what does that actually mean 'World championship type event'?
Are they hoping the BDO cancel their world championship before announcing this event as wdf WC?
why use this half way house kind of statement?
Agree though: bdo seems now obsolete.
The Rise of the WDF!
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Return to Lakeside? Winmau to return as board sponsor? Could this be why Wayne Warren didn't go to Q schoool - so he'd be 'defending' the title? Lo0ads of questions. I'd guess if the PDc were involved there will be a link up between the WDF structure and the challenge tour.
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Is that a record number of announcements of announcements in one press release?
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Same on fanatics. A thread starts re this topic then folk start a fresh thread with exact same info.
They obviously see the wdf statement and don't bother checking if a discussion already ongoing.
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England Statement concerning WDF.
17/01/2020.
Hi All,
Today the WDF announces a new ranking system for the 2020 season. We were advised at the World Darts Federation conference in Romania during the World Cup (October 2019) that they had been obtaining opinions and information to create put in place a fit for purpose, new and improved system, with the countries being consulted before the announcement in January 2020.
In essence, the new system will be split into three groups Gold, Silver and Bronze events, the Bronze events will receive 45 points to the winner in the new systems ranking table, and the Silver events will receive 90 points along with an invitation into the new WDF World Masters for the winner and runner-up. The Gold event's winner will receive 180 points, however, the winner will get a direct entry into the WDF World Championships Grand Finals, with the runner-up and two semi-finalists qualifying for the WDF World Masters. The points are also pro-rata in each section down the events.
There will 10 regional tables each with two direct qualifiers into the WDF World Championships one of which will be the UK regional table.
As the only recognised representatives from the sport of darts in England within the World Darts Federation, and the changing landscape of darts, we are commissioned by you the members to protect the interests of our company, The England Darts Organisation Ltd.
England Darts has no control in whatever is going on with other darting organisations or their perceived problems, and as such, we have to identify what is in the best interests of the company moving forward, along with protecting its members, events and corporate partners, to successfully move forward.
We were faced with a situation in mid-December, where we had to make a decision on whether to expand our involvement in the World Darts Federation or just remain in the BDO system. This increased involvement within the World Darts Federation comes at a considerable financial cost; nevertheless, it will give our players a guarantee of a minimum of two Major TV events in 2020, it will also encourage our darting fraternity to support England events, the lifeblood of our company.
We have received a letter today from the BDO saying everything is in hand for the forthcoming season, and it is not for us to dispute any of the contents of the letter, however, the reality over the last few months hardly filled us with confidence, and the decision we had to make as I have already stated was 31st December. This stark reality of the situation was, we either applied to the WDF to include our events, and secure some sort of continuity of support for our events, and assure the players there is something at the end of the rainbow, or we didn’t in the hope that the BDO can deliver a meaningful system for 2020. In the worst-case scenario if the BDO was to fail then all our events would be unranked, and as such both us as organisers, and speaking with our sponsors and partners, not a situation we could gamble on taking. We are already contracted up and until 30th September 2020 that our events are BDO ranked, so including the WDF system is the safety net we felt was appropriate.
The good news is that the England Open in June will be sanctioned as a “Gold” Ranked event, with the winner of both the Men's and Ladies Titles getting a direct entry into the WDF World Championships Grand Finals in December (actual date to be confirmed). The England Master, National Singles and Classic will all be Silver ranked with qualification into the WDF World Masters. We will be looking to expand all our major events into Gold, including the Isle of Man, but time has been against us delivering this, as budgets have already been agreed for our events for 2020.
I must assure all our members that the decisions we have taken are not political, we hope the BDO is able to weather the storm and fulfill its obligations to a full Invitation table and the TV events they currently run and are able to be successful during 2020, the decisions we made are purely in the best interests of our company England.
Yours Faithfully
Tommy Thompson
17/01/2020.
Hi All,
Today the WDF announces a new ranking system for the 2020 season. We were advised at the World Darts Federation conference in Romania during the World Cup (October 2019) that they had been obtaining opinions and information to create put in place a fit for purpose, new and improved system, with the countries being consulted before the announcement in January 2020.
In essence, the new system will be split into three groups Gold, Silver and Bronze events, the Bronze events will receive 45 points to the winner in the new systems ranking table, and the Silver events will receive 90 points along with an invitation into the new WDF World Masters for the winner and runner-up. The Gold event's winner will receive 180 points, however, the winner will get a direct entry into the WDF World Championships Grand Finals, with the runner-up and two semi-finalists qualifying for the WDF World Masters. The points are also pro-rata in each section down the events.
