Thursday night kicks off the annual Isle of Man Darts Festival with the Isle of Man Masters. Both the men's and women's singles tournaments are scheduled. Both tournaments will be played through the semi-finals. The final will not be held until Sunday.
The men's field of competitors includes former world champion
Neil Duff, Mike Gillet and recent PDC Tour Card holders such as
Jeff Smith, Jason Heaver, Darren Webster, Moreno Blom, Kai Fan Leung, Connor Scutt, Jim McEwan and Bradley Brooks.
Among the women's entries are two-time world champion
Beau Greaves,
Deta Hedman, Lerena Rietbergen, Lorraine Hyde, Anca Zijlstra, Vicky Pruim and Eleanor Cairns.