Premier League
The first half of the PDC Premier League will be played behind the closed doors of the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. It will start on 5. April. Participants, Schedule, Fixtures Tournament Information

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7. May

PDC Premier League - Twelfth League Day

After his convincing 8:3 win over James Wade, who had with 110.28 the highest average of the night, Michael van Gerwen will go with a two points lead as head of the table in the last Premier League block. Jose de Sousa defeated an once again out of form Peter Wright with 8:1. Jonny Clayton battled against Nathan Aspinall and won with 8:6 in a match in which both players had a lot of double trouble. In the last match of the night an impressive Gary Anderson stormed passed Dimitri van den Bergh with a 107.85 average and a hitting rate on the doubles of 80 percent - he won 8:4.
Results, Table
Statistics

PDC Premier League

The 12. League Day is the last League Day of this block. After it another break will follow before the Premier League will be played from 24. - 28. May in a last block to the end - with a crowd.
Tonight Jose de Sousa will play against Peter Wright who urgently needs a win, Michael van Gerwen will meet James Wade, Jonny Clayton will play against Nathan Aspinall and in the last match of the night Dimitri van den Bergh and Gary Anderson will meet.
Schedule



6. May

PDC Premier League - Eleventh League Day

After the 11. League Day of Premier League three players combined head the table - Nathan Aspinall, Michael van Gerwen and Dimitri van den Bergh all have 15 points and are only seperated by the leg difference.
Dimitri van den Bergh defeated Nathan Aspinall in the first match of the night 8:6, the Belgian was slightly more clinical on the doubles. The second match between James Wade and Jose des Sousa ended in a 7:7 draw - de Sousa threw a lot more 180s while Wade had its advantages in finishing. The all Scottish battle was won 8:3 by a strong playing Gary Anderson, who played with 104.63 the highest average of the night. Peter Wright had obviously problems with his shoulder. The last match of the night was the weakest of the League Day - Michael van Gerwen won it while for Jonny Clayton not much worked out.
Results, Table
Statistics, Reportnew

PDC Premier League

After his defeat on the 10. League Day it's tight for Gary Anderson to get into the Play-offs. Today he should win his match against his fellow country man Peter Wright. But Wright has only one point more than Anderson and as urgently needs to win...A similar constellation we see for the match between James Wade and Jose de Sousa - both are not under the top four and only one point seperates the two... Beside tonight Jonny Clayton will meet Michael van Gerwen and head of the table Nathan Aspinall will play against Dimitri van den Bergh.

Schedule



5. May

PDC Premier League - Tenth League Day

On the tenth League Day of Premiere League some players couldn't keep up their performances from before the break. The biggest problems had Gary Anderson against a solid playing Jose de Sousa and he lost with 3:8. With the same result Dimitri van den Bergh lost in the best match of the night against Michael van Gerwen who played one of his strong games tonight. James Wade had not as many problems against Jonny Clayton but scored not good enough and lost with 5:8. In the last match of the night in which both players were far from their best Nathan Aspinall defeated Peter Wright with 8:5 and now heads the table with a margin of two points before Michael van Gerwen who sits in second place.
Results, Table
Statistics, Reportnew

PDC Premier League

Tonight the second half of the season starts with the 10. League Day.Only eight players are still in the event and though only four matches will be played. It looks like another interesting night as the battle for the play-off places intensifies. But the match in the limelight will be the match between Dimitri van den Bergh and Michael van Gerwen. In the first half of the season their clash ended in a draw.
Schedule



4. May

PDC Premier League

Tomorrow the second half of the Premier League will begin - time for a review of the first half of the season and a preview of the things to come.
The second half of the Premier League begins!



