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Hampshire Open

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The Hampshire Open was an annual darts tournament held in May in Southampton. It is England's largest one day darts tournament with usually around 500 players.[1]

Since the first event held in 2000, there have been 9 winners and only one player, Colin Monk has won the event on more than one occasion: he has won 3 times in 2003, 2008 and 2009.[2] His son Arron won in 2010.[3] The prize is £1000.[4] Last tournament was held in 2017.[5]

Year Winner
2000 Paul Carter
2001 Ronnie Baxter
2002 Paul Hogan
2003 Colin Monk
2004 Les Wallace
2005 Mark Thomson
2006 Neil Raikes
2007 Kirk Shepherd[6]
2008 Colin Monk[4]
2009 Colin Monk[2]
2010 Arron Monk[3]
2011 Johnny Haines
2012 Andy Parsons
2013 Scott Mitchell
2022 Paul Linwood

References

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  1. ^ Downton, Clive (22 May 2009). "Record entry for Daily Echo Hampshire Darts Open". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b Downton, Clive (1 June 2009). "Monk keeps it in Hampshire!". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b Downton, Clive (31 May 2010). "Arron keeps it in the family in Daily Echo Hampshire Darts Open". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b Downton, Clive (2 June 2008). "Monk wins Hampshire Open". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Hampshire Open History". hampshiredarts.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  6. ^ Downton, Clive (4 June 2007). "Kirk boldly goes on to win Open". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
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