By David Hascup

Updated: December 4, 2015

The British Darts Organisation (BDO) are delighted to announce the dawn of a new era for British darts. This comes in the form of a revised event calendar for 2016 with financial backing from new key sponsors.

The calendar will include 3 ‘Majors’; namely The BDO World Trophy, BDO World Matchplay and the Winmau World Masters. All will be held in new venues with the iconic Copper Box Arena in the Olympic Park, London, hosting the Winmau World Masters. This will now be our end of year marquee event, held over the weekend of 8th – 11th December 2016 and will incorporate the new end of season player’s awards. The ‘Majors’ will be complimented by 4 new special events held across the UK that will all involve ‘Top 16’ ranked players and wildcards from within the BDO.

Details of our sponsors will be announced over the forthcoming weeks, to coincide with the run up to Lakeside 2016, as will the publication of the 2016 diary.

Sue Williams, Chairman of the BDO said “This is a new era for darts in Britain and I would like to thank all the people who have worked so hard over the last few months to make this happen. These are exciting times for the BDO and darts internationally. We look forward to the BDO growing from County to Professional level, backed by the biggest brands”.

Current World Champion Scotty Dog Mitchell said “Wow, exciting times indeed and I’m sure all the players in our system can’t wait to play in these events”.

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Note:  We (The ADO) has contacted the BDO to see if/how this affects BDO darts, tournaments, rankings here in the United States.  More information coming soon.