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Jermaine Wattimena
Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2015; he reached his first major final in 2024, finishing as runner-up at the European Championship. Wattimena represented the Netherlands in the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts, reaching the semi-finals alongside Michael van Gerwen. Career Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in the final. He made his British Darts Organisation debut in a major event at the World Masters and won four games to reach the last 24 where he lost 3–0 to Steve Douglas. In 2014, Wattimena won the German Gold Cup courtesy of defeating Jan Dekker 3–2 in the final. Later in the year he qualified for the 2015 PDC World Championship by winning the Central European Qualifier, concluding with a 6–3 victory over Kenny Neyens. Wattimena entered the event in the preliminary round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Den Helder
Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO ferryboat service operates the transportation link between Den Helder and the nearby Dutch Wadden island of Texel to the north. Etymology Before the year 1928, the official name of Den Helder was Helder. The origin of the name Helder is not entirely clear. The name Helder may have come from ''Helle/Helde'', which means "hill" or "hilly grounds", or from ''Helre'', which means a sandy ridge. Another explanation is that the name derived from ''Helsdeur'' (Hell's Door), likely because in the water between Den Helder and Texel (called Marsdiep) the current was so strong that many ships were lost. History Huisduinen was the original older part of the city, whereas Helder itself was a nearby smaller hamlet. When a harbour was built near Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2019 UK Open
The 2019 888.com UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the seventeenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was being held for the sixth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 1–3 March 2019, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round following the conclusion of the third round until the final. Gary Anderson was the defending champion after defeating Corey Cadby 11–7 in the 2018 final. He was making his first public appearance since having to withdraw from both the 2019 Masters and the 2019 Premier League due to a persistent back injury, whilst Cadby was absent from this year’s competition due to visa problems. However, Anderson lost 8–10 in the fourth round to Steve Beaton. Nathan Aspinall won his first PDC major televised title, beating Rob Cross 11–5 in the final and hittin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
PDC Tour Card
The PDC Pro Tour is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They comprise Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and European Tour events. Only four players have gone on to win at least 30 titles on the PDC Pro Tour. Michael van Gerwen has won the most Pro Tour titles with 89. Phil Taylor is second on the list winning 70 events. Gary Anderson is in third, winning 39 events, and Peter Wright is in fourth, winning 34 events, as of May 2025. 2024 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit as of 31 Oct:Prize money in the tables is in units of £1,000. Pro Tour Card Since 2011, the PDC Pro Tour has operated a Tour Card system. 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships. In 2011, Tour Cards were awarded to: *101 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2011 World Championship *2 finalists from the 2010 PDC Women's World Championship *25 qualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World Darts Council (WDC). Sports promoter Eddie Hearn is the PDC chairman. The PDC developed and holds several competitions, including the annual PDC World Darts Championship, the World Matchplay (darts), World Matchplay, World Grand Prix (darts), World Grand Prix, UK Open, Premier League Darts, Premier League, and Grand Slam of Darts, Grand Slam. It also runs its own Darts world rankings, world rankings based on players' performances. History Darts had experienced a boom in the 1980s. A number of tournaments were televised on BBC and ITV (TV network), ITV, which allowed the top players to make a full-time living from the sport and turn professional. However, darts steadily dropped from television schedules and by 1989 the only remaining t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Darts
Darts is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, projectiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dartboard. Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the board, though unlike in sports such as archery, these areas are distributed all across the board and do not follow a principle of points increasing toward the board's Bullseye (target), bullseye. Though a number of similar games using various boards and rules exist, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules. Darts is both a professional throwing sport and a traditional pub game. Darts is commonly played in the British Isles, and recreationally enjoyed around the world. History In 1908, darts was declared to be a game of skill and was thus allowed to be played in pubs. This came about after the landlord of the Adelph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2008 Malta Open Darts
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate with Greek and Latin , both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective ''octaval'' or ''octavary'', the distributive adjective is ''octonary''. The adjective ''octuple'' (Latin ) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive ''octuplet'' is mostly used to refer to eight siblings delivered in one birth. The Semitic numeral is based on a root ''*θmn-'', whence Akkadian ''smn-'', Arabic ''ṯmn-'', Hebrew ''šmn-'' etc. The Chinese numeral, written (Mandarin: ''bā''; Cantonese: ''baat''), is from Old Chinese ''*priāt-'', ultimately from Sino-Tibetan ''b-r-gyat'' or ''b-g-ryat'' which also yielded Tibetan '' brgyat''. It has been argued that, as the cardinal num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Malta Open
