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INTER COUNTY ...
31 March 2007 - Hampshire lead by 10-8 overnight against Yorkshire at Castleford, largely due to a great 5-1 win from the Ladies B. The Mens B Team are defeated by 7-5. Stephanie Smee and Troy Butler are the best winners.

BLUE SQUARE UK OPEN MIDLANDS ...
31 March 2007 - James Wade is in good form at the Asterdale, Derby as he qualifies for yet another UK Open second day. He has good wins over Gary Noonan, Mark Dudbridge, Ronnie Baxter and Peter Manley to prgress.

Colin Monk makes the last 64 losing to Wayne Atwood but all the other Hampshire hopefuls fail to make the money rounds.

Arron Monk makes his pro tour debut but goes down to the very experienced Mick Savvery.


WELSH MASTERS ...
25 March 2007 - Some good showings by Hampshire players at the Welsh Masters at Rhyl.

Paul Gibbs and Paul Hogan both reached the last 16 of the Men's Singles going out to Brian Woods and Mike Veitch. Wendy Reinstadtler reached the Ladies Singles semi-final losing to eventual winner Sue Biddle and Angela Hogan the last 32 going down to Michelle Shepherd.

The in-form Scott Waites took the Men's Singles title.


PARTYPOKER.NET PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP GERMANY ...
26 March 2007 - James Wade reaches the last eight of this new event at Bad Soden near Frankfurt. Colin Lloyd ends his hopes of further progress.

Andy Jenkins makes the last 32 before losing to Wes Newton but there are early defeats for Ian Eames, Ian Critchett and Colin Monk.

This result ensures James will remain in the top 12 players in the PDC rankings and therefore playing at the Topic International Darts League in the Netherlands next month.


HAMPSHIRE MEN'S A TEAM FROM 1978 ...

Former A Team player Joe Holmes has unearthed this picture of the Hampshire Men's A Team that beat the West of England 7-5 at Fareham WMC on 8 May 1978. The individual scores from the match are below. Len Benham and Joe Holmes both hit 180s that afternoon. The West of England team included the then World Champion, the late, great Leighton Rees.

Cliff Lazarenko 1 Billy Mateer 2
Buster Cooper 2 Alan Walker 1
Len Benham 2 Timmy Baldwin 0
Harry Paine 2 Cyril Hayes 0
Gordon Penn 0 Bob Canning 2
Derek Wellman 1 Derek Bound 2
Brian Baker 2 Alan Moreton 0
Perry Whiterow 2 Alan Cox 0
Dave Cooper 0 Leighton Rees 2
Keith White 1 Mike Doran 2
Jim McKindland 2 Tony Maggs 1
Joe Holmes 2 Mike Butt 0

If anyone else has any old photos feel free to send them in by clicking 'Contact' on the menu bar above.


GRAHAM BAKER MEMORIAL SINGLES ...
Kevan Merritt is staging the Graham Baker Memorial Singles on Sunday 15 April at the Cannons Social Club, Basingstoke.

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Graham Baker Memorial Singles


BARBADOS DARTS FESTIVAL ...
This year’s Barbados Darts Festival from October 25 - November 5 is now in its sixth year and it promises to be bigger and better than ever.  Hosted by three times World Champion John Lowe and his wife Karen, it offers darts players of all standards from the UK and Europe, both men and women, the opportunity to play social and tournament darts against players from Barbados and the Caribbean, Central and South America, Canada and the USA – and have a wonderful time in one of the world’s most sought after holiday destinations.

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Barbados Festival


BLUE SQUARE UK OPEN NORTH WEST ...
18 March 2007 - James Wade is in devastating form at Manchester as he banks the £5000 top prize.

First he overcomes World number 1 Phil Taylor 5-2 with an average of 111 a throw and then takes out an in-form Colin Osborne by two sets to one.

His opponent in the final, Terry Jenkins can only win one leg as he races to a straight sets victory that puts him third in the UK Open table, but most importantly up to tenth in the PDC Order of Merit.


ENGLISH NATIONAL SINGLES ...
18 March 2007 - Hampshire's representatives in the Grand Finals of the English National Singles in May will be Sam Rooney and Nillson Pritchard in the Men's event and Jane Monaghan in the Ladies event.

BLUE SQUARE UK OPEN NORTH WEST ...
17 March 2007 - Unicorn Maestro James Wade qualifies for yet another quarter final in a UK Open regional heat at the Sale Hotel.

