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

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THE LAKESIDE!!!!!!





The "Season" has already started but we are in 2025 and it will click into gear now, All subject to criteria change, PDC Expansion etc

The afternoon sessions have been binned midweek

Qualified so Far

Men


1. Shane McGuirk (2024 WDF World Champion)
2. Marko Kantele (Winner of the Gold Ranked Irish Open)
3. David Cameron (Winner of the Las Vegas Open)


Ladies

1. Beau Greaves (2024 WDF World Champion)
2. Lorraine Hyde (Winner of Gold Ranked Irish Open)
3. Deta Hedman (Winner of the Las Vegas Open)


Race to Lakeside



Men


1. Shane McGuirk 279
2. Marko Kantele 193
3. Paul Lim 167
4. Bradley Kirk 166
5. James Beeton 146
6. Thomas Junghans 138
7. Alain Abiabi 135
8. Jimmy van Schie 129
9. Andy Davidson 124
10. Karl Schaefer 111
11. Hannes Schnier 108
12. Jason Brandon 103
13. Francois Schweyen 103
14. Norbert Attard 103
15. Gary Stone 103
16. Ryan Hogarth 94
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17. Stefan Schroder 90
18. Robbie King 90
19. Alex Spellman 90
20. Scott Walters 90

Ladies

1. Lerena Rietbergen 351
2. Beau Greaves 270
3. Lorraine Hyde 206
4. Nicole Regnaud 199
5. Aletta Wajer 192
6. Sophie McKinlay 167
7. Paula Jacklin 136
8. Sarah Makanga 135
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9. Kirsi Viinikainen 129
10. Deta Hedman 124

[DeepFriedRat]

If Alex gets in, that top 16 looks a lot better than last year's already. Plenty of solid players there

[The Thorn]

Abiabi and Attard, lovely

[Rogg]

If canning a bunch of afternoon sessions they must be reducing something so what's most likely to be getting cut in terms of qualifying routes?

[willem0000]

If canning a bunch of afternoon sessions they must be reducing something so what's most likely to be getting cut in terms of qualifying routes?

3 afternoons = 12 games. I think they will go from 48 to 40 men and 24 to 20 women. 2 years ago they had 6 games in the weekend session, this year 5, so they could add some there, or at the 4 on the first Friday evening, but hopefully they cut just cut it. Would also save 9K by 2024 standards on 1st round losers (although they could bring in some visitors). I would assume they come from the ranking, or the second spots of regional rankings for men.

[Greipel]

Attard at 14. Malt must be very excited now.

[TheMalteseDart]

Attard at 14. Malt must be very excited now.

I would but he doesn't bother playing in anything outside of Malta, maybe if he sees where he is in the rankings that could change

[Greipel]

Attard at 14. Malt must be very excited now.

I would but he doesn't bother playing in anything outside of Malta, maybe if he sees where he is in the rankings that could change

It's a mystery for me how is he that high on the rankings then.

[Cooking with Sandra]

No surprise there.

[Addicks Fan]

If canning a bunch of afternoon sessions they must be reducing something so what's most likely to be getting cut in terms of qualifying routes?

3 afternoons = 12 games. I think they will go from 48 to 40 men and 24 to 20 women. 2 years ago they had 6 games in the weekend session, this year 5, so they could add some there, or at the 4 on the first Friday evening, but hopefully they cut just cut it. Would also save 9K by 2024 standards on 1st round losers (although they could bring in some visitors). I would assume they come from the ranking, or the second spots of regional rankings for men.

Should help them get tv for the whole week, you'd hope!

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Lakeside list updated

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Updated after Las Vegas

Men

1. Shane McGuirk 279
2. James Beeton 235
3. Marko Kantele 193
4. David Cameron 189
5. Paul Lim 167
6. Bradley Kirk 166
7. Thomas Junghans 138
8. Alain Abiabi 135
9. Jeff Springer 133
10. Jimmy Van Schie 129
11. Andy Davidson 124
12. Jason Brandon 116
13. Alex Spellman 116
14. Karl Schaefer 111
15. Hannes Schnier 108
16. Francois Schweyen 103
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17. Norbert Attard 103
18. Gary Stone 100
19. Ryan Hogarth 94
20. Stefan Schroder 90


Ladies

1. Lerena Rietbergen 351
2. Deta Hedman 338
3. Beau Greaves 270
4. Rhian O'Sullivan 240
5. Lorraine Hyde 206
6. Nicole Regnaud 199
7. Aletta Wajer 192
8. Sophie McKinlay 167
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9. Paula Jacklin 145
10. Tracy Feiertag 141

[willem0000]

Paul Lim just won on the PDC Asian tour, that isnt good for a potential Lakeside participation.