29. April

More Super Series' announced

As the PDC announced today before the World Matchplay in July two more Super Series will take place.
From 14. - 17 June in the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes Super Series 4 will be played. From 6. - 9. July Super League 5 will take place in the im University of Bolton Stadium in Boltont. Both Super Series will consist of four Players Championships each. Both Series count of the qualification for the World Matchplay.
Super Series

PDC Premier League

The PDC now published the detailed schedule for the second half of the Premier League till the Play-Offs.
The second half of the season will be played in two blocks too behind the closed doors of the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The first block will be played from 5. - 7. May. The League Days 13 - 16 will follow from 24. - 27. May.
The season will end with the Play-Offs on 28. May.
The last block from 24. - 27. May and the play-offs will be played in front of a crowd. Up to 1000 fans will be allowed each night.new
Schedule



28. April

PDC Rankings

The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated after the Super Series 3.
PDC Rankings
Pro Tour



27. April

Van den Bergh wins last Super Series 3 Event

Dimitri van den Bergh defeated in the final of the 12. Players Championhip today in Niedernhausen Dirk van Duijvenbode with 8:7. It was the first Pro Tour win for van den Bergh. In the semi-finals stood Danny Noppert and Robert Thornton, who was one of the Associate Members who replaced a missing Tour Card holder in the tournament. Krzystztof Ratajski threw at his first round win over Keane Barry a nine-darter.
Reportnew
Results



26. April

Van Duijvenbode wins Players Championship 11

The 11. Players Championship today had an all Dutch final between zwischen Dirk van Duijvenbode and Martin Kleermaker in which in the ende van Duijvenbode prevailed with 8:6. Für van Duijvenbode it was the first win on the Pro Tour. In the semi-finals stood Andy Boulton and Brendan Dolan.
Tomorrow on the last day of Super Series 3 again two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV however this time already from 11.00 BST.
Reportnew
Results



25. April

Michael Smith wins wins Players Championship 10

Michael Smith won today's Players Championship - he defeated in the final Ross Smith with 8:5. In the semifinals stood Berry van Peer and Aaron Beeney - for both players it was the first Pro Tour semi-final. Yesterday's winner Jose des Sousa threw in the Last 16 against Jermaine Wattinmena a nine-darter and played an unbelievable 117 average in the match. Stephen Bunting threw a nine-darter in his second round match.
Report
Results



24. April

De Sousa wins Players Championship 9

Jose de Sousa won today the first event of the Super Series 3 in Niederhausen, the ninth Players Championship of the year. In the final he defated Luke Humphries with 8:1 and an unbelievable average of 114. He showed strong perfromances all day. In the semi-finals stood Dimitri van den Bergh and Krzystztof Kciuk. Nathan Aspinall threw against Andy Boulton a nine-darter.
Report
Results



23. April

PDC Super Series 3

Tomorrow in Niederhausen in Germany the third PDC Super Series of the year will begin and till Tuesday the Players Championships 9-12 will be played.
Due to the ongoing Corona pandemic which makes travelling difficult not all Tour Card holders will come to Germany. Among others Gary Anderson, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price and James Wade will not take part. The field of participants will be filled up to 128 with players from the Qualifying School Order of Merit.
Again two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV . The first three days the tournament will start at 13.00, on Tuesday already at 12.00.
Super Series 3, Participants
Pro Tour



22. April

PDC Premier League - Judgement Night

In this year's Judgment Night in the first match the two players met who were already eliminated - Rob Cross won the match and the reigning champion returned home without a single point. All other matches were already battles for the play-off places. First Jonny Clayton defeated Michael van Gerwen who had again one of his weaker nights. After that Gary Anderson - who had a bad nigth as well - had no chance at all against Nathan Aspinall. Jose des Sousa surprisingly snatched a point against Peter Wright who first looked like the clear winner. In the last match of the night we saw a hight-class clash between Dimitri van den Bergh and James Wade who had the slower start in the match but got stronger and stronger. It ended in a well deserved draw.
The Premier League now takes another break. It will return on 5. May.
Results, Table
Statistics, Report

Schindler wins PDC Europe Super League

With a 11:10 win against Florian Hempel Martin Schindler won the PDC Europe Super League and secured by this his playce in the PDC World Championship. It was a close match in with both players missed a few matchdarts before Schindler managed to hit a Double 8 in the deciding leg. In the semi-finals Schindler prevailed as close over Max Hopp - Schindler scored better, Hopp was more clinical on the doubles. In the other semi-final Florian Hempel won 10:7 against Dragutin Horvat - it was a patchy match from both players.
Results



