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Related News: Calendar Updates Effective 12/18/06
THE Professional Darts Corporation has announced the provisional
2007 calendar of tournaments.
The PDC are moving towards a minimum of 25 Pro Tour events to
accompany the existing five televised ranking tournaments on the £2 million professional circuit next year.
These Pro Tour tournaments will come from existing events such as Players
Championships and UK Open Regional Finals, the latter of which will increase in prize fund to £20,000 from January onwards.
However, there is a possibility that some non-PDC promoted events will also
be upgraded to meet the criteria of a minimum prize fund of £20,000.
Details of these events are still being confirmed and those dates in the
calendar - signaled in italics - are still provisional.
There will be other events added to this calendar in due course as final
arrangements are being organized.
Venues and dates for the 2007 Holsten Premier League Darts will be
announced in the coming weeks, with the top six players in the world rankings after the SkyBet World Grand Prix automatically qualifying for the
£265,000 event, to be joined by two wildcards.
The Professional Darts Corporation will move from a ranking points system to
an Order of Merit from 2 January 2007, with prize money won in ranked tournaments over a two-year period counting towards a player's standing.
2007
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UK Open North-East Regional Final
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6-7 January
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Pro Tour
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Stan James Players Championship
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20 January, Gibraltar
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Pro Tour
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Players Championship
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21 January, Gibraltar
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Pro Tour
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UK Open South-West Regional Final
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10-11 February
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Pro Tour
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Irish Masters
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16-18 February
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Pro Tour
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West Tyrone Open
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24-25 February
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Pro Tour
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UK Open Southern Regional Final
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3-4 March
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Pro Tour
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UK Open North-West Regional Final
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17-18 March
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Pro Tour
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UK Open Midlands Regional Final
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31Mar-1 April
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Pro Tour
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Antwerp Open
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14 April
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Pro Tour
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Open Holland
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28-29 April
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Pro Tour
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International Darts League
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5-13 May
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Le Skratch-Sarantos Retsinas Memorial
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11-13 May, Montreal
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Pro Tour
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World Series of Darts
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18-20 May, Connecticut
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UK Open TV Finals
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7-10 June, Bolton
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PREMIER
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Players Championship
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17 June, Hayling Island
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Pro Tour
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Players Championship
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18 June, Hayling Island
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Pro Tour
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Players Championship
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1 July, Las Vegas
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Pro Tour
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Las Vegas Desert Classic
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2-8 July
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PREMIER
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William Cross Players Championship
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July, Australia
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Pro Tour
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Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy
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21 July
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Pro Tour
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Stan James World Matchplay
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22-28 July
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PREMIER
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Bavaria World Darts Trophy
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1-9 September
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Ireland Open Classic
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8-9 September
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Pro Tour
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Sky Bet World Grand Prix Irish Qualifiers
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September - TBC
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Windy City Open
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15-16 September
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Pro Tour
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Players Championship, Wales
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22 September
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Pro Tour
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UK Open Welsh Regional Final
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23 September
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Pro Tour
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Emperors Palace South African Masters
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29 September
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Open Zwartewaterland
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13 October
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Pro Tour
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Players Championship, Dublin
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20 October
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Pro Tour
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UK Open Irish Regional Final
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21 October
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Pro Tour
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SkyBet World Grand Prix
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22-28 October
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PREMIER
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DPA Oceanic Masters
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October - TBC
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Players Championship, Scotland
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3 November
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Pro Tour
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UK Open Scottish Regional Final
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4 November
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Pro Tour
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Players Championship, Holland
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10 November
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Pro Tour
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Players Championship, Holland
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11 November
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Pro Tour
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World Championship PDPA Qualifiers
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17 November
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Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
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December/January
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PREMIER
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Please note, events in Italics indicate some details TBC.
Blue = Televised events
Red = PDC Pro Tour events
Gold = Non-Ranking events
Related News: Calendar Updates Effective 12/18/06
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