16 year old wins PDC event!

The Rooster

Michael van Gerwen, the next big thing in world darts, caused a big surprise by winning the Open Holland at the weekend. Its a PDC event, but its a genuine "open", so BDO players can play in it. Jelle Klaasen and Tony West also played.

Taylor, Mardle and Manley werent playing but most of the rest of top PDC players were there, including Barney, Lloyd and Scholten. Irishman Owen Caffrey made the last 16 (over 800 played).

Last 16
Newton, Wesley (Eng) vs Mann, Jimmy (Eng) 4-3 legs
Jones, Wayne (Eng) vs West, Tony (Eng) 4-2
Gerwen, Michael van (NL) vs Smith, Andy (Eng) 4-2
Painter, Kevin (Eng) vs Blijs, Hans (NL) 4-2
Baxter, Ronnie (Eng) vs Johnson, Darren (Eng) 4-1
Lewis, Adrian (Eng) vs Ovens, Denis (Eng) 4-0
Priestley, Dennis (Eng) vs Caffrey, Owen (Ire) 4-2
Osborne, Colin (Eng) vs Knoops, Wichard (NL) 4-1

Quarter finals
Jones, Wayne (Eng) vs Newton, Wesley (Eng) 5-1
Gerwen, Michael van (NL) vs Painter, Kevin (Eng) 5-3
Baxter, Ronnie (Eng) vs Lewis, Adrian (Eng) 5-3
Osborne, Colin (Eng) vs Priestley, Dennis (Eng) 5-4

Semi finals
Gerwen, Michael van (NL) vs Jones, Wayne (Eng) 6-4
Osborne, Colin (Eng) vs Baxter, Ronnie (Eng) 6-3

Final
Gerwen, Michael van (NL) vs Osborne, Colin (Eng)
3-2 sets : (3-0; 3-2; 1-3; 1-3; 3-2)

Mens Doubles

Quarter Finals
Baxter, Ronnie - Ovens, Denis (Eng) beat Roy, Alex - Osborne, Colin (Eng) 4-2 legs
Wade, James - Lewis, Adrian (Eng) beat Jenkins, Terry - Smith, Andy (Eng) 4-3
Koster, Dick - Meulenkamp, Ron (NL) beat Overdijk, Christian van - Gerwen, Michael van (NL) 4-3
Atwood, Wayne - Alker, Steve (Wal) beat Newton, Wesley - Gray, Adrian (Eng) 4-1

Semis
Wade, James - Lewis, Adrian (Eng) beat Baxter, Ronnie - Ovens, Denis (Eng) 4-0
Atwood, Wayne - Alker, Steve (Wal) beat Koster, Dick - Meulenkamp, Ron (NL) 4-0

Final
Atwood, Wayne - Alker, Steve (Wal) beat Wade, James - Lewis, Adrian (Eng) 5-4

Mixed Doubles

Semis
Molema, Carla - Nijs, Johnny (NL) beat Laan, Bianca - Boldewijn, Alex (NL) 3-1
Baxter, Ronnie - Krappen, Karin (Eng/NL) beat Hoenselaar, Francisca - Clarys, Erik (NL/Bel) 3-0

Final
Baxter, Ronnie - Krappen, Karin (Eng/NL) beat Molema, Carla - Nijs, Johnny (NL) 4-2

Ladies
Final
Hoenselaar, Francisca (NL) beat Krappen, Karin (NL) 2-0 sets

DC

That's all we need. Someone to win the world championship by the age of 18 and dominate darts for the next 25 years

Fair play to him though. He must be a pure natural talent.

mchurl

can only be good for darts, another top class player

Kingp35

Yeah can only be good for the sport. The dutch really have some top class facilities and tournaments etc to help bring through their young talent. I can see the dutch dominating the sport in the future.

Also well done to Caffery, great to see one of our own doing well.

RedPeppers

good post Rooster. great to see irish talent mixing it with the best. The youngster could be the next Taylor...

Ultimate Seduction

This turned out well haha