21. April

PDC Premier League - Eigth League Day

Beside Glen Durrant Rob Cross is already before the Jugement Night out of this year's Premier League - he lost with 5:7 against Nathan Aspinall - while Peter Wright escaped the relegation zone with his 7:1 win over Glen Durrant. James Wade played a third outstanding match in a row and moved up to the fourth place in the table. Beside Michael van Gerwen prevailed over Jose de Sousa who missed some chances against the strong playing Dutchman and the head of the table Dimitri van den Bergh won against Gary Anderson in the weakest match of the night in which both players experienced a lot of double trouble.
Results, Table
Statistics, Reportnew

Hylo PDC Europe Super League

In the quarterfinals Martin Schindler was the outstanding player - with an average of over 100 and a 9:1 win against Niko Springer he progressed into the semi-finals. Thanks to his better timing and some double trouble of his opponent Max Hopp with a 9:4 win over Christian Bunse progressed into the semi-finals as well. The other two semi-finalists will be Dragutin Horvat who eliminated Nico Kurz who won the Super League in the last two years and Florian Hempel who won a very close match against Lukas Wenig with 9:8.
Semifinals and Final will be streamed live from 13.45 BST on PDCTV.
Results Quarterfinals, Schedule Semi-Finals



20. April

PDC Premier League - Seventh League Day

Glen Durrant is after todays defeat by Jose de Sousa already before Judgment Night out of this year's Premier League. Who will be the second player elimnated on Judgement Night is not yet decided but after tonight Peter Wright on the eighth place of the table and Rob Cross on place nine are at risk while James Wadewith the best average of the night of 106 and a 7:4 win against Wright for today left the danger area. He now has seven points - just one less than Gary Anderson who got a draw against Michael van Gerwen - Jonny Clayton and Jose de Sousa. At the head of the table nothing is decided yet either - Dimitri van den Bergh heads after his 7:4 win over Rob Cross today with ten points the table, on the places 2 and 3 folllow Nathan Aspinall and Michael van Gerwen both with nine points each.
Table
Statistics, Reportnew

Hylo PDC Europe Super League

From Group 1 of the main round Martin Schindler, Christian Bunse, Nico Kurz and Florian Hempel progressed into the quarterfinals, from Group 2 Lukas Wenig - who lost only one of his fourteen matches in this round - Dragutin Horvat, Max Hopp and Niko Springer.
The quarterfinals will be streamed live tomorrow from 14 BST on PDCTV.
Final Standings Groups Main Round, Schedule Quarterfinals

PDC Premier League

On the seventh League Day of Premier League Glen Durrant has to win his match against Jose des Sousa will he want to have a chance to stay in the league after the Judgement Night on Thursday. Beside Rob Cross will meet Dmitri van den Bergh, Nathan Aspinall will play against Jonny Clayton, Peter Wright against James Wade and in the last match of the night Michael van Gerwen will play against Gary Anderson - all matches which promise an interesting evening!
Spielplan, Results

Barry Hearn steps aside

As the PDC announced Barry Hearn will step aside as Chariman of the Matchroom Sport Group to become president in an advisory role. His successor as Chairman will be his son Eddie Hearn who till now was Chairman of the PDC and of Matchroom Boxing. Frank Smith will be his successsor for Matchroom Boxing. Steve Dawson will be the new chairman for World Snooker. Matthew Porter, the PDC's CEO, will now be the chairman for Matchroom Multi Sport as well and Barrie Hearn's daughter Katie will become CEO of Matchroom Media.

Hylo PDC Europe Super League

Today the main round of the Hylo PDC Europe Super League will be played to the end. The top four of the two main round groups will progress into the quarterfinals.
The tournament will again be streamed live on PDCTV.

