January - June  2014 22nd May -  ENGLAND OPEN LIVE ON EUROSPORT The EDO Board of Directors are very pleased to confirm that for the first time in their seven year history, that they have secured live coverage of the 2014 England Open Finals day on Sunday 22nd June on Eurosport. They are delighted that as well as the last eight in the Mens Singles event, the final four in the Ladies Singles will also be shown and they are particularly pleased that the Youth event finals will also be shown. For more details on how to enter/book accommodation at Bunn Leisure click on the links above. 21st May -  MILL RYTHE SPRING GALA The weekend saw Hampshire Darts Organisation stage another great weekend of darts at the Mill Rythe Holiday Centre. The winners of the EDO ranked singles events were Laura Turner and Paul Hogan, to see all the results CLICK HERE     3rd May - BDO Ranked Denmark Events Streamed The Denmark Opens won by Deta Hedman and Alan Norris were streamed today as will the Denmark Masters tomorrow. To see the action CLICK HERE 23rfd April -  HAPPY ST GEORGES DAY   18th April -  Hampshire Open The winner of the Hampshire Open was England International, Paul Hogan CLICK HERE to see the draw sheets (sponsored by Stubbington Ark Animal Shelter) 13th April -  ENGLAND AGM The EDO held their AGM today and all the Directors and Selectors were re-elected, the votes were as follows : DIRECTORS VOTES   SELECTORS VOTES Bernie Crouch 27   Peter Melton 26 Jean Haywood 26   Peter Senior 26 Peter Melton 26   Dawn Speed    26 John Peoples 26   Don Vickers 27 Vic Sexton 26       Tommy Thompson   25       Unfortunately only thirty two of the Counties rejoined, as Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cumbria, Hertfordshire, Merseyside, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Wiltshire decided not to renew their membership. Sadly the players of the Counties who are no longer members of the EDO will not be available for International Selection or to play in the Winmau World Masters England Play-Offs or the England National Singles. However the EDO Directors proposed to the meeting that the senior players from the eleven Counties can join the EDO as an Individual Member on an Interim basis. The Individual Membership fee was set at £75 per player and this will entitle players to play in the England Winmau World Masters Regional qualifiers and a direct entry into the final of the England National Singles Finals in Hull. A statement regarding the implications for youth players will be announced shortly. Issued by the EDO Directors on 13/04/2014 11th April -  PHOTOS More photos from the British Internationals have now been added CLICK HERE to see them. 8th April-  ENGLAND APPEARANCES Both the the youth and senior England appearances have been updated following the weekends matches. Click here for YOUTHS & SENIORS 7th April-  BRITISH INTERNATIONALS England recorded a clean sweep in the British Internationals as the girls, boys, ladies and mens teams all took their respective titles . It was a fantastic weekend of darts but one that will hopefully be remembered in the memory of Bryan Whyte. More photo's have been added. To see all the results and averages CLICK HERE.   Girl Of Tournament Boy Of Tournament Lady Of Tournament Man Of Tournament Casey Gallagher (England) Connor Levett (England) Rhian Edwards (Wales) Glen Durrant (England) sz   Featuring the Youths and Senior Teams from England, Scotland and Wales   2014 British Internationals    Hosted by EDO 4-6 April 2014   The Venue, Halifax, Yorkshire   Watch every match Live    Click on the TV   2nd April-  FALLON SHERROCK I am very sorry to announce that Fallon Sherrock has had to withdraw from this weekends British Internationals due to an illness that has left her in hospital. On behalf of everyone involved with the England team I would like to wish Fallon a speedy recovery.   I am very pleased that Zoe Jones has accepted a place in the team as a replacement for Fallon and I wish her the very best of luck in what will be her International debut.   Peter Melton - Team Manager   1st April-  BRITISH INTERNATIONALS SCHEDULE There has been a slight change in the order for Saturday, the schedule for this weekends British Internationals is now :   Friday 4th April Schedule TIME MATCH COUNTRIES 19.00 Boys Wales v Scotland 20.00 Girls England v Scotland 20.40 Ladies England v Scotland 22.10 Boys    Scotland v England     Saturday 5th April Schedule 10.00 Girls Scotland v Wales 10.40 Boys England v Wales 11.40 Mens Wales v Scotland    15.40        Ladies     Scotland v Wales 17.15 Mens England v Wales Sunday 6th April Schedule 10.15 Girls Wales v England 11.00 Ladies Wales v England 13.00 Mens Scotland v England 19th March-  ENGLAND MASTERS VENUE ANNOUNCED The EDO are pleased to announce that after negotiations to acquire sponsorship, Hull Arena will be hosting the 2014 England Masters event from the 11th to 13th July 2014. The Arena will also host the England National Singles and the Northern Area Play-Offs for the Winmau World Masters. 