2022 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates3–6 February 2022
VenueCircus Tavern
LocationPurfleet
Country England
Organisation(s)WSDT
FormatSets
Prize fund£72,500
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout170 England Kevin Painter
(semi-finals)
Champion(s)
Scotland Robert Thornton
2023»

The 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Championship) was the first World Seniors Darts Championship organised by the World Seniors Darts Tour and was held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet between 3 and 6 February 2022.

The event was open to players over the age of 50, and was a joint venture between MODUS Sports and Jason Francis, which organised Snooker Legends and World Seniors Championship of Snooker in 2017–18.[1]

Target Darts were announced as one of the leading sponsors for the 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship.[2] The World Seniors Darts Championship was broadcast in United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Austria and Switzerland.[3]

Robert Thornton became the inaugural champion, defeating Martin Adams 5–1 in the final.

Prize money

The prize fund for the event was £72,500, with £30,000 going to the champion.

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £72,500)
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,500
Semi-finalists (2) £4,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £2,000
First round (8) £1,000
Preliminary round (8) £750

Qualifiers

The first player announced to take part in the event on 3 April 2021 was 16-time world champion Phil Taylor.

The 24-player field comprised 11 former PDC and BDO World Champions, plus a further 11 invited players. Two further places were completed by a qualifying event which took place 13–14 November 2021 at The Crucible Club in Reading.[4] Current PDC Tour Card holders were ineligible, ruling out world champions Richie Burnett, Peter Wright, Gary Anderson, Raymond van Barneveld, Steve Beaton, Glen Durrant and Scott Mitchell.[5]

Tony David was invited to the tournament but withdrew due to visa reasons and was replaced by Alan Warriner-Little. Dennis Priestley was also invited to the tournament but he suffered a leg injury. Andy Fordham had also accepted an invite to participate, but he died in July 2021 and was replaced by Deta Hedman. Ted Hankey withdrew in December 2021 and was replaced by Larry Butler. Richie Burnett and Kevin Burness then had to withdraw in January 2022 upon winning PDC Tour Cards. Lisa Ashton (who had subsequently lost hers), and Dave Prins (as the highest ranked non-qualified player from the qualifiers) replaced them.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was announced on 18 January 2022.

First round
(best of 5 sets)
3–4 February		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
4–5 February		Quarter-finals
(best of 5 sets)
5 February		Semi-finals
(best of 7 sets)
6 February		Final
(best of 9 sets)
6 February
  Peter Manley 76.163S Phil Taylor 81.293
 Deta Hedman 71.491 Peter Manley 74.431
S Phil Taylor 86.100
 Kevin Painter 88.883
  Tony O'Shea 84.402S Wayne Warren 75.520
 Kevin Painter 85.273 Kevin Painter 94.593
  Kevin Painter 84.152
 Robert Thornton 87.314
  Robert Thornton 94.663S Trina Gulliver 74.190
 Bob Anderson 80.910 Robert Thornton 92.633
 Robert Thornton 91.173
Q Dave Prins 77.270
 Paul Lim 84.951S John Lowe 71.770
Q Dave Prins 90.153Q Dave Prins 90.793
 Robert Thornton 92.665
S Martin Adams 89.061
  Les Wallace 74.322S John Part 74.681
 John Walton 76.393 John Walton 77.153
  John Walton 75.441
 Terry Jenkins 77.023
  Terry Jenkins 84.323S Lisa Ashton 80.661
 Roland Scholten 76.190 Terry Jenkins 86.583
 Terry Jenkins 86.322
S Martin Adams 88.974
  Alan Warriner-Little 56.810S Keith Deller 74.332
 Larry Butler 88.993 Larry Butler 78.743
 Larry Butler 83.491
S Martin Adams 84.833
 Darryl Fitton 76.692S Martin Adams 91.463
Q Richie Howson 83.073Q Richie Howson 87.452

Statistics

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

# Player Round Average Result
1 Scotland Robert Thornton R1 94.66 Won
2 England Kevin Painter R2 94.59 Won
3 Scotland Robert Thornton F 92.66 Won
4 Scotland Robert Thornton R2 92.63 Won
5 England Martin Adams R2 91.46 Won
6 Scotland Robert Thornton QF 91.17 Won
7 England Dave Prins R2 90.79 Won
8 England Dave Prins R1 90.15 Won
9 England Martin Adams F 89.06 Lost
10 United States Larry Butler R1 88.99 Won

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship. A total of seven nationalities were represented.

England
ENG 		Scotland
SCO 		United States
USA 		Canada
CAN 		Wales
WAL 		Netherlands
NED 		Singapore
SGP 		Total
Final 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Semi-finals 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Quarter-finals 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
Second round 12 1 1 1 1 0 0 16
First round 11 2 1 0 0 1 1 16
Total 17 2 1 1 1 1 1 24

Broadcasting rights

BT Sport won the rights to air the championship, and their coverage was Ray Stubbs and Bobby George, with Helen Chamberlain conducting interviews, while commentary duties were covered by Mark Webster, Paul Nicholson, John Gwynne, and Chris Murphy.[11] BBC aired the event via the BBC iPlayer & BBC Sport website and app.[11] In Ireland, Virgin Media Three broadcast the whole tournament with Sport1 covering the tournament in Germany.[12]

References

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