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Lakeside 2012 Christian Kist is The BDO Darts World Champion

steve — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:06:53 +0000

Mens Final Result

Congratulations to the new 2012 Lakeside World Champion Christian Kist, the trophy heads back to Holland for the first time since Jelle Klaasen won the event in 2006.

At 6-2 ahead the Dutchman looked to be cruising to victory, however O’Shea drew on 11 years of Lakeside experience, going for broke he clawed it back to 4-6 to make a game of it, and Kist something to think about.

And perhaps he did, Kist proceeded to miss both doubles and big numbers allowing the Silverback to take the eleventh set without reply, including a brilliant 116 checkout under pressure in the third leg.

The 25 year old debutant hit back though in the twelth and final set, reeling of 2 quick legs and eventually taking out double 16 for the match, the £100k cheque, trophy and title of Lakeside 2012 Champion.

First to 7 Sets,

Tony O’Shea 5 v 7 Christian Kist

Stats:

DARTS	LWAT	TONS	TON+	180	HIOUT	BLEG	AVERAGE	TEAM	PLAYERS	SCORE	LEFT	LEGS	SETS
0	10	69	33	5	116	12	29.26	ENGLAND	TONY O’SHEA*	0	501	0	5
0	11	58	45	8	121	12	30.00	NETHERLANDS	CHRISTIAN KIST	0	501	0	7
Gameformat: Best of 13 sets, 5 legs.
Darts: 16, 16, 19, 17, 13, 17, 17, 15, 15, 18, 17, 17, 13, 14, 18, 24, 14, 15, 12, 15, 21, 17, 15, 14, 12, 14, 17, 14, 19, 15, 12, 16, 15, 15, 20, 18, 17, 21, 17, 19, 17, 18, 15, 18, 15, 17, 18, 17
Outshots: 32, 16, 20, 20, 24, 38, 16, 62, 61, 32, 32, 32, 40, 70, 64, 25, 24, 68, 121, 75, 32, 20, 120, 78, 81, 25, 12, 76, 40, 65, 81, 10, 76, 40, 84, 56, 52, 40, 9, 16, 75, 64, 76, 10, 116, 50, 25, 32

Interval Stats:

DARTS	LWAT	TONS	TON+	180	HIOUT	BLEG	AVERAGE	TEAM	PLAYERS	SCORE	LEFT	LEGS	SETS
0	6	35	20	1	78	14	29.26	ENGLAND	TONY O’SHEA*	0	501	0	2
0	7	36	24	5	121	12	30.20	NETHERLANDS	CHRISTIAN KIST	0	501	0	4
Gameformat: Best of 13 sets, 5 legs.
Darts: 16, 16, 19, 17, 13, 17, 17, 15, 15, 18, 17, 17, 13, 14, 18, 24, 14, 15, 12, 15, 21, 17, 15, 14, 12, 14
Outshots: 32, 16, 20, 20, 24, 38, 16, 62, 61, 32, 32, 32, 40, 70, 64, 25, 24, 68, 121, 75, 32, 20, 120, 78, 81, 25

Lakeside BDO Darts World Championship Mens Semi-Final Results

steve — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:31:11 +0000

Day 8, mens semi-final results and match reports from the Lakeside 2012 Professional Darts Championship.

This page will be updated throughout play, as and when the results and reports become available.

Semi-finals – Hankey Blows it, as comeback Kist holds it together!

Ted Hankey 5 v 6 Christian Kist

DARTS	LWAT	TONS	TON+	180	HIOUT	BLEG	AVERAGE	TEAM	PLAYERS	SCORE	LEFT	LEGS	SETS
0	8	52	28	10	116	12	29.18	ENGLAND	TED HANKEY*	0	501	0	5
0	13	46	29	4	129	13	29.91	NETHERLANDS	CHRISTIAN KIST	0	501	0	6
Gameformat: Best of 11 sets, 5 legs.
Darts: 15, 13, 16, 17, 17, 14, 14, 15, 13, 19, 15, 17, 18, 15, 17, 15, 15, 17, 18, 18, 18, 15, 15, 17, 19, 17, 16, 14, 17, 18, 15, 13, 20, 20, 12, 18, 17, 18, 16, 18, 16
Outshots: 107, 40, 16, 20, 20, 40, 40, 68, 32, 2, 36, 43, 75, 80, 40, 129, 100, 16, 40, 74, 37, 106, 117, 40, 20, 20, 40, 72, 60, 20, 80, 40, 40, 12, 116, 74, 25, 39, 40, 72, 40

Tony O’Shea 6 v 5 Wesley Harms

DARTS	LWAT	TONS	TON+	180	HIOUT	BLEG	AVERAGE	TEAM	PLAYERS	SCORE	LEFT	LEGS	SETS
0	8	62	32	6	121	11	28.45	ENGLAND	TONY O’SHEA*	0	501	0	6
0	6	80	30	4	120	11	29.46	NETHERLANDS	WESLEY HARMS	0	501	0	5
Gameformat: Best of 11 sets, 5 legs.
Darts: 18, 23, 15, 17, 16, 20, 11, 12, 17, 18, 15, 18, 15, 16, 12, 20, 21, 16, 16, 15, 15, 18, 16, 21, 13, 16, 17, 16, 20, 16, 18, 11, 14, 18, 14, 15, 17, 16, 18, 15, 17, 20, 20, 18, 17
Outshots: 68, 20, 101, 32, 40, 25, 45, 81, 9, 57, 32, 72, 120, 40, 41, 4, 4, 32, 20, 62, 72, 70, 12, 20, 32, 20, 52, 8, 25, 20, 52, 100, 90, 103, 24, 121, 71, 32, 90, 70, 76, 16, 16, 16, 40

Match Reports From The BDO

Hankey v Kist

New kid on the block Christian Kist staked his claim for the world championship, burying former double champ Ted “The Count” Hankey in a thrilling two hour encounter 6-5.

The 43-year-old 15th seed missed bull to book his place in the final and maintain his record of never having lost in a semi final.

But the battling 25-year-old Dutch road worker steamrollered his way back from 5-3 down to win through to the world final at first attempt.

Kist, the 15/8 second favourite annexed the opening set 3-0 against the throw on double eight to strike an early psychological blow.

Firing out a couple of maximums The Count slowed the game to snail’s pace in a bid to curtail the vibrant fast-throwing Dutchman and it seemed to work as he levelled the match with a 3-1 success.

Two maximums from the 66/1 outsider at the beginning of the week with first time double 16 efforts set up Lipstick for the third set, Hankey missing tops for 120 and then surprisingly, three attempts for double 10 as the roadworker steamrollered the set 3-0 with double one.

Kist’s fourth 180 gave him the opening leg of the fourth set with double 18, Hankey missing bull for 130 in reply but after the Dutchman missed double tops for 66, The Count buried 43 with single three and his favourite double tops. And then the Shropshire sharpshooter grabbed 75 on double tops against the throw after his tense opponent buckled, failing to convert doubles opportunities. Two 140s steered Hankey to the fourth leg and the set with an 80 finish, completed again on double tops.

Sensing a chink in the young Dutchman’s armour, an angry looking prince of dartness defended his darts, exiting on double 10 with his fourth double attempt Kist having to pull off a pressure 129 finish in the next on bull to defend his throw. Hankey picked off a 100 finish in the third a single 20 and two double tops.

