BDO News, Results and Discussion Thread

ratinakeg

Thought I'd start this thread up as no other thread covers the BDO. Some might say it's a rubbish organisation and doesn't deserve a thread but what the heck!

This thread will cover all BDO news and results. Also please try to stay away from BDO v PDC debate, try to keep on topic.

Firstly I'll start off with a bit of bad news:(

TONY DAVID
2002 Lakeside World Pro Champion Tony David was rushed to hospital yesterday evening for an emergency liver transplant. This is a very difficult time for Tony's family and we have been asked to request that friends and fans refrain from contacting the family at this time.

ratinakeg

Tony O'Shea wins the Scottish Open beating Martin Atkins 5-4 in the final.

http://www.scottishdarts.com/menslast64.pdf

When you open this link it might be a good idea to zoom in,;)

Ronan|Raven

I was expecting boobies when I zoomed in.

Carrickman

ratinakeg wrote: »

Tony O'Shea wins the Scottish Open beating Martin Atkins 5-4 in the final.

http://www.scottishdarts.com/menslast64.pdf

When you open this link it might be a good idea to zoom in,;)

Garrett Gray got to the Quater Finals (he got £100 for that)

Final
Tony O Shea 5 Martin Atkins 4

Semi finals
Tony O Shea 4 Martin Phillips 2
Martin Atkins 4 Andy Roberts 0

Quater finals
Tony O Shea 3 Ian White 2
Martin Phillips 3 Garret Gray 1
Martin Atkins 3 Martin Adams 1
Andy Roberts 3 Alan Norris 1

Last 16
Ian White 3 Dave Routledge 0
Tony O Shea 3 Gareth Pass 0
Martin Phillips 3 Andy Lynn 1
Garret Gray 3 Ronnie Sharp 2
Martin Atkins 3 Shaun Griffiths 0
Martin Adams 3 Gino Vos 2
Alan Norris 3 John Henderson 2
Andy Roberts 3 Willy R D Wiel 1

Kingp35

You only get £100 for reaching the quarter finals? No wonder there are very few Pro's in the BDO!

ratinakeg

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

I was expecting boobies when I zoomed in.

LOL!:D
I might of got banned if I did that!

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

LOL!:D
I might of got banned if I did that!

I wouldn't have banned you :cool:

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

You only get £100 for reaching the quarter finals? No wonder there are very few Pro's in the BDO!

The prize money is a disgrace for the quarter finals I must say as there were 1,600 players! :eek:

Carrickman

Kingp35 wrote: »

You only get £100 for reaching the quarter finals? No wonder there are very few Pro's in the BDO!

That's why I stuck that in there to see what the responce would be.

Here is the breakdown of the prize money:
1st £2000
2nd £800
3rd joint £300
5th joint £100
9th joint £45
17th joint £25
33rd joint £15

Kingp35

That really is very poor prize money. Nearly makes it not worth your while in entering with the cost incured in getting to the tournament etc.

BDO must be struggling for sponsorship if that's all they can offer.

ratinakeg

Six Nations Cup starts this Saturday somewhere up the North (can't get much info on this). Anyone know what the Irish team line-up will be?

Evolution Enter

Wow, the guy that came second in a pub tournament in Mountrath this weekend got €100!! That's shocking

Double Top

maybe thats why some people say the BDO is better then the PDC. you don't play for the money you play for the love of the game

Kingp35

Double Top wrote: »

maybe thats why some people say the BDO is better then the PDC. you don't play for the money you play for the love of the game

That's all well and good if you are well sorted with your job etc. Maybe the players are better in the PDC because they actually have time to practice and a real incentive to be as good as they can.

There can be no excuses for such a pathetic amount of prize money. As was said pub tournaments offer as much.

matty84

Kingp35 wrote: »

That's all well and good if you are well sorted with your job etc. Maybe the players are better in the PDC because they actually have time to practice and a real incentive to be as good as they can.

There can be no excuses for such a pathetic amount of prize money. As was said pub tournaments offer as much.

Couldnt agree more with over a thousand competitors and to reach the last 8 and play 2 full days of darts in doing so to be handed a hundred quid as prize money is nothing short of disgraceful, its shocking in fact:mad::mad::mad:

And 300 quid for semi finalists no wonder there all switching to the pdc

Double Top

Kingp35 wrote: »

That's all well and good if you are well sorted with your job etc. Maybe the players are better in the PDC because they actually have time to practice and a real incentive to be as good as they can.

