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Geert Nentjes
Geert Nentjes (born 4 September 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won 4 titles on the PDC Development Tour. Career Geert Nentjes played on the PDC Development Tour for the first time in 2016. Thanks to good performances, he qualified for the 2017 PDC World Youth Championship and reached the Second round on his debut. The following year, Nentjes took part in the Q-School in Hildesheim but was unable to win a Tour Card. In 2018, he qualified for the 2018 UK Open, but was knocked out in the second round by Darryl Pilgrim. In November 2018, he qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship as one of the two the highest ranked players on the PDC Development Tour, along with Ted Evetts. He reached the quarterfinal at the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship, in which he got beaten 6–0 by Martin Schindler. As one of the two highest ranked players from PDC Development Tour, he received two years Tour card for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lelystad
Lelystad () is a Dutch Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and the capital city of the province of Flevoland in the central Netherlands. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk that made the reclamation possible. Lelystad is situated approximately three metres (10 feet) below sea level. History Lelystad is built on the seabed of the former Zuiderzee. About 6,500 years ago, this wetland was above high tide level and inhabited; the Netherlands have steadily subsided since. Near Lelystad at Swifterbant, the oldest human skeletons in Western Europe were discovered. Due to Floods in the Netherlands, rising water levels and storms, the peatlands were washed away, and the Lake Flevo, Lacus Flevo (in Roman times) grew to be the Almere (lake), Almere (Middle Ages) and became the Zuiderzee. The Zuiderzee (Southern Sea) was the main transport route from Amsterdam to the North Sea and the Hanseatic L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martin Schindler
Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eighteen. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2017, he has won four ranking titles. He won 2025 Players Championship 8 and has won three PDC European Tours; the International Darts Open and Swiss Darts Trophy in 2024, and the 2025 Austrian Darts Open. Nicknamed "the Wall", Schindler is a two-time major televised event quarter-finalist, reaching the last eight at the World Grand Prix and UK Open, both in 2023. In his youth career, Schindler finished as the runner-up at the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship and won three Development Tours. Career 2017 Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany alongside Max Hopp at the 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, reaching the quarter-finals, before losing to the Dutch pair of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2023 UK Open
The 2023 Cazoo UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twenty-first year of the tournament where players compete in a single-elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at Butlin's Minehead, England, between 3–5 March 2023. Danny Noppert was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 11–10 in the 2022 final to win his first major title, but he lost to William O'Connor 10–9 in the fifth round. Andrew Gilding won his first major title, beating Michael van Gerwen 11–10 in a last leg decider when van Gerwen missed a dart at double 16 to win the match and the title. He became the oldest man to win a major TV title in his debut PDC final appearance. Prize money The prize fund was increased from £450,000 to £600,000. The tournament will now also pay down to the last 128 for the first time, with second-round losers to receive £1,000. Format The 158 participants will enter the competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2021 UK Open
The 2021 Ladbrokes UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the nineteenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the first time at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, between 5–7 March 2021, and was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 11–9 in the 2020 final. However, he lost 11–5 to Luke Humphries in the semi-finals. Lisa Ashton became the first woman to win a match at the UK Open since 2005, defeating Aaron Beeney 6–2 in Round 2, and also set a new world record for the highest televised average by a female player, with an average of 100.34. Sebastian Białecki, the first player born after the inaugural event in 2003 to play in the UK Open, hit a nine-dart finish in his opening round victory over Jim McEwan. Jitse van der Wal the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2020 UK Open
The 2020 Ladbrokes UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the eighteenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the seventh time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 6–8 March 2020, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round following the conclusion of the third round until the final. Nathan Aspinall was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 11–5 in the 2019 final. However, he lost 10–8 to Michael van Gerwen in the fourth round. Michael van Gerwen won the UK Open for the third time, and the first time since 2016 after beating Gerwyn Price 11–9 in the final. It was Van Gerwen's first title since he won the 2019 Players Championship Finals, where he beat the same opponent, by the same scoreline, at the same venue. It was the first edition of the UK Open to have m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2019 UK Open
The 2019 888.com UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the seventeenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was being held for the sixth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 1–3 March 2019, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round following the conclusion of the third round until the final. Gary Anderson was the defending champion after defeating Corey Cadby 11–7 in the 2018 final. He was making his first public appearance since having to withdraw from both the 2019 Masters and the 2019 Premier League due to a persistent back injury, whilst Cadby was absent from this year’s competition due to visa problems. However, Anderson lost 8–10 in the fourth round to Steve Beaton. Nathan Aspinall won his first PDC major televised title, beating Rob Cross 11–5 in the final and hittin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
