The honour was bestowed upon him during a special diner arranged for him and his wife Yvonne, which was attended by his former Dutch darts colleagues and coaches.

Dennis was thanked on behalf of everyone involved within the Dutch Darts Association by Sijmon Timmers, Chairman of the NDB, and presented with a golden pin to commemorate his services to the NDB and the sport of darts.

His first tournament as NDB coach was the 1998 Spring Cup and his last was the 2013 Six Nations Cup. In the last 15 years he has won every major title with the Dutch team – an achievement which deserves recognition from the whole sport of darts. With his friendly personality, extensive experience and kind nature, Dennis van Onselen is a person who is highly regarded and respected by players and colleagues.

The Dutch Darts Association would like to express its collective gratitude to Dennis for his invaluable services on behalf of Dutch darts.

The men’s', ladies’, girls’ and boys’ finals will all be transmitted by Arendsoog TV via the digital channel Sport10, which is part of the basic pack of “Telenet Digitaal” and Belgacom TV.

Moreover, Sport10 will repeat the highlights 10 times. Sport10 can be watched by more than 2,5 million families in Belgium. The “Belgium Darts Federation” is very pleased with this progress and hopes to reach a broader audience for our sport.

The Belgian darts tournaments from the WDF/BDO circuit have never previously been broadcast by TV. Obviously, we hope that these recordings from now on via live streaming internationally will reach every living room. We are prepared to do anything needed to reach this goal. The Winmau Belgian Open Darts has the image that will appeal to an international audience.

According president Raoul Struyf this is a very important and big step forward for the “Belgium Darts Federation”.

The Winmau Belgian Open welcomes every year approximately 1500 darters including the top players of the WDF/BDO circuit.

In addition to all the top Belgian and Dutch players, we also enjoy the participation of many other top players from all over the World. Many dart players visit this event to enjoy the pleasant atmosphere and the immediate contact with the top players. We do not have a VIP space, so anyone can meet the top players face to face and even have a photograph taken with their idol.

Winning the Winmau Belgian Open does not only mean a nice sum of money (€17.500) but the winner is sure of participating to the Winmau World Masters and the Lakeside qualification tournament. For all further information you can contact the secretary Stephan D’Aes here ore the president Raoul Struyf here

The registration for this magnificent darts event is on-going.

If you want to be sure to be able to participate, along with the top players, please register now! As of today journalists can be accredited for this event winmaubelgianopen@gmail.com

For registration and information http://winmaubelgianopen.wix.com/bdb#! english

A WDF – BDO and Zuiderduin Masters ranked event with a total prize fund: € 17.500

This major international event will take place at the Gemeenschapscentrum “Den Boomgaard”, Antwerpsesteenweg 57 te 2520 Ranst (Broechem).

The Winmau Belgian Open is part of the International Belgian Darts Tour (IBDT) which is a series of 4 Belgian International Dart Tournament which are arranged in collaboration with the Belgian Darts Federation. For more information about the IBDT http://www.internationalbelgiumdartstour.be/indexE.htm

The registrations for the singles and pairs will be closed on the 22nd July 2013 at 12.00 pm. Payment must be made to the account of the WBO 2013 by the 24th July 2013.

For information and registration http://winmaubelgianopen.wix.com/bdb#!   english

Program:

Friday 2nd August, 2013 – Warm Up
Men, ladies boys and girls
Game system with A and B round.
Register up to 7:45 pm starts at 8:00 pm

Saturday 3th August, 2013 – Pairs Men, Ladies and Mix

08.30 am Venue open
10:00 am Start Mix
02:00 pm Start Men and Ladies

Sunday 4th August, 2013 – Singles Men, Ladies, Boys and Girls

08.30 am Venue open 10:00 am Start Men
12:00 am Start Boys and Girls
12:30 pm Start Ladies