Welsh Open (darts)

The Welsh Open[1] is a darts tournament organised by the World Darts Federation and affiliated with the British Darts Organisation which has been staged annually since 1986. In 2008 the tournament was televised in the United Kingdom for the first time on Setanta Sports as part of the BDO's new Grand Prix series.

Welsh Open
Tournament information
VenueButlin's Barry Island(1986)
Pontins (1987–current)
LocationPrestatyn
CountryWales
Established1986
Organisation(s)BDO, category A+ /
WDF, Gold category
FormatLegs (until QF)
Sets (from QF)
Prize fund£24,180
Month(s) PlayedMay
Current champion(s)
Martijn Kleermaker (men's)
Beau Greaves (women's)
James Beeton (boy's)

Venue and sponsors

From 1987 the event has been staged at the Pontins holiday camp in Prestatyn, North Wales. The singles tournaments are sponsored by Red Dragon Sports and Pontins sponsor the other events.

Previous winners

Year Date Champion Runner-Up Semi-Finalists Quarter-Finalists
1978 Tony Brown Stefan Lord Leighton Rees
Ceri Morgan
Bill Lennard
Jocky Wilson
Colin Baker
Alan Evans
1979 Leighton Rees Rab Smith John Lowe
Terry O'Dea
Dave Whitcombe
Eric MacLean
Ronnie Davies
Ray Cornibert
1980 Ceri Morgan Wayne Lock Allan Hogg
Nicky Virachkul
John Lowe
Eric Bristow
Bobby George
Bill Lennard
1981 Eric Bristow Leighton Rees John Lowe
Angus Ross
Alan Evans
Steve Brennan
Bobby George
Wayne Lock
1982 John Lowe Jocky Wilson Eric Bristow
Terry O'Dea
Alan Evans
Bill Lennard
Tony Skuse
Leighton Rees
1983 Dave Whitcombe Keith Deller Eric Bristow
John Lowe
Bobby George
Bob Anderson
Mike Gregory
Ceri Morgan
1984 Keith Deller Eric Bristow Dave Lee
Cliff Lazarenko
John Joe O'Shea
Ceri Morgan
Leighton Rees
Dennis Hickling
1985 Dave Lee Ceri Morgan Russell Stewart
Eric Bristow
John Lowe
Cliff Lazarenko
Mike Gregory
Alan Warriner
1986 6 July Cliff Lazarenko Bob Anderson Brian Cairns
Chris Johns
Terry O'Dea
John Lowe
Ceri Morgan
Eric Bristow
1987 17 May Peter Masson Chris Johns Paul Reynolds
Bob Anderson
Leighton Rees
Russell Stewart
Brian Cairns
Malcolm Davies
1988 Steve Gittins Paul Reynolds Barry Atkinson
Kevin White
Chris Johns
Brian Cairns
Leighton Rees
Eric Burden
1989 Chris Dalton Paul Reynolds Phil Taylor
Dennis Priestley
Alan Warriner
Kevin Spiolek
Brian Cairns
Leighton Rees
1990 20 May Kevin Kenny Alan Warriner Eric Burden
Paul Williams
Phil Taylor
Brian Cairns
Harry Robinson
John Lowe
1991 19 May Ronnie Baxter Marshall James Kevin Spiolek
Wayne Jones
Alan Kenwright
Bob Nixon
Alan Warriner
Alan Croft
1992 17 May Dennis Priestley Alan Warriner Dave Hirst
Rod Harrington
Kevin Spiolek
Marshall James
Brian Cairns
Wayne Aston
1993 16 May Ronnie Baxter Dave Fallas Paul Williams
Terry Jenkins
Trevor Nurse
Ken Thomas
Leighton Rees
Steve Beaton
1994 15 May Richie Burnett Andy Jenkins Mike Gregory
Martin Adams
Leighton Rees
Paul Williams
Shayne Burgess
Derek Hampton
1995 14 May Richie Burnett Martin Adams Paul Knighton
Andy Wallace
Ted Hankey
Paul Williams
Tony O'Shea
Tony Hull
1996 19 May Nicky Turner Alan Brown Andy Thomas
