11/12/2017

Team Winmau prepares for the PDC World Darts Championship

With less then one week to go, the world’s best players are fine tuning their game as they prepare their bids to become the next Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Champion.
Amongst them will be 10 players from Team Winmau, including 3 former World Champions – Steve Beaton, Mark Webster and Christian Kist – who will be looking to win the richest prize in the sport.
Team Winmau players, William O’Connor and 1996 BDO World Champion, Steve Beaton, have the honour of opening the tournament when they play each other on Thursday December 14^th. A little later in the day, Christian Kist, has the opportunity to turn the tournament on its head when he plays the favourite and current PDC World Champion, Michael van Gerwen.
Team Winmau then has a day off before Mervyn King plays Zoran Lerchbacher on Saturday December 16^th in the afternoon session, and Brendan Dolan takes on Alan Ljubic in the preliminary round in the same session. If Brendan is successful he will play Robert Thornton at the end of the afternoon in the first round proper.
Canadian legend Jeff Smith also plays on the 16^th with a preliminary round match against Luke Humphries. The winner of this encounter will face two-time PDC world champion Gary Anderson later the same day.
Sunday is another rest day for Team Winmau before a triple header on Monday December 18^th. World number 4 Daryl Gurney, fresh from his victory in the World Grand Prix, takes on Belgian Ronny Huybrechts, and another Winmau former World Champion, Mark Webster, takes on the winner of a preliminary match between Kai Fan Leung and Paul Lim. Kevin ‘The Artist’ Painter, himself a former PDC World Championship finalist, faces in-form Austrian, Mensur Suljovic.
Closing out round one for Team Winmau is Simon Whitlock who toes the oche with Martin Schindler on Wednesday 20^th December.
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Team Winmau First Round Schedule

Team Winmau	Opponent	Date
Steve Beaton	William O’Connor (also Team Winmau)	Thursday 14^th December Evening session
Christian Kist	Michael van Gerwen	Thursday 14^th December Evening session
Brendan Dolan	Alan Ljubic	Saturday 16^th December Afternoon session
Mervyn King	Zoran Lerchbacher	Saturday 16^th December Afternoon session
Jeff Smith	Luke Humphries	Saturday, 16^th December Evening session
Kevin Painter	Mensur Suljovic	Monday 18^th December Evening session
Daryl Gurney	Ronny Huybrechts	Monday 18^th December Evening session
Mark Webster	Kai Fan Leung / Paul Lim	Monday 18^th December Evening session
Simon Whitlock	Martin Schindler	Wednesday 20^th December Evening session