THE first round of the European Darts Grand Prix on Friday will feature the bumper tie between Stephen Bunting and Alan Norris in Sindelfingen, with the draw and schedule of play now available.

THE PDC's 2015 European Tour series will conclude this weekend with the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen - and the whole event will be broadcast live online through www.LIVEPDC.TV and a series of bookmakers' websites.

REIGNING SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts champion Phil Taylor will be amongst the stars taking part in the fourth PDC Fans' Forum, to be held on Friday November 6 at The Cleveland Arms in Wolverhampton.

FOUR more international qualifiers have been confirmed for the William Hill World Darts Championship - full details here.

ROBERT THORNTON'S victory in the partypoker.com World Grand Prix secured his place in the SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts next month.

THE year's final PDC Unicorn Development Tour double-header will take place this coming weekend in Wigan, and will be followed on Monday October 19 by the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship Last 64.

PLAYERS are reminded that entries close at 2pm on Tuesday October 13 for the four tournaments to be held at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry from October 23-25.

PICTURES from the partypoker.com World Grand Prix Final, as Robert Thornton defeated Michael van Gerwen to take the title.

MICK McGOWAN will return to the big stage in December after winning the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay championship with a narrow 6-5 win over Tom Biggane in Saturday's final at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.

ROBERT THORNTON stunned Michael van Gerwen with a scintillating 5-4 victory to claim the partypoker.com World Grand Prix title in the most thrilling final in the history of the tournament at Dublin's Citywest Hotel on Saturday.