2016 BDO World Championship thread

KevIRL

Starts today, last time on BBC too.

Hope this doesn't descend into the usual BDO v PDC crap, but I fear it will.

statto25

KevIRL wrote: »

Starts today, last time on BBC too.

Hope this doesn't descend into the usual BDO v PDC crap, but I fear it will.

Colin Murray already had a dig "No segregation, no drink limit, no problems"

jamesbere

Let's see if o shea has his usual first round defeat

ArmaniJeanss

jamesbere wrote: »

Let's see if o shea has his usual first round defeat

No bother, cruised it.

tanko

Tony o shea just said he beat Van Gerwen recently. What tournament was that in or was he dreaming?

Firewalkwithme

It's the BDO's female answer to Perter Wright here.

Degag

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

It's the BDO's female answer to Perter Wright here.

Lol, she just scored 3 on a throw there then on her next throw threw her first dart outside the board!

Is that Tony Green on commentary? Made some comment about this being women and not men when Ashton got a 180.

Firewalkwithme

Degag wrote: »

Lol, she just scored 3 on a throw there then on her next throw threw her first dart outside the board!

Is that Tony Green on commentary? Made some comment about this being women and not men when Ashton got a 180.

Yeah that's him, kept very quiet about the 3 and the dart out of the board though didn't he :pac:

MikeSD

You'd wonder why women can't compete with the men. I think maybe it's because of the lack of women playing darts. If there was a better standard in the women's game, maybe the top women's players like Ashton would be more motivated to improve their game and then the all round standard would be better.

crasy dash

Chuck on the BBC now loving it he is.

frostyjacks

It's a pity the BBC are ditching it; terrestrial tv is what introduces sport to most youngsters. The viewing figures when sports switch to pay-tv are fairly paltry in comparison.

No doubt they spent the money on another costume drama.

ArmaniJeanss

MikeSD wrote: »

You'd wonder why women can't compete with the men. I think maybe it's because of the lack of women playing darts. If there was a better standard in the women's game, maybe the top women's players like Ashton would be more motivated to improve their game and then the all round standard would be better.

Lots of scientific studies show men are superior to women when it comes to tasks requiring hand-to-eye coordination - results are similar at all ages so its likely to be inherent rather than 'learned'.

DEFTLEFTHAND

MikeSD wrote: »

You'd wonder why women can't compete with the men. I think maybe it's because of the lack of women playing darts. If there was a better standard in the women's game, maybe the top women's players like Ashton would be more motivated to improve their game and then the all round standard would be better.

Anna Dobromyslova competed with the men in a few PDC events a few years back.

Itssoeasy

Harbour likes it harder. Fair enough.

DEFTLEFTHAND

frostyjacks wrote: »

It's a pity the BBC are ditching it; terrestrial tv is what introduces sport to most youngsters. The viewing figures when sports switch to pay-tv are fairly paltry in comparison.

No doubt they spent the money on another costume drama.

I just looked up the viewing figures for both finals in 2015.

PDC final on Sky peaked at 1.7million viewers (a record rating)

BDO final on BBC peaked at 3.5 million viewers.

Fitton struggling yet again. Strange he hasn't reached a final, guess he lacks the consistency.

Huntergonzo

Why is it their last world championship on BBC? Is it heading for BT sport full or something?

I like sky and BT sport but I love to see as much sport as possible on free to air tv, gets the games out there to a larger audience.

Kingp35

Huntergonzo wrote: »

Why is it their last world championship on BBC? Is it heading for BT sport full or something?

BBC dropped it due to budget cuts.

Huntergonzo

Kingp35 wrote: »

BBC dropped it due to budget cuts.

Really? Jaysus the darts could be a real money spinner for them if they used the old heads, gets great viewing figures!

Gwynplaine

Bobby George made it to another year. How is he still going?

DEFTLEFTHAND

I think the ref said 86 instead of 76 in that last leg

tanko

Shocking cock-up by the officials, Harbour won't be happy if he loses.

buster180

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I just looked up the viewing figures for both finals in 2015.

PDC final on Sky peaked at 1.7million viewers (a record rating)

BDO final on BBC peaked at 3.5 million viewers.

Don’t forget you have to pay a subscription to watch the PDC final on sly while the BBC is free to air. And I could be wrong but I am sure the BBC Figures are well down on recent years.

Kingp35

tanko wrote: »

Shocking cock-up by the officials, Harbour won't be happy if he loses.

