Grand Slam of Darts 2008 Thread

Kingp35

The draw for the group stages of the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts has been made today. Some interesting groups in there, Group C is a top quality one.

GROUP A
Phil Taylor (1)
Vincent van der Voort
Andy Jenkins
Phill Nixon

GROUP B
Andy Hamilton (8)
Alan Tabern
Simon Whitlock
Brian Woods

GROUP C
Mark Webster (4)
Mervyn King
Michael van Gerwen
Colin McGarry

GROUP D
John Part (5)
Wayne Mardle
Kevin McDine
Anastasia Dobromyslova

GROUP E
Raymond van Barneveld (2)
Robert Thornton
Gary Mawson
Kirk Shepherd

GROUP F
Terry Jenkins (7)
Colin Lloyd
Wes Newton
Darin Young

GROUP G
James Wade (3)
Adrian Lewis
Denis Ovens
Niels de Ruiter

GROUP H
Gary Anderson (6)
Kevin Painter
Darryl Fitton
Paul Nicholson

NeoRox

The ones that stand out for me are Groups B,C,D and H with B possibly being the tightest.

GROUP A
Phil Taylor (1)
Vincent van der Voort
Andy Jenkins
Phill Nixon

Taylor and Van der Voort to qualify.

GROUP B
Andy Hamilton (8)
Alan Tabern
Simon Whitlock
Brian Woods

Hamilton and Whitlock to qualify.


GROUP C
Mark Webster (4)
Mervyn King
Michael van Gerwen
Colin McGarry

Webster and King to qualify but unsure as van Gerwen seems to be finding bit of form.

GROUP D
John Part (5)
Wayne Mardle
Kevin McDine
Anastasia Dobromyslova

Part and McDine to qualify. Dobromyslova to play well, possibly beating Mardle.

GROUP E
Raymond van Barneveld (2)
Robert Thornton
Gary Mawson
Kirk Shepherd

Barneveld and Thornton

GROUP F
Terry Jenkins (7)
Colin Lloyd
Wes Newton
Darin Young

Jenkins and Lloyd to qualify.


GROUP G
James Wade (3)
Adrian Lewis
Denis Ovens
Niels de Ruiter

Wade and Lewis to qualify.

GROUP H
Gary Anderson (6)
Kevin Painter
Darryl Fitton
Paul Nicholson

Anderson and Fitton to qualify.

As usual I am probably completely off the mark and most of my predictions will be wrong.

mr.jingle

G-1 Taylor+Nixon
G-2 Tabern+Whitlock
G-3 King+Van Gerwen
G-4 McDine+Part
G-5 Barney+Thornton
G-6 Jenkins+Newton
G-7 Wade+Lewis
G-8 Painter+Anderson;)

Taylor to win AGAIN!!!! Unorignal choice ha but just dont see anyone beatin the man

Kingp35

The schedule of play has been released:

Saturday November 15
Afternoon Session (12pm-5pm)
Adrian Lewis v Denis Ovens
Andy Hamilton v Brian Woods
Robert Thornton v Gary Mawson
John Part v Anastasia Dobromyslova
Phil Taylor v Phill Nixon
Mark Webster v Colin McGarry
Kevin Painter v Darryl Fitton
Terry Jenkins v Darin Young

Evening Session (6pm-11pm)
Vincent van der Voort v Andy Jenkins
Wayne Mardle v Kevin McDine
James Wade v Niels de Ruiter
Gary Anderson v Paul Nicholson
Raymond van Barneveld v Kirk Shepherd
Alan Tabern v Simon Whitlock
Mervyn King v Michael van Gerwen
Colin Lloyd v Wes Newton

Sunday November 16
Afternoon Session (12pm-5pm)
Losers of Saturday's games face each other

Evening Session (7.30pm-12am)
Winners of Saturday's games face each other

Monday November 17 (5.30pm-10.30pm)
Group A-D Final Games

Tuesday November 18 (5.30pm-10.30pm)
Group E-H Final Games

Wednesday November 19 (5.30pm-8pm & 10pm-12am)
Second Round (Best of 19 legs)
Winner Group A v Runner-Up Group B (Match 1)
Winner Group B v Runner-Up Group A (Match 2)
Winner Group C v Runner-Up Group D (Match 3)
Winner Group D v Runner-Up Group C (Match 4)
Order of matches subject to change
Please note that there will be a break between games due to an England football game being screened live on ITV4.

