BDO British Open

Daffy501

Im thinking of heading over to this but im wondering if i can enter it. Does anyone know if i can or is it only residents of the UK that can enter.
I have emailed the BDO but have had no response so i thought someone on here would know.

Dartgod

Click on bdodarts.com and full details and entry form available on the BDO Diary. Click on Full details after British Open.

The competition is open to all players except PDPA members.

Daffy501

Thats great mate thanks

Daffy501

I just got word back from Robert Holmes of the BDO. He said that the competition is open to all darts players except anyone who is a member of the PDC or PDPA so im goin

IT's only £11 to enter and flights are pretty cheap at the moment.
Thanks for your help Dartgod

greened

Good Luck Daffy. I suppose you will never know unless you give it a shot. I alway regret not entering these type of competitions when I had the chance a few years back. Good on you. Do it now when you can!

S.T.D Ste

Will hopefully be seen you there mate

Daffy501

S.T.D Ste wrote: »

Will hopefully be seen you there mate

Ye sound mate i will keep an eye out for you

greened wrote: »

Good Luck Daffy. I suppose you will never know unless you give it a shot. I alway regret not entering these type of competitions when I had the chance a few years back. Good on you. Do it now when you can!

Thanks mate,Fingers crossed i dont make an arse of myself and throw rubbish lol

ratinakeg

Daffy501 wrote: »

Ye sound mate i will keep an eye out for you



Thanks mate,Fingers crossed i dont make an arse of myself and throw rubbish lol

Where and when is it on Daffy? Best of luck mate!;)

Daffy501

ratinakeg wrote: »

Where and when is it on Daffy? Best of luck mate!;)

Its on the weekend of the 17th/18th September in the Spa , Bridlington, East Yorkshire

Cheers buddy

zazziboo

hey all i will be there that weekend too enterin the ladies and doubles with any luck. good luck to all that enter.

ratinakeg

zazziboo wrote: »

hey all i will be there that weekend too enterin the ladies and doubles with any luck. good luck to all that enter.

Also best of luck, kick their arses on the oche!;):D

ciarraibhoy

I'll be there as well, I love playing in this top class tournament. Will be trying to better my last 16 best performance.

Daffy501

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

I'll be there as well, I love playing in this top class tournament. Will be trying to better my last 16 best performance.

Excellent stuff mate

zazziboo

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

I'll be there as well, I love playing in this top class tournament. Will be trying to better my last 16 best performance.

and good luck to you too

Daffy501

Posted my entry for this today

Who all is going to it from boards if anyone ??

ciarraibhoy

IDPA should automatically enter me unless I tell them otherwise, closing date is 7th September.

ciarraibhoy

Daffy501 wrote: »

Its on the weekend of the 17th/18th September in the Spa , Bridlington, East Yorkshire

Cheers buddy

Singles is on Sat 19th September

Daffy501

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

IDPA should automatically enter me unless I tell them otherwise, closing date is 7th September.

Nice one mate will see ya there then

Daffy501

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

Singles is on Sat 19th September

Ye i saw that on the entry form , im booked to be away from thursday 17th till monday 21st so will entering the blind doubles(on friday)as well as the mixed doubles(on sunday)

ratinakeg

Daffy501 wrote: »

Posted my entry for this today

Who all is going to it from boards if anyone ??

I'd like to go for the laugh, how do I get a form? I'd be going mainly for the drink!;):D

Daffy501

http://www.bdodarts.com/bdo_diaryDates.htm

Click on details beside British open and it will download the actual entry form which has all the info on it mate.

So far ive only spent €37.82 , that includes my entry , my postal order , my flight(inc taxes and booking credit card fee) and posting the entry off so its cheap so far

ratinakeg

Daffy501 wrote: »

http://www.bdodarts.com/bdo_diaryDates.htm

Click on details beside British open and it will download the actual entry form which has all the info on it mate.

So far ive only spent €37.82 , that includes my entry , my postal order , my flight(inc taxes and booking credit card fee) and posting the entry off so its cheap so far

I'll download it on my laptop later as adobe is not installed on this PC! You would have to go at that price!:eek::D I'll be booking my ticket tomorrow!;)

ratinakeg

Yeah feck it, I'm going! Daffy talked me in to going!;):D

ciarraibhoy

Daffy501 wrote: »

http://www.bdodarts.com/bdo_diaryDates.htm

Click on details beside British open and it will download the actual entry form which has all the info on it mate.

So far ive only spent €37.82 , that includes my entry , my postal order , my flight(inc taxes and booking credit card fee) and posting the entry off so its cheap so far

What's the story with postal orders, I'm always wondering how to pay for these sort of things. Some places will accept a euro cheque and some won't. It would be handy as I think I have a few events entered and have to pay the IDPA for.

Anyway flights just booked for the grand total of €8.

Daffy501

On the entry form it says " Cheques or postal orders made payable to ......" so i went to post office and bought a sterling postal order for £11 and it cost me €17.

Thats how im paying my entry

ciarraibhoy

Daffy501 wrote: »

On the entry form it says " Cheques or postal orders made payable to ......" so i went to post office and bought a sterling postal order for £11 and it cost me €17.

Thats how im paying my entry

Cheers Daffy, I wasn't aware you could get sterling postal orders.

Any Double !

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

Singles is on Sat 19th September

Jeez, you're not thinking of missing the county trials in Caherciveen on the 20th now are you CB ?? ;)

ciarraibhoy

Any Double ! wrote: »

Jeez, you're not thinking of missing the county trials in Caherciveen on the 20th now are you CB ?? ;)

I'll be missing Brosna, Caherciveen twice, and Tralee twice and possibly one or two others.

Add Cromane to that list now, I think that only leaves me 2 to play in out of the last 10

Any Double !