There can be no excuses for such a pathetic amount of prize money. As was said pub tournaments offer as much.

you are spot on there king, not question that the PDC have better players and practice 10 times more then any player in the BDO. all i was saying was maybe some of the players in the tournaments are only playing for expierence and not for money but of course if you win get to the
semi's you would expect more then £300.

ratinakeg

The Six Nations Cup starts later today.
Republic of Ireland will contest against Northern Ireland, England, Netherlands, Scotland and Wales.
Does anybody know what the ROI team line-up will be?

padr81

ratinakeg wrote: »

Six Nations Cup starts this Saturday somewhere up the North (can't get much info on this). Anyone know what the Irish team line-up will be?

Theres a 17 year old Mayo lad playing for Ireland called Martin Heenaghan, and wait till you see this boy play darts. Irish No.6, Irish Youth No.1. Averages borderline 80 I'd say already. Was at an event in Claremorris two months ago and he beat the Mayo no.2 4-0 in the semi's with something ridiculous like 3 12 darters and an 11. Won the final 5-4 without playing that well, destroyed most the county players (some feat when you consider Mayo came 2nd at the All Irelands), bar the final barely lost a leg in the competition.

This lad has the potential to be very, very good. Premier League good.

Carrickman

ratinakeg wrote: »

TONY DAVID
2002 Lakeside World Pro Champion Tony David was rushed to hospital yesterday evening for an emergency liver transplant. This is a very difficult time for Tony's family and we have been asked to request that friends and fans refrain from contacting the family at this time.

TONY DAVID: LATEST INFO
Its been a traumatic few days but the good news is Tony is doing really well.

Tony has now successfully undergone his liver transplant operation and we are in a position to receive messages at: nato88@bigpond.com

Tony is still in ICU but progressing very well. We would like to thank

everyone for their prayers and good wishes.

Natalie Carter

ratinakeg

TYNE & WEAR OPEN 2009: RESULTSMEN: 277 Entries
1. Steve Bunting (£1100) 2. Glen Durrant (£400)
3. Ken Dobson, Andy Lynn (£200)
5. Tony Richardson, Peter Searle, Gorden Doeby, Dave Gill (£100)
9. T Brougton, Davy Dodds, Dave Prins, P Jennings, P Borthwick,
Phill Nixon, M Calvert, I Dawson. (£25)

WOMEN: 65 Entries
1. Francis Lawson (£200) 2. Anastasia Dobromyslova (£100)

YOUTH 57 Entries
1. Leon Bailey 2. Lee Rump

Now what is the point in reaching the last 16, £25 for Gods sake!:eek:

Interesting to see Anastasia back in the BDO!:eek: She collects £100 for her troubles!:)

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

Interesting to see Anastasia back in the BDO!:eek: She collects £100 for her troubles!:)

Has she officially moved back? If she has then she didn't last long!

The prize money is really awful.

ratinakeg

Couldn't answer you KingP on the Anastasia thing!

I've also heard Setanta are to pull the plug on their darts coverage as they are having financial trouble! Really bad news for the BDO it seems!

Double Top

thats weird if she has moved back, thought see was going to be at the uk open. any news on kirk shepard moving to the BDO??

£100 quid for coming second, come on even if she finshed last in every tournament in the PDC she would still come out with more.

one more question: why isn't there a women championship in the PDC??

ratinakeg

Taken from wikipedia;

Shepherd entered the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship as the number 23 seed and faced Jan van der Rassel in the first round, losing 3-2 in a tie-break. The following day, it emerged that Shepherd was intending on leaving the PDC, and returning to the BDO,[1] however Shepherd has since overturned this decision, and has continued competing at PDC Pro Tour events.

It would be good a idea to have a PDC Womens world championship!

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

It would be good a idea to have a PDC Womens world championship!

They could have it between the walk on girls with the obvious rule that they have to play topless!

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

They could have it between the walk on girls with the obvious rule that they have to play topless!

That is the best idea ever!:D
Maybe involve Anastasia aswell but never Trina Gulliver!:eek:

Degag

ratinakeg wrote: »

That is the best idea ever!:D
Maybe involve Anastasia aswell but never Trina Gulliver!:eek:

What? Trina Gulliver has a fantastic arse....

ratinakeg

Degag wrote: »

What? Trina Gulliver has a fantastic arse....

Maybe but she looks like Kevin Painter and it's a topless event!:eek:

Degag

ratinakeg wrote: »

Maybe but she looks like Kevin Painter and it's a topless event!:eek:

I think she's got the milf look actually... oh well:D

Double Top

Kingp35 wrote: »

They could have it between the walk on girls with the obvious rule that they have to play topless!

your a genius king, you could make it like the wwe and just hire loads of model and make them play darts. models and dart is there anything better maybe if it was sponsored by carlsberg then it would be "probably the best sport in the world":D

ratinakeg

Looks like this thread has gone off topic, ah well...:D!

