April - December 2009
18th December 2009
We are pleased to announce that both the
England National Singles and the England Masters will once again be played in
Stockport.
The England National Singles will be played
on Saturday 17th July 2010 with the England Masters to follow on Sunday 18th
July.
More details will follow shortly.
4th December 2009
The Diary Dates page has now been updated
with the 2010 dates.
3rd December 2009
We will soon be posting the online entry
forms for both the England Open and the England Classic, both of which will be
played at Bunn Leisure in Selsey.
It will be the third England Open played at
the Sussex holiday site, but the first England Classic to be played there.
Both events will have WDF and BDO ranking
points.
6th October
2009
It is with deep regret that we have to
announce that the Fantasy Island Darts
Open scheduled to be played on the 21st
& 22nd of November has been cancelled.
The sponsors have withdrawn the
£18,000 sponsorship, because of the lack
of entries.
Anyone who has already entered will
have their money returned.
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26th September 2009
* * * WORLD CHAMPIONS * * *
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Tony O'Shea is the new WDF World Cup
singles champion. He took the title with a 7 - 3 victory over Joey Ten Berge,
with a winning average of 35.79, it also secured the overall silver medal for
the England men.
The England ladies pairing of Lisa Ashton &
Karen Lawman have won the Ladies World Cup pairs title with a 6 - 2 victory over
Sweden's Maud Jansen & Carina Ekberg.
Winning the pairs
also meant they also become the overall 2009 WDF
World Cup Ladies Champions.
Zoe Jones finished runner up in the youth
girls event.
25th September 2009
Friday was a mixed day for the England
players at the World Cup in
Charlotte, USA.
Zoe Jones reached the final of the girls
singles, as did Tony O'Shea in the men's singles, so we will have a chance of
three gold medals as Lisa & Karen had already qualified for the pairs final.
For the latest up to date information
relating to the World Cup, please click on the link below.
On behalf of the England Darts Organisation
we wish the England teams the very best of luck in Charlotte.
3rd August 2009
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29th July 2009
Please note that the venue for the Winmau
World Masters Midlands Play-off on Saturday 1st August has been changed to the
Coventry SQ Club, Whitefriars Lane,
Coventry. CV1 2DT.
For a list
of players for all the Play-Offs, click here
22nd July 2009
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19th July 2009
Congratulations to the 2009 England Masters
Champions -Ben Oldroyd, Trina Gulliver & Brian Woods
  
Results from
England Masters Mens
Results from
England Master Ladies
Results from Youth England Masters
18th July 2009
2009 England National Singles
  
Click on the photo's above for more
pictures from today.
Congratulations to Trina Gulliver (Warks) and
Ian White (Cheshire) on winning the 2009 England National Singles Titles at
the Cheshire Conference Centre at Stockport Football Club.
For full results
click on the links below.
Results
For England National Singles Men
Results
For England National Singles Ladies
18th July 2009
The players that qualified from the Northern area of the Winmau World
Masters held at Stockport today were :-
Girls Youth - Jayne Harnick (Merseyside)
Boys Youth - Reece Robinson (Humberside)
Ladies Senior - Ann Marie Potts (Tyne & Wear)
Mens Senior - Paul Jennings (Co. Durham) + Robert Marley (County Durham)
17th July 2009
We will be updating all the results from both the England National Singles
and the England Masters direct from Stockport over the weekend.
16th July 2009
The England Darts Organisation and the Welsh Darts Organisation are very
pleased to announce that they will jointly be running a new tournament.
It will be called "The Anglo County Cup" and will be held at Pontins in
Prestatyn on the weekend of 2nd, 3rd & 4th of July 2010 and will be open to
County Teams from England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Republic of
Ireland.
There will also be mens and ladies singles events.
Click Here to read more
16th July 2009
It is with deep regret that England has had to notify the W.D.F that it will
not be able to stage the 2011 World Cup as previously planned.
Click Here for more details
15th July 2009
Anyone who still wants to enter the England Masters at
Stockport on Sunday 19th of July in the Cheshire
Conference Centre at Stockport Football Club, can enter on the day (up to
09.30am).
The prize fund is :-
| Mens |
Place |
Ladies |
| £1,200
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Champion |
£1,000
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| £600 |
Runner Up |
£500 |
| £250 |
Semi-Finalists
|
£200 |
| £150 |
Quarter-Finalists
|
£100 |
| £75 |
Last 16 |
£50 |
| £40 |
Last 32 |
£25 |
All events will be played over the best of 5 legs (latter stages may be
increased if time allows)
There will also be a Youth Masters event where there is a £300 prize fund for
a £3.00 entry fee.
For more information about the event click here
15th July 2009
Congratulations to Zoe Jones (Worcestershire) and Shaun Griffiths
(Lancashire) who have been selected to represent England at the World Cup, being
played in the USA during September.