Group Schedule



19. April

PDC Premier League - Sixth League Day

The sixth League Day of Premier League was another unpredictable night and several players experienced double trouble. Gary Anderson won an evenly matched game against Rob Cross, Jose de Sousa gewann won a high class match against James Wade. Dimitri van den Bergh surprised with a win over Jonny Clayton - Clayton was won of the players who couldn't hit his doubles. Michael van Gerwen prevailed in a weak match over Glen Durrant despite his problems on the doubles. In the last match of the night Nathan Aspinall defeated Peter Wright with 7:3.
Table
Statistics, Reportnew

Hylo PDC Europe Super League

Today the main round of the Hylo PDC Europe Super League started. Martin Schindler had another good day gut and heads after five wins from seven matches the table of the Main Group 1. Head of the table of the Main Group 2 is Lukas Wenigwho won all his seven matches. Florian Hempel threw today a nine-darter.
The tournament will again be streamed live on PDCTV.

Group Tables Main Round

PDC Premier League

Tonight the second block of Premier League will begin which ends on 22. April with the Judgement Night. After it the two players on the last places of the table will be eliminated.
Head of the table Jonny Clayton will play tonight against the second of the table Dimitri van den Bergh. Third of the table Nathan Aspinall will play against Peter Wright. Last in the table Glen Durrant will play against Michael van Gerwen, debutant de Sousa, who sits at the moment in the penultimate place of the table, will play against James Wade and the match between Rob Cross and Gary Anderson will open the night.
Schedule, Results



18. April

Hylo PDC Europe Super League

Today the Preliminary round of the Hylo PDC Super League was played to the end. Best player of this round was Martin Schindler who was the only player who won all his ten matches and played with 91.09 the highest overall average. Already out of the tournament are among others the Tour Card Holders Steffen Siepmann and Robert Marijanovic. Tomorrow the main round will begin.
The tournament will again be streamed live on PDCTV.
Finals Standings Group Tables, Main Round Groupsnew



15. April

Hylo PDC Europe Super League

On Saturday the Hylo PDC Europe Super League will begin in Niedernhausen. It will be played over the weekend till next week Thursday, the winner qualifies fro the PDC World Championship 2021/22.
The PDC Europe now published the groups and the live streaming times on PDCTV.
Hylo PDC Europe Super League, Group Tables after the first daynew



12. April

World Series of Darts Update

As last year the World Series of Darts this year again due to the Corona Pandemic will only be played very shortened. Only Nordic Darts Masters im September in Copenhagen and the Final in October are scheduled. But the PDC already announced the dates of the US Darts Master, the Nordic Darts Masters, the New South Wales Darts Masters and the New Zealand Darts Masters 2022.
World Series of Darts



9. April

Premier League - 5. League Day

The most thrilling match tonight was the match between Michael van Gerwen and Nathan Aspinall which ended in a hard fought draw. Aspinall had with 105.38 the highest average of the League Day. Glen Durrant lost against James Wade as well and stays without a point on the last place of the table. Dimitri van den Bergh looked tired and had not many chances against Jose de Sousa - he had to accept his first defeat and instead of him now Jonny Clayton heads the table with a one point lead. Clayton prevailed 7:4 over Gary Anderson. Beside Peter Wright was a 7:5 winner over Rob Cross.
The first block of the tournament is over - the Premier League will continue on 19. April.
Results, Table
Statistics, Reportnew

PDC Premier League

Last day of the first Premier League block. To be sure it will be another thrilling and surprising night. First Gary Anderson and Jonny Clayton will meet - might be another draw? So far Anderson is very consistent while Clayton played not quite as well yesterday as on the days before. Then we have Peter Wright against Rob Cross - Wright is not Mr.Steady while Cross seems to improve and to get more confident. Michael van Gerwen v Nathan Aspinall will be next - to be sure an interesting match. James Wade v Glen Durrant in the penultimate match - will Durrant able to step up his game? And in the final match Dimitri van den Bergh v Jose de Sousa. Both are to be sure an enrichment for the Premier League!
Schedule, Results



