Wes Newton is set to make his BDO World Championship debut in January after the BDO were told that no Asian Qualifier was to be put forward.
41-year-old Newton has made a resurgence in his career in 2018, moving over to the BDO circuit.
Newton failed to qualify for the World Championships through the main qualifying route, edged out by Andy Hamilton, before being the tournaments standby should the World Master already qualified for Lakeside. However, winner Adam Smith-Neale won the tournament and failed to obtain a World Championship birth.
The Warrior was listed as the highest qualified player not to qualify for the tournament, getting a call up after the World Championship Asian qualifier, which was due to be played at the Malaysian Open championships, was cancelled from the event.
The tournament gets underway at the Lakeside Country Club in Surrey on January 5.
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