# Event Details - **Event Name**: Southampton Darts Series Presents – THE WINTER GRAND PRIX SERIES 2026 - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 07:45 pm - **Event Description**: Southampton Darts Series Presents – THE WINTER GRAND PRIX SERIES 2026 Current Champion – ANDY JENKINS STARTS TUESDAY 20th JANUARY FOR 13 WEEKS FINALS NIGHT – 21st APRIL GAP WEEK - 24th FEBRUARY **** BEFORE WE START - THE SDS WILL NOT WELCOME PLAYERS THAT ARE EITHER UNABLE TO CHALK OR UNABLE TO ACCEPT THAT A REASONABLE BRIBE WILL BE REQUIRED IF YOU WISH SOMEBODY ELSE TO CHALK FOR YOU. IT IS NOT MY RESPONSBILITY TO GET YOUR GAME CHALKED. ANY PLAYERS DEVIATING FROM THIS BASIC LEVEL OF SPORTSMANSHIP WILL NOT BE WELCOME INTO THE COMPETITION. ANY OFFENDERS WILL NOT ONLY FORFEIT ANY POINTS GAINED THAT NIGHT, THEY WILL ALSO BE DOCKED 5 POINTS FROM THEIR TOTAL, AND FINED £5 TO COVER MY EXPENSE INCURRED FROM BRIBING SOMEONE TO CHALK FOR YOU. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY AGAIN UNTIL THIS IS PAID **** Ahem, now I have stopped shouting, I shall begin.... Whats going down.... ENTRY FEE - ‘ALL IN’ - £10 (Inc Entrance Fee + Blackout Card & Checkout Lottery CHECKOUT LOTTERY Every 61+ Checkout will be recorded on the sheets. Any 100+ will be listed a achievements as normal, but instead of a value being drawn at the end of the night, each 61+ Checkout will give that player 1 Entry into the Checkout Lottery, so the more you hit, the more entries you have. All these entries are piled together and a name will be drawn at the end of each night to determine a winner. Under this system, if a player hits a 61+ Checkout but the incorrect value has been recorded, this will not affect the players chance of winning. Ultimately, this mirrors the system used in the 180’s Bounty at the end of the season Doors Open - 18:30 Reg until - 19:45 Start - 19:50 SERIES STRUCTURE – MAIN COMPETITION – Best of 7 x 501 THROUGHOUT **** IMPORTANT **** - If there are more than 48 Entries - The Co-Ordinator (Me) reserves the right to make the Preliminary Round Best of 5 x 501. PLATE COMPETITION - 5 x 301 Straight-in THROUGHOUT 'MIDDLE 8' PLAYOFF - Auto-Entry to the 8 players who lose in the Last 16.... 1 x 501 DOUBLE-IN DOUBLE-OUT THROUGHOUT - Finalists to receive an extra point in addition to what they have already gained that evening. Winner to receive their Entry Fee refunded LAST CHANCE SHOOTOUT - Open to those who lose their first Plate Game.... 9 darts against the board. Those that score 201 or more will salvage a point, 2 points for those that score 301 or more, or 3 points for 401 or more, and the highest score of the night will receive their entry back, plus an entry into the end of series 'POWER 9' shootout LUCKY 13 COMPETITION - Any players who score at least 3 x Sub-13 Dart legs over the course of the series will gain an entry into the Lucky 13 Shootout. Said players will get one entry only for a shot at a £30 Prize. HOT-SHOTS - There are NOW 6 Hot-Shots declared at the beginning of the night. 1 point scored for each one hit. Note, you can score points from a single Hot Shot once. Subsequent scoring of the same Hot Shot will not result in additional points POINTS STRUCTURE – Winner - 15 R/up - 12 Last 4 - 10 Quarter Finals - 8 Last 16 - 6 (Middle 8 Playoff Finalists - 7) Prelim Winner - 1 Prelim Winners, should they lose the next game and thus enter the plate, will receive 1 point in addition to any plate points they score. Plate Winner - 6 Plate R/up - 5 Plate Semi-Finals - 4 Plate Quarter-Finals - 3 First Game Winners - 2 Last Chance Successors - 1 point for 201 and above, 2 points for 301 and above, or 3 points for 401 and above ADDITIONAL POINT SCORING OPPORTUNITIES – SWEEPSTAKE LEAGUE – Each week, every player will be assigned a Player in the draw at random. The players matched with the Main Event Winner, the Plate Winner, and Middle 8 Winner that week will gain a bonus point. Separately, those drawing players in the Last 16 each week will receive points (Separate to the Series Table) in the Sweepstake League as follows Winner – 5 Runner-Up – 4 Last 4 – 3 Last 8 – 2 Last 16 – 1 The Overall Winner of the Sweepstake League after Week 12 will win £25, a place in the ‘Orbital’ Shootout 'EXECUTIONER' POINT - Any player who beats the current Series Leader in either the Main, Plate, or Middle 8 Events scores a bonus point 'FOUNDATION' POINT - The First Player to Lose to the eventual winner of both Main and Plate Events scores a bonus point. Note, it is permissible to gain both points CHECKOUT LOTTERY POINT - Any player who wins the Checkout Lottery scores a bonus point RODEO POINTS - Any player checking out on a Bullseye receives an extra point. Maximum 2 Points per player per night D17 INCENTIVE - It's Series 35, but that doesn't matter, any player checking out on Double 17 will get an extra