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Calendar (2025)

January

17-19: Las Vegas Open (GOLD) - USA
17-19: Las Vegas Classic (Silver) - USA
24-26: Snoflake Open (Bronze) - Canada
24-25: Romanian Open (Silver)
24-25: Romanian Classic (Silver)
30th-2nd Feb Dutch Open (Platinum)


February

1st: Season Opening Darts (Bronze) - Hungary
8th: Canterbury Classic (Silver) - New Zealand
14th-16th: South Australia Classic (GOLD)
14-16: Scottish Open (Silver)
14-16: Scottish Classic (Silver)
21-23: Slovak Open (Silver)
21-23: Slovak Masters (Bronze)
21-23: Port City Open (Silver) - USA

March

1-2: Winter Special Darts (Bronze) - Hungary
1-2: Winter Classic Darts (Bronze) - Hungary
6-9: Isle of Man Classic (Silver)
6-9: Isle of Man Masters (Bronze)
6-9: Isle of Man Open (NOT RANKED)
14-16: Missouri St Particks Day Open (Bronze) - USA
20-23: Virginia Beach Classic (Silver) - USA
21-23: AB Darts Open (Bronze) - Canada


April

04-05: White Mountain Shootout (Bronze) - USA
11-13: Budapest Classic (Bronze)
11-13: Budapest Masters (Bronze)
11-13: Torshavn Open (Silver)
11-13: Faroe Islands Open (Bronze)
18-20: Estonia Open (Bronze)
18-19: South Island Masters (Bronze) - New Zealand
18-20: Tallinn Open (Bronze)
19-20: Victoria Easter Classic (Bronze) - Australia
25-27: Murray Bridge Grand Prix (Silver) - Australia
25-27: Salmon Harvest Open (Bronze) - Canada
25-27: Manitoba Open (Bronze) - Canada
25-27: Tricoda Open (Silver) - USA
26: Spring Special Darts (Bronze) - Hungary
26-27: Iceland Open (Bronze)
26-27: Iceland Classic (Bronze)
26-27: North Island Masters (Bronze) - New Zealand

May

2-4: Denmark Open (Gold)
2-4: Denmark Masters (Silver)
2-4: Cleveland Extravaganza (Silver) - USA
9-11: Cyprus Classic (Bronze)
9-11: Cyprus Open (Bronze)
9: Selangor Open (Bronze) - Malaysia
15-16: Ulaanbaatar Open (Bronze) - Mongolia
15-16: Mongolian Open (Bronze)
17 Hutt Valley Singles (Bronze) - New Zealand
23-25: Lithuania Open (Bronze)
23-25: Vilnius Open (Bronze)
24-25: Sunshine State Classic (Silver) - Australia
24: Spring Classic Darts Open (Bronze) - Hungary
30-1: Toronto Area Classic (Silver) - Canada
30-1: Toronto Area Open (GOLD) - Canada
30-1: Swiss Open (Silver)
30-1: Helvelta Open (Silver)
31-1: Geelong Dart Club Classic (Bronze) - Australia

June

1: Canterbury Open (Bronze) - New Zealand
6-8: England National Singles (Silver)
6-8: England Open (Silver)
8: Burns Club Centenary Classic (Silver) - Australia
13-15: Finnish Open (Silver)
13-15: Finnish Classic (Silver)
15: New Zealand Open (Gold)
20-22: Canadian Open (Silver)
21-22: Danube Classic (Bronze) - Hungary
21-22: Danube Masters (Bronze) - Hungary


July

5-6: Japan Open (Silver)
5-6: Bud Brick Memorial (Bronze) - Japan
19: Pacific Masters (Silver) - Australia
25-27: Music City Classic (Silver) - USA

