Day one saw the round-robin phase take place, with 290 players spread over 64 groups with the top two from each group advancing to the knockout rounds.
Despite the various difficulties which seem to have beset the return of the oldest of the modern era events all dart fans will wish them well as the final post covid jigsaw piece is replaced in the WDF jigsaw.
Guernsey were formally granted full Membership status of the WDF, which is a real boost to darts in the region, with Jersey already having that level of affiliation.