There will 10 regional tables each with two direct qualifiers into the WDF World Championships one of which will be the UK regional table.
As the only recognised representatives from the sport of darts in England within the World Darts Federation, and the changing landscape of darts, we are commissioned by you the members to protect the interests of our company, The England Darts Organisation Ltd.
England Darts has no control in whatever is going on with other darting organisations or their perceived problems, and as such, we have to identify what is in the best interests of the company moving forward, along with protecting its members, events and corporate partners, to successfully move forward.
We were faced with a situation in mid-December, where we had to make a decision on whether to expand our involvement in the World Darts Federation or just remain in the BDO system. This increased involvement within the World Darts Federation comes at a considerable financial cost; nevertheless, it will give our players a guarantee of a minimum of two Major TV events in 2020, it will also encourage our darting fraternity to support England events, the lifeblood of our company.
We have received a letter today from the BDO saying everything is in hand for the forthcoming season, and it is not for us to dispute any of the contents of the letter, however, the reality over the last few months hardly filled us with confidence, and the decision we had to make as I have already stated was 31st December. This stark reality of the situation was, we either applied to the WDF to include our events, and secure some sort of continuity of support for our events, and assure the players there is something at the end of the rainbow, or we didn’t in the hope that the BDO can deliver a meaningful system for 2020. In the worst-case scenario if the BDO was to fail then all our events would be unranked, and as such both us as organisers, and speaking with our sponsors and partners, not a situation we could gamble on taking. We are already contracted up and until 30th September 2020 that our events are BDO ranked, so including the WDF system is the safety net we felt was appropriate.
The good news is that the England Open in June will be sanctioned as a “Gold” Ranked event, with the winner of both the Men's and Ladies Titles getting a direct entry into the WDF World Championships Grand Finals in December (actual date to be confirmed). The England Master, National Singles and Classic will all be Silver ranked with qualification into the WDF World Masters. We will be looking to expand all our major events into Gold, including the Isle of Man, but time has been against us delivering this, as budgets have already been agreed for our events for 2020.
I must assure all our members that the decisions we have taken are not political, we hope the BDO is able to weather the storm and fulfill its obligations to a full Invitation table and the TV events they currently run and are able to be successful during 2020, the decisions we made are purely in the best interests of our company England.
Yours Faithfully
Tommy Thompson
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Very diplomatic response. So all is well according to the bdo board for this year.
let's see what the official response to the news from the wdf
let's see what the official response to the news from the wdf
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Great news for darts fans. Those who support the BDO, WDF and county darts.
Bad news for the fanboys.
Bad news for the fanboys.
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The fanboys on here only want PDC darts on TV or streaming. Which is ironic, given that they spend more time following the BDO World Championship than the PL or any other PDC event.
I am sure the same fanboys will watch every game of the WDF Worlds. Ticket sales will be counted. Rumours will be spread. All because it is not a PDC event.
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Please stop crying. There has been enough problems in this country with flooding.Wazza180 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 12:43 pmThe fanboys on here only want PDC darts on TV or streaming. Which is ironic, given that they spend more time following the BDO World Championship than the PL or any other PDC event.
I am sure the same fanboys will watch every game of the WDF Worlds. Ticket sales will be counted. Rumours will be spread. All because it is not a PDC event.
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As a darts fan, I wish the WDF well.
As a darts fan, I wish the BDO the very best.
On here, some of you wish the WDF well to score points over the BDO. Some of you criticise the WDF to score points for the PDC.
It's sad.
As a darts fan, I wish the BDO the very best.
On here, some of you wish the WDF well to score points over the BDO. Some of you criticise the WDF to score points for the PDC.
It's sad.
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Waz, as a darts fan do you wish the pdc well?
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"You arent a fan of football unless you watch all the Conference games on BT Sport"
Big Jock Knew
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WDF WORLD CHAMPS in December, if it comes off. Good decision to hold it before Ally Pally starts.
Hope the venue is far away from O2 and Lakeside, start afresh in a new venue, and different country. Germany perhaps?
Sponsorship has not been mentioned, and we all know what no sponsors means to a darts event!
Hope the venue is far away from O2 and Lakeside, start afresh in a new venue, and different country. Germany perhaps?
Sponsorship has not been mentioned, and we all know what no sponsors means to a darts event!
Sally