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Hampshire president Bert Kelly (pictured left) retired at the end of the season and County General Secretary Frank Branscombe published the following article in this month's Darts World. I can only add my congratulations for the sterling service and contribution Bert has given to Hampshire.

It gives me much regret to announce that Bert Kelly the President of Hampshire County Darts Organisation who at the sprightly age of 92 has decided to take early retirement!

For the many years of my own association with Hampshire Darts Bert  has given me support and guidance for which I have always been grateful and I know that he has more than rightly earned the respect by example of myself plus all players and officials that  have had the privilege of meeting and working with him.

Bert’s dedication to the sport of Darts in general and to Hampshire in particular has been an inspiration to us all for so many, many years and I know that he has always been immensely proud of the many successes that Hampshire has achieved and enjoyed in that time.

The contribution Bert has made to those successes is immeasurable and the help and advice given has been invaluable.

In his earlier years Bert was an outstanding player and reached the News of the World Area Finals on three occasions (1952, 1957 and 1958) and in 1958 from the Area play off staged in Shoreditch carried on to contest the Grand Finals at Earls Court.

Since his playing days he has organised countless darts events in his home town of Basingstoke that have served to further the careers of so many talented players.

Throughout this time and this year celebrating the 67 years of their marriage Bert has had the support of his lovely wife Phyl who was a Hampshire County player and great supporter of Darts and Hampshire.

I know that Bert and Phyl will continue to attend events when they can and it is a great honour for us in that they have agreed to give Hampshire the privilege of accepting the positions of Honorary Life Vice Presidents.

Hampshire extends to Bert most sincere and deepest thanks for the dedication, loyalty and support given over so many happy and successful years as without him it just would not have been possible.

Thank you Bert you are gong to be one hell of an act to follow!

John Bartlett has produced the following guides for anyone interested. Just click on them to open in a new window in Adobe Acrobat format.

For players who have played in the league before and for players new to superleague.

England Ladies win 4-3 and the Men's by 7-6.

However since James Wade and Andy Jenkins are well placed in the PDC Order of Merit both should be included when the full line up is announced.

A different list to the WDF Rankings is used to issue invitations for the Lakeside World Championship, the BDO Invitation Table and currently Paul Hogan sits in 37th, Paul Gibbs 43rd and Roy Brown 82nd. It is still uncertain as to how many direct invitations from this list will be issued.

Andy Jenkins is 14th, Colin Monk 39th and others in the top 200 are Bob Crawley in 154th and Ian Eames in 192nd.

The IDL runner-up Mark Webster beats Dutch Open champion Scott Waites in the final. The recent Hungarian Open winner Remco van Eijden and Yorkshire's Chris Thompson reach the semi-finals.

Chris Thompson has qualified for next month's televised UK Open.

19 May 2007 - The first US Open kicks off in great style on TV as Ray Carver defeats Brad Wethington in a high quality all American match.

Unfortunately for Andy Jenkins it's "Nightmare at the Mohegan Sun" as home player Frederick Krueger eliminates him in the opening round. Ian Critchett also falls at this stage to Canadian Gary Mawson who goes on to play World Champion Raymond van Barneveld on the TV stage.

Colin Monk and James Wade reach the third round, both banking £1,000 from the excellent prize money. However Matt Clark and Vincent van der Voort put an end to their hopes at that last 64 stage.

The  round of sixteen up to the conclusion of the £126,000 event is live on Challenge TV (Channel 124 on Sky Digital and Channel 152 on Virgin Media) tomorrow, Sunday 20 May, between 7:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.

18 May 2007 - The first US Open is taking place this Saturday and Sunday at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. The £126,000 event pits the top names from the PDC Order of Merit against over North 150 American hopefuls.

Four Hampshiremen are making the trip and all are seeded.

