Gary Robson rolled back the years in February to take home the Scottish Open in Renfrew.
Robson, a veteran of the BDO and WDF circuits, defeated fellow Englishman Kieran Smith to win the title.
He required a decider to capture his most notable title in nearly a decade, following victories over Jordan Brooks and Michael Busscher with a comeback win over Smith from 4-1 down.
Robson was joined in the winners’ enclosure by Fallon Sherrock, who won her second Scottish Open crown.
Defeating Vicky Pruim 5-0 in her seventh final at the Normandy Hotel, it puts Sherrock on three WDF titles for the year after a double victory in Las Vegas in January.
Meanwhile, in the Scottish Classic, there were titles for Glen Parsons and Aileen de Graaf.
Parsons’s win was sealed in another ninth leg decider, as he ousted Dave Prins 5-4. It followed impressive win earlier in the day against WDF number 14 Antony Allen.
Aileen de Graaf overcame disappointments at the Dutch Open as well as WDF World Championship to take home the women’s Scottish Classic.
A victory over compatriot Lerena Rietbergen delivered de Graaf yet another leading singles title, a first of 2024 for the no. 2 ranked player.
Jim McEwan, Vicky Pruim, Carl Wilkinson and Beau Greaves all ran out winners in the Isle of Man as the Open and Masters events impressed once again.
No. 36 McEwan got the better of Lewis Bell in March’s final after a string of top wins, including scalps on the aforementioned Allen, Darren Webster and Mark Barilli.
Pruim pulled off a superb deciding leg victory over Beau Greaves in the women’s Classic after wins earlier on in the day over Deta Hedman, Anca Zijlstra and Eleanor Cairns.
Her win from 4-2 down marks the Swede’s first ranking title in 7 years.
Greaves was however a winner in the previous day’s Masters, defeating the young Scot Sophie McKinlay 5-1.
Her win, a third consecutive victory, saw her spare few legs en route to the title.
In the men’s competition, Carl Wilkinson brought home the win. A victory over Neil Duff not only secured Wilkinson a first WDF ranking title in 6 years but also moved him into a provisional qualification place for the forthcoming WDF World Championship.
In Slovakia, Benjamin Pratnemer and Monique Leißmeister were among the winners.
Pratnemer won the men’s Open in Samorín with a final win over Romanian Laszlo Kadar. The 44-year old won last year’s Masters event and proved too much in the end for Kadar in a 5-4 final.
In the women’s competition, it was a debut ranking title Leißmeister as she defeated Martina Sulovska 5-1 in the final.
After coming through a decider against Eve Watson in the semi-final, as well as a win over Masters champion Paige Pauling in the quarters, she could finally get her hands on the trophy.
Pauling’s win, also over Sulovska, marked a highly successful weekend in which the WDF’s number 1 ranked girl also took home the Junior Open and Masters titles.
Amongst the other winners in the last month were Sybren Gijbels (Lakitelek Darts Masters men’s), Jitka Císařová (Lakitelek Darts Masters women’s), Hannes Schnier (Lakitelek Darts Classic men’s) and Greta Tekauer (Lakitelek Darts Classic women’s).
There was also a win for Howard Jones as well as Amanda Loch in the senior South Australian Classic events, as well as Leonard Gates and Kaitlyn McKinley in Missouri at the St Patrick’s Open.
Also, in the Faroe Islands, there were victories for Jan McIntosh and Michelle Merlit at the Torshavn Open, whilst Edwin Torbjörnsson and Greta Tekauer took home the Faroe Islands Darts Open events.
For Torbjörnsson, it was a defence of a title won last year, whilst for Tekauer it was the second in a successful recent innings which sees her creep into WDF World Championship contention.
The Virginia Beach Classic titles were taken by Jason Brandon and Cali West, a second title in that event for both.
Whilst Brandon won the event in 2023, it was the first after a 6 year gap for West, who in victory took her first title this year.
The Iceland Open and Masters as well as Budapest Classic and Masters headline April, with the Estonia Open and Tallinn Open to follow.
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