| Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club | |
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| Established: | January, 2013 |
| Founder: | BDO / Winmau |
| Members: | Men's Singles (5 members) Mixed Pairs (1 team, 2 members) Total (7 inductees) |
The Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club was an initiative launched and partnered by the British Darts Organisation and long-term sponsor Winmau in January 2013,[1] [2] which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the British Darts Organisation,[1] [2] with membership restricted to darts players that achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events.[1] [2]
Players that achieve this feat are presented with a unique set of laser-etched tungsten darts in a laser-etched aluminium presentation case as a permanent keepsake from Winmau.[1] [2] There is no specified limit as to how many times a player or team can be inducted if they achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events.
The following list of tournaments qualify players for admittance into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club if they achieve a nine-dart finish;[1] [2]
1Wasn't on the original list of qualifying tournaments as the event was announced towards end of 2013.[3]
2Wasn't on the original list of qualifying tournaments, only included after Gary Stone achieved a nine-dart finish at the Scottish Masters in June 2013.[4]
3 and 4Weren't on the original list of qualifying tournaments, but both the EDO England Open and the EDO England Matchplay were later added to the list.
The first player to be inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club was John Walton that January.[5] [6] He became the first and so far only player to achieve a nine-dart finish at the Winmau World Masters in 2007.[5] [6] Glen Durrant and Claire Stainsby became the first mixed pairs team inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club after making history by achieving the first ever nine-dart finish in mixed pairs competition at the BDO International Open in 2013.[4]
Glen Durrant became the first member to be inaugurated twice in the same season after achieving a nine-dart finish at the EDO England Open in 2013 also.[4] Only after Gary Stone achieved a nine-dart finish at the Scottish Masters in 2013 was the event added to the list of qualifying tournaments, with Gary Stone also being inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club.[4]
| Player(s) | Event | Year | Tournament | Route | Ref | |
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| John Walton | Men's Singles | 2007 | World Masters | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | [7] | |
| Christian Pratt | Men's Singles | 2012 | BDO British Classic | |||
| Glen Durrant Claire Stansby | Mixed Pairs | 2013 | BDO International Open | 2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; ?, ?, and ? | [8] [9] | |
| Gary Stone | Men's Singles | 2013 | Scottish Masters | [10] | ||
| Glen Durrant | Men's Singles | 2013 | EDO England Open | [11] | ||
| Andy Beardmore | Men's Singles | 2013 | BDO British Classic | [12] [13] [14] |
Since inductees John Walton and Christian Pratt achieved their nine-dart finishes in years prior to the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club being established, the following list of players who did the same at the list of qualifying tournaments (listed above) could be seen as a notable absentees from the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club.