Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club
The Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club was an initiative launched and partnered by the British Darts Organisation and long-term sponsor Winmau in January 2013, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the British Darts Organisation, with membership restricted to darts players that achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events. Players that achieve this feat are presented with a unique set of laser-etched tungsten darts in a laser-etched aluminium presentation case as a permanent keepsake from Winmau. There is no specified limit as to how many times a player  or team can be inducted if they achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events. Tournaments. The following list of tournaments qualify players for admittance into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club if they achieve a nine-dart finish; Inductees. The first player to be inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club was John Walton that January. He became the first and so far only player to achieve a nine-dart finish at the Winmau World Masters in 2007. Glen Durrant and Claire Stainsby became the first mixed pairs team inaugurated into the Winmau BDO  9-Dart Club after making history by achieving the first ever nine-dart finish in mixed pairs competition at the BDO International Open in 2013. Glen Durrant became the first member to be inaugurated twice in the same season after achieving a nine-dart finish at the EDO England Open in 2013 also. Only after Gary Stone achieved a nine-dart finish at the Scottish Masters in 2013 was the event added to the list of qualifying tournaments, with Gary Stone also being inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club. Notable absentees. Since inductees John Walton and Christian Pratt  achieved their nine-dart finishes in years prior to the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club being established, the following list of players who did the same at the list of qualifying tournaments (listed above) could be seen as a notable absentees from the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club.