Geoff Wylie
Ritchie Davies
Steve Beaton
Alan Johnson
Derek Williams
1997 18 May Marshall James Ian Roe Tony O'Shea
Joe Palmer
Robert Hughes
Ronnie Baxter
Martin Angell
Andy Jenkins
1998 31 May Steve Alker Colin Monk Erik Clarys
Kevin Weir
Martin Angell,
Ted Hankey
Chris Mason
Kevin Painter
1999 29–31 May Andy Smith Ronnie Baxter Bob Taylor
Robbie Widdows
Denis Ovens
Gary Spedding
John Walton
Peter Johnstone
2000 27–29 May John Walton Peter Allen Colin Monk
Andy Fordham
Nick Gedney
Denis Ovens
Ian Roe
Peter Johnstone
2001 25–27 May Gary Anderson John Walton Mike Veitch
Shaun Greatbatch
Darryl Fitton
Dave Smith
Mike Gregory
Norman Fletcher
2002 25–26 May Andy Fordham Ian Jones Jean Paul van Acker
Paul Beard
Ronnie Baxter
Les Fitton
Sean Palfrey
Matt Clark
2003 31 May Ian Brand Ritchie Davies Tony Hull
Chris North
Tony West
Erik Clarys
Tony Martin
John Walton
2004 6 Jun Anthony Ridler Tony West Vincent van der Voort
Mark Chiswell
Steve Farmer
Ross Montgomery
Mark Lewis
Martin Phillips
2005 21 May Per Laursen Kees Slokkers Martin Homer
Niels de Ruiter
Shaun Greatbatch
Mareno Michels
Brian Sørensen
Martyn Freeman
2006 20–21 May Michael van Gerwen Gary Anderson Martin Atkins
Mark Webster
Robert Green
Martyn Turner
John Walton
Dicky Foster
2007 19–20 May Mark Webster Scott Waites Chris Thompson
Remco van Eijden
Co Stompé
Davy Richardson
Darron Twist
Darren Stevenson
2008 18 May Gary Anderson Mark Webster Alan Norris
Robert Hughes
Ian Jones
Robert Thornton
Alan Walker
Tony Clark
2009 17 May Ross Montgomery Mark Barilli Dougie Smith
Stuart Kellet
Martin Atkins
Wayne Brown
Brian Derbyshire
Steve West
2010 16 May Paul Jennings Toon Greebe Stuart Kellett
Mark Barilli
Stephen Bunting
Kelvin Painter
Phil Nixon
Robert McMartin
2011 15 May Ross Montgomery Martin Phillips Jan Dekker
Paul Jennings
John Walton
Steve West
James Wilson
Andy Boulton
2012 20 May Tony Bradley Tony O'Shea Martin Phillips
Jan Dekker
Jamie Hughes
Ross Montgomery
Michel van der Horst
Wayne Warren
2013 19 May Stephen Bunting Robbie Green Remco van Eijden
Scott Waites
Jamie Hughes
Ian Jones
Erwin Renkema
Paul Jennings
2014 18 May Martin Adams Gary Robson Scott Waites
Martin Phillips
Steve Alker
James Wilson
Martin Atkins
John Walton
2015 18 May Glen Durrant Scott Waites Martin Adams
David Concannon
Jeffrey de Graaf
Geert De Vos
Martin Phillips
Jim Williams
2016 15 May Scott Mitchell Glen Durrant Scott Waites
Dave Parletti
Dennis Harbour
Alan Bell
Ryan Joyce
Martin Adams
2017 14 May Glen Durrant Scott Waites Scott Baker
Danny Noppert
Cameron Menzies
Conan Whitehead
Richard Veenstra
Willem Mandigers
2018 13 May Mike Warburton Andy Hamilton Chris Landman
John Burgess
Dennis Harbour
Scott Waites
Gary Robson
Derk Telnekes
2019 12 May Martijn Kleermaker Jim Williams Leighton Bennett
Gino Vos
Sven Verdonck
Martin Adams
Gary Robson
Willem Manigers

Tournament records

References

  1. "Events Dairy-2016". bdodarts.com. British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
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