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Beau Greaves becomes first woman to win a Winmau Development Tour title | Darts News

On: June 21, 2024 By: admin

Beau Greaves became the first woman to win a Winmau Development Tour title after storming to Event 11 success with a 5-1 win over Daniel Perry.

Greaves defeated Xanti Van den Bergh, Bailey White, Tyler Thorpe, Lewis Mayes, Owen Maiden, Niko Springer and Daniel Perry in the final to make more history – surrendering just four legs in seven matches.

Greaves threw 100-plus averages of 103.14, 100.99, 107.36 and 102.27, before hammering Perry 5-1 in the final to claim the top prize of £2,500.

It was a first tournament victory on the Development Tour for Greaves, having previously won 23 Women’s Series tournaments and the Women’s World Matchplay.

The top two players from the 2024 Development Tour Order of Merit will win a PDC Tour Card for 2025-26 and a place in the 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship.

2024 Winmau Development Tour
Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Friday June 21, Event 11
Quarter-Finals
Dylan Dowling 5-1 Sebastian Bialecki
Daniel Perry 5-4 Keane Barry
Beau Greaves 5-1 Owen Maiden
Niko Springer 5-0 Henry Coates

Semi-Finals
Daniel Perry 5-2 Dylan Dowling
Beau Greaves 5-0 Niko Springer

Final
Beau Greaves 5-1 Daniel Perry

What’s next on Sky Sports?

The World Cup of Darts will take place from 27 to 30 June 2024 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

Wales’ Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton are the defending champions and they’ll be determined to fend off 39 other nations to retain their title.

Luke Humphries and Michael Smith are in line to represent England but Luke Littler will not feature because the two highest-ranked English players in the PDC Order of Merit are picked. ‘The Nuke’ is currently 25th in the Order of Merit.

Fans were also able to stream the entire action on NOW TV through their mobile device or table.

World Cup of Darts: Fixtures

Thursday, June 27 (6pm BST)
Group Stage – Opening Matches
Belgium vs Singapore (A)
Northern Ireland vs South Africa (B)
Germany vs New Zealand (C)
Australia vs Japan (D)
Republic of Ireland s Lithuania (E)
Austria vs China (F)
Poland vs Norway (G)
Czech Republic vs Bahrain (H)
Croatia vs Malaysia (I)
France vs Latvia (J)
Sweden vs Spain (K)
USA vs Portugal (L)

Friday, June 28
Afternoon Session (11am BST)
Group Stage – Second Matches

Evening Session (6pm BST)
Group Stage – Final Matches

Saturday, June 29
Afternoon Session (12pm BST)
Second Round x4

Evening Session (6pm BST)
Second Round x4

Sunday, June 30
Afternoon Session (12pm BST)
Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (6pm BST)
Semi-Finals
Final

What is the format?

Group Stage – Best of seven legs
Second Round – Best of 15 legs
Quarter-Finals – Best of 15 legs
Semi-Finals – Best of 15 legs
Final – Best of 19 legs

All matches will be played in a doubles format

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Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves to headline Women’s World Matchplay in Blackpool | Darts News

On: June 18, 2024 By: admin

Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves will headline the Women’s World Matchplay in July after the qualification race reached its conclusion.

Greaves will begin her defence against Irish youngster Katie Sheldon, after the eight-player line-up for July’s event was confirmed.

They will battle it out for the £10,000 top prize on a bumper afternoon in the Empress Ballroom, in a field which includes four world champions.

The field is comprised of eight players from a one-year Order of Merit based on PDC Women’s Series earnings across 24 tournaments since last July, with reigning champion Greaves returning to Blackpool as the top seed.

Greaves stormed to victory on debut 12 months ago, and the 20-year-old has won a further nine Women’s Series titles since then to reaffirm her status as the premier player in the women’s game.

The reigning champion will play Sheldon in her opener, as the Irish youngster returns to the Winter Gardens after missing out on last year’s extravaganza.

Sheldon enters the field after Aileen de Graaf, who occupied eighth position in the final 12-month Order of Merit, informed the PDC that she is unavailable to compete in Blackpool due to a prior commitment.

The draw also pits 2022 champion Sherrock up against three-time Lakeside women’s champion Anastasia Dobromyslova in a blockbuster quarter-final clash.

Sherrock memorably prevailed in the tournament’s inaugural staging, and after winning four of the last five Women’s Series events in 2023 has added a further two titles to her tally in 2024.

Dobromyslova, meanwhile, returned to prominence by reaching back-to-back Women’s Series finals last September, and will make her Blackpool bow as the number seven seed.

