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2023 WDF World Darts Championship
The 2023 WDF World Darts Championship (officially referred to as the 2023 CT1 Lakeside World Darts Championship for sponsorship reasons), was the second edition of the WDF World Darts Championship organised by the World Darts Federation (WDF). The tournament was held at the Lakeside Leisure Complex, Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, England. Neil Duff and Beau Greaves were defending the senior titles. Duff lost 3–4 to Chris Landman in the quarter-final, and Greaves retained her title, defeating Aileen de Graaf 4–1 in the final, losing just one set throughout the tournament. Andy Baetens became the first Belgian darts player to win the men's tournament, as he defeated Chris Landman 6–1 in the final. Prize money Schedule Men's Format and qualifiers Qualifying criteria were as follows. # Top 16 players in WDF World Rankings (seeded) # Winners of the 12 Platinum/Gold ranked tournaments # First and second ranked players from each of seven reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lakeside Leisure Complex
The Lakeside Leisure Complex is a hotel, conferencing, entertainment and associated leisure complex in Frimley Green in west Surrey, England. It hosted the open/men's and women's BDO World Darts Championship every January from 1986 to 2019. History The complex was established in 1972, when Bob Potter bought Wharfenden House and the surrounding grounds and lake. He soon doubled the hall to 1,000 seats principally for hosting comedians and musicians, including North American and internationally acclaimed acts. Lakeside was almost completely destroyed in a fire in November 1978, but was subsequently rebuilt, reopening in October the following year. During the 25th year of hosting the 2010 BDO World Darts Championship, World Darts Championship, in 2010 the lake had largely iced over by 7 January. That day the body of a man, a hotel guest for the competition week, was found. Occupiers' liability in English law, Landowner-managers, Bob Potter Leisure Limited, were fined £85,000 for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chris Landman
Chris Landman (born 17 January 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won 2023 PDC Challenge Tour 1 and finished as runner-up at 2023 Players Championship 9. Landman previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, finishing as the runner-up at the 2023 Lakeside World Championship. Career 2017 Landman won the 2017 Catalonian Open, reached the quarter-final of the 2017 WDF World Cup Singles, and reached the Last 16 of the 2017 BDO World Masters. 2018 Landman qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Regional Table Qualifiers, losing to Derk Telnekes 3–0 in sets in the preliminary round. 2019 Landman also qualified for the 2019 BDO World Championship, losing in the first round to Kyle McKinstry 3–2. 2020 Landman qualified for the 2020 BDO World Championship and reached the quarter-finals after beating Dave Parletti 3–2 and Ben Hazel 4–3 before losing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sport In Surrey
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2023 In English Sport
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2023 In Darts
This page describes and summarizes the year 2023 in world sporting events. The main events taking place this year include the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India, 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Most of the major Continental multi-sports events – the 2023 Pan American Games, Pan American, 2023 European Games, European, 2022 Asian Games, Asian and 2023 Pacific Games, Pacific Games – are held this year, one year ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, in addition to the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie, Francophone Games. 2023 sees the first combined 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, cycling world championships, including all disciplines except Cyclo-cross, and the first mixed-sex 2023 United Cup, United Cup in tennis. Calendar by month January February March April May June July August September October November December Multi-sport events * January 12–22: 2023 Winter World Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Liam is a short form of the Germanic name William, or its Irish variant Uilliam. Etymology The original name was a merging of two Old German elements: ''willa'' ("will" or "resolution"); and ''helma'' ("helmet"). The juxtaposition of these elements effectively means "helmet of will" or "guardian". When the Frankish Empire was divided, the name developed differently in each region. In Northern Francia, Willahelm developed first into "Willelm" and then into "Willaume" in Norman and Picard, and "Guillaume" in Ile-de-France French. The Norman form was further developed by the English into the familiar modern form "William". Origin Although the names Willahelm and Guillaume were well known in England before 1066, through Saxon dealings with Guillaume, Duc de Normandie, it was viewed as a "foreign" name. The Norman Conquest had a dramatic effect on English names. Many if not most Saxon names, such as Ethelred, died out under the massive influx of French ones. Since the Royal Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2024 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023/24 Paddy Power World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2023 to 3 January 2024. It was the 31st PDC World Darts Championship, World Darts Championship to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. Michael Smith (darts player), Michael Smith was the defending champion, having defeated Michael van Gerwen 7–4 in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, 2023 final. Smith lost 4–0 to Chris Dobey in the fourth round. For the first time since the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship, 2006 event, all four semi-finalists (Rob Cross (darts player), Rob Cross, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler and Scott Williams (darts player), Scott Williams) were English. For the first time since the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship, 2010 event, two unseeded players (Littler and Williams) reached the final four. The third seed Luk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Assen
