World Grand Prix Thread

ratinakeg

Full list of players;

32 players are as follows

8 seeds in italics

16 players from the PDC Order of Merit
1. Phil Taylor
2. James Wade
3. Raymond van Barneveld
4. John Part
5. Terry Jenkins
6. Ronnie Baxter
7. Mervyn King
8. Adrian Lewis
9. Colin Lloyd
10. Dennis Priestley
11. Alan Tabern
12. Colin Osborne
13. Mark Walsh
14. Wayne Mardle
15. Andy Hamilton
16. Kevin Painter

12 players from the Players Championship Order of Merit
17. Gary Anderson
18. Robert Thornton
19. Andy Smith
20. Wayne Jones
21. Mark Dudbridge
22. Michael van Gerwen
23. Steve Beaton
24. Vincent van der Voort
25. Paul Nicholson
26. Jamie Caven
27. Denis Ovens
28. Wes Newton

Top 4 Irish players from Players Championship Order of Merit
29. Brendan Dolan
30. Mick McGowan
31. Jacko Barry
32. John McGowan

Prize Money

Winner: £100,000
Runner-Up: £40,000
Semi-Finalist: £20,000
Quarter Finalist: £12,500
Last 16: £7,000
Last 32: £4,000

Disappointed Jelle Klaasen is not there!

dionsiseire

anyone get their tickets yet?

Kingp35

No haven't got mine yet, they really do leave it until the last minute!

Blue2005

Whats the story with the 1/4 final tickets, Do you need to get seperate tickets for afternoon session and the evening session or just one set of tickets for the whole day?

AndyP

Blue2005 wrote: »

Whats the story with the 1/4 final tickets, Do you need to get seperate tickets for afternoon session and the evening session or just one set of tickets for the whole day?

What afternoon session?

Kingp35

Blue2005 wrote: »

Whats the story with the 1/4 final tickets, Do you need to get seperate tickets for afternoon session and the evening session or just one set of tickets for the whole day?

No quarter finals afternoon session at the Grand Prix, the afternoon session is only at the World Championships.

ratinakeg

dionsiseire wrote: »

anyone get their tickets yet?

Nope not yet!:(

The Bull

Goin on the friday night (quarter final night), tickets for that night are sold out, the one in the citywest said its the only night sold out at the moment.

ratinakeg

Yep Friday is the only night it is sold out;

http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1790581,00.html

Kingp35

Ah cool, I thought it wasn't moving to the new convention centre until next year. Looking forward to seeing what the new venue is like. One thing is for sure though, you don't want to be at the back!

Leixlip_Red

Have my tickets ordered for the semi-finals on Saturday. Have never been before but is it a first come - first served on the seats? What time do the doors open? Any help is appreciated.

LR.

Kingp35

Nope not first come first served, it used to be but they have changed for some stupid reason. Your tickets will have a table and seat number printed on them and that's your seat. Last year it was totally random but after loads of people kicked up a fuss (I bought mine first day onsale and was at the back!) they have changed it so first people to buy tickets will be up the front.

As for doors, it's usually an hour before the darts start.

Leixlip_Red

Kingp35 wrote: »

Nope not first come first served, it used to be but they have changed for some stupid reason. Your tickets will have a table and seat number printed on them and that's your seat. Last year it was totally random but after loads of people kicked up a fuss (I bought mine first day onsale and was at the back!) they have changed it so first people to buy tickets will be up the front.

As for doors, it's usually an hour before the darts start.

Good stuff, ordered my tickets on the first day of general sale. Should have a grand position, really looking forward to seeing the darts live... have been talking about going for the last couple of years and finally got a few of the lads to stump up the few quid to go!

I know the double in - double out can throw some of the pro's off their game so it should make for an entertainig night.

dionsiseire

i ordered in the pre sale on PDC.tv, my seats better be friggin awesome!

ciarraibhoy

The draw for the Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin has been made with defending champion and top seed Phil Taylor meeting home player Brendan Dolan in the first round.

The tournament takes place between October 5-11 at the Citywest International Event Conference Centre.

Number two seed and 2007 champion James Wade has been given a testing first round assignment against Dennis Priestly, while last year's beaten finalist Raymond van Barneveld takes on St Helens thrower Alan Tabern.

There are a host of intriguing clashes elsewhere with 2004 champ Colin Lloyd facing off against fourth seed John Part, Terry Jenkins taking on Wayne Mardle and Kevin Painter battling Michael van Gerwen.

The draw for the tournament was be made on Tuesday morning, ahead of the opening day of Championship League Darts, and drawn by 2001 champion and PDPA Chief Executive Alan Warriner-Little.

First round draw:

Phil Taylor (1) v Brendan Dolan
Wayne Jones v Paul Nicholson
Adrian Lewis (8) v Robert Thornton
John MaGowan v Gary Anderson
Terry Jenkins (5) v Wayne Mardle
Denis Ovens v Mark Dudbridge
John Part (4) v Colin Lloyd
Andy Smith v Vincent van der Voort
James Wade (2) v Dennis Priestley
Kevin Painter v Michael van Gerwen
Mervyn King (7) v Colin Osborne
Andy Hamilton v Mark Walsh
Ronnie Baxter (6) v Steve Beaton
Jacko Barry v Mick McGowan
R van Barneveld (3) v Alan Tabern
Wes Newton v Jamie Caven

dionsiseire

Jacko .vs. Mick Mcgowan

Absolutely !!!

