Wolfie Is Lakeside Champion Again
Posted on January 11th, 2010
England skipper Martin Adams was crowned world champion for the second time in four years, overcoming a huge challenge from twenty something Dave Chisnall 7-5 after a 139-minute absorbing encounter.
Adams, the oldest man in the tournament at 53, delivered a master class, drawing on 17 appearances in the tournament to topple the his talented 29-year-old opponent to land his second world crown in four years to pocket the £100,000 first prize.
The England skipper from Peterborough hit a 31.67 average, four 180s and five 100 plus checkouts, including a 156 and the week’s top finish of 170.
Chisnall averaged slightly lower with 31.14, notching nine maximums to take his week’s tally to a remarkable 43. He also blasted out three 100 plus finishes.
Ironically it was Martin Adams’s debut performance in his first world final back in 1994, when he reached the last four, which had inspired the St Helen sharpshooter to take up the sport. He walked away with the consolation of the £30,000 runners-up prize and a lot of new supporters.
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Lakeside World Championship Semi Finals
Posted on January 10th, 2010
Chizzy crushes O’Shea in dramatic 92-minute semi final
Outsider Dave Chisnall cruised into the final toppling top seed Tony O’Shea in a thrilling 92-minute thriller.
Chisnall from St Helens, who has motored through his opponents this week in dramatic fashion moved up a gear for his all-northern clash with Stockport’s Silverback who finished runner up in the competition 12 months ago.
The Lancashire county player was in devastating form firing out 13 180s and four 100 plus checkouts including 164, the week’s highest finish, which puts him in line for a £3000 cash prize.
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Lakeside World Championship – Ladies
Posted on January 8th, 2010
Gulliver a giant in women’s darts takes title number eight
Trina Gulliver was crowned queen of darts for a record-breaking eighth time after toppling Welsh player Rhian Edwards 2-0.
Gulliver the giant in women’s darts needed just 18 minutes to pocket the title and £6000.
The Cheddar based player had the advantage of throwing first and drove home double 10 after missing two attempts for double tops.
Edwards had first throw for a double in the next but the consistency she had shown in previous matches was missing as she fluffed three chances, Gulliver narrowly missing double 18 for a 147 finish but finishing it with her next throw.
The Golden Girl powered in a 180 in the next, clinching the set with double two.
Edwards who has been throwing her husband’s darts after misplacing her own powered down to the double in the opening leg of the second set but missed another three attempts, Gulliver pouncing to finish 76 with double tops and break the advantage.
The 40-year-old second seed then followed up with a superb 117 finish, completed on double tops, racing ahead in the next leg but missing two darts for double eight.
On her return to the oche there was no mistake as she fired in double eight to land her eighth title.
Edwards in her first appearance in the championship did not disgrace herself and went home with £2000 but more importantly valuable experience which will stand her in good stead for the future.
“Wiping back tears of delight, Gulliver declared: “My house has been so empty without this trophy, it means so much to get it back.
“Rhian is a great player and I needed to put her under pressure straight away. It would have been good to have the final over five sets but I am delighted to win back the trophy,” said the eight times winner.
SEMI FINALS
Welsh wonder Rhian sweeps aside fourth seed Lawman
Rhian Edwards toppled fourth seed Karen Lawman 2-0 to set up a classic Wales v England women’s final.
The Llanelli debutant punished the experienced Yorkshire player for missing doubles to book her final showdown with seven times winner Trina Gulliver.
Edwards took the opening set 3-1 against the throwing advantage, repeatedly pouncing to hit doubles after the seed missed finishing opportunities.
Both players struggled to find the treble 20 bed in the second set, Edwards again hitting double 10 after Lawman had missed finishes of double tops and double 10.
The English player missed bull for a 130 finish, Edwards sweeping in to finish on 112, finished on double 16, the Doncaster sharpshooter hitting rare double four.
Edwards clinched victory on double 20 to become the first Welsh woman to reach the final of the championship.
Trina overcomes double trouble to topple former world number one Deta
Golden Girl Trina Gulliver eased into the final of the women’s championship fighting off comeback girl Deta Hedman 2-0.
It was an absorbing 28 minute encounter , which saw former world number one Hedman turn back the clock to challenge the sport’s current top women player.
And a bout of double trouble for seven times winner Gulliver almost threatened to upset her tilt for an eighth title.