Third seed Lisa Ashton won back-to-back Women’s Series titles on Sunday to overhaul Mikuru Suzuki on the Order of Merit, and her reward is a last eight clash against Wales’ Rhian O’Sullivan.

Ashton will maintain her ever-present record in Blackpool alongside Sherrock, while O’Sullivan also returns to Blackpool after featuring in two Women’s Series finals throughout the last 12 months.

The other quarter-final clash will see 2023 runner-up Suzuki take on two-time event winner Noa-Lynn van Leuven, with Greaves or Sheldon awaiting the winner in the semi-finals.

Japanese star Suzuki will be the fourth seed on her Winter Gardens return, having extended her haul of Women’s Series titles to six following a strong start to 2024.

Meanwhile, fifth seed Van Leuven has enjoyed a breakthrough campaign, following up a landmark Challenge Tour triumph with a brace of Women’s Series titles in March and April respectively.

The winner of the Women’s World Matchplay will qualify for November’s Grand Slam of Darts and the 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship, while also scooping the £10,000 top prize.

2024 Betfred Women’s World Matchplay

Sunday July 21
Draw Bracket
(1) Beau Greaves vs (8) Katie Sheldon
(4) Mikuru Suzuki vs (5) Noa-Lynn van Leuven
(2) Fallon Sherrock vs (7) Anastasia Dobromyslova
(3) Lisa Ashton vs (6) Rhian O’Sullivan

Format
Quarter-Finals – Best of seven legs
Semi-Finals – Best of nine legs
Final – Best of 11 legs

Prize Money
Winner: £10,000
Runner-Up: £5,000
Semi-Finalists: £2,500
Quarter-Finalists: £1,250
Total: £25,000

Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves set to headline Women’s World Matchplay | Darts News

On: June 11, 2024 By: admin

Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves are set to headline the Women’s World Matchplay in July as the qualification race reaches its conclusion this weekend.

The PDC Women’s Series resumes in Wigan with Events 9-12 taking place on June 15-16 at the Robin Park Tennis Centre, as the biggest names in the women’s game battle it out for a place in the eight-player knockout event at the Winter Gardens.

The top eight players on the rolling 12-month Women’s World Matchplay Order of Merit following Event 12 will seal their place in next month’s showpiece event, which will be televised live on Sky Sports.

The third staging of the tournament will take place on the afternoon of Sunday July 21, with reigning champion Greaves and 2022 winner Sherrock set to headline the £25,000 event.

Last year’s runner-up, Mikuru Suzuki, and four-time Lakeside champion Lisa Ashton are also poised to return, alongside Dutch star Noa-Lynn van Leuven, a two-time winner on the Women’s Series in 2024.

Wales’ Rhian O’Sullivan, three-time Lakeside Champion Anastasia Dobromyslova and Irish youngster Katie Sheldon currently occupy the final three qualification places, with Sheldon just £200 above the cut-off.

Natalie Gilbert – a winner on the Women’s Series in 2023 – leads the chasing pack, which also includes Ireland’s Robyn Byrne and 2022 runner-up Aileen de Graaf.

Events 9-10 will take place on Saturday June 15 before Events 11-12 round off the weekend’s action on Sunday June 16.

Will Littler be playing in Blackpool?

There are five ranking events remaining before the World Matchplay qualification cut-off on July 3, with four Players Championship events taking place alongside the European Darts Open in Leverkusen from June 21-23.

Following the conclusion of Players Championship 14, the 32-player field for next month’s World Matchplay will be confirmed.

The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit will be seeded for July’s showpiece event in Blackpool, and they will be joined by 16 qualifiers from the 12-month ProTour Order of Merit.

Reigning champion Nathan Aspinall will be aiming to retain the coveted Phil Taylor Trophy from July 13-21, with world No 1 Luke Humphries and three-time champion Michael van Gerwen also set to headline the £800,000 event.

Former winners Rob Cross, Peter Wright and Dimitri Van den Bergh will also be among the 16 seeds at the Winter Gardens, alongside world No 3 Michael Smith and 2022 runner-up Gerwyn Price.

Two-time World Champion Gary Anderson – a World Matchplay winner in 2018 – will head up the 16 qualifiers from the one-year ProTour Order of Merit, as Premier League champion Luke Littler prepares to make his highly-anticipated Blackpool bow.

European Championship semi-finalist Gian van Veen and Germany’s Ricardo Pietreczko are also poised to make their World Matchplay debuts next month, as are Ritchie Edhouse and Luke Woodhouse.

Former champion James Wade – an ever-present in Blackpool since 2006 – currently occupies the final provisional qualification place on the ProTour Order of Merit, with Kevin Doets, Callan Rydz and Mike De Decker leading the chasing pack.