Thursday November 20 (5.30pm-10.30pm)
Second Round (Best of 19 legs)
Winner Group E v Runner-Up Group F (Match 5)
Winner Group F v Runner-Up Group E (Match 6)
Winner Group G v Runner-Up Group H (Match 7)
Winner Group H v Runner-Up Group G (Match 8)
Order of matches subject to change

Friday November 21 (5.30pm-10.30pm)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2 (Match 9)
Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4 (Match 10)
Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 6 (Match 11)
Winner Match 7 v Winner Match 8 (Match 12)
Order of matches subject to change

Saturday November 22 (7pm-10.30pm)
Semi-Finals (Best of 31 legs)
Winner Match 9 v Winner Match 10
Winner Match 11 v Winner Match 12

Sunday November 23 (7.30pm-10.30pm)
Final (Best of 35 legs)

jwshooter

hi what channel on sky is it on .dont think i have itv4 thanks

NeoRox

Its only on ITV 4. If you have sky you can tune it in manually. Go to System Setup>Add Channels> and put in:

Frequency: 10.758
Polaristaion: V
Symbol Rate: 22
FEC:5/6

HTH

jwshooter

just watch n part and anastasia she should have had the first two games ,her finished let her down she is well able to throw.

dionsiseire

Fair play to anastacia rattled part, 4-0 down to mardle and somehow managed to pull it back 4-4 with some quality darts and unfortunately she hit a 21 with 131 left when it mattered to leave herself an easy finish. she definitely COULD have won that match

The crowd were a bit scabby to mardle in the end, it cant have helped his darts when they were WHoooooooOOOOOOOOOOHHHH ing as he went to throw

good game to watch

Kingp35

Saturdays Results:
Saturday November 15
Afternoon Session (12pm-5pm)
Denis Ovens 5-2 Adrian Lewis
Andy Hamilton 5-3 Brian Woods
Robert Thornton 5-3 Gary Mawson
John Part 5-1 Anastasia Dobromyslova
Phil Taylor 5-0 Phill Nixon
Colin McGarry 5-4 Mark Webster
Kevin Painter 2-5 Darryl Fitton
Terry Jenkins 4-5 Darin Young

Evening Session (6pm-11pm)
Vincent van der Voort 4-5 Andy Jenkins
Wayne Mardle 0-5 Kevin McDine
James Wade 5-1 Niels de Ruiter
Gary Anderson 4-5 Paul Nicholson
Raymond van Barneveld 5-1 Kirk Shepherd
Alan Tabern 5-3 Simon Whitlock
Mervyn King 5-1 Michael van Gerwen
Colin Lloyd 4-5 Wes Newton

Some shocks in yesterdays matches, especially Mardle getting beaten 5-0. He played some awful darts, i would have beaten him :pac: Lots of the big players lost matches that they were expected to win and that makes it very tough for them to get through. Lewis, Webster, Anderson, and Jenkins all lost so it's not looking great for any of those. I'm disappointed Webster lost because I thought he was a great outside shout for the title.

Kingp35

Sundays Results:

Afternoon Session (12pm-5pm)
Simon Whitlock 5-0 Brian Woods
Gary Mawson 5-0 Kirk Shepherd
Vincent van der Voort 5-1 Phill Nixon
Mark Webster 5-0 Michael van Gerwen
Gary Anderson 5-2 Kevin Painter
Terry Jenkins 5-3 Colin Lloyd
Adrian Lewis 5-0 Niels de Ruiter
Wayne Mardle 5-4 Anastasia Dobromyslova

Evening Session (7.30pm-12am)
Mervyn King 5-3 Colin McGarry
Andy Hamilton 5-1 Alan Tabern
Darryl Fitton 5-2 Paul Nicholson
Wes Newton 5-3 Darin Young
Andy Jenkins 5-4 Phil Taylor
Raymond van Barneveld 5-3 Robert Thornton
James Wade 5-3 Denis Ovens
John Part 5-1 Kevin McDine

Obviously the big shock of the day was Taylor losing out to Andy Jenkins! It's the first time Jenks has beat him on TV so it was a great achievement. Taylor has to beat Van Der Voort to get through now which makes it interesting. No other real surprises, maybe the fact that Webster beat Van Gerwen so easily although MvG has been a real disappointment since moving to the PDC.

