World Darts Championship at Ally Pally!

[markbigears]

I've watched the BDO since I can remember. Watching it on Quest, which is bad enough in itself, right now, what a crying shame.
There is zero atmosphere/people there. Whoever thought bringing the event to the O2 needs a good kicking. If it survives after this I'd be very surprised.

[Wacky Racer]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/51032201

[AlexRS2782]

Watching Sportsday just now and more amusement value from the BDO side of things (although obviously not if you're one of the players).

Wayne Warren, who won, has revealed the BDO still haven't told him how much he'll earn from winning and he isn't even sure when (or if) the BDO are planning to pay him or any of the other players that took part.

Edit - found a link - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/51100091

[aeropilot]

AlexRS2782 said:

Watching Sportsday just now and more amusement value from the BDO side of things (although obviously not if you're one of the players).

Wayne Warren, who won, has revealed the BDO still haven't told him how much he'll earn from winning and he isn't even sure when (or if) the BDO are planning to pay him or any of the other players that took part.

Edit - found a link - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/51100091

I saw that Scott Mitchell has decided to try and qualify for the PDC tour in the next few weeks, because of the mess the BDO has got itself into.

[mouseymousey]

aeropilot said:

I saw that Scott Mitchell has decided to try and qualify for the PDC tour in the next few weeks, because of the mess the BDO has got itself into.

He's not the only one. Also saw that some people involved want Martin Adams to take over form Des Jacklin at the BDO which I think would be a good move as he is already saying sensible things such as that he would take the world championship back to the Lakeside and consider moving it so it doesn't come right after the PDC world championship.

I think darts needs the BDO to survive alongside the PDC and I hope they sort the mess out that they are currently in.

[jbswagger]

BDO darts: Champion Wayne Warren to receive lowest prize since 198

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/51126679

[Russ35]

He'll receive £23,000, down from £100k last year.

Lowest prize amount since 1989.

[jbswagger]

Isn't the low prize fund mainly down to there being no tournament sponsor and poor ticket sales?

[BlackLabel]

It’s that time of year again at the Ally Pally.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/55149166

darts draw said:

2021 PDC World Darts Championship draw

Seeded players to enter the tournament at the second-round stage of the competition:

Michael van Gerwyn (1) v Ryan Murray or Lourence Ilagan

Ricky Evans (32) v Mickey Mansell or Haupai Puha

Joe Cullen (16) v Wayne Jones or Ciaran Teehan

Jonny Clayton (17) v John Henderson or Marko Kantele

Dave Chisnall (8) v Keegan Brown or Ryan Meikle

Danny Noppert (25) v Martijn Kleermaker or Cameron Carolissen

Dimitri van den Bergh (9) v Luke Humphries or Paul Lim

Jermaine Wattimena (24) v Derk Telnekes or Nick Kenny

Michael Smith (4) v Jason Lowe or Dmitry Gorbunov

Devon Petersen (29) v Steve Lennon or Daniel Larsson

Gary Anderson (13) v Madars Razma or Toru Suzuki

Mensur Suljovic (20) v Maik Kuivenhoven or Matthew Edgar

Rob Cross (5) v Dirk van Duijvenbode v Bradley Brooks

Jamie Hughes (28) v Adam Hunt or Lisa Ashton

Glen Durrant (12) v Steve Beaton or Diogo Portela

Adrian Lewis (21) v Damon Heta or Danny Baggish

Peter Wright (2) v Steve West or Amit Gilitwala

Gabriel Clemens (31) v Andy Hamilton or Nico Kurz

Krzysztof Ratajski (15) v Ryan Joyce v Karel Sedlacek

Simon Whitlock (18) v Darius Labanauskas or Chengan Liu

James Wade (7) v Callan Rydz or James Bailey

Stephen Bunting (26) v Andy Boulton or Deta Hedman

Ian White (10) v Kim Huybrechts or Di Zhuang

Jeffrey de Zwaan (23) v Ryan Searle or Danny Lauby

Gerwyn Price (3) v Luke Woodhouse or Jamie Lewis

Brendan Dolan (30) v Mike de Decker or Edward Foulkes

Jose de Sousa (14) v Ross Smith or David Evans

Mervyn King (19) v Max Hopp or Gordon Mathers

Nathan Aspinall (6) v Scott Waites or Matt Campbell

Vincent van der Voort (27) v Ron Meulenkamp or Boris Krcmar

Daryl Gurney (11) William O'Connor or Niels Zonneveld

Chris Dobey (22) v Jeff Smith or Keane Barry

Meanwhile, the BDO is dead.

https://dartsnews.com/darts-news/reconstruction-ho...

[Don Veloci]

Yay!

£5 on a 15 way acca of some of the prelims. What could go wrong

[wiggy001]

BlackLabel said:

Meanwhile, the BDO is dead.

I would've thought they could have cleared their debts by selling that monster microphone that sits behind the dart board in their tournaments.

[T28]

Some good quality matches this year. Definitely the bes standard in a World Championship I've seen in years.

Fans are back for a couple of days, then back to silence. This will play out well for the less experienced. Nothing more nerve wracking then having 1000s behind you when youre not used to it. Expect some unknowns to go far and upset the regulars

[BlackLabel]

Got to love a sport where the reigning world champion comes out like this to start the defence of his title.

[Tyre Smoke]

Considering there's no crowd, this is still good.

You know it's nearly Christmas when the darts is on!

[Coin-Slot]

Love the darts

[BlackLabel]

66 year old Paul Lim making it through to the second round is some achievement.

[Tyre Smoke]

I think even I could have made it through on that finishing! 12 darts that all missed. Was the chap that lost a refugee from the pub darts tournament?

[BlackLabel]

Some really good darts tonight.

[Coin-Slot]

I’m enjoying it too, don’t miss the crowd one bit. MvG on fire as usual, really dislike him though.

[Tyre Smoke]

Coin-Slot said:

I’m enjoying it too, don’t miss the crowd one bit. MvG on fire as usual, really dislike him though.

Know what you mean. More than a whiff of thug about him.