Kist missed double 16 for 104 and then Hankey double 12 for a set-winning 141, the Dutchman swooping to level the set on double eight with his second attempt. Hankey edged into the match lead for the first time with double 10 after the man from Vroomshop missed 67 for a double 16 to grab the lead again.

Following a short interval Kist took a 2-0 lead but wired double 18 for set-winning 156, The Count swooping to bury double 20 for a blood curdling 106 finish. The 15th seed notched a maximum but missed double 10 for a 67 finish as the Dutchman leapt in for a 117 finished on double tops to level the match at 3-3.

Kist missed the opportunity to steal the darts in the next set after missing double 16 for a 110 finish, Hankey clinching double 10. There was another 180 from the former double world champ in the next but he missed chances, Kist wiring double 20 for an 82, as Super Ted exited on double 10 against the throwing advantage.

With daylight failing outside it seemed to inspire The Count who continued to heap pressure on the young inexperienced Dutchman, recovering from a missed double tops for 120 to clinch the set for a 4-3 match lead on double 10.

His seventh 180 steered Hankey to his fourth successive leg but three missed doubles in the next with the throw let in the battling Dutchman with a 14 darter. But Hankey bullied his way to the third leg against the throw on double 20 after Kist missed double 16 for 92. The Count missed double tops for 79 and the set but his opponent failed to exit on 144, the seed sweeping in his third dart for double 10 to extend his lead to two sets – 5-3.

Power-scoring from Hankey gave him four double opportunites but Kist stepped in to clinch 80 on double eight to take the opening leg against the throw and took the following two legs – both on double 20 – to pull back a set.

But Kist then missed bull for 92 with the throw, Hankey stepping in to clinch double six and then banging in 180 and 140 as he clinched the leg with a 12 dart leg completed with a 116 checkout.

Hankey blazed in a 138 to leave 40 the Dutchman producing a pressure 74 checkout finished on double tops to defend his throw, missing bull for 89, and Hankey bull for a match-winning 92, the Dutchman recovering to save his title hopes with double 12. And then he held his nerve to hit a 39 finish, forcing the match into a deciding 11th set.

After poor scoring from the former world champ, Kist seized the opening leg against the throw with double 20 and added the second with double 12 after The Count missed doubles. As Hankey appeared to throw in the towel, Kist nailed a match-winning double four.

Afterwards through interpreter Neils de Ruiter, who is a director with the Netherlands Darts Bond, Kist declared: “I really can’t find the words to say how I feel. It is a surprise, I cannot believe it.

“I never give up, I just keep going on and on but I can only imagine what winning the world title would be like,” said shell-shocked Kist.

O’Shea v Harms

Lakeside BDO Darts World Championship 2012 – Day 7 Results

steve — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:54:50 +0000

Day 7, mens quarter final results and match reports from the Lakeside 2012 Professional Darts Championship.

This page will be updated throughout play, as and when the results and reports become available.

Quarter Finals:

Alan Norris 1 v 5 Christian Kist

Martin Atkins 1 v 5 Ted Hankey

Match Reports From The BDO

Norris v Kist

Tournament sensation and road worker Christian Kist continued his giant-killing to drive out fancied Alan Norris 5-1.

Norris who had floored third seed Dean Winstanley in the second round simply had nothing in his extensive armoury to cope with the robotic Kist, who showed no trace of tension in his first quarter final appearance in his debut tournament.Yeovil-born Norris blasted in nine maximums in the 46-minute game and recorded a 30 plus average but simply could not match the firepower of the new kid on the block.

The two fast throwing players, who are good friends off the oche, set an amazingly quick pace in a match that had almost everything – including a nine darter…

The flying Dutchman swooped into the match capturing the first set against the throw unchallenged with a show-stopping 110 checkout finished on double 18. He wrapped up the second set by the same score with only 12 minutes play, clinching the winning leg with a 120 finish, completed on double tops.

And Kist had four darts to make it 3-0, Norris nipping in for a sparkling 11 dart checkout finished on double 16 and then he took the opening leg of the fourth against the throw after the Dutch road worker motored into the leg with back-to-back 180s but missed the crucial seventh to set up a possible nine darter.

Kist scrambled to the next leg after missing doubles, Chuck blazing into the third with seven consecutive 60s, striking a perfect treble 19 but agonising as the ninth finished outside double 12 for what would have been the perfect game. Double trouble saw him gift the leg to Kist who hit 96, finished on double 18. Both players hit 180s in the next, Kist hitting a two-dart 47 to restore a two set lead at 3-1.

Norris sped into a 2-0 lead in the fifth, Kist replying with 121 finished on bull, 98 on double 12 in the next and then in the deciding fifth leg against the throw he grabbed double 18 after Norris missed bull for 121 for the set.

Norris fired out a further maximum in the opening leg of the sixth but grimaced as he missed bull for 125, cool Kist picking off 54 on double tops. Despite another 180 from Norris in the next, the astonishing Dutchman exited on double eight, wrapping up the match with a two-dart 60 checkout, completed on double tops in the next leg.

Atkins v Hankey

Super Ted Hankey edged into the last four after toppling Martin Atkins 5-1 in a scrappy 58-minute quarter final encounter.

Neither player managed to reach the heights of their game, struggling to find the treble 20 bed and missing countless doubles.

But the double world champion and 15th seed from Telford was able to call on his vast experience at Frimley Green to peg back The Assassin who simply lacked the firepower.

The legs went with the throw in the opening set, Hankey missing bull for a blockbusting 170 checkout, finally exiting on double three.

The opening four legs of the second set went with the throw, both players missing to take the advantage. In the deciding fifth leg Hankey reached the double first but missed double two and one with Atkins also missing opportunities before The Count hit appropriately the “mad house” – double one for a 2-0 match lead.

In a scrappy third set Hankey hit a maximum as he annexed three of the four legs, winning the set on 52, finished on double 20 after both players struggled to find consistency on the 60 bed.

Twice The Count led in the next set after stealing the throw in the opening leg with a 90 finish completed with double 10. He fired a 180 and 41 checkout for the 11 dart third leg and followed p with double five after Atkins failed with a bull shot for a set-winning 121.

The Shropshire player blazed into the opening leg of the fifth with a 180, following up with double 10 only to see the gritty Yorkshireman annex the next three as he hit a brace of maximums, driving the stake into The Count to pull a set back.

Hankey stole the opening leg of the sixth against the throw after Atkins missed double tops for 109, The Count hitting a maximum and clinching double 10 for the second leg.

He wrapped up the match with a 64, finished on double eight to sweep into the last four.

Afterwards the double world champ admitted: “I played absolute garbage, terrible and need to go away and learn how to play darts overnight or Christian will destroy me.”

Lakeside 2012 Anastasia is Ladies World Champion

steve — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:31:34 +0000

Congratulations to Anastasia Dobromyslova on achieving her second World Title.

Following up her 2008 success in the event!

Women’s Final Result:

Anastasia Dobromyslova 2 v 1 Deta Hedman

Speaking after the match Anastasia said “I never give up, that is my problem. I have a lot of respect for Deta and did think after beating her, oh not again! It was hard playing against my friend. When I got back to 1-1 it gave me a break.