Mondays Matches:
Monday November 17 (5.30pm-10.30pm)
Group A-D Final Games
Andy Jenkins v Phill Nixon
Alan Tabern v Brian Woods
Michael van Gerwen v Colin McGarry
Mark Webster v Mervyn King
John Part v Wayne Mardle
Phil Taylor v Vincent van der Voort
Andy Hamilton v Simon Whitlock
Kevin McDine v Anastasia Dobromyslova

dionsiseire

Had an accumulator on last nights matches

who would have thought TAYLOR would let me down

Kingp35

Anyone know how to get ITV4 on NTL? I also have a "dodgy" box but I don't know how to get ITV4 on it.

nhughes100

Is it me or is Anastasia getting hotter every time she's on the box? Hope she beats mcDine tonight, hormones aside, she deserves to be the first woman to beat a man in a televised darts match.

I could help you out with tuning ITV4 on sky digital but don't know about NTL. Here's the sticky from boards,

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055038749

Kingp35

If any of you lads are like me and cant get a FREE TO AIR channel like ITV4 on their TV then here you go, I found a live stream for it!

http://www.justin.tv/uggla

Kingp35

If any of you lads are like me and cant get a FREE TO AIR channel like ITV4 on their TV then here you go, I found a live stream for it!

http://www.justin.tv/uggla

Carrickman

Did anyone see Fitton giving Anderson a victory 5-4 to make sure both went through, very obivous he threw the match Painter must be p****d off!!

greatgoal

yeah looked that way allright.

jwshooter

fitton could not look at him at the end

Carrickman

Wednesday November 19 (5.30pm-8pm & 9.35pm-12am)
Second Round (Best of 19 legs)
Simon Whitlock v Andy Jenkins (Match 2)
John Part v Mark Webster (Match 4)
After 9.35pm
Phil Taylor v Andy Hamilton/Alan Tabern (Match 1)
Mervyn King v Kevin McDine (Match 3)

Thursday November 20 (5.30pm-10.30pm)
Darryl Fitton v Denis Ovens (Match 8 )
Terry Jenkins v Robert Thornton (Match 6)
James Wade v Gary Anderson (Match 7)
Raymond van Barneveld v Darin Young (Match 5)

future_plans

Are Barney and Taylor on opposite sites of the draw then?

I'm supposing Taylor will dispose of Hamilton quickly enough tonight...

Kingp35

The 9 dart throw off was very strange. i never knew about that rule before.

I still have a sneaky feeling that Webster will do very well in this tournament. I think his match against Part could be the game of the round. James Wade against Gary Anderson is another cracking match!

Kazooie

Kingp35 wrote: »

The 9 dart throw off was very strange. i never knew about that rule before.

I still have a sneaky feeling that Webster will do very well in this tournament. I think his match against Part could be the game of the round. James Wade against Gary Anderson is another cracking match!

Ya what a disaster that was. Huge letdown in the end.
Was funny hearing Chris Mason say twas a load of balls.

ratinakeg

Did anyone see Paul Nickolson's carry on this week. Thought a riot was on the cards

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

Did anyone see Paul Nickolson's carry on this week. Thought a riot was on the cards

I have hardly seen any of the darts this week. What was he doing?

ratinakeg

He is now the man they love to hate. It started before his match against Gary Anderson with his walk on wearing them shades, the fans started singing who are you. Then he got a 180, put his finger to his mouth and then he pointed at the crowd seeming to tell them to shut up. He was also doing this while Anderson was throwing and it has esculated since.

Carrickman

Simon Whitlock 10-8 Andy Jenkins
John Part 2-10 Mark Webster
Two good results for the BDO corner!

ratinakeg

Two Great matches tonight;
Phil Taylor 10 - Andy Hamilton 8
Thought Taylor would destroy Hamilton after the first leg but what a great fighting display by The Hammer
Mervyn King 10 - Kevin McDine 9
Best match so far, McDine should have won

Kingp35

Sounds like some great matches last night, I missed them because I was in watching that shower of sh1te in Croke Park. I thought Webster would have a good tournament but I didn't expect him to beat Part so easily! That really is some scoreline but it looks as if Part was well off form. great win for Whitlock too, he has shown that he is a very good player and I would love to see him on the PDC circuit.

