PDC Gibraltar Open- Draw

HOME hopes Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody have drawn Gary Anderson and Andy Hamilton in the first round of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy, while top seed Michael van Gerwen will play John Bowles as the European Tour event kicks off on June 28.

The £100,000 tournament will be played in the Tercentenary Hall at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar, with 64 players competing from June 28-30 to take the European Tour title.

First Round Draw & Tournament Bracket

Michael van Gerwen (1) v John Bowles
Scott Rand (32) v Jim Walker
Stuart Kellett (16) v European Qualifier 5
Colin Lloyd (17) v European Qualifier 2
Ian White (8) v Kevin McDine
Jamie Caven (25) v European Qualifier 6
Adrian Lewis (9) v Michael Mansell
Andy Smith (24) v Ross Smith
Wes Newton (5) v European Qualifier 4
Kevin Painter (28) v European Qualifier 3
Ronnie Baxter (12) v Matthew Edgar
James Wade (21) v Joe Murnan
Robert Thornton (4) v Matthew Dennant
Colin Osborne (29) v Jamie Lewis
Paul Nicholson (13) v Joe Cullen
Brendan Dolan (20) v Steve Brown
Simon Whitlock (2) v Connie Finnan
Steve Beaton (31) v George Federico
Mervyn King (15) v John Henderson
Justin Pipe (18) v Steve Maish
John Part (7) v Nigel Heydon
Arron Monk (26) v European Qualifier 8
Phil Taylor (10) v European Qualifier 1
Mark Walsh (23) v Dean Winstanley
Kim Huybrechts (6) v Peter Hudson
Richie Burnett (27) v European Qualifier 7
Peter Wright (11) v Mark Hylton
Mark Webster (22) v Paul Amos
Dave Chisnall (3) v Manuel Vilerio
Wayne Jones (30) v Josh Payne
Andy Hamilton (14) v Dyson Parody
Gary Anderson (19) v Dylan Duo

PDC Speedy Services UK Open- Night 1 and Draw

PHIL TAYLOR and James Wade avoided upsets as they progressed to the third round of the Speedy Services UK Open with victories on Thursday's opening night in Bolton, as Ted Hankey won through to a battle of World Champions with John Part in the last 64 of the event.

Preliminary Round

Robbie Green 2-5 James Wade
Vincent van der Voort 5-4 Andy Murray
Nick Fullwell 1-5 Wayne Jones
Colin Osborne 5-3 Steve Hine
Steve Farmer 5-3 Chris Aubrey
Stuart Lowe 1-5 Jake Pennington
Gino Vos 5-3 Alan Derrett
Keegan Brown 5-3 Keith Rooney
Stephen Bunting 5-0 Vernon Sheppard
Connie Finnan 5-2 Campbell Jackson
Scott Coleman 5-0 Mark McGeeney
Michael Musto 1-5 Bernd Roith
Maik Langendorf 5-2 Tony Martin
Darren Johnson 5-3 Antonio Alcinas
Royden Lam 5-2 Paddy Meaney
Tony West 5-3 Jamie Lewis
Tam Dymond 1-5 Gavin Baker
Terry Dunford 1-5 Dean Stewart