[The Thorn]

Old squirrel still gets the nut

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Tables after Romanian Weekend

1. Shane McGuirk 279 (WDF World Champion)
2. James Beeton 235
3. Marko Kantele 223 (Automatically qualified for Lakeside)
4. David Cameron 189 (Automatically qualified for Lakeside)
5. Paul Lim 167
6. Bradley Kirk 166
7. Thomas Junghans 154
8. Jimmy van Schie 142
9. Francois Schweyen 137
10. Alain Abiabi 135
11. Jeff Springer 133
12. Brian Raman 129
13. Andy Davidson 124
14. Hannes Schnier 121
15. Jason Brandon 116
16. Alex Spellman 116
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17. Karl Schaefer 111
18. Norbert Attard 103
19. Gary Stone 103
20. David Pallett 99


Ladies

1. Lerena Rietbergen 475
2. Deta Hedman 428 (Qualifed for Lakeside)
3. Beau Greaves 270 (WDF World Champion)
4. Rhian O'Sullivan 240
5. Sophie McKinlay 232
6. Lorraine Hyde 215 (Qualified For Lakeside)
7. Nicole Regnaud 199
8. Aletta Wajer 192
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9. Aileen de Graaf 175
10. Paula Jacklin 167

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Ladies rankings have been updated after the Dutch Open and an Hungary Open

1. Lerena Rietbergen 642
2. Rhian O'Sullivan 510 (Qualified for Lakeside)
3. Deta Hedman 428 (Qualified for Lakeside)
4. Beau Greaves 373 (WDF World Champion)
5. Lorraine Hyde 318 (Qualified for Lakeside)
6. Sophie McKinlay 258
7. Aileen de Graaf 239
8. Aletta Wajer 231
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9. Nicole Regnaud 199
10. Lisa Zollikofer 176
11. Kirsty Hutchinson 176
12. Paige Pauling 169
13. Paula Jacklin 167
14. Irina Armstrong 167
15. Kirsi Viinikainen 159
16. Tracy Feiertag 141

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Mens is finally Updated

1. Shane McGuirk 279 (WDF World Champion)
2. Jeffrey Sparidaans 270 (Qualified for Lakeside)
3. David Fatum 254
4. James Beeton 235
5. Thomas Junghans 228
6. Marko Kantele 223 (Qualified for Lakeside)
7. David Cameron 189 (Qualified for Lakeside)
8. Jimmy van Schie 168
9. Paul Lim 167
10. Bradley Kirk 166
11. Brian Raman 155
12. Francois Schweyen 137
13. Alain Abiabi 135
14. Jeff Springer 133
15. Andy Davidson 124
16. Hannes Schnier 121
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17. Jason Brandon 116
18. Alex Spellman 116
19. Karl Schaefer 111
20. Danny van Trijp 103

[willem0000]

1100 followers on Eventbrite! Think they had a little below 1000 at the end of december, so that's not bad. Tuesday evening sold: 8. To beat last years March 8 is 13. Exciting times.

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Table 17th February


Men

1. Shane McGuirk 279 (WDF World Champion)
2. Jeffrey Sparidaans 270 (Qualified winning the Dutch Open)
3. James Beeton 269
4. David Fatum 254
5. Thomas Junghans 228
6. Marko Kantele 223 (Qualified winning the Irish Open)
7. David Cameron 189 (Qualified winning the Las Vegas Open)
8. Raymond Smith 180 (Qualified winning the South Australian Classic)
9. Karl Schaefer 179
10. Bradley Kirk 175
11. Jimmy van Schie 168
12. Paul Lim 167
13. Brian Raman 155
14. Ryan Hogarth 150
15. Francois Schweyen 137
16. Alain Abiabi 135
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17. Jeff Springer 133
18. Andy Davidson 124
19. Hannes Schnier 121
20. Jason Brandon 116

Ladies

1. Lerena Rietbergen 642
2. Rhian O'Sullivan 510 (Qualified winning the Dutch Open)
3. Lorraine Hyde 498 (Qualified winning the Irish Open)
4. Deta Hedman 428 (Qualified winning the Las Vegas Open)
5. Beau Greaves 373 (WDF World Champion)
6. Sophie McKinlay 292
7. Nicole Regnaud 289
8. Irina Armstrong 244
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9. Aileen de Graaf 239
10. Joanne Hadley 236 (Qualified winning the South Australian Classic)

[DeepFriedRat]

A better top 16 lineup than last year already