8. April

Premier League - 4. League Day

On the fourth League Day it was Jose de Sousa who threw a nine-darter. But he had to be content in the end with a draw against Nathan Aspinall and he now sits with two points on the second to last place in the table. Dimitri van den Bergh hold his ground with a draw - and the highest average of the night of 101.02 - against Peter Wright and still heads the table. Beside we saw a surprise defeat of Jonny Clayton who lost to Rob Cross, an even more surprising, but deserved defeat of Michael van Gerwen who lost to James Wade and in the last match of the night another bitter defeat for Glen Durrant who this time lost to Gary Anderson.
Results, Table
Statistics, Berichtnew

PDC Premier League

Tonight the fourth League Day of Premier League will be played and it will start with the head of the table Dimitri van den Bergh against a yesterday strong playing Peter Wright. In the second match the yesterday outstanding Jonny Clayton will stand against Rob Cross at the oche before we will see Jose des Sousa clash with Nathan Aspinall - that could be a realy thrilling match. After that James Wade will play versus Michael van Gerwen. Wade is not yet arrived in the tournament while van Gerwen turned up in old strength. In the last match of the night the till now luckless Glen Durrant will meet the yesterday luckless Gary Anderson - should Durrant not be able to improve a lot he probably will not be able to collect a point against Anderson.
Schedule, Results



7. April

Premier League - 3. League Day

The third night started with a strong performance from Michael van Gerwen who didn't give a good playing Rob Cross a chance. But the real highlight of the evening was the last match of the night between Jose de Sousa and Jonny Clayton. Clayton displayed a firework of 180s, threw a nine-darter and won despite de Sousa's 108.48 average - the highest of the night - deservedly 7:3. In between were a for Glen Durrant bitter whitewash by Dimitri van den Bergh - who now heads the table - and wins for Peter Wright - who played much better than yesterday - and Nathan Aspinall.
Results, Table
Statistics, Reportnew

PDC Premier League

The third League Day offers interesting fixtures - among others the all Scottish clash between Gary Anderson and Peter Wright. In which form Wright will turn up today against his so far strong playing fellow countryman? To be sure James Wade was not happy with his performance yesterday - how will he present himself today against Nathan Aspinall who was defeated yesterday as well? Beside Rob Cross will play against Michael van Gerwen - another intriguing clash. Glen Durrant today has to play against Dimitri van den Bergh. The reigning champion certainly is desperate to win his first point... The night will end with Jose de Sousa v Jonny Clayton - will Clayton stay unbeaten?
Schedule, Results



6. April

Premier League - 2. League Day

The second League Day was not as high class as the first. The best performance of the night showed Dimitri van den Bergh who defeated Nathan Aspinall with 7:5 and played an average of 103.7. Other winners of the night were Gary Anderson in a hard fought match against Jose de Sousa, Jonny Clayton who had no problems at all against Glen Durrant, Rob Cross against James Wade who was far from his best, and - in the from both players weakest match of the night - Michael van Gerwen against Peter Wright, who didn't score well and had a lot of double trouble.
Results, Table
Statistics, Reportnew

PDC Premier League

Today on the second day of the Premier League the clash between Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen will be in the limelight - especially after all the verbal exchange between the two players. When you look at yesterday's averages it probably will be a close affair with an advantage at Wright due to his outstanding hitting rate on the doubles. The other matches could be rather close too only Glen Durrant will have to improve a lot to have a chance against Jonny Clayton.
Schedule



5. April

Premier League - 1. League Day

On the first League Day of Premier League Nathan Aspinall was the only winner - he defeated Glen Durrant - who showed the weakest performance of the night - with 7:3. The other four matches ended with a draw. All four matches were high class and the debutants Jose de Sousa, Jonny Clayton and Dimitri von den Bergh convinced as well. The best match of the night was the match between Peter Wright - who impressed with a hitting rate on the doubles of 100 percent - and Jonny Clayton, who played with 105.56 the highest average of the night.
Results, Table
Statistics, Reportnew