Aldershot's James Wade, seeded 10th opens against Rob West, Cosham's Andy Jenkins, the no 14 seed begins against Frederick Krueger, Colin Monk from Basingstoke, at 33rd plays Stephen Panuncialman and Horndean based Ian Critchett has a tough start against US resident Canadian Gary Mawson. Mawson has played in a number of televised professional events in the UK.

Five hours of live coverage on both Saturday 19 May and Sunday 20 May will be aired by Challenge TV (Channel 124 on Sky Digital and Channel 152 on Virgin Media), Both programmes begin at 7:30 p.m. and conclude at 12:30 a.m. Most of the top UK Bookmakers are offering prices on the event.

Andy Jenkins and James Wade will be appearing on ITV in the Autumn as the mainstream channel makes a welcome return to the of televising big-time darts. It is around twenty years since televised tournaments were aired on the UK's foremost commercial channel although the Grand Slam will be available live unlike its predecessors. ITV 1 and ITV 4 will show all the matches of the event from Wolverhampton between 17th and 25th November.

PartyPoker.net announced its sponsorship of the event last week and the big event has a £300,000 total prize fund and the champion will take £80,000, a prize only bettered by the PDC World Championship.

The country's biggest county open soon takes place in Southampton. Over 400 starters are expected and entries have to be in by the closing date of 28th May.

Somerset's Neil Raikes (pictured left) won last year's event beating Kirk Shepherd in the final to join the other illustrious names to have won the event over the years.

Download an entry form in Adobe Acrobat by clicking Hampshire Open Form.

Ring 07773 933576 for more details. Entry is £10 before the day or £15 on the day. Doors open at 10.00 a.m, register at 11.00 a.m., draw at 11.30 a.m., start at 12.00 noon.

Format is best of 5 legs 501, bull to decide order of throw and for any 5th leg, Bar and food facilities available all day.

14 May 2007 - Danny Pinhorne, Sam Rooney and Justin Henshaw have all qualified through the Punch Taverns Amateur play-offs for the grand finals. Sam has played at the finals twice before in 2004 and 2005 and Danny qualified last year as well.

James Wade, Andy Jenkins, Colin Monk, Bob Crawley, Jason Crawley, Rikki Williams and Aaron Turner have already qualified for the finals from the professional circuit and details of the early rounds at Bolton's Reebok Stadium can be found by clicking Blue Square UK Open Draw. The event starts on Thursday 7th June and continues until Sunday 10th June.

11 May 2007 - James Wade's excellent run at Nijmegen finally comes to an end in an enthralling quarter-final encounter with WDF number 2 Gary Anderson who has been in great form all week.

James loses out by six sets to three averaging over 106 for the match but Anderson sustains a phenomenal 108 over the nine sets. He hits 12 180s to James's 8 and both are above 60% strike rate on their doubles.

A new champion in a major TV event will be crowned on Sunday since none of the four players remaining have previous success at this level. Gary Anderson plays Adrian Lewis and Tony O'Shea takes on Mark Webster in the semi-finals.

Live coverage of the remainder of the event can be seen by clicking the SBS-6 International Darts League Livestream. Saturday's semi finals are scheduled between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. with Sunday's final between 7 p.m and 10 p.m.

Another amazing nine darter is struck by Tony O'Shea in his 7-4 win over Adrian Lewis. What a way to celebrate turning 46!

Phil Taylor steals the show with an amazing fourth nine darter on live television as he wins 7-4 against World Champion Raymond van Barneveld.

Jane Monaghan gets to the quarter finals of the Ladies' event.

Paul Hogan loses by 5-1 to both Ronnie Baxter and Richie Burnett and by 5-2 to Dutch teenager Ron Meulenkamp.

The eight qualifiers for the last 32 are Mervyn King, Gary Robson, Michael van Gerwen, Ross Montgomery, Barrie Bates, Mark Dudbridge, Jelle Klaasen and Ronnie Baxter. They join the top 12 PDC and top 12 WDF players.

The venue can be contacted on 023 9282 4355 or by clicking on Portsmouth Guildhall.

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