The Top players in Darts - Including World Champions Martin Adams and John Boy Walton, will complete in the BDO Winmau Classic, played for the first time here at the Ricoh Arena on the 14th July 2012.
Darts head to the Ricoh Arena
With over £10,000 in prize money at stake, the line-up also includes TV favourites Tony O'Shea and Darryl Fitton plus Southam's very own Trina Gulliver, the nine-times Lakeside Women's World Champion, together with reigning Lakeside World Champion Anastasia Dobromyslova. They are joined by World No.1 Deta Hedman in a star-studded field.
The Winmau BDO British Classic will be the BDO’s major event in a ‘Festival of Darts’ that sees a unique collaboration between the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the England Darts Organisation (EDO) to produce an exciting long-weekend of darts from Friday, July 13th to Sunday, July 15th at the Ricoh Arena.
The mouth-watering line-up will combine two major events on the darts calendar – the WINMAU BDO BRITISH CLASSIC and the EDO ENGLAND MASTERS.
There will also be the grand final of the Grosvenor Casino Grand Prix plus the inaugural Ricoh Arena Open Singles on Friday, July 13th with a guaranteed prize fund of £1,500.
It is an exciting curtain-raiser for the weekend and open to players eligible to play in the Winmau World Masters and Lakeside World Professional Championships. The Champion will be invited to this year’s Winmau World Masters and the International Play-Offs for the 2013 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships.
There is a bonus for the general public because spectators are welcome to watch all events at the Ricoh Arena free of charge!
Both the Winmau BDO British Classic and EDO England Masters will be played exclusively on Winmau Blade 4 dartboards.
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Schedule of Events
Friday, July 13th:
- Ricoh Arena Darts Open (Singles) at 8pm. Entry on the day with £1500 Guaranteed Prize Money. For players eligible to play in the Winmau World Masters and Lakeside World Professional.
Saturday, July 14th:
- England National Men’s and Women’s Singles at 10am
- BDO British Classic Men’s and Women’s Singles at 1pm
- Grosvenor Grand Prix of Darts Men’s and Women’s Grand Finals at 7pm
Sunday, July 15th:
- England Masters Men’s and Women’s Singles at 11am; England Masters Youth at 1PM. England Masters Men’s and Women’s Pairs at 3pm.