Kingp35

Ha that's a great first round draw jacko v mick. On current form I reckon jacko will take that.

Some really tasty draws in that first round!

dionsiseire

poor Magowan getting taylor, on taylor form is could be horrible to watch

ratinakeg

Dolan got Taylor!;)

dionsiseire

Thats what i meant!!!!

ratinakeg

dionsiseire wrote: »

Thats what i meant!!!!

I forgive you!;):D:D:D

Dartgod

Skybet World Grand Prix Scedule of Play:-
Monday October 5
First Round
Wayne Jones v Paul Nicholson
Andy Smith v Vincent van der Voort
Denis Ovens v Mark Dudbridge
John Part v Colin Lloyd
John MaGowan v Gary Anderson
Phil Taylor v Brendan Dolan
Terry Jenkins v Wayne Mardle
Adrian Lewis v Robert Thornton

Tuesday October 6
First Round
Wes Newton v Jamie Caven
Andy Hamilton v Mark Walsh
Kevin Painter v Michael van Gerwen
Mervyn King v Colin Osborne
Jacko Barry v Mick McGowan
James Wade v Dennis Priestley
Raymond van Barneveld v Alan Tabern
Ronnie Baxter v Steve Beaton

Wednesday October 7
Second Round
Part/Lloyd v Smith/van der Voort
Lewis/Thornton v MaGowan/Anderson
Taylor/Dolan v Jones/Nicholson
Jenkins/Mardle v Ovens/Dudbridge

Thursday October 8
Second Round
King/Osborne v Hamilton/Walsh
van Barneveld/Tabern v Newton/Caven
Wade/Priestley v Painter/van Gerwen
Baxter/Beaton v Barry/McGowan

Friday October 9
Quarter-Finals
Jenkins/Mardle/Ovens/Dudbridge v Part/Lloyd/Smith/van der Voort
Wade/Priestley/Painter/van Gerwen v King/Osborne/Hamilton/Walsh
Taylor/Dolan/Jones/Nicholson v Lewis/Thornton/MaGowan/Anderson
Baxter/Beaton/Barry/McGowan v van Barneveld/Tabern/Newton/Caven

Saturday October 10
Semi-Finals

Sunday October 11
Final

Grudle

Just off the phone to Citywest and have been told that tickets are going to go out in the post at the end of the week.

pad180

Grudle wrote: »

Just off the phone to Citywest and have been told that tickets are going to go out in the post at the end of the week.

cheers for that i was getting worried myself was going to ring them...no need now;)

ratinakeg

Just got me tickets in the post this morning!:D I'm in seating area Balcony, Block A, Row E. I hope I'm near to the front!;)

mdwexford

Me too, im in seating area floor, row J, table 5.

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

Just got me tickets in the post this morning!:D I'm in seating area Balcony, Block A, Row E. I hope I'm near to the front!;)

Balcony? Fúck that, no way i want to on a balcony!

Think you got done there rat.

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

Balcony? Fúck that, no way i want to on a balcony!

Think you got done there rat.

Are they sh!t seats? I booked early enough! Will it be close to the stage?

Kingp35

To be honest I haven't seen the new conference centre so i don't actually know where the balcony is. Thing is though with a balcony you probably won't have a table for your drinks, you will be out of the main audience so not as good an atmosphere and it will be a pain in the balls getting drinks. On the plus side you will have a much better view

I sit on the side at the World Championships and it's just annoying having no table and not been in with the main action. Suppose once you're pissed it doesn't matter.

I coud be wrong about being no table but judging from your ticket I don't think there is.

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

To be honest I haven't seen the new conference centre so i don't actually know where the balcony is. Thing is though with a balcony you probably won't have a table for your drinks, you will be out of the main audience so not as good an atmosphere and it will be a pain in the balls getting drinks. On the plus side you will have a much better view

I sit on the side at the World Championships and it's just annoying having no table and not been in with the main action. Suppose once you're pissed it doesn't matter.

I coud be wrong about being no table but judging from your ticket I don't think there is.

Cheers KingP, I don't really mind if I don't have a table or not, once I have a good view and once I can get drink. They wrote on the letter that it'll be easier to get your drink this year, so I'm happy enough!

wayne76

ratinakeg wrote: »

Cheers KingP, I don't really mind if I don't have a table or not, once I have a good view and once I can get drink. They wrote on the letter that it'll be easier to get your drink this year, so I'm happy enough!

to be honest rat mate if there's tiered seating or balcony's it will be better than sitting at the back of the last place you might aswell be in another building i was at the worlds final this year and thought the seating was super compared to city west it was tiered seating therefore even the worst seat's were fairly close to the stage city west should have a seating plan online like most places

ratinakeg

List of odds for the World Grand Prix;

http://www.oddschecker.com/other-sports/darts/world-grand-prix/win-market

Mervyn King looks good value at 33/1!

ratinakeg

wayne76 wrote: »

to be honest rat mate if there's tiered seating or balcony's it will be better than sitting at the back of the last place you might aswell be in another building i was at the worlds final this year and thought the seating was super compared to city west it was tiered seating therefore even the worst seat's were fairly close to the stage city west should have a seating plan online like most places

Well that's better news, would not like to be at the back! Are you going Wayne?