2014 ENGLAND MASTERS SCHEDULE Friday 11th July Cash Competition 8pm Saturday 12th July Northern Area Winmau  Play-Offs   Reg 10.00          Start 10.30 Saturday 12th July England National Singles (Youths, Ladies & Mens)   Reg 13.00          Start 14.00 Sunday 13th July England Masters Mens Singles Reg 09.00          Start 10.00 Sunday 13th July England Masters Ladies Singles Reg 10.00          Start 11.00 Sunday 13th July England Masters Youth Singles TBC Sunday 13th July England Masters Ladies & Mens Pairs Approx 14.00 All players will get free entry into venue, however The Arena will charge spectators £5. There are several hotels in the area and we hope to post a list of them on here in the near future. 15th March-  Hampshire Darts Organisation Events CLICK HERE for details of the Hampshire Open on 12th April        CLICK HERE for details of the Hampshire Mill Rythe Festival from 16th - 18th May 4th March-  Bryan Whyte RIP We were very sorry to hear that Bryan Whyte has been killed in a car accident last week. Bryan had just been selected to make his debut for Scotland in the British Internationals. Our thoughts are with his family , friends and team mates. 23rd February -  2014 SIX NATIONS The men had a good 18 -7 win over the Republic of Ireland before losing 12 -3 to Scotland, however they still topped their group and face Northern Ireland in the semi final. England Ladies beat Scotland 7-2 but lost 3-6 to Wales to finish runners up in the group and earn a semi final place on Sunday against the Netherlands. Foe the Six Nations Page  CLICK HERE The 2014 Six Nations will be played over the 21 - 23 February at the Glenrothes Social Club, Scotland. Fridays matches will be streamed whilst Saturday and Sundays matches will be shown on Eurosport, see below   Sunday 23rd – Live between 13h00 – 16h00 on Eurosport Live between 16h00 – 18h30 (end of play) on Eurosport International The teams selected are : England Netherlands Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales Lisa Ashton Rilana Erades Grace Crane Caroline Breen Lynn Cowan Rhian Edwards Trina Gulliver   Karin Krappen Charlene Kane Catherine Fleming Louise Hepburn Julie Gore Deta Hedman Tamara Schuur Kelly McGivern Olive McIntyre Frances Lawson Rhian Griffiths   Anca Zijlstra   Veronica Skeffington   Jenni Tully               Glen Durrant Jan Dekker Kevin Burness David Concannon Craig Baxter Jonny Clayton Scott Mitchell Jeffrey de Graaf   John Elder Jason Cullen Cameron Menzies Mark Layton Tony O'Shea Wesley Harms Gary Elliott Benny Grace Ross Montgomery   Martin Phillips Scott Waites Rick Hofstra Roy Montgomery   Garrett Grey Steve Ritchie David Smith-Hayes   James Wilson   Danny Hoppert Geoff Wylie Sean McGowan Alan Soutar Wayne Warren       Michael Meaney Harry Todman     28th January -  ENGLAND YOUTH TEAMS ANNOUNCED The England Youth teams to play in the British Internationals have been announced and the EDO wish all selected players the very best of luck. Girls Team Danielle Ashton   Lancashire    Casey Gallagher      Sussex   Boys Team Connor Levett   Sussex Josh McCarthy   Wiltshire Jordan Singh   West Midlands    Nathan Street   Hampshire 26th January -  EDO Announce New Youth Sponsorship England Darts would like to announce that they have signed an agreement with Darts180 world for sponsorship of the England Youth Rankings and a brand new England Youth Matchplay Championship which will run alongside the Mens & Ladies Matchplay introduced two years ago at Selsey. We are thrilled that Rob Dempsey of Darts180world shares the dream of improving Youth darts within England along with the EDO. Tommy Thompson Chairman - England Darts Organisation Congratulations to Lorraine and Dean Winstanley who got married yesterday, all at the EDO wish you both the best of luck in the future. 24th January - BRITISH INTERNATIONALS The EDO Selectors are pleased to announce that Steve Johnson (Essex) has accepted the final place in the England team. in place of Stephen Bunting, at the British Internationals to be played in Yorkshire in April. Steve will make his debut over the weekend, more details about the British Internationals will be available shortly.   