1988 British Professional Championship

Darts tournament British Professional Championship Coatham Bowl Redcar ENGEngland BDO Sets September SCO Jocky Wilson 1987 The 1988 British Professional Championship was a major darts tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 1988. It took place in mid September at the Coatham Bowl, Redcar. It was broadcast on BBC Television.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/aba197a6b886400ea6ad43b536f5b900 Broadcast - BBC programme BBC Genome 4 May 2026 BBC axed coverage of the event after the event took place and this was last time the event was held. The tournament featured 32 of the best players from around the world. Prize money Total Prize fund was £39,700 Champion £11,000 Runner-up £5,500 Results https://dartsdatabase.co.uk/display-event.php?eid=1537&tna=British%20Professional&eda=1988 British Professional 1988 DartsDatabase 8 November 202512 September 1988 Huddersfield darter Huddersfield Daily Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/807155580/ 8 November 2025 First round (best of 5 sets) Second round (best of 7 sets) Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) Semi-finals (best of 11 sets) Final (best of 13 sets) 250 high icon ENG Keith Deller 3 icon ENG Cliff Lazarenko 2 icon ENG John Goves 3 icon ENG John Lowe 0 icon ENG Dave Whitcombe 3 icon ENG Phil Taylor 1 icon ENG Ritchie Gardner 3 icon SCO Bob Taylor 0 icon WAL Leighton Rees 3 icon ENG Steve Gittins 1 icon ENG Wes Topley 3 icon ENG Eric Bristow 0 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 3 icon SCO Alan Brown 2 icon WAL Eric Burden 3 icon ENG Martin Adams 1 icon ENG Mike Gregory 3 icon ENG Alan Warriner-Little 1 icon ENG Richard Smith 3 icon ENG Dennis Hickling 1 icon ENG Ray Battye 3 icon ENG Peter Evison 2 icon WAL Martin Phillips 3 icon ENG Denis Ovens 0 icon SCO Ronnie Sharp 3 icon ENG George Ewart 1 icon ENG Chris Whiting 3 icon ENG Paul Reynolds 0 icon WAL Chris Johns 3 icon ENG Reg Harding 0 icon ENG Bob Anderson 3 icon ENG Dave Lee 2 icon ENG Keith Deller 4 icon ENG John Goves 2 icon ENG Dave Whitcombe 4 icon ENG Ritchie Gardner 2 icon WAL Leighton Rees 4 icon ENG Wes Topley 2 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 4 icon WAL Eric Burden 3 icon ENG Mike Gregory 2 icon ENG Richard Smith 4 icon ENG Ray Battye 4 icon WAL Martin Phillips 1 icon SCO Ronnie Sharp 4 icon ENG Chris Whiting 0 icon WAL Chris Johns 2 icon ENG Bob Anderson 4 icon ENG Keith Deller 4 icon ENG Dave Whitcombe 5 icon WAL Leighton Rees 0 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 5 icon ENG Richard Smith 1 icon ENG Ray Battye 5 icon SCO Ronnie Sharp 3 icon ENG Bob Anderson 5 icon ENG Dave Whitcombe 4 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 6 icon ENG Ray Battye 6 icon ENG Bob Anderson 3 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 7 icon ENG Ray Battye 2 References Category:British Darts Organisation tournaments Category:Sport in North Yorkshire Category:Redcar Category:Darts in England Category:September 1988 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1980s in North Yorkshire Category:Sports competitions in Yorkshire Category:1988 in darts Category:1988 in English sport