John Henderson has been installed as the favourite to claim the 2024 World Seniors Championship title in his debut appearance at the Circus Tavern.
The third staging of the over-50s event sees 32 players competing for a £30,000 top prize at the iconic Circus Tavern in Purfleet – the former home of the PDC World Championship.
The tournament, which features a host of former World Champions, major title winners and qualifiers, will take place from February 15-18.
Henderson is among nine debutants in this year’s field, and the former World Cup of Darts winner has been priced as 11/2 favourite to clinch the title.
Henderson has already claimed a World Seniors Target Open Series title this year, as well as reaching the Semi-Finals of a PDC Challenge Tour event.
The 50-year-old is bidding to follow in the footsteps of his fellow Scotsman Robert Thornton – who has claimed this title back-to-back.
The Thorn is aiming to complete a sensational hat-trick at the Circus Tavern and is best priced at 10/1 to maintain his unbeaten record on this stage.
Leonard Gates is chasing down a fantastic fourth straight World Seniors title, and the popular American follows in the betting at 13/2 to continue his prolific run.
Gates, the number two seed, reached the Semi-Finals of last year’s World Seniors Championship, before going on to claim the Champion of Champions, Masters and Matchplay titles.
Scott Mitchell, the 2015 BDO World Champion, is best-priced at 8/1 to land his first World Seniors title, while local favourite Richie Howson is 10/1 to go one better than his runner-up spot here 12 months ago.
Former WDF World Champion Neil Duff and 2023 World Seniors Matchplay finalist Jim McEwan are among a clutch of players priced at 14/1 for glory.
Also among those is 1995 BDO World Champion Richie Burnett – making his debut in the World Seniors Championship and looking to maintain the form which led him to a Challenge Tour title last month.
Former World Seniors Masters champion David Cameron and his Canadian compatriot Jim Long – who face off in the First Round – are priced at 16/1 apiece.
Phil Taylor is gearing up for his final appearance at the Circus Tavern – a venue in which he won 11 of his 16 world titles – and ‘The Power’ will be determined to go out in a blaze of glory.
Twice a runner-up in televised World Seniors events, Taylor is best priced at 16/1 to roll back the years, having fallen at the Quarter-Final hurdle in both of his previous World Seniors Championship campaigns.
Three-time BDO World Champion Martin Adams – runner-up in the inaugural World Seniors Championship in 2022 – is 25/1 to emulate that run, while multiple World Championship semi-finalist Chris Mason is another each-way prospect at 22/1.
Former PDC world finalists Andy Hamilton, Kevin Painter and Mark Dudbridge can be backed at upwards of 33/1, while in-form qualifier Matt Clark is 40/1 to triumph on his televised seniors debut.
Three-time BDO World Champion and former Premier League champion Glen Durrant is a 66/1 outsider, alongside German wildcard Manfred Bilderl – who faces Taylor in Round One.
World Seniors Championship 2024 odds
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