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CHOICEBET FRATTON PARK DARTS SPECTACULAR ...
This takes place in the Mandaric Suite, Portsmouth FC on the evening of Friday 6th October starring Portsmouth's Andy Jenkins who has recently risen as high as 6 in the world rankings, former World Champion Andy Fordham, twice World Championship runner-up Peter Manley and the fast emerging James Wade who reached last month's World Matchplay final and looks set to join Jenkins and Manley in the top ten very soon.

The event is sponsored by North End Bookmakers ChoiceBET and a £3000 prize is up for grabs to the winner of the professional challenge. Each of the four players will play each other over 6 legs and the top two will contest the 9 leg winner takes all final.

The start of the evening features a pro-am format involving members of the audience.

With that line up a fantastic evening's entertainment is guaranteed and the familiar voice of Phil Jones will be hosting the evening.

Clicking on the following link will open an Adobe Acrobat format poster in a new browser window. Alternatively right click and select "save target":

Exhibition Poster


WINMAU WORLD MASTERS ...
Hampshire are well represented in the 4 World Masters events that take place at Bridlington in October. Details of the draw can be found at www.dartswdf.com.

OPEN EVENT IN POOLE MAY 2007 ...

On Sunday 27th May 2007 Poole Labour Club have Open round-robin events limited to 48 Men and 24 Ladies with over £1000 in prizes.

Clicking on the following link will open an Adobe Acrobat format entry form with more details in a new browser window. Alternatively right click and select "save target":

Entry Form


UK OPEN WELSH REGIONAL ...
24 September 2006 - James Wade again runs into Phil Taylor as he halts his progress in the first of 8 regional UK Open heats at Newport. Taylor goes on to beat Adrian Lewis in the final.

Colin Monk, Jason Crawley and Andy Jenkins each make the last 64 losing to Alan Warriner-Little, Matt Chapman and John Kuczynski respectively.


BRITISH INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP ...
24 September 2006 - Hampshire are unable to retrieve the overnight deficit as the Ladies A Team are beaten 6-0 by Cambridgeshire. The Men's A draw 6-6 with Mick Cookman and Roy Brown both averaging around 90 a throw but the final score is 22-14 to the visitors.

PDPA PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ...
23 September 2006 - James Wade is in blistering form on his way to the final at Newport. Unfortunately he is unable to topple Phil Taylor and must settle for the £2,500 second prize.

Colin Monk reached the last 32 but lost out to Josephus Schenk.


BRITISH INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP ...
23 September 2006 - Hampshire trail 10-8 overnight in their home match with Cambridgeshire. The Ladies B draw 3-3 with Nikki Stevens the lady of the match on her debut.

The Mens B Team lose 5-7 but Danny Smith also takes the best performance award on his debut.


UNICORN ANDOVER YOUTH ACADEMY EVENT ...
23 September 2006 - Charlotte Burgess beats Gina Sharp and Jamie Kelling beats Jamie Garman to ensure home victories in both categories of the Youth Academy event at the Entertainer, Andover.

SKYBET WORLD GRAND PRIX ...
22 September 2006 - At the PDPA play-off in Newport Colin Monk and Bob Crawley were both just two wins short of a place in the finals at Dublin. Bob was beaten by Andy Callaby and Colin went down to Colin Osborne.

The draw for the finals was made immediately after the play-off and James Wade faces Paul Watton and Andy Jenkins takes on Terry Jenkins.


WINDY CITY OPEN ...
17 September 2006 - Andy Jenkins reaches the last 16 in Chicago in his quest for more points towards a place in the 2007 Holsten Premier League Darts. He is defeated by US based Canadian Gary Mawson. Ray Carver beats Darin Young in the final.

IRISH OPEN CLASSIC ...
10 September 2006 - James Wade reaches the semi-final at Castlebar before losing out to eventual winner Mick McGowan who beats Kevin Painter in the final. Andy Jenkins makes the last 64 and Colin Monk the last 32.

BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
10 September 2006 - Phil Taylor is in unstoppable form as he beats Martin Adams 7-2 to win the World Darts Trophy in Utrecht. During the event he only dropped four sets.

Bobby George beat Les Wallace making a welcome comeback to televised darts by 2 legs to 1 in an exhibition match before the final. Don't read too much into the score as the emphasis was very much on 'fun' since the scores called didn't always match those hit; the caller's eyesight would put some Premiership football referees to shame!


CATALAN OPEN ...
9 September 2006 - Continuing the long tradition of overseas success by Hampshire players Mick Cookman has won the Catalan Open recently beating Tony Martinez in the final. He also teamed up with Nillson Pritchard to take the Mens Pairs with a win over Jimmy Jukes and Trevor Ellacott at Calella, Barcelona.

BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
9 September 2006 - Phil Taylor averages close to 108 in a masterful performance against Ronnie Baxter and runs out a 6-0 winner. Ron Meulenkamp wins the junior title with a 6-1 win over fellow Dutch teenager Sven van Dun.

Martin Adams beats Michael van Gerwen 6-4 but despite defeat Michael hits the fourth 170 finish of the event and comes close to the nine darter missing double 12 in the match.

Adams now faces Phil Taylor in tomorrow's final.


BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
8 September 2006 - Martin Adams eases into the last four beating Niels de Ruiter by 5-0.

Ronnie Baxter beats Mike Veitch by 5-3 and Ron Meulenkamp beats Jan Dekker 5-0 to reach the junior final.

Tomorrow sees Phil Taylor take on Ronnie Baxter and Michael van Gerwen face Martin Adams in the semi-finals. The junior final will be contested by two young Dutchmen, Sven van Dun and Ron Meulenkamp.

Sunday's final will be preceded by a special exhibition match between former World Champion and World Master Les Wallace and twice News of the World winner Bobby George.

