Race to BDO Lakeside World Championship: Hamilton and Newton among players close to qualifying spots

No information has been released on the 2019 World Championship just yet. But it's starting to look like Andy Hamilton and Wes Newton are both in line for a potential Lakeside spot. That's despite the two former PDC major finalists being part of the BDO for less than a year.
The duo currently sit outside the provisional qualification spots. The top 27 qualify for the World Championship at the end of the year, where they're joined by 13 playoff qualifiers.
Mark McGeeney currently holds top spot in the rankings. With world champion Glen Durrant picking and choosing his tournaments, McGeeney will most likely retain the top spot.
Jim Williams and Scott Mitchell follow in third and fourth. Gary Robson, who had to enter in the preliminary round last time out, is fifth.
Dave Parletti is currently in line to be eighth seed after a run of points-boosting performances which may also see him qualify for the Grand Slam. The postman remains under firm pressure from Lakeside semi-finalist Michael Unterbuchner, however.
As well as Newton and Hamilton, the likes of James Hurrell, Nick Kenny and Richie Edwards sit just outside qualification. Darius Labanauskas is the closest to grabbing a Lakeside berth, but as a likely entrant for the PDC World Championship, the Lithuanian will probably not be involved even if he is offered a Lakeside spot.

1 Mark McGeeney (England) 363
2 Glen Durrant (England) 337
3 Jim Williams (Wales) 315
4 Scott Mitchell (England) 278
5 Gary Robson (England) 263
6 Wesley Harms (Netherlands) 255
7 Scott Waites (England) 254
8 Dave Parletti (England) 247
9 Michael Unterbuchner (Germany) 244
10 Willem Mandigers (Netherlands) 229
11 Chris Landman (Netherlands) 221
12 Martin Phillips (Wales) 218
13 = Ross Montgomery (Scotland) 213
13 = Scott Baker (England) 213
15 Derk Telnekes (Netherlands) 212
16 Tony O'Shea (England) 210
17 Richard Veenstra (Netherlands) 209
18 Wayne Warren (Wales) 195
19 = Conan Whitehead (England) 177
19 = Daniel Day (England) 177
21 Jeffrey van Egdom (Belgium) 173
22 Dean Reynolds (Wales) 171
23 Kyle McKinstry (Northern Ireland) 168
24 Mark Layton (Wales) 167
25 Roger Janssen (Belgium) 160
26 Wouter Vaes (Netherlands) 152
27 Jeffrey Sparidaans (Netherlands) 149
28 Darius Labanauskas (Lithuania) 145
29 Justin Thompson (Australia) 143
30 Nick Kenny (Wales) 141
31 Andy Hamilton (England) 131
32 Martijn Kleermaker (Netherlands) 128
33 James Hurrell (England) 125
34 Richie Edwards (Wales) 122
35 Andy Baetens (Belgium) 120
36 Carlo van Cleef (Netherlands) 113
37 Francis Carragher (Republic of Ireland) 112
38 Craig Venman (England) 107
39 Wesley Newton (England) 106
40 Jim Widmayer (USA) 102