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

Looks like this thread has gone off topic, ah well...:D!

My fault so it's ok

And sure we are discussing Trina Gulliver, that's technically BDO discussion

Double Top

sorry for goin off topic. do you think if they got rid of olly croft and hired someone new they would get the same coverage that the PDC get

ratinakeg

Double Top wrote: »

sorry for goin off topic. do you think if they got rid of olly croft and hired someone new they would get the same coverage that the PDC get

If they brought someone in, it would be a great idea because the BDO are living in the past. While getting rid of Ollie Croft get rid of that announcer lad along with Tony Greene and them 80 year old bouncers! It needs to be modernised quick!

Back to the Trina Gulliver thing;



No way!:(

ratinakeg

Some good news lads;

7TH MARCH



TONY DAVID OUT OF HOSPITAL
Former Lakeside World Champion Tony David's road to recovery continues. Tony has now left the hospital and arrived home where his is said to be feeling "great but tired".

We wish Tony a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing him back on the oche in the near future

Kingp35

Great news alright. I was a huge fan of Tony when he won the World Championships.

ratinakeg

Ollie Croft Interview

Taken from another forum!:o

My We love darts magazine issue two arrived on the doorstep yesterday and was interested in the interview with Olly Croft following last months with BH.

I thought I would put in some interesting quotes.

On the split in 1993 and his opinion as to why the 16 players at the time made the choice they did

"Some of the players who broke away had enjoyed great success but were beginning to struggle as new faces continually emerged through the BDO qualification system. They were beginning to struggle to qualify and we couldnt start handing out wildcards to keep big names happy"

On whether the BDO could have used the Power of Sky sports before the split to stop the split happening and increase TV coverage

"We spoke to Sky from their inception. We met with the head of sky sports and they wanted the BDO, but only on the proviso that we took the world professional championships from the BBC to Sky as part of the deal. The BBC had been loyal so we declined. Skys focus is on darts as entertainment. We are duty bound to run tournaments for everyone and we cannot sacrifice our obligations to satisfy the demands of the elite"

On the audience and entertainment

"We have viewing figures the PDC can only dream of. We have the walk ons and the music, but we refuse to take it to the point where the audience are whipped up into a frenzy. Players at the BDO receive the best of order and everybody is there to watch the darts"

On the GSOD and tournaments featuring both codes

"We took the idea (of a mixed PDC/BDO comp) to the BBC and they were very keen. The BBC approached Barry Hearn to produce a tournament on a 50-50 basis. I believe Mr Hearn told the BBC he would only come on board if he had 100% control. It was a BDO initiative and would involve the top 16 from the relevant tables, it could have been good for all players but we couldnt just hand over our idea with no input or say in how it was going to be taken forward. The advent of the GSOD had just five BDO players and 27 PDC players. It does not make for a fair or proper competition between the two bodies. The promotor of the WDT and IDL asked us if we would agree to a certain number of PDC players, we agreed and this was initially 4 but this was not enough for Barry hearn and tried to impose and force his will and these valuable tournaments have been lost"

On the difference between averages in the two WC's

"Taylor is a great darts player but you cannot comparre two averages when they have been playing in two different tournaments, under different conditions and using two different dartboards"


Is this a man a bit crazy?

Opinions please?

Daffy501

There is only one part of that i agree with

"We have the walk ons and the music, but we refuse to take it to the point where the audience are whipped up into a frenzy. Players at the BDO receive the best of order and everybody is there to watch the darts"

I do think there is too much focus on the showbiz side of the pdc , particularly the Premier League. The crowd getting"Whipped up into a frenzy" and booing players while they throw is totally wrong in my opinion

As for the excuse of the players leaving to form the PDC due to emerging talent in the BDO !!!! Please give me a break :eek: . Fair enough a few(very few) have come across to join the PDC. If the talent emerging is as good as he says then why is the gap between the two levels of standard so great???

ratinakeg

Daffy501 wrote: »

There is only one part of that i agree with

"We have the walk ons and the music, but we refuse to take it to the point where the audience are whipped up into a frenzy. Players at the BDO receive the best of order and everybody is there to watch the darts"

I do think there is too much focus on the showbiz side of the pdc , particularly the Premier League. The crowd getting"Whipped up into a frenzy" and booing players while they throw is totally wrong in my opinion

As for the excuse of the players leaving to form the PDC due to emerging talent in the BDO !!!! Please give me a break :eek: . Fair enough a few(very few) have come across to join the PDC. If the talent emerging is as good as he says then why is the gap between the two levels of standard so great???

