IMPORTANT:
Please refer to your event brief sent to you direct by the PDC for full details: All personnel attending are required to TAKE THEIR OWN Lateral Flow Covid-19 Test on EACH DAY before attending the event. The test must be undertaken on each morning 30 minutes before you leave for the event, and the cartridge with the result brought with you and handed in at the Registration Desk (with your name written on the rear).
Players and all attendees must return a negative result to be permitted to participate in the events.
Food & Beverages:
Bar Service will be available via QR Code/App and will be Table Service Only, with payment by card only. Please be aware that no players or guests are allowed to bring alcoholic drinks into the venue for any of these events.
Guests:
As we will be continuing to stage events with some regulations in place, only DRA Licensed Managers) and their bona-fide employees) and parents/guardians of under-18s will be permitted. All guests are the FULL responsibility of the player.
Health Protocols:
On arrival at the venue on each day, all personnel are required to register with the PDC security for the standard Covid-19 screening. You must complete the online screening form at THIS LINK before arriving at the arena entrance on each day.
Format:
Best of seven legs up to the last eight, and then best of nine legs for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. This event will have an open draw and no seeded players.
Registration on the day:
- Doors Open 08.00
- Registration 08.00 - 09.30
- Registration Closes 09.30 (For first event of the day) Games will commence approximately 30 minutes following the draw has been announced.
- Players who enter the first event of the day will automatically be entered into the second of the days events.
- Registration close for second event of the day 12.30 if only in that one.
- The second event will commence as soon as event one concludes.
Marking:
These events will operate on a ‘loser marks’ basis. Additionally, the first game on each board will be marked by the last player drawn onto that board.
There is no official hotel for this event, players and guests are allowed to choose their own hotel and follow all relevant health protocols.
Travel to the MILTON KEYNES:
Venue:
Marshall Arena, ArenaMK, Stadium Way West, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK1 1ST
Website:
Train Station:
The main MK Station is a short taxi ride away (6-7 Mins)
Driving:
There are plenty of parking spaces at the hotel/venue, for directions click here > Directions and add your starting point.
Getting to Milton Keynes
The easiest way to reach MK by road is via the M1. If you are coming from the North get off at Junction 14, or from the South, Junction 13. If using the A5 exit at Redmoor Roundabout and follow the signs for Stadium MK. If travelling by train the three closest stations are Milton Keynes Central, Bletchley, and Fenny Stratford.
Getting to Stadium MK
The stadium is 7 minutes from Junction 13 of the M1, and 10 minutes from Junction 14. Follow the brown road signs for Stadium MK when using the A5 or A421 (H8 Standing Way). Milton Keynes is built on a grid system of H Roads (horizontal) and V roads (vertical), we are between V6 Grafton Street and V7 Saxon Street.
Parking
There are 1,450 parking spaces around Stadium MK, so there are plenty to choose from. Parking at Stadium MK varies on matchdays and for large events, where traffic management will be in operation and charges may apply.
Milton Keynes is the centre point between London, Birmingham, Oxford and Cambridge. We’re just 35 minutes by train from Central London, and well-served by London Luton airport, just over half an hour's drive away.
