BDO International Grand Prix Series
Tournament information
Established2008
Organisation(s)British Darts Organisation (BDO)
Prize fund£32,000 (2008)
£28,000 (2009)
Final Year2009
Final champion(s)
England Dave Chisnall

The BDO International Grand Prix Series was a series of tournaments in the sport of darts.[1][2] Organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO),[1][2] the series was made up of five already established 'stand-alone' darts tournaments that were played under a generic ‘umbrella’ format.[1] The five darts tournaments were; the BDO British Classic, the BDO British Open, the BDO Gold Cup, the BDO International Open and the BDO Welsh Open.[1][2] The BDO awarded points in the men's singles at each event from the quarter-final to final stages.[1] After all five tournaments were completed, the person who accumulated the most points over the five tournaments would be declared the overall winner and winner of the BDO International Grand Prix Series.[1]

History

The BDO International Grand Prix Series was established in 2008.[1][2] The five darts tournaments that made up the Series were; the BDO British Open, the BDO British Classic, the BDO Gold Cup, the BDO International Open and the BDO Welsh Open.[1][2] Each tournament was a ‘stand-alone’ event, but was played under a generic ‘umbrella’ International Grand Prix title.[1] The BDO awarded points at the each event in the men's singles events from the quarter-final to final stages.[1] After the five tournaments were completed, the person who accumulated the most points over the five tournaments would be declared the overall winner and the winner of BDO International Grand Prix Series winner.[1] The five tournaments were broadcast live on Setanta Sports, which marked a debut for the sport of darts on the channel.[1][2] In each tournament, the final stages of the men’s singles from the quarter-finals to the final stages were broadcast live on Setanta Sports.[1][2] For sponsorship purposes, it was known as the BDO Fire Kills International Grand Prix Series.[3][4]

Event information

Results

2008

Tournament Winner Runner-up Semi finalists Quarter finalists Ref
BDO Welsh Open Scotland Gary Anderson Wales Mark Webster Sweden Alan Norris
Wales Robert Hughes 		England Ian Jones Scotland Robert Thornton
Wales Alan Walker Wales Tony Clark 		[3][7]
BDO International Open England Davy Richardson Scotland Ross Montgomery England Robbie Green
Scotland Mark Barilli 		England Ted Hankey England Joe Murnan
England Mick Cookman England Gary Robson 		[8][9]
BDO Gold Cup England Scott Waites Scotland Gary Anderson England Chris Jones
England Stuart Bousfield 		England Mick Reed England Paul Cook
England Gavin ForsytheEngland Kevin Edwards 		[10][11]
BDO British Classic Scotland Ross Montgomery Scotland Gary Anderson England Gary Robson
Netherlands Edwin Max 		England Tony O'Shea England Stephen Bunting
England Davy Richardson England Stuart Kellett 		[11][12]
BDO British Open Scotland John Henderson Scotland Gary Anderson Netherlands Mareno Michels
England Martin Atkins 		England Gary Robson England Martin Adams
England John Walton England Phil Nixon 		[13][14]

2008 BDO International Grand Prix Series Final Standings

Pos Player[14][15] Points Money
1 Scotland Gary Anderson (c) 42 £12,000
2 Scotland Ross Montgomery 24 £6,000
3 England Davy Richardson 18 £4,000
4 Scotland John Henderson 15 £2,750
England Scott Waites
6 England Gary Robson 12 £2,000
7 Wales Mark Webster 9 £1,500
8 England Chris Jones 6 £1,000
England Stuart Bousfield
Netherlands Mareno Michels
Netherlands Edwin Max
England Robbie Green
Scotland Mark Barilli
England Alan Norris
Wales Robert Hughes

2009

Tournament Winner Runner-up Semi finalists Quarter finalists Ref
BDO Welsh Open Scotland Ross Montgomery Scotland Mark Barilli England Dougie Smith
England Stuart Kellett 		England Martin Atkins Australia Wayne Brown
England Brian Derbyshire England Steve West 		[5][16]
BDO International Open England Tony O'Shea England Ted Hankey England Steve Johnson
England Joe Murnan 		England Steve West England Scott Mitchell
England Arthur Dobey England Steve O'Donnell 		[17][18]
BDO Gold Cup England Paul Brooks England Brian Woods England Scott Mitchell
England Dave Weston 		Scotland Ewan Hyslop England Joe Murnan
Wales David Smith-Hayes England Glenn Moody 		[19][20]
BDO British Classic England Stephen Bunting England Scott Waites England Tony West
England Dave Chisnall 		England Darryl Fitton Scotland Mark Barilli
Republic of Ireland Garrett Gray England Dave Weston 		[20][21]
BDO British Open England Dave Chisnall England Martin Atkins Scotland Paul Hanvidge
England Colin Fowler 		England Martin Adams England Alan Norris
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney Scotland John Henderson 		[22][23]

2009 BDO International Grand Prix Series Final Standings

Pos Player[24] Points Money
1 England Dave Chisnall (c) 21 £12,000
2 England Paul Brooks 15 £3,750
Scotland Ross Montgomery 15
England Stephen Bunting 15
England Tony O'Shea 15
6 Scotland Mark Barilli 12 £500
England Martin Atkins 12

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n BDO Darts Archives (April 2008) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Sentanta to Screen Grand Prix Darts Mad. 05-04-2008. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  3. ^ a b c d BDO Darts Archives (May 2008) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  4. ^ BDO Darts Archives (Fire Kills PR 2009) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  5. ^ a b c BDO Darts Archives (May 2009) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  6. ^ 2009 BDO International Grand Prix Prize Money Darts Database. Retrieved 27-05-2015.
  7. ^ 2008 BDO Welsh Open Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  8. ^ 2008 BDO International Open Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  9. ^ BDO Darts Archives (June 2008) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  10. ^ 2008 BDO Gold Cup Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  11. ^ a b BDO Darts Archives (July 2008) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  12. ^ 2008 BDO British Classic Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  13. ^ 2008 BDO British Open Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  14. ^ a b BDO Darts Archives (September 2008) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  15. ^ 2008 BDO International Grand Prix Series Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  16. ^ 2009 BDO Welsh Open Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  17. ^ 2009 BDO International Open Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  18. ^ BDO Darts Archives (June 2009) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  19. ^ 2009 BDO Gold Cup Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  20. ^ a b BDO Darts Archives (July 2009) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  21. ^ 2009 BDO British Classic Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  22. ^ 2009 BDO British Open Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  23. ^ BDO Darts Archives (September 2009) BDO Darts. Retrieved 25-05-2015.
  24. ^ 2009 BDO International Grand Prix Series Darts Database. Retrieved 25-05-2015.

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