Surprised Hamilton managed to make his game against Taylor so close, he actually finished with the better average but some missed doubles let him down. Fair play to him for pushing Taylor all the way.

You have to hand it to Mervyn King for one hell of a come back, especially since he was at his aunts funeral earlier in the day. Supposedly he broke down in tears after the game. He plays Webster in the next round which should be an absolute cracker!

Tonights Second Round Matches:
Darryl Fitton v Denis Ovens (Match 8)
Terry Jenkins v Robert Thornton (Match 6)
James Wade v Gary Anderson (Match 7)
Raymond van Barneveld v Darin Young (Match 5)

Wade against Anderson the match of the night!

ratinakeg

What a match between Anderson and Wade. two 11 darters by Anderson and a Nine darter from Wade to lead 7-5. Too many missed doubles to make this a classic but never the less great to watch, shame Wade fell apart after that magic moment to lose 10-8.

Delighted Jenkins got through against Thornton.:)

greatgoal

yeah wade went downhill after the nine darter but fair play to anderson,it seemed to inspire him,also nice to see terry jenkins playing well again,well deserved win.

Carrickman

Friday November 21 (5.30pm-10.30pm)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
Mervyn King v Mark Webster (Match 10)
Gary Anderson v Darryl Fitton (Match 12)
Raymond van Barneveld v Terry Jenkins (Match 11)
Phil Taylor v Simon Whitlock (Match 9)

MBC

ratinakeg wrote: »

What a match between Anderson and Wade. two 11 darters by Anderson and a Nine darter from Wade to lead 7-5.

Its up on youtube:
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic_6Dt5v7fA

mirwillbeback

MBC wrote: »

Its up on youtube:
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic_6Dt5v7fA

Brilliant darts alright. Wade is my tip for the Worlds this year, you heard it here first

nhughes100

BDO boys doing pretty good this year. Don't know about Wade for the worlds yet. Although he threw pretty bad for a pro last night and even admitted after the game that he only threw 9 good darts - still won 8 legs all the same and finishing cost him the match.

Kingp35

Brilliant darts, but you have to hand it to Anderson to be able to get himself together and come back to win the match. Wade would have been buzzing and maybe it got to his head a little bit and he will be the first to admit that hitting a nine darter but losing the match is not good enough. Great game though.

Jenkins did very well to come back against Thornton and he looks as if he is back to his usual self. Fitton put in a good show and it will be battle of the BDO stars as he plays Anderson in the next round. Barney was just too good for Young.

I'm sticking with Webster for the title!

dionsiseire

Fitton, Whitlock, Anderson and Webster should all be PDC regulars

Carrickman

Jebus that was a cracking game between Barney and Jenkins!!

dionsiseire

This next one should be just as good if taylor doesnt race away

Carrickman

Should be good tonight, starts at 7pm!!
Semi-Finals (Best of 31 legs)
Phil Taylor v Mervyn King
Terry Jenkins v Gary Anderson

greatgoal

nice to see terry jenkins get to the semi,hes been throwin great darts all week.

jwshooter

what a nite for darts the power was fully charged king was throwing well but never pressured the man , the bull was at his very best love to see him run the power all the way .

Kingp35

Jenkins has been in top form all week and hopefully he can puch Taylor all the way tonight, would love to see him win the title! I am well annoyed I didn't get to see the Semi-Finals last night because it sound slike both matches were excellent, especially Jenkins and Anderson which was a fantastic standard.

Kingp35

Live stream for anyone looking for one

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-itv.php?w=4

greatgoal

plenty of missed doubles for jenkins so far.

Kingp35

Yeah he should be ahead, some terrible double shots by Jenkins. he has to forget about it now though, if it plays on his mind taylor will run away. His scoring is better than Taylors so far.

greatgoal

bad leg for jenkins again,really needs to start playin better or be severely punished.

greatgoal

taylor is awesome on the treble 19 cover shot.

Kingp35

Yeah Taylor is just as good on the 19's as he is on the 20's.

Two legs in a row there for Jenkins, he finally won a leg on his throw. back to 10-5 but he is still a long way behind. Needs to put in some fantastic legs to pressurise Taylor and hope for the best. Can't see him doing it.

greatgoal

dont know,his confidence is growing 10-7.

greatgoal

another leg thrown away.

Kingp35

That was the most important leg of the match, two darts missed by Jenks and he is affected by it. Needs to pick it up again