Results from the Speedy Services UK Open 2012
Thursday 7th June 7pm-11pm Preliminary, 1st & 2nd Rounds
Preliminary Round
Michael Burgoine 4-2 Tony West…Jon Jukes 4-2 Steve Beaton…Arron Monk 4-3 Paul Boulton…Steve Brown 4-2 Michael Barnard…Gino Vos 4-3 Paul Harvey…Ted Hankey 4-0 Danny Dutson…Denis Ovens 4-1 Craig MacCaskill…Jamie Lewis 4-1 Steve Farmer…Andy Jenkins 4-2 Gus Santana…John Bowles 4-3 Andrew Cornwall…John Henderson Bye (Lee Bryant disqualified)…Stephen Bunting 4-0 Glen Durrant…Steve Hine 4-3 Jamie Hughes…Adam Smith-Neale 4-3 Rob Hawker…Dean Stewart 4-3 Andy Parsons…Damien Sherwood 4-1 Steve Service…Brian Woods 4-2 John Scott…John Nelson 4-3 Ross Smith…Andy Murray Bye (Connie Finnan withdrawn)…Jamie Robinson 4-1 Mark Lawrence…Mark Barilli 4-0 Steve Werrett…David Dodds 4-1 Alan Casey…Dyson Parody 4-0 Steve Mason…Mark Layton 4-2 Michael Wiles…Bernd Roith 4-1 Jason Wilson…Steve Evans 4-3 Adrian Gray…Paul Amos 4-0 Gary Ettridge…Nigel Heydon 4-0 Paul Critchley…Kevin Rimmer 4-3 Ian Gleeson…Stuart Daniels 4-0 Ben Johnson…Joey Palfreyman 4-3 Tom Gregory…Stephen Hardy 4-3 Marc Dewsbury…Jerry Hendriks 4-2 David Pallett…Harry Miles 4-0 Andy Melling…Josh Jones 4-0 Mark Spencer…Gareth Cousins 4-0 Ben Burton…Geoff Heath 4-0 Darrin Pugh…Steve Maish 4-2 Dave Solly…Kevin McDine 4-0 Kirk Gordon…Scott Robertson 4-1 Mick Todd…Sam Hill 4-1 Jamie Ellam…Tony Cooper 4-3 Tony Broughton…Tony Littleton 4-2 Nicky Denoon…Kevin Simm 4-0 Mick Hayward…Mark Frost 4-1 Glen Miller…Joe Murnan 4-2 Stuart Anderson…Terry Temple 4-2 Matt Clark…Dan Russell 4-2 Toon Greebe…Lee Russell 4-1 Scott Taylor…Liam Kelly 4-0 Dave Ladley.
First Round
Wayne Jones 4-2 Bernd Roith…Jamie Lewis 4-1 Mark Stephenson…Paul Nicholson 4-2 Harry Miles…Adam Hunt 4-2 Steve Maish…Steve Evans 4-2 Paul Whitworth…Terry Temple 4-0 Mark Kelly…Jon Bott 4-2 Josh Jones…Ted Hankey 4-1 Andy Jenkins…Scott Robertson 4-1 Sam Hill…David Dodds 4-3 Jon Jukes…Gareth Cousins 4-2 Michael Burgoine…Paul Amos 4-3 Geoff Heath…Stephen Hardy 4-2 Ryan Murray…Tony Cooper 4-1 Mark Frost…Nigel Heydon 4-1 Lee Russell…Denis Ovens 4-1 John Nelson…Arron Monk 4-3 Jerry Hendriks…Andy Murray 4-1 Damien Sherwood…Liam Kelly 4-2 Shayne Burgess…John Henderson 4-3 Joey Palfreyman…Joe Murnan 4-1 Dan Russell…Kevin McDine 4-2 Steve Brown…Stephen Bunting 4-2 Jamie Robinson…Adam Smith-Neale 4-0 Stuart Daniels…Mark Barilli 4-3 Bob Crawley…John Bowles 4-3 Andy Roberts…Dean Stewart 4-1 Brian Woods…Mark Layton 4-3 Gino Vos…Steve Hine 4-0 Tommy Sanwell…Dyson Parody 4-2 Kevin Rimmer…Anthony Littleton 4-2 John Farmer…Jason Crawley 4-1 Kevin Simm.