First Round

Conan Whitehead 5-4 Roland Scholten
James Hubbard 5-2 John Scott
Mark Lawrence 5-4 Mensur Suljovic
Darrell Thorpe 0-5 Stephen Bunting
Dave Weston 5-4 Dean Winstanley
Paul Whitworth 2-5 Andy Boulton
Justin Pipe 2-5 Gareth Pass
Steve Farmer 2-5 Gaz Cousins
Michael Burgoine 5-0 Daz Twist
James Wade 5-0 Matt Gallett
Prakash Jiwa 5-2 Darren Johnson
Gary Stone 5-4 Maik Langendorf
Jason Wilson 5-2 Tomas Seyler
Steve Brown 4-5 Adrian Gray
Gavin Baker 4-5 Dave Place
Tony West 3-5 Jake Pennington
Andy Parsons 5-3 Jamie Hagen
Andrew McNicol 2-5 Steven Mead
Bernd Roith 3-5 Ted Hankey
Shaun Griffiths 2-5 Keegan Brown
Michael Bushby 5-4 John Mortimer
Nigel Daniels 1-5 Johnny Haines
Scott Coleman 3-5 Scott Marsh
Connie Finnan 5-1 Gino Vos
Matthew Dennant 5-3 Darrell Townsend
Matt Padgett 5-0 David Copley
Dean Stewart 5-3 Gus Santana
Vincent van der Voort 3-5 Kirk Shepherd
Robbie Singleton 1-5 William O'Connor
Leon De Geus 3-5 Scott Robertson
Colin Osborne 5-4 Mark Dudbridge
Wayne Jones 5-3 Royden Lam

Second Round

Ricky Sudale 4-5 Richie Burnett
Kevin Dowling 1-5 Phil Taylor
Matthew Edgar 5-4 Colin Osborne
Ted Hankey 5-1 Dave Weston
Alex Roy 4-5 Mark Cox
Jake Pennington 3-5 Steve West
Magnus Caris 1-5 Kirk Shepherd
Joey Palfreyman 5-3 Keegan Brown
Adam Hunt 5-1 Paul Amos
Scott Marsh 0-5 Jyhan Artut
Connie Finnan 4-5 Adrian Gray
Stephen Bunting 5-2 Jason Wilson
Colin Fowler 4-5 Matt Padgett
Gary Stone 1-5 Dennis Smith
James Wade 5-0 Wayne Jones
Steven Mead 3-5 Dean Stewart
Co Stompe 4-5 Michael Mansell
Peter Hudson 4-5 Mark Lawrence
James Hubbard 3-5 Andy Smith
Michael Bushby 1-5 Jim Walker
Mark Walsh 4-5 Lee Palfreyman
Arron Monk 2-5 Gaz Cousins
Scott Robertson 4-5 Andy Boulton
Gareth Pass 4-5 Jelle Klaasen
Ricky Evans 2-5 Joe Cullen
Terry Temple 5-1 Prakash Jiwa
David Place 2-5 John Henderson
William O'Connor 5-2 Johnny Haines
Andy Jenkins 5-4 Nigel Heydon
Michael Burgoine 4-5 Richie Howson
Kevin Thomas 1-5 Conan Whitehead
Matthew Dennant 5-2 Andy Parsons

Third Round Draw

Main Stage

Mark Webster v Richie Burnett
John Part v Ted Hankey
Phil Taylor v Ronny Huybrechts
Michael van Gerwen v Mervyn King

Stage Two

Kim Huybrechts v Jyhan Artut
Simon Whitlock v Wes Newton
Raymond van Barneveld v Michael Smith
Adrian Lewis v Matthew Dennant

Stage Three

Steve West v Ian White
Matt Padgett v Richie Howson
Mark Lawrence v Terry Temple
Conan Whitehead v Michael Mansell

Stage Four

Kevin McDine v Adam Hunt
Peter Wright v Gaz Cousins
Steve Beaton v Joey Palfreyman
Adrian Gray v Dean Stewart

Stage Five

John Henderson v Scott Rand
Dave Chisnall v William O'Connor
James Wade v Jamie Caven
Robert Thornton v Matthew Edgar

Stage Six

John Bowles v Paul Nicholson
Terry Jenkins v Jim Walker
Ken MacNeil v Ronnie Baxter
Andy Hamilton v Andy Boulton

Stage Seven

Stephen Bunting v Andy Jenkins
Kirk Shepherd v Mark Cox
Stuart Kellett v Dennis Smith
Kevin Painter v Jason Hogg

Stage Eight

Lee Palfreyman v Joe Cullen
Ross Smith v Jelle Klaasen
Brendan Dolan v Colin Lloyd
Gary Anderson v Andy Smith

UK Open Preview

This Thursday see's the start of the UK Open in Bolton. Its been named the FA.Cup of darts and rightly so, with a huge field of players, from the PDC and a Few of the BDO lads thrown in for good measure its quickly becoming a firm favourite on the darting calender. The good thing about the open is, if you win you never know who you have on the next night till the end of that night. This gives players less time to prepare and the underdog a big advantage. Robert Thornton was that underdog last year, casting aside all those who got in his way to take the crown and put himself on the map. You win this and your made for the next couple of years.

