Darts

[ifm]

Here's an example, this is a £50 comp a month or so ago in Coventry, you will only spot a few names but these have travelled from all over the country for the chance of £1200.
Can't link directly to the results but they are on the second page, they ere there all day and played loads of matches.

http://www.wdo.org.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2743&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

[bobby1]

Here's an example, this is a £50 comp a month or so ago in Coventry, you will only spot a few names but these have travelled from all over the country for the chance of £1200.
Can't link directly to the results but they are on the second page, they ere there all day and played loads of matches.

http://www.wdo.org.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2743&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

There are some top class players in there for sure, interesting to see Shepherd won his group in that comp.

[TheChipPrince]

Been some cracking games this year, but average wise, and this is without looking up any stats, I'd say they are down this time...

[Pelham Boy]

Been some cracking games this year, but average wise, and this is without looking up any stats, I'd say they are down this time...

I would agree with this.

There has been some very exciting games,but i would say the standard hasn't been as high as recent years.

Probably because Taylor, Barney and Wade were all below par.

[fergus8]

this tourny defo peaked in the qtr finals, really enjoyed all 4 games , semis were pretty poor i thought. final could be an anti climax too, 7-0 7-1 7-2 part look good bets to me.

[Indestructable]

I probably had too much money (for me) on Part to win but it seemed like free money and it was. Get in.
 

[bobby1]

I probably had too much money (for me) on Part to win but it seemed like free money and it was. Get in.
 

nice work Ed, he played great all week and deserved it.

[fergus8]

this tourny defo peaked in the qtr finals, really enjoyed all 4 games , semis were pretty poor i thought. final could be an anti climax too, 7-0 7-1 7-2 part look good bets to me.

well i did tell you so   

[bobby1]

good stuff Fergus, what price was 7-2?

[fergus8]

i got 9.5, thought i was onto my 7-0 23-1 shot, but part missed a couple, also had 7-1 @ 15-1

had part @ 1.4 as well, great price i thought.

wades 5-4 loss looks better now as he was the only one who went close, part destroyed everyone else.

cant wait for the premier league to start

[bobby1]

i got 9.5, thought i was onto my 7-0 23-1 shot, but part missed a couple, also had 7-1 @ 15-1

had part @ 1.4 as well, great price i thought.

wades 5-4 loss looks better now as he was the only one who went close, part destroyed everyone else.

cant wait for the premier league to start

Nice, the BDO version starts this week. Not household names and not as razzmatazz as the Hearn comps but should still be good.

[fergus8]

some questions ......

was the bdo where every1 played, until the pdc formed recently with the big bucks, and so all the top names play the pdc?

also in the premier league there is 8 players, playing each other twice, each match is it up to 8 legs unless it gets to 7-7 then its a draw?
then top 4 move one to a one off night for the semis and final? 

it looks excellent seeing the best play the best. i see that six names already in on merit, power, barney, wade, jenkins, lewis and manley

with two wildcards to be decided, what is the criteria and who will this be? part must be a shoe in!

[fergus8]

other two wilcard possibles are painter and mardle for beating the big two, or shepard for his final appearance

i fancy part mardle wildcards

[Acidmouse]

i got 9.5, thought i was onto my 7-0 23-1 shot, but part missed a couple, also had 7-1 @ 15-1

had part @ 1.4 as well, great price i thought.

wades 5-4 loss looks better now as he was the only one who went close, part destroyed everyone else.

cant wait for the premier league to start

Nice, the BDO version starts this week. Not household names and not as razzmatazz as the Hearn comps but should still be good.

I love watching the BDO, only place to see players average in the 70's rofl.

[ifm]

some questions ......

was the bdo where every1 played, until the pdc formed recently with the big bucks, and so all the top names play the pdc?

also in the premier league there is 8 players, playing each other twice, each match is it up to 8 legs unless it gets to 7-7 then its a draw?
then top 4 move one to a one off night for the semis and final? 

it looks excellent seeing the best play the best. i see that six names already in on merit, power, barney, wade, jenkins, lewis and manley

with two wildcards to be decided, what is the criteria and who will this be? part must be a shoe in!

PDC has been running for years!
The BDO made it very easy for he best players to leave, they are an ancient organisation that basically stood back and lost all the TV comps and sponsors, Hearn saw the gap and snatched at it with guaranteed telly comps and plenty of sponsors.
Olly wasshisname runs the BDO pretty much like his own train set (it can be argued this is his right) but with money leaking out of the game and not much being done about it and him ignoring good ideas it was always going to come to tears.
So the PDC was born and it took many years to get to the position it is in at the moment but it is no BDO
The BDO is the one doing all the grass roots stuff, encouraging kids etc.
They run the county scene and it is very prestigious to play for your county and indeed England thru it.
The truth is the BDO do all the hard work and the PDC feeds off it by poaching the better players, the PDC couldn't exist without the BDO, they certainly wouldn't invest in the younger players like the BDO do.