Second Round
Mark Hylton 4-0 Antonio Alcinas…Mark Webster 4-3 Johnny Haines
James Wade 4-3 Stephen Bunting… James Richardson 1-4 Jim Walker
Mervyn King 4-1 Ted Hankey… Co Stompe 0-4 Alan Tabern
Stuart White 2-4 David Dodds… Jelle Klaasen 4-3 Dyson Parody
Jason Crawley 4-3 Mark Walsh… Andy Brown 0-4 Peter Wright
Matthew Edgar 0-4 Kevin McDine… Nigel Heydon 4-1 John Bowles
Jon Bott 2-4 Ronnie Baxter… Keith Stephen 3-4 Scott Robertson
Peter Hudson 4-1 Jamie Lewis… Dean Stewart 4-1 Adam Smith-Neale
Tony Littleton 3-4 Mark Layton… Stephen Hardy 1-4 William O’Connor
Mareno Michels 2-4 Shaun Griffiths…Alex Roy 2-4 Gareth Cousins
Steve Evans 3-4 Roland Scholten… Andy Murray 3-4 Scott Rand
Liam Kelly 1-4 Stuart Kellett… John Henderson 2-4 Colin Osborne
Steve Hine 1-4 Terry Temple… Devon Petersen 4-0 Andrew Gilding
Arron Monk 4-1 Adam Hunt… Denis Ovens 4-1 Joe Murnan
Darren Johnson 0-4 Michael Mansell… Prakash Jiwa 2-4 Mark Barilli
Paul Nicholson 4-3 Tony Cooper… Wayne Jones 3-4 Paul Amos.
Friday June 8 7pm-11pm Third Round Features players ranked 1-32 from UK Open Order of Merit plus 32 Second Round winners. Best of 17 legs, played across eight boards.
Third Round
Gary Anderson 9-3 David Dodds Gary Anderson hits nine-dart finish
Phil Taylor 9-7 Roland Scholten – Raymond van Barneveld 9-3 Jelle Klaasen
Colin Lloyd 9-5 James Wade – Robert Thornton 9-7 Mark Webster
Wes Newton 9-1 Shaun Griffiths – Arron Monk 9-8 Kevin Painter
Peter Wright 9-7 John Part – Andy Smith 9-6 Scott Rand
Ronnie Baxter 9-6 Devon Petersen – Adrian Lewis 9-1 Kevin McDine
Mervyn King 9-3 Gareth Cousins – Vincent van der Voort 9-6 Paul Amos
Dennis Priestley 9-4 Kevin Dowling – Paul Nicholson 9-7 Michael Mansell
Michael van Gerwen 9-3 William O’Connor – Dennis Smith Bye (Mark Jones disqualified)
Dean Winstanley 9-5 Jason Crawley – Darren Webster 9-7 Michael Smith
Terry Jenkins 9-6 James Hubbard – Justin Pipe 9-2 Scott Robertson
Kim Huybrechts 9-4 Peter Hudson – Jamie Caven 9-6 Alan Tabern
Joe Cullen 9-4 Jim Walker – Denis Ovens 9-3 Dean Stewart
Dave Chisnall 9-7 Mark Layton – Mark Hylton 9-6 Stuart Kellett
Andy Hamilton 9-2 Richie Howson – Colin Osborne 9-4 Nigel Heydon
Richie Burnett 9-8 Ian White – Simon Whitlock 9-6 Terry Temple
Brendan Dolan 9-8 Mark Barilli
Saturday June 9 1pm-5pm Fourth Round Last 32
Fourth Round Best of 17 legs, played across four boards
Board One
Vincent van der Voort 7-9 Kim Huybrechts – Andy Hamilton 5-9 Raymond van Barneveld
Colin Osborne 1-9 Phil Taylor – Wes Newton 9-7 Adrian Lewis
Michael van Gerwen 9-7 Mervyn King
Board Two
Colin Lloyd 8-9 Joe Cullen – Robert Thornton 9-7 Gary Anderson
Paul Nicholson 9-3 Arron Monk – Terry Jenkins 9-3 Dean Winstanley.
Board Three
Justin Pipe 5-9 Simon Whitlock – Richie Burnett 4-9 Peter Wright
Mark Hylton 7-9 Jamie Caven – Dennis Priestley 9-8 Andy Smith.
