The World Senior Darts (WSD), formerly The World Senior Darts Tour (WSDT), staged its first World Senior Championships event on 3-6 February.February 2022 at the Circus Tavern Purfleet. The Tournament features past World Champions from across the globe and from both sports divisions. The sixteen-time World Darts Champion Phil Taylor was coached out of retirement to play in the event with John Lowe, Bob Anderson, Les Wallace, John Part, Martin Adams, and the ten-time ladies darts champion Trina Gulliver MBE.
At 54, Robert Thornton, who hadn’t previously played in the PDC and hadn’t obtained a PDC Tour Card, also played and won the first staged event.
The packed venue, along with BBC iPlayer, BT Sport coverage, was a roaring success encouraging other stars from the past to signup to feature events.
Players over fifty years can also enter the qualifiers, and the successful players win a place in the event finals.
Year |
Winner |
Sets |
Sets |
Runner-up |
|
2024 | John Henderson | 5 | - | 0 | Colin McGarry |
2023 | Robert Thornton | 5 | - | 2 | Richie Howson |
2022 | Robert Thornton | 5 | - | 1 | Martin Adams |
Year |
Winner |
Legs |
Legs |
Runner-up |
|
2024 | Richie Howson | 13 | - | 10 | Andy Hamilton |
2023 | Leonard Gates | 13 | - | 10 | Richie Howson |
Year |
Winner |
Legs |
Legs |
Runner-up |
|
2024 | John Henderson | 6 | - | 5 | Robert Thornton |
2023 | Leonard Gates | 6 | - | 2 | Richie Howson |
2022 | David Cameron | 6 | - | 3 | Phil Taylor |
Year |
Winner |
Legs |
Legs |
Runner-up |
|
2023 | Leonard Gates | 9 | - | 6 | Jim McEwan |
2022 | Robert Thornton | 12 | - | 10 | Phil Taylor |