Jenson Walker is WDF world number one again, Karolina Ratajska swept the women’s titles, and David Evans has his first WDF crown as the circuit hit Malta.
The 2026/27 season is barely a week old and already has plenty of talking points.
Here is a round-up of the action.
Saturday: The Malta Masters
Jenson Walker beat Nick Fulwell 5-2 in the Open final, hitting two 180s and finishes of 100, 111 and 113 along the way.
It was a final between two familiar partners. Walker and Fulwell contested the Scottish Open Pairs final together back in February, so this time the roles were reversed.
The win carries a bigger prize than the €1,600 winner’s cheque listed on the flyer. It returns ‘The Interceptor’ to the top of the WDF Open rankings for the second time in his career, after he first reached No.1 in February.
The Malta Masters has been kind to him before, he won it in 2025 too, and it was part of a run that carried him to the semi-finals at the WDF World Championships at Lakeside.
For Karalina Ratajska, the wait is over. The Pole claimed her first WDF ranking title in seven years by beating Irina Armstrong 5-0 in the Ladies final, averaging 77.47.
On home soil, Thomas Sammut retained the Malta Masters Youth title, beating Luke Cox 5-3. The Maltese youth international opened and closed the final with a pair of 17-darters.
It completes a rapid rise, with Sammut beaten in the same final 2 years ago, 5-3, by Italy’s Francesco Basili.
Sunday: The Malta Open
Ratajska needed just a day to follow her Masters title. In the Malta Open Ladies final, she edged Anca Zijlstra 5-4, firing in seven 14-s in a final that went the distance. Two titles in two days, after seven years without one.
In the Open, David Evans earned his first WDF title, and he did it in style. ‘Stretch’ beat Cliff Prior 5-0 in the final, with a 14-darter and two 15-darters as part of an average just north of 91.
It’s a comfortable finish to a weekend that has been a long time coming for the Englishman, who reached the quarter-finals of the 2020 BDO World Championship and topped the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit that same year.
Prior, the 2025 World Open Champion, found little to hit back with, but the Bognor Regis man still left Malta with the runner-up cheque and a reminder of how quickly a final can slip away.
