SEEDINGS CONFIRMED FOR WINMAU WORLD MASTERS
With a Winmau World Masters seeding cut-off date of 1st September last year^s runner-up James Wilson and reigning champion Deta Hedman will be the Number 1 seeds for this year’s tournament. In its 41st year, the event is being held in the AirCo Sports Arena in Hull and Hull City Hall between 9th – 12th October 2014.
Local Yorkshire man Wilson came runner-up to Stephen Bunting in last year^s competition, while Deta Hedman took her second World Masters crown beating Rachel Brooks 4 legs to 1 in the final. Elsewhere, 3-time World Master Martin Adams and 2014 Lakeside World Professional Championship runner-up Alan Norris cap a fine year so far with Number 2 and Number 3 seedings respectively.
Welsh captain Martin Phillips returns to the seedings courtesy of winning the German Darts Masters, Belgium Open and Austrian Open this year, while 2011 champion Scott Waites is seeded at 15, meaning a potential Last 16 clash with Adams.
3-time Lakeside World Professional Champion Anastasia Dobromyslova starts her campaign for a first Masters crown as the Number 2 seed, while reigning Lakeside Champion and 2011 World Master Lisa Ashton is seeded at 11. 5-time World Master Trina Gulliver MBE is seeded number 4, and last year^s finalist Rachel Brooks comes in as the Number 5 seed.
Men^s Seeds 17-32 will start from the floor stages amongst more than 400 players from all over the world on Thursday 9th October, and include the likes of former two-time finalist Tony O^Shea, Jan Dekker, Garry Thompson, Richie George and Paul Jennings whilst all Ladies begin play from the floor.
Eurosport will be televising 3 days of World Masters drama from Friday to Sunday.
Special offer for tickets for the stages finals of the event are still available:
Purchase 8 single day tickets, get 2 free and a signed dart board from one of the matches played that day.
Purchase 8 weekend tickets, get 2 free and the chance to win a sponsored exhibition match with one of the top dart players at your pub/club.
Tickets for the staged finals of the event are still available. Ticket Prices are:
Friday 10th October = £10
Saturday 11th October = £20
Sunday 12th October = £20
Weekend Tickets = £40
To take advantage of this offer you will need to contact Hull Box Office by phone: 01482-300300
For further details contact the EY Events Team by phone: 01482 – 391669 or email at: info@eyevents.co.uk
Top 16 Seedings – Men
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1. James Wilson 2. Martin Adams 3. Alan Norris 4. Scott Mitchell 5. Glen Durrant 6. Jamie Hughes 7. Robbie Green 8. Martin Phillips |
9. Wesley Harms 10. Gary Robson 11. Jeffrey De Graaf 12. Ross Montgomery 13. Rick Hofstra 14. Remco van Eijden 15. Scott Waites 16. Darryl Fitton |
Group Seeds - Men
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17. Jan Dekker 18. Tony O^Shea 19. Madars Razma 20. Geert De Vos 21. Darius Labanauskas 22. Pip Blackwell 23. Sam Head 24. Garry Thompson
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25. Sam Hewson 26. Paul Jennings 27. Paul Coughlin 28. Brian Dawson 29. Richie George 30. Jim Williams 31. Michel van der Horst 32. Dave Smith
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Top 8 Seeds – Women 1. Deta Hedman 2. Anastasia Dobromyslova 3. Aileen De Graaf 4. Trina Gulliver MBE 5. Rachel Brooks 6. Lorraine Winstanley 7. Zoe Jones 8. Fallon Sherrock
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Group Seeds – Women 9. Irina Armstrong 10. Sharon Prins 11. Lisa Ashton 12. Paula Jacklin 13. Anneke Kuijten 14. Casey Gallagher 15. Sue Gulliver 16. Margaret Sutton
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