British Classic
Tournament information
Venue	Bridlington Spa
Location	Bridlington
Country	England
Established	1997
Organisation(s)	WDF Silver category
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£15,760
Month(s) Played	September
Current champion(s)
Luke Littler (men's)  Deta Hedman (women's) Jenson Walker (youth) Sophie McKinlay (girls)

The British Classic is a darts tournament that has been held annually since 1997.^[1]

List of winners

Men's

Year	Champion (average in final)	Score	Runner-up (average in final)	Total Prize Money	Champion	Runner-up
1997	Dennis Priestley	?–?	Andy Smith	?	?	?
1998	Mervyn King	?–?	Chris Mason	?	?	?
1999	Mervyn King	?–?	Robbie Widdows	?	?	?
2000	Ritchie Davies	?–?	Wayne Jones	?	?	?
2001	John Walton	?–?	James Wade	?	?	?
2002	Mervyn King	?–?	Tony Martin	?	?	?
2003	Mark Forman	?–?	John Walton	?	?	?
2004	Darryl Fitton	2–1	Tony Eccles	£3,400	£2,000	£500
2005	Paul Hogan (85.80)	2–1	Gary Anderson (86.25)	£3,440	£2,000	£500
2006	Gary Anderson	2–1	Mervyn King	?	?	?
2007	Co Stompé	2–0	Steve Farmer	£2,000	?	?
2008	Ross Montgomery	4–0	Gary Anderson	£3,440	£2,000	£500
2009	Stephen Bunting	2–1	Scott Waites	£3,440	£2,000	£500
2010	Ross Montgomery	2–0	Stuart Kellet	£4,440	£3,000	£500
2011	Dean Winstanley	2–0	Garry Thompson	£5,320	£3,000	£1,000
2012	Jan Dekker	6–1	Stephen Bunting	£7,200	£3,000	£1,200
2013	Tony Eccles	6–3	Remco van Eijden	£7,200	£3,000	£1,200
2014	Alan Norris	6–5	Pip Blackwell	£7,200	£3,000	£1,200
2015	Scott Waites	6–5	Glen Durrant	£7,600	£3,000	£1,200
2016	Glen Durrant	6–3	Mark McGeeney	£7,600	£3,000	£1,200
2017	Jamie Hughes	6–5	Jim Williams	£7,600	£3,000	£1,200
2018	Richard Veenstra (101.07)	6–5	Wesley Harms (93.78)	£12,400	£3,000	£1,500
2019	Dennie Olde Kalter (84.70)	6–4	Dave Parletti (81.47)	£12,400	£3,000	£1,500
2021	Jim McEwan (85.93)	6–5	Rhys Hayden (86.68)	£12,400	£3,000	£1,500
2022	James Richardson (91.05)	6–4	Gary Stone (96.17)	£12,400	£3,000	£1,500
2023	Luke Littler (105.85)	5–0	Carl Wilkinson (85.04)	£12,400	£3,000	£1,500

Women's

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money			Venue
						Total	Ch.	R.-Up
1997	Anne Kirk	n/a	beat	Tricia Wright	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Blackpool
1998	Sandra Greatbatch	n/a	beat	Apylee Jones	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Kettering, Northants
1999	Anne Kirk (2)	n/a	beat	Sandra Greatbatch	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2000	Trina Gulliver	n/a	beat	Sandra Greatbatch	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2001	Trina Gulliver (2)	n/a	beat	Vicky Pruim	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2002	Tricia Wright	n/a	beat	Trina Gulliver	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	Trina Gulliver (3)	n/a	beat	Sandra Pollet	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	Dee Bateman	n/a	beat	Trina Gulliver	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	Trina Gulliver (4)	n/a	beat	Linda Searle	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2006	Dee Bateman (2)	n/a	beat	Clare Bywaters	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2007	Clare Bywaters	n/a	beat	Karin Krappen	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2008	Trina Gulliver (5)	n/a	beat	Francis Hoenselaar	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2009	Julie Gore	n/a	3 – 2	Karen Lawman	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2010	Deta Hedman	n/a	3 – 2	Karen Lawman	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Towerlands Park, Braintree, Essex
2011	Trina Gulliver (6)	n/a	3 – 1	Lorraine Winstanley	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
2012	Deta Hedman (2)	n/a	4 – 2	Anastasia Dobromyslova	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Fallon Sherrock	n/a	5 – 1	Anastasia Dobromyslova	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Magna Centre, Rotherham
2014	Deta Hedman (3)	n/a	5 – 1	Lorraine Winstanley	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Hull Arena, Hull
2015	Fallon Sherrock (2)	n/a	5 – 3	Anastasia Dobromyslova	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Bridlington Spa, Bridlington
2016	Claire Brookin	72.33	5 – 2	Rhian Griffiths	74.64	n/a	n/a	n/a
2017	Aileen de Graaf	n/a	5 – 4	Corrine Hammond	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2018	Laura Turner	n/a	5 – 1	Lisa Ashton	n/a	£2,360	£1,000	£400
2019	Lisa Ashton	n/a	5 – 2	Fallon Sherrock	n/a	£2,360	£1,000	£400
2021	Lorraine Hyde	61.37	5 – 1	Denise Cassidy	60.55	£2,360	£1,000	£400
2022	Beau Greaves	84.06	5 – 1	Lisa Ashton	76.09	£2,360	£1,000	£400
2023	Deta Hedman (4)	69.60	5 – 2	Aletta Wajer	67.29	£2,360	£1,000	£400

Youth

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money			Venue
						Total	Ch.	R.-Up
2019	Nathan Care	n/a	4 – 2	Keelan Kay	n/a	£1,000	£800	£400	Bridlington Spa, Bridlington
2021	Luke Littler	77.55	4 – 3	Tavis Dudeney	82.17	£1,000	£800	£400
2022	Thomas Banks	79.51	5 – 2	Archie Self	70.57	£1,000	£800	£400
2023	Jenson Walker	82.63	5 – 4	Aifie Busby	78.63	£1,000	£800	£400

Girls

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-up	Av.	Venue
2021	Eleanor Cairns	62.13	3 – 1	Amy Evans	61.40	Bridlington Spa, Bridlington
2022	Lyla Leightley	44.05	3 – 2	Eleanor Cairns	45.18
2023	Sophie McKinlay	69.37	3 – 0	Hannah Meek	58.32

Tournament records

• Most wins 3: Mervyn King.
• Most Finals 4: Mervyn King.
• Most Semi Finals 5: Gary Anderson.
• Most Quarter Finals 6: Gary Anderson.
• Most Appearances 12: John Walton.
• Most Prize Money won £5,175: Ross Montgomery.
• Best winning average (105.85) : Luke Littler.
• Youngest Winner age 16: Luke Littler.
• Oldest Winner age 47: Ross Montgomery.

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