point. Maximum 2 Points per player per night MIDDLE 8 – BULL IN – A player in the Middle 8 now has the opportunity to gain an extra point by starting the leg with a Bullseye. Any player doing this must win the leg for the Bonus Point SUBJECTIVE POINTS STRUCTURE - Should there be 64 or more entries, an additional points layer will come into play (To save time mainly) Thus..... Winner - 16 R/up - 13 Last 4 - 11 Quarter Finals - 9 Last 16 - 7 Last 32 - 6 Prelim Winner – 1 If this is ever put to use, then there will be a would be 'Middle 16' for the last 32 Losers, to give those players at least a 3rd game. This will adopt the same format as the Middle 8 Playoff The Co-Ordinator (Still me) reserves the right to adjust the format for the Preliminary Rounds subject to entries LOYALTY POINTS - PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A 6-WEEK MINIMUM ATTENDANCE THRESHOLD TO BE ELIGIBLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE TOP 16 7-8-9 Events attended - 1pt per event attended beyond the minimum threshold 10-11-12 Events attended - 2pts per event attended beyond the minimum threshold WEEKLY PRIZE MONEY - Winner - £100 Runner-Up - £40 Semi-Finals - £10 Plate Winner - £25 Plate Runner-Up - £10 Middle 8 Winner - £10 Last Chance Winner - £10 Checkout Lottery Winner - £30 **** FINALS NIGHT **** The Top 16 from the cumulative Series Table will progress into the Main Event. The Top 8 will be seeded against the Bottom 8, who will not be seeded. Any ties for classification will be separated on countback. Any unbreakable ties in seeded positions will be determined by a 1 leg playoff. The same will apply if there is a tie for final positions in the Top 16. The Main Competition will adopt the same classic format - LAST 16 - Best of 9 x 501 LAST 8 - Best of 11 x 501 LAST 4 - Best of 13 x 501 FINAL - Best of 15 x 501 PLATE COMPETITION - The Series Plate Competition is treated as a separate Competition in its own right, and will have its own Plate Competition, to be known as the 'Bowl' Competition. This is open to any player who has competed in the Series ENTRY - £5 ‘All In’ - Includes Bowl Competition where relevant Best of 7 x 301 Throughout BOWL COMPETITION - Best of 3 x 301 Throughout OVER 55s SCRAMBLE - Open to those who are aged 55 and over on January 20th (Week 1) The Top Player in the Over 55's Table will be seeded straight into the final. The next 3 players will enter a 21-Dart Shootout, the difference being that the higher in the Table you finish, the greater your headstart. OVER 60s SCRAMBLE - Open to those who are aged 60 and over on January 20th (Week 1) Will run the same as the Over 55’s Scramble 4th Place in the Over 55's/60’s Table - 0 Headstart 3rd - 50 2nd – 100 The Player with the highest score after the shootout will meet the Top Seed in a Best of 9 x 101 Contest U18 YOUTH SCRAMBLE pen to those who are aged Under 18 on January 20th (Week 1) Will run the same as the Over 55’s/60 Scramble LADIES PLAYOFF - Seeded Knockout for the Top 4 Ladies - Semi Finals - Best of 7 x 501 FINAL - Best of 7 x 501 9th PLACE – Those that lose in the Last 16 will have a chance to gain further Prize Money by playing off against each other in a straight knockout. 1 x 1001 Throughout 'POWER 9' SHOOTOUT - Open to the 12 Last Chance Shootout' stage winners on Finals Night. Highest score over 9 darts wins 300 CLUB SHOOTOUT - All Last Chance scorers of 300 or more qualify for the 300 Club Shootout. Least darts used to score 300 Wins. If least darts is ties, then highest score wins. If there is still a tie, the a 3-Dart Shootout will determine the winner until there is separation 'LUCKY 13’ SHOOTOUT - Qualifiers to replicate a 13 Dart leg. Lowest number of darts used of lowest score remaining wins ‘ORBITAL’ INVITATIONAL - The ‘Orbital’ Invitational Event gives any Player an opportunity to win a decent prize fund just by playing in the Series. The following Players will be invited to the ‘Orbital’ Invitational 1 - Series Table Winner 2 - Plate Table Winner 3 – Middle 8 Table Winner 4 - O55’s Table Winner 5 - Ladies Table Winner 6 - U18 Youth Table Winner 7 - Incentive Points Table Winner 8 – Hot Shots Table Winner 9 – Highest Last Chance Score 10 – Sweepstake League Winner Plus the 2 Unqualified Players who have played the most events (Ties separated by table position) Should any player qualify more than once, then the highest invitational criteria will take priority, and the next ranked player in any affected criteria will take the spot (Again, ties separated by table position) Those qualified will throw 21 Darts, 1 at each double, in sequence from 1-20 followed by 1 at the Bullseye. The value of each double hit is added to the Players total score. Highest score wins £50. IRON MAN GAUNTLET PLAYOFF - Open to those who have played all 12 Stages in the Series Qualifiers to throw 12 Darts, 