World Match Play Darts in Blackpool

Live Darts from the seaside in Blackpool at the Winter Gardens

Winter Gardens & Opera House,
97 Church Street, Blackpool, Lancashire,
FY1 1HL
England

Blackpool Darts - Map

Darts in the North West of England by the sea in the summer live from one of the greatest darting venues of all time, Blackpools World Famous Winter Gardens ( Empress Ballroom ).

This venue has provided darts which can only be described as the building itself..... - a work of art !!

Larry Butler won the first final of this event in 1994 winning 16 legs to 12 defeating Dennis 'The Menace' Priestley. There has only been 6 different winners of this tournament including the latest and best young stars James '009' Wade.

Since the beginning from 1994 till 2008 the stage has been a home to the greatest dart player of all time winning the final of the World MatchPlay in Blackpool no fewer than 9 times !!
Averaging 100+ in most of his finals and a heart stopping 9 darter against Chris Mason in 2002 Phil 'the power' Taylor has been the greatest darts player the Blackpool's 2,500 crowd have ever seen on the seaside stage.

2011 MatchPlay Darts Information

Reigning World Champion Adrian Lewis, will be in action on the opening night of this year's Sky Bet Mobile World Match Play Championships facing Kevin Painter in a cracker 1st round contest.

2-time World Matchplay finalist Terry Jenkins will play Steve Beaton in the opening match, Holland's Vincent van der Voort then faces Alan Tabern before Lewis plays Painter - the final game of the night sees Mark Webster take on resurgent John Part.

Reigning champion Phil Taylor plays Mark Hylton amongst Monday's four games.

Blackpool's Ronnie Baxter will play Denis Ovens in Tuesday's opening game, as the final four first round matches take place.

Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay - Schedule of Play
Saturday July 16
First Round
7.10pm - Terry Jenkins v Steve Beaton
8.00pm - Vincent van der Voort v Alan Tabern
9.00pm - Adrian Lewis v Kevin Painter
10.00pm - Mark Webster v John Part

Sunday July 17
7.10pm - Paul Nicholson v Colin Osborne
8.00pm - Mark Walsh v Dave Chisnall
9.00pm - James Wade v Jamie Caven
10.00pm - Raymond van Barneveld v Steve Brown

Monday July 18
7.10pm - Wayne Jones v Scott Rand
8.00pm - Mervyn King v Justin Pipe
9.00pm - Phil Taylor v Mark Hylton
10.00pm - Wes Newton v Andy Smith

Tuesday July 19
7.10pm - Ronnie Baxter v Denis Ovens
8.00pm - Colin Lloyd v John Henderson
9.00pm - Gary Anderson v Andy Hamilton
10.00pm - Simon Whitlock v Peter Wright

Wednesday July 20
Second Round
7.10pm - Jenkins/Beaton v Webster/Part
8.20pm - Lewis/Painter v van der Voort/Tabern
9.30pm - van Barneveld/Brown v Nicholson/Osborne
10.40pm - Wade/Caven v Walsh/Chisnall

Thursday July 21
7.10pm - Whitlock/Wright v Baxter/Ovens
8.20pm - Anderson/Hamilton v Lloyd/Henderson
9.30pm - Taylor/Hylton v Jones/Rand
10.40pm - Newton/Smith v King/Pipe

Friday July 22
Quarter-Finals
1.10pm
3.00pm

7.10pm
9.00pm

Saturday July 23
Semi-Finals
7.10pm
9.00pm

Sunday July 24
Final
7.10pm

Format
First Round - Best of 19 legs
Second Round - Best of 25 legs
Quarter-Finals - Best of 31 legs
Semi-Finals - Best of 33 legs
Final - Best of 35 legs
All games must be won by two clear legs.

First Round Draw Bracket
Phil Taylor (1, ENG) v Mark Hylton (ENG)
Wayne Jones (16, ENG) v Scott Rand (ENG)
Wes Newton (8, ENG) v Andy Smith (ENG)
Mervyn King (9, ENG) v Justin Pipe (ENG)
Simon Whitlock (5, AUS) v Peter Wright (ENG)
Ronnie Baxter (12, ENG) v Denis Ovens (ENG)
Gary Anderson (4, SCO) v Andy Hamilton (ENG)
Colin Lloyd (13, ENG) v John Henderson (SCO)
Adrian Lewis (2, ENG) v Kevin Painter (ENG)
Vincent van der Voort (15, NED) v Alan Tabern (ENG)
Terry Jenkins (7, ENG) v Steve Beaton (ENG)
Mark Webster (10, WAL) v John Part (CAN)
Raymond van Barneveld (6, NED) v Steve Brown (ENG)
Paul Nicholson (11, AUS) v Colin Osborne (ENG)
James Wade (3, ENG) v Jamie Caven (ENG)
Mark Walsh (14, ENG) v Dave Chisnall (ENG)