Current state of World Matchplay 180 charity pledge: £12,800 raised for The Stroke Association so far
PDCFriday, 24 July 2020 at 18:30
Before the World Matchplay began, title sponsors Betfred made a 180 charity pledge that they would donate £50 to The Stroke Association for every 180 scored during the tournament.
With the tournament going into the semi-final stage after tonight; £12,800 has been raised for the Stroke Association with 256 180's being hit so far.
Should last year’s total of 330 180’s be matched or beaten; an additional £10,000 will be given; with a nine-dart charity challenge also taking place this week with all the players involved.
They will donate £1 per point for a players’ total across nine darts with the charity in question chosen after Rod Studd, Sky Sports commentator suffered a stroke recently and a lot of money has been raised so far for a good cause.
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