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