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#376: Michele Turetta, Simon Hall, European Championship Review, PDC World Masters Announcement Reaction and more

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Episode notes

Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt recap a remarkable week of action in Dortmund at the European Championship, which saw Ritchie Edhouse beat Jermaine Wattimena 11-3 in the final to become the newest PDC major champion. (02:27).

Simon Hall, the marketing director of Winmau and Red Dragon joins the show to discuss the PDC and Winmau's big announcement on Monday = the return of the 'Winmau World Masters'. Simon also chats about Winmau's deal as the PDC's equipment supplier, the emergence of Luke Humphries to world number one, and more. (18:39).

Alex and Burton give their thoughts on Gary Anderson's post-match press conference comments at the weekend where he suggested all European Tour events should become unranked and not count towards the main PDC Order of Merit (37:33).

The boys react to Monday's announcement from the PDC regarding the Masters being rebranded as the 'Winmau World Masters' and involving a bumper field of players from 2025 onwards (44:34).

The first PDC tour card holder from Italy Michele Turetta discusses his first year on the professional circuit. Michele reflects on making history at Q-School in January, enjoying success as part of Italy's PDC World Cup team in the last two years and his hopes for growing darts in his home country. (52:56).

Alex and Burton wrap up the show with a look ahead to a crucial week of action in Leicester this week, which includes the last two Players Championship events, the Grand Slam of Darts qualifiers and the final four events of the Challenge Tour (1:08:01).

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