Hampshire Open

The Hampshire Open is an annual darts tournament held in May / June 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 16 winners and 3 players, Colin Monk and his son Arron, and Paul Hogan, have won the event on more than one occasion: Colin has won 3 times in 2003, 2008 and 2009, and Arron in 2010 and 2016. Hogan won in 2002 and 2014.[2] The prize was £1000, but £2000 was paid to the winner in 2025.[3] Last annual tournament was held in 2017, but was revived in 2025. PDC Pro Tour Card Holder Cam Crabtree won the 2026 Edition of the event.[4]

YearWinner
2000Paul Carter
2001Ronnie Baxter
2002Paul Hogan
2003Colin Monk
2004Les Wallace
2005Mark Thomson
2006Neil Raikes
2007Kirk Shepherd[5]
2008Colin Monk[3]
2009Colin Monk[2]
2010Arron Monk[6]
2011Johnny Haines
2012Andy Parsons
2013Scott Mitchell
2014Paul Hogan
2015Andy Jenkins
2016Arron Monk
2017Mike Symes
2025Scott Walters
2026Cam Crabtree

References

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

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