Nearly 700 budding darts professionals will compete over eight days of action in a couple of weeks time in order to gain one of 29 Tour cards available to join the Pro Tour in the PDC system. From seasoned stars such as Kevin Painter and Wez Newton to youngsters like Jarred Cole and Lewy Williams, despite the ongoing pandemic, players will be travelling from as far as Canada and Australia to compete for their chance to make a dream come true. 

Among these names is five-time World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld, who put his darts down following a shock round one loss to Darin Young at the Alexandra Palace just 13 months ago. The former Dutch favourite will now have to come through a stacked field to regain a place on the tour. 

The 'Schools' are split into a UK school for those entering from England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, whilst European residents will head across to Germany for their attempt. Players outside these regions, such as North America, will have the choice. 

Van Barneveld will have to squeeze through stage 1 off Q-School to have his chance to take two-year card, but despite the odds being stacked against him, will surely be one of the name in the mix! 

Seven time Snooker World Champion Stephen Hendry could be set to make a sensational return to the sport.

The 51-year-old retired from the sport in 2012 after dominating throughout the 90’s and continuing his form into the early 2000’s, but after beginning to suffer more defeats than a multiple time World Champion is use to, hung up his jacket eight years ago.

However, after working with Steve Feeney recently Hendry has rediscovered his love of the game in a professional capacity.

Speaking to Ken Doherty on Instagram live, Hendry said: “I’ve been doing a wee bit with Steven Feeney and I’ve started to get a bit of pleasure from hitting the ball back,

“I’d done about half a dozen sessions with him and I was getting quite into it, then obviously this [coronavirus] has happened. Hopefully, Praise God if Sheffield is on, if he’s there, he’ll maybe give me a few hits.

“He asked me what I wanted from it in the beginning and I just said, I want to enjoy playing snooker, that’s all. The way I was playing, even in the Seniors. Not hitting the ball properly, it was just torture really, it’s the last throw of the dice.”

Feeney, the man behind the innovative SightRight training technique previously with Ronnie O’Sullivan and 2018 World Champion Mark Williams.

The Senior World Championship is planned for August, and that could be a potential route into the Champion of Champions event further down the line. Sheffield’s Crucible theatre is set to host the Senior Worlds following the rescheduled World Championship in mid August, whether that be in front of an audience of not.

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Michael van Gerwen remains the heavy favourite for this year's Premier League title, having now been cut to 11/10 to claim his 7th Premier League crown. The world number two is unbeaten in three weeks of Premier League action, defeating Michael Smith in a repeat of the World Championship final last Thursday in Liverpool to keep his unbeaten streak in tact. Having won in Dublin, Exeter and Liverpool, the Green Machine will be looking to keep that run going in Nottingham this week. 

With the top four qualifying for the play-offs at the 02 Arena in May, both Michael Smith and Gerwyn Price are handily placed and remain 3/1 and 5/1 respectively. The reigning world champion suffered a hand injury in a recent European tour event and may need to take time out in the near future in order for that to heal. 

Peter Wright picked up his first points of the season in Liverpool last week, but having failed to find the form that has taken him to two World Championships, Snakebite is as long as 16/1 with some bookies. The Scot will certainly need an upturn in form if he is to reach the play offs.

Lakeside WDF World Championship Invitations confirmed

Following the completion of the final WDF ranking events in Italy and Russia, the World Darts Federation have formally sent invitations to 44 men and 22 women to compete at the 2022 Lakeside World Championships.

The winners of 9 platinum/gold events and the top ranked players in each of the 8 WDF regional tables are guaranteed a place upon the Lakeside stage, with the line ups completed by those placed highest in the main WDF world ranking lists.

WOMEN

The top 8 women in the world rankings that accept their invitations will be seeded into the second round. The provisional list of seeds and invited players is as follows.