UK Open
The Ladbrokes UK Open is a ranking major darts tournament held annually at the Butlins Minehead Resort by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in England. The event is often referred to as the "FA Cup of darts" as it has an unseeded open draw made after each round, and entry is open to players at all levels of darts. One-hundred-and-sixty players compete in the multi-board event over eight-stages before the PDC’s Top 32 enter the tournament in the fourth round. The tournament has a prize fund of £600,000; the victor’s prize is £110,000. History From 2003 to 2013, the UK Open took place in June each year at the Reebok Stadium, in Bolton. In 2014, it moved to Butlin's Minehead taking place in early March. Phil Taylor beat Shayne Burgess in the inaugural final. Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld won the tournament in 2006, in his first appearance in a PDC ranking event. He knocked out 13-times World Champion Phil Taylor 11–10 en route to the final where he beat Barrie B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
PDC World Darts Championship
The PDC World Darts Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the Paddy Power World Darts Championship is a world championship competition held annually in the sport of darts. The championship begins in December and ends in January and has been held at Alexandra Palace in London, since 2008. Organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), it is the most prestigious of their tournaments, with the winner receiving the Sid Waddell Trophy, named in honour of the darts commentator Sid Waddell. Along with the Premier League Darts and World Matchplay (darts), World Matchplay, it is part of the Professional Darts Corporation Triple Crown, Triple Crown. The PDC championship began in 1994 as the WDC World Darts Championship as one of the consequences of the split in darts, which saw the World Darts Council break away from the BDO. As a result of the settlement between the BDO and the WDC in 1997, the WDC became the PDC, and players were then free to choose which world champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Leonard Gates
Leonard Gates (born November 26, 1970) is an American professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), World Darts Federation (WDF) and World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. In the World Seniors he won three televised titles in 2023; the WSDT Champion of Champions, World Seniors Matchplay and the World Seniors Masters. He was the 2022 PDC North American champion and has won ten titles on the CDC Pro Tour. Gates is currently ranked WDF world number one. He is also a former baseball player, playing for Abilene Prairie Dogs, Massachusetts Mad Dogs, Catskill Cougars and Nashua Pride. Career Gates started to play in WDF in 2007, winning numerous American darts tournaments, including exhibition ones. His first appearance in major BDO tournament was in 2017 World Masters, where he lost in the last 272 to Paul Coughlin. In 2022, Gates qualified as a seed for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, but he lost in the second round to Steve Hine of Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Aspinall (born 15 July 1991) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number six; he reached a peak ranking of world number four in 2024. Nicknamed "the Asp", he has won two PDC major televised titles, winning the 2023 World Matchplay and 2019 UK Open. Aspinall has finished as runner-up at four other major televised events: the 2020 Premier League Darts, 2020 Premier League, 2022 World Grand Prix (darts), 2022 World Grand Prix, 2022 Grand Slam of Darts, 2022 Grand Slam and 2023 World Series of Darts Finals, 2023 World Series Finals. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Championship, World Championship semi-finalist with back-to-back semi-final appearances in 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, 2019 and 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, 2020. He won his first World Series of Darts title at the 2019 US Darts Masters. He won his first two PDC European Tour, European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2022 PDC Development Tour Series
The 2022 PDC Development Tour consists of 24 darts tournaments on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. Prize money The prize money for the PDC Development Tour remained the same from 2021, with each event having a prize fund of £10,000. This is how the prize money is divided: February Development Tour 1 Development Tour 1 was contested on Friday 18 February 2022 at the Robin Park Sports Centre in Wigan. The tournament was won by . Development Tour 2 Development Tour 2 was contested on Friday 18 February 2022 at the Robin Park Sports Centre in Wigan. The tournament was won by . Development Tour 3 Development Tour 3 was contested on Saturday 19 February 2022 at the Robin Park Sports Centre in Wigan. The tournament was won by . Development Tour 4 Development Tour 4 was contested on Saturday 19 February 2022 at the Robin Park Sports Centre in Wigan. The tournament was won by . Development Tour 5 Development Tour 5 was contested on Sunday 20 February 2022 at the Robin Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd (born 5 October 1986) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. He is best known for finishing as runner-up in the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship after starting the tournament as a 1000/1 outsider. Career BDO Shepherd won the Winmau World Youth Masters in 2003, the British Teenage Singles Champion in 2004 and 2006 and was twice voted British Darts Organisation Young Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006. At the age of just 18, he reached the final of the BDO Gold Cup in 2005. In 2006, he reached the quarter finals of the England Open, before switching from the BDO circuit to join the PDC in November 2006. PDC Shepherd's first 12 months in the PDC were not particularly successful – with just a couple of last 32 placings in the non-televised Pro Tour events and reached only 142 in the world rankings by the time of the qualifying rounds for the 2008 World Championship. Shepherd then qualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
