BDO 9-Dart Club

Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club

Established	January 2013
Founder	BDO / Winmau
Members	Men's Singles (5 members) Mixed Pairs (1 team, 2 members) Total (7 inductees)

The BDO 9-Dart Club (officially 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 achieved a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events. ^{[1] [2]}

Players that achieved this feat were 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 was no specified limit as to how many times a player or team could be inducted if they achieved a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events.

Tournaments

The following list of tournaments qualified players for admittance into the BDO 9-Dart Club if they achieved a nine-dart finish; ^{[1] [2]}

BDO World Darts Championship Winmau World Masters BDO World Trophy 1 BDO British Classic BDO British Open

BDO Gold Cup BDO International Open Scottish Open (SDA) Scottish Masters (SDA)2

Welsh Open (WDO) Welsh Classic (WDO) EDO England Open3 EDO England Matchplay4

Zuiderduin Masters (NDB) Dutch Open (NDB) Six Nations Cup BDO British Internationals

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 4}Weren'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.

Inductees

The first player to be inaugurated into the BDO 9-Dart Club was John Walton that January. ^{[5] [6]} He became the first player to achieve a nine-dart finish at the World Masters in 2007. ^{[5] [6]} Glen Durrant and Claire Stainsby became the first mixed pairs team inaugurated into the 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 BDO 9-Dart Club. ^[4]

Player(s)	Event	Year	Tournament	Route	Ref
John Walton	Men's Singles	2007	World Masters	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	[1] [5] [6] [7]
Christian Pratt	Men's Singles	2012	BDO British Classic		[1]
Glen Durrant Claire Stainsby	Mixed Pairs	2013	BDO International Open	2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; ?, ?, and ?	[4] [8] [9]
Gary Stone	Men's Singles	2013	Scottish Masters		[4] [10]
Glen Durrant	Men's Singles	2013	EDO England Open		[4] [11]
Andy Beardmore	Men's Singles	2013	BDO British Classic		[12] [13] [14]

References

1. "BDO AND WINMAU CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY". BDO. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
2. "Winmau and the BDO Celebrate 40th Anniversary at Lakeside!". Winmau. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
3. "BDO World Trophy Added to Winmau BDO 9 Dart Club". Winmau. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
4. "THREE MORE INDUCTED TO WINMAU 9 DART CLUB". BDO. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
5. "JOHN BOY WALTON IS FIRST MEMBER OF BDO 9-DARTER CLUB". BDO. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
6. "JOHN BOY WALTON IS FIRST MEMBER OF Winmau BDO 9-DARTER CLUB". Winmau. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
7. "BDO Archives (November 2007)". BDO . Retrieved 12 June 2015.
8. "9 DARTER FOR CLAIRE AND GLEN IN MIXED PAIRS MAKES DARTS HISTORY". BDO. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
9. "Glen Durrant & Claire Stainsby make perfect darting History". Winmau. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
10. "GARY STONE HITS 9 DARTER IN SCOTTISH MASTERS FINAL". BDO. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
11. "ANOTHER 9 DARTER FOR GLEN AT ENGLAND OPEN". BDO. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
12. "9 Darter at the Magna". BDO. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
13. "The Viper Bites at the Winmau British Classic". BDO. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
14. "The Viper Bites at the Winmau British Classic". Winmau. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

External links

• Winmau BDO 9 Dart Club Archived 2015-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Winmau.