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The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, and dissolved in 2020 under the stewardship of Des Jacklin. Made up of 66 member counties, it oversaw professional, semi-professional and amateur darts competitions in Britain. The BDO was a founder member of the World Darts Federation in 1974
The BDO Invitational Table relates only to registered playing members of the BDO, who comply with BDO and World Darts Federation (WDF) eligibility rules including terms and conditions of the 1997 Tomlin Order. The BDO awards points depending on player's performances within each of its events.
The Six Nations Cup is an international darts team competition currently organised by the English Darts Organisation (EDO), [1] run under the auspices of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is competed for by the national teams of England, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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 achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events.
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 ]
In general more players switched from the BDO to the PDC than vice versa, attracted by the greater prize money and better competition offered by the PDC. The BDO folded in 2020, but many of their events were subsequently revived by the World Darts Federation , so the split in darts remains.
The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was formed in 1973 by Olly Croft.It gradually superseded the existing National Darts Association of Great Britain (NDAGB) as the governing body of darts in the UK and by the early 1980s had established a monopoly on organised darts in Britain, running super league darts, county darts and major tournaments, including the annual World Championship. [2]
The Masters of Darts has a unique place in darts history as it was the first televised tournament to be co-sanctioned by both the two rival organisations, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) since they separated in 1993. There had been two "champion versus champion" matches held (in 1999 and 2004 ...