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WORLD DARTS TROPHY – ORDER OF PLAY REVEALED
BDO Events has today (January 28) announced the order of play for next month’s
World Darts Trophy at EventCity, Manchester.
The line-up for the tournament from February 26 to March 1 kicks off on the
Thursday with action from some of the games greatest players.
The men’s competition is headed by the newly crowned Lakeside champion Scott
Mitchell ‘Scotty Dog’ and his opponent from the epic final, the three-times former
BDO World Champion ‘Wolfie’ Martin Adams.
‘The Count’ Ted Hankey, this year’s wild card and a real crowd puller, is making a
welcome return to the BDO big stage when he takes on 2013 Lakeside World
Champion ‘Scotty 2 Hotty’ Scott Waites, who has to date won 19 BDO ranking
titles.
Hankey is one of the most colourful characters in darts and is hoping the World
Darts Trophy will kick-start his game which has brought him so much success
over the last decade.
The first men’s player to the oche is ‘Silverback’ Tony O’Shea who, together with
‘The Dazzler’ Darryl Fitton, will be competing on home turf and are sure to
entertain the Manchester crowd.
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Pick of the ladies matches sees Deta Hedman ‘The Dark Destroyer’ winner of nine
BDO World Ranking Tournaments in 2014 against her rival Trina Gulliver MBE
The Golden Girl’, the nine times world champion.
Thursday’s action concludes with the Lakeside re-match between ‘Wolfie’ Martin
Adams and ‘Captain America’ Jim Widmayer, which saw Adams triumph.
Play resumes on Friday with another stellar line-up including both recent
Lakeside semi-finalists, ‘Duzza’ Glen Durrant, who was just a dart away from
reaching the final himself, and Canada’s ‘Silencer’ Jeff Smith, who impressed on
his Lakeside debut.
Ladies World Champion ‘The Lancashire Rose’ Lisa Ashton, opens her account
against Maud Jansson from Sweden. Lisa is competing on home soil and defended
her crown at Lakeside this year where she registered the highest ever finish with
156.
The 2015 World Darts Trophy will also see some exciting newcomers including
Japan’s charismatic ‘Mr. Miyagi’ Hiroaki Shimizu and Lancashire reigning England
Classic champion ‘Gladiator’ Mark McGeeney.
Stephen Holland, BDO Events managing director, said: “ The draw had revealed
some exciting pairings including the meeting of Scott Waites who will be taking
on Ted Hankey now that he has just returned to the BDO big stage. The title will
surely be hotly contested by some of the world’s best players.”
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Thursday Order of Play
Seeds
7
12
15
4
6
11
8
16
7
2
9
2
Rachel Brooks
Tony O’Shea
Rick Hofstra
Fallon Sherrock
Gary Robson
Remco van Eijden
Lorraine Winstanley
Madars Razma
Wesley Harms
Deta Hedman
Scott Waites
Martin Adams
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Irina Armstrong
Stefaan Deprez
Geert de Vos
Paula Jacklin
Darius Labanauskas
Mark McGeeney
Rhian Griffiths
Wayne Warren
Peter Sajwani
Trina Gulliver MBE
Ted Hankey
Jim Widmayer
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Anneke Kuijten
Hiroaki Shimizu
Eddy Sims
Ann-Louise Peters
Paul Jennings
Karel Sedlacek
Maud Jansson
Willem Mandigers
Ritchie Edhouse
Casey Gallagher
David Cameron
Jeff Smith
Friday Order of Play
Seeds
6
5
13
5
14
3
3
4
10
1
1
8
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Zoe Jones
Jamie Hughes
Jeffrey de Graaf
Aileen de Graaf
Pip Blackwell
Glen Durrant
Lisa Ashton
Martin Phillips
Darryl Fitton
Anastasia Dobromyslova
Scott Mitchell
Ross Montgomery
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Tickets for the World Darts Trophy range in price from £16 for a standard single
day pass to £89 for a premier single four-day pass.
For tickets visit www.ticketline.co.uk, www.bdoevents.co.uk or call 0844 888
9991.
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The 2015 World Darts Trophy at EventCity is the second. The first was
held at Blackpool Tower in February 2014.
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The trophy features 39 players from the Lakeside World Professional
Darts Championship 2015.
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Seven world champions will be competing along with nine other winners
of major titles.
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The current holders of over 80 BDO ranking titles combined are taking
part in the trophy.
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Seven of the eight Lakeside 2015 semi finalists will take to the stage.
ENDS
For further information:
Julia Brough
BDO Events
M. 07712 670936
Linda Ware
BDO
M. 07766 887307
Issued:
28th January 2015