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Gary Robson, who won the Bullit World Darts Trophy in 2005, won’t play in the 2007 main tournament. The professional darts player from England was beaten by Vincent van der Voort in the second and final preliminary round. Mervyn King did better and reached the main event, just like Wayne Atwood, Michael van Gerwen, Denis Ovens, Jelle Klaasen, Kevin Painter, Shaun Greatbatch and of course Van der Voort.
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Two big names in darts are helping raise money for charities. Areian Lewis helped the Cauldwell Children’s charity by taking part in the RAC Charity Track Day Challenge, while Peter Manley, through his participation in Betfred’s Charity Challenge, helped others in need.
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Article and Photo from Basings Stoke Gazette
Andover’s Academy celebrated a triple success last Sunday by sweeping all three titles in the second Andover Unicorn Darts Youth Challenge.

Fifty six youngsters from six counties had made their way to the Entertainer and it was testament to the talent and sportsmanship on show that the sport of darts has a very bright future. The Academy of late has been forging strong links with two other newly- formed schools in Essex and London who both brought a dozen or so aspiring young darters. There were three sections on the day, Young Men, Women and a ground-breaking Junior event that held the large number of spectators captivated.
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From the British Columbia Dart Association
The National Darts Federation of Canada, NDFC, is pursuing Sport Canada recognition and funding for the sport of darts.
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England’s Steve West took a win over James Wilson from Yorkshire in the Denmark Open Singles competition last Saturday. Third place was shared by Denmark’s Kim Fridthjof and Niels de Ruiter.

The Womens event saw Francisca Hoeneslarr win her 4th Danish Open Title when she beat her arch rival Trina Gulliver in the final. Trina had up until this event won three consecutive events. Third place went to Netherland’s darter Sandra van Halderen and Findland’s Sari Nikula.

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Photo and Article from PlanetDarts.tv

WAYNE MARDLE returned to form in style to win a deciding final leg and take the PDC Pro Tour’s Peachtree Open title in Atlanta on Sunday night with a win over James Wade.
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Current World Darts Federation Number 1 ranked player, Mark Webster (23) has signed a three year sponsorship deal with Winmau.
Mark first started playing darts at the age of 18, and his results demonstrate one of the most promising starts from the latest crop of exciting young darts players. He has won several darts titles, including the European Singles, Northern Ireland Open, Canadian Open, Welsh Masters, and Welsh Open and already has two televised final appearances at the Winmau World Masters and IDL Championship under his belt.
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From Planet Darts

The inaugural PDC Pro Tour event in Georgia will see several leading names from the PDC – headed by Stan James World Matchplay champion James Wade, world number four Terry Jenkins and Colin Lloyd – travel to America.
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Article and photo from BBC Sport.

BDO world darts champion Martin Adams will not be competing in the new Grand Slam event organised by the rival PDC.
The tournament, from 17-25 November in Wolverhampton, was initially billed as bringing together the best players from across the sport’s bitter divide.
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From PDPA.co.uk

HAVE you ever dreamed of playing alongside Phil Taylor in a major televised darts tournament? ITV are giving any darts player the chance to win a place in the 2007 Grand Slam of Darts.

An ITV Wildcard Qualifier for the tournament will take place on Sunday 30 September at Wolverhampton’s Alderseley Leisure Village and allow any darts player to enter.

The winner will be awarded a place in November’s inaugural ITV-televised Grand Slam of Darts at the nearby Wolverhampton Civic, guaranteeing a minimum prize of ?4,000 for qualifying
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