The World Seniors Darts Tour launched with its inaugural World Championship in February 2022. Every active World Champion over the qualifying age was invited to play and many, including Phil Taylor, accepted the invitation or took up ambassadorial roles to aid the event.
The over 50s darts organisation then rapidly added several more ‘major’ events many of which mirrored their traditional/regular tour equivalents, such as with their Masters and Matchplay events, being added as well as a Champion of Champions.
Floor events and qualifiers have also supplemented the TV tournaments, initially on an ad-hoc basis, to form a nascent over 50s tour.
With the aging and final retirement of some legendary players, and the development of the overall tour, invitational places were scaled back.
Following the third WSDT World Championships in February 2024 it was announced that the ‘money list and other tour events would be main source of qualifiers for televised event going forward.
WSDT Majors – Honour Rolls
World Seniors Darts Championship
2024 – John Henderson (Scotland) (def Colin McGarry)
2023 – Robert Thornton (Scotland) (def Richie Howson)
2022 – Robert Thornton (Scotland) (def Martin Adams)
World Senior Darts Masters
2023 – Leonard Gates
2022 – David Cameron
World Senior Darts Matchplay
2024 – John Henderson (Scotland)
2023 – Leonard Gates (USA)
2022 – Robert Thornton (Scotland)
WSDT Champion of Champions
2023 – Leonard Gates (USA)
2024 – Richie Howson (England)
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Images: WSDT/ Chris Sargeant
