Road to Lakeside - 2025 WDF World Championships (Fri 28 November - Sun 7 December)

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UPDATED from Events of Denmark & USA

Men (Shane McGuirk, Jeffrey Sparidaans, James Beeton, Marko Kantele, Raymond Smith & David Cameron) all qualified for Lakeside

1. James Beeton 458
2. Alex Spellman 386
3. David Fatum 366
4. Benjamin Pratnemer 358
5. Corné Groeneveld 352
6. Dennis Nilsson 292
7. Shane McGuirk 279
8. Jason Brandon 275
9. Jeffrey Sparidaans 270
10. Marko Kantele 256
11. Francois Schweyen 248
12. Thomas Junghans 245
13. David Cameron 244
14. Sybren Gijbels 228
15. Ryan Hogarth 216
16. Karl Schaefer 211
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17. Bradley Kirk 209
18. Peter Machin 197
19. Raymond Smith 180
20. Jimmy Van Schie 168

Ladies (Beau Greaves, Lorraine Hyde, Deta Hedman, Joanne Hadley, Rhian O'Sullivan) all qualified for Lakeside

1. Lerena Rietbergen 751
2. Lorraine Hyde 699
3. Deta Hedman 579
4. Tracy Feiertag 512
5. Rhian O'Sullivan 510
6. Aletta Wajer 389
7. Nicole Regnaud 379
8. Beau Greaves 373
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9. Jitka Císařová 345
10. Maud Jansson 324
11. Paula Murphy 317
12. Irina Armstrong 304

[willem0000]

Lakey really needs some English players for the people they bring. The WC should definitly be in, but him not playing anything else on the WDF-tour at the moment is a bit sad. He probably gets in on points anyway, but otherwise I wouldnt be against taking away the automatic in because he won a Platinum. He has a very good starting point, and it shouldnt be hard to get into Lakeside. Or make it mandatory to play the DO and/or WM to get into Lakeside, getting him there should be the main goal. With this great title comes great responsibilty

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Lakey really needs some English players for the people they bring. The WC should definitly be in, but him not playing anything else on the WDF-tour at the moment is a bit sad. He probably gets in on points anyway, but otherwise I wouldnt be against taking away the automatic in because he won a Platinum. He has a very good starting point, and it shouldnt be hard to get into Lakeside. Or make it mandatory to play the DO and/or WM to get into Lakeside, getting him there should be the main goal. With this great title comes great responsibilty

He doesn't play on the Challenge Tour either, I don't think he plays as often due to work commitments but is at Modus this week

[willem0000]

He has played 21 games on the CT this year, so he has played some, but not all I guess. Second highest average (90.47) after Beau (91.63) btw

[The Thorn]

Lakey really needs some English players for the people they bring. The WC should definitly be in, but him not playing anything else on the WDF-tour at the moment is a bit sad. He probably gets in on points anyway, but otherwise I wouldnt be against taking away the automatic in because he won a Platinum. He has a very good starting point, and it shouldnt be hard to get into Lakeside. Or make it mandatory to play the DO and/or WM to get into Lakeside, getting him there should be the main goal. With this great title comes great responsibilty

[shenmue]

Fucking hell

[willem0000]

Edgar likely to play qualfier hee said on the stream

[TheMalteseDart]

Talks out his arse will sack it off because he’s too busy because he has to commentate on women’s series 18 three weeks after so can’t juggle both

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Attard is still in a qualifying position for Lakeside

[willem0000]

Still good that he goes though, Lakey needs all the attention it can get.

Lakey could use some more English players in general, they are still better than much of the other players and usually bring in more friends/family. But now they just focus on DT, CT and maybe ADC. England needs some more tournaments perhaps to lure them in. Just one Englishman in the top 10 of the WDF ranking, 6 in the CT, 7 in DT (Beau in both CT and DT).

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I agree. English players are choosing the ADC

[willem0000]

Need 2 silvers in Benidorn

[The Thorn]

Need 2 silvers in Benidorn

[TheMalteseDart]

Attard is still in a qualifying position for Lakeside

surely won’t hold onto it though if he enters nothing? He will play the Malta open and classic I’m sure but that’s always in like November

[willem0000]

1201 followers on Evenbrite, Lakeside gonna grow

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Men

Top 16

1. James Beeton (ENG) - 2025 Denmark Open winner
2. Alex Spellman (USA) - USA ranking table
3. David Fatum (USA)
4. Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) - East Europe ranking table
5. Corne Groeneveld (NED)
6. Dennis Nilsson (SWE) - North Europe ranking table
7. Shane McGuirk (IRE) - 2024 World Championship winner
8. Jason Brandon (USA) - USA ranking table
9. Jeffrey Sparidaans (NED) - 2025 Dutch Open winner
10. Marko Kantele (FIN) - 2024 Irish Open winner
11. Francois Schweyen (BEL)
12. Thomas Junghans (SWI) - West Europe ranking table
13. David Cameron (CAN) - 2025 Las Vegas Open
14. Sybren Gijbels (BEL)
15. Ryan Hogarth (SCO) - UK & Ireland ranking table
16. Karl Schaefer (AUS) - Australia ranking table

