Scott Mitchell moves up to third in BDO rankings after Denmark Open victory

By Alex Moss
5 MAY 2017 • 9:07PM

Scott Mitchell has moved up to third in the BDO Men’s Rolling Rankings after his win in the Denmark Open at the weekend.

The 2015 BDO world champion defeated Belgium’s Andy Baetens 6-1 in the final on Saturday to win his second ranking event of 2017.

Mitchell, who was in fourth before the latest update, climbs above Jamie Hughes into third in the rankings, while Ross Montgomery has moved up two spaces from eighth to sixth.

The Scot enjoyed runs to the semi-finals of both the Denmark Open and Masters at the weekend, results which have helped him continue his recent rise up the BDO rankings.

Elsewhere, Geert de Vos and Darryl Fitton have both climbed up two spaces to seventh and eighth respectively, while Darius Labanauskas has slipped from sixth to 12th.

The Lithuanian won the Denmark Open last year, and also reached the quarter-finals of the Denmark Masters 12 months ago, but his best run this time round was to the last 16 of the Masters.

This weekend’s events include the Cleveland Extravaganza, as well as the Finnish Open and Finnish Masters, while the scheduled Floreal Open and Floreal Masters were both recently cancelled.

BDO Men’s Rolling Rankings (as of May 2, 2017)

Pos	Player	Pts
1	Glen Durrant	415
2	Mark McGeeney	348
3	Scott Mitchell	345
4	Jamie Hughes	335
5	Dean Reynolds	299
6	Ross Montgomery	269
7	Geert de Vos	259
8	Darryl Fitton	258
9	Danny Noppert	257
=	Wesley Harms	257
11	Scott Waites	252
12	Darius Labanauskas	245
13	Martin Phillips	244
14	Martin Adams	243
=	Nick Kenny	243
16	Richard Veenstra	228
17	Jim Williams	209
18	Brian Dawson	195
19	James Hurrell	194
=	Wayne Warren	194
21	Willem Mandigers	188
22	Wouter Vaes	186
23	Andy Fordham	185
24	Kyle McKinstry	184
25	Conan Whitehead	180
=	Gary Robson	180
27	Andy Baetens	179
28	Tony O’Shea	158
29	Scott Baker	151
30	David Cameron	144
=	Richie Edwards	144
32	Garry Thompson	143