from the email stack... Della Fleetwood

It is with a heavy heart that I have to pass on information that Della Fleetwood, the organizer of the Las Vegas Open and also the WDF Treasurer has passed away at the age of 66.



Della is known to most of you as the person who is calling the matches at the Las Vegas Open in recent years after taking over from her husband Tom who passed away in 2001.



Della will be greatly missed in the darting community for her continued support of darts and her strong commitment to making the Vegas Open what it was.



It was announced today that the committee for the Vegas Open will still carry out the Vegas Open for this year as that is how she would have like it. But any future Vegas Opens may be up in the air.
http://www.dartswdf.com/aa_darts/


I sure hope you all make it to this years event!



Phil

17th WDF GENERAL MEETING – Wednesday 23rd September 2009 – Charlotte, N.C. U.S.A.

Summary of the main issues debated/resolved in the meeting.



1. The existing Executive Officers were all re-elected unopposed.

Namely,



President, Mr. Roy Price, {Norway}
Vice-President, Mr. Kelvin James, {Australia}
Secretary-General, Mr. Olly Croft OBE, {England}
Treasurer, Mrs. Della Fleetwood, {U.S.A.}
Co-ordinator, Mr. Dave Alderman, {Wales} .


A new Communications Officer, Mrs. Sabine Shanahan, {Germany} was also elected unopposed.



2. The extended matchplay introduced into the final stages of all events in the WDF World Cup
was approved unanimously and has been included in the updated Rules & Playing Format for
the Cup.



3. An application for WDF Membership made by POLAND was approved unanimously.



4. Information on future WDF Cups that was declared in the meeting.

2010 WDF Americas Cup – 9/11th July - Jamaica

2010 WDF Europe Cup - 13/16th October - Antalya, TURKEY

2010 WDF Asia/Pacific Cup – 3/6th November - Tokyo

2011 WDF World Cup – Castle Bar, Co. Mayo, Republic of Ireland – date to be advised.

2012 WDF Europe Cup – Germany – date and location to be advised

2013 WDF World Cup – St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. – date to be advised.



5. A Remit submitted by AUSTRALIA was adopted by the meeting. Increasing the women’s team in the WDF World Cup from two to four players – the WDF Executive was directed to examine the affect on the scheduling of each discipline in the Cup and to advise members on its future
implementation.



Dave Alderman
Co-ordinator
http://dartswdf.com/aa_darts/index.html

British International Open, Brean Sands, UK

The fulls results can be found by clicking the links below (the links are PDF files...):

Mens Singles

Ladies Singles

Youth

WDF Rankings 2008

The last tournament of 2008 is over and the ranking positions finalised.



In the mens ranking Englands Scott Waites takes first place with Gary Anderson, Scotland, in second and Martin Adams, England, in third.



Francisca Hoenselaar, Netherlands, took first place in the ladies with Irina Armstrong, Russia, in second, and Englands Trina Gulliver in third. (full report...)

number one spot in the WDF rankings

Double joy for Irina
Irina Armstrong not only celebrated winning Open Flanders yesterday...
Sunday 16th. November 2008 (full article...)

WDF TOURNAMENT CALENDAR 2009

WDF TOURNAMENT CALENDAR 2009 Last updated: 6th November 2008
The WDF cannot accept responsibility for any errors which may occur in any of the tournament information provided. All queries should be addressed directly to the tournament organisers.
DATE	CAT	TOURNAMENT NAME	INFO	LINK	LOCATION
JANUARY 2009
03 - 11	Maj	LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL			Frimley Green, England
17 - 18	-	BDO INTER-COUNTIES			UK
18	3	QUEBEC OPEN	Info		St Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
23 - 25	2	GERMAN GOLD CUP			Bremen, Germany
23 - 25	3	LAS VEGAS OPEN	Info		Las Vegas, USA
- 31	2	ENGLAND CLASSIC			TBA
FEBRUARY 2009

(full calendar...)

WDF TOURNAMENT CALENDAR 2009

WDF TOURNAMENT CALENDAR 2009

Last updated: 31st October 2008

Note:

The WDF cannot accept responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies which may occur in any of the tournament information provided under "Details". All questions or queries should be addressed directly to the tournament organisers. (calendar link...)

Sun.Star Manila - Darts body set to choose RP team members

THE race for slots on the national team to the World Darts Federation (WDF) World Cup hits fever pitch when 16 male and eight female darters go through a multiple round elimination rounds Saturday and Sunday at the Pearl Plaza mall in Parañaque City.
Sun.Star Manila - Darts body set to choose RP team members

Barry Hearn's plans for world darts

Barry Hearn, Chairman of the PDC, has hinted that the World Championship finals may move to a new home. He also told BBC London there are moves for a new competition between players from the two rival codes.

There is an audio link to the interview on the site.

BBC - London - Sport - Barry Hearn's plans for world darts

PDC Launch Grand Slam of Darts

The Professional Darts Corporation, the Premiership of Darts, will stage the ground-breaking £250,000 Grand Slam of Darts tournament from 17-25 November 2007, with a massive £60,000 prize to the winner.

The tournament will involve finalists from major tournaments over a two-year period from both the Professional Darts Corporation and BDO/WDF circuit. Planet Darts: Grand Slam of Darts