THE Rileys Amateur Qualifiers for the 2017 Coral UK Open will be held during January and February, and entries are open now!
The sport's most diverse tournament, colloquially known as 'the FA Cup of Darts', sees 128 players from top professionals to rookie amateurs come together at the Butlins Minehead Resort from March 3-5 to compete in the Coral UK Open, live on ITV4.
Rileys will be staging a series of knockout tournaments to produce the 32 Amateur Qualifiers for the 2017 tournament - meaning that anybody could qualify for this exciting championship, where play is held simultaneously across eight stages across the Butlins complex.
At the 2016 finals, Rileys Benfleet qualifier Barry Lynn famously progressed to the quarter-finals, where he was eventually defeated by world number one and eventual winner Michael van Gerwen on the main stage in Minehead.
Lynn defeated reigning World Champion Gary Anderson en route to the last eight as he scooped £10,000 in prize money!
Another notable triumph from Team Rileys included Rob Cross' run to the last 32 before also succumbing to van Gerwen, who hit a nine-dart finish in the match.
In total, five of the 32 Rileys qualifiers made it to round three - and in 2017, it could be you!
Entry costs £6 per Qualifier - including a free drink voucher, or a £3.50 cashback voucher in Scotland - and players are permitted to compete in more than one of the knockouts.
Many venues will be hosting two events and both the London Victoria and Wolverhampton Rileys Sports Bars each providing two qualifiers from each of their two events.
Other Rileys Sports Bars to be hosting knockouts are listed below, with the Amateur Qualifiers to take place between January 20 and February 11 2017.
Entries are being taken via www.rileys.co.uk/tournaments
Full Terms & Conditions and Tournament Rules are also available at the Rileys website.
Dates & Venues
Friday January 20
London Victoria (Two Players Qualify)
Saturday January 21
Chester
Sheffield
Twickenham
Wolverhampton (Two Players Qualify)
Saturday January 28
Coventry
Greenock
Harlow
Liverpool
Norwich
Nottingham
Sunday January 29
Leicester
South Benfleet
Friday February 3
Aberdeen
Saturday February 4
Chester
Chorlton
Norwich
Sheffield
Twickenham
Wolverhampton (Two Players Qualify)
Sunday February 5
Coventry
London Victoria
South Benfleet
Worcester
Friday February 10
Nottingham
Saturday February 11
Greenock
Liverpool
Solihull