Not watching but what happened? Did the ref call 86 left when he had 76 left?

tanko

Kingp35 wrote: »

Not watching but what happened? Did the ref call 86 left when he had 76 left?

Yeah, I think so. He didn't get the 86 anyway.

tanko

Sudden death.

DEFTLEFTHAND

buster180 wrote: »

Don’t forget you have to pay a subscription to watch the PDC final on sly while the BBC is free to air. And I could be wrong but I am sure the BBC Figures are well down on recent years.

Oh I that know that, I was just agreeing with the poster who was making the point that terrestrial tv will nearly always have higher viewing figures than subscription tv due to it being free to air.

tanko

Fitton out, missed doubles cost him. Harbour kept his nerve well at the end.

Huntergonzo

Kingp35 wrote: »

Not watching but what happened? Did the ref call 86 left when he had 76 left?

Yes the ref definitely called 86, when 76 was left but the screen the ref was reading from could have been wrong. Either way the BBC confirmed 76 was the correct score, lucky enough Harbour won in the end.

Is there any coverage tonight? Is it behind the red button on some BBC Channel?

crasy dash

Think its been on BT sports 2 for last hour an a half not sure though

paulie21

Why did BDO start this today while other is not over could it of not done next Saturday

Firewalkwithme

paulie21 wrote: »

Why did BDO start this today while other is not over could it of not done next Saturday

It's the BDO, why bother even questioning the logic of their decisions any longer?

paulie21

paulie21 wrote: »

Why did BDO start this today while other is not over could it of not done next Saturday

I could be wrong, but presuming because the BDO started first and always ended on the 2nd weekend in January? And when it went head to head, it drew larger viewing figures, though I fully appreciate that's because of the difference in accessibility between the BBC and Sky.

Gotya

Can anyone tell me who had the most 180s in Larry butler,Jeff smith and glen durrant match's?..

frostyjacks

The Count is back tomorrow, not sure what form he's in. Can't imagine he's anything like his best.

Huntergonzo

Hopefully The Count (take out the o) runs well, he's one of the main reasons to watch the Lakeside world championship, apart from his antics he can be class player as well, but I wouldn't expect too much this year.

TheBigEvil

watching this on BBC. This is seriously ****e stuff.... Sajwani vs Hewson.... Number of match 180s.... 1... pmsl

What a joke the BDO is, this is Pub standard.... can't believe this shower are still in business....

Rock Lesnar

Just flicked over and theres a match between sajwani and hewson on, the antics of both lads is hilarious for 2 lads averaging 15-18 dart legs.since i switched on.

21-24 dart leg now

TheBigEvil

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Just flicked over and theres a match between sajwani and hewson on, the antics of both lads is hilarious for 2 lads averaging 15-18 dart legs.since i switched on.

21-24 dart leg now

Yea I know.... The hit a double after 20 darts and are giving it large.... f*cking awful stuff..

The commentators trying to make out its a great match too.... absolute rubbish..

tanko

TheBigEvil wrote: »

watching this on BBC. This is seriously ****e stuff.... Sajwani vs Hewson.... Number of match 180s.... 1... pmsl

What a joke the BDO is, this is Pub standard.... can't believe this shower are still in business....

It's like a darts game from a father ted episode.
The funny thing about it is that it's actually very entertaining. It's gas when they miss a big single.

Rock Lesnar

I could hear some woman laughing hysterically there, we're with ya missus

Diabhal Beag

The women's match is already better.

Poor Uncle Tom

Mardle's commentary in the PDC game makes the BDO match infinitely more palatable....

Diabhal Beag

Sherrock had some shocking attempts at the doubles that let Peters swipe the win. She had like 3 180's ffs.

Rock Lesnar

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Mardle's commentary in the PDC game makes the BDO match infinitely more palatable....

Really?, i could easily find it the other way around

Diabhal Beag

The real main event today is Ted Hankey, make no mistake.

TheBigEvil

Ahhh Mr Hankey.... The Christmas poo

Or Hypno Toad, worst walk on music ever...

I hope Hankey goes off on one, useless pile bat droppings... couldnt cut it in the big leagues of the PDC

Lovely Bloke

so much hate, unwarranted imo

Rock Lesnar

That cameron guy loves hitting 5 or 1 with his 1st dart

SteM

Did the commentator just say Hankey was in his mid-forties!? I would have put him in his late fifties. Seems to have been around forever.