The PDC Floor Tournaments Thread

Devastator · 05-02-2011 08:14PM

Lemegeton wrote: »

haha adrian lewis beaten 6-4 by steve beaton in his first comp since becoming world champ. he was shocking, looks like he has been hammered for all of january. beaton destroyed him in the first 5 legs and fell off a bit to let lewis catch up but lewis darts were awful.

wade was pathetic too and has put on a crapload of weight and looks desperate.

Can't believe some punters on betfair were offering Beaton +3.5leg handicap :eek: I thought Lewis would be dodgy after he over performed(IMO) at the WC's.

dartbhoy · 06-02-2011 08:49AM

I haven't been watching the games online but reading on other forums people who paid £6.99 to watch it on the PDC website are fuming with the very poor quality picture and the frequent buffering,not good enough by the PDC. It's also been said about the poor crowds attending the event there,this tournament's future is not looking good!

Lemegeton · 06-02-2011 12:16PM

dartbhoy wrote: »

I haven't been watching the games online but reading on other forums people who paid £6.99 to watch it on the PDC website are fuming with the very poor quality picture and the frequent buffering,not good enough by the PDC. It's also been said about the poor crowds attending the event there,this tournament's future is not looking good!

yeah the camera work and overall quality is ****. not worth 7 quid at all.
i doubt this tourney will ever get coverage again.

Devastator · 06-02-2011 08:10PM

Lewis is known for his 'blind' 180 shot....King looks like he's playing with his eyes closed and he's 4 nil up on Taylor!

Apparently he's suffering from a migraine....he'll want more migraines if they make him play like this

damo180 · 06-02-2011 08:34PM

from what i hear lewis and wade are very heavy drinkers, you can see it in both of them, the picture of bad health.
dont think either will feature this year in the big tournaments. Anderson and whitlock imo will have a good year, and maybe king along with the reliable taylor

Devastator · 06-02-2011 10:27PM

Taylor 13-12 Anderson

dartbhoy · 06-02-2011 10:48PM

Didn't see the final but sounds like a cracking game. Pity Anderson didn't win. I watched the quarter finals today and the crowd was very small. It's possible this could be the last player's championship.

The PDC have some tough decisions to make in 2011 I reckon. With a lack of sponsorship and TV stations cutting back on sports coverage to save money I'd say we're looking at 1 or 2 top tournaments been dropped. At least the premier league,UK Open,World Matchplay,World Grand Prix,Grand Slam Of Darts and World Championship are contracted to Sky so that's still a healthy amount of darts guaranteed on our TV screens. However securing sponsorship for some of these events could be a problem.

One tournament I would like to see saved would be the World Cup team event,I thought this was 1 of the best TV tournaments of 2010.

greened · 07-02-2011 09:23AM

yes good final and also a great semi final between Taylor and King. Taylor very patchy at times and his new darts are definetly preventing him from getting 3 in the one triple.
Looked out of it with 315 left against king and hit a 180 135 out on the bull to take it from King, who was 5 nil up at one stage in a race to 10.
Andersons also very pacthy and missed doubles (again) was his downfall. He was first to the double in the first 5 legs and ended up 3 -2 behind after 5. Great out of 128 from Taylor to win it 13 - 12, T20 T20 D4. Surprised he did not go the percentage way of 18's as anderson was on a 100+ finish.
Crowds looked very small.

Devastator · 07-02-2011 09:49PM

After Phil "The Tinkerman" Taylor was at it again with changing and messing about with flights. After about 12 legs of the semi final against King he went away during 1 of the breaks, and grabbed his old darts(and setup) that he used so successfully last year! He hit 4 180s in 4 following legs(dont think he hit 1 previously) and won the match!

dartbhoy wrote: »

One tournament I would like to see saved would be the World Cup team event,I thought this was 1 of the best TV tournaments of 2010.

So did everyone except Taylor & Wade

dartbhoy · 19-02-2011 07:44PM

The players championship takes place this weekend in Derby with the first round of action today and Jamie Caven wins the tournament defeating Adrian Lewis 6-2 in the final.

Ex BDO player John Henderson hit a 9 darter in his 2nd round game against Andy Hamilton to earn him a £800 bonus in his whirlwind start to his PDC career.

buster180 · 20-02-2011 02:21PM

I see Rod Harrington son Ryan is now playing in the floor tournaments.
http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=10739

Does anybody know if he is playing in the youth tour that gives automatic entry into the pro events??

dartbhoy · 20-02-2011 06:09PM

Superb win for John Part in today's players championship beating Mark Walsh 6-0 in the final. Good to see Part back to winning ways after a few lean years.

buster180 · 20-02-2011 06:09PM

John Part beat Mark Walsh 6-0 In Todays Final. Nice to see Mr Part getting a bit of form back

dartbhoy · 20-02-2011 06:14PM

buster180 wrote: »

I see Rod Harrington son Ryan is now playing in the floor tournaments.
http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=10739

Does anybody know if he is playing in the youth tour that gives automatic entry into the pro events??