So lets have a look at a few of the stand out matches on night one.

First off are the Preliminary rounds, and straight away the first stand out match is Robbie Green (BDO) v James Wade (PDC) both players are in good form and there is the whole 'Brand' Has it were to fight for. It should be a cracker to start the weekend off. Gino Vos v Alan Derrett could also be a good match over on Stage 4. Another BDO player is the Bullet Stephen Bunting and hes in action against Vernon Sheppard on Stage 5. The Bullet is the BDO number 1 Ranked player and always puts up a good fight on TV.

The First round sees some of the big names enter the arena with Justin Pipe and Dean Winstanley all taking to the stage. Then at the end of the night is round two with more of the big names starting there campaign. The likes of Phil Taylor, Richie Burnett, Andy Smith, Jim Walker and Jelle Klaasen fighting for places it could be an exciting end to day one. But the potential match of the night could be Ricky Evans v Joe Cullen. These two young guns are good at this flinging of Tungsten lark. Ricky made it to the Youth Finals and Joe had a fantastic run at the Austrian Open at the weekend. Both are coming in to form at the right time.


Schedule of Play – Thursday June 6
Main Stage

Preliminary Round
Robbie Green v James Wade
Vincent van der Voort v Andy Murray

First Round

Conan Whitehead v Roland Scholten
James Hubbard v John Scott
Mark Lawrence v Mensur Suljovic
Darrell Thorpe v Bunting/Sheppard

Second Round

Ricky Sudale v Richie Burnett
Kevin Dowling v Phil Taylor
Matthew Edgar v Osborne/Hine/Dudbridge
Musto/Roith/Hankey v Weston/Winstanley

Stage Two

Preliminary Round

Nick Fullwell v Wayne Jones
Colin Osborne v Steve Hine

First Round

Dave Weston v Dean Winstanley
Paul Whitworth v Andy Boulton
Justin Pipe v Gareth Pass
Farmer/Aubrey v Gaz Cousins

Second Round

Alex Roy v Mark Cox
T West/J Lewis/Lowe/Pennington v Steve West
Magnus Caris v van der Voort/Murray/Shepherd
Joey Palfreyman v Griffiths/K Brown/Rooney

Stage Three

Preliminary Round
Steve Farmer v Chris Aubrey
Stuart Lowe v Jake Pennington

First Round

Michael Burgoine v Daz Twist
Green/Wade v Matt Gallett
Prakash Jiwa v Johnson/Alcinas
Gary Stone v Langendorf/Martin

Second Round

Adam Hunt v Paul Amos
Coleman/McGeeney/Marsh v Jyhan Artut
Finnan/Jackson/Vos/Derrett v S Brown/Gray
Thorpe/Bunting/Sheppard v Wilson/Seyler

Stage Four

Preliminary Round
Gino Vos v Alan Derrett
Keegan Brown v Keith Rooney

First Round

Jason Wilson v Tomas Seyler
Steve Brown v Adrian Gray
Dymond/Baker v Dave Place
T West/J Lewis v Lowe/Pennington

Second Round

Colin Fowler v Padgett/Copley
Stone/Langendorf/Martin v Dennis Smith
Green/Wade/Gallett v Fullwell/W Jones/Lam/Meaney
McNicol/Mead v Dunford/Stewart/Santana

Stage Five

Preliminary Round
Stephen Bunting v Vernon Sheppard
Connie Finnan v Campbell Jackson
Scott Coleman v Mark McGeeney

