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The 2006 Winmau World Masters was a darts tournament held at Leisure World in Bridlington between October 13-15, 2006. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship.
| Winmau World Masters | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 13–15 October 2006 | ||
| Venue | Leisure World, Bridlington | ||
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format | Sets (best of 3 legs) for men, Legs for women, boys and girls Finals: best of 13 (men's) | ||
| Prize fund | £24,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £15,000 (men's) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Michael van Gerwen (men) Francis Hoenselaar (women) Maarten Pape (boys)  Kimberley Lewis (girls) | |||
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Seventeen-year-old Michael van Gerwen became the youngest winner in the 32-year history of the event when he defeated England captain Martin Adams in the final.[1]
Tournament Schedule edit
Thursday October 12, 2006
Qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship was held.
Friday October 13, 2006
Players from 30 countries played on a multi-board system to qualify for the stage matches to be played on Saturday and Sunday. There were some major upsets in the qualifying round as only 4 seeded players managed to progress to the last 16. Five seeded players even failed to reach the final qualifying round (last 32) of the tournament. World Champion, Jelle Klaasen was amongst the big-named players who went out early.
- Mervyn King (5) lost to Albertino Essers 2-3
- Vincent van der Voort (8) lost to Rick Hofstra 2-3
- Mike Veitch (10) lost to Joe Palmer 1-3
- Jelle Klaasen (13) lost to Mario Robbe 0-3
- Paul Hanvidge (15) lost to Roy Montgomery 1-3
Bobby George lost in the first qualifying round to Jim Widmeyer (USA). Former World Champion, Andy Fordham managed to progress through one qualifying round before losing to Benny Grace (Ire).
Saturday October 14, 2006
- 0900 Girls Final (Best of 5 Legs)
Kimberley Lewis Wales (Ave 63.06) beat Thea Kaaijk Netherlands (Ave 67.26) 4-2 (legs)
- 0930 Boys Final (Best of 5 Legs) Maarten Pape (Ned) Jan Dekker (Ned) v
Maarten Pape Netherlands (Ave 75.84) beat Jan Dekker Netherlands (Ave 71.64) 4-1 (legs)
- 1000 - 1640 Men's Championship Last 16 & Quarter-finals played
Sunday October 15, 2006
- 1130 - 1230 Women's Championship Semi-finals and final played
- 1330 Men's Championship Semi-finals & final played
2006 Men's Event results edit
Players in bold denote match winners.[2][3]
- Each set is best of 3 legs.
2006 Women's Event results edit
Players in bold denote match winners.[4][5]
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 Legs Losers £300 | Semi-finals Best of 7 Legs Losers £500 | Final Best of 7 Legs Winner £3,000 Runner-up £1,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Trina Gulliver
| 4 | ||||||||||||
 Anne Kirk
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Trina Gulliver 77.37
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Francis Hoenselaar 82.53
| 4 | ||||||||||||
 Stacy Bromberg
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Francis Hoenselaar
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Francis Hoenselaar 76.56
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Karen Krappen 77.94
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Karen Krappen
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Clare Bywaters
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Karen Krappen 71.25
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| Carla Molema 67.86
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  Anastasia Dobromyslova
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Carla Molema
| 4 | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ Studd, Rod (10 March 2016). "Michael van Gerwen showed early signs that he could conquer the world, says Rod Studd". Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Results of World Masters Men 2006". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "World Masters Men 2006 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Results of World Masters Women 2006". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "World Masters Women 2006 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
See also edit
- Winmau World Masters - history of the event