The Malta Open is an annual darts tournament on the WDF circuit that began in 1986. Results Men's Women's Youth's Tournament records * Most wins 4: Andy Keen, John Michael. * Most Finals 6: Andy Keen. * Most Semi Finals 10: Andy Keen. * Most Quarter Finals 13: Andy Keen. * Most Appearances 14: Andy Keen. * Most Prize Money won €5,748: Andy Keen. * Youngest Winner age 20: Jermaine Wattimena. * Oldest Winner age 60: Mark Layton. See also *List of BDO ranked tournaments *List of WDF tournaments The World Darts Federation recognise many darts tournaments each year including major titles such as the BDO World Darts Championship, Lakeside World Professional Championship and the Winmau World Masters. Through 2007, the WDF had held four majors ... References 1974 establishments in Malta Darts tournaments Darts in Malta Long stubs with short prose {{darts-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
German Gold Cup
The German Gold Cup was a darts Darts is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, projectiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dartboard. Point ... tournament that has been held annually since 1985. List of winners References External linkshttp://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.German Gold Cup 1985 establishments in West Germany 2015 disestablishments in Germany Darts tournaments [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2019 World Series Of Darts Finals
The 2019 Jack's Casino World Series of Darts Finals was the fifth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 1–3 November 2019. It featured a field of 24 players. James Wade was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 11–10 in the 2018 final. However, he lost 6–5 to Jonny Clayton in the second round; six seeds lost in total in the second round, the most in the tournament's history. Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for the 4th time, his 15th World Series title in all, with an 11–2 win over Danny Noppert in the final. Prize money The total prize money increased from £250,000 to £300,000. Qualification The top eight players from the five World Series events of 2019 are seeded for this tournament. Those events are: * 2019 US Darts Masters * 2019 German Darts Masters * 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters * 2019 Melbourne Darts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2025 PDC World Masters
The 2025 PDC World Masters (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Winmau World Masters) was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, from 30 January to 2 February 2025. It was the 13th PDC World Masters, Masters to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and the first under the World Masters rebrand. It was the first time the tournament was ranked and was using Set (darts), set play. Stephen Bunting was the defending champion after beating Michael van Gerwen 11–7 in the 2024 Masters (darts), 2024 final. However, he lost 4–3 to Danny Noppert in the quarter-finals. Luke Humphries won the tournament, defeating Jonny Clayton 6–5 in the final. Dimitri Van den Bergh hit a nine-dart finish during his second round victory over Michael van Gerwen. Overview Background The inaugural edition of PDC World Masters, The Masters, the 2013 Masters (darts), 2013 Masters, was held by the Professional Darts Corpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 Players Championship Finals
The 2024 Players Championship Finals (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals) was the sixteenth staging of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) darts tournament, which saw the top 64 players from the 2024 PDC Players Championship series taking part. The tournament took place from 22 to 24 November 2024 at the Butlin's Resort, Minehead. Luke Humphries was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–9 in the 2023 final and successfully defended his title to win the tournament for a second time, with an 11–7 victory over Luke Littler in the final. Prize money The 2024 Players Championship Finals had a prize fund of £600,000. The following was the breakdown of the fund: Qualification The top 64 players from the Players Championships Order of Merit qualified, which was solely based on prize money won in the 30 Players Championship events during the season. On 22 November 2024, the opening day of the tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2023 Players Championship Finals
The 2023 Cazoo Players Championship Finals was the fifteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) darts tournament, which sees the top 64 players from the 2023 PDC Players Championship series taking part. The tournament took place from 24 to 26 November 2023 at the Butlin's Resort, Minehead. Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 11–6 in the 2022 final to win the title for the seventh time. Luke Humphries won his first Players Championship Finals title and third Premier title, beating Van Gerwen 11–9 in the final. Van Gerwen hit a nine-dart finish in the final. Prize money The 2023 Players Championship Finals had a prize fund of £600,000, up from £500,000 The following is the breakdown of the fund: Qualification The top 64 players from the Players Championships Order of Merit qualified, which was solely based on prize money won in the 30 Players Championship events during the season. Ninth seed Danny Noppert withdrew p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
