The four time BDO Ladies World Champion will aim to join Jamie Lewis, Luke Woodhouse; as well as a player she knows very well in Dave Chisnall into the next round as she toes the oche later on.
Ashton will be joined though by PDC ranking winner Mickey Mansell, Dutch prospect Geert Nentjes and former UK Open Quarter-Finalist Ross Smith in the field for tonight.
For ‘The Lancashire Rose’ it will be Smith who she faces off against first; while Mansell will face Nentjes in the round robin format with a winner to join the aforementioned players being confirmed as a result.
Every evening, the four players in this case Ashton, Mansell, Smith and Nentjes will each face off; with each match being the best of nine legs. This group stage lasts 32 days with that amount of players set to reach the next round to play it out from there to crown a winner.
All players have webcams set up in their houses and say their scores out loud; to make sure that they can be inputted correctly without any cheating taking place.
With each night’s action commencing at 1930 BST, darts commentator Dan Dawson will be on hand to talk through proceedings; which will also include live score graphics on screen.
All PDC Home Tour action will be broadcast live on PDCTV for free to all registered PDCTV users; regardless of whether you have a paid or free membership.
In addition all live-scores can be followed on DartConnect; with match statistics being available after every match.
19:30 Ross Smith v Lisa Ashton
19:55 Mickey Mansell v Geert Nentjes
20:20 Lisa Ashton v Geert Nentjes
20:45 Ross Smith v Mickey Mansell
21:10 Mickey Mansell v Lisa Ashton
21:35 Geert Nentjes v Ross Smith