European Tour 2018

[Dannyboy]

Fancy Cully winning this tonight.

[WizardofozFan]

Rapid Ricky into the 1/2 finals, Cullen will be annoyed but another high-quality weekend from the Rock Star still.

Terrific performance from the Wizard this afternoon, checkouts of 121, 94 via 2x D19, and 140 with Johnson sat on 76 for a 5-4 lead. Then finished the job with a 14-dart hold of throw. So good to see, D.Johnson played well with good timing & unfortunate in the end.

Johnson must be sick of the sight of the Aussie - their 10th meeting & Whitlock has won 9 of them.

[WizardofozFan]

And now it's Ritchie Edhouse's turn to upset the apple cart. Knocks out Kyle Anderson 6-4 in the 1/4 finals.

Either Rapid Ricky or Ritchie will be in the final of this event, great to see.

[ChrisW]

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Amazing turn out in the venue tonight. Full to the back.

[ssjsa]

Who would have thought that the the semi final in the top half of the draw would have been Rapid Ricky vs Ritchie Edhouse.

[ssjsa]

Sunday September 9
Third Round
Afternoon Session (1pm local time, 12pm BST)

William O'Connor (88.79) 2 (11) 6 (90.34) Ricky Evans
Joe Cullen (98.6) 6 (11) 4 (97.7) Daryl Gurney
Ritchie Edhouse (93.71) 6 (11) 2 (90.1) Ross Smith
Kyle Anderson (97.56) 6 (11) 1 (84.35) Jeffrey De Graaf 
Peter Wright (90.96) 6 (11) 1 (94.26) Dave Chisnall 
Simon Whitlock (99.46) 6 (11) 4 (91.13) Darren Johnson
Adrian Lewis (89.71) 6 (11) 5 (91.37) Josh Payne
Ian White (99.67) 6 (11) 2 (90.1) Mervyn King 

Evening Session (7.15pm local time, 6.15pm BST)
Quarter-Finals

Ricky Evans (91.81) 6 (11) 5 (95.05) Joe Cullen
Ritchie Edhouse (92.65) 6 (11) 4 (87.92) Kyle Anderson
Peter Wright v Simon Whitlock
Adrian Lewis v Ian White

[WizardofozFan]

Wizard started so well, but then pretty much nothing, once again Peter Wright leaves his best form for the Wizard, even with missed match darts in the 9th leg he ends with a 100 average.

[ssjsa]

Sunday September 9
Third Round
Afternoon Session (1pm local time, 12pm BST)

William O'Connor (88.79) 2 (11) 6 (90.34) Ricky Evans
Joe Cullen (98.6) 6 (11) 4 (97.7) Daryl Gurney
Ritchie Edhouse (93.71) 6 (11) 2 (90.1) Ross Smith
Kyle Anderson (97.56) 6 (11) 1 (84.35) Jeffrey De Graaf 
Peter Wright (90.96) 6 (11) 1 (94.26) Dave Chisnall 
Simon Whitlock (99.46) 6 (11) 4 (91.13) Darren Johnson
Adrian Lewis (89.71) 6 (11) 5 (91.37) Josh Payne
Ian White (99.67) 6 (11) 2 (90.1) Mervyn King 

Evening Session (7.15pm local time, 6.15pm BST)
Quarter-Finals

Ricky Evans (91.81) 6 (11) 5 (95.05) Joe Cullen
Ritchie Edhouse (92.65) 6 (11) 4 (87.92) Kyle Anderson
Peter Wright (100.47) 6 (11) 4 (90.10) Simon Whitlock
Adrian Lewis (90.97) 1 (11) 6 (99.17) Ian White

Semi Finals

Ricky Evans (92.03) 7 (13) 5 (94.99) Ritchie Edhouse
Peter Wright vs Ian White

[ssjsa]

Think thats Ricky qualified for the Grand Prix now and one more win for the GSOD

Burton DeWitt
@bsd987

Ricky Evans is almost certainly in the World Grand Prix. Mathematically, he can still be caught. But it would require something even more ridiculous than this weekend's tournament to knock him out.

John Henderson will mathematically lock up his spot if Evans loses the final.

[ssjsa]

Great semi final between Snakebite and White.

Ian has done brilliant to turn a 0-3 deficit into a 5-3 lead.

[WizardofozFan]

Congratulations to both Ian White for the biggest win of his career, and Ricky Evans for a magical run to the final.

Both men ran out of steam a little bit in the final, but the Diamond just edges it 8-5, could easily have been 5-8. I reckon looking at the current PDC ProTour top 20 that since early 2012 when Ian White broke through, only he, Wizard & Chizzy have managed to stay inside the top 20 at all times - someone may be able to statistically back this up but it's what I reckon. Shows remarkable consistency, and to never give in.

[ssjsa]

Here is the race to be in the seeds for the final European Tour event of 2018, with just one event left before the cut-off. Top 16 entrants from this list will be seeded to ET13.

[ChrisW]

Semi Finals

Ricky Evans (92.03) 7 (13) 5 (94.99) Ritchie Edhouse
Peter Wright (100.05) 4 (13) 7 (98.41) Ian White

Final

Ricky Evans (89.23) 5 (15) 8 (89.18) Ian White

[ChrisW]

The crowd really got behind Ricky Evans tonight. Was a fantastic atmosphere.
Considering there was no Dutch players left. The chants for Ricky were great.
But I think he was 'exhausted'. Probably didn't expect he would make the run he did.
White is an experienced ET campaigner showed his metal. Diabetes has been a problem but he seems to be managing it properly now.
Well done Diamond White!