“I cannot describe what it means winning the world title again, it’s just amazing.

“I could have split the shot at the end but went for the bull because Deta was not far behind, so I just had to take it,” said the jubilant champion.

The Match Report From The BDO

The 27-year-old had to comeback from losing the opening set against the throw and finished the final with a 90 checkout finished on bull, ending the 46 minute encounter.

The East European practised with men’s quarter finalist Alan Norris ahead of the final, adding the title she won back in 2008.

But for Hedman will be the memory of miscounting in the second set, losing the throwing advantage to the former champ.

Dobromyslova won the race to the double in the first leg, with the throw but suffered final jitters, finally exiting on double five after Hedman powered in 118 to pressure the shot. The Russian had the chance to extend her lead after Hedman missed a bull finish but missed three doubles, the Witham ace shooting out on double nine.

Hedman powered in a 125 to take the advantage in the next leaving herself 25 but hitting treble five but recovering to clinch double three and a 2-1 lead against the throw. She missed bull for an 86 set winner in the next, the Russian pouncing to capture double 10, against the throw to level the set.

With both players giving each other the utmost respect the big scores were missing as the two protagonists vied for supremacy, the Ellesmere Port player missing four attempts for double tops and one for double 10 to defend the throwing advantage.

Needing 82, Hedman hit single 11 but recovered brilliantly with treble 13 and pierced the double 16 for a set-winning 82 checkout – against the advantage.

She blasted in a maximum in the opening leg of the second set and powered in double 18 after former world champ failed to finish 141. The Russian set the pace in the next but missed two double 16s, Hedman missing bull for a 122 checkout, Dobromyslova missing a further three doubles. The Essex player miss double eight and then double four, the confident Russian wading in to level the set on double four.

In the third with 42 left Hedman threw for double 16 thinking she needed 32, realising her mistake and missing the remaining double 13, her opponent seizing the opportunity to take a 2-1 set lead against the throw, turning to acknowledge her husband in the crowd.

But Hedman recovered immediately to hit a two-dart 100 checkout to steal the fourth and nullify her opponent’s previous leg, Dobromyslova missing tops for a 120 but having time to exit on double five.

Both players missed doubles to take the crucial opening leg of the third set, the former champ holding her throw to finish on double eight. Hedman fluffed bull for 84 in the next as the Russian made no mistake with double tops for a 78 checkout clinching the impressive silver trophy and the £10,000 first prize.

Lakeside BDO Darts World Championship 2012 – Day 6 Results

steve — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:21:12 +0000

Day 6, mens quarter final results and match reports from the Lakeside 2012 Professional Darts Championship.

This page will be updated throughout play, as and when the results and reports become available.

Quarter Finals:

Paul Jennings 3 v 5 Wesley Harms

Martin Adams 2 v 5 Tony O’Shea

DARTS	LWAT	TONS	TON+	180	HIOUT	BLEG	AVERAGE	TEAM	PLAYERS	SCORE	LEFT	LEGS	SETS
0	3	44	20	4	161	12	30.83	ENGLAND	MARTIN ADAMS	0	501	0	2
0	5	33	22	7	170	11	31.34	ENGLAND	TONY O’SHEA*	0	501	0	5
Gameformat: Best of 9 sets, 5 legs.
Darts: 16, 12, 15, 14, 18, 14, 18, 15, 12, 17, 12, 14, 15, 13, 15, 21, 18, 15, 15, 17, 19, 16, 11, 18, 19, 14
Outshots: 10, 81, 105, 24, 32, 25, 98, 101, 81, 52, 161, 32, 118, 24, 170, 56, 50, 77, 61, 6, 16, 32, 81, 56, 16, 52

Match Reports From the BDO

Jennings v Harms

Tournament sensation and Dutch electrician Wesley Harms continued to shock as he fused Paul Jennings title aspirations 5-3, to coast into the semi finals.

But the 13th seed was made to fight all the way by the Hartlepool hotshot who just didn’t know when to give up in the 88-minute clash.

Harms from north west Holland, who started the tournament as a 50/1 outsider had his odds slashed to 10/1 before the game and now they are likely to be further revised.

The opening sets went with the throw, although Harms after hitting a maximum in the deciding leg of the first set missed two darts to finish 58 and then in his next throw he bust 20, which would have given him the advantage.

After the opening legs of the second set went with the throw the Dutchman pounced to take the third on double tops. He raced into a commanding lead in the fourth but needed eight double attempts and double one to clinch the set.

Jenno seized the initiative in the next opening up a 2-0 lead, against the throw, Sparky clinching the third in 13 darts but then missing double 14 for a set-levelling 121 checkout as Jennnings coolly fired in double 19 to level the match with a 115 finish.

A 15-darter paved the way for a 3-0 rout for the Dutchman in the fifth for a 3-2 match lead, who then turned the power up to hit consecutive doubles (five and 15) after he missed double tops with his first dart to lead the set 2-1.

Sparky fired in a spectacular 107 checkout, finished on double 16, sending the orange-clad supporters in the crowd into fits of ecstasy as he took control of the match with a 4-2 interval lead.

He stole the opening leg of the sixth with a 15 dart checkout but then bust an attempt to take the next with 98, Jennings nipping in to exit on double tops, repeating the feat in the next leg against the throw. He held his nerve in the tense fourth to smash in an 11-dart checkout to pull back a set.

The opening three legs of the eighth set went with the darts, Jennings hitting a mere 27 as he suffered a bounce-out in the crucial leg, Harms powering in a 133, which left him 59. A single 19 left him his favourite double tops but nerves forced the dart below the double ring as he confidently steered his third dart into the match-winning double 10 for a place in the last four.

Adams v O’Shea

Stockport’s eight seed Tony O’Shea ended defending champion Martin Adams’ hopes of a record-equalling third successive world title, dumping him out 5-2.

Adams, top seed and 2/1 title favourite never settled in the clash between darts two elder statesmen – both in their 50s and both grandfathers – as they battled for a place in the last four in the 63-minute encounter.

Silverback’s victory ends near three-year unbeaten spell at Frimley Green for the England skipper and newly appointed BDO director.

He had suffered a pre-match scare when one of the lens dropped out of his only set of glasses. He managed to replace and tighten the frame in time for the match start.

The defending champ dropped his first set of the week as Silverback powered in two maximums and clinched the fourth leg on double six, Adams having missing double tops for a 117 finish in the previous leg for the opening set.

Despite a second maximum from Wolfie, rampant O’Shea clinched victory in the second with a three dart 81 finish to edge into a surprise 2-0 lead.

Taking the opening leg of the third set with his favourite double 16, O’Shea fired out a maximum but was stunned when the defending champ pulled off a 161, finished on bull to put himself in line for the £3000 highest checkout award. Silverback replied taking the third leg against the throw on double 16.

But not to be outdone Wolfie sent his fans into howls of excitement as he nailed 118 finished with double tops to pull back a set.

O’Shea took the opening leg of the fourth with the throw, Adams missing double tops for 160 and the Stockport man immediately producing the game’s top finish of 170 to steal Adams’ prizemoney for the top shot-out but more importantly move 2-0 ahead in the set. Wolfie missed double 16 for a set-saving 56, the eighth seed pouncing to finish the same required score on double tops for a 3-1 match lead.

