Rileys Launch Singles Event

RILEYS have launched the Harrows Darts UK Singles Championship, which will be played in Rileys Darts Zones from September-November this year.

The £10,000 tournament will be the third of four national events Rileys are staging in 2011, which is open to any darts player over the age of 14.

Local qualifiers (if required) will be played from September 16-October 3, with the Regional Finals in Rileys Darts Zones on October 15 and the National Final on November 12.

Entry will cost £10 per person and can be made by visiting www.rileys.co.uk/tournaments. Entries close on September 9 2011.

The prize fund is £2,500 to the champion, £1,250 to the runner-up, £625 to the semi-finalists, £350 to the quarter-finalists, £250 to the last 16 and £100 to the last 32.

Rileys recently produced 32 of the Amateur Qualifiers for the Speedy Hire UK Open through knockout qualifying events held in Rileys Darts Zones around the UK, with two players - Andy Boulton and John Bowles - reaching the last 16 in Bolton.

Rileys Sportsbars have 47 Darts Zones across the UK, and the company plan to increase this to 100 this year. For more information about Rileys Darts Zones, visit www.rileys.co.uk.