Stompe Pulls Out Of CLD

CO STOMPE has withdrawn from Championship League Darts through illness, with Jelle Klaasen now entering the event in Group Eight next week.

Stompe is undergoing treatment for a hand infection and has pulled out of playing in the internet-streamed event.

The Dutchman had been due to enter in Group Seven alongside Robert Thornton & Mark Dudbridge, but John Part will now step in to complete the three new players in the group.

They will join the five survivors from Group Six, Vincent van der Voort, Andy Smith, Kevin Painter, Alan Tabern and Steve Beaton, in competing for a place in next Thursday's Winners Group.

Another Dutchman, Jelle Klaasen, joins Steve Brown and Dennis Priestley in entering the event in Group Eight on Wednesday.

Tuesday's Group Eight fixtures will be announced in due course at www.pdc.tv.

Championship League Darts is screened solely on the internet through LIVEPDC.TV and a series of 30 bookmakers' websites worldwide, and offers a potential total prize fund of over £200,000, plus places in the Grand Slam of Darts for the eventual finalists.

Played over nine days from September 27-29, October 11-13 and October 18-20, the event offers £50 per leg won prize money in the league phase and £100 per leg won in each group's Play-Offs, with prize money doubled in the Winners Group.

Championship League Darts
Group Seven - Tuesday October 18 2011
Competitors: Vincent van der Voort, Andy Smith, Kevin Painter, Alan Tabern, Steve Beaton, Robert Thornton, Mark Dudbridge, John Part

Group Eight - Wednesday October 19 2011
Five remaining players from Group Seven plus Steve Brown, Dennis Priestley, Jelle Klaasen

Winners Group - Thursday October 20 2011
Eight Group Winners return to play in Winners Group
Qualifiers: Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor, Paul Nicholson, Mark Walsh, Mervyn King, Simon Whitlock plus Group Seven and Group Eight winners