Adams is renowned for being a scrapper and he surged through the fifth set unchallenged but O’Shea notched another maximum to defend his throw in the opening leg of the next set and pouncing for double 16 after Adams missed four attempts for doubles. With Adams trailing in the next the Cheshire county player exited on double 16 with his third dart for a comfortable 4-2 match lead.

He rushed into the seventh set, hitting a maximum and notching a two dart 81 finish completed on double 12 against the throw, stunned Adams watching on is disbelief. In the next Wolfie missed tops for 80 and O’Shea again jumped in to exit on double 10.

Adams defended his throw in the third leg, nervously needing four darts but Silverback swept in his third 180 of the set to set up a memorable 52 checkout, completed on his favourite double 16.

Lakeside BDO Darts World Championship 2012 – Day 5 Results

steve — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:02:10 +0000

Day 5, second round mens results and match reports from the Lakeside 2012 Professional Darts Championship.

This page will be updated throughout play, as and when the results and reports become available.

Second Round:

Willy van de Wiel 2 v 4 Martin Atkins

Ted Hankey 4 v 3 Scott Waites

Geert de Vos 2 v 4 Christian Kist

Alan Norris 4 v 3 Dean Winstanley

Match Reports From the BDO

van de Wiel v Atkins

Martin “The Assassin” gunned down 10th seed Willy van de Wiel 4-2 after almost being squeezed out of the championship by the man in orange.

The Dutchman staged a massive comeback from 3-0 down, pulling back to 3-2, Atkins scrambling through on his favourite double tops.

“I thought of the game three years ago when I missed a double to win 4-0 and went out. Willy is such a good player. I got to 3-0 by the skin of my teeth and then he started to come back at me and I thought, oh no, not again!

“But I have broken my duck. This is the furthest I have been in the tournament, I never did anything as a seed. Perhaps next year I should come back as a qualifier!”

The Assassin found his range in the opening set unleashing a volley of precision doubles for a 3-0 success against the throwing advantage.

A maximum steered the Dutchman into a 2-0 in the next and despite his second maximum he conceded the third leg, Atkins himself hitting a maximum in the fourth. Van de Wiel notched his third 180 of the set but confident Atkins replied with a 137 and moved into a 2-0 match lead with an 88 finish, completed on double seven.

“Free Willy” missed bull for a 90 finish in the opening leg of the next set, Atkins swooping to pick off double eight and then on target with a maximum in the next as he moved 2-0 ahead in the set. The Leeds man captured his sixth successive leg for a surprise 3-0 match lead over the 10th seed.

Twice Atkins had darts for doubles in the opening legs of the fourth set, double 10 for the first and then double 2-0 for a 117 finish, Van de Wiel capturing both with double 16. Atkins raced to the third, exiting on 136 with double 16 but the Dutchman replied with a maximum and clinched the set on his favourite double 16.

Van de Wiel suffered more double trouble in the opening leg of the fifth set but pounced after Atkins fluffed bull for 83 and then the Yorkshireman missed double tops for 151, the man in orange nipping out on double four.

Atkins coasted to double 20, taking the match into a fifth leg and Atkins seized the initiative with a maximum but Van de Wiel pinched the set with 70, completed on that double 16, pulling the score back to 3-2.

As the Dutchman grimaced and constantly chastised his flyaway darts, Atkins defended his throw in the opening leg of the sixth set, missed double 10 for a showpiece 120 exit in the next, recovering to hit double 10 and a 2-0 set lead. Van de Wiel missed double 14 for a match-saving 107 in the third leg, Atkins – who had left 40 after hitting 138 – made no mistake this time to end the gripping 50-minute encounter.

Hankey v Waites

Ted Hankey staked his claim for a third world title, burying second seed Scott Waites 4-3 in a gripping 74-minute encounter.

Both players uncharacteristically missed doubles in a match dripping with tension but it was “The Count” who swooped back from 2-1 and 3-2 down to win through on a blood curdling 144 match-winning checkout.

“The breaks in the match came at the wrong time for me. I decided to speed up my game and Scott couldn’t handle it. At one point in the match I thought Scott was trying to slow me down. Scott is naturally fast thrower and I practised with another fast thrower – Dutchman Willie van de Wiel so that I was ready for the match,” said the 43-year-old 15th seed.

Defeated Waites declared: “I could have won 4-0 if I had hit my doubles. I lost this match, although Ted played well at the back end of the game.”

Both players served up some tasty darts in the opening set, fast-throwing Waites surging into a 2-0 lead but then missing two darts for the set in the third as The Count nailed double 10. Hankey swooped to notch a brace of 180s to level. Waites agonised as he missed a further five doubles for the set, Hankey pouncing for a set-winning checkout against the throw, with double five.

Hankey drilled in his fifth maximum to take the opening leg of the second set but costly bull misses for 121 and 90 in the following legs let in Waites for a 2-1 lead and despite missing double 16 for 86 and a further five doubles, he levelled the match with double two.

Remarkably the Halifax player missed 11 darts as he moved into a 2-1 lead with the throw in the next including a 100 checkout, finished with single 20, two double tops. He held his nerve in the next after Hankey failed to exit on 76, taking 2-1 match lead with double 18.

The crucial fourth set saw the Count edge 2-0 in front but it was Waite who clinched the third against the throw and the fourth after missing two doubles before grabbing double five. In the deciding fifth leg the Telford player missed 66 for double tops, Waites missing double 18 and then double nine for a set winning 50. Not believing his luck Hankey missed two double and gratefully slotted the third in double five to level the match.

The fifth also went the full distance, both players still trying to reproduce their best form, Waites hitting the solitary 180 and then missing tops for 120, Hankey repeating the feat and watching on helpless as the Halifax man exited on double 10.

The Count fired in a maximum and 12-darter at the start of a 3-0 rout in the sixth set to plunge the match into a nail-biting deciding set.

And then he added his fourth successive leg, taking the throwing advantage in the seventh set, nervously missing three double attempts before striking double 10 to move within a leg of victory. As Waites grimaced and snatched his darts, Hankey fluffed five match-winning doubles, the gritty Yorkshireman scrambling to double four.

A fallen dart in the next leg failed to deter Hankey as he eyed up a place in the last eight, producing a match-winning 144 checkout finished on double 12.

de Vos v Kist

Dutch roadworker Christian Kist won the battle of Benelux, steamrolling Belgian Geert de Vos 4-2 to reach the quarter finals in his first championship.

It took the fast-throwing confident newcomer to world darts just 54 minutes to win through to the last eight and further reduce his betting odds. He started the week as a 66/1 outsider and saw his odds reduced to 12/1 after toppling fellow countryman and sixth seed Jan Dekker in his opener.

And he produced a sky-high standard, finishing the match with a 32.17 per dart average, firing out two 12 and four 13 dart checkouts as he battled back from 2-1 down.

A man of few words he said after the match: “I am very happy and my girlfriend Kirsten is very happy. That game was harder than my first match.”

He took the opening set against the throw unchallenged, including two 13 darters but the Belg raced back to take the next two, which went the distance.

The Dutchman replied by taking the fourth and fifth legs including 12 and 13 darters, including a 92 checkout.

With the momentum behind him, Kist had clear road in the match-winning sixth set, which included a brace of 180s and 14 and 13 dart checkouts.

