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One final, two places on the big stage. Anton Östlund has had the sort of weekend that makes the qualifying stories worth following, even when the biggest names are playing somewhere else. The Swede beat Darius Labanauskas 8–4 in Sunday's Nordic & Baltic Championship final in Odense. That earned him a place at both the Grand Slam of Darts and the 2027 PDC World Darts Championship. A good weekend has turned into a very different end to the year. For me, these are some of the best stories in darts. It's easy to spend...

Beau Greaves against Christian Kist. That's one of the matches I'll be looking out for when the Players Championship Finals get going in Minehead later this month. Greaves makes her tournament debut as the eighth seed. For me, that seeding is as interesting as the debut itself. The field comes from the season's Players Championship rankings, so this is a place earned through results across the floor events. The bracket was confirmed on 5 November, after the last Players Championship of the year. With play at Butl...

There's something I like about a tournament that starts with groups. One bad match doesn't immediately send you home. You've got a chance to settle in, find your doubles and give yourself something to play for in the next game. It's part of what makes the Grand Slam interesting. With the last qualifiers now confirmed, the attention turns to the group stage and then the knockout matches. And it raises a fairly simple question: why keep that kind of tournament just for the professionals? You can bring the same grou...

Stephen Bunting is going to Wolverhampton. Michael Smith isn't. That tells you enough about Friday's Grand Slam qualifier to know it wasn't a day for taking anything for granted. Ten places were available at Leicester's Mattioli Arena on 6 November. Bunting took his with three averages above 100, finishing the job with a 5–2 win over Jimmy van Schie. For me, that's the way to handle being the highest-ranked player in a qualifier: give yourself as little trouble as possible. The bigger drama came elsewhere. Joe Cu...

A 161 checkout to win your first PDC ranking title. Against Luke Humphries. If you're going to have a breakthrough, that's quite a way to sign it off. Tommy Morris beat Humphries 8–5 in Thursday's Players Championship 34 final in Leicester. Sky Sports' finish clip captures the moment that settled it. For me, the appeal is simple: the player with the bigger reputation doesn't get an extra dart when the finish is there. Morris doesn't hold a Tour Card. The PDC says he is only the sixth player without one to win a r...

If Luke Humphries came to Leicester just to find out how much energy he had left, he got a pretty good answer. Seven matches later, he was holding another title. Humphries beat Niels Zonneveld 8–4 in Wednesday's Players Championship 33 final at the Mattioli Arena. It was his fourth Players Championship win of 2026, and it came on his return after illness had kept him out of the European Championship. For me, that's the story here. Winning a floor event is hard enough when everything is going well. Coming back aft...

There's more at stake in Leicester this week than another Players Championship title. With just two events left, a good run could mean a trip to Minehead. An early exit could mean watching the Finals from home. Players Championship 33 and 34 take place at the Mattioli Arena on 4 and 5 November. Only the top 64 on the final Players Championship Order of Merit make it to the Finals, so there's very little room left to put a disappointing day right. Gary Anderson, Nathan Aspinall and Josh Rock were all named among t...

A great darts tournament should feel exciting for the players, effortless for the organiser and easy to follow for everyone in the room. Pub Darts Manager brings the practical side of a tournament together, from the first registration to the final winning dart, while giving the community a place to share the stories that happen along the way. There is a special kind of energy in a pub on darts night. Players arrive with their cases under one arm, friends gather around the boards and familiar conversations start bef...

Online tournament table software for your darts competition With PubDartsManager.com you can easily organise your darts tournament completely online. You can automatically generate group stages, set up group matches including assigned scorekeepers, and create A and B knockout rounds without any manual hassle. In addition, we provide a dedicated tournament website where players and visitors can follow all matches, results, and standings in real time.

Wat je wel nodig hebt is een desktop computer of tablet met internet. Iedereen heeft tegenwoordig een telefoon en een email adres. Dus, spelers komen naar jouw toernooi en schrijven zich in met naam en email adres. Als ze moeten spelen krijgen ze een email waarin staat op welke baan(bord) ze moeten spelen en tegen wie. Jij bepaalt hoeveel legs er gespeeld worden in knock-out en de poules. Bij een poules wedstijd krijgen spelers een email met de complete poules wedstrijden, en wie er moet schrijven. De...