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The event takes place on Saturday 31 May 2008 and entry details can be found below:

Hampshire Open

The Johnny Woodman Classic Ranking Singles sponsored by J.B. Motors & West Portway MOT takes place on Saturday 7 June 2008 at The Entertainer, Andover.

Winner £200 – Runner Up £100 – paying down to last 8 – Over £500 in prize money plus ranking points for the 2009 Transplus Classic

Open to all players, entry fee is £5, Cheques payable to Andover Invitation Darts c/o The Entertainer, King Arthurs Way, Andover SP10 4BS.

Registration before 11.30 a.m. for a 12.15 p.m. start..

First 2 rounds best of 7 x 501, thereafter best of 9 x 501, semi finals and finals on stage.

First 64 entries only – Closing date – 5 June 2008.

The John Taylor Memorial – 2-player-Team Event sponsored by EPC with Us takes place on Saturday 5 July at The Entertainer, Andover.

Winners £200 – Runners Up £100 – paying down to last 8 – Over £500 in prize money plus ranking points for the 2009 Transplus Classic.

Open to all players, entry fee is £10 per team, Cheques payable to Andover Invitation Darts c/o The Entertainer,  King Arthurs Way, Andover SP10 4BS.

Registration before 11.30 a.m. for a 12.15 p.m. start..

Format: Teams of two: comprising 2 singles best 5 x 501, 1 pairs 3 x 601, semi finals and finals on stage.

First 64 entries only – Closing date – 2 July 2008

for further details contact: Glen Dawkins – 01264 395 246 – 07835 926 986 – glen.dawkins@ntlworld.com or visit www.andoverdarts.org

A separate ladies competition will be held with £100 winner, £50 runner up and semi-finals £25.

Doors open 10.30 a.m. Registration 11.00 a.m. Draw 11.30 a.m. for a 12.00 noon start.

Advance entries Men £10, £15 on the day, Ladies £3, £5 on the day. Entries by phone to 07773933576.

Men's first prize £400, runner-up £200, Ladies' first prize £150, runner-up £75.

Entry fee is £5 to Ambassador Free House, Gunville Road, Newport, IoW PO30 5LE, telephone 01983-529168 or the organiser Andy Rees on 07914886066.

Bar and Food Facilities will be open all day, doors open 11.00 a.m. Register before 12.00 noon for a 12.30 p.m. start.

Last year, Rooney was the only qualifier to make it to the last 32 before Richie Burnett ended his run.

TONY HUTCHINSON makes the last sixteen of the Men's event but is beaten by Ian Brand.

Dawn Standley wins the Ladies Singles and Brian Woods wins the Men's Singles.

He beats Paul Hogan in the final. Johnny Haines and Kev Ede reach the semi-finals.

TONY HUTCHINSON loses 3-1 to Dan Tatum in the last 16 while RON ATWILL is edged out 3-2 by Stuart Seaton.

SUE SMEE is beaten 3-2 by Tricia Wright in the Ladies' event.

28 men and 25 lady county winners take part in the national finals. Paul Crawford beats Mark Cairney in the Men's final and Dawn Standley beats Tricia Wright in the Ladies' final.

Wade finishes second in the league table from which the top four progress to the semi-finals.

Wade will now play World number one Raymond van Barneveld in his semi-final at Cardiff on Monday 26 May in his quest to take the title and the £100,000 top prize. The winner of every previous Premier League title, Phil Taylor takes on Adrian Lewis in the other match.

Full details can be read here:

Daily Echo article by Clive Downton

Hampshire Open

The Ladies A team are beaten 4-2 and the Men's A lose 9-3.

The overall defeat of 21-15 is still enough to see the county stay above Cornwall who can only manage 16 points from their visit to Kent.

Ian Jopling loses in the last 64 to Steve Beaton as Raymond van Barneveld wins his first Pro Tour event of 2008.

The Ladies B draw 3-3 and the Men's B have a vital 7-5 win in the county's fight against relegation.

Ricky Williams makes the last 64 but is beaten by Mick McGowan.

Mervyn King wins the £5,000 first prize, ending Phil Taylor's string of successes on the way.

The Keith Goacher Classic on Saturday 3 May and the Johnny Woodman Classic on Saturday 8 June.

Both events take place at The Entertainer. more details at www.andoverdarts.org

Over 300 Guests attend the black tie event held in association with the National Sporting Club.

Wade had earlier beaten Raymond van Barneveld 5-2 to reach the final.

Sam Rooney and Paul Hogan both make the last 16 and Nikki Stevens reaches the last 16 of the ladies event.

Wendy Reinstadtler teams up with Linda Ithurralde to take the English Open Ladies Pairs event during the holiday park weekend.

The win makes sure he stays top of the table with just three games to go and guarantees him a place in the Cardiff finals at the end of May.

Paul Hogan loses to Martin Phillips 3-2 and Danny Cunningham 3-1.

Roy Brown is beaten by Gareth Holt 3-2 and John Henderson 3-0.

Results: Last 16, best of 9 legs - Paul Cook 5 Dave Askew 2, Johnny Haines 5 Andy Jenkins 1, Peter Evison 5 Peter Bailey 4, Dennis Smith 5 Jeff Hewison 2, Mark Walsh 5 Sean White 0, Sam Rooney 5 Ron Atwill 2, Nillson Pritchard 5 Kirk Shepherd 3, Colin Monk 5 Darren Barnes 4. Quarter finals, best of 9 legs - Cook 5 Haines 1, Evison 5 Smith 4, Walsh 5 Rooney 3, Pritchard 5 Monk 1. Semi finals, best of 3 sets of 5 legs - Cook 2 Evison 0, Walsh 2 Pritchard 0. Final, best of 5 sets of 5 legs - Cook 3 Walsh 1 .

Nearly £5000 in prize money and trophies were presented by main sponsor directors John and Roger Smith of Transplus and the event MC Dave Dempsey.

Champion £1500. Runner up £750. Semi Finalists both £350. Quarter Finalists £150 each. Last 16 £75 each.

Highest Check-Out of 156 - Ron Atwill and Colin Monk shared £350.

Transplus Best Andover Performance: Peter Bailey.

Academy Awards sponsored by Ron Atwill: Furthest Academy: Sean White £40. Special Academy Award: Billy Day £40.