Norris v Winstanley

Battling Alan Norris provided one of the great Lakeside comebacks to topple Frimley Green favourite and third seed Dean Winstanley 4-3 in a 63-minute

Remarkably, the 39-year-old stockily-built Somerset-born sharpshooter had been playing darts for more than 14 hours!

Although focused Norris had been practising since 7.30am and didn’t start his match until 9.38pm he showed no signs of tiredness as he put in a terrier-like challenge, repeatedly pressurising the third seed, battling back from 3-1 down.

Nice guy Winstanley, who retained a beaming smile on his face throughout the match and even after defeat had notched seven maximums and a 30.64 average as he dipped out.

He signalled his intentions in the first leg, narrowly missing bull for the game’s highest checkout -170. He took the leg and five of the next six to open up a solid 2-0 match lead.

Norris led the third 2-0 despite a 180 from Deano, who then followed up with a further maximum to pull back a leg, the Doncaster man then swooping to take double five after Norris failed to nail double 16 for a 143 set-winning finish. Yeovil-born Norris held his nerve to clinch double nine to pull the match back to 2-1.

The opening legs of the fourth set went against the throwing advantage, the next two going with the darts , Winstanley missing two attempts at double tops for the set. But he made amends in the next, clinching 94 with double six.

Norris motored into the fifth set, taking the opening leg with 130 finished on bull, Winstanley hitting his sixth 180 as he levelled the set. Norris, with the throw, held his nerve in the fifth leg driving in 86 completed on double 16 to pull the match back to 3-2.

Punishing a lack-lustre spell from the South Yorkshire player, Norris swept through the sixth set unchallenged and finished off with an eye-catching 100 checkout.

Norris, with the throwing advantage, took the opening leg of the deciding seventh set with double 12, amazingly the first time he had led the match. Winstanley defended his throw and Norris replied with a maximum and a 116 finished on double tops.

Another maximum followed a leg later, adding 140 and then Norris clinched victory coolly clinching victory with 84, finished on double 12 to capture the scalp of the ninth seed of the week.

Lakeside BDO Darts World Championship 2012 – Day 4 Results

steve — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:09:42 +0000

Day 4, second round mens results and match reports from the Lakeside 2012 Professional Darts Championship.

This page will be updated throughout play, as and when the results and reports become available.

Second Round:

Paul Jennings 4 v 2 Steve Douglas

Wesley Harms 4 v 1 Robbie Green

Gary Stone 0 v 4 Martin Adams

Ross Montgomery 1 v 4 Tony O’Shea

Match Reports From The BDO

Jenning v Douglas

Debutant Paul Jennings surged into the quarter finals toppling speedy Steve Douglas 4-2 in a gripping 74-minute clash.

The 35-year-old 12th seed from Hartlepool won the north versus south encounter, battling from 1-0 behind to despatch the Gillingham ace, hitting four maximums and overcoming bouts of double trouble to tame the terrier-like Douglas.

Both players hit a maximum in the opening set and despite a 13-darter from Jennings, both missed crucial doubles before Douglas snatched the deciding fifth leg against the throw with a show-stopping 121, finished on bull.

Jennings opened up a 2-0 lead in the next, left-hander Douglas blazing into the third leg with back-to-back 180s but then missing the all-important seventh 60 to set up a nine dart finish.
Jennings missed double eight for a set-winning 76 in the next, Douglas missing double 10 and then double five for a set-levelling finish. Jennings fired in double seven to level the match.

A 12-darter steered Jennings into a 2-0 lead but he missed three darts for the next set, Douglas taking the leg against the throw on double 12. Jenno won the race to the double with the throw in the deciding fifth but wobbled on his finishing once again, missing double tops and double 10 but the Kent man was unable to put pressure on and the Hartlepool hot shot exited on double 10 with his second dart to open up a 2-1 match lead.

The opening legs of the fourth set went with the darts, Jennings stealing the initiative against the throw with a maximum missing two attempts for double eight for a 70 checkout. eight, Douglas failed to pressurise, Jenno clinching the set his second attempt for double four.

A three dart 120 steered the Gillingham man into a 2-0 lead in the next set but both players missed a combination of more than 20 darts for doubles in all-important third leg, Jennings sneaking it on double 7. Douglas won the next with the throw to pull the match back to 3-2.

Jennings gained revenge taking the opening leg of the sixth set against the throw and then notched the 100th maximum of the week in the next leg but let in Douglas after wasting three darts for double tops. Jenno raced back to take the next with a 72 finish against the throw.

Douglas applied the pressure in the fifth leg but missed bull for a match-saving 82 checkout as Jenno, who had missed numerous double tops attempts, made it count this time with a perfect one dart finish..

Harms v Green

Fourth seed Robbie Green crashed sensationally 4-1 out of the tournament, short-circuited by the talented electrician Wesley Harms from the Netherlands.

Debutant Harms, a 28/1 outsider, followed up his dismissal of experienced Welsh international Martin Phillips, producing an electrifying performance to sweep aside the 14/1 sixth favourite in 46 minutes.

Sparky produced a 30.24 per dart average as he fired out an 11 and 12 darter and four 180s to topple Kong.

It was workmanlike performance from the fourth seed in the opening set as he santched the second leg against the throw, despite a 180 from Harms, who narrowly missed double 16 for 94. In the next Green missed double tops for a 120 to take the set, returning to the board to snap up double tops with his second dart.

But the Dutch newcomer threw down his gauntlet in the next exiting on 60 with the darts and then taking the second against the throw with double eight, coolly hitting the same double in the next to level the match.

Harm stormed into the third set hitting 180, 140, 145 but missing double 18 for a 11 darter, eventually taking the opening leg against the throw with his fifth double, adding the next with 12 darts after narrowly missing double 16 for a 132 finish after hitting double bullseyes. He romped to the third, including a 180 to take a 2-1 match lead.

An 11-darter, including his fourth 180, paved the way for a 3-2 success in the fourth set for the remarkable Dutchman after Kong missed double 16 for what would have been a crucial 112 finish in the third leg.

The opening legs of the fifth set went with the throw, Harms turning on the power in the next as he nicked double tops after Green failed to hit bull for an 84 finish.

In the tense fourth leg Harms missed double 12 for a 104 winning flourish, as Green fluffed double tops for 62. The fourth seed missed a further eight doubles to save his title hopes, the Dutchman eventually clinching victory on with his 11th double attempt, hitting double one – the same double that won him his first round match!

Stone v Adams

Defending champ Martin Adams delivered a superclass in darts, pile-driving Scots fence erector Gary Stone out of the championship 4-0.

It took Adams the joint favourite 44-minutes to dismiss the playoff qualifier and move into the last eight.

Adams is bidding to equal Eric Bristow’s three-in-a-row success achieved between 1984-86, the only player to record three successive title wins in the championship.

Wolfie was steady, consistent ,dependable but pressurised when it was needed. It was the kind of bullying that Adams had referred to after his opening round victory over Scott Mitchell.

And it was the same bullying tactics employed by the great Crafty Cockney in his heyday to flatten his opponents.

Experience has taught the 55-year-old Peterborough grandfather how to graft , not get flustered and let your opponents do the worrying.