The legs went with the throw in the first semi final with Hedman hitting a 73 checkout finished on double tops, hitting a 180 in the next but missing bull for an 88 finish. She held her composure in the next, a 177 paving the way for a 2-1 lead with double tops.
Gulliver collected the next with double eight and then powered down to a double in the deciding fifth, struggling to get the finish and requiring five double attempts before exiting on double five to annex the first set.
Power-scoring saw Gulliver race to the double in the opening leg of the second set but she then missed double 20 and two double 10s, Hedman missed the opportunity of double 20 and grateful Gulliver nipped in to pinch the leg.
Hedman defended her throw in the next, Gulliver blasting in her second 180 in the third leg, clinching it with an 80 finish, completed on her favourite double tops.
Both players hit 140s in the next but it was the Golden Girl who his double 12 with her second attempt who won through to the 10th final.
ROUND ONE
Karen wins all north of England clash to reach last four
Karen Lawman won an all North of England clash with Linda Ithurralde 2-0 following a hard fought 30-minute encounter.
Both players had to wrestle with big night nerves but still produced averages of 24 plus per dart.
The opening legs of the first set went with the darts, Lawman stealing the third on double five and then clinching the set with double four.
Ithy blazed into the opening leg of the second set with a maximum but cool Lawman – who reached the last eight in the championship four years ago – held her throw.
The 47-year-old Cumbrian, cheered on by Phill Nixon the former men’s championship runner-up, levelled and despite hitting her second maximum in the next saw the experienced Doncaster 44-year-old edge ominously 2-1 ahead.
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Lakeside World Championship Quarter Finals
Posted on January 8th, 2010
Silverback conjures up 5-1 victory over Magician Robert
Top seed Tony O’Shea coasted into the penultimate stage of the championship dismissing “Magician” Robert Wagner 5 – 1.
Last year’s runner up delivered a polished and clinical performance to disrupt the fast-throwing style of the Norwegian showman in just 58 minutes.
The man standing in the way of the Stockport grandfather’s second final appearance is “new kid on the block” Dave Chisnall, the 29-year-old conqueror of defending champ Ted Hankey.
“Too be honest I would have preferred to have played Ted because of last year’s final. I did not give it my best shot last year and it would have been nice to have met him again.
“The first game between Ted and Chizzy was so good, I felt our match was really flat but I was really chuffed to get through,” declared O’Shea.
The top seed roared into the match, taking the opening set unchallenged and including a 13-dart finish, following up by winning the deciding leg in the next. The Norwegian won the low-scoring third set 3-1, O’Shea taking the next by the same margin.
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Lakeside World Championship Last 16
Posted on January 7th, 2010
Top seed O’Shea delivers darting masterclass to dump out big-hitter Bunting
Top seed Tony O’Shea defied a battling performance from beefy Stephen Bunting to win through 4-0 and book a place in the last eight.
The strapping six foot giant from St Helens had blasted in eight 180s but was punished by his Cheshire county team mate for consistently missing doubles.
Afterwards the Stockport grandfather declared: “It was all down to experience and that is a word I have used a lot since finishing runner-up 12 months ago. The confidence and experience gained in last year’s final set me up for six or seven good tournaments afterwards.
“You just can’t buy experience. That match did not seem like 4-0, I was really chuffed because I scored well myself but Steve scored heavily on the 180s but it’s doubles that win games.”
Bunting has never fulfilled his early potential since making his debut in 2004 as a rookie 18-year-old but after his promising start to the match he must have sensed that it might be his day.
He blazed into the match blasting out four 180s and and 112 checkout finished on double tops but could not convert his good form into a winning double, twice missing double 18 and then fluffing his dart for double nine. O’Shea after initially missing double 18 recovered to steal the set against the throwing advantage with double nine.
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Lakeside 2010 Prize Money
Posted on October 31st, 2009
The bravado with which this announcement was released by the BDO is a painfully transparent attempt to stick two fingers up at Barry Hearn’s PDC. Like kids in the playground it just makes everybody look silly and childish. Hearn’s offer to buy the BDO may be serious but the timing was obviously intended to rile Olly and his cronies. And rile them it did – Olly taking the decision to instantly reject the offer out of hand.
This announcement of a woefully unbalanced prize fund is wrapped in a load of bluster trumpeting the fact that the winner receives £100k. Why bother? Why not just concentrate on making the best of what you have and ensuring your own members are looked after? Scratch below the first prize and the picture is alarming.