1. Deta Hedman ENG (England Open 2021)

2. Anastasia Dobromyslova RDF (Irish Open 2021)

3. Fallon Sherrock ENG (UK/Ireland regional table & British Open 2021)

4. Anca Zijlstra NED (Denmark Open 2021)

5. Aileen de Graaf NED (West Europe regional table & Dutch Open 2020)

6. Beau Greaves ENG (Scottish Open 2020)

7. Kirsty Hutchinson ENG (Welsh Open 2021)

8. Maria O’Brien ENG

9. Lorraine Winstanley ENG

10. Corrine Hammond AUS

11. Suzanne Smith ENG

12. Lorraine Hyde SCO

13. Laura Turner ENG

14. Paula Jacklin ENG

15. Paula Murphy USA (USA regional table & Seacoast Open 2021)

16. Amanda Harwood ENG

INVITATIONS

• Elena Shulgina RDF (North Europe regional table)

• Veronika Ihasz HUN (East Europe regional table)

• Tori Kewish AUS (Australia regional table)

• Desi Mercer NZL* (New Zealand regional table)

• Darlene van Sleeuwen CAN (Canada regional table)

• Mikuru Suzuki JPN (World Champion 2020)

*New Zealand regional ranking No.1 Wendy Harper has declined her invitation.

MEN

The top 16 men in the world rankings that accept their invitations will be seeded into the second round. The provisional list of seeds and invited players is as follows.

1. Brian Raman BEL (England Open 2021)

2. Thibault Tricole FRA (Denmark Open 2021)

3. Wayne Warren WAL (World Champion 2020)

4. Ross Montgomery SCO (Dutch Open 2020)

5. Neil Duff NIR (UK/Ireland regional table)

6. James Hurrell ENG

7. Andy Baetens BEL

8. Luke Littler ENG (Irish Open 2021)

9. Richard Veenstra NED (West Europe regional table)

10. Scott Marsh ENG (British Open 2021)

11. Jules van Dongen USA (USA regional table & Seacoast Open 2021)

12. Nick Fullwell ENG

13. Michael Warburton WAL

14. Cameron Menzies SCO (Welsh Open 2021)

15. Aleksey Kadochnikov RDF

16. Antony Allen ENG

17. Aaron Turner ENG

18. Leonard Gates USA (USA regional table)

19. James Richardson ENG

20. Dave Parletti ENG

21. Connor Scutt ENG

22. Mark Barilli SCO

23. John Desreumaux BEL (West Europe regional table)

24. Mark Graham WAL

25. Ben Hazel ENG

26. Francesco Raschini ITA

27. Martin Adams ENG

28. Paul Hogan ENG

29. Lee Shewan ENG

30. Steve Hine ENG

31. Ian Jones ENG

32. Andreas Harrysson SWE (North Europe regional table)

33. Jim McEwan SCO

34. Dave Prins ENG

INVITATIONS

• Haupai Puha NZL (New Zealand regional table)

• Roman Obukhov RDF (North Europe regional table)

• Sebastian Steyer POL (East Europe regional table)

• Laszlo Kadar ROM (East Europe regional table)

• David Cameron CAN (Canada regional table)

• Jeremy Fagg AUS (Australia regional table)

• Shawn Burt CAN (Canada regional table)

• Rory Hansen CAN (Canada regional table)

• Landon Gardiner NZL* (New Zealand regional table)

• Justin Thompson AUS** (Australia regional table)

*New Zealand regional ranking No.1 Warren Parry has declined his invitation.

**Australia regional ranking No.2 Donovan Lottering has declined his invitation.

QUALIFYING COMPETITIONS

The 48-man and 24-woman fields will be finalised at the WDF World Championship qualifying competitions on Sunday 5th December. 2 men and 1 woman will qualify from EACH of the TWO play-off competitions, being held in Frimley Green, England and in Assen, the Netherlands.

In addition, the WDF World Youth Championships with separate competitions for boys and girls will also take place, with 2 boys and 1 girl going through from both Assen and Frimley Green to compete upon the Lakeside stage in January.

Entries to the men’s, women’s, boys and girls qualifying competitions can still be made via the following links.

LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB, FRIMLEY GREEN, ENGLAND

DE BONTE WEVER, ASSEN, THE NETHERLANDS

Tickets available for the 2022 Lakeside WDF World Championships via the link below https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/lakeside-country-club-35506406123