1 each at numbers 1-12. Singles/Doubles/Trebles all count. Score is tallied based on all targets hit, and then multiplied by the number of trebles hit in the sequence. Example - During the Gauntlet, if Single 1, Single 3, Treble 4, Single 5, Treble 6, Single 9, Single 10, and Treble 11 are hit, and 2s, 7s, and 8s were all missed, Score would be (1 + 3 + 12 + 5 + 18 + 9 + 10 + 33) = 91 multiplied by 3 = 272 Winner receives £25 DIVISIONAL AWARDS – 3 Divisional Awards will be up for grabs this season BLUE CHIP AWARD - £30 The player who wins the most Main Event Games across the season MID-CARD AWARD - £25 The player won wins the most Plate Event Games across the season UNDERCARD AWARD – £20 The player who hits the highest points total of qualifying Last Chance scores across the season FINALS NIGHT PRIZE MONEY - Series Champion - £350 Series Runner-Up - £150 Last 4 - £80 Last 8 - £40 Last 16 - £20 9th Place - £20 (In addition to the £20 they have already won) OTHER PLAYOFFS - Series Plate Winner - £50 Runner-up - £25 Series Bowl Winner - £20 Runner-Up - £10 Series Table Winner - £60 2nd - £30 3rd - £15 Over 55's/60's/U18 Table Winners (Subject to at least 4 entries) - £10 Over 55's/60's/U18 Scramble Winner - £30 Over 55's/60's/U18 Runner-Up - £15 Ladies Table Winner (Subject to at least 4 entries) - £10 Ladies Winner - £50 Ladies Runner-Up - £25 LOTTERIES / SHOOTOUTS / OTHER AWARDS – 180's Bounty - £20 Overall Highest Checkout - £10 Lucky 13 Winner - £30 Power 9 Winner - £20 300 Club Winner - £20 Blue Chip Award Winner - £30 Mid Card Award Winner - £25 Undercard Award Winner - £20 Sweepstake League Winner - £25 Iron Man Gauntlet - £25 'Orbital’ Winner - £50 MISCELLANEOUS - All Prize Finals Night Money subject to entries, apart from where specified. Should there be less than 32 entries, should any player receive a bye into the Last 16 and proceed to lose their Last 16 game, they are handed the right to choose whether they enter the Plate Competition OR the Middle 8 playoff. Should they wish to enter the Plate Competition, they can gain no further points in addition to the 4 they have already gained, but can play for the prize money. The one-bull rule applies to all games I'm sure someone will let me know if I have missed anything out LET'S GET IT ON!!!! - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/southampton/southampton-darts-series-presents-the-winter-grand-prix-series-2026/200029527655105 - **Event Categories**: contests, workshops, art, fine-arts, rodeo - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 35 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029527655105?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=southampton-events ## Event venue details - **city**: Southampton - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Bitterne Park Social Club - **lat**: 50.927142727644 - **long**: -1.3777112352304 - **full address**: Bitterne Park Social Club, 74a Manor Farm Road, Southampton, SO18 1, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/e1b47348244e4022b3ab91455f2f9d3643f5978956674606227612f316645df6-rimg-w1200-h800-dca62c36-gmir?v=1768894324 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/e334cef8b89ef67f5517df7b365d6f2b108d77d537c34e6b8ce1cf5231a08b2d-rimg-w300-h300-dca62d36-gmir?v=1768894325 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 07:45 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Bitterne Park Social Club, 74a Manor Farm Road, Southampton, SO18 1, United Kingdom - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** contests, workshops, art, fine-arts, rodeo - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Southampton Darts Series Presents – THE WINTER GRAND PRIX SERIES 2026 ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Southampton Darts Series Presents – THE WINTER GRAND PRIX SERIES 2026", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/e1b47348244e4022b3ab91455f2f9d3643f5978956674606227612f316645df6-rimg-w1200-h800-dca62c36-gmir?v=1768894324", "startDate": "2026-01-20", "url": "https://allevents.in/southampton/southampton-darts-series-presents-the-winter-grand-prix-series-2026/200029527655105", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Bitterne Park Social Club", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "74a Manor Farm Road, Southampton, SO18 1, United Kingdom", "addressLocality": "Southampton", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "50.927142727644", "longitude": "-1.3777112352304" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Southampton Darts Series Presents –\n\nTHE WINTER GRAND PRIX SERIES 2026\n\nCurrent Champion – ANDY JENKINS\n\nSTARTS TUESDAY 20th JANUARY FOR 13 WEEKS\n\nFINALS NIGHT – 21st APRIL\n\nGAP WEEK - 24th FEBRUARY\n\n**** BEFORE WE START - THE SDS WILL NOT WELCOME PLAYERS THAT ARE EITHER UNABLE TO CHALK OR UNABLE TO" } ] ```