Assen () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in the Low Countries, city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the motorcycle sport, motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Sunday in June the Dutch TT is run; and also for the annual Assen Dance Festival. Population centres Anreep, Assen, De Haar, Assen, De Haar, Graswijk, Loon, Drenthe, Loon, Rhee, Netherlands, Rhee, Schieven, Ter Aard, Ubbena, Witten, Drenthe, Witten, Zeijerveen, and Zeijerveld. History The history of the capital of Drenthe can be traced back to at least 1258, when a new location had to be found for Marienkamp Abbey, which had originally been built near Coevorden as a penalty for the slaughter in 1227 of the army of the Bishop of Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, Utrecht at the hands of Drenthe's pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andy Baetens
Andy Baetens (born 24 February 1989) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former WDF World Champion, having won the 2023 World Championship to become the first Belgian player to win a world title. Baetens is also a four-time winner of the Czech Open and the 2023 Australian Darts Open champion. He was also the runner-up at the 2023 Dutch Open and a bronze medalist at the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. From May 2023 to January 2024, he was ranked number one in the World Darts Federation men's ranking. Career Baetens took part in his first international tournaments shortly after he started playing darts. He reached the quarter-finals at the 2015 Antwerp Open. In 2016, he reached the quarter-finals of the Polish Open. With his final victory over Darryl Fitton at the 2016 Czech Open, Baetens was able to win his first title in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) before he finally made his breakthrough on the tour in 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aileen De Graaf
Aileen de Graaf (born 25 April 1990) is a Dutch darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career De Graaf started to play darts in 2007 and from 2010, played ranking tournaments of the NBD. Since 2012, she plays the BDO/World Darts Federation, WDF circuit and already won a lot of tournaments or at least reached the later rounds. De Graaf qualified for the British Darts Organisation, BDO World Championship 2014 but lost in the first round against the later champion Lisa Ashton. World Championships results BDO/WDF Career finals BDO major finals: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up) PDC Women's televised finals: 1 (1 runner-up) Performance timeline Key References External links Dartsdatabase profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Graaf, Aileen de 1990 births Living people British Darts Organisation players Dutch darts players People from Spakenburg Professional Darts Corporation women's players Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Beau Greaves
Beau Greaves (born 9 January 2004) is an English professional darts player who competes in both World Darts Federation (WDF) events, where she is currently ranked women's world number one, and in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where she has finished top of the Women's Series rankings in 2023 and 2024. She is the reigning three-time WDF Women's World Champion, having won consecutive titles in 2022, 2023, and 2024. By doing so, she became only the second woman (alongside Trina Gulliver) to win the title on three successive occasions. She is also the reigning two-time back-to-back PDC Women's World Matchplay champion, having won the event in 2023 and 2024. Greaves has won five other WDF majors: the 2022 Australian Open, the Dutch Open in 2022 and 2024, and the World Masters in 2022 and 2024. She has also won a record thirty-eight titles on the affiliated PDC Women's Series tour. She also competes in the PDC's secondary mixed-gender tours, winning two Challenge Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Frimley Green
Frimley Green is a large village and wards of the United Kingdom, ward of in the borough of Surrey Heath, in Surrey, England. It lies south of the town of Frimley and south-west of central London. Lakeside Leisure Complex, Lakeside Country Club was the national venue for the British Darts Organisation, BDO international darts competition. It was played annually in the village between 1986 and 2019. History Toponymy Frimley Green, as with many British villages bearing the word ''green'', is named after a central village green. As part of Frimley Frimley was a chapelry of Ash, Surrey, Ash which feudal system, local nobles had established as a Manorialism, manor from 1277. Henry Elliot Malden in the Victoria County History (1911–12) believes Frimley manor may have been the land in Ash purchased by Bartholomew de Winton, Abbot of Chertsey Abbey in 1277, from a Sir Walter Raleigh (not his more famous explorer namesake). Henry VIII granted it to Sir John White of Aldershot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