August

1-3: Belgium Open (Silver)
1-3: Antwerp Open (Silver)
8-10: Timisoara Darts Grand Prix (Silver) - Romania
8-10: Timisoara Darts Open (Bronze) - Romania
8-10: USA Darts Classic (Silver)
8-10: USA Darts Open (Silver)
15-17: Swedish Masters (Silver)
15-17: Swedish Open (Silver)
15-17: DPFL Live Event (Silver) - USA
16: Summer Special Darts Open (Bronze) - Hungary
28-31: Welsh Open (Silver)
28-31: Welsh Classic (Silver)
29-31: Washington Area Open (Silver) - USA
30: New Zealand Masters (Silver)

September

6-7: Death Angel Open (Silver) - Austria
6-7: Lower Austrian Masters (Silver) - Austria
6-8: FCD Anniversary Open (Bronze) - Catalona
6-8: Catalona Open (Bronze)
12-14: Witch City Open (Silver) - USA
13-14: Italian Grand Masters (Silver)
13-14: Italian Open (Silver)
13: Taranaki Open (Silver) - New Zealand
19-21: British Classic (Silver)
19-21: British Open (Silver)
20-21: North Queensland Classic (Bronze) - Australia
23-27: WDF World Cup - South Korea
28: Korean Open (Gold)


October

3-5: Belfry Open (Silver) - Belgium
3-5: Belglum Open (Silver)
10-12: England Masters (Silver)
10-12: England Classic (Silver)
11-12: Bunbury Classic (Silver) - Australia
11-12: Pit to Port Classic (Silver) - Australia
11: Auckland Open (Silver) - New Zealand
11-12: Slovenia Masters (Bronze)
11-12: Slovenia Open (Bronze)
17-19: Latvia Open (Silver)
17-19: Riga Open (Bronze)
24-25: Scary Hare (Bronze) - USA
25-26: Victorian Classic (Silver) - Australia
25-26: Hungarian Classic (Bronze)
25-26: Hungarian Masters (Not Yet Ranked)

November

8-9: Irish Open (GOLD)
8-9: Irish Classic (Silver)
14-16: Malta Open (Silver)
14-16: Malta Masters (Silver)
14-16: Seacoast Open (Silver) - USA
21-23: Czech Open (Silver)
28th November- 7th December: WDF World Championships (PLATINUM)


December

12-14: Borealis Quest (Bronze) - USA
14: Xmas Classic (Bronze) - Australia
19-21: Austrian Laketown Open (Bronze)
19-21: Austrian Christmas Special (Bronze)



World Masters still to be arranged

Did Gates play this year or what I forgot

The Thorn wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:11 pm Did Gates play this year or what I forgot

No he got Menzies at Ally Pally

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:16 pm

The Thorn wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:11 pm Did Gates play this year or what I forgot

No he got Menzies at Ally Pally

Well

Short run for him anyway

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:01 pm (Wonder how many will get TC's)

Danny Porter being bumped up to first place seems fair

Don't get why they dont play 2 tournaments on a day, especially the tournaments that run automatically with programs like Dartconnect

Smithy there.

willem0000 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 3:53 pm Don't get why they dont play 2 tournaments on a day, especially the tournaments that run automatically with programs like Dartconnect

They often do.

2 ranking tournaments on a day? Have seen that they do non-ranking and ranking on the same day. 2 ranking tournaments on a day seems a lot more cheaper and saving free days if you are not interested in non-ranking stuff

Gold/Platinum events for the 1st half of 2025

January - Las Vegas Open
February - Dutch Open
February - South Australia Classic
May - Denmark Open
June - Toronto Area Open
June - New Zealand Open

That's odd, Bochum, Germany, which would be gold this year, is gone

Yeah a sponsor backed out. I believe the WDF is dead in Germany

Ah thats to bad, it isnt that far from Holland and Belgium and probably could count on a lot of players. But yeah Germany isnt very WDFy, also just one Germany at Lakeside.

Is the prestigious WDF World Masters not a platinum event?


Edit - ignore me it will probably be in the second half of the year

Cross Boi wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 7:59 pm Is the prestigious WDF World Masters not a platinum event?


Edit - ignore me it will probably be in the second half of the year

Hopefully it comes back to Hungary again though I probably wouldn't attend

Classic WDF. Darts booming in Germany and they can't organise one single tournament.

