darts and of course to Gary and particularly Wayne Taylor, my dear friends at Darts Corner the biggest and best online retail shop in the world as co-sponsor, we genuinely couldn't have better people on board.

Isle of Man Darts Festival 2017 Press Release

The EDO are pleased to confirm that their contract with the IOM Government has been extended for a further two years because of which we can now announce that the 9th - 12th March will be the dates for the 2017 Pokerstars IOM International Festival of darts.

With our associated sponsors, Darts Corner, CM Event Services, Steam Packet Ferry Company and One80darts on board the Festival will again carry in excess of £30,000 in prize money including two ranking events for men and ladies.

David Chetney MLC Department Member responsible for tourism said after the news was confirmed "Following a fantastic festival in March, IOM Tourism is really looking forward to working alongside the EDO and Howard Miller for the next two years and to take the IOM Festival from strength to strength."

Though there will probably be a couple of changes, couple of little tweaks these will all be announced shortly once all confirmed.

Tommy Thompson, Chairman of the EDO commented "With so many disappointments in our system this year, we are absolutely delighted to share this great news. We are also further delighted the IOM Government were impressed enough with what we all achieved this year in what was a very short lead in period, to extend our deal for another two years as was originally the intention.

Judging by the wonderful comments and feedback following this years festival which saw nearly 900 players and spectators attend the event it was also nice for us to demonstrate to everyone that we were the right people to move the event forward and in doing so honour the wonderful legacy that Les and Stephen France gave to the event."

Howard Millerfestival promoter added " Our aim is just to make the festival as enjoyable as possible and my thanks go out to the IOM Government for trusting us to make that happen, the staff at the Marina for all their help and hard work, John Denny and the IOMDO players for all getting behind the event and all the EDO Officials whose expertise made everything run so smoothly in March.

Full details and entry forms should be out in the next few weeks.

21st July

The England Girls took the overall title at the recent Europe Cup in Hungary, Beau Greaves won the singles title and this included a win over team mate Danielle Ashton in the quarter finals. In the pairs Beau and Danielle came runners up.

2016 Youth Europe Cup
Beau Greaves  2016 Europe Cup Singles Champion	2016 England Europe Cup Youth Team	Danielle Ashton & Beau Greaves 2016 Europe Cup Champions

The England boys finished in fifth place overall all in the event. In the singles Dan Perry, Owen Maiden and Tyler Radlett all reached the last sixteen and Jimmy Bristow got to the last thirty-two. In the pairs Dan & Owen reached the quarter finals and Tyler & Jimmy went out in the last sixteen. In the team event the boys finished runners up in their group but then lost in the quarter finals.

Four of the six players were making their debuts at this level and hopefully they will gain a lot from the experience, Team Manager Vic Sexton said "Everyone played their hearts out."

19th July

2016 Europe Cup

The England teams  for the Europe Cup have been selected and the Board of Directors and Selectors would like to wish all the players the very best of luck in Holland.

10th July

 2016 Youth Europe Cup

The England youth teams are travelling to Hungary for the 2016 Europe Cup being played from the 13th -17th July in Budapest.

The Countries competing are :

Boys : Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland,  Turkey & Wales. (17 teams)

Girls : Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Sweden & Turkey. (13 teams)

The England teams are : 

24th - 26th June

 2016  Six Nations Cup in Sligo, Republic of Ireland

Sunday

England ladies totally dominate their competition and romp to the title with a 5-0 whitewash over Wales in the final. The Men have also beaten their Welsh opponents 13-8 to complete a memorable double.

In the semi finals of the team event our Ladies beat the Republic of Ireland 5-0 and the men beat Scotland 13-10, whilst in the ladies singles Deta Hedman beat Lisa Ashton 5-3 in the final and in the Mens Scott Mitchell beat Wesley Harms.

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Saturday

England men bounced back from a narrow defeat against the Republic of Ireland last night to convincingly beat Wales 13-5. We now have to wait for the result of the Republic v Wales match to see where they finish in the group.

Friday

Play has started in the 2016 Ladies event with England beating Northern Ireland 9-0 and the Netherlands 7-2 to win the Group and move into Sundays semi final. The men started their defence of the title they won last year in Belfast against hosts Republic of Ireland, unfortunately losing 12-13. Saturday will see them playing Wales knowing only a win will be good enough to progress to the semi finals.

The England teams are :

Ladies : Lisa Ashton, Deta Hedman & Lorraine Winstanley

Mens : Dennis Harbour, Jamie Hughes, James Hurrell, Mark McGeeney & Scott Mitchell