2016 BDO World Championship thread

KevIRL · 02-01-2016 12:43PM #1

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 · 02-01-2016 01:08PM

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 · 02-01-2016 01:14PM

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

ArmaniJeanss · 02-01-2016 01:47PM

jamesbere wrote: »

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

No bother, cruised it.

tanko · 02-01-2016 01:54PM

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

Firewalkwithme · 02-01-2016 02:16PM

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

Degag · 02-01-2016 02:19PM

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 · 02-01-2016 02:19PM

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 · 02-01-2016 02:28PM

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 · 02-01-2016 02:29PM

Chuck on the BBC now loving it he is.

frostyjacks · 02-01-2016 02:29PM

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 · 02-01-2016 02:48PM

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 · 02-01-2016 03:49PM

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 · 02-01-2016 03:53PM

Harbour likes it harder. Fair enough.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-01-2016 04:01PM

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.

02-01-2016 04:25PM

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

Huntergonzo · 02-01-2016 04:32PM

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 · 02-01-2016 04:33PM

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 · 02-01-2016 04:36PM

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 · 02-01-2016 04:38PM

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

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-01-2016 04:45PM

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

tanko · 02-01-2016 04:45PM

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

buster180 · 02-01-2016 04:46PM

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 · 02-01-2016 04:48PM

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 · 02-01-2016 04:50PM

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 · 02-01-2016 04:54PM

Sudden death.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-01-2016 04:54PM

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 · 02-01-2016 04:58PM

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

Huntergonzo · 02-01-2016 05:05PM

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.

02-01-2016 08:02PM

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

crasy dash · 02-01-2016 08:03PM

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

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