Yesterday saw the first event of the 2021 England Youth Grand Prix Season take place at the Cueball Club in Derbyshire. After over 15 months without a face-to-face Darts Event ran by England Darts this was a welcome return to a more normal (and non online based) competitive action!
With the first 6 months lost due the pandemic, unfortunately clashes were always going to happen and a few of our events have clashed with the JDC calendar with their events also catering for youth it does lower attendance figures and we hope that next year this will not be the case to give Youth players the opportunity to play in all Youth Systems/Tours which will only widen the opportunities available!
Tavis Dudeney (Sussex) took the Mixed Title with a 5-3 win over impressive ''Miss Dynamite'' Eleanor Cairns (Lancashire) who became only the second girl to reach one of the Mixed Finals since the inception of the England Youth Grand Prix. Losing semi finalists were Nottinghamshire's Oliver Wilson & Suffolk's Harvey Stringer both debuting in our events.
In the girls event Eleanor Cairns capped a fine day with a 3-0 over Sussex player Ashleigh Turner in the final, losing semi finalists were Emmie O'Connor (Warwickshire) & Amy Evans (Clywd Youth & Cheshire Seniors). Originally we had another two players in the draw with one unable to play through injury and the other having to isolate, so on behalf of England Darts hope you recover from your injury soon Lauren Stokoe and we hope to welcome back Krystal O'Connor at the Dorset event next weekend.
Points Tables and England Youth Event Rankings will be posted after the Dorset Grand Prix next weekend, they Rankings and Points Tables will be starting from fresh after over a year elapsing between our last events. The England Youth Rankings are now separate for Events and County Youth.
Next Sunday sees the Dorset Grand Prix take place at Branksome & Upper Parkstone Conservative Club in Poole and will be the first Southern Regional Event, but is open to all players who were Under 18 at the turn of the year. We currently have 10 player registered with the Entries closing on Saturday at 2pm, please make sure you select the correct tournament ''Dorset Youth Grand Prix'' when entering the event! The Dorset Event will be run by Dan Perry and Dave Dudeney so any questions about the event please contact them .