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:01 pm Road to Lakeside starts again

Here's the table (Wonder how many will get TC's)

1. Jimmy van Schie 826
2. Danny Porter 629
3. Brandon Weening 542
4. Peter Machin 485
5. Ben Robb 455
6. Alexander Merkx 446
7. Jason Brandon 432
8. Leonard Gates 424
9. Benjamin Pratnemer 395
10. Carl Wilkinson 378
11. Thomas Junghans 368
12. Jarno Bottenberg 362
13. Cliff Prior 338
14. Brian Raman 327
15. Howard Jones 317
16. Reece Colley 309
17. James Beeton 302
18. Sybren Gijbels 302
19. Ryan Hogarth 299
20. Edwin Torbjörnsson 292

Shane McGuirk is 26th

Ladies

1. Beau Greaves 1620
2. Lerena Rietbergen 729
3. Nicole Regnaud 700
4. Lorraine Hyde 679
5. Rhian O'Sullivan 669
6. Deta Hedman 661
7. Aileen de Graaf 659
8. Jitka Císařová 538
9. Irina Armstrong 525
10.Joanne Hadley 523
11. Desi Mercer 508
12. Wendy Harper 493
13. Anca Zijlstra 477
14. Sophie McKinlay 457
15. Greta Tekauer 447
16. Paige Pauling 443
17. Fallon Sherrock 428
18. Amanda Loch 427
19. Kirsty Hutchinson 403
20. Priscilla Steenbergen 393

Merkx might get one anyway through the CT. But aside from him,

Likely- Van Schie

Maybe- McGuirk, Pratnemer, Bottenberg, Colley, Gates if he played it, Robb if he plays Europe

Unlikely but feasible- Raman, Brandon, Beeton, Wilkinson

No chance- Everyone else because they'll either not play or aren't good enough

ITG wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 11:19 pm Classic WDF. Darts booming in Germany and they can't organise one single tournament.

Neither can ADC. It appears that Nextgen is where the German players go

DeepFriedRat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 11:19 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:01 pm Road to Lakeside starts again

Here's the table (Wonder how many will get TC's)

1. Jimmy van Schie 826
2. Danny Porter 629
3. Brandon Weening 542
4. Peter Machin 485
5. Ben Robb 455
6. Alexander Merkx 446
7. Jason Brandon 432
8. Leonard Gates 424
9. Benjamin Pratnemer 395
10. Carl Wilkinson 378
11. Thomas Junghans 368
12. Jarno Bottenberg 362
13. Cliff Prior 338
14. Brian Raman 327
15. Howard Jones 317
16. Reece Colley 309
17. James Beeton 302
18. Sybren Gijbels 302
19. Ryan Hogarth 299
20. Edwin Torbjörnsson 292

Shane McGuirk is 26th

Ladies

1. Beau Greaves 1620
2. Lerena Rietbergen 729
3. Nicole Regnaud 700
4. Lorraine Hyde 679
5. Rhian O'Sullivan 669
6. Deta Hedman 661
7. Aileen de Graaf 659
8. Jitka Císařová 538
9. Irina Armstrong 525
10.Joanne Hadley 523
11. Desi Mercer 508
12. Wendy Harper 493
13. Anca Zijlstra 477
14. Sophie McKinlay 457
15. Greta Tekauer 447
16. Paige Pauling 443
17. Fallon Sherrock 428
18. Amanda Loch 427
19. Kirsty Hutchinson 403
20. Priscilla Steenbergen 393

Merkx might get one anyway through the CT. But aside from him,

Likely- Van Schie

Maybe- McGuirk, Pratnemer, Bottenberg, Colley, Gates if he played it, Robb if he plays Europe

Unlikely but feasible- Raman, Brandon, Beeton, Wilkinson

No chance- Everyone else because they'll either not play or aren't good enough

Francois Schweyen will be close if he does it i think a type of player who will just plod along for 4 days and qualify via the rankings