Winmau World Masters

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The Winmau World Masters is one of the longest running professional darts tournaments, which began in 1974 - even before the current World Professional Championship. The tournament has been sponsored by Darts board manufacturer, Winmau for 30 years and they have currently extended their contract to sponsor the event until 2010.

It is the final leg of the BDO’s Grand Slam title of televised majors, along with the Topic International Darts League, the Bavaria World Darts Trophy and the Lakeside World Professional Championship.

Contents 1 Sponsors 2 Venues 3 Trivia 4 2006 Event 4.1 2006 Men's Event Results 4.2 2006 Women's Event Results 5 Previous Winners 5.1 Men's Final Results 5.2 Women's Champions 5.3 Boys Champions 5.4 Girls Champions

[edit] Sponsors

1974-1975 Phonogram
1976-present Winmau

[edit] Venues

1977-1980 Wembley Conference Centre
1982-1986 Rainbow Suite, Kensington
1999-2001 Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green Surrey
2002-2005 Bridlington Spa Royal Hall
2006 Leisure World, Bridlington

[edit] Trivia

• Only three players have ever won the World Masters and the World Professional Championship in the same season. Eric Bristow achieved the feat three times (1979 Masters 1980 World, 1983-84 and 1984-85). Bob Anderson (1987 - 88) and Richie Burnett (1994 - 95) were the others. There have been two other instances of playing holding both championships at the same time (Phil Taylor 1990 and Raymond van Barneveld 2005) - but these were not during the same season which is considered to end with the World Championship.

• There are 11 players who have won the Masters and World Professional during their careers - Bristow, Anderson, Burnett plus John Lowe, Phil Taylor, Dennis Priestley, Steve Beaton, Les Wallace, Andy Fordham, John Walton and Raymond van Barneveld.

• Eric Bristow holds the record for most tournament wins with five. Bob Anderson has three successes followed by Dave Whitcombe, John Lowe and Raymond van Barneveld who have won the Masters twice each.

• The 2006 Champion, Michael van Gerwen eclipsed the record of Eric Bristow to become the youngest ever World Master at the age of 17 years, 174 days. He came back from 1-4 and 2-5 down to beat England captain, Martin Adams by 7 sets to 5.

• The Winmau World Masters is one of the only major darts championships which holds four separate finals; Men, Women, Boys and Girls Masters.

[edit] 2006 Event

Thursday October 12, 2006

Qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship was held.

Friday October 13, 2006

Players from 30 countries played on a multi-board system to qualify for the stage matches to be played on Saturday and Sunday. There were some major upsets in the qualifying round as only 4 seeded players managed to progress to the last 16. Five seeded players even failed to reach the final qualifying round (last 32) of the tournament. World Champion, Jelle Klaasen was amongst the big-named players who went out early.

• Mervyn King (5) lost to Albertino Essers 2-3
• Vincent van der Voort (8) lost to Rick Hofstra 2-3
• Mike Veitch (10) lost to Joe Palmer 1-3
• Jelle Klaasen (13) lost to Mario Robbe 0-3
• Paul Hanvidge (15) lost to Roy Montgomery 1-3

Bobby George lost in the first qualifying round to Jim Widmeyer (USA). Former World Champion, Andy Fordham managed to progress through one qualifying round before losing to Benny Grace (Ire).

Saturday October 14, 2006

• 0900 Girls Final (Best of 5 Legs)

Kimberley Lewis  Wales (Ave 63.06) beat Thea Kaaijk  Netherlands (Ave 67.26) 4-2 (legs)

• 0930 Boys Final (Best of 5 Legs) Maarten Pape (Ned) Jan Dekker (Ned) v

Maarten Pape  Netherlands (Ave 75.84) beat Jan Dekker  Netherlands (Ave 71.64) 4-1 (legs)

• 1000 - 1640 Men's Championship Last 16 & Quarter Finals played

Sunday October 15, 2006

• 1130 - 1230 Women's Championship Semi Finals and Final played

• 1330 Men's Championship Semi Finals & Final played

[edit] 2006 Men's Event Results

• Each set is best of 3 legs.

Qualifying Group Finals					Last 16 Best of 5 sets Losers £250					Quarter-Finals Best of 5 sets Losers £500					Semi-Finals Best of 11 sets Losers £900					Final Best of 13 sets Winner £15,000 Runner-up £3,000
16	Tony O'Shea	0
	Andy Boulton	3				Boulton 74.73	0
1	Martin Adams	3			1	Adams 87.03	3
	John Cullen	1								1	Adams 95.58	3
9	Martin Atkins	0									Stompé 93.03	1
	Co Stompé	3				Stompé 86.73	3
	Carl Lewis	3				Lewis 77.07	1
	Neil Duff	1													1	Adams 103.68	6
12	John Walton	3														Farmer 93.09	0
	Per Rijhonen	2			12	Walton 86.70	3
	Marko Puls	2				Cosslett 76.59	0
	Paul Cosslett	3								12	Walton 83.13	1
	Michael Rosenauer	3									Farmer 85.95	3
	Mario Robbe	1				Rosenauer 73.32	0
4	Tony Eccles	2				Farmer 82.62	3
	Steve Farmer	3																			Adams 93.69	5
	Phillip Nixon	3																			van Gerwen 94.50	7
	Scott Waites	1				Nixon 79.26	1
2	Gary Anderson	1				Webster 81.03	3
	Mark Webster	3									Webster 101.52	3
	Joe Palmer	1									Woods 90.90	1
	Brian Woods	3				Woods 79.62	3
7	Ted Hankey	2				Hughes 74.25	0
	Robert Hughes	3														Webster 90.69	3
11	Shaun Greatbatch	2													3	van Gerwen 94.14	6
	Martin Phillips	3				Phillips 89.13	2
6	Darryl Fitton	3			6	Fitton 90.24	3
	Marko Kantele	1								6	Fitton 93.02	1
14	Niels de Ruiter	2								3	van Gerwen 97.20	3
	Robert Wagner	3				Wagner 81.54	2
3	Michael van Gerwen	3			3	van Gerwen 88.86	3
	Michael Cummins	1