Les is a former Hampshire favourite, who made 119 appearances for the county, winning 78 between 1982 and 2000. He also represented Scotland 25 times.

As has been the case all week the matches can be seen live on the internet each evening by clicking the link below:

Bavaria WDT LiveStream


HCDO.CO.UK WISHES A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO ROBERT HEARD ...
8 September 2006 - Best wishes for a speedy recovery go to Robert Heard who was injured with his wife in a car crash on Wednesday. Both had just returned from holiday when they were involved in an accident near Gatwick Airport.

Robert (pictured left), originally from Wales now lives in Hilsea, Portsmouth and represented Hampshire six times in 2002/2003. He is also a regular on the PDC tour and has twice reached the UK Open finals, first in 2003 and again in 2005.


BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
7 September 2006 - Michael van Gerwen again thrills the home crowd as he comes from behind to end Mervyn King's chances by 5-4.

Phil Taylor wins 5-1 against Colin Lloyd in a closer match than the scoreline suggests and Sven van Dun beats Richard George 5-2 in the junior semi-final and keep alive his hope of winning both this and the IDL title.


BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
6 September 2006 - Martin Adams has a narrow win over Tony O'Shea by 4-3. Niels de Ruiter wins the all Dutch clash with Vincent van der Voort 4-2. Niels hits the third 170 finish of the event on his way to winning. Mervyn King beats Darryl Fitton 4-1. Ronnie Baxter beats Martin Atkins by 4-0.

The quarter final line up is Lloyd v Taylor, Baxter v Veitch, Adams v de Ruiter and van Gerwen v King.


BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
5 September 2006 - Phil Taylor is too powerful for John Walton and wins 4-1. Michael van Gerwen has another impressive display and survives four match-points against top Aussie Simon Whitlock before squeezing through by 4-3. Colin Lloyd won the battle of the respective "No 1" ranked players by 4-2. Colin misses a double 12 for a nine darter in the match and takes out a 170 finish on his way to winning. Mike Veitch beats Tony Eccles 4-1.

DARTS EXHIBITION AT FRATTON PARK ...
Four of the best players in the world will be in action at The Mandaric Suite, Portsmouth FC, Fratton Park, Portsmouth in a month's time.

Portsmouth's own Andy Jenkins is joined by Peter Manley, James Wade and Andy Fordham who will all be in action in an evening of round robin, pairs head-to-head and pro-am challenges. Phil Jones will host proceedings.

The date is October 6th, doors open 7 p.m. for an 8 p.m. start.


BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
4 September 2006 - Seventeen year old Michael van Gerwen is in stunning form to win 3-2 against Raymond van Barneveld. Aussie Simon Whitlock overcomes a shaky start to beat holder Gary Robson 3-1. Darryl Fitton is barely troubled by Co Stompé as he dismisses the Dutchman's challenge by 3-0. Mervyn King edges out Tony Martin in a close match to end the evening and finishes 170 during the game.

BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
3 September 2006 - Martin Adams wins 3-0 against Albertino Essers. Vincent van der Voort beats Göran Klemme 3-2 in a close game. Mike Veitch beats Belgian Dirk Hespeels by 3-0.

Jan Dekker becomes the third Dutch teenager in the semi-finals as he beats Belgian Jeffrey Vanbergen.


BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
3 September 2006 - Niels de Ruiter wins the all Dutch clash with Mareno Michels by 3-2. Lakeside Champion Jelle Klaasen does not perform to the same standard that won him the title and Tony Eccles wins 3-0 and Tony O'Shea overcomes Dick van Dijk by 3-1.

Dutch teenager Ron Meulenkamp is impressive in victory against Swede Oskar Lukasiak in the junior event.

The promoters of the event expel Ted Hankey from the remainder of the event for his unprofessional conduct on the oche during his Saturday defeat.


ISLE OF WIGHT OPEN ...
3 September 2006 - Andy Jenkins teams up with Tricia Wright to win the Mixed Pairs at the Isle of Wight. James Wade and Sally Smith make the semi-finals.

BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
2 September 2006 - Paul Hogan is beaten 3-1 by Ronnie Baxter in a high quality game at de Vechtsebanen in Utrecht. John Walton takes advantage of a number of missed match darts from Shaun Greatbatch to progress and Martin Atkins has little trouble disposing of Paul Hanvidge.

Richard George, son of Bobby, beats the Dutch favourite Pieter Collijn in the junior event.


BAVARIA WORLD DARTS TROPHY ...
2 September 2006 - Paul Hogan opens his campaign in Utrecht this evening against Ronnie Baxter. Former World Champion and World Master Les Wallace is also in action at the event; before next Sunday's final he is contracted to play an exhibition match against Bobby George.

Paul's match can be seen live on the internet at around 8.20 p.m. UK time by clicking the link below:

Bavaria WDT LiveStream

Phil Taylor has already posted his intent averaging over 104 as he destroys the Danish challenger Brian Sørensen 3-0. Gary Anderson beats a disappointing and bad tempered Ted Hankey 3-0. Colin Lloyd beats Peter Manley 3-1 in a high quality match that could have been much closer had Manley been sharper on his doubles.

Young Dutchman Sven van Dun impresses against Dane Vladimir Andersen in the junior event.


ISLE OF WIGHT OPEN ...
2 September 2006 - James Wade beats Simon Whatley to win the Isle of Wight Open Men's Singles. Andy Jenkins and Paul Sibley reach the quarter finals.

He also teamed up with stablemate Andy Jenkins again to win the Men's Doubles to continue his great recent form.


ISLE OF WIGHT OPEN ...
1 September 2006 - Andy Jenkins and James Wade win the warm up pairs at the Isle of Wight Open.

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