Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club
Established | January, 2013 |
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Founder | BDO / Winmau |
Members | Men's Singles (5 members) Mixed Pairs (1 team, 2 members) Total (7 inductees) |
The Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club was an initiative launched and partnered by the British Darts Organisation and long-term sponsor Winmau in January 2013,[1][2] which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the British Darts Organisation,[1][2] with membership restricted to darts players that achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events.[1][2]
Players that achieve this feat are presented with a unique set of laser-etched tungsten darts in a laser-etched aluminium presentation case as a permanent keepsake from Winmau.[1][2] There is no specified limit as to how many times a player or team can be inducted if they achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events.
Tournaments
[edit]The following list of tournaments qualify players for admittance into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club if they achieve a nine-dart finish;[1][2]
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1Wasn't on the original list of qualifying tournaments as the event was announced towards end of 2013.[3]
2Wasn't on the original list of qualifying tournaments, only included after Gary Stone achieved a nine-dart finish at the Scottish Masters in June 2013.[4]
3 and 4Weren't on the original list of qualifying tournaments, but both the EDO England Open and the EDO England Matchplay were later added to the list.
Inductees
[edit]The first player to be inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club was John Walton that January.[5][6] He became the first and so far only player to achieve a nine-dart finish at the Winmau World Masters in 2007.[5][6] Glen Durrant and Claire Stainsby became the first mixed pairs team inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club after making history by achieving the first ever nine-dart finish in mixed pairs competition at the BDO International Open in 2013.[4]
Glen Durrant became the first member to be inaugurated twice in the same season after achieving a nine-dart finish at the EDO England Open in 2013 also.[4] Only after Gary Stone achieved a nine-dart finish at the Scottish Masters in 2013 was the event added to the list of qualifying tournaments, with Gary Stone also being inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club.[4]
Player(s) | Event | Year | Tournament | Route | Ref |
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Men's Singles | 2007 | World Masters | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | [1][5][6][7] |
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Men's Singles | 2012 | BDO British Classic | [1] | |
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Mixed Pairs | 2013 | BDO International Open | 2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; ?, ?, and ? | [4][8][9] |
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Men's Singles | 2013 | Scottish Masters | [4][10] | |
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Men's Singles | 2013 | EDO England Open | [4][11] | |
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Men's Singles | 2013 | BDO British Classic | [12][13][14] |
Notable absentees
[edit]Since inductees John Walton and Christian Pratt achieved their nine-dart finishes in years prior to the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club being established, the following list of players who did the same at the list of qualifying tournaments (listed above) could be seen as a notable absentees from the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club.
Paul Lim - 1990 BDO World Darts Championship
Shaun Greatbatch - 2002 Dutch Open
Gary Anderson - 2005 BDO Gold Cup
Tony O'Shea - 2007 International Darts League[15] (not a listed event, but was a BDO / WDF major event)
Brian Dawson - 2008 Welsh Open[16]
Darryl Fitton - 2009 Zuiderduin Masters[17]
John Walton - 2010 Six Nations Cup[18][19]
Ted Hankey - 2010 BDO International Open[20]
Ted Hankey - 2011 Scottish Open[21]
Darryl Fitton - 2015 Dutch Open[22]
Martin Adams - 2015 BDO International Open[23]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "BDO AND WINMAU CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY". BDO. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Winmau and the BDO Celebrate 40th Anniversary at Lakeside!". Winmau. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "BDO World Trophy Added to Winmau BDO 9 Dart Club". Winmau. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "THREE MORE INDUCTED TO WINMAU 9 DART CLUB". BDO. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "JOHN BOY WALTON IS FIRST MEMBER OF BDO 9-DARTER CLUB". BDO. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "JOHN BOY WALTON IS FIRST MEMBER OF Winmau BDO 9-DARTER CLUB". Winmau. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "BDO Archives (November 2007)". BDO. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "9 DARTER FOR CLAIRE AND GLEN IN MIXED PAIRS MAKES DARTS HISTORY". BDO. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Glen Durrant & Claire Stainsby make perfect darting History". Winmau. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "GARY STONE HITS 9 DARTER IN SCOTTISH MASTERS FINAL". BDO. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "ANOTHER 9 DARTER FOR GLEN AT ENGLAND OPEN". BDO. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "9 Darter at the Magna". BDO. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "The Viper Bites at the Winmau British Classic". BDO. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "The Viper Bites at the Winmau British Classic". Winmau. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "PDC 9 Darters". PDPA. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "BDO Archives (May 2008)". BDO. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "BDO Archives (December 2010)". BDO. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "BDO Archives (February 2010)". BDO. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "BDO British Internationals". BDO. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "BDO Archives (June 2010)". BDO. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "2011 Scottish Open - The View From Poison View". BDO. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Dutch Open Champions 2015 and Darryl hits the perfect 9 Darter in the Final". 1 February 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Nine-darter for Wolfie Adams". Peterborough Today. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
External links
[edit]- Winmau BDO 9 Dart Club Winmau.