BDO British Open

ratinakeg · 30-08-2009 12:25am

Had some good banter with jlx earlier saying I'm the only BDO player on the Fishing Club team!;)

Daffy501 · 30-08-2009 12:27am

LOL

ratinakeg · 31-08-2009 2:19am

How long does it take to get comfirmation of entry fee? Sent my entry on Friday.

Daffy501 · 31-08-2009 12:43pm

ratinakeg wrote: »

How long does it take to get comfirmation of entry fee? Sent my entry on Friday.

The only way you would get confirmation is if you sent a stamped addressed envelope with your entry.
If you did that then it will probably take 8-10 days as the post is very slow over there at the minute.
I sent over a couple things 2 weeks ago and it took 9 days to get there :mad:

I might ring them and see if they got my entry now you mention it

ratinakeg · 31-08-2009 2:26pm

Daffy501 wrote: »

The only way you would get confirmation is if you sent a stamped addressed envelope with your entry.
If you did that then it will probably take 8-10 days as the post is very slow over there at the minute.
I sent over a couple things 2 weeks ago and it took 9 days to get there :mad:

I might ring them and see if they got my entry now you mention it

I sent mine in a stamped addressed envelope, I know it's a bank holiday today over there so it will take a day or two longer to arrive!

ratinakeg · 31-08-2009 2:37pm

Why is the postal service very slow over there? Hope to get my darts equipment sometime this week also.

Daffy501 · 31-08-2009 4:27pm

there was a postal strike of some sort recently and thet are still catching up i guess

ratinakeg · 31-08-2009 11:50pm

Hopefully one of us will get on this list;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_BDO_tournaments

C'mon the Boards!;):D

Antoine56 · 01-09-2009 12:12am

ratinakeg wrote: »

Hopefully one of us will get on this list;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_BDO_tournaments

C'mon the Boards!;):D

Unless you count Tommy O'Regan, who captained England, there are no Irish on there at all, you'll be making history if you get to last 8

ratinakeg · 01-09-2009 12:30am

Antoine56 wrote: »

Unless you count Tommy O'Regan, who captained England, there are no Irish on there at all, you'll be making history if you get to last 8

You never know, Dunno about me but Daffy is in good form! Bring it on!;):D

ciarraibhoy · 01-09-2009 2:40pm

ratinakeg wrote: »

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.

I won't be attending this now

ratinakeg · 01-09-2009 4:50pm

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

I won't be attending this now

Sad to hear that. Tought you where all set!

Daffy501 · 02-09-2009 4:22pm

I rang to check my entry had been received and got talking to Ollie Croft himself :eek:

The offices are diverted to his mobile until Monday as they are down in Bridlington for the winmau world masters , he said to ring back then and he will get it checked :cool:

padr81 · 02-09-2009 5:26pm

Daffy501 wrote: »

I rang to check my entry had been received and got talking to Ollie Croft himself :eek:

The offices are diverted to his mobile until Monday as they are down in Bridlington for the winmau world masters , he said to ring back then and he will get it checked :cool:

did you call him a wanker and tell him his very existance is holding back darts the world over and giving UK players an unfair advantage?

Antoine56 · 02-09-2009 5:41pm

padr81 wrote: »

is holding back darts the world over and giving UK players an unfair advantage?

And how exactly is he doing that?

padr81 · 04-09-2009 3:14pm

Antoine56 wrote: »

And how exactly is he doing that?

the fact the BDO have more power over the WDF, the BDO event are all weighted higher than any other organisations events when it comes to WDF ranking points and for some reason BDO ranking is more important than WDF. In a fair system it would be a WDF World Championship not a BDO one and qualifiers would come equally from all organisations under the WDF belt.

All countries should be given the same chance as England are with regards to qualifying for major tournaments, just look at the seeding for the world masters. To use a good example Willy van der Wiel is 11th in the WDF rankings but will miss out on lakeside cause of his BDO ranking, if a man is in the top 16 in the world ranking surely he should be there ahead of yet another british player?

You won't see the FA running FIFA in soccer, or the Mayo County Board telling the GAA what to do. Just because your nation is good at something doesn't mean you should hold back every other nations development.

Its a completely unfair system in whats supposed to be an amateur and world game. Theres no way any nations organisation should pretty much control the games world body.

Any Double ! · 04-09-2009 9:25pm

padr81 wrote: »

the fact the BDO have more power over the WDF, the BDO event are all weighted higher than any other organisations events when it comes to WDF ranking points and for some reason BDO ranking is more important than WDF. In a fair system it would be a WDF World Championship not a BDO one and qualifiers would come equally from all organisations under the WDF belt.

All countries should be given the same chance as England are with regards to qualifying for major tournaments, just look at the seeding for the world masters. To use a good example Willy van der Wiel is 11th in the WDF rankings but will miss out on lakeside cause of his BDO ranking, if a man is in the top 16 in the world ranking surely he should be there ahead of yet another british player?

You won't see the FA running FIFA in soccer, or the Mayo County Board telling the GAA what to do. Just because your nation is good at something doesn't mean you should hold back every other nations development.

