Latest news with #GaryAnderson
Daily Record
4 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
European Darts Open 2025 order of play: full schedule and start times as Dave Chisnall defends title in Leverkusen
Gary Anderson and Peter Wright amongst the World champions hunting victory in Germany Dave Chisnall will begin his defence of the Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Open against Cameron Menzies. The year's eighth European Tour event is now down to 32 players competing for the £30,000 top prize in Leverkusen after Friday's 16 first round matches. The 16 PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers will enter the tournament in Saturday's second round as reigning champion Chisnall sets his sights on a ninth European Tour crown with Jonny Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Michael Smith, Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall and Gary Anderson amongst the big names joining for the second-round matches. Highlights on day one saw Niko Springer storm through by demolishing Dirk van Duijvenbode to set-up a clash with Chris Dobey. Sweden's Andreas Harrysson claimed the scalp of Raymond van Barneveld and will now face another former World Champion Smith, who is embroiled in a battle for World Matchplay qualification. Wessel Nijman, a semi-finalist in Rosmalen last weekend, swept aside the returning Brendan Dolan in his opener and his reward is a clash with two-time World Champion Gary Anderson. Following Saturday's second round, the third round will take place on Sunday afternoon, before the tournament concludes with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in a blockbuster evening session. Live coverage from the European Darts Open will be streamed on DAZN for viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and through the DAZN Darts channel on Pluto TV. Schedule of Play Saturday May 31 Second Round Afternoon Session 12 noon Ross Smith v Matt Campbell Ryan Searle v Andrew Gilding Damon Heta v Mickey Mansell Danny Noppert v Ritchie Edhouse Dave Chisnall v Cameron Menzies Gary Anderson v Wessel Nijman Mike De Decker v Ryan Joyce Gian van Veen v Daryl Gurney Evening Session 6pm Chris Dobey v Niko Springer James Wade v Lukas Wenig Peter Wright v Darryl Pilgrim Jonny Clayton v Jermaine Wattimena Michael Smith v Andreas Harrysson Nathan Aspinall v Bradley Brooks Martin Schindler v Ricardo Pietreczko Stephen Bunting v Luke Woodhouse Sunday June 1 Afternoon Session 12 noon Third Round Evening Session 6pm Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals WHERE TO WATCH: All European Tour events are streamed live through Viaplay in the UK and also on PDC TV.
BBC News
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Headlines: Dinosaur thefts, Robbie concert and duck races
Headlines: Dinosaur theft and concert preparations Part of these railings are to be removed to allow concert equipment into the Royal Crescent in Bath Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Two large animatronic dinosaurs from a Bristol company have been stolen from a car park in Essex, reports ITV News West Country. Raptors World had named the costumes Rexy and Yoshi and said it has been hit "incredibly hard" by the theft. Parts of the railings at the world famous Royal Crescent in Bath have been removed in preparation for an upcoming Robbie Williams concert, according to Somerset Live. reported on local darts star Gary Anderson winning the European Darts Grand Prix for the second year in a row over the weekend And the Swindon Advertiser was at the scene of a popular rubber duck race in Wroughton, which saw hundreds of plastic ducks "race" down the River Ray.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Headlines: Dinosaur theft and concert preparations
Part of these railings are to be removed to allow concert equipment into the Royal Crescent in Bath [BBC] Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Two large animatronic dinosaurs from a Bristol company have been stolen from a car park in Essex, reports ITV News West Country. Raptors World had named the costumes Rexy and Yoshi and said it has been hit "incredibly hard" by the theft. Parts of the railings at the world famous Royal Crescent in Bath have been removed in preparation for an upcoming Robbie Williams concert, according to Somerset Live. reported on local darts star Gary Anderson winning the European Darts Grand Prix for the second year in a row over the weekend ADVERTISEMENT And the Swindon Advertiser was at the scene of a popular rubber duck race in Wroughton, which saw hundreds of plastic ducks "race" down the River Ray. Our top three from the Bank Holiday weekend What to watch on social media Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy posted a picture on Facebook to mark 20 years since she was first elected as MP, with a newspaper clipping from 2005. Historic England says a 16th Century timber-framed merchant's house in Gloucester has been restored, having been on their At Risk register since 2012. A call has gone out for prospective business owners to run the Old Town Quarry cafe in Weston-super-Mare. Councillor Mike Bell said the site is due to reopen in summer 2025. ADVERTISEMENT And on Reddit, a poster has noted there are thousands of signatures for a campaign to get the Whitchurch Athletics Track in Bristol regenerated. Follow BBC West social channels in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630.
BBC News
04-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Anderson thrashes Gilding to retain European Grand Prix title
Gary Anderson thrashed Andrew Gilding to retain his European Grand Prix title in Sindelfingen, Scot, 54, cruised to an 8-0 victory to become the first player to defend the had comprehensively beaten his fellow Englishman Luke Woodhouse 7-3 in the semi-final, but he missed 13 double finishes and was ruthlessly punished by Anderson. A 141 checkout saw Anderson pull 4-0 ahead and he did not drop a leg throughout the he had beaten Englishman Martin Lukeman 6-5 in a tense quarter-final, but found his form against Dirk van Duijvenbode in the semis with an average of over 106 and a run of five straight legs to seal a 7-2 victory. Anderson's fellow Scot Peter Wright was knocked out in the quarter-final by Gilding with a 6-1 defeat, while Luke Humphries lost 6-5 to Michael Smith in the last champion Luke Littler withdrew from the event.
Daily Record
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
European Darts Grand Prix 2025 order of player and schedule in full as elite stars battle for glory in Germany
The Flying Scotsman Gary Anderson won the title last year and is out to defend his title Reigning champ Gary Anderson will begin his bid for a second-straight European Grand Prix title against Gian van Veen on a super Saturday in Sindelfingen. Van Veen was amongst the 16 first-round winners on a marathon Friday of action to set up a blockbuster clash with the Scot. Although Luke Littler is absent, fellow Premier League superstars Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Nathan Aspinall, Chris Dobey, Rob Cross and Stephen Bunting are all on stage on day two as the battle for the title heats up. Ex-World Champion Peter Wright in also on the oche in a mouth-watering double-session of top-class matches. Joining Anderson and van Veen amongst the day's highlights, Cross faces Grand Prix king Mike De Decker, while Bunting tackles hot Scot Cameron Menzies. Price meets Raymond van Barneveld in a showdown of past World champs, while van Gerwen is against Dirk van Duijvenbode and Humphries meets Connor Scutt. Schedule of Play Saturday May 3 Second Round Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST) Danny Noppert v Wessel Nijman Damon Heta v Martin Lukeman Michael Smith v Daniel Klose Gary Anderson v Gian van Veen Chris Dobey v Luke Woodhouse Nathan Aspinall v Niels Zonneveld Rob Cross v Mike De Decker Dave Chisnall v Ross Smith Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST) James Wade v Joe Cullen Jonny Clayton v Andrew Gilding Gerwyn Price v Raymond van Barneveld Peter Wright v Leon Weber Michael van Gerwen v Dirk van Duijvenbode Josh Rock v Martin Schindler Stephen Bunting v Cameron Menzies WHERE TO WATCH: Live coverage from the European Darts Grand Prix will be streamed on DAZN for viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and through the DAZN Darts channel on Pluto TV. Coverage will also be shown on PDCTV (excluding Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and through bookmakers' worldwide.