Colin Monk makes the last 32, losing out to Dave Jowett.

Bob Crawley and Ian Eames are both edged out in the second round.

Former World Youth Master Aaron Turner defeats another former winner Sean Dowling in his opening match but is edged out 5-4 in the second round by Darren Johnson who misses double twelve for a 9 dart leg.

Andy Jenkins and Jason Crawley are both eliminated in their opening matches.


SUCCESS STORY FOR UNICORN'S ANDOVER YOUTH ACADEMY ...
17 March 2007 - Unicorn Andover Youth Academy's seventeen year old start Jamie Kelling made his PDC Pro Tour debut today in the Blue Square UK Open Regional Heat being held in the Manchester area.

He has already joined Team Unicorn as a member of Generation 180, specifically set up for younger players.

The Andover teenager has already won the Youth Invitation Singles in his home town and played steadily in his first round defeat to Brian Whybrow.

His next event will be the Blue Square UK Open Midlands regional heat in two weeks


FINNISH OPEN ...
10 March 2007 - Hampshire's travelling trio all reach the last 32 and lose to Finns in Tampere. Roy Brown is beaten 4-1 by Matti Hatinen, Paul Hogan loses 4-2 to Petri Lindroos and Paul Gibbs is edged 4-3 by Uki Takkinen.

Dietmar Burger from Austria beats Finn Sami Sanssi in the final.


ESSEX YOUTH EVENTS ...
Walton and District League are staging a Boys and a Girls event for 13 to 19 year olds on Sunday 22 April.

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Essex Youth Events


FINNISH OPEN ...
8 March 2007 - With 40 of the top 50 WDF ranked players missing, Paul Gibbs and Paul Hogan both have an excellent chance of success in the Finnish Open in Tampere this weekend.

Gibbs is seeded 10th and Hogan 11th and both will be eager to pick up valuable points towards a return to the Lakeside in 2008. England International Roy Brown is also at the event and will hope to add to the WDF points he has already earned in Scotland and Malta.

Only three of the top 16 are making the trip, Darryl Fitton, Tony O'Shea and Shaun Greatbatch.


COMPETITION NEWS ...
Hampshire Darts Organisation are promoting a couple of great events in the coming months.

First there is the Mill Rythe Spring Festival taking place between Friday 11 May and Sunday 13 May 2007. This holiday centre is on Hayling Island and boasts over £7,000 in prizes. Unusually, the Men's and Ladies events have equal prize funds.

Saturday 2 June 2007 at the Southampton Novotel will see another staging of one the biggest one day Opens in the country. Upwards of 400 players usually start the day chasing the top prize of £1,000 from a fund of over £2,000.

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Mill Rythe Festival

Hampshire Open


INTER COUNTY ...
4 March 2007 - Hampshire's Ladies A draw 3-3 with Essex but an 8-4 Men's A win give Hampshire victory by 20 to 16. Kev Ede has a spectacular winning average of almost 105 as he wins the Men's Player of the Match Award and the £200 prize for the best county match of the weekend nationwide.

Wendy Reinstadtler also impresses with a winning average close to 80 but world champion Trina Gulliver's 85 takes the Ladies £100 prize.

The next fixture sees the table topping clash between Yorkshire and Hampshire's Men's A teams, both boast an unbeaten record this season.


BLUE SQUARE UK OPEN SOUTH ...
3 March 2007 - Both JAMES WADE and ANDY JENKINS made the last 32 of the latest Pro Tour event losing to Phil Taylor and Wayne Mardle respectively at South Ruislip.

Young Rikki Williams had an excellent day beating a top Dutch teenage talent in Toon Greebe and twice former world championship finalist Ronnie Baxter to reach the last 64 before losing to Andy Jenkins. Colin Monk also made the last 64 but was edged out by former world number three Colin Lloyd.

Mervyn King has qualified for tomorrow's quarter finals on his PDC Pro Tour debut together with Terry Jenkins, Phil Taylor, Wayne Mardle, Vincent van der Voort, Dennis Priestley, Colin Lloyd and Steve Beaton.


INTER COUNTY ...
3 March 2007 - Both Hampshire teams draw on the opening day of the home fixture with Essex. Ladies B 3-3 and the Men's B 6-6. Andy Elvin and Maria Agozzino are the top winning performances.

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