They will join the senior teams of :
Ladies : Trina Gulliver & Lisa Ashton
Mens : Martin Adams, Darryl Fitton, Tony O'Shea & Scott Waites.
13th July 2009
Everyone from the England Darts Organisation would like to wish Shaun
Greatbatch a Happy 40th Birthday today.
What was planned as a surprise Birthday party on Sunday, turned into a
wedding reception, as Shaun and Barbara had unbeknown to the guests got married.
Congratulations to them both from all at the EDO.
11th July 2009 - 18.00
The Europe Cup has been a great success for
the English duo of Zoe Jones and Lauren Hitchens as they have taken both the
Girls Singles and Pairs titles.
Zoe beat Allisa Koskivirta of Finland 4 - 0 to win the singles and then
with Zoe they beat Kimberley Lewis & Gemma
Bowen of Wales 4 - 0.
Zoe is the third English girl to win the Europe Cup Singles title, the
others being Kate Dando (2004) and Caroline Lee - now Caroline Carter - who won
the title three times (1995, 1996 & 1997).
Lauren & Zoe are also the third English pairing to take the title, it was
previously won by Clare Stewart & Laura Power - now Laura Turner (2001) and the
pairing of Caroline Lee & Laura Barnard who won the title three times (1995,
1996 & 1997).
11th July 2009 - 13.45
Zoe Jones and Lauren Hitchens have reached
the final of the girls pairs where they will play Kimberley Lewis & Gemma Bowen
of Wales. The final is scheduled to be played at 15.00 (Dutch Time).
Zoe Jones has reached the finals of the girls singles with a close 3 - 1
semi-final victory over team mate, Lauren Hitchens. Her opponent in the final
will be Allisa Koskivirta of Finland. The
final is scheduled to be played at 16.30 (Dutch Time).
11th July 2009 - 02.00
Today (Saturday) will see all the finals played at the Youth Europe Cup.
Our boys have failed to make it through to the semi-finals of any of their
events, however the girls have continued their fine form and as well as gaining
a place in the semi finals of the pairs, Lauren and Zoe also have to play each
other in the singles semi-finals.
The latest information direct from Holland can be found at
Home4Darts
or
Europe Cup Youth Official Site click to see how the tournament is going.
9th July 2009
Europe Cup Youth - Veldhoven, Holland
The 2009 Europe Cup Youth event has got underway today with some of the
girls pairs group games being played.
The England pairing of Lauren Hitchens & Zoe Jones (who played each other
in the England Open Youth Final) have had a great start as they have beaten the
pairings of Germany, Turkey and Wales 3 - 0.
The latest information direct from Holland can be found at
Home4Darts
click to see how the tournament is going.
4th July 2009
The next England event is the England Masters to be played
on Sunday 19th of July in the Cheshire Conference Centre at Stockport Football Club.
To enter online click here
This is the first year the England Masters has been held
and it has been awarded BDO Grand Prix points, however if the event is a success
we will be able to apply BDO International & W.D.F points next year.
The prize fund is :-
| Mens |
Place |
Ladies |
| £1,200
|
Champion |
£1,000
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| £600 |
Runner Up |
£500 |
| £250 |
Semi-Finalists
|
£200 |
| £150 |
Quarter-Finalists
|
£100 |
| £75 |
Last 16 |
£50 |
| £40 |
Last 32 |
£25 |
All events will be played over the best of 5 legs (latter stages may be
increased if time allows)
There will also be a Youth Masters event where there is a £300 prize fund for
a £3.00 entry fee.
For more information about the event click here
4th July 2009
England National Singles
The Ladies and Mens England National Singles will be played on Saturday 18th
July at Cheshire Conference Centre at Stockport Football Club.
The prize fund is :-
| Mens |
Place |
Ladies |
| £1,000
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Champion |
£700
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| £500 |
Runner Up |
£300 |
| £200 |
Semi-Finalists
|
£125 |
| £100 |
Quarter-Finalists
|
£50 |
3rd July 2009
The England Board of Directors would like to thank everyone
for the part they played in making the 2009 England Open a great success, we
would particularly like to thank all the staff at Bunn Leisure for their help
over the weekend.
For those people have been to Bunn Leisure they will have
seen for themselves their excellent facilities, however what everyone may not
realise is the help they give us over the weekend. We have all been involved
with similar events over many years and none of us can ever remember a level of
help such as theirs.
We value feedback (good or bad) and we are already working
on making improvements for the 2010 England Open. If you want a caravan for the
2010 Open we strongly suggest that you book early as 110 of the approximate 250
caravans have already been booked.
28th June 2009
Full results from all seven events at the England Open can
be seen by clicking on the respective final games, listed below.
