Jamie Hughes makes the PDC Grand Slam

He's secured his place to debut at the annual cross-over event at the Civic Hall through his BDO ranking,

The only PDC tournament to formally invite players from the BDO again takes place for a ninth year at the Civic, from November 12-20.

Hughes will make his Grand Slam bow, as he sits fourth in both the BDO and World Darts Federation rankings ahead of the end of the month's cut-off point.

The organisation's champion, Scott Waites, is one of four who qualify automatically and is the only BDO thrower to have ever won the Grand Slam, in 2010.

World Championship runner-up Jeff Smith, World Masters winner Glen Durrant and World Trophy titlist Darryl Fitton are also in.

The remaining four places - one per eight four-man groups - for the BDO will be assigned to their highest-ranked competitors who haven't already qualified.

Hughes will take the last-but-one spot with Danny Noppert and Scott Mitchell above him and Martin Adams a place behind.

'Yozza' is only the second Black Country thrower to take part at the Grand Slam after Wolverhampton's Wayne Jones, who is attached to the PDC.

Further rankings points competing in the BDO British Open and British Classic at the Spa in Bridlington last weekend held his position in the standings.

Hughes was looking to nail down his Grand Slam spot and first teamed up with James Hurrell for the Open men's pairs competition on Friday, where they reached the semi-finals.

The duo began in Group Three with 3-0 whitewashes over Rick Rauding and Andrew Umney and Tom Gregory and Wally Jinks.

They had to battle past Ben Davies and Aaron Russell to win 3-2 in the last leg, before accounting for West Midlands cohorts Matthew Dicken and Scott Baker 3-1.

Wednesbury's Dicken and Tipton's Baker were in the same group and had beat Chris Lacey and Mick Lacey and Mark Marshall and Brad Ellis, both by 3-1 verdicts.

The group final saw Hughes and Hurrell overcome Madars Razma and Paul Brown by 3-0 landslide, taking them through to the quarter-finals.

Hughes and Hurrell kept their run going with a 3-2 victory over Conan Whitehead and Bradley Kirk, but were shut out 3-0 themselves by Andy Chalmers and Ryan Joyce in the semis.

Bloxwich's Shaun Carroll partnered Gareth Watts in Group Five, first securing a 3-2 success over Mark McCloughlin and Steve Brookes.

They added a 3-1 verdict over Paul McGowen and David Stokell, before losing in the last leg 3-2 to Adam Beck and Craig Hill.

Bristol-born Chris Mason, who lives in Hednesford, joined up with Peter Wyse in Group Six. They whitewashed Asa Lawson and Andy McArdle, before losing 3-0 to John Watson and Dave Prins.

Cannock's Mark Craddock and Wolverhampton's Michael Baker reformed their usual two-some in Group Seven.

They defeated Ray Heppinstall and Eddie Simpson 3-2 and Mark Cowley and Steve Bestwick 3-0, before losing 3-1 to title winners Ross Montgomery and Scott Mitchell.

The tournaments continued at the Spa on Saturday with the Classic men's singles, where only Scott Baker and Tipton cohort Ian Jones got past the group stages.

Baker bossed Group 10 by scoring 3-1 results over Darren Vowles and Les Shaw, plus 3-0 whitewashes against Dean Sewell and Derek Lumley.

That took him through to the group decider, where play was upgraded to a best-of-seven legs format. Baker thrashed David King 4-0, before a last 32 exit to Paul Jennings 4-2.

Jones commanded Group 25 in imperious fashion with 3-0 wins over Chris Powlay, Keith Evans and Carl Moorhouse, plus a 4-0 vanquishing of Justin Hobson in the group final.

'Whippet' kept up his run to the semi-finals, where the format went up again to best-of-nine. Mark McGeeney saw him off 5-3, after more victories over Fitton (4-1) and Martin Adams (4-3).

Hughes reached the final in Group Nine, but was thwarted 4-2 by Jennings. 'Yozza' had accounted for Ray Cocker (3-0), Nigel Staniland (3-1) and Walton (3-2).

Carroll was with Baker in Group 10, but lost his first game 3-0 to Richard Webster. Michael Baker did likewise in Group 14, 3-1 to Carl Wilkinson.

Dicken got to the last 128 in Group 22, after eliminating two others. He beat Neil Preston 3-0 and Simon McKenner 3-1, before he was downed 3-0 by Craig Owens.

Craddock managed one win in Group 31, 3-0 over John Kippen, before the score-line was reversed when he met Philip Borthwick.

Play culminated on Sunday at the same venue with the Open men's singles, with Hughes winning his group and Scott Baker reaching the last 16.

Hughes led Group Nine with 3-0 landslides over Ian Malkin, Shaun Barlow and Darren Gilbert, then a 4-1 result over Hill in the decider. He was then beaten 4-3 by Steve Robertson.

Carroll was also thwarted 4-3 by Robertson in the Group 10 final, after he'd got up running with the scalps of David Airey, Tony Cummings and Shaun Mahoney, all 3-0.

Scott Baker went on a tear from Group 18 with 3-0 successes over Andy Harland and Kevin Johnson, plus a 3-2 result over Dave Hemsworth. He beat Sven Verdonck 4-2 in the decider.

He then dumped out Mitchell in a fantastic effort 4-2, before he was pipped to the post 4-3 by Ian Walters for a place in the quarters.

Jones came close to progressing from Group 27, but lost the final 4-1 to Nick Kenny. He'd beaten Wes Smith 3-1, before 3-0 shut-outs of William Whellans and George Smith.

Michael Baker failed to get past the first hurdle in Group 31, with Andy Fordham easing through their clash 3-1.

Craddock beat Simon Dobson 3-0 in the same group, before he was downed 3-1 by Dave Palletti. Dicken played one game in Group 32 and was edged out 3-2 by Sean Devlin.