Price and Clayton set to defend World Series of Darts titles, no Van Gerwen in Australia and New Zealand
PDCTuesday, 20 June 2023 at 08:04
The World Series of Darts heads to Australia and New Zealand in August for a double header instead of the trio of tournaments that are usually hosted.
Representatives have now been confirmed for those who will take part Down Under and they feature defending champions in these tournaments Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton.
The NZ Darts Masters and NSW Darts Masters (August 4-5 and August 11-12) will also feature Michael Smith, Peter Wright, Rob Cross and for the first time in their careers, Nathan Aspinall and Danny Noppert will also be involved.
As will Dimitri van den Bergh who completes the line-up, alongside the Oceanic representatives.
These feature former World Cup champions Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock. As well as confirmed so far, Mal Cuming, Darren Penhall, Dave Marland in New South Wales and in Hamilton, Ben Robb and Haupai Puha will be joined by fellow DPNZ players.
Two players who will miss out though are Michael van Gerwen and Luke Humphries with both declining invites for family reasons. MVG confirmed this on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani while in New York that he wouldn't play these tournaments.
2023 World Series of Darts
NZ Darts Masters
August 4-5, GLOBOX Arena, Hamilton
PDC Representatives
Michael Smith
Peter Wright
Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross
Jonny Clayton
Danny Noppert
Nathan Aspinall
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Oceanic Representatives
Damon Heta
Simon Whitlock
Ben Robb - DPNZ Number One
Haupai Puha - DPNZ Number Two
DPNZ Q1 - July 1, Christchurch
DPNZ Q2 - July 2, Christchurch
Top-Ranked player on DPNZ Order of Merit on July 2 following DPNZ Qualifiers
DPA Qualifier - Top-Ranked player following Event 21 (July 9)
NSW Darts Masters
August 11-12, WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
PDC Representatives
Michael Smith
Peter Wright
Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross
Jonny Clayton
Danny Noppert
Nathan Aspinall
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Oceanic Representatives
Damon Heta
Simon Whitlock
DPA Q1 - Mal Cuming
DPA Q2 - Darren Penhall
DPA Q3 - Dave Marland
DPA Q4 - July 7, Warilla
DPNZ Qualifier - July 1, Christchurch
Top-ranked player from DPA Order of Merit following Event 21 (July 9)
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