We would like to congratulate all the winners, whose
photo's (plus all the runners up) and other selected photo's are available by
clicking on the link below
Photo's from the 2009 England Open
Youths
Girls : Zoe
Jones (21.07) 3 v 1 Lauren Hitchens
(21.38)
Youths Boys :
Nathan Pearce (22.87) 3 V 2 Matthew Hall
(21.06)
Mixed Pairs :
Gary Butcher & Dawn Standley (26.84) 3 v 0 Louise
Hepburn & Dave Prins (19.04)
Ladies Pairs : Lisa Ashton & Karen Lawman
(22.10) 3 v 0
Irina Armstrong & Julie Gore (20.97)
Mens Pairs : Ian Long & Jim Penman
(20.78) 1 v 3 Brian
Dawson & Dean Winstanley
(26.30)
Ladies Singles : Trina
Gulliver (23.82) 1
v 3
Irina Armstrong (23.76)
Mens Singles : Ted Hankey
(32.12) 5 v 0 Tony O'Shea
(29.22)
26th June 2009
Updated at 16.30
The draw for the England Open singles events will be made
at approximately 9pm tonight and will be posted on this page as soon as possible
afterwards.
25th June 2009
We hope to bring regular updates from the England Open over
the weekend.
22nd June 2009
The England Masters closing date has been extended to 16th
July
You can enter the England Masters online by
clicking here
22nd June 2009
The England Open entries are now closed.
The last few entries are still being processed and a full
list of players will be on the England Open page shortly.
We would like to remind people who are not staying at Bunn
leisure that they will need to purchase the daily £5 pass at Bunn Leisure before
they are allowed to play in any of the events.
18th June 2009
The England Masters page, to be played at Stockport on the
18th & 19th July has been updated, to see the latest
click here
You can enter the England Masters online by
clicking here
1st June 2009
We would like to remind people of the following closing
dates for various England events. They are:-
England
Open : June 12th
England Masters : June 22nd
England National Singles : July 12th
Click on the respective event for more details.
You can enter both the England Open and the England
Masters online, click here for details.
31st May 2009
The regional play-offs for the Winmau World Masters will be
as follows:-
Northern Area on Saturday 18th July at the Cheshire
Conference Centre, Stockport.
Midlands Area on Saturday 1st August at the Cherry Tree,
Coventry.
South West Area on Saturday 1st August at the Patchway
Labour Club, Bristol.
South East Area on Saturday 1st August at the 6 In 1 Club,
Tonbridge.
For more details click here.
23rd April 2009
The England Darts Organisation are very pleased to announce
that the Selectors have chosen today - St Georges Day (the National Day of
England) - to announce the senior teams to compete in World Cup XVII to be
played in the Blake Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Ladies Team : Trina Gulliver (Captain) and Lisa Ashton
Mens Team : Martin Adams (Captain), Darryl Fitton, Tony
O'Shea and Scott Waites
The World Cup will be played from the 23rd to 26th
September 2009.
Further details can be found by
clicking here
The England youth players will be announced after the
Europe Cup Youth in July.
Happy St Georges Day to everyone.
20th April 2009
Following on from the change in the EDO Board, all entries
for any England event should now be sent to Vic Sexton at 5 Newfield Road,
Newhaven, Sussex. BN9 9ND.
20th April 2009
The England Darts Organisation held it's AGM yesterday and
following a vote the new Board of Directors are :-
Tommy Thompson, Vic Sexton, Peter Melton, John Peoples and
Jean Thomas.
Colin Saunders was not elected and the England Darts
Organisation would like to thank Colin for all his work during his time on the
EDO Board.
18th April 2009
England Darts Organisation would like to remind you that the last
date for entering the England Open and England Masters is 12th June 2009
You can entry on-line through the England shop by
clicking
here
13th April 2009
The picture above shows Debbie Melton (who does most of the work on this
site) with the England teams at the British Internationals. The England teams
are supporting Debbie as she takes part in the 'Race for Life' to raise money
for Cancer Research UK.
Debbie will be taking part in the Stamford 'Race for Life' on Sunday 17th May
over a 5km/3miles course.
The England Teams are glad to support the campaign and wish Debbie the very
best of luck.
For more details and a chance to sponsor Debbie online (securely) click on
the link above the picture and it will take you through the simple
process.
If you can help Debbie to raise money for Cancer Research she would be very
grateful.
Whilst on the subject of raising money for Cancer Research, Apylee Jones was
not showing off a new hair style at the British Internationals, she has had her
hair shaved off to raise money for Cancer Research and it is just starting to
grow back.
Everyone from England would like to congratulate Apylee for this magnificent
achievement and we are very pleased to announce that she has so far raised over
£1,500.
Well done Apylee, we are all proud of you.
4th April 2009
England Men Win British Internationals
See British Internationals Page
3rd April 2009
This weekend (4th & 5th of April) will see England play in the British
internationals against Scotland and Wales and we would like to wish all the
players the very best of luck.
The venue is the Rhydycar Leisure Centre, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales.
The results will be posted on the BDO page during the weekend
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