Board Four
Dennis Smith 5-9 Dave Chisnall – Brendan Dolan 8-9 Denis Ovens
Darren Webster 6-9 Ronnie Baxter
Saturday June 9 7pm-11pm Last 16 Best of 17 legs, played across two boards;
Fifth Round
Main Stage
Michael van Gerwen 7-9 Terry Jenkins / Dave Chisnall 9-5 Simon Whitlock
Phil Taylor 9-3 Ronnie Baxter / Raymond van Barneveld 9-8 Peter Wright
Board Two
Robert Thornton 9-5 Dennis Priestley / Joe Cullen 8-9 Jamie Caven
Denis Ovens 9-8 Paul Nicholson / Wes Newton 9-8 Kim Huybrechts (Board 1)
Match Averages
|
Name |
Average |
Score |
Name |
Average |
|
Michael van Gerwen |
93.47 |
7-9 |
Terry Jenkins |
89.86 |
|
Robert Thornton |
91.54 |
9-5 |
Dennis Priestley |
94.58 |
|
Dave Chisnall |
101.46 |
9-5 |
Simon Whitlock |
91.58 |
|
Joe Cullen |
85.03 |
8-9 |
Jamie Caven |
86.19 |
|
Phil Taylor |
110.72 |
9-4 |
Ronnie Baxter |
97.96 |
|
Denis Ovens |
86.72 |
9-8 |
Paul Nicholson |
90.02 |
|
Raymond van Barneveld |
93.40 |
9-8 |
Peter Wright |
89.53 |
|
Kim Huybrechts |
93.96 |
8-9 |
Wes Newton |
99.22 |
Sunday June 10th
Quarter Finals Main Stage 1pm-4pm
Robert Thornton 10-8 Wes Newton
Dave Chisnall 10-5 Raymond van Barnaveld
Phil Taylor 10-5 Terry Jenkins
Jamie Caven 6-10 Denis Ovens
Semi-Finals Main Stage 7.30 best of 19 legs
Phil Taylor 10-2 Denis Ovens
Robert Thornton 10-4 Dave Chisnall
Final best of 21 legs
Phil Taylor 6-11 Robert Thornton
The 2013 News will appear here.
First staged in 2003, The UK Open has earned the nickname ‘the FA Cup of darts’ due to the unique format which offers pub players the chance to progress through extensive qualifiers and set up a dream meeting with one of the biggest names in the PDC.
Upon its inception the UK Open was the fifth major tournament on the PDC calendar, with Blue Square taking over sponsorship of this massive tournament at a time when the popularity of darts continues to grow. Rileys Darts Zones took over sponsorship from Blue Square in 2010, and Speedy Hire from 2011.The UK Open receives extensive live coverage on Sky TV as it reaches its climax in the superb surroundings of its spiritual home, Bolton’s Reebok Stadium.
UK Open 2003
The inaugural event was held in 2003 and perhaps unsurprisingly it was the sport’s dominant force, Phil Taylor, who was the first to lift the trophy and collect the £30,000 winner’s cheque.
Shayne Burgess was the man on the wrong end of a hammering as ‘The Power’ romped to an 18-8 final victory in front of a capacity crowd and a large TV audience.
UK Open 2004 
The 2004 UK Open saw Dutchman Roland Scholten capture his first major trophy.
Having reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship the previous year, finally going one better than his runner-up spot in 1999′s World Matchplay and 2001′s World Grand Prix.
In a shorter format than the previous year’s final, ‘The Tripod’ earned a rousing 11-6 victory over Canada’s John Part – World champion in 2003.
UK Open 2005
Phil Taylor won the title back the following year, incredibly making his third televised 9-dart finish against reigning champion Scholten in the semi-final, setting up a meeting with fellow Englishman Mark Walsh in the final.
Few gave Walsh any hope of upsetting the odds following a poor semi-final with Peter Manley, and Taylor duly dispatched his opponent 13-7 to underline his dominance of the sport and scoop yet another trophy.
UK Open 2006 
2006 was a landmark year that saw Raymond van Barneveld finally move over to the PDC after fifteen years in the BDO, culminating in World Championship and World Masters victories in 2005.
The Dutchman citing a desire to take on the greater challenge of the PDC. An incredible run of form has followed since ‘Barney’ made the switch to the PDC, and his quarter-final victory over Taylor in 2006′s UK Open was a sign of things to come.
Barneveld went on to clinch the 2006 title, sweeping aside the challenge of Barrie Bates in the final as he wrapped up a 13-7 win, and darts fans everywhere were welcoming the arrival of a player who had the game to seriously rival Phil Taylor.
UK Open 2007
So it proved in 2007′s amazing World Championship final, Barney beating ‘The Power’ in arguably the greatest darts match ever played and setting up the mouth-watering proposition of another classic final in June’s 2007 Blue Square UK Open.
