The 2006

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was a darts tournament held at Leisure World in Bridlington between October 13-15, 2006. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship. Seventeen-year-old

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became the youngest winner in the 32-year history of the event when he defeated England captain

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in the final.

Tournament Schedule

Thursday October 12, 2006 Qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship was held. Friday October 13, 2006 Players from 30 countries played on a multi-board system to qualify for the stage matches to be played on Saturday and Sunday. There were some major upsets in the qualifying round as only 4 seeded players managed to progress to the last 16. Five seeded players even failed to reach the final qualifying round (last 32) of the tournament. World Champion,

Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed The Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In 2006, he became the youngest darts player to win ...

was amongst the big-named players who went out early. * Mervyn King (5) lost to Albertino Essers 2-3 *

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(8) lost to Rick Hofstra 2-3 *

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(10) lost to Joe Palmer 1-3 *Jelle Klaasen (13) lost to Mario Robbe 0-3 *Paul Hanvidge (15) lost to Roy Montgomery 1-3

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lost in the first qualifying round to Jim Widmeyer (USA). Former World Champion,

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managed to progress through one qualifying round before losing to Benny Grace (Ire). Saturday October 14, 2006 *0900 Girls Final (Best of 5 Legs) Kimberley Lewis (Ave 63.06) beat Thea Kaaijk (Ave 67.26) 4-2 (legs) *0930 Boys Final (Best of 5 Legs) Maarten Pape (Ned) Jan Dekker (Ned) v Maarten Pape (Ave 75.84) beat Jan Dekker (Ave 71.64) 4-1 (legs) *1000 - 1640 Men's Championship Last 16 & Quarter-finals played Sunday October 15, 2006 *1130 - 1230 Women's Championship Semi-finals and final played *1330 Men's Championship Semi-finals & final played

2006 Men's Event results

*Each set is best of 3 legs.

2006 Women's Event results

Tournament Schedule

2006 Men's Event results

2006 Women's Event results

See also