Turkey is one of the new and ambitious members of the World Darts Federation. Participant since 2006 and already in 2010 they are allowed to organize the seventeenth edition of the WDF Europe Cup. From 13 to 16 October, the Grand Haber Hotel in Kemer is the setting for a fantastic, sunny, European Cup. All records in terms of number of participating countries are broken. In the men, 28 countries participate and in the ladies 27. New countries such as Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, but also countries that are back after a short absence such as Estonia and Greece.
The pairs tournament is an old-fashioned English party. Both pairs from England reach the final. On their way to the final, Martin Adams & Scott Waites beat the Huybrechts brothers from Belgium, Mickey Mansell & John Elder from Northern Ireland in the quarterfinals and the strong Welsh duo Martin Phillips & Wayne Warren in the semi-finals.
Darryl Fitton & Tony O’Shea reach the final by beating Kurt van de Rijck & Geert de Vos from Belgium in the quarterfinals and Cor Ernst & Rick Hofstra from the Netherlands in the semi-finals.
The final is a very close match at a high level, especially great for the audience. The four players can play relatively relaxed since all points already go to England. It is Martin Adams & Scott Waites who take the gold, they beat their fellow countrymen Darryl Fitton & Tony O’Shea 6-4.
Martin Adams successfully defends his pairs title. It is already the fourth time that he has won this tournament and for the fourth time with another partner. In 1996 he won with Andy Fordham, in 2002 with Mervyn King, two years ago with John Walton and now with Scott Waites.