[edit] 2006 Women's Event Results

	Quarter Finals Best of 7 Legs Losers £300					Semi Finals Best of 7 Legs Losers £500					Final Best of 7 Legs Winner £3,000 Runner-up £1,000
	1	Trina Gulliver	4
		Anne Kirk	0
						1	Trina Gulliver 77.37	2
						4	Francis Hoenselaar 82.53	4
		Stacy Bromberg	2
	4	Francis Hoenselaar	4
											4	Francis Hoenselaar 76.56	4
											2	Karen Krappen 77.94	3
	2	Karen Krappen	4
	7	Clare Bywaters	3
						2	Karen Krappen 71.25	4
							Carla Molema 67.86	2
	6	Anastasia Dobromyslova	1
		Carla Molema	4

[edit] Previous Winners

[edit] Men's Final Results

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-Up
1974	Cliff Inglis  England	beat	Harry Heenan  Scotland
1975	Alan Evans  Wales	beat	David Rocky Jones  Wales
1976	John Lowe  England	beat	Phil Obbard  Wales
1977	Eric Bristow  England	beat	Paul Reynolds  England
1978	Ronnie Davies  England	beat	Tony Brown  England
1979	Eric Bristow  England	beat	Alan Hogg  Canada
1980	John Lowe  England	beat	Rab Smith  Scotland
1981	Eric Bristow  England	beat	John Lowe  England
1982	Dave Whitcombe  England	beat	Jocky Wilson  Scotland
1983	Eric Bristow  England	beat	Mike Gregory  England
1984	Eric Bristow  England	beat	Keith Deller  England
1985	Dave Whitcombe  England	beat	Ray Farrell  Northern Ireland
1986	Bob Anderson  England	beat	Bob Sinnaeve  Canada
1987	Bob Anderson  England	beat	John Lowe  England
1988	Bob Anderson  England	beat	John Lowe  England
1989	Peter Evison  England	beat	Eric Bristow  England
1990	Phil Taylor  England	beat	Jocky Wilson  Scotland
1991	Rod Harrington  England	beat	Phil Taylor  England
1992	Dennis Priestley  England	beat	Mike Gregory  England
1993	Steve Beaton  England	beat	Les Wallace  Scotland
1994	Richie Burnett  Wales	beat	Steve Beaton  England
1995	Erik Clarys  Belgium	beat	Richie Burnett  Wales
1996	Colin Monk  England	beat	Richie Burnett  Wales
1997	Graham Hunt  Australia	beat	Ronnie Baxter  England
1998	Les Wallace  Scotland	beat	Alan Warriner  England
1999	Andy Fordham  England	3-1	Wayne Jones  England
2000	John Walton  England	3-2	Mervyn King  England
2001	Raymond van Barneveld  Netherlands	4-2	Jarkko Komula  Finland
2002	Mark Dudbridge  England	7-4	Tony West  England
2003	Tony West  England	7-6	Raymond van Barneveld  Netherlands
2004	Mervyn King  England	7-6	Tony O'Shea  England
2005	Raymond van Barneveld  Netherlands	7-3	Goran Klemme  Sweden
2006	Michael van Gerwen  Netherlands	7-5	Martin Adams  England

[edit] Women's Champions

1982 Ann Marie Davies  Wales
1983 Sonja Ralphs  England
1984 Kathy Wones  England
1985 Lilian Barnett  New Zealand
1986 Kathy Wones  England
1987 Ann Thomas  Wales
1988 Mandy Solomons  England
1989 Mandy Solomons  England
1990 Rhian Speed  Wales
1991 Sandy Reitan  United States
1992 Leeanne Maddock  Wales
1993 Mandy Solomons  England
1994 Deta Hedman  England
1995 Sharon Colclough  England
1996 Sharon Douglas  Scotland
1997 Mandy Solomons  England
1998 Karen Smith  England
1999 Francis Hoenselaar  Netherlands
2000 Trina Gulliver  England
2001 Anne Kirk  Scotland
2002 Trina Gulliver  England
2003 Trina Gulliver  England
2004 Trina Gulliver  England
2005 Trina Gulliver  England
2006 Francis Hoenselaar  Netherlands

[edit] Boys Champions

1986 Harith Lim  Singapore
1987 Sean Bell  England
1988 Sean Dowling  England
1989 Dennis Beisser  England
1990 Craig Clancy  England
1991 Michael Barnard  England
1992 Leeanne Maddock  Wales[1]
1993 Jamie Caven  England
1994 Steven de Brucker  Belgium
1995 Martin Whatmough  England
1996 Carsten Hoffmann  Germany
1997 Aaron Turner  England
1998 Paul Higgins  Wales
1999 Martin Brown  England
2000 Danny Ballard  England
2001 Stephen Bunting  England
2002 Sean McDonald  Scotland
2003 Kirk Shepherd  England
2004 Oskar Lukasiak  Sweden
2005 Jonny Nijs  Netherlands
2006 Maarten Pape  Netherlands

[edit] Girls Champions

1999 Janine Gough  Wales
2000 Janine Gough  Wales
2001 Anastasia Dobromislova  Russia
2002 Lynsey McDonald  Scotland
2003 Stevis Riggs  England
2004 Irene Adrianova  Russia
2005 Laura Tye  Netherlands
2006 Kimberley Lewis  Wales