Gold & Platinum Event Winners

17. Raymond Smith (AUS) - 2025 South Australian Classic winner
18. Toronto Area Open winner
19. New Zealand Open winner
20. Korean Open winner
21. Hungarian Masters winner
22. World Masters winner

Regional Ranking Table Qualifiers

23. Robert Okalany (UGA) - Africa & Western Asia ranking table
24. Teng-Lieh Pupo (TAI) - Asia ranking table
25. Tseng Chi-Jui (TAI) - Asia ranking table
26. Peter Machin (AUS) - Australia ranking table
27. Shane Sakchekapo (CAN) - Canada ranking table
28. Robbie Mills (CAN) - Canada ranking table
29. Martin Tremblay (CAN) - Canada ranking table
30. Peyton Hammond (CAN) - Canada ranking table
31. Hannes Schnier (AUT) - East Europe ranking table
32. Jonny Tata (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table
33. Darren Dummigan (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table
34. Edwin Torbjornsson (SWE) - North Europe ranking table
35. Martyn Turner (ENG) - UK & Ireland ranking table
36. Norbert Attard (MLT) - West Europe ranking table

Race Table

37. Bradley Kirk (ENG)
38. Jimmy van Schie (NED)
39. Paul Lim (SGP)
40. Leonard Gates (USA)
41. Brian Raman (BEL)
42. Neil Duff (NI)
43. Jeff Springer Jr (USA)
44. Alex Williams (WAL)

Qualifiers*

45. Qualifier #1
46. Qualifier #2
47. Qualifier #3
48. Qualifier #4

Women

Top 8

1. Lerena Rietbergen (NED) - West Europe ranking table
2. Lorraine Hyde (SCO) - 2024 Irish Open winner, 2025 Denmark Open winner, UK & Ireland ranking table
3. Deta Hedman (ENG) - 2025 Las Vegas Open winner
4. Tracy Feiertag (USA) - USA ranking table
5. Rhian O'Sullivan (WAL) - 2025 Dutch Open winner
6. Aletta Wajer (NED)
7. Nicole Regnaud (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table
8. Beau Greaves (ENG) - 2024 World Championship winner

Gold / Platinum Event winners
9. Joanne Hadley (AUS) - 2025 South Australian Classic winner, Australia ranking table
10. Toronto Area Open winner
11. New Zealand Open winner
12. Korean Open winner
13. Hungarian Masters winner
14. World Masters winner

Regional Ranking Table leaders
14. Sarah Makanga (UGA) - Africa & Western Asia ranking table
15. Pei-Ying Liao (TAI) - Asia ranking table
16. Maria Carli (CAN) - Canada ranking table
17. Jitka Cisarova (CZE) - East Europe ranking table
18. Maud Jansson (SWE) - North Europe ranking table

Race Table

19. Paula Murphy (USA)
20. Irina Armstrong (GER)
21. Sophie McKinlay (SCO)
22. Paula Jacklin (ENG)

Qualifiers

23. Qualifier #1
24. Qualifier #2

Boys

Top 4

1. Balazs Szotak (HUN)
2. Florian Preis (GER)
3. Oden Ollevier (BEL)
4. Zsolt Csajbok (HUN)

Qualifiers

5. Qualifier #1
6. Qualifier #2
7. Qualifier #3
8. Qualifier #4

Girls

Top 2

1. Paige Pauling (ENG)
2. Hanna Rabakozi (HUN)

Qualifiers

3. Qualifier #1
4. Qualifier #2

[The Thorn]

CMon Hungary

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Currently only Beau Greaves is in a qualifying position for multiple world championships. No one is in ADC/WDF

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Tables updated after Cyprus

Men

1. James Beeton 458
2. Alex Spellman 386
3. David Fatum 377
4. Corné Groeneveld 360
5. Benjamin Pratnemer 358
6. Dennis Nilsson 292
7. Shane McGuirk 279
8. Jason Brandon 275
9. Jeffrey Sparidaans 270
10. Marko Kantele 256
11. Thomas Junghans 256
12. Francois Schweyen 248
13. David Cameron 244
14. Sybren Gijbels 228
15. Ryan Hogarth 216
16. Karl Schaefer 211
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17. Bradley Kirk 209
18. Peter Machin 197
19. Raymond Smith 180
20. Jimmy van Schie 168
21. Paul Lim 167
22. Leonard Gates 167
23. John Michael 159
24. Martyn Turner 158

[The Crow]

Still good that he goes though, Lakey needs all the attention it can get.

Lakey could use some more English players in general, they are still better than much of the other players and usually bring in more friends/family. But now they just focus on DT, CT and maybe ADC. England needs some more tournaments perhaps to lure them in. Just one Englishman in the top 10 of the WDF ranking, 6 in the CT, 7 in DT (Beau in both CT and DT).

Disagree on them being better. They had 11 of the 48 places last year so almost a quarter.

Only 2 made the last 16 and none made the quarters. Think it’s good the WDF can be more international than the old BDO Lakey days were.