The PDC Women's Series begins on Saturday 7 February with two events with the first one having already kicked off at Halle 39 in Hildesheim which will also be home to the ProTour in the coming days.
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Beau Greaves will play despite some doubts mainly due to the fact that the imperious queen of the Women's Series now plays full time on the PDC ProTour.
Albeit Lisa Ashton who is also involved when she played on the ProTour also did play a heavy part but Greaves will play at least five days in a row with ProTours as well as European Tour Qualifiers to come for 'Beau N Arrow'.
Joining her includes a pretty strong contingent considering the Dutch Open is also taking place this weekend. Rhian O'Sullivan, Fallon Sherrock, Noa-Lynn van Leuven among others have in fact decided to play the two tournaments instead over playing in the WDF tournament which is well known for its big number of entries and being one of the most well attended in the world.
Event Two is also coming up later this afternoon. There will also be two events on Sunday following the same format. The format is best of seven legs up until to the Quarter Finals, and then best of nine legs for the quarters, semis and final with £2,500 for the winner of each event.
There is also the added incentive of spots in the Women's World Matchplay which works on a rolling one year system so since July that has been ongoing, as well as Grand Slam of Darts and PDC World Darts Championship. It is the only secondary tour without Tour Cards for the champions. It can be watched on both PDCTV and followed on DartConnect.
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100 in a row for Beau Greaves
Beau Greaves has won 100 straight matches on the PDC Women's Series.
The Doncaster thrower has ended the opening day of the new season by winning again. She saw off Lisa Ashton for a second time today winning 5-0 to take her tally to 100 consecutive match wins.
Greaves has been the queen on the PDC Women's Series for a long time and ended Day One in Hildesheim with another win against her main rival it seems so far in Ashton.
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Greaves took down Gemma Hayter 5-2 in the semi-finals after seeing off Jade Gofford, Joanne Oldershaw, Milou Emriskdotter among others in the latter stages. There was also a welcome run for a certain Trina Gulliver to the Quarter-Finals. While Noa-Lynn van Leuven reached the top 16.
Two more events tomorrow then Greaves will make her ProTour debut on Monday.
Draw PDC Women's Series Event Two
| Player 1 | v | Player 2 |
| Tamara Brunnmayer | v | Laura van den Berg |
| Jodie Clarkson | v | Carolina Kaindl |
| Ella Coburn | v | Laura Stavenhagen |
| Hannah Meek | v | Beau Greaves |
| Laura Patton | v | Soheila Irani |
| Lauren Burgess | v | Janine Gough |
| Sharon Godbeer | v | Shana Van Nieuwenhoven |
| Girley Peters | v | Silvia Lindner |
| Laura Soehngen | v | Kirsten Eickler |
| Rebecca Barrow | v | Celine Menard |
| Annett Kecke | v | Cecylia Maria Zora |
| Michaela Gillert | v | Rachel Part |
| Anna Parker | v | Rhian O’Sullivan |
| Barbora Hospodarska | v | Chelsea Campbell |
| Jessica Menard | v | Chiaralea Czapla |
| Trina Gulliver | v | Jacqueline Abergel |
| Celine van den Berg | v | Mandy Smith |
| Kirsty Hutchinson | v | Lainey Webb |
| Felicia Blay | v | Miriam Fiore |
| Robyn Byrne | v | Bianca Michalczyk |
| Yvonne Boltze | v | Hollie McKain |
| Natalie Gilbert | v | Rowena Sidley |
| Aurora Fochesato | v | Daniela Seele |
| Celine Zumbusch | v | Lena Welc |
| Kirsi Viinikainen | v | Bianka Langendorf |
| Maret Liiri | v | Kateryna Slivinska |
| Mozhgan Rahmani | v | Steph Clarke |
| Lauren Bloomfield | v | Emma Martin |
| Aoife McCormack | v | Noa-Lynn van Leuven |
| Fallon Sherrock | v | Roswitha Burkhard |
| Angela Kirkwood | v | Valerie Ushanova |
| Kim Holden | v | Lenaic Cabestant |
| Lara Frerking | v | Tanja Scheller |
| Vicky Pruim | v | Susan Unger |
| Jane Biggs | v | Sandy Wolf |
| Christina Schmidt | v | Greta Tekauer |
Beau Greaves wins Event One, continues incredible run
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Beau Greaves was the winner in Event One with 'Beau n Arrow' taking down Lisa Ashton 5-2 to claim what is a 47th title on the PDC Women's Series and a 93rd consecutive match win.
Greaves hit a 98 average to win that tie having also seen off Robyn Byrne 5-0, Fallon Sherrock 5-2 as well as Kirsi Viinikainen 4-1 in the Last 16.
Greaves was a bit of a question mark going into this year for the sole reason that she has picked and choosed in the past and with the PDC Women's Series being on the same weekend going into her debut on the ProTour she potentially could've decided to skip these events.
But at the same time it could be construed as valuable match practice for her as she approaches her first full year as a pro.
Other top names involved included Deta Hedman perhaps surprisingly given she is a WDF board member and the Dutch Open takes place this weekend. But given she has already qualified twice for Lakeside, she has played Women's Series instead it seems. Gemma Hayter, Noa-Lynn van Leuven both lost in the Last 32.
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While Byrne and Steph Clarke who have both impressed at times on the Women's Series lost to Greaves and Ashton in the semi-finals. Rhian O'Sullivan who perhaps is the big miss at the Dutch Open as defending champion lost in the Last 64 to Greaves.
Draw PDC Women's Series Event One
| Player 1 | v | Player 2 |
| Laura Turner | v | Susan Unger |
| Katie Sheldon | v | Kirsten Eickler |
| Rhian O’Sullivan | v | Kirsty Hutchinson |
| Beau Greaves | v | Cecylia Maria Zora |
| Franziska Riepe | v | Sharon Godbeer |
| Janine Gough | v | Celine Menard |
| Melanie Daffner | v | Roswitha Burkhard |
| Fallon Sherrock | v | Leonie Breer |
| Rachel Part | v | Laura Soehngen |
| Rebecca Barrow | v | Kateryna Slivinska |
| Jessica Menard | v | Yvonne Boltze |
| Mozhgan Rahmani | v | Natalie Gilbert |
| Vicky Pruim | v | Kim Holden |
| Rebecca Hoyland | v | Nicole Porm |
| Robyn Byrne | v | Michaela Gillert |
| Kyana Frauenfelder | v | Elodie Valentin |
| Angela Kirkwood | v | Rowena Sidley |
| Jade Gofford | v | Tamara Brunnmayer |
| Laura Stavenhagen | v | Lenaic Cabestant |
| Silvia Lindner | v | Girley Peters |
| Christina Schmidt | v | Mascha Lassen |
| Aurora Fochesato | v | Sandy Wolf |
| Sara Walton | v | Barbora Hospodarska |
| Laura Patton | v | Lainey Webb |
| Steph Clarke | v | Lauren Burgess |
| Ella Coburn | v | Carolina Kaindl |
| Hollie McKain | v | Sophie Bertram |
| Joanne Oldershaw | v | Soheila Irani |
| Aoife McCormack | v | Maret Liiri |
| Denise Cassidy | v | Daniela Dambek |
| Lena Welc | v | Annett Kecke |
| Lisa Ashton | v | Felicia Blay |
| Bianka Langendorf | v | Daniela Seele |
| Mandy Smith | v | Tanja Kappel |
| Trina Gulliver | v | Julie Whitehouse |
| Emma Martin | v | Emma Smith |
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