I don't think so. I'm sure he went to the PDC qualifying school event and failed to qualify from that so I presumed that was him ineligible to play in the players championship tournaments but obviously there's some other way he can enter these tournaments?

vindaloo1 · 21-02-2011 11:05AM

dartbhoy wrote: »

I don't think so. I'm sure he went to the PDC qualifying school event and failed to qualify from that so I presumed that was him ineligible to play in the players championship tournaments but obviously there's some other way he can enter these tournaments?

The way I understand it is that they go down the q-school ranking table to take any entries not filled by those with a tour card.

He probably got in that way.

Dicie will probably explain it better as he was at the q-school.

buster180 · 21-02-2011 11:31AM

He gets in from the youth tour
http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2297416,00.html

I also see Co Stompe Jnr is playing on the tour..

Dartgod · 21-02-2011 11:40AM

Check out Rules 4.2 and 4.3 on the following link - - -
http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2222573,00.html

AndyP · 26-02-2011 01:16PM

The Irish lads in Barnsley are having a Fianna Fail moment today. All out before the first round is even half completed!

dartbhoy · 26-02-2011 07:05PM

First UK Open qualifier held in Barnsley today and Steve Brown won his first PDC title beating Ian White 6-3 in the final.

dartbhoy · 27-02-2011 04:15PM

The Irish players going better today in Derby. Shane O'Connor and Brendan Dolan are into the last 16 while William O'Connor went out in the last 32 to Van Der Voort earning himself £400 towards the UK Open rankings.

paulcorr · 27-02-2011 04:42PM

Both beaten in last 16.

dartbhoy · 12-03-2011 07:29PM

Another 2 rounds of UK Open qualifiers this weekend been held in Wigan and Adrian Lewis won today's event beating Robert Thornton 6-4 in the final.

Cork's John O'Shea beat Wayne Mardle 6-0 in his 1st round game before losing out to Gary Anderson in the 2nd round. Also knocked out in the 2nd round were Irish players Mick McGowan,William O'Connor and Brendan Dolan with Shane O'Connor reaching the 3rd round before he was knocked out.

padr81 · 13-03-2011 03:03PM

John O'Shea is the only irish man in the 3rd round today where he faces Vincent Van der Voort

dartbhoy · 13-03-2011 04:41PM

John O'Shea was defeated 6-3 by Van Der Voort. Quarter finals underway now and Mervyn King whitewashed yesterday's winner Adrian Lewis 6-0 in their game and John Part is through to the semis after a 6-5 win over Spanish player Antonio Alcinans.

dartbhoy · 13-03-2011 06:08PM

Van Der Voort wins today's final defeating Barneveld 6-4.

dartbhoy · 26-03-2011 09:01PM

A round of players championship events are taking place this weekend in Crawley with the first tournament completed earlier this evening. Paul Nicholson won the final defeating Adrian Lewis 6-4.

It turned out to be a great day for William O'Connor who reached the quarter finals,his 2nd this year in a players championship tournament and earning himself another £1000 towards the rankings and putting himself in contention for a place in this year's World Matchplay in Blackpool.

His wins today included a 3rd round victory over Colin Osborne 6-4 and he followed that up with a 6-3 victory over Jamie Caven in the 4th round before he was defeated 6-3 by Ronnie Baxter in the quarter finals. Well done Willie.

messi1985 · 26-03-2011 10:40PM

dartbhoy wrote: »

A round of players championship events are taking place this weekend in Crawley with the first tournament completed earlier this evening. Paul Nicholson won the final defeating Adrian Lewis 6-4.

It turned out to be a great day for William O'Connor who reached the quarter finals,his 2nd this year in a players championship tournament and earning himself another £1000 towards the rankings and putting himself in contention for a place in this year's World Matchplay in Blackpool.

His wins today included a 3rd round victory over Colin Osborne 6-4 and he followed that up with a 6-3 victory over Jamie Caven in the 4th round before he was defeated 6-3 by Ronnie Baxter in the quarter finals. Well done Willie.

fair play to willie, lets keep it going!!!

dartbhoy · 27-03-2011 12:19PM

Good start to the day for Willie O'Connor,he won his 1st round game 6-2 against Simon Burt. He faces Ronnie Baxter in the next round and a chance for revenge for his defeat to him in yesterday's quarter final.

dartbhoy · 27-03-2011 02:11PM

Unfortunately Willie O'Connor was beaten 6-5 by Baxter in the 2nd round. All round a bad day for the Irish players with no Irish going past the 2nd round. However a good weekend for Willie in his quest to qualify for the World Matchplay with £1200 earned towards the rankings.

dartbhoy · 27-03-2011 05:19PM

Wes Newton wins today's players championship defeating yesterday's winner Paul Nicholson 6-4 in the final.

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