FANS will have to wait another year, but the world's best darts players will head to Wollongong next year despite a second postponement of the PDC World Series of Darts.
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Initially set to hit the WIN Entertainment Centre in August last year, the event was postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled for August this year.
However, the pandemic's ongoing global impacts will again prevent the event going ahead as planned. It has been locked in 12 months later, with the event to be staged on August 19-20 next year.
It will include the sport's top stars like world number one Gerwyn Price and former world champions Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright.
It'll be part of a three-week spectacle through qualifiers fighting for eight spots against PDC representatives.
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The tournament then reaches its climax on Saturday August 20 with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Tickets purchased for the planned 2020 and 2021 tournaments will be valid for the equivalent session of the new 2022 event, or be eligible for a refund.
Mitch Jennings
Sports writer. Sport is my passion, rugby league my first love.
Sports writer. Sport is my passion, rugby league my first love.