[Dartsfan99]

Here is the race to be in the seeds for the final European Tour event of 2018, with just one event left before the cut-off. Top 16 entrants from this list will be seeded to ET13.

Sorry, but I have to correct you, because the European Qualifier for ET 13 will play on Thursday night.

[ssjsa]

THE seeds for the European Darts Trophy have been confirmed ahead of October's final 2018 European Tour event.

The year's 13th £135,000 European Tour event will be held at the Lokhalle in Göttingen, Germany from October 12-14.

The 16 seeded players, who will enter at the second round stage, have been confirmed ahead of the South & West European Qualifier, which will be held on September 13 in Riesa.

2017 European Darts Trophy winner Michael van Gerwen will be the top seed as he defends his title at the Lokhalle, having defeated Rob Cross in last year's final.

2018 European Tour event winners Ian White, Mensur Suljovic, Jonny Clayton and Max Hopp will also be seeded in Göttingen.

The PDC European Tour will be broadcast for all PDCTV-HD Subscribersworldwide and through a series of bookmakers' websites.

2018 European Darts Trophy (ET13)
October 12-14, Lokhalle, Göttingen, Germany
Seeded Players (Enter at second round stage)
1 Michael van Gerwen
2 Peter Wright
3 Rob Cross
4 Ian White
5 Michael Smith
6 Mensur Suljovic
7 Adrian Lewis
8 James Wade
9 Jonny Clayton
10 Joe Cullen
11 Daryl Gurney
12 Simon Whitlock
13 Darren Webster
14 Gerwyn Price
15 Dave Chisnall
16 Max Hopp

UK Qualifiers x18: September 27, Dublin
South & West Europe Qualifiers x8: September 13, Riesa
Host Nation Qualifiers x4: October 11, Göttingen
East Europe Qualifier: Krzysztof Ratajski
PDCNB Qualifier: Marko Kantele

[ssjsa]

IAN WHITE believes he is edging closer to a TV title after landing his first European Tour crown at the Dutch Darts Championship in Maastricht last weekend.

Playing in his 63rd European Tour event, more than any other player, the world number 11 was left in tears after breaking his duck with an 8-5 victory over Ricky Evans in Sunday's final.

White is already a two-time a ProTour this year and 'Stoke's number one' is now enjoying the rewards of becoming a big-stage winner for the first time.

I love playing darts and dedicating my life to it, it's the best job in the world!

"I was fully focused all weekend because some players weren't there and some were knocked out early," said White, who now has ten PDC titles to his name.

"When that happens you've got to take your opportunity and, as the weekend went on, I started thinking 'I can win this one'.

"When I got home on the Monday it felt like just a normal day, but on Tuesday it started sinking in and it's a very nice feeling to be a big-stage winner.

"It's great looking at the rankings and seeing the players I've gone ahead of because I was so far behind the top ten and all of a sudden I'm not.

"Before I played Peter Wright I was thinking 'if I beat Peter I have to win the final' because I knew it would provisionally qualify me for the Grand Slam."

Watch Dutch Darts Championship final below

White recorded wins over Arron Monk, Mervyn King, Adrian Lewis, Peter Wright and Evans to clinch the £25,000 prize ahead of a busy end to the year for the seven-time televised quarter-finalist.

A provisional qualifier for the bwin Grand Slam of Darts, White is also in line to star in the Unibet World Grand Prix, Unibet European Championship, bwin World Series of Darts Finals and Players Championship Finals ahead of the William Hill World Darts Championship.

"Over the last few years I've dipped a bit towards the end of the year but this year will be different," White continued.

"This is the time of year you want to start playing well because it's such a busy period.

"I'm happy with how I've done so far this year, I've exceeded my achievements of previous years and now I want a good run at a TV event and maybe even win one.

"Hopefully this win will now give me the confidence to play my floor game on TV."

Despite never going beyond the quarter-finals of a televised event, White remains firmly established as one of the most consistent players in the world.

The former World Championship quarter-finalist is in no doubt as to why he has been able to maintain his relentless high-level of play over a number of years.

"My hard work and dedication is definitely the key to my success over the years,"White added.

"I love playing darts and dedicating my life to it, it's the best job in the world!

"I practice all the time and recently I've been playing a lot with Michael Smith, we've been pushing each other along.

"Who knows, we could meet in the final of a TV tournament!"

White will be in action this weekend (September 14-16) as the PDC European Tour continues with the International Darts Open in Riesa, Germany with coverage to be broadcast at PDCTV-HD and through a series of bookmakers' websites worldwide.

[Little Lonely Garry]

who are the seeds for this weekends event ?

[ssjsa]

who are the seeds for this weekends event ?

This was the original seedings. Don't know if anyone has pulled out since then.

International Darts Open
Top 16 Seeded Players (Enter at Second Round)
1 Peter Wright
2 Mensur Suljovic
3 Ian White
4 Jonny Clayton
5 Adrian Lewis
6 Simon Whitlock
7 Joe Cullen
8 Daryl Gurney
9 Gerwyn Price
10 Darren Webster
11 Max Hopp
12 Stephen Bunting
13 Mervyn King
14 Dave Chisnall
15 Jermaine Wattimena
16 Kim Huybrechts

[Little Lonely Garry]

with no ando, mensur, mvg and wade a great chance for another unexpected final