BDO International Grand Prix Series

The BDO International Grand Prix Series was a series of tournaments in the sport of darts.^[1][2] Organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO),^[1][2] the series was made up of five already established 'stand-alone' darts tournaments that were played under a generic ‘umbrella’ format.^[1] The five darts tournaments were; the BDO British Classic, the BDO British Open, the BDO Gold Cup, the BDO International Open and the BDO Welsh Open.^[1][2] The BDO awarded points in the men's singles at each event from the quarter-final to final stages.^[1] After all five tournaments were completed, the person who accumulated the most points over the five tournaments would be declared the overall winner and winner of the BDO International Grand Prix Series.^[1]

BDO International Grand Prix Series
Tournament information
Established	2008
Organisation(s)	British Darts Organisation (BDO)
Prize fund	£32,000 (2008) £28,000 (2009)
Final Year	2009
Final champion(s)
Dave Chisnall

History

The BDO International Grand Prix Series was established in 2008.^[1][2] The five darts tournaments that made up the Series were; the BDO British Open, the BDO British Classic, the BDO Gold Cup, the BDO International Open and the BDO Welsh Open.^[1][2] Each tournament was a ‘stand-alone’ event, but was played under a generic ‘umbrella’ International Grand Prix title.^[1] The BDO awarded points at the each event in the men's singles events from the quarter-final to final stages.^[1] After the five tournaments were completed, the person who accumulated the most points over the five tournaments would be declared the overall winner and the winner of BDO International Grand Prix Series winner.^[1] The five tournaments were broadcast live on Setanta Sports, which marked a debut for the sport of darts on the channel.^[1][2] In each tournament, the final stages of the men’s singles from the quarter-finals to the final stages were broadcast live on Setanta Sports.^[1][2] For sponsorship purposes, it was known as the BDO Fire Kills International Grand Prix Series.^[3][4]

Event information

Tournament dates Tournaments dates in 2008 and 2009 and were played in the following order;[1][2] Tournaments 2008 2009 BDO Welsh Open 18 / 05 17 / 05 BDO International Open 15 / 06 14 / 06 BDO Gold Cup 12 / 07 11 / 07 BDO British Classic 26 / 07 25 / 07 BDO British Open 20 / 09 19 / 09

Points scoring The points scoring system was the same in 2008 and 2009.[3][5] Round Pos Points Final 1st (Winner) 15 Final 2nd (Runner-up) 9 Semi-final Joint-3rd x 4 players 6 Quarter-final Joint 5th x 4 players 3

Prize money The prize money was £32,000 in 2008, but dropped to £28,000 in 2009.[3][5][6] Pos 2008 2009 1 £12,000 2 £6,000 3 £4,000 4 £3,000 5 £2,500 £2,000 6 £2,000 £1,000 7 £1,500 None Awarded 8 £1,000 Total £32,000 £28,000

Results

2008

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists	Ref
BDO Welsh Open	Gary Anderson	Mark Webster	Alan Norris Robert Hughes	Ian Jones Robert Thornton Alan Walker Tony Clark	[3][7]
BDO International Open	Davy Richardson	Ross Montgomery	Robbie Green Mark Barilli	Ted Hankey Joe Murnan Mick Cookman Gary Robson	[8][9]
BDO Gold Cup	Scott Waites	Gary Anderson	Chris Jones Stuart Bousfield	Mick Reed Paul Cook Gavin Forsythe Kevin Edwards	[10][11]
BDO British Classic	Ross Montgomery	Gary Anderson	Gary Robson Edwin Max	Tony O'Shea Stephen Bunting Davy Richardson Stuart Kellett	[11][12]
BDO British Open	John Henderson	Gary Anderson	Mareno Michels Martin Atkins	Gary Robson Martin Adams John Walton Phil Nixon	[13][14]

2008 BDO International Grand Prix Series Final Standings

Pos	Player[14][15]	Points	Money
1	Gary Anderson (c)	42	£12,000
2	Ross Montgomery	24	£6,000
3	Davy Richardson	18	£4,000
4	John Henderson	15	£2,750
	Scott Waites
6	Gary Robson	12	£2,000
7	Mark Webster	9	£1,500
8	Chris Jones	6	£1,000
	Stuart Bousfield
	Mareno Michels
	Edwin Max
	Robbie Green
	Mark Barilli
	Alan Norris
	Robert Hughes

2009

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists	Ref
BDO Welsh Open	Ross Montgomery	Mark Barilli	Dougie Smith Stuart Kellett	Martin Atkins Wayne Brown Brian Derbyshire Steve West	[5][16]
BDO International Open	Tony O'Shea	Ted Hankey	Steve Johnson Joe Murnan	Steve West Scott Mitchell Arthur Dobey Steve O'Donnell	[17][18]
BDO Gold Cup	Paul Brooks	Brian Woods	Scott Mitchell Dave Weston	Ewan Hyslop Joe Murnan David Smith-Hayes Glenn Moody	[19][20]
BDO British Classic	Stephen Bunting	Scott Waites	Tony West Dave Chisnall	Darryl Fitton Mark Barilli Garrett Gray Dave Weston	[20][21]
BDO British Open	Dave Chisnall	Martin Atkins	Paul Hanvidge Colin Fowler	Martin Adams Alan Norris Daryl Gurney John Henderson	[22][23]

2009 BDO International Grand Prix Series Final Standings

Pos	Player[24]	Points	Money
1	Dave Chisnall (c)	21	£12,000
2	Paul Brooks	15	£3,750
	Ross Montgomery	15
	Stephen Bunting	15
	Tony O'Shea	15
6	Mark Barilli	12	£500
	Martin Atkins	12