Its a completely unfair system in whats supposed to be an amateur and world game. Theres no way any nations organisation should pretty much control the games world body.

Well Said Padr !

greened · 04-09-2009 10:44pm

padr81 wrote: »

the fact the BDO have more power over the WDF, the BDO event are all weighted higher than any other organisations events when it comes to WDF ranking points and for some reason BDO ranking is more important than WDF. In a fair system it would be a WDF World Championship not a BDO one and qualifiers would come equally from all organisations under the WDF belt.

All countries should be given the same chance as England are with regards to qualifying for major tournaments, just look at the seeding for the world masters. To use a good example Willy van der Wiel is 11th in the WDF rankings but will miss out on lakeside cause of his BDO ranking, if a man is in the top 16 in the world ranking surely he should be there ahead of yet another british player?

You won't see the FA running FIFA in soccer, or the Mayo County Board telling the GAA what to do. Just because your nation is good at something doesn't mean you should hold back every other nations development.

Its a completely unfair system in whats supposed to be an amateur and world game. Theres no way any nations organisation should pretty much control the games world body.

yes well said!!!!!!

KrazeeEyezKilla · 04-09-2009 11:45pm

I'm surprised the other WDF member countries accept this.

Antoine56 · 04-09-2009 11:54pm

padr81 wrote: »

the fact the BDO have more power over the WDF, the BDO event are all weighted higher than any other organisations events when it comes to WDF ranking points and for some reason BDO ranking is more important than WDF. In a fair system it would be a WDF World Championship not a BDO one and qualifiers would come equally from all organisations under the WDF belt.

So how do you explain Joey ten Berge being seeded 8 in the World Masters ahead of Dave Prins. Both level in BDO rankings but Joey seeded due to his higher WDF ranking.

padr81 · 05-09-2009 12:19am

Antoine56 wrote: »

So how do you explain Joey ten Berge being seeded 8 in the World Masters ahead of Dave Prins. Both level in BDO rankings but Joey seeded due to his higher WDF ranking.

Joey is below Prins in the WDF rankings so its a case of a token dutch player to keep tv happy.
7 british players and a dutch man who had to tie an englishman in the "British" rankings to take a spot while the best players from other national darts federtations have to play and win 5 rounds to even get a chance at them.

Scott Waites who is ranked 7 in the world will have to play 4 games to be world master, yet Moreno Michels and Robert Wagner who sit at no's 5 & 8 in the world would of had to play 9.

ratinakeg · 07-09-2009 8:24pm

Hurry up Thursday week, will be a nice break just to get away for 5 days plus I'm playing some decent stuff at the moment!:)

ratinakeg · 10-09-2009 4:30pm

Rang the BDO just there to see did my entry fee arrive, thought yer man I was talking to was quite rude. I asked could he check through the entry forms he said " I have to check through 100's of entry forms and I don't have the time to search for 1 form"!:eek: He told me to check the website

:mad:

ciarraibhoy · 10-09-2009 5:07pm

ratinakeg wrote: »

Rang the BDO just there to see did my entry fee arrive, thought yer man I was talking to was quite rude. I asked could he check through the entry forms he said " I have to check through 100's of entry forms and I don't have the time to search for 1 form"!:eek: He told me to check the website:mad:

I can see his point really, closing date was only 3 days ago and with mens, womens, pairs comps etc there will be probably over a thousand entry forms. I wouldn't worry to much Rat as I personally have never bothered to check with the BDO if an entry has been received and have not encountered any problems. Draw will probably be up on BDO website in a few days and you will be able to see if you have drawn Fitton, O'Shea or Adams in the 1st round

ratinakeg · 10-09-2009 5:35pm

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

I can see his point really, closing date was only 3 days ago and with mens, womens, pairs comps etc there will be probably over a thousand entry forms. I wouldn't worry to much Rat as I personally have never bothered to check with the BDO if an entry has been received and have not encountered any problems. Draw will probably be up on BDO website in a few days and you will be able to see if you have drawn Fitton, O'Shea or Adams in the 1st round

Cheers Ciarraibhoy, that's grand!:) I wan't to play Ted Hankey and kick his arse!:eek::D:D

greened · 10-09-2009 10:39pm

ratinakeg wrote: »

Cheers Ciarraibhoy, that's grand!:) I wan't to play Ted Hankey and kick his arse!:eek::D:D

go for it!! The rat beats the count!!

ciarraibhoy · 10-09-2009 10:52pm

ratinakeg wrote: »

Cheers Ciarraibhoy, that's grand!:) I wan't to play Ted Hankey and kick his arse!:eek::D:D

Entries up now - http://www.bdodarts.com/news/BDO%20British%20Open%20Mens%20Alpha%20list%202009.pdf

greened · 10-09-2009 11:02pm

just did a quick search on the word "Ireland" on the BDO mens entry list. Ony five players from the republic listed. I though that there would be more.

ratinakeg · 11-09-2009 12:45am

greened wrote: »

go for it!! The rat beats the count!!

Sounds Good to me!:D:D

Daffy501 · 11-09-2009 12:47am

Whahey we are there rat , roll on next thursday whohoooooooooooooooo

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