For the 2010 Lakeside Championships the total prize fund of £325k is an increase from 2009 of just £5k – all of it goes to the mens champion. There’s no increase for the rest of the men and no increase for the women. The ladies champion will receive a paltry £6k. That won’t even pay for a year on the tour. To put it in perspective, it’s only double what a male first round loser gets. It’s the same as a PDC first round loser at Ally Pally. Anastasia Dobromyslova can win almost as much just for being in the Grand Slam of Darts and not winning a game. Losing ladies quarter finalists at Lakeside get a piffling £500.
And it’s not just the disparity between men and women; the mens prize money breakdown is far too top heavy. In their desperation to reward their winner and be able to declare him a £100k world champion, they have forgotten about the rest. The winner will get more than three times the £30k awarded to the beaten finalist and nearly ten times the £11k awarded to losing semi finalists. All the men’s prize money pales against the PDC pot but so what? Cut your own cloth accordingly.
The BDO can’t compete with the PDC’s £1million prize fund (£200k to the winner), so they shouldn’t try. By doing so it is now at the expense of their very own BDO family. The rumblings of discontent are becoming more audible with every decision the maroon blazers make and this just seems like another shot in the foot. If only both sides could grow up and get on.
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Lakeside 2010 Draw & Schedule
Posted on October 22nd, 2009
The draw for the 2010 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship has been made. There are some tasty matches in store.
The tournament takes place at The Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green from 2nd to 10th January 2010.
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2010 Lakeside Lineup
Posted on October 13th, 2009
ELEVEN NEW FACES AND NINE COUNTRIES FOR 2010 LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 2ND to SUNDAY, 10th JANUARY 2010
Players from thirty-two countries around the globe have competed to reach the BBC televised finals of the 2010 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships – with representation from nine countries, and eleven players making their Lakeside debuts.
The 32 players who have qualified for invitation into the First Round Proper of the Men’s Singles are:
SEEDS:
No.1 TONY O’SHEA England
No.2 SCOTT WAITES England
No.3 MARTIN ADAMS England
No.4 DARRYL FITTON England
No.5 TED HANKEY England
No.6 ROSS MONTGOMERY Scotland
No.7 DAVE PRINS England *
No.8 ALAN NORRIS Sweden
No.9 JOEY TEN BERGE Netherlands
No.10 MARTIN ATKINS England
No.11 STEVE WEST England
No.12 JOHN WALTON England
No.13 MARK BARILLI Scotland
No.14 SCOTT MITCHELL England *
No.15 JOHN HENDERSON Scotland
No.16 IAN WHITE England *
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Lakeside 2010 Qualifiers
Posted on September 4th, 2009
The international play-offs took place today at The Spa in Bridlington and the following players were successful in making it through to the 2010 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships :-
MEN
MARTIN PHILLIPS (Wales)
BRIAN WOODS (Eng)
JOHN HENDERSON (Scot)
MARTIN McCLOSKEY (Ire)
Standby Player: WILLY VAN DE WIEL (Neth)
WOMEN
DETA HEDMAN (Eng)
RHIAN EDWARDS (Wal)
Standby Player: FRANCES LAWSON (Scot)
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BBC Extends Lakeside Contract
Posted on September 2nd, 2009
BBC TV Sport has announced that its exclusive contract with the British Darts Organisation to screen the World Professional Darts Championships is being extended to 2013.
“This is wonderful news for BDO darts, our players and the millions of fans who tune into the BBC’s coverage of our premier darts Championships”, says Olly Croft OBE, Managing Director, BDO Enterprises Ltd.
“It’s a unique broadcasting partnership for darts, and we are extremely proud of it. There are very few sports which can boast of a BBC contract that is now in its fourth decade.
“We have the best sports broadcaster in the world and in turn we are delighted to have provided them with the very best in World Darts since 1978.”
BBC Head of TV Sport, Philip Bernie said: “The BBC is delighted to extend its long relationship with the BDO, and we look forward to more of the excellent contests and really entertaining viewing that the World Professional Darts Championships offer.”
New BBC Darts presenter ROB WALKER will be co-presenting the 2009 Winmau World Masters with Bobby George for BBC TV Sport over the weekend of September 5th & 6th.
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