Premier League - Wade to replace Price

Even before the first dart of the Premier League was thrown we already have the first upset: Gerwyn Price was tested positive for Covid 19 and is replaced by James Wade. Wade is the highest ranked player in the PDC Order of Merit previously not in the Premier League.
So of course we'll not see on the first League Day tonight a repeat of the World Championship final but James Wade will play against the runner-up Gary Anderson. The match between Nathan Aspinall and Glen Durrant, a repeat of last year's final, will open this year's season. Beside Rob Cross will play against Jose de Sousa, Peter Wright against Jonny Clayton and in the last match of the night Michael van Gerwen will meet Dimitri van den Bergh.
Schedule



4. April

PDC Premier League

Tomorrow this year's Premier League will begin behind the closed doors of the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Again the Premier League will be affected by the Corona pandemic. Beside there could be another problem this year - only a few of the players taking part so far this year showed convincing performances...
Who will win?



29. March

Hylo PDC Europe Super League

The Super League again this year has to adapt to the challenges of the Corona pandemic and again changed the format. The number of participants was increased to 24, players among the Top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit no longer can take part and the tournament will not be played as a series of weekend events but a a tournmanet with preliminary, main and final round from 17. - 22. April in the H+Hotel in Niedernhausen. But still the winner will get a place in the PDC World Championship.
Hylo PDC Europe Super League



25. March

PDC World Cup

As the PDC announced this year the PDC World Cup will take place from 9. - 12. September in Jena, Germany.
Whether it can be played with a crowd or not is not yet foreseeable and further details relating the participant are not yet known either.
Schedule



22. March

PDC Premier League

As the PDC anounced today the second half of the Premier League will be played in the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes as well though there might be still the option that a crowd will be allowed nearer the end.
Again the League Days will be played in two blocks - League days 10 - 12 from 5. - 7. May, League Days 13 - 17 including the Play Offs from 24. - 28. May.
Participants, Schedule
Tournament Information



20. March

PDC Rankings

The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated after the Super Series 2.
PDC Rankings
Pro Tour



19. March

PDC Super Series 2 - Day 4

On the last day of Super Series 2 Peter Wright returned into the winner's circle and won Players Championship 8. He defeated in the final world champion Gerwyn Price deservedly with 8:3. The semi-finals reached Joe Cullen and Brendan Dolan.
Raymond van Barneveld - who again lost first round - fell ill after the match. The tournament had to be suspended while he was treated by paramedics. He could return to his hotel room.
Results
Report

PDC Super Series 2

In Milton Keynes the PDC Super Series 2 will be played to the end with the eigth Players Championship of the year.
Again two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV . But this time the tournament will start at 12 a.m. GMT.
Super Series 2
Pro Tour



18. March

PDC Super Series 2 - Day 3

In the PDC Super Series 2 Jonny Clayton won a Players Championship as well. Today he defeated James Wade in the final with 8:5 - a deserved win. In the semi-finals stood German Gabriel Clemens and Jason Heaver who only just got a Tour Card in Qualifying School for the first time.
Results
Report

PDC Super Series 2

Today the PDC Super Series 2 will continue in Milton Keynes with the seventh Players Championship of the year.
Again two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV . The tournament will start at 2 p.m. GMT.
Super Series 2
Pro Tour

Additions Who-is-Who

Some more players were added to the Who-is-Who:
Steffen Siepmann, Gary Blades, Darren Penhall, Harald Leitinger and Aaron Beeney.

Results...

Last weekend again several events were played on the DPA Satellite Tour. In the South Australia Bubble Andy Pinder won both events. In the Australian Capital Territory Bubble Jake Buckley won the first event. winner of the second event was Greg Le'Strange.



