MICHAEL VAN GERWEN made a winning start to life as the World Darts Champion with a 6-2 win over Leon De Geus in the German Darts Championship on Saturday - full second round round-up here.
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD made a fine start to the German Darts Championship with a 6-1 win over Ron Meulenkamp on Friday - full first round round-up online.
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD was amongst the European Qualifiers for the German Darts Championship, as Max Hopp and Tomas Seyler won through the Host Nation Qualifier in Hildesheim.
FOLLOW fixtures, results and other tournament information for the German Darts Championship European Tour event from January 31-February 2 in Hildesheim.
ENTRIES for the opening weekend of Coral UK Open Qualifiers close on Tuesday afternoon for professional players, while the Rileys Amateur Qualifiers are also proving popular.