Darts Night at Liverpool FC

Triple Joy for GR8

GR8 team players Tony O'shea, Stephen Bunting and Anastasia Dobromyslova all came through their first matches at the Lakeside this weekend. O'shea overcame former champion John Walton 3 -0 in sets on Saturday evening while Bunting came from behind to defeat James Wilson 3 - 2, the treble was completed when Anastasia defeated her best friend and doubles partner Lorraine Farlam 2 - 0 with a 144 checkout the 2nd highest in the tournament so far.

O'shea wil now play Steve Douglas in the next round while Bunting will play Darryl Fitton, Anastasia will play either Julie Gore or 9 times champion Trina Gulliver.

GR8 Director wins TV Show

Millions of Scottish viewers watched GR8 Director Darren Tunesi and his new bride Gemma win the£10,000 first prize in STV's First Dance. The newly wed's went head to head with another couple to see who could perform their first dance the best at their own wedding. Both couples were trained by professional coaches and had just 10 days to perfect their routines and you can watch their quest for glory on the STV i player at the link below.

http://player.stv.tv/programmes/first-dance/2012-11-14-2045/

The Bullet joins GR8

GR8 are proud to announce that BDO World No 1 and current Winmau World Masters Champion Stephen Bunting will join www.gr8ofdarts.co.uk as our newest team member. Stephen will take his place alongside Dennis Priestley, Kevin Painter, Wayne Jones, Tony O’shea, Anastasia Dobromyslova, Richie Burnett and Chris Mason after Steve Beaton’s withdrawal as he is unable to give the commitment needed to the GR8 team. The following statement was released today and GR8 wishes Steve all the best for the future.

Unfortunately Steve Beaton cannot give the commitment needed for the GR8 of Darts so will no longer be involved with the Team.

Steve will honour the booking at the Liverpool Football Club with Kevin Painter on Friday 1^st February 2013 but it will be his last exhibition and involvement with the GR8.

Steve wishes the GR8 Team all the best for the future.

Stephen Bunting is a GR8 addition to our team and we are looking forward to working with one of the top players in the BDO, we will keep all our members informed as to when The Bullet as he is known will be performing his first exhibition for us and all the future events where you can see Stephen in action.

Grand Slam pre-party in Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton's Grand Slam of Darts will be kicked off with a pre-party at a city pub the night before to raise funds for the Poppy Appeal.

The tournament kicks off at Wolverhampton Civic Hall next Saturday night and the Cleveland Arms, Stowheath Lane, will get the ball rolling.

They will stage a charity exhibition next Friday night featuring former PDC World Champion Dennis Priestley and women's star Trina Gulliver.

'Dennis the Menace' received the highest accolade the PDC has in 1994, won the BDO equivalent in 1991 and competed in the 2007 Grand Slam.

'Golden Girl' Gulliver has lifted the BDO women's world title on nine occasions and is the World No 5, having played professionally for 16 years.

A number of Grand Slam players will be stopping by as they stay in the area before the £400,000 tournament begins the next day, live on Sky Sports.

Wolverhampton's Wayne Jones, Mark Walsh, Tony O'Shea, Brendan Dolan and 2010 Grand Slamwinner Scott Waites were at the Cleveland last year.

Tickets are just £2, with the option to pay on the door and on the night, and can be purchased by calling             01902 451 021      .

Tungsten on the Tyne

We have got a real treat for GR8 members, Precision Sports Management Ltd are kindly offering our members discounted tickets for one of their events. Tungsten on the Tyne will feature 8 players in a knockout event followed by the World Champions Challenge featuring Phil " The Power " Taylor, Adrian"Jackpot " Lewis and Raymond Van Barneveld, at the Lancastrian Suite, Gateshead 22nd November 2012. Also appearing on the night will be Team Precision's young Guns Joe " The Rockstar "Cullen, " The Spartan " Devon Petersen and " The Great Welsh Hope " Jamie Lewis. This amazing line up will be completed by the Pride of Northumberland County player Mark Stephenson and The Pride of Tyne & Wear who is to be confirmed and with PDC/SKY MC John McDonald and the legendry referee Bruce Spendley also featured it promises to be a memorable night of darts. Ticket prices for this event are standard seats £30.00 GR8 members £20.00 and the VIP which includes meet & greet by the players, photo and a meal £90.00 GR8 members £50.00. Please be quick on this one we have only been given 30 standard tickets and 20 VIP. To book your ticket for this fantastic event email jamesrowley@gr8ofdarts.co.uk and I will arrange the tickets for you.

Wayne Jones makes semi finals

GR8 team member Wayne Jones quest for the Dutch Masers title was ended in the semi final tonight by Paul Nicholson, Wayne played brilliantly in the quarter final to defeat Phil Taylor with a 101.49 average but could not repeat that against Nicholson. Never the less it is a great performance from the Wolverhampton man and we are sure will bode him well going in to his hometown tournament the Grand Slam.