17. March

PDC Super Series 2 - Day 2

On the second day of Super Series 2 world champion Gerwyn Price was the winner. He defeated Luke Humphries with 8:5. The semi-finals reached yesterday's winner Brendan Dolan and Jamie Hughes. While both semi-finals were very close matches Price - who got stronger and stronger throughout the day - dominated the final. For Price it was the tenth title on the Pro Tour.
Results
Reportnew



16. March

PDC Super Series 2 - Day 1

Brendan Dolan wins the first event of the PDC Super Series 2, in the final he defeats Michael Smith with 8:6. It was a deserved win as Dolan played high averages all day and was very clinical on his doubles. For Dolan it was the eight PDC ranking title. In the semi-finals stood Alan Soutar and Joe Cullen. Ritchie Edhouse and Wayne Jones threw a nine-darter.
Results
Reportnew

PDC Super Series 2

Today in Milton Keynes the Super Series 2 of the PDC will and till including Friday the next four Players Championships will be played. Most Tour Card Holders will stand at the oche - most prominent player missing out is Michael van Gerwen. Tour Card holders who had to withdraw will be replaced by players from the Qualifying School Order of Merit.
Again on all four days each time two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV . The tournaments will start at 2 p.m. GMT, on Friday at 12 a.m. GMT.
Super Series 2
Tour Card Holders



15. March

Dartoid's World

During one of his business trips Dartoid travels through. In the course of this he has a date in Fukushima befor he searches in the region for bars to play a game of darts.
Darts survives perfect storm in Fukushima, Japan

Adam "Thorn" Smith around the World

We left Thorn in the thick of the cloud forest of Costa Rico. In this blog he checks out the nature reserve of CloudBridge.
Checking Out CloudBridge



12. March

PDC Premier League

The PDC published the fixtures of Premier League till including the Judgment Night. Till Judgement Night Premier League will be played in two blocks from 5. - 9. April and from 19. - 22. April behind the closed doors of the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.
The tournament will be opened on 5. April with a repeat of last year's final - reigning champion Glen Durrant will play against Nathan Aspinall.
Participants, Schedule, Fixtures
Turnier Information



11. March

PDC Super Series 2

Next week Tuesday the Super Series 2 will begin in Milton Keynes. Till Friday again four Players Championships will be played in a row.
Though all Tour Card holders can take part again not all registered. They are headed this time by Michael van Gerwen. With Michael Unterbuchner, Florian Hempel and Robert Marijanovic among others three of the German Tour Card holders will not travel to Milton Keynes. Again the free places will be filled with players who move up from the Qualifying School Order of Merit.
Participants

DPA Satellite Tour

On the Australian DPA Circuit, which is played this year due to the Corona pandemic in several reigional bubbles, at the weekend eight more events were played with eight different winners.
In Queensland Robbie King and Shaun Kopecki were the winners, in Victoria it were Aaron Simpson and Brody Klinge, in New South Wales Brendan Porter and Dave Marland and in Western Australia Tim Pusey and Koha Kokiri.



10. March

Darts Perfomance Centre

The Darts Performance Centre Practice Plan met with a lot of approval from players on all levels. For all who don't know the Practice Plan yet in this Coaching Clinic some of the sessions and the practice games are presented.
It's a cunning plan! Try out some of the games from our Practice Plan



8. March

PDC Rankings

The PDC Order of Merit was updated after the UK Open.
PDC Rankings



7. March

Wade wins UK Open

James Wade defeated in the final Luke Humphries with 11:5 and after 2008 and 2011 won for the third time the UK Open title.
On the last day of the tournament Wade reached with commanding wins over Simon Whitlock and world champion Gerwyn Price the final. Luke Humphries first won in the quarterfinals the decidiong leg against Dave Chisnall and then with an outstanding performance destroyed reigning champion Michael van Gerwen who despite an average of 106.27 had no chance against Humphries, who impressed both with his scoring and several high finishes.
But in the final Wade was just too strong and too consistent for Humphries who couldn't keep up his scoring and often missed his doubles. Wade scored higher and was rather accurate on the doubles and was the deserved winner.
Results
Statistics
Reportnew

UK Open

Today in Milton Keynes the UK Open will be played to the end.
In the afternoon the quarterfinals will be played, tonight the semi-finals and the final.After the quarterfinals the semi-finals draw will take place. All matches today will be played on the main stage.
Results, Draw Semi-Finals
Statisticsnew



