PDC Release the 2013 Darts Calendar

PDC Release the 2013 Darts Calendar

Today is one of the most important days of the year for many in darts – for both players, and those who organise exhibitions.  The PDC Calendar has been released (dates can change, but rarely do), so players, managers, and organisers can start planning around these.  The calendar includes the just announced Qualifying School in Jan.  It does NOT show which venues the Premier League of Darts will be at – so you can’t plan those trips yet!

It does confirm there will be another World Cup of Darts again this year, something that had been mentioned in a previous article here.

It shows a return to the Wigan venue for the ProTour floor tournaments, after a 1 year break.  In fact it’s not only back, it’s back with a vengeance, as the PDC have moved away from using Reading and Birmingham as venues completely.  The NIA venue did come in for a lot of stick this year, so that’s no surprise.  The pro tour now seems to be exclusively using Wigan, Barnsley, and Crawley in 2013.

2013 PDC CALENDAR

DATE	VENUE	TOURNAMENT
JANUARY
TBC	Dorchester Hotel	Awards Dinner
17 – 20	Wigan	Qualifying School
FEBRUARY
1 – 3	Hamburg, Germany	World Cup of Darts
7	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 1
14	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 2
21	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 3
23	Crawley	UK Open Qualifier 1
24	Crawley	UK Open Qualifier 2
28	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 4
MARCH
7	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 5
9	Barnsley	Players Championship 1
10	Barnsley	Players Championship 2
14	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 6
15	Wigan	European Tour 1 – UK Qualifier
16	Wigan	UK Open Qualifier 3
17	Wigan	UK Open Qualifier 4
21	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 7
23	Barnsley	Youth Tour 1, 2
24	Barnsley	Youth Tour 3
28	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 8
30 – Apr 1	TBC, Germany	European Tour 1
APRIL
4	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 9
11	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 10
13	Wigan	UK Open Qualifier 5
14	Wigan	UK Open Qualifier 6
18	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 11
20	Wigan	Youth Tour 4, 5
21	Wigan	Youth Tour 6
25	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 12
26	Wigan	European Tour 2 – UK Qualifier
27	Wigan	Players Championship 3
28	Wigan	Players Championship 4
MAY
2	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 13
3	Wigan	European Tour 3 – UK Qualifier
4	Wigan	UK Open Qualifier 7
5	Wigan	UK Open Qualifier 8
9	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts 14
16	TBC	McCoy’s Premier League Darts Play-Offs
17 – 19	TBC, Germany	European Tour 2
25	Wigan	Players Championship 5
26	Wigan	Players Championship 6
31 – 2 Jun	TBC, Austria	European Tour 3
JUNE
6 – 9	Bolton	Speedy Services UK Open Finals
21	Crawley	European Tour 4 / 5 – UK Qualifier
22	Crawley	Players Championship 7
23	Crawley	Players Championship 8
28 – 30	Gibraltar	European Tour 4
JULY
5 – 7	TBC, Germany	European Tour 5
12	Barnsley	European Tour 6 – UK Qualifier
13	Barnsley	Youth Tour 7, 8
14	Barnsley	Youth Tour 9
20 – 28	Blackpool	Betfair World Matchplay
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
6 – 8	TBC, Holland	European Tour 6
14	Barnsley	Players Championship 9
15	Barnsley	Players Championship 10
19 – 22	TBC, Germany	European Championship
24 – 26	Crondon Park	Championship League Darts 1, 2, 3
28	Crawley	Youth Tour 10, 11
29	Crawley	Youth Tour 12
OCTOBER
4	Dublin, Ireland	European Tour 7 – UK Qualifier
5	Dublin, Ireland	Players Championship 11
6	Dublin, Ireland	Players Championship 12
7 – 13	Dublin, Ireland	PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix
15 – 17	Crondon Park	Championship League Darts 4, 5, 6
19	Killarney, Ireland	Players Championship 13
20	Killarney, Ireland	Players Championship 14
22 – 24	Crondon Park	Championship League Darts 7, 8, Play-Offs
25 – 27	TBC, Germany	European Tour 7
NOVEMBER
1	Wigan	Grand Slam Qualifier
2	Wigan	Players Championship 15
3	Wigan	Players Championship 16
9 – 17	Wolverhampton	William Hill Grand Slam of Darts
23	Barnsley	Players Championship 17
24	Barnsley	Players Championship 18
25	Barnsley	World Championship – PDPA qualifier
29 – Dec 1	Minehead	Cash Converters Players Championship Finals
DECEMBER
TBC	London	Ladbrokes World Darts Championship

Please Note: Events in Italics have some details TBC such as the dates or venue. Full details for European Tour events will be announced in due course.

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