The following has been received in a press release sent to the IDPA by Mariflex:
Dean Winstanley’s move to the PDC came as a complete surprise to his sponsor MariFlex.
Dean was included in the MariFlex Team in February 2011 after his successful debut at Lakeside and his England teammates are Tony O’Shea and Darryl Fitton. Together with the Dutch trio of Joey ten Berge, Willy van de Wiel and Jan Dekker they completed a balanced Anglo-Dutch team to represent Mariflex in all top competitions.
While MariFlex wishes Dean good luck in the future, his decision has lost him his place in the Mariflex team and a beneficial sponsor contract in the process.
MariFlex, main sponsor of the WDF-BDO and Zuiderduin Masters classified international MariFlex Open Darts tournament, wishes to declare that it will remain loyal to the WDF-BDO circuit and will therefore not support players outside the BDO and WDF.
As a result MariFlex has decided, with immediate effect, to sever all ties with Dean Winstanley. |