First Round

Andy Parsons v Jamie Hagen
Andrew McNicol v Steven Mead
Musto/Roith v Ted Hankey
Shaun Griffiths v K Brown/Rooney

Second Round

Co Stompe v Michael Mansell
Peter Hudson v Lawrence/Suljovic
Hubbard/Scott v Andy Smith
Bushby/Mortimer v Jim Walker

Stage Six

Preliminary Round
Michael Musto v Bernd Roith
Maik Langendorf v Tony Martin
Darren Johnson v Antonio Alcinas

First Round

Michael Bushby v John Mortimer
Nigel Daniels v Johnny Haines
Coleman/McGeeney v Scott Marsh
Finnan/Jackson v Vos/Derrett

Second Round

Mark Walsh v Lee Palfreyman
Arron Monk v Farmer/Aubrey/Cousins
De Geus/Robertson v Whitworth/Boulton
Pipe/Pass v Jelle Klaasen

Stage Seven

Preliminary Round
Royden Lam v Paddy Meaney
Tony West v Jamie Lewis

First Round

Matthew Dennant v Darrell Townsend
Matt Padgett v David Copley
Dunford/Stewart v Gus Santana
van der Voort/Murray v Kirk Shepherd

Second Round

Ricky Evans v Joe Cullen
Terry Temple v Jiwa/Johnson/Alcinas
Dymond/Baker/Place v John Henderson
Singleton/O'Connor v Daniels/Haines

Stage Eight

Preliminary Round
Tam Dymond v Gavin Baker
Terry Dunford v Dean Stewart

First Round

Robbie Singleton v William O'Connor
Leon De Geus v Scott Robertson
Osborne/Hine v Mark Dudbridge
Fullwell/Jones v Lam/Meaney

Second Round

Andy Jenkins v Nigel Heydon
Burgoine/Twist v Richie Howson
Kevin Thomas v Whitehead/Scholten
Dennant/Townsend v Parsons/Hagen


The draw will be held for the next rounds after the last of the second round matches have been played when the top 32 join in the fun and games for a chance of becoming the winner of the UK Open 2013.

Also this week see's the return of the stunning Daniella Allfree and Sammi Marsh has the Walk-on ladies. Its been a few weeks since we saw the dynamic duo doing what they do best, but we have them for a whole 4 days! So sit back, relax and enjoy beautiful ladies and one of the best darts Tournaments around.

PDC Austrian Open-Day3

JOE CULLEN, Jelle Klaasen, Mervyn King and Brendan Dolan all claimed dramatic 6-5 victories as they won through to the Austrian Darts Open quarter-finals on Sunday afternoon at the expense of Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade, Dave Chisnall and Ross Smith.

Third Round

Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Ronnie Baxter
Ross Smith 5-6 Brendan Dolan
Robert Thornton 1-6 Dennis Smith
Wes Newton 4-6 Colin Lloyd
Jelle Klaasen 6-5 James Wade
Kevin McDine 1-6 Steve Beaton
Raymond van Barneveld 5-6 Joe Cullen
Dave Chisnall 5-6 Mervyn King


MICHAEL VAN GERWEN continued his incredible run of success as he claimed his tenth tournament victory of 2013 with a superb defeat of Mervyn King in the Austrian Darts Open final on Sunday night.


Quarter-Finals

Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Brendan Dolan
Dennis Smith 0-6 Colin Lloyd
Jelle Klaasen 2-6 Steve Beaton
Joe Cullen 0-6 Mervyn King

Semi-Final

Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Colin Lloyd
Steve Beaton 5-6 Mervyn King

Final

Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Mervyn King

Taylors Darts Protege Returns

PLAYERS who want to follow in the footsteps of Paul Amos to win a place on the professional circuit can begin their challenge following the launch of Phil Taylor's Darts Protege event.

Pubs from across the UK, including many sponsored by The Stonegate Pub Company, will be taking part in the competition, which is organised by Protege Events and takes place over 20 weeks, with players initially competing in one pub.