That final was not to be after Taylor again suffered a quarter-final defeat to ‘Barney’, the Dutchman in ruthless form as he dispatched ‘The Power’ 11-4 – but not before Taylor had managed to complete a hat-trick of 9-dart finishes at the Blue Square UK Open.
His third perfect finish at the Reebok Stadium came in his fifth round 11-5 victory against Wes Newton, earning him a £20,000 bonus and ensuring Blue Square paid back all losing Outright Winner bets placed before the start of the tournament.
Having dumped Taylor out again, Barneveld was installed as red-hot favourite for the title and duly thrashed Colin Lloyd 11-4 in the semi-finals, with countryman Vincent van der Voort edging out Colin Osborne 11-10 to set up an all-Dutch final. Van der Voort was unable to disrupt the devastating form of the World Champion who went on to retain his UK Open title with a 16-8 victory, a score line that probably flattered van der Voort who was never able to find the necessary consistency to stay with his unflappable opponent.
UK Open 2008 
In 2008 an unlikely finalist in Gary Mawson after he had beaten twice winner Raymond van Barnaveld in the Semi-Final, but he was to lose to James Wade who picked up his first UK Open title.
A place in the final earned Canadian Mawson a place in the Grand Slam of Darts for the next two years.
The event sponsored by Blue Square also had 64 amateur qualifiers who commenced in the preliminary rounds with 112 PDPA members, the top 32 on the UKOoM table entered the event on the 2nd day Friday, withe last 32 onwards from Saturday morning to Sunday night.
UK Open 2009/2010
Taylor won the next 2 titles in 2009 & 2010 with wins over Colin Osborne & Gary Anderson respectively.
This was Taylors 3rd & 4th UK Open Titles following 3 years without the title, Mervyn King hit the perfect 9 dart leg in the 2010 event.
Rileys Darts Zones were the official sponsor of the event and provided the amatuer qualifiers.
UK Open 2011 
But it was James Wade who won the 2011 Speedy Hire UK Open and now a second time winner of the event after a 11-8 win over Wes Newton.
This was Wades second UK Open title following his success in 2008, Wade is the second most successfull PDC Major winner behind Taylor to add to his Premier League, Championship League Darts, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix Titles.
UK Open 2012
In 2012, the event continued to be sponsored by Speedy Services who also supply 32 amateur qualifiers as they did last year with another 32 Rileys qualifiers the last 2 years have provided 64 amateurs for the event which is still at Bolton Wanders FC Stadium, Reebok, Bolton.
Fellow Scotsman Gary Anderson hit the perfect 9 Dart leg in his third round encounter against Davie Dodds.
In the 2012 event Robert Thornton upset all the odds by beating favorite Phil Taylor 11-6, he also defeated Mark Webster, Denis Priestley, Gary Anderson, Wes Newton and Dave Chisnall.
| YEAR | CHAMPION | Average | SCORE | RUNNER -UP | Average | Prize Money | Sponsors |
| 2003 | Phil Taylor | 98.03 | 18-8 | Shayne Burgess | 89.64 | £124,000 | Sky Bet |
| 2004 | Roland Scholten | 89.49 | 11-6 | John Part | 85.98 | £124,000 | Budweiser |
| 2005 | Phil Taylor | 96.80 | 13-7 | Mark Walsh | 84.52 | £124,000 | Budweiser |
| 2006 | R van Barnaveld | 91.51 | 13-7 | Barrie Bates | 82.98 | £124,000 | Budweiser |
| 2007 | R van Barnaveld | 94.99 | 16-8 | V van der Voort | 88.76 | £150,000 | Blue Square |
| 2008 | James Wade | 94.65 | 11-7 | Gary Mawson | 87.33 | £178,000 | Blue Square |
| 2009 | Phil Taylor | 100.81 | 11-6 | Colin Osborne | 93.24 | £200,000 | Blue Square |
| 2010 | Phil Taylor | 97.71 | 11-5 | Gary Anderson | 92.41 | £200,000 | Rileys Darts |
| 2011 | James Wade | 96.25 | 11-8 | Wes Newton | 88.51 | £200,000 | Speedy Hire |
| 2012 | Robert Thornton | 95.44 | 11-6 | Phil Taylor | 98.58 | £200,000 | Speedy Services |
| 2013 | £200,000 | Speedy Services | |||||
| 2014 |
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UK Open Finals, Reebok Stadium, De Havilland Way, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6SF, UK Tel; +44 (0) 1204 667788
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