He should retire and the the BDO should get a new face in!

The man is so old he's like a living fossil now!

Daffy501

LMAO :D:D:D:D:D

Kingp35

I never thought i would find myself agreeing with Ollie Croft but he is right about Sky Sports making darts into Sport entertainment. I don't like the way the crowd boos certain players, it's not on. Darts is a serious sport for the players and these kind of things shouldn't happen. Then again that's the only problem I have. I love the walk ons and the girls etc and I have no problem with the huge atmopheres created, it certainly doesn't seem to effect the payers averages! Booing is not on though.

I think he is probably right about the joint tournaments, it should have been 50-50.

His reasons for the split are absolute bollox though.

Degag

Kingp35 wrote: »

I never thought i would find myself agreeing with Ollie Croft but he is right about Sky Sports making darts into Sport entertainment. I don't like the way the crowd boos certain players, it's not on. Darts is a serious sport for the players and these kind of things shouldn't happen. Then again that's the only problem I have. I love the walk ons and the girls etc and I have no problem with the huge atmopheres created, it certainly doesn't seem to effect the payers averages! Booing is not on though.

I think he is probably right about the joint tournaments, it should have been 50-50.

His reasons for the split are absolute bollox though.

In fairness its both sky and the pdc's fault that the fans are unruly at events the way they hype the players and their matches. Also, if there is an arguement between players, fans are constantly reminded about it, even years later. Therefore all they are doing is giving the fans reasons to boo.

If the PDC didn't encourage this sort of behaviour then they could give out about the fans behaviour without looking like they are contradicting themselves.

padr81

some of it is interesting but the guys full of ****, the players coming through at that stage are the so called huge guns now in the BDO. All good throwers interstingly the averages aren't as different as people think.

Since the split more BDO players have averaged a ton than PDC

Only 6 players have ever averaged over 100 during a match in the pdc world championships, Taylor, Barney, Burnett, Priestley, Hamilton and our very own much loved Mick McGowan.

Bareny, Priestley, King, Hankey, Pusa, Adams, Fitton, Walton, Deller, Taylor and Chris Mason. Interestingly enough only 3 are still BDO players. Obviously, Priestley, Deller and Taylors came before the split but that leaves the BDO with 8 players to the PDC's six.

This years averages per round were as follows PDC first than BDO

Last 16 93.68 v 90.92
Last 8 93.53 v 89.94
Last 4 94.84 v 94.03
Final 106.56 v 91

From that, truth be told taking out Taylor, Barney and Wade on song both organisations are fairly even. If for example I used 2008 as an example BDO was much higher standard than PDC

ratinakeg

The Winmau World Masters will be played at The Spa in Bridlington for the next five years after a new deal was agreed.
The lucrative event, which is televised by the BBC, has also been moved from December to September from this year.

Alan Menzies, director of planning and economic regeneration for East Riding, confirmed Winmau's sponsorship boost.

He said: "We're excited to announce a new five-year deal with Winmau which will keep the World Masters at its true spiritual home of The Spa."

The BDO Winmau World Masters features players from 70 nations, including champions from over 140 national and international events worldwide.

Approximately 400 players will converge on Bridlington for this year's tournament from 4-6 September.

The 2008 event was won by former Lakeside world champion and current England captain Martin Adams.

Adams hit 11 100+ checkouts, including the highest of the tournament which won him an additional £1,000 to add to his £25,000 winner's cheque.

Viewing figures on BBC Two during the final peaked at 1.8 million.

ratinakeg

Todays Antwerp Open

Last 16 best of 7 legs
Jan Willemsen 4 V 2 Corne van Maastrigt
Tony West 4 V 1 Michael van Gerwen
Vincent van der Voort 4 V 1 Christian van Overdijk
Ted Hankey 4 V 0 Jan van der Rassel
Kees Slokkers 4 V 2 Marcel den Braber
Bobby Biemans 4 V 3 John Walton
Gary Robson 4 V 3 Jeroen Krens
Mikel van Maastrigt 4 V 3 Gary Anderson

Quarter Final best of 7 legs
Tony West 4 V 0 Jan Willemsen
Ted Hankey 4 V 2 Vincent van der Voort
Bobby Biemans 4 V 3 Kees Slokkers
Gary Robson 4 V 0 Mikel van Maastrigt

Semi Final best of 9 legs
Ted Hankey 5 V 2 Tony West
Gary Robson 5 V 0 Bobby Biemans

Final best of 5 sets 5 legs
Gary Robson 3 V 0 Ted Hankey

dionsiseire

MVG and MVDV and Gary Anderson??????

ratinakeg

dionsiseire wrote: »

MVG and MVDV and Gary Anderson??????

