Gibraltar Open - Darts WDF

The Gibraltar Open Darts 2007 sponsored by Kronenburg 1664 takes place on Saturday the 17th of March with Winmau World Masters points and WDF Ranking points available.
For inforamtion and entry forms please visit www.gibraltardarts.com or contact Justin Broton on (00350) 54022622. Good luck.

Winmau World Masters Qualiication Begins

CENTRAL SCOTLAND DARTS Super League knock-out cup will be held in BMW on Sunday, where the winner can get a place in the Winmau World Masters 2007.

Entry for pairs is £10 per pair with the winners on £400.
Due to high demand the closing date will come forward.
Players should contact Davie Hanson on 07904 4884456.

Winmau Champions Choice II - Now Available

Develop Precise Throw Control
The latest Winmau Champions Choice II combines the World Championship characteristics of Winmau®’s premium quality bristle dartboards, with a 50% reduced doubles, trebles and Bullseye area to help any standard of player fine tune their performance.
The original Winmau Champion’s Choice is a favourite among dart players, and the latest version incorporates a smaller Bullseye to further facilitate practice on the Key Scoring Areas (KSA’s). An increase in accuracy to hit the KSA’s in practice relative to the standard tournament dartboards allows a massive increase in confidence and quality dart scoring.
The perception of accuracy is greatly enhanced by a 50% shift in reduction of the KSA’s, while the use of high grade East African Sisal in Winmau®’s Super Dense Sisal boards promises unparalleled durability and consistency.
Winmau®’s two World Champions, Andy “The Viking” Fordham and Trina “Golden Girl” Gulliver have both honed their games by practicing on a Winmau Champion’s Choice board. Andy states: “This product is a must for your practice room. It will really sort the men/women out from the boys/girls!!”
The Champions Choice II demands precise shot making from beginners to professionals and will assist any dart players game.

Viking on the mend........

Andy "The Viking" Fordham is slowly on his way to recovery after suffering a very serious lung infection that saw him hospitalised shortly before his first round match at the Lakeside 2007 World Darts Championships.

All of our support goes out to Andy and his family for a speedy recovery as the gentle giant of darts was very sorely missed this year.

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Let us know if you would wear one of these shirts to your darts night by e-mailing sales@winmau.com with YES in the subject heading or ABSOLUTELY NOT!!

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BBC TV CONTRACT FOR LAKESIDE WORLD DARTS TO 2010

BBC TV has announced that its exclusive contract with the British Darts Organisation to screen the World Professional Darts Championships is being extended to 2010.

Barbara Slater, Head of General Sport, BBC said: “We are delighted to renew this contract and continue to bring darts to the widest possible audience.”

As part of the agreement, BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has also confirmed that it has extended its contract with the BDO for International television rights to the World Professional Darts Championships.

Olly Croft, Managing Director, BDO Enterprises Ltd. said:
“This is wonderful news for BDO darts and our players in the very year that we are celebrating the 30th Anniversary (1978 to 2007) of BBC Sport screening our World Professional Championships.

“It is a unique broadcasting partnership for darts, and we are extremely proud of it. There are very few sports which can boast of a BBC contract that is now in its fourth decade.”

The 2007 Lakeside World Professional Men’s Final was seen by a peak BBC-2 audience of 5 million – the highest World Final audience for six years.

Martin Adams was crowned 2007 World Champion in a dramatic and exciting 7-6 victory against Phil Nixon.

Picture Courtesy of: Clare-Louise Photography. Tel: +44 (0)1926 811270.

TRINA IS IN SEVENTH HEAVEN!

Winmau’s TRINA GULLIVER is in seventh heaven after being crowned The Lakeside World Professional Women’s Champion for an incredible seventh time.

It means that she remains unbeaten on the famous Lakeside stage since the first Women’s World Championship was played in 2001 and has only lost 3 Sets at ‘the home of World Darts’.

She can also boast a unique double, because when Martin Adams was crowned 2007 BDO Lakeside World Professional Men’s Champion, it meant that for the first time in the 30 year history of the BDO World Pro, the Men’s and Women’s England captains are reining BDO Lakeside World Champions, and our congratulations go to Trina on this fantastic achievement.

WORLD FAMOUS – Wolfie’s Winmau Van!!

Having been seen by 5 million BBC viewers in their epic 2007 BDO Lakeside World Final, Martin Adams and Phil Nixon have quickly discovered that Lakeside finalists achieve instant fame.

As 2007 World Champion Martin returned home to be met by TV crews and media, all clambering to get an exclusive from the UK’s most famous 50 year old World Darts Champion.

He was interviewed by Talksport, Radio Five Live, countless local radio stations and filmed for Anglia TV, BBC East, News 24 and Yorkshire TV in less than 24 hours! Sponsorship offers and hundreds of messages of congratulation will keep him busy for quite a while.

As for Phil Nixon the 150 – 1 outsider, he returned to Ferryhill, Co.Durham as a new sporting hero. He had been in the newspapers throughout Lakeside week, was nicknamed ‘The Ferryhill Flyer’ and even made the front pages.

His inspirational under dog route to the 2007 BDO Lakeside World Final is such that he has even had an offer for his amazing story from a British film company!

When he did get home he couldn’t get into his house because of TV crews, radio reporters and media camping on his lawn and has been given an official Civic Reception.

There is even a best-selling Nixy pizza in Ferryhill representing a dartboard.