Today’s qualifiers for the Winmau World Masters…

🇳🇱 Kevin Doets
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bradley Brooks
🇧🇪 Andy Baetens
🇩🇪 Florian Hempel
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 William Borland
🇳🇱 Jermaine Wattimena
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cameron Menzies
🇮🇪 William O’Connor

Barry Hearn on extra World Championship spots for overseas players: “We’ve got a strong British base, and I can’t expect foreign players to come over to Europe. I’m feeling a gap which is widening so I need to create a bigger field with more opportunity.”

Barry Hearn on Premier League: “I’m pleased that [missing out] hurts some players because my suggestion to them is: ‘Go on then, make me look silly this season. If you do, you’ll be in next year’. I’m also pleased that they’ve got the strength to say it.” (via onlinedarts.com)

Gian van Veen on Euro Tour changes: “I had worked hard for a year to get into that top 16 on the ProTour. I just managed to do that and then suddenly they change the rules. It's a shame for the sport, now you get even more of the same matches.” (via sportnieuws.nl)