England Ladies Captain Trina Gulliver received her MBE today at Buckingham Palace. Congratulations Trina from everyone at the EDO 23rd January - GOOD LUCK STEPHEN BUNTING Following the announcement today that Stephen Bunting is to play his darts within the PDC system the EDO would like to wish Stephen the very best of luck in his future darting career. Stephen has proudly represented England at all levels of International darts as well as being very successful in EDO events.   He has been a credit to himself and his family and we are sad to see him leave, however we now have to look to the future and we are very pleased to announce that Scott Mitchell will replace Stephen in the Six Nations event next month. Statement from EDO Board of Directors 22.01.14 Whilst at the Lakeside in January, it became evident a confidential letter concerning International selection sent from the EDO Board of Directors to the EDO Selection panel had become common knowledge. This caused major problems for one of our Directors and his party.   This constituted a breach of trust of this letter and the discussions which were held in the selection process; the person concerned is no longer part of the selection committee.  As a result of this breach of confidence, the EDO Board feels they have no alternative, but to make this public statement. The Directors of England Darts have the right to include or exclude any player/players from representing our Country; we will not tolerate abuse of other players or England’s nominated officials. England further makes it clear that there are procedures to deal with any issues, these procedures, do not include publicly abusing officials or sponsors. Martin Adams was not selected to represent England at the 2013 6 Nations in The Netherlands. He received a phone call advising him of his non-selection, and was given the option by the Board of Directors to announce that he was unavailable.  He chose to accept this course of action and therefor preventing any undue embarrassment in acknowledgement of his past services; the England Board of Directors complied. Martin Adams over a period of years, has made it known that he wishes nothing to do with England Darts, he has on a number of occasions publically abused the Directors and their officials at EDO events. He also acted in an inappropriate manner whilst representing England, which could have resulted in England being sanctioned, but for the intervention of the EDO officials present and the goodwill of the aggrieved countries officials. Unfortunately the respect shown to Martin Adams by the EDO board has never been reciprocated.   On behalf of the Board of Directors. Chairman Tommy Thompson 12th January - STEPHEN BUNTING IS WORLD CHAMPION   The EDO would like to congratulate Stephen on becoming the 2014 Mens World Champion. Also commiserations to Alan Norris who finished  a very worthy runner up. 11th January -   LISA ASHTON IS WORLD CHAMPION The EDO would like to congratulate Lisa on becoming the 2014 Ladies World Champion. Also commiserations to Deta Hedman who finished  a very worthy runner up. 3rd January - ENGLAND TEAMS ANNOUNCED The England teams for the 2014 Six Nations and British Internationals are : Six Nations 21st- 23rd February 2014 2014 Six Nations Ladies Team Lisa Ashton   Lancashire Trina Gulliver   Warwickshire Deta Hedman   Oxfordshire   2014 Six Nations Mens Team Stephen Bunting   Lancashire Glen Durrant   Cleveland Tony O'Shea   Cheshire Scott Waites   Yorkshire James Wilson   Yorkshire   British Internationals  4th - 6th April 2014 2014 British Internationals Ladies Team Lisa Ashton   Lancashire Claire Ball   Cambridgeshire   Lorraine Farlam   Yorkshire Trina Gulliver   Warwickshire Deta Hedman   Oxfordshire Fallon Sherrock     Cleveland                                                                                       2014 British Internationals Mens Team Martin Atkins   Yorkshire Stephen Bunting   Lancashire Glen Durrant   Cleveland Dennis Harbour   Cambridgeshire   Paul Hogan   Berkshire Jamie Hughes   Warwickshire Mark McGeeney   Lancashire Scott Mitchell   Dorset Tony O'Shea   Cheshire Garry Thompson     Yorkshire Scott Waites   Yorkshire James Wilson   Yorkshire                                                                                                               1ST JANUARY 2014- HAPPY NEW YEAR & GOOD LUCK AT LAKESIDE The EDO Board of Directors would like to wish all players across the world a Happy 2014. They also wish all the English players competing in the respective Lakeside World Championships the best of luck. Finally they also wish our resident MC, Richard Ashdown the very best of luck in his role as MC at Lakeside.