6. March

UK Open - Day 2

Krzysztof Ratajski caused the biggest upset on the second dax of the UK Open when he defeated in the six round the till then unstoppable looking Jonny Clayton and progressed into the quarterfinals. As well through to the quarterfinals are a convincingly playing James Wade, Dave Chisnall - who had to fight hard against Alan Soutar - Gerwyn Price, Luke Humphries, Devon Petersen, Simon Whitlock and Michael van Gerwen - who only won in the deciding leg against Jose de Sousa - into the quarterfinals.
Results, Draw Quarterfinals
Statistics Mainstage and Stage 2new

UK Open

Today the UK Open will continue. In the afternoon session the fifth round will be played - on now only four boards. After that a new draw will take place and in the evening session the sixth round will follow played on tow boards.
Reigning champion Michael van Gerwen will play in the fifth round on the main stage against Mensur Suljovic as will world champion Gerwyn ÜPrice against Ricky Evans.
Results



5. March

UK Open - Day 1

After the first day of the UK Open John Brown is the only player still in the event who entered the tournament already in the First Round. He defeated in his four matches Gavin Carlin, Nathan Rafferty, Chas Barstow and Mark McGeeney. His father Steve had been watching him so concentrated that he didn't arrive for his own match in time and was eliminated. But it was another new Tour Card holder who caused a stir mehr Aufsehen als John Brown sorgte aber ein anderer neuer Tour Card Inhaber - Alan Soutar first eliminated Raymond van Barneveld and then Mickey Mansell and Stephen Bunting and will be back tomorrow for the fifth round as well.
Already eliminated are among others Gary Anderson, Nathan Aspinall, Joe Cullen and Peter Wright.
Results
Statistics Mainstage and Stage 2
Reportnew

UK Open - Day 1

Today in Milton Keynes behind the closed doors of the Marshall Arena the UK Open will begin.
On friday afternoon the First, Second and Third Round will be played. The draw for the Fourth round - which will take place in the evening-session - will follow.
On short notice Florian Hempel and Cristo Reyes have withdrawn due to family reasons. Justin Pipe was the only one to receive a positive Covid 19 test and can't play. All opponents will get a Bye.
Schedule, Results, Draw Fourth Round
Preview



4. March

Additions Who-is-Who

Some new Tour Card holders were added to the Who-is-Who:
Florian Hempel, Adam Gawlas, Jason Heaver, Jake Jones, Martin Lukeman, Jack Main, Lewis Williams, Eddie Lovely, Alan Soutar, Brett Claydon, John Brown und Berry van Peer.



3. March

UK Open

By now the PDC published the schedule and the board allocations of the First, Second and Third Round of the tournament.
The tournament will be opened on Friday afternoon on the main stage by the First Round match between Berry van Peer and Martin Schindler. The first match on the second stage will be the First Round match between Gordon Mathers and Kirk Shepherd sein.
Schedule



2. March

UK Open

After the Super Series the ranking of the Tour Card holders for the UK Open and all tournament participants are known. This xear there will be no amateur qualifiers instead eight players each from the Development Tour Order of Merit, the Challenge Tour Order of Merit and both Qualifying School Rankings get a place in the tournament.
The draw for the First, Second and Third Round of the tournament already took place.
Participants, Draw



1. March

PDC Rankings

The Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated after Super Series 1.
PDC Rankings
Pro Tour

PDC Super Series 1

On Saturday and Sunday the PDC Super Series 1 was played to the end.
Raymond van Barneveld crowned his return on the PDC Pro Tour with a win in the third Players Championship - he defeated in the final Joe Cullen with 8:6. In the semi-finals stood Danny Noppert and Ian White.
The fourh Players Championship finally was won by Jonny Clayton after he had lost in the finals of the first two Players Championships. He defeated Damon Heta. The semi-finals reached Michael van Gerwen and Gabriel Clemens.
Results