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BDO Lake World Championship

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  • #32
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    They have an archaic qualification system. UK and Irish lads have to go play in a huge amount of events to qualify. This involves widespread travelling, traipsing across Europe and further afield competing in tin pit Opens for terrible prize money.

    This can often mean that some of the better players in the system don't even make it to Lakeside due to the excessive costs that come with playing the BDO/WDF circuit.

    The Regional guys get a far easier qualifying route. This is why so many dreadful Canadians, yanks, kiwis, Aussies etc always end up at the Worlds.


  • #33
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Even the bould Wolfie Adams is missing out this year due to a shoulder injury he suffered earlier in the season. This prevented him from accumulating enough ranking points to qualify.

    Never mind the the fact that once back fit he goes and wins the Italian Open in October. :rolleyes:

    Makes no sense. No Wolfie but yet some pub player who won the mixed pairs in Melbourne competing.


  • #34
    sc86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,878 ✭✭✭sc86


    how in gods name did oshea get in?
    he done q school and would have missed a few months events over that


  • #35
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    sc86 wrote: »
    how in gods name did oshea get in?
    he done q school and would have missed a few months events over that
    According to his dartsdatabase page he went straight back on the tour the weekend after he failed Q school.

    He played 22 events on the BDO circuit last year.


    They must have did away with that rule


  • #36
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    They have an archaic qualification system. UK and Irish lads have to go play in a huge amount of events to qualify. This involves widespread travelling, traipsing across Europe and further afield competing in tin pit Opens for terrible prize money.

    This can often mean that some of the better players in the system don't even make it to Lakeside due to the excessive costs that come with playing the BDO/WDF circuit.

    The Regional guys get a far easier qualifying route. This is why so many dreadful Canadians, yanks, kiwis, Aussies etc always end up at the Worlds.

    Yep its cracked. The winner of the second biggest major this year plays in the preliminary round. Jeff Smith had to do the same after making the final the previous year.

    The Japanese ladies Lisa Ashton is playing is supposed to be unreal, if she beats Lisa shell most likely win it.


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  • #37
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,307 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Does Ross the Boss still have that rotten mole on his arm?


  • #38
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    The one thing for sure is that the 'Justin Credibible Darts' blog is going to make for hot reading over the next 10 days.

    Love JC, a funny fcker.


  • #39
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    No.1 seed wins opening game with average of around 90 , this is going to be a long week


  • #40
    mdwexford
    Registered Users Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Remember this Heydon guy giving Jackpot a scare at the PDC worlds a few years back.


  • #41
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    peteeeed wrote: »
    No.1 seed wins opening game with average of around 90 , this is going to be a long week

    Ah f off with that **** already. How many sub 90 averages did we see at the greatest show on earth last week.


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  • #42
    littlesthobo
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭littlesthobo


    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    Ah f off with that **** already. How many sub 90 averages did we see at the greatest show on earth last week.

    Agree with this although I expect some of the early games will be tough viewing.
    Widmayer playing solidly here though


  • #43
    Rikand
    Registered Users Posts: 20,336 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Heydon gets closer to falling over with each throw

    nice 116 out though :)


  • #44
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,665 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    Wolfie will be sorely missed. Failed to qualify. Same with Silverback. Is Daryl Fitton gone to PDC? He'll win f@ck all there


  • #45
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Ally Dick wrote: »
    Wolfie will be sorely missed. Failed to qualify. Same with Silverback. Is Daryl Fitton gone to PDC? He'll win f@ck all there

    Silverback is there playing tomorrow I think .


  • #46
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,665 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    Silverback is there playing tomorrow I think .

    Sorry. Mea culpa. You are right. Good to see that. Against Wes Harms no less. Might be a decent game


  • #47
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,665 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    BDO without Bobby George and Tony Green is just not the same


  • #48
    Rikand
    Registered Users Posts: 20,336 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Ally Dick wrote: »
    BDO without Bobby George and Tony Green is just not the same

    Bobby George was a relic from a bygone age that needed to be gone. How can you attract people to darts when all you talk about all day long is beating people up.


  • #49
    Rikand
    Registered Users Posts: 20,336 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    Silverback is there playing tomorrow I think .

    Tonight actually - Down for the evening session on the schedule in the OP


  • #50
    Will I Am Not
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Will I Am Not


    This could be a tough one for Ashton.


  • #51
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,665 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    This standard is muck. I suppose the dreadful prize money is no incentive


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  • #52
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Ashton out


  • #53
    Will I Am Not
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Will I Am Not


    Some great darts towards the end of that.


  • #54
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    Ah f off with that **** already. How many sub 90 averages did we see at the greatest show on earth last week.

    With the number 1 seed ????


  • #55
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,665 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    Wow. I really enjoyed that! Bye bye Lancashire Rose. You had greenfly


  • #56
    raiders11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 641 ✭✭✭raiders11


    That was as good a women's game have seen in Women's for a while..
    Suzuki hitting that 140 after Ashton opening 180 in last leg was impressive


  • #57
    mdwexford
    Registered Users Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Ashton missed a mad amount of doubles.

    Suzuki scored well enough though and did well to stick with her.

    No idea what the averages were.


  • #58
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    Yep its cracked. The winner of the second biggest major this year plays in the preliminary round. Jeff Smith had to do the same after making the final the previous year.

    The Japanese ladies Lisa Ashton is playing is supposed to be unreal, if she beats Lisa shell most likely win it.

    Should have listened to myself an backed her!!


  • #59
    KevIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 39,494 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Is one hunwed guy there


  • #60
    boomdocker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭boomdocker


    Nice looking setup there, crowd right up close, bar at the back, low ceiling, I'd say the atmosphere be great for a close game


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  • #61
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,282 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    KevIRL wrote: »
    Is one hunwed guy there

    I think he moved to the PDC, fairly sure he was doing a few graveyard slot games in early rounds.
    Else it was someone who modelled themselves on his pwonownciatswhen.


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