He bullied his way through the opening set taking the third leg against the throw and then holding his throw in the next after the Scot missed two attempts for double 16 to lay out his intention, just as a wolf will mark out its territory…

Stone hit a 180 in the opening leg of the second set but Adams matched it and exited on 85, adding second maximum to take the third leg, the Scot taking the match into a deciding fifth leg after hitting double 20 with his second dart. Wolfie hit his third maximum of the set to motor ahead and finish on 13 for a 2-0 match lead.

Stone took the opening leg of the third with the throw and unleashed a 180 but was bullied into submission with a faultless 102 checkout from Adams who followed up exiting on 76 against the throw. Stoney missed bull for a 161 finish but recovered to exit on 25 to level.

Bespectacled Stone stepped up the pressure with a 180 in the deciding fifth leg, missed double tops for 78 and three further attempts for double 10 as Wolfie screamed in with 74 completed on double 16 to leave the man from Larkhall pondering on what might have been.

Adams hit his favourite double 16 with the throw to start the fourth set, Stone sweeping back to take out 120 on double tops and then in the next he missed tops for 110, a further dart for double tops and two thwarted attempts for double 10. Adams nipped in to finish on double 10.

The world champ held his nerve in the next to power in the killer double – his favourite double tops.

Delighted Adams said after his victory: “I am still on course to win three titles on the spin. Only one other player has done that – Eric Bristow.

“I want to equal his record and then perhaps I can try to get four on the trot,” declared Wolfie, who confirmed that he had the longest winning sequence in the tournament since the Crafty Cockney back in the 1980s.

The England skipper said that preparation for this year was no different from the past two years.

“Same thing but on a different day,” he smiled.

Montgomery v O’shea

Stockport sharpshooter and former green keeper Tony O’Shea drove Scot Ross Montgomery out of the championship with a speedy 35-minute 4-1 demolition.

With 99 years of experience on the stage, the clash between between the eighth (O’Shea) and ninth (Montgomery) seeds and the spice of an England versus Scotland clash, the ingredients were there for a tasty encounter.

Montgomery added his own blend of ingredient entertaining the capacity Lakeside venue with an impromptu spell of dancing to his theme music, sporting a new pair of eye-catching white spectacles but he was crushed into submission by Silverback.

The opening set went with the throw to O’Shea, the Stockport sharpshooter then snatched the opening leg of the second set against the throw and then defended his throw, Montgomery missing bull for an 86 finish but recovering to exit on double eight after Silverback missed doubles. The Cheshire ace held his throw in the fourth leg to move ominously 2-0 ahead.

O’Shea surged through the third set unchallenged firing out a couple of 180s and an 81 finish completed on bull to extend his match lead.

And then in the fourth he fought back from 1-0 down to level and jettison a 102 leg winning checkout finished on double tops. The Scot leapt in to exit on double six after Silverback failed to clinch a match-winning 141. And then the former American footballer with the Glasgow Diamonds touched down with 96, finished on double nine to pull back a set.

In the fifth Montgomery hit double tops for an eye-catching 120 finish, O’Shea replying with a 104 checkout finished on double 16, adding a 92 finish completed with bull in the next to move within one leg of victory.

Leaving himself on 36, O’Shea agonised as the Scot, who needed 160 hit the two 60s, Montgomery breaking into a broad smile as his third dart failed to find double tops. Silverback fired in double 18 with his first dart.

Lakeside BDO Darts World Championship 2012 – Day 2 & 3 Ladies Results

steve — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:33:33 +0000

Day 2 & 3, ladies results and match reports from the Lakeside 2012 Professional Darts Championship.

Quarter finals:

Sunday:

Trina Gulliver 2 v 0 Lisa Ashton

Monday:

Julie Gore 0 v 2 Anastasia Dobromyslova

Match Reports From The BDO

Gulliver v Ashton

Golden Girl Trina Gulliver remains on course for a record 10th world crown after toppling England team mate Lisa Ashton 2-0 in the quarter final.But behind the 22-minute victory was a Gulliver’s deep desire to win this week’s women’s world title in memory of mother Muriel – her biggest fan – who died just two days before the tournament began.

The defending champion had wanted to withdraw from the tournament but was told by her dying mother to play in the tournament, promising her: “I will be with you on stage.”

Cheddar-based Gulliver wore her mother’s wedding ring on a gold necklace as she moved purposefully into the penultimate stage of this year’s tournament.

Gulliver fired a 100 and 83 en-route to taking the opening leg with the throw after the Bolton player fluffed two doubles.

The Golden Girl followed up with a 140 in the next, Ashton having a chance to check out but missing three attempts, Gulliver blazing in 140 and 121 shots in the next, annexing the set with a 95 checkout, finished on her favourite double tops.

The rout continued into the next set as the nine times world champ blasted in a maximum as she took the opening leg against the throw on double five.

She missed double tops in the next as Ashton gratefully seized the leg but only after squandering darts for the double.

As nerves crept into the match, both players missed doubles in the crucial third, the Somerset sharpshooter hitting her favourite double 20 after the Bolton player missed a further seven doubles.

After missing double tops for a 74 match-winning shot in the seventh leg of the match, Gulliver watched on as her opponent hit 25 throwing for bull and a 108 match-saving finish. Gulliver planted two darts on the wire of the double 20, firing in the third to win through and produce the top average in this year’s women’s event of 24.60.

An emotional Gulliver, choking back tears smiled and acknowledged the supportive crowd. The past four days have been a roller coaster of emotion for the Golden Girl.

Gore v Dobromyslova

Former champ Anastasia Dobromyslova eased into the semi finals, sweeping aside Wales’ Julie Gore 2-0.

The 27-year-old 2008 title winner, nicknamed “The Ice Cube” was never really challenged as the second seed once again suffered big night nerves on the Frimley Green stage in the 23-minute clash.

Gore opting to wear a shirt featuring the flag of St Davids – a yellow cross on black background – instead of the traditional red dragon was bidding to reach the semi finals for the first time in five attempts.

The former champ grabbed the initiative from the off, taking the first leg against the throwing advantage to send out a warning. The Russian sharpshooter turned the screw in the next exiting on 60 with double tops.

The Llanelli player blazed in 121 and 97 to pressurise Dobromyslova and pull back a leg but the Russian won the race to the double in the next, a 123 coming too late to save Gore as Dobromyslova clinched a set-winning double tops against the throw.

The former world champ stamped her authority on the match, annexing the opening leg with the throw of the second set and followed up with double tops with Gore languishing behind unable to apply any pressure.

Blasting in a brace of 140s and a ton she piled on the agony for Gore racing to the double with the Welsh player needing 183. Dobromyslova missed three attempts for double eight and then planted her next dart in the double 13 segment, while bidding for a match-winning double four.

Gore failed to pressurise once again as the grateful former champion exited on double four, cooly melting “The Ice Cube.”

Lakeside BDO Darts World Championship 2012 – Day 3 Results

steve — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:20:23 +0000

Day 3, first round mens results and match reports from the Lakeside 2012 Professional Darts Championship.

This page will be updated throughout play, as and when the results and reports become available.

