The England Darts Organisation (EDO) are pleased to announce that they will be introducing a Mens and Ladies Matchplay event.
The EDO are very pleased that both of the Matchplays will be supported by Winmau, who have been a constant supporter of the EDO since its formation and will be called :
Winmau England Ladies Matchplay & Winmau England Mens Matchplay
The Winmau England Matchplay’s will be played on Sunday 23rd September at Bunn Leisure, Selsey as part of the England Classic weekend.
The top four ladies and top eight men in the England Rankings will be invited to take part with all twelve players being guaranteed prize money.
The tables are available on www.englanddarts.co.uk and all the qualifying players will be confirmed after the Cambridgeshire Opens on August 11th.
At the current time the players sitting in the qualifying positions are : Lisa Ashton, Deta Hedman, Trina Gulliver, Zoe Jones, Glen Durrant, James Wilson, Martin Atkins, Garry Thompson, Paul Hogan, John Walton, Scott Mitchell and Scott Waites.
Every match will be played on stage at Bunn Leisure and will be streamed on the England web page.
2012 England Classic
The 2012 England Classic will once again be played at the superb Bunn Leisure in Sussex from the 21st to 23rd September.
Entries can be made, plus a list of players entered, can be found at
Entry to the Ladies Singles is currently £10 with the Mens Singles at £15. This price will be held until August 24th when they will increase to £12 and £18 respectfully.
Bunn Leisure offers something for everyone, even if they don^t want to play darts, so why not bring the whole family.
Play starts on the Friday afternoon with the Early Bird competition and then later that night there will be a cash competition.
Saturday will see both the Mens and Ladies singles and pairs played down to the finals which will be played on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday morning will see the Mixed Triples and the Youth singles, plus the newly announced England Matchplays.
For those people unable to be with us at Bunn Leisure, there is a great opportunity to watch the matches streamed live. Selected matches will be shown on the Saturday and then on Sunday the England Matchplays and all the respective finals will also be streamed live.