Kingp35

wayne76 wrote: »

to be honest rat mate if there's tiered seating or balcony's it will be better than sitting at the back of the last place you might aswell be in another building i was at the worlds final this year and thought the seating was super compared to city west it was tiered seating therefore even the worst seat's were fairly close to the stage city west should have a seating plan online like most places

Yeah i agree with this. I was at the back at the City West last year and couldn't see a thing (the 16 pints didn't help). I was in the tiered seating in the Alexandra Palace and I had a great view. It's just the lack of table that annoys me because plenty of drinks were spilt and it's a pain climbing over people to get to the jacks and if your like me and have to go every 20 minutes you piss off the people beside you as well!

Saying that I'm in the tiered seating for the Ally Pally again this year!

ratinakeg

Did you get your tickets yet KingP?

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

Did you get your tickets yet KingP?

No not yet, hopefully tomorrow! I'll let you know where I'm sitting. I'll prob be in the balcony as well

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

No not yet, hopefully tomorrow! I'll let you know where I'm sitting. I'll prob be in the balcony as well

Sound, that would be funny!:D

mithrandir

Does anyone know what the taxi situation will be like after the event? There are 6 of us going and I'm wondering will someone have to be the designated driver for the night if there are hundreds looking for taxis afterwards?

Kingp35

There are taxis there. You might have to wait a little bit but you will definitely get one. I got one home before no problem.

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

There are taxis there. You might have to wait a little bit but you will definitely get one. I got one home before no problem.

Have you got a taxi organised yet? A driver offered us €60 there and back for 3 of us, can't go wrong!:D I can order us a mini bus if you are not sorted!:)

Kingp35

Ah it's cool, I have a mini bus booked to bring us there and back. About 15 of us going so only works out about 10e a head. Can't beat that!

wayne76

ratinakeg wrote: »

Well that's better news, would not like to be at the back! Are you going Wayne?

yep sure am im staying in there mon and tues night's mate cant wait :):)

wayne76

Kingp35 wrote: »

Yeah i agree with this. I was at the back at the City West last year and couldn't see a thing (the 16 pints didn't help). I was in the tiered seating in the Alexandra Palace and I had a great view. It's just the lack of table that annoys me because plenty of drinks were spilt and it's a pain climbing over people to get to the jacks and if your like me and have to go every 20 minutes you piss off the people beside you as well!

Saying that I'm in the tiered seating for the Ally Pally again this year!

look on the bright side mate nowhere to put the pissy pint on fosters they where were selling last year was a disgrace having to q twice for that

Kingp35

wayne76 wrote: »

look on the bright side mate nowhere to put the pissy pint on fosters they where were selling last year was a disgrace having to q twice for that

Yeah it was a joke. That ticket system is a load of rubbish. I bought a load of tickets at the start of the night so I didn't have to queue up twice but they shut the bar 2 sets before the last match was over so I had a load of tickets left and I couldn't get rid of them! Surely they can think of a better system than that. and you're right, the pints were crap. Probably watered down.

dionsiseire

i got my tickets in the post

first and foremost, TOKEN SYSTEM this year, no money will be accepted for drinks and stuff, there will be a place to exchange money for tokens

fun times

Kingp35

dionsiseire wrote: »

i got my tickets in the post

first and foremost, TOKEN SYSTEM this year, no money will be accepted for drinks and stuff, there will be a place to exchange money for tokens

fun times

Bollox

See my post above!

dionsiseire

ah so the ticket system you speak of is the token system they have brought in

sounds like an elaborate scam to

1) Raise the price on things without you thinking in terms of europes

2) Leave you with tokens end of night that wont get you anything because the bars and shops are closed

Kingp35

Yeah it's a great way for them to make extra money because pretty much everyone I was talking too had extra tickets left at the end of the night because they gave you no warning as to when the bar was closing.

So for anyone going bear in mind that the bar will close BEFORE the last match is over. I imagine they do this so there won't be people hanging around finishing off their drinks. I recommend not buying loads of tokens because you will prob end up just wasting your money.

Oh and I was there for the semi-finals and finals and you couldn't use the tickets left over from the semi-final night on finals night. Joke of a system.

ronniemac87

Just got the tickets myself yesterday: Quarter Finals - Row A table 10 - delighted. Was there last 2 years so looking forward to seeing the new centre.

Not sure of seating plan but this might give ye an idea

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/seatingchart/198039/12390

Above is a link to the seating plan for the "people of the year awards" in the conference centre and gives an idea of the new layout - balcony seems to be right at the back

Kingp35

Now I definitely hope I'm not on the Balcony.

dionsiseire

i bought mine through PDC.tv and in the pre sale

if i dont have the best seats in the house im calling foul!