Tony West 1 v 3 Geert De Vos

Benito van de Pas 2 v 3 Alan Norris

Dean Winstanley 3 v 1 Joey ten Berge

Match Reports From The BDO

West v Geert De Vos

Little known Belgian Geert de Vos made a big name for himself grounding 11th seed Tony “Tornado” West 3-1, the 11th seed with a confident display in his Frimley Green debut. West was forced to borrow the darts of Tony Martin – husband of women’s semi finalist Anastasia Dobromyslova – after leaving one of his darts in Holland. He had tried using darts from several players but when he tried Martin’s he hit a maximum and opted to use them in the match.

Despite the strange darts he still managed to notch two 180s and a 13-darter but was unable to catch the in-a-hurry 31-year-old Belgian.

De Vos made a dream start, taking the opening leg in 15 darts but then stole the throw in the next for a shock 2-0 lead. West grabbed the third and then the man who lives near Brussels missed four darts for the set as the seed piled on the pressure. Both players hit 180s in the deciding fifth leg but it was the man from Aalst in West Flanders who clinched double six for a 78 set winning finish.

Legs went with the throw in the next set including a 13-dart third leg from West who then fluffed chances to take the set in the fourth as the grateful De Vos leapt to finish on double tops. A maximum from West with his makeshift darts, gave him an impressive lead and he capitalised by firing in double 12 at the second attempt.

With the throwing advantage in the next set De Vos leapt into a 2-0 lead, aided by a maximum in the second leg and then cheekily clinched the set with a 99 checkout finished with two double tops.

His fourth successive leg gave him the opening leg of the fourth set against the throw and he then turned the screw clinching his favourite double tops for a 2-0 lead in the set, needing a single leg for a shock victory.

West delayed the agony firing out 137 and 100 scores as he exited on double four but the confident Belgian hit 140 and 121 to open up a lead but then missed two double tops, West missed double tops for a 108 finish and then three bids for double 10 as De Vos nailed double 10 for victory with his third double attempt.

van de Pas v Norris

Maximan Alan Norris scorched into the last 16 tumbling the youngest man in the field, 18-year-old Dutchman and 14th seed Benito van de Pas 3-2.

It was case of the teacher and the pupil as the experienced 39-year-old much travelled Norris bullied the teenager – a 150/1 rank outsider – into submission in the 41-minute gripper.

Both players topped 30 plus per dart averages as Norris blasted in eight 180s while the teenager himself fired out three.

Norris blazed into the opening set, hitting three 180s in the first two legs, taking the throwing advantage from the Dutchman, including a 12-darter.

Van de Pas pinched the third but quick-throwing Norris nipped in for double 20 against the throw.

The teenager hit a maximum but then missed double 20 and then double 10 to steal the opening leg of the second set against the throw, Norris exiting on double 12 at third attempt. The following two legs went against the advantage and the fourth leg appeared to be heading in the same way as Norris powered in his fifth maximum but squandered darts for a double as the cool Dutchman fired in double 15 to level the match.

It was business-like Norris in the third set as he blasted out a two further maximums and a 11-dart checkout to open up a 2-0 lead, wiring double 10 for a set-winning 128, finishing it off with double five on his return to the oche to edge into a 2-1 match lead.

The opening four legs of the fourth set went with the throw after Norris missed double tops for a match-winning 106 checkout in the fourth leg. Chuck looked comfortable in the next but the brilliant young player from the Lowlands produced a match-saving 119 checkout finished on double tops.

Norris surged into the final set, hitting his 10th 180 and pulling off a pressure double 18 against the throw after the teenager tensed up and missed doubles. He defended his throw in the next but a maximum steered Van de Pas to the third leg.

It was nip and tuck in the next as Norris clinched victory with a 74 victory checkout, finished on double 20.

Winstanley v ten Berge

Deadly Dean Winstanley equalled the tournament’s highest checkout of 160 en-route to an impressive 3-1 victory over Dutch qualifier Joey ten Berge.

Sporting a colourful red and white shirt with a striking dartboard motif emblazoned across the front and the white rose of Yorkshire on his sleeve, last year’s runner-up and third seed needed just 41 minutes to dash the hopes of the talented 26-year-old.

The South Yorkshire player signalled his title intentions, annexing the opening leg against the throw, defending it in the next and then firing in a spectacular set-winning 160 checkout – two treble 20s and a faultless double tops finish for a 1-0 match lead after just seven minutes play.

Winstanley waded in to take the opening two legs of the next set, narrowly missing double tops for a 120 checkout. He missed bull for 125 in the next plus further darts for double 15 as Ten Berge finished off 60 with double tops. A 180 steered the Dutchman to the fourth who followed up with a further maximum in the fifth leg, the third seed holding his nerve to edge into a 2-0 match lead with double five.

The Doncaster sharpshooter took the opening leg of the third set against the throw helped with a 180, another maximum giving him a 2-1 set lead, notching a third 180 in the fourth leg but failing to clinch a match-winning 66 checkout with double tops. Ten Berg swooped to clinch the set.

Winstanley took the opening leg of the fourth set with the throw, Ten Berg blazing back with a 12 darter after narrowly missing back-to-back 180s. Winstanley notched double five as the Dutchman failed to pressurise. the shot.

The third seed missed double tops for a further match-winning attempt, Ten Berge pouncing to finish off 45 with double 16 but the big scores deserted him the next as the South Yorkshire sharpshooter booked his place in the last 16 with double 18.

Lakeside BDO Darts World Championship 2012 – Day 2 Results

steve — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:21:26 +0000

Day 2, first round mens results and match reports from the Lakeside 2012 Professional Darts Championship.

This page will be updated throughout the days play, as and when the results and reports become available.

Afternoon Session:

John Walton 1 v 3 Martin Atkins

Willy van de Wiel 3 v 0 Dave Prins

Scott Waites 3 v 1 Andy Boulton

Paul Jennings 3 v 1 Garry Thompson

Evening Session:

Ted Hankey 3 v 2 Clive Bardon

Wesley Harms 3 v 1 Martin Phillips

Walton v Atkins

Martin “The Assassin” Atkins produced a giant-killing display in the all-Yorkshire clash to gun down former world champ John Walton 3-1.

It took Leeds-based Atkins 44-minutes to bid seventh seed John Boy “good night” as he fired out his title intentions with an eye-catching 132 checkout.

And it was all the more remarkable because the former world title winner from Sheffield stole the opening set against the throw.

There was intense interest in the all-northern encounter with former Yorkshire favourite Dennis “Bimbo” Hickling who appeared in the world championships back in the 1990s among those in capacity crowd.

Walton signalled his intentions hitting a maximum as he stole the throwing advantage in the opening set. He took the next and then blasted in a 97 checkout, finished on double 10, wrapping up the set in a speedy eight minutes.

All four opening legs of the second set went against the throw after both players misses 100 plus checkouts, Atkins levelling the match on double four, with his fourth attempt at a double after the former world champ missed bull for an 88 checkout and a 2-0 match lead.

The players traded the opening legs in the third set, Walton clinching double 18 against the throw to edge 2-1 in front but then fluffed double tops for a set-winning 100 finish, Atkins, who had hammered in a maximum, exited on 69, finished on double 18 to level the set. Despite a brace of 140s from John Boy, the Assassin hit his 72 checkout, gunning down the double 18 target with a single dart.