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

I'll be missing Brosna, Caherciveen twice, and Tralee twice and possibly one or two others

Still, a long year there, lotta tournaments out there !

ciarraibhoy

Daffy501 wrote: »

So far ive only spent €37.82, my flight(inc taxes and booking credit card fee)

Are you taking just hand luggage or are you checking a bag in?

ciarraibhoy

Any Double ! wrote: »

Still, a long year there, lotta tournaments out there !

Add Cromane to that list now. I think that only leaves me two to play in out of the 10 remaining trials

Daffy501

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

Are you taking just hand luggage or are you checking a bag in?

Stupidly i am taking hand luggage , it didnt even enter my head about not being allowed to take darts onto a flight so im posting my darts over to where im staying(friends). Saving myself €30 this way but if i had of thought about it before booking the flight i would have checked a bag in mate

ciarraibhoy

Daffy501 wrote: »

Stupidly i am taking hand luggage , it didnt even enter my head about not being allowed to take darts onto a flight so im posting my darts over to where im staying(friends). Saving myself €30 this way but if i had of thought about it before booking the flight i would have checked a bag in mate

I was wondering with the cheapness of your flight. I have an identical set of darts at my sisters over there.

Daffy501

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

I was wondering with the cheapness of your flight. I have an identical set of darts at my sisters over there.

Great idea , i might buy a set while im there and leave them in the friends place

Any Double !

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

Add Cromane to that list now. I think that only leaves me two to play in out of the 10 remaining trials

It'll be tough, lotta tournament clashes this year.
Still the BDO looks interesting in Bridlington and too cheap to miss.
Must have a chat with my mate as I will have to go to UK midlands anyway before end of Sept and might tempt him. Thats if its not too late to enter !
Must look up flights landing near there though Bridlington seems a bit off the beaten track. Maybe take Faranfore to Luton, drive rental to midlands and then onto Yorkshire and fly home leaving car at diff airport. I'm always getting caught for extra £30 St for that too though. Maybe Shannon-Birmingham.
Taking darts is a pain as Daffy said but best is to get a few travelling and all chip in to put one bag in the hold. We did that between 4 and it cost us just E7.50 each.
Still too fecking much though for Michael O'Leary.

Daffy501

Any Double ! wrote: »

Maybe take Faranfore to Luton, drive rental to midlands and then onto Yorkshire and fly home leaving car at diff airport. I'm always getting caught for extra £30 St for that too though. Maybe Shannon-Birmingham.

Im flying to Leeds-Bradford mate as Bridlington is only 90 mins on a train away.
Is that any use to where your going??

ratinakeg

I'll probably make a laughing stock out of myself against these top players, it's all about the expierance I suppose. Really looking forward to it now, should be a great laugh! Don't know if I'll bring a bag with me?

Any Double !

Daffy501 wrote: »

Im flying to Leeds-Bradford mate as Bridlington is only 90 mins on a train away.
Is that any use to where your going??

Thanks mate, much apreciated, don't think it would help though. Went that way once to collect a car and had to take train to Dublin and fly from there, Checked Ryanair a while ago and still no easy connections to the Kingdom either thru Cork, Kerry or Shannon.
We'll see how darts go next Sunday first !

ratinakeg

Anybody else going to this? I've not played for a pub team yet, this will only help me respond to pressure and I look forward to the new season! Night folks, c'mon the boards!

padr81

ratinakeg wrote: »

I'll probably make a laughing stock out of myself against these top players, it's all about the expierance I suppose. Really looking forward to it now, should be a great laugh! Don't know if I'll bring a bag with me?

Never think that way mate, if you hit a 70-75 average regularly there'll be plenty of players there who you'll compete with, even some of the pro's have an off day and struggle around 80. If they fly for you, you'll do quite well.

Daffy501

padr81 wrote: »

Never think that way mate, if you hit a 70-75 average regularly there'll be plenty of players there who you'll compete with, even some of the pro's have an off day and struggle around 80. If they fly for you, you'll do quite well.

+1
Quite right mate , its all on the day and takes only self confidence and belief so think positive

ratinakeg

Thanks lads, I've only played in 1 proper tournament and I must say my nerves got the better of me but I'm not thinking about that anymore!

ratinakeg

Hope I'm not with Wolfie or Ted Hankey in the doubles, there will be trouble!;):D

ratinakeg

Boards darts player confirmed for this so far are;

Cairraibhoy
Daffy
Zazziboo
and the Rat

anybody else?

£11 to enter and cheap flights on Ryanair, you can't go wrong.

ratinakeg

Booked my flights just there, €48 return with 1 bag, I can bring my darts with me!:) If anyone wants me to bring over their darts for them please let me know, cheers Daffy for all your help with entry form!:)

ratinakeg

I somehow booked my flights over to Leeds Bradford airport twice on ryanair!:o:mad: It was their fault though, I'll ring them tomorrow evening to get my money back but if anybody is interested in going I can change the name on my second booking, don't know how much it is to change the name though!

ratinakeg

Got my money back from ryanair, also my entry form arrived (cheers Daffy). Everything sorted!:)

iseethelight

Well done money back from ryanair-must be a first. Best of luck to you lads travelling over.

ratinakeg

iseethelight wrote: »

Well done money back from ryanair-must be a first. Best of luck to you lads travelling over.

Cheers buddy!:D Did not think I'd get my money back from ryanair, miracles do happen!:eek::D

ratinakeg

Do you have to wear shoes and slacks even for the doubles events?

Daffy501

ratinakeg wrote: »

Do you have to wear shoes and slacks even for the doubles events?

yeah mate there is a dress code for the whole weekend , its all on the entry form bud.

Will be in the black trousers and black shoes myself