Ah sh!te must of been an independent event!:o:D

Antoine56

ratinakeg wrote: »

Todays Antwerp Open

Last 16 best of 7 legs
Jan Willemsen 4 V 2 Corne van Maastrigt
Tony West 4 V 1 Michael van Gerwen
Vincent van der Voort 4 V 1 Christian van Overdijk
Ted Hankey 4 V 0 Jan van der Rassel
Kees Slokkers 4 V 2 Marcel den Braber
Bobby Biemans 4 V 3 John Walton
Gary Robson 4 V 3 Jeroen Krens
Mikel van Maastrigt 4 V 3 Gary Anderson

Quarter Final best of 7 legs
Tony West 4 V 0 Jan Willemsen
Ted Hankey 4 V 2 Vincent van der Voort
Bobby Biemans 4 V 3 Kees Slokkers
Gary Robson 4 V 0 Mikel van Maastrigt

Semi Final best of 9 legs
Ted Hankey 5 V 2 Tony West
Gary Robson 5 V 0 Bobby Biemans

Final best of 5 sets 5 legs
Gary Robson 3 V 0 Ted Hankey

Where did you get these results from?

Ian White produced some excellent form yesterday when he beat world champion Ted Hankey in the final of the mens singles, with a 3 sets to nil win.

Englishman Ian had already beaten dutchman Joey ten Berge in the last 16, 4 - 2. Englands Darryl Fitton was the next to suffer with a 5 - 2 defeat, before Ian made his place in the final a certainty with a 2 sets to 1 win over Englands Scott Waites.

Ted, on route to the final, took out Scotlands John Henderson, Englands Tony O`Shea, and Englands Stephen O`Donnell.

The ladies title was won by the dutch number 1 Carla Molema who beat Russian Irina Armstrong in a very closely fought contest 2 sets to 1.

In the last 8 Carla beat last weeks Open Wales winner 4 - 0, and followed that with a 5 - 2 win over fellow dutch girl Daisy van Driel.

Irina ensured her place in the final with convincing wins over Englands Dee Bateman 4 - 1, and homeland hope Sofie Lenoir 5 - 2.

Mens last 8 Country Ladies last 8 Country

Ian White Eng 1 Carla Molema Neth
Ted Hankey Eng 2 Irina Armstrong Rus
Scott Waites Eng 3 Daisy van Driel Neth
Stephen O`Donnell Eng 3 Sofie Lenoir Bel
Tony O`Shea Eng 5 Julie Gore Wal
Martin Atkins Eng 5 Dee Bateman Eng
Tony Martinez Spa 5 Deta Hedman Eng
Darryl Fitton Eng 5 Tricia Wright Eng


John Walton also hit a 9 darter

ratinakeg

My results are from the 2009 West Brabant Open which where held on Saturday, sorry the Antwerp Open was held yesterday, me bad!

Antoine56

Youths Girls : Zoe Jones (21.07) 3 v 1 Lauren Hitchens (21.38)

Youths Boys : Nathan Pearce (22.87) 3 V 2 Matthew Hall (21.06)

Mixed Pairs : Gary Bucher & Dawn Standley (26.84) 3 v 0 Louise Hepburn & Dave Prins (19.04)

Ladies Pairs : Lisa Ashton & Karen Lawman (22.10) 3 v 0 Irina Armstrong & Julie Gore (20.63)

Mens Pairs : Ian Long & Jim Penman (20.78) 1 v 3 Brian Dawson & Dean Winstanley (26.30)

Ladies Singles : Trina Gulliver (23.82) 1 v 3 Irina Armstrong (23.76)

Mens Singles : Ted Hankey (32.12) 5 v 0 Tony O'Shea (29.22)

I.C.U

Antoine56 wrote: »

Youths Girls : Zoe Jones (21.07) 3 v 1 Lauren Hitchens (21.38)

Youths Boys : Nathan Pearce (22.87) 3 V 2 Matthew Hall (21.06)

Mixed Pairs : Gary Bucher & Dawn Standley (26.84) 3 v 0 Louise Hepburn & Dave Prins (19.04)

Ladies Pairs : Lisa Ashton & Karen Lawman (22.10) 3 v 0 Irina Armstrong & Julie Gore (20.63)

Mens Pairs : Ian Long & Jim Penman (20.78) 1 v 3 Brian Dawson & Dean Winstanley (26.30)

Ladies Singles : Trina Gulliver (23.82) 1 v 3 Irina Armstrong (23.76)

Mens Singles : Ted Hankey (32.12) 5 v 0 Tony O'Shea (29.22)

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