Summer League Single's

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Present Embassy summer league singles 2008 Starting 12th May for 11 weeks Details Available from summer league singles link PLAYERS TO REGISTER 7.30PM Aberdeen Darts Enterprise Present summer league singles on Monday 12.05.08 in the embassy suite (Fountain Bar) Gt Northern Road Aberdeen. We invite all previous and new players to entry this competition. This years competition will run for 11 qualifying weeks, with the finals be held on Monday 28th July 2007. The winner of each weekly event will receive £50 plus the normal allocated points (full rules can be found at www.grampiandarts.com). Player to register at 7.30pm. if players have any quires please contact john on 07751986500. Entry is open to Men & Women. Women's only summer league singles on Tuesday 13.05.08 in the Station Hotel Aberdeen. Player to register at 7.30pm. if players have any quires please contact Helen on 07866761284 We invite all previous and new players to entry this competition. (on the left of this page)

SCOTLAND NORTH INTER-COUNTIES FIXTURES 2008-09
SCOTLAND NORTH

13/14th September 2008	29/30th November 2008	7/8th March 2009
	East Stirlingshire v Tay Valley	Angus v Central
No Fixtures	Fife v Grampian	Fife v Highland
	Highland v Central	Perthshire v East Stirlinghshire
	Perthshire v Angus	Tay Valley v Grampian

4/5th October 2008	17/18th January 2009	28/29th March 2009
Fife v Tay Valley	Angus v East Stirlingshire	Angus v Tay Valley
Grampian v Angus	Grampian v Central	Central v Fife
Highland v East Stirlingshire	Perthshire v Fife	East Stirlingshire v Grampian
Perthshire v Central	Tay Valley v Highland	Highland v Perthshire

1/2nd November 2008	14/15th February 2009	25/26th April 2009
Angus v Fife	Central v Tay Valley
Central v East Stirlingshire	East Stirlingshire v Fife	No Fixtures
Grampian v Highland	Grampian v Perthshire
Tay Valley v Perthshire	Highland v Angus

SCOTLAND EUROPE CUP 2008 TEAMS

MEN
Mike Veitch	( Lothian )	Robert Thornton	( West Ayrshire )
Ross Montgomery	( East Renfrewshire )	John Henderson	( Grampian )
WOMEN
Louise Hepburn	( Renfrewshire )	Susanna Young	( East Renfrewshire
Team Manager		John Cook

Youth Hull Trip ResultsAge 12s Singles

Winner Bradley Weston ( Grampian )
R/Up Aaron Edwards ( West Lothian )

Age 16s Singles

Winner Stuart Keith ( Grampian )
R/Up Liam Brown ( Grampian )

Age 21s Singles

Winner Scott Campbell (Grampian )
R/Up Keith Robertson ( Grampian )

The Hull Friendship Trophy

Winners Team Scotland

GERMAN OPEN 2008

Garry Anderson returned to winning ways with a 3 sets to o win over the regning Winmau World Master and fellow countryman Robert Thornton. In the semi-finals Anderson disposed of Scottish captain Mike veitch without dropping a leg while Thornton got the better of World Nr. 1 Mark Webster by 2 sets to 1.

Welsh Nr.1 Julie Gore won the women's title with a straight sets win over Rilana Erades from the Netherlands. Dutch players Carla Molema and Francisca Hoenselaar shared third place

The brackets for the last 64 men and last 32 women can be found ... here

click on scores for Results of Games

Saturday's Matches		Sunday's Matches

Women: Wales 3 v England 3		Men: Wales 6 v England 6
Men: Wales 6 v Scotland 6		Women: England 5 v Scotland 1
Women: Wales 3 v Scotland 3		Men: England 5 v Scotland 7

SETANTA SPORTS TO SCREEN
BDO INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX SERIES

A new and exciting BDO ‘International Grand Prix’ series, comprising five established tournaments, is to be televised live on Setanta Sports from May to September 2008.

The five televised tournaments listed below will feature LIVE coverage of the Last Eight in the Men’s Singles on the dates hgihlighted:

THE WDO WELSH OPEN:

Pontin’s, Prestatyn - SUNDAY, MAY 18TH

THE BDO INTERNATIONAL OPEN:

Pontin’s, Brean Sands- SUNDAY, JUNE 15TH

THE BDO GOLD CUP:

Lakeside Country Club – SATURDAY, JULY 12TH

THE BDO BRITISH CLASSIC:

Kettering Leisure Village – SATURDAY, JULY 26TH

THE BDO BRITISH OPEN:

The Spa, Bridlington –SATURDAY, SEPT.20TH.

In each tournament, the final stages of the Men’s Singles from the
Quarter-Finals to the Final will be broadcast LIVE on Setanta Sports.

The Welsh Open will be shown on Setanta Sports from 7PM to 12.30AM, and the remaining four tournaments will each be screened from 6.30PM to Midnight.

Though each tournament will be ‘stand-alone’ they will be played under a generic ‘umbrella’ Grand Prix title, with points being awarded from Quarter-Finals to Final.

The BDO International Grand Prix series marks a darts debut for Setanta Sports, which is available in Great Britain, Ireland, Luxembourg, the USA, Canada and Australia, and is distributed via satellite, cable, digital terrestrial, Broadband and mobile.

