Month: May 2020

Footballers To Play Darts At Home Special On Sunday

Sunday, May 10 sees a special edition of Darts At Home as four professional footballers, including two from the Premier League, have agreed to take part in some home games in order to raise money for the NHS. Leicester City’s James Maddison, West Ham United’s Declan Rice, both pictured above, will be joined by Charlie Austin of Championship side West Bromwich Albion and Paul Gallagher of Preston North End, also from the Championship.

All of the action, which is based on the PDC’s popular Darts At Home games will be broadcast live on the PDC’s YouTube channel with commentary from darts commentator Dan Dawson complete with on-screen graphics.

The competition will be played in a league format with players taking on each other while playing remotely through live video broadcasts. Each player will play each other once in a best-of-three format. All games start at 301 and end on a double or bullseye. Two points will be awarded for a win and the player listed on the left of the fixtures listed below will throw first in odd-numbered legs.

During the games, which get started at 14.00 BST, fans will be able to donate vital funds to NHS charities.

Darts At Home: Footballers Special Fixtures

Sunday, May 10

• James Maddison v Declan Rice
• Paul Gallagher v Charlie Austin
• Declan Rice v Charlie Austin
• James Maddison v Paul Gallagher
• Paul Gallagher v Declan Rice
• Charlie Austin v James Maddison

Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor Wins NHS Charity Match

Elsewhere, 16 times world champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor beat 2-time ladies world champion Mikuru Suzuki 7-5 another online charity darts match. The pair raised £6,800 for Heroes, a charity that helps fund the NHS with £1000 put into the pot for every 180 hit during the match. The greatest darter of all time hit six of them compared to Suzuki’s four.

Last month, Taylor lost to Raymond van Barneveld, but in hitting 15 maximums between them, the retired rivals helped boost the NHS’s battle against the Covid-19 crisis by raising the sum of £15,000.

PDC Home Tour Continues

With sport still on lockdown, the PDC have organised some online darts action to help get fans through their boredom with the PDC’s first-ever home staged event. Afterall, it has now been almost two months since the last ranking tournament took place on March 15.

However, the PDC Home Tour continues to give fans and bettors something to cling on to. For those unaware of how it all works, all Tour Cardholders have been invited to take part. Gary Anderson, Daryl Gurney and Michael van Gerwen all initially declined, while Peter ‘Snakebite’ Wright and Gerwyn ‘The Iceman’ Price were both eliminated over the first two nights.

For both Gurney and Anderson, slow internet was the issue while MVG is using his time off to help out with a newborn. Gary Anderson has since fixed this issue and will now take part in the PDC’s Home Tour in one of the later dates.

Match nights pit four players against each other, chucking at their home oches to bank points in a round-robin league format that will be streamed via their webcams for bettors at bet365 who have wagered at least £1 in the previous 24 hours to watch live.

GROUP 14: THURSDAY, APRIL 30

• Chris Dobey 5-2 Ciaran Teehan
• Ron Meulenkamp 5-4 Kai Fan Leung
• Ciaran Teehan 5-1 Kai Fan Leung
• Chris Dobey 5-1 Ron Meulenjamp
• Ron Meulenkamp 5-1 Ciaran Teehan
• Kai Fan Leung 5-4 Chris Dobey

Qualified: Chris Dobey

GROUP 15: FRIDAY, MAY 1

• Darren Webster 5-4 Bradley Brooks
• Scott Baker 5-4 Andy Hamilton
• Bradley Brooks 3-5 Andy Hamilton
• Darren Webster 5-2 Scott Baker
• Scott Baker 1-5 Bradley Brooks
• Andy Hamilton 3-5 Darren Webster

Qualified: Darren Webster

GROUP 16: SATURDAY, MAY 2

• Ricky Evans 2-5 Martin Atkins
• Christian Bunse 1-5 Jeff Smith
• Martin Atkins 5-4 Jeff Smith
• Ricky Evans 5-3 Christian Bunse
• Christian Bunse 5-2 Martin Atkins
• Jeff Smith 5-4 Ricky Evans

Qualified: Jeff Smith

GROUP 17: SUNDAY, MAY 3

• John Henderson 5-4 Krzysztof Kciuk
• Damon Heta 5-0 Gary Blades
• Krzysztof Kciuk 5-3 Gary Blades
• John Henderson 3-5 Damon Heta
• Damon Heta 3-5 Krzysztof Kciuk
• Gary Blades 1-5 John Henderson

Qualified: Damon Heta

GROUP 18: MONDAY, MAY 4

• Stephen Bunting 5-4 Harald Leitinger
• Kim Huybrechts 5-2 Nathan Derry
• Harald Leitinger 5-0 Nathan Derry
• Stephen Bunting 5-1 Kim Huybrechts
• Kim Huybrechts 5-1 Harald Leitinger
• Nathan Derry 1-5 Stephen Bunting

Qualified: Stephen Bunting

GROUP 19: TUESDAY, MAY 5

• Glen Durrant 5-1 Vincent van der Meer
• Justin Pipe 5-1 Maik Kuivenhoven
• Vincent van der Meer 1-5 Maik Kuivenhoven
• Glen Durrant 5-3 Justin Pipe
• Justin Pipe 5-2 Vincent van der Meer
• Maik Kuivenhoven 3-5 Glen Durrant

Qualified: Glen Durrant

GROUP 20: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

*Jermaine Wattimena replaced Jeffrey de Zwaan

• Joe Cullen 5-4 Ryan Murray
• *Jermaine Wattimena 2-5 John Michael
• Ryan Murray 5-3 John Michael
• Joe Cullen 4-5 Jermaine Wattimena
• Jermaine Wattimena 1-5 Ryan Murray
• John Michael 3-5 Joe Cullen

Qualified: Ryan Murray

GROUP 21: THURSDAY, MAY 7

* Karel Sedlacek replaces Derk Telnekes

• Rob Cross 5-2 William Borland
• Dimitri Van den Bergh 5-1 Karel Sedlacek
• William Borland 0-5 Karel Sedlacek
• Rob Cross 5-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
• Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-5 William Borland
• Karel Sedlacek 4-5 Rob Cross

Qualified: Rob Cross

UPCOMING FIXTURES

GROUP 22: FRIDAY, MAY 8

• Ian White v Jesus Noguera
• Danny Noppert v James Wilson
• Jesus Noguera v James Wilson
• Ian White v Danny Noppert
• Danny Noppert v Jesus Noguera
• James Wilson v Ian White

GROUP 23: SATURDAY, MAY 9

• Kyle Anderson v Daniel Larsson
• Martin Schindler v Dirk van Duijvenbode
• Daniel Larsson v Dirk van Duijvenbode
• Kyle Anderson v Martin Schindler
• Martin Schindler v Daniel Larsson
• Dirk van Duijvenbode v Kyle Anderson

GROUP 24: SUNDAY, MAY 10

• Krzysztof Ratajski v Toni Alcinas
• Jamie Hughes v Darius Labanauskas
• Toni Alcinas v Darius Labanauskas
• Krzysztof Ratajski v Jamie Hughes
• Jamie Hughes v Toni Alcinas
• Darius Labanauskas v Krzysztof Ratajski

GROUP 25 ONWARDS YET TO BE ANNOUNCED

QUICK GLANCE AT PDC HOME TOUR

Venue: Everywhere

Dates: Every day

Format: Best of 9

Where To Watch: bet365

When To Watch: (1930 GMT)

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