How much can you make for playing darts in Barnsley at the weekend?

The UK Open may have got us all thinking that maybe the field has been blown wide open in the world of darts, and the two tournaments that have just been held in Barnsley have just confirmed those thoughts.  Yes there was no Taylor and no Barney, but even so, it is a sport that is becoming more and more difficult to predict with big performances coming from all angles.  I've totted up the weekends prize money for each player, and it shows what a mix we have on our hands at the moment, and also how a couple of days good form can be a nice little earner.

Paul Nicholson Andy Smith Dave Chisnall Simon Whitlock Steve Brown Justin Pipe Mark Hylton James Wade John Part Gary Anderson Wayne Jones Steve Beaton Mervyn King Robert Thornton Mark Webster Brian Woods Peter Wright  Denis Ovens Alan Tabern

£6400 £6000 £5000 £3600* £3200 £2400 £2400 £2400 £2000 £1600 £1400 £1400 £1200 £1200 £1200 £1000 £1000 £1000 £1000

   

The top two in the first batch had really contrasting days. Clearly The Asset will be pleased to be top of the pile, but after picking up the full £6k on Saturday will have been disappointed only to add £400 today, The Pieman on the other hand will be delighted to grab £6k today after pocketing nothing yesterday.  I fancied The Flying Scotsman to win at least one, but he's struggling at the minute and was some way off the pace. Brian Woods is the stand out name there and he had a very good weekend.
*Whitlock only picked up £800 for what rounds he reached, but pocketed a cool £2,800 for a 9-darter along the way.

Peter Hudson Andy Hamilton Matt Clark Steve Hine Shaun Griffiths Kevin Painter Co Stompe Roland Scholten Terry Jenkins Mark Walsh

£800 £800 £800 £800 £800 £800 £800 £800 £800 £800

A real mix picked up £800, whereas someone like Terry Jenkins will be pretty disappointed to only have picked up less than a grand, youngster Shaun Griffiths will be very pleased with his work.  Peter Hudson will be happy his encouraging performance in Bolton has carried on as well.

Chris Aubrey   Scott Rand Vincent van der Voort Colin Osborne Dave Smith William O'Connor Jamie Caven Colin Lloyd Tony Eccles Chris Thompson Richie Burnett Ronnie Baxter Michael Barnard

£600 £600 £600 £600 £600 £600 £600 £600 £600 £600 £600 £600 £600

The strength in depth of the PDC is shown down this end of the scale as truly class players such as Ronnie Baxter and Jamie Caven can only pick up £600 for their efforts.

Brendan Dolan Nick Fullwell James Richardson Paul Rowley Devon Petersen Dennis Smith Michael van Gerwen Mark Jones Simon Burt Magnus Caris Matthew Edgar Adrian Lewis Louis Blundell Adrian Gray Jelle Klaasen Michael Mansell Shane O'Connor Darren Johnson Prakash Jiwa Tony Ayres

£400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400 £400

Clearly the shock name in amongst this lot is World Champion Adrian Lewis who had a nightmare weekend in Barnsley to add to his woes from the UK Open.  He needs to hammer the practice board before Blackpool or he could be embarassed again.

Ian White John Henderson Antonio Alcinas Shaun Griffiths Dennis Priestley Nigel Birch Barrie Bates Wayne Mardle Adam Hunt Mareno Michels Nigel Heydon Mark Lawrence Joe Cullen Adam Smith-Neale Gary Welding

£200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £200