Arron Monk

MODUS are delighted to welcome an exciting new sponsorship deal with Burghley Sports, for emerging youth talents Arron Monk, James Hubbard, Chris Aubrey and Adam Smith-Neale.

Burghley Sports have an excellent reputation for producing quality and innovative promotional material, merchandise and clothing for a range of clients, including the PDC.

Current Under-21 World Champion Monk and Hubbard, who is competing in the World Youth Final later on Thursday, will benefit from the support of Burghley Sports, along with the promising pair of Aubrey and Smith-Neale.

All of the players are delighted with the faith that is been put in them by such an established and highly regarded company.

Burghley Sports owner Dee Smith is equally pleased with the partnership, after choosing the four potential stars for her company’s first ever sponsorship deal.

She said: “We are delighted to be sponsoring four young and exciting darts players, who present a positive image, which we are proud to be associated with.

“We specialise in helping brands get noticed with logos and merchandise so this is a nice way for us to get our brand out there.

“This is an investment for the future. We have chosen these particular players because of we believe they will have a good future in the game and will benefit from the sponsorship.

“I have been involved in producing a variety of merchandise for the last fourteen years, up and down the country. This includes everything from personalised items for stag and hen dos to professional uniforms for major companies, as well as a wide range of merchandise for the PDC.

“We also design products, so we will design unique shirts for each of the players, which we will work closely with the players on regarding fabric, logo’s and identity. We hope this is the first step to a long and successful partnership with some of the brightest young talents in professional darts.”

To find out more about Burghley Sports, please visit their website www.burghleysports.com

By Chris Murphy

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Arron Monk claimed a brilliant double at the weekend, with victories in the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Event’s one and three at the Moorways centre in Derby.

Photo: Lawerence Lustig/PDC

The 2011 Under-21 World Champion whitewashed both James Hubbard and Michael Smith, who won the second event, in final triumphs on consecutive days.

Monk, who plays Raymond van Barneveld in the inaugural European Tour Event in Austria next weekend, collected over £1000 in prize money for his excellent efforts.

He said: “It’s absolutely brilliant, I’m over the moon. This will be my last year on the Youth Tour and I want to make it count. My aim is to win 14 of the 21 events so this is a great start.”

“Last year was frustrating for me. I had a bad patch and was changing my darts and trying to improve my game, and it just didn’t happen for me on the Youth Tour.

“I’ve been practising for a while now with a different throw, where my darts flick up more in the board instead of laying flat, but I’ve never had the guts to try it in tournaments before this weekend.

“Chris Aubrey persuaded me to try in Derby because we’ve been practising together ahead of this and I’ve been hitting 180s and 140s for fun, so it’s a massive boost for my confidence that it’s worked so well.”

Monk’s route to glory in Saturday’s Event one included victories over Aubrey and Smith before overcoming Hubbard 4-0 in the final with a commanding performance, in which he produced a stunning 150 checkout.

After reaching the last 16 in Event two, Monk returned on Sunday to win Event three, beating Co Stompe Jnr and Jamie Lewis amongst others, before another 4-0 victory in the final.

By Chris Murphy

Current PDC Under-21 world champion Arron Monk will face Raymond van Barneveld in Austria later this month, after qualifying for the inaugural European Tour event.

Monk will travel to Wiener Neustadt to compete in the Austrian Darts Open, which starts on April 27^th, thanks to a successful evening at Barnsley Metrodome in the UK qualifier.

The 21 year old whitewashed Paul Barham 6-0 before beating Daniel Day 6-3 to book his place at the Arena Nova.

The £81,200 tournament will be played across three days in Austria and features 64 players, with the world’s top 32 joined by 32 players who have won through the UK, European and Home Nation Qualifiers.

As one of the qualifiers, Monk knew he would have to face one of seeded players from the top 32 in the order of merit. After sealing his place he was drawn against popular Dutchman van Barneveld, who he will face in the opening round on Friday 27^th April.

The schedule of play is likely to be announced on Monday.

By Chris Murphy

Big things are expected of Arron Monk after a brilliant start to his career. Monk is the current PDC Under-21 World Champion.

The Mad Monk, who is the son of former World Master Colin Monk, competes on the PDC pro-tour and has played in three major tournaments.

He appeared in the Grand Slam and UK Open in 2010 at the age of just 19.

In 2011, Monk won the Under-21 World Championship at the Alexandra Palace, beating Michael van Gerwen in the final.

The 21 year old returned to the Ally Pally in 2012 to make his debut in the PDC World Championship.

He is currently ranked at 65^th in the Order of Merit.

Arron Monk Fact File

Nickname:          The Mad Monk

Date of birth:     15 April 1990

Home town:       Basingstoke

Darts used:        20g Unicorn Arron Monk

Walk on music: The Monkees by The Monkees