It has over three million unique subscribers, and is available through Virgin Media (8 channels and approx two million UK viewers); Freeview (available to approx 8.4 million UK households) and BT Vision.

It is also available online, live and on demand via Setanta by Broadband, allowing sports fans access at home and at work.

Described as the fastest growing pay TV operator in Europe, Setanta operate more sports channels than any other broadcaster.

For digital/satellite viewers Setanta has a sports package comprising 12 channels, including the recently launched 24 hour Setanta Sports News.

Olly Croft, Managing Director of BDO Enterprises, says:

“This latest innovation for BDO televised darts, is a clear indication that in its 35th Anniversary Year the BDO continues to move forward and look after the future of our sport.

“We are delighted that BDO darts and its players will be screened by Setanta Sports, and the series of five live ‘International Grand Prix’ tournaments perfectly complement our two majors – the Lakeside World Professional and the Winmau World Masters - on BBC terrestrial TV.

“It gives the BDO a portfolio of seven televised tournaments with the real potential of providing opportunities for fresh, as well as established names, to become the darts stars and characters of today and tomorrow”.

DATE CHANGE FOR THE BICC

All players are advised of the date change for the last BICC fixture in 2008. Now that the date for the Winmau World Masters has been finalised, the BICC fixtures will be played on 29-30 November.

Present
Pre-Summer League singles Darts Competition’s
May Day Holiday weekend of darts i

Embassy Suite
Saturday 3rd May 2008 Mixed Pairs Register at 1.00pm
Sunday 4th Men’s & Ladies Singles players to register at 1.00pm

After Saturdays mixed pairs event entertainment will be provided

Further details to follow

Present

Embassy summer league singles 2008

Starting 12th May for 11 weeks
Details Available from summer league singles link

(on the left of this page)

2008 WINMAU WORLD MASTERS WORLD FINALS
THE SPA, BRIDLINGTON
Friday, December 5TH, Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th

THE BRITISH DARTS ORGANISATION is delighted to announce that the World Finals of the 2008 Winmau World Masters will return to The Spa, Bridlington from Friday December 5th to Sunday, December 7th.

The Stage Finals of the Men’s World Masters will be screened live and exclusively by BBC TV on Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th.

Following a multi-million pound redevelopment, The Spa is the perfect host venue for the 35th World Masters to celebrate both the 35th Anniversary of the oldest established major tournament in World darts, and the 35th Anniversary of the British Darts Organisation.

More details will be announced later.

Scotland Europe Cup Youth team

Boys
Stuart Keith (Grampian)
Daryl Greig (Grampian)
Daniel McLaren (Perthshire)
Jason Bain (Clackmannanshire)

Standby player......Bradley Weston (Grampian)

Girls
Michelle Cruikshanks (Perthshire)
Caroline Shearer (Grampian)

Standby player......Sarah Christie (Perthshire)

Scotland Inter-Counties Winners Season 2007-2008

	SCOTLAND NORTH	SCOTLAND SOUTH
MENS 'A	FIFE	EAST RENFREWSHIRE
WOMENS 'A'	TAY VALLEY	RENFREWSHIRE
MENS 'B'	FIFE	BORDERS
WOMENS 'B	GRAMPIAN	RENFREWSHIRE

SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL SQUAD 2008

MEN WOMEN

MARK BARILLI ( Renfrewshire ) LYNN COWAN ( Lanarkshire )

CRAIG BAXTER ( Central ) RECALL LOUISE HEPBURN ( Renfrewshire )

DANNY CUNNINGHAM ( Fife ) FRANCES LAWSON ( Lothian )

DEREK CUNNINGHAM ( Lanarkshire ) LINDA MARSHALL ( Borders ) NEW

PAUL HANVIDGE ( Renfrewshire ) SHARON McKINNON ( Renfrewshire )NEW

JOHN HENDERSON ( Grampian ) MARION OGG ( Highland ) NEW

EWAN HYSLOP ( Borders ) SUSANNA YOUNG ( East Renfrewshire )

ROSS MONTGOMERY ( East Renfrewshire ) MOIRA MURRAY ( Fife ) non-playing Captain

ANDY MURRAY ( East Stirlingshire ) RECALL

BILLY PRYDE ( Fife ) NEW

ROBERT THORNTON ( West Ayrshire ) RECALL

HARRY TODMAN ( Lothian )

MIKE VEITCH ( Lothian ) Captain

JOHN COOK Team Manager

Scottish Darts Association
presents
SCOTTISH SINGLES
DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

SCOTTISH FINALS----------------- 26th APRIL

Dutch Open 2008

Scotland's Robert Thornton continued his great run of form with 3 sets to nil victory over Alain van Bouwel. Norway's

John Henderson & Daz Twist pairs champions

Elgin and District Darts Association

Walter Abbott Weekend of Darts

15th, 16th and 17th August 2008

Fife Open 2008
Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th May 2008
Prize Fund £4,375.00
Entry Forms Available
Fife Darts Association
www.fifedarts.com

The 2008

Granite City Open

27th - 29th June

Total Prize Fund –Total Prize Fund

£11,000

Granite City Open 2008
Station Hotel is full booked please contact organisers for alternative accommodations contact details are available on entry forms