The opening legs of the fourth set went against the throw, Walton hitting his third 180 of the match in the next as he finished on 64, Atkins replying with a 13-darter. The Assassin had a place in the next round in his sights as he gunned down Walton, firing out a 180 and 140 followed with a superlative 132 victory checkout, finished on double 18.

van de Wiel v Prins

Flying Dutchman Willy van de Wiel charged into the second round, sweeping aside former warhouseman Dave Prins 3-0 in a rapid 37 minutes.

It was clinical display from the 29-year-old 10th seed from southern Holland, who reaches the second round for the third time.

The Dutch carpenter nailed his intentions in the opening sets, annexing six of the opening seven legs as Peterlee’s Prins screwed his face in agony, suffering his third consecutive opening round dismissal.

The Dutch ace, wearing glasses for the first time in the world championship, stamped his authority right from the off in the opening set with a clinical 3-0 success, Prins struggling to settle in his third appearance on the Frimley Green stage with a new set of 26 gram darts.

Prins powered into the second set to take the opening leg with the throw on double 18, the Dutchman taking the next two and then opening up a 2-0 match lead after Prins failed to pressurise Van de Wiel.

There was more of the same in the third set as Van de Wiel, with the throwing advantage took a 2-1 lead and then booked his passage in the second round with a 54 checkout, completed on double 16.

Afterwards the delighted Dutchman said: “Dave can play much better than that but the first round is always difficult.”

And the 10th seed said that when he feels good on stage his play speeds up.

“My hand shakes when I play so I try to throw quickly. I feel good when I am throwing fast.”

Waites v Boulton

Joint favourite Scott Waites called the tune, despatching karaoke-loving Andy Boulton in an absorbing 42 minute encounter 3-1.

After a storming start to the match, the Yorkshireman had to dig deep after the man nicknamed X-Factor threatened to spoil the script but felt the full wrath of the man nicknamed “Scotty to Hotty.”

The 2011 World Master narrowly missed taking the opening leg of the match against the throw when he wired bull for a show-stopping 123 finish. He then levelled and followed up with eye-catching 106 and 116 checkouts to steamroller to a 3-1 opening set success.

As he romped to his third successive leg he blasted in the week’s biggest checkout – 156 finished on double 16 to annex the opening leg of the second set. The following two were swapped but Boulton missed double 11 for a set-winning 142 checkout, as Waites powered in a 180 and 72 finish completed on double tops. The deciding fifth leg was a hard fought affair but Boulton blasted in a 64 checkout to level the match.

Waites opened up a 2-1 lead in the third set but then missed two attempts for double 16 for the set, with Boulton needing 139. After hitting a perfect treble 20, he followed up with treble 19 and looking on in disbelief as his third dart narrowly missed a set saving double 11. Waites grateful of a second chance fired in double 18 with his second dart.

The Halifax player eased into a 2-0 lead in the fourth set including a 134 checkout finished with double 16 but then missed two shots at his favourite double 18 and a brace for double four to win the match, Boulton nipping in to clinch 65 on double four.

Leaving himself 140, Waites hit two 60s but then wired double 10, Boulton powerless to respond as the Yorkshireman returned, needing all three darts to cross the line with a match-winning double 10.

Jennings v Thompson

Sparkling debutant Paul Jennings tamed Garry “The Cougar” Thompson into a 3-1 submission to win through their first round clash.

But the 12th seed from Hartlepool was made to work for his victory in the 40-minute gripper by the never-say-die West Yorkshireman.

The newcomer made a dramatic start to his Lakeside debut hitting bull for an opening set winning 81 checkout, unchallenged by Thompson who has twice reached the last eight.

Showing no trace of first night nerves in his Frimley Green bow, Jennings surged 2-0 ahead, taming the man known as the Cougar, who scrambled to the next two legs, after impressive Jennings missed double 18 for a 147 set winner. In the deciding fifth leg Jenno fired out a maximum as he eased into a shock 2-0 match lead.

But Thompson is a scrapper and blitzed through the third set unchallenged, clinching it with an 81 checkout, finished on double 18, to tee up his 47th birthday celebrations tomorrow (Monday).

Double eight gave Jenno a 2-0 fourth set lead only to see the gritty Silsden man claw his way back taking the third leg on double tops and then firing out a 180 as he clinched the fourth leg on double five to take it into a deciding leg.

Thompson was favourite for the leg after hitting a maximum, Jennings sweeping back with 174 but then missing an astonishing six match-winning doubles before scrambling home on double four after Thomson himself had missed doubles to keep his tournament hopes alive.
“I’ve waited 15 years to play at Lakeside,” said a beaming Jennings after his win, spoiling Thompson’s birthday plans!

Hankey v Bardon

Former double winner Ted “The Count” Hankey eased into the last 16 after burying impressive debutant Clive Barden 3-2 remaining cool in soaring temperatures on stage.

Losing a 2-0 lead the Shropshire-based 15th seed had to dig deep as the match was taken to a nailbiting fifth set.

Hankey used his experience to overcome dangerous Barden, deliberately trying to slow the quick-throwing 33-year-old but the Lakeside newcomer took it all in his stride.

Bullying his opponent, Hankey fired out a maximum as he annexed the opening set unchallenged against the throw, his power throwing giving him the luxury of having time to miss doubles.

The Count missed double tops for a 120 checkout in the opening leg of the second as Barden exited on double four, both players hitting 180s as legs were traded, the 15th seed missing the chance to take the set after fluffing an attempt for double 20. In the deciding fifth, Hankey nailed his title intentions on the match, producing a superb 120 finish, completed on double tops.

Despite missing doubles Hankey stole the opening leg of the third set against the throw but Hot Dog leapt in to grab the next with a 97 checkout, finished on double 12, adding the next with a 51 checkout, The Count pouncing to take the fourth witha 145 finish. But despite a 140 from Hankey it was Barden who produced the goods, snatching the set with double 16.

And he piled on the pressure in the opening leg of the fourth, producing the tournament’s highest checkout of 160 to stun The Count, who needed three double attempts to level in the next. Barden annexed the next for a 2-1 set lead, holding his nerve to level the match on double five.

The former world champ hit double 18 against the throw to open the deciding fifth set, followed up taking the second and then clinched victory with a two dart 85 checkout finished on double tops after newcomer Barden missed.

Afterwards confident a profusely sweating Hankey who said the temperature on stage was the hottest he had known, said he knew Clive Barden was a dangerous opponent.

“He has been up there in all the tournaments he has played during the past 12 months. I did not want to come off stage after two sets for the break. He went loony afterwards scoring well and hitting doubles.

“However once I got the opening leg of the fifth set I knew I could win and I believe I can win this week, My next match againt Scott will be tough, he is a brilliant player but I have just got to go out and play darts,” said Hankey.

Harms v Phillips

“Sparky” the Dutch electrician short-circuited the hopes of the experienced Dolgellau double semi finalist, punishing him for countless missed doubles.

Harms from north Holland produced a performance which betrayed his youthful 27 years against Wales’ most capped international.

Sparky charged into the match annexing six of the opening seven legs, including taking the throwing advantage away from Phillips in the opening set.

The man from the Principality took the deciding fifth leg of the third set to begin his comeback and despite losing the opening leg of the fourth set he took the second and third legs.

Harms levelled the set but Phillips who had consistently missed doubles failed to peg double 10 in the deciding fifth leg to save his tournament hopes as the talented Dutchman hit double one to move into the second round.