Darts-playing venues from as far north as Aberdeen down to many venues across the South East and the London area and across 15 counties in England, Scotland and Wales are participating in the 'pub-to-professional' competition.

"Participation in pub sports and games has always been central to the appeal of our pubs," said George Wright, Head of Marketing for the Stonegate Pub Company.

"Darts is a fantastic sport and whilst its appeal is growing globally its heart will always lie in the traditional British pub. Stonegate like to innovate and work with new partners and the opportunity with Protege events is a great fit - no darts players in the UK will be too far from a participating Stonegate pub!"

Orchid and Punch Taverns are also embracing the X Factor-type competition, with tens of their sites involved from the start.

The competition works by players attempting challenges set by Phil Taylor, the reigning and 16-time World Champion, over a five-month period in their local pub.

At the end of the season, the top four players from each pub are invited to Regional Finals before players then progress to the National Final, where Taylor will meet and mentor the top 16 players.

Last year's event was won by Paul Amos, who took victory in the final at Alexandra Palace and has since gone on to win a PDC Tour Card and qualify for the forthcoming Speedy Services UK Open.

For details of participating pubs or to sign up your pub, go to www.protege-events.com or contact Protégé Events on 0115 8224392.

PDC Austrian Open- Day 2

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD held off Kevin Painter's fightback to set up a tasty third round clash with in-form Joe Cullen at the Austrian Darts Open, while Michael van Gerwen and James Wade also impressed in Wiener Neustadt.


Saturday June 1
Second Round

Afternoon Session

Kevin Dowling 4-6 Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright 5-6 Dennis Smith
Kevin McDine 6-3 Andy Smith
Ronnie Baxter 6-5 Terry Jenkins
Joe Cullen 6-1 Stuart Kellett
Dave Chisnall 6-5 Jamie Caven
Wes Newton 6-4 Steve West
Robert Thornton 6-4 Mark Walsh

Evening Session

Ross Smith 6-3 Gary Anderson
Steve Beaton 6-5 John Henderson
Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Wayne Jones
Andy Hamilton 0-6 Colin Lloyd
Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 Kevin Painter
Jelle Klaasen 6-4 Tomas Seyler
Nigel Heydon 1-6 James Wade
Jim Walker 4-6 Mervyn King

PDC Austrian Open- Day 1

Austrian Darts Open
European Tour Event Four

Friday May 31

First Round
Afternoon Session
Main Stage

Kevin Painter 6-4 Terry Temple
Mark Webster 4-6 Dennis Smith
Dave Chisnall 6-0 Andreas Pur
Wes Newton 6-4 Paul Barham
Richie Burnett 3-6 John Henderson
Justin Pipe 3-6 Kevin McDine
Andy Hamilton 6-4 Roland Scholten
Paul Nicholson 4-6 Nigel Heydon
Ronnie Baxter 6-5 Peter Hudson
Terry Jenkins 6-0 Gunther Rimser

Stage Two

Peter Wright 6-1 Max Hopp
Colin Lloyd 6-5 Jamie Lewis
Ian White 4-6 Ross Smith
John Part 3-6 Kevin Dowling
Kim Huybrechts 4-6 Joe Cullen
Mervyn King Bye (Peter Martin timed out)

Evening Session
Main Stage

Gary Anderson 6-3 John Bowles
Mark Walsh 6-3 Christian Kallinger
Robert Thornton 6-5 Vincent van der Voort
Andy Smith 6-1 Mensur Suljovic
Jelle Klaasen 6-5 Steve Hine
Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Alan Tabern
James Wade 6-5 Ronny Huybrechts
Raymond van Barneveld 6-5 Antonio Alcinas

Stage Two

Wayne Jones 6-4 Campbell Jackson
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Joe Murnan
Erwin Freidl 4-6 Steve Beaton
Colin Osborne 3-6 Steve West
Arron Monk 2-6 Tomas Seyler
Leon De Geus 1-6 Jim Walker
Stuart Kellett 6-4 Darren Webster
Jamie Caven 6-2 Bernd Roith