BDO News, Results and Discussion Thread

ratinakeg

Thought I'd start this thread up as no other thread covers the BDO. Some might say it's a rubbish organisation and doesn't deserve a thread but what the heck!

This thread will cover all BDO news and results. Also please try to stay away from BDO v PDC debate, try to keep on topic.

Firstly I'll start off with a bit of bad news:(

TONY DAVID
2002 Lakeside World Pro Champion Tony David was rushed to hospital yesterday evening for an emergency liver transplant. This is a very difficult time for Tony's family and we have been asked to request that friends and fans refrain from contacting the family at this time.

ratinakeg

Tony O'Shea wins the Scottish Open beating Martin Atkins 5-4 in the final.

http://www.scottishdarts.com/menslast64.pdf

When you open this link it might be a good idea to zoom in,;)

Ronan|Raven

I was expecting boobies when I zoomed in.

Carrickman

ratinakeg wrote: »

Tony O'Shea wins the Scottish Open beating Martin Atkins 5-4 in the final.

http://www.scottishdarts.com/menslast64.pdf

When you open this link it might be a good idea to zoom in,;)

Garrett Gray got to the Quater Finals (he got £100 for that)

Final
Tony O Shea 5 Martin Atkins 4

Semi finals
Tony O Shea 4 Martin Phillips 2
Martin Atkins 4 Andy Roberts 0

Quater finals
Tony O Shea 3 Ian White 2
Martin Phillips 3 Garret Gray 1
Martin Atkins 3 Martin Adams 1
Andy Roberts 3 Alan Norris 1

Last 16
Ian White 3 Dave Routledge 0
Tony O Shea 3 Gareth Pass 0
Martin Phillips 3 Andy Lynn 1
Garret Gray 3 Ronnie Sharp 2
Martin Atkins 3 Shaun Griffiths 0
Martin Adams 3 Gino Vos 2
Alan Norris 3 John Henderson 2
Andy Roberts 3 Willy R D Wiel 1

Kingp35

You only get £100 for reaching the quarter finals? No wonder there are very few Pro's in the BDO!

ratinakeg

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

I was expecting boobies when I zoomed in.

LOL!:D
I might of got banned if I did that!

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

LOL!:D
I might of got banned if I did that!

I wouldn't have banned you :cool:

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

You only get £100 for reaching the quarter finals? No wonder there are very few Pro's in the BDO!

The prize money is a disgrace for the quarter finals I must say as there were 1,600 players! :eek:

Carrickman

Kingp35 wrote: »

You only get £100 for reaching the quarter finals? No wonder there are very few Pro's in the BDO!

That's why I stuck that in there to see what the responce would be.

Here is the breakdown of the prize money:
1st £2000
2nd £800
3rd joint £300
5th joint £100
9th joint £45
17th joint £25
33rd joint £15

Kingp35

That really is very poor prize money. Nearly makes it not worth your while in entering with the cost incured in getting to the tournament etc.

BDO must be struggling for sponsorship if that's all they can offer.

ratinakeg

Six Nations Cup starts this Saturday somewhere up the North (can't get much info on this). Anyone know what the Irish team line-up will be?

Evolution Enter

Wow, the guy that came second in a pub tournament in Mountrath this weekend got €100!! That's shocking

Double Top

maybe thats why some people say the BDO is better then the PDC. you don't play for the money you play for the love of the game

Kingp35

Double Top wrote: »

maybe thats why some people say the BDO is better then the PDC. you don't play for the money you play for the love of the game

That's all well and good if you are well sorted with your job etc. Maybe the players are better in the PDC because they actually have time to practice and a real incentive to be as good as they can.

There can be no excuses for such a pathetic amount of prize money. As was said pub tournaments offer as much.

matty84

Kingp35 wrote: »

That's all well and good if you are well sorted with your job etc. Maybe the players are better in the PDC because they actually have time to practice and a real incentive to be as good as they can.

There can be no excuses for such a pathetic amount of prize money. As was said pub tournaments offer as much.

Couldnt agree more with over a thousand competitors and to reach the last 8 and play 2 full days of darts in doing so to be handed a hundred quid as prize money is nothing short of disgraceful, its shocking in fact:mad::mad::mad:

And 300 quid for semi finalists no wonder there all switching to the pdc

Double Top

Kingp35 wrote: »

That's all well and good if you are well sorted with your job etc. Maybe the players are better in the PDC because they actually have time to practice and a real incentive to be as good as they can.

There can be no excuses for such a pathetic amount of prize money. As was said pub tournaments offer as much.

you are spot on there king, not question that the PDC have better players and practice 10 times more then any player in the BDO. all i was saying was maybe some of the players in the tournaments are only playing for expierence and not for money but of course if you win get to the
semi's you would expect more then £300.

ratinakeg

The Six Nations Cup starts later today.
Republic of Ireland will contest against Northern Ireland, England, Netherlands, Scotland and Wales.
Does anybody know what the ROI team line-up will be?

padr81

ratinakeg wrote: »

Six Nations Cup starts this Saturday somewhere up the North (can't get much info on this). Anyone know what the Irish team line-up will be?

Theres a 17 year old Mayo lad playing for Ireland called Martin Heenaghan, and wait till you see this boy play darts. Irish No.6, Irish Youth No.1. Averages borderline 80 I'd say already. Was at an event in Claremorris two months ago and he beat the Mayo no.2 4-0 in the semi's with something ridiculous like 3 12 darters and an 11. Won the final 5-4 without playing that well, destroyed most the county players (some feat when you consider Mayo came 2nd at the All Irelands), bar the final barely lost a leg in the competition.

This lad has the potential to be very, very good. Premier League good.

Carrickman

ratinakeg wrote: »

TONY DAVID
2002 Lakeside World Pro Champion Tony David was rushed to hospital yesterday evening for an emergency liver transplant. This is a very difficult time for Tony's family and we have been asked to request that friends and fans refrain from contacting the family at this time.

TONY DAVID: LATEST INFO
Its been a traumatic few days but the good news is Tony is doing really well.

Tony has now successfully undergone his liver transplant operation and we are in a position to receive messages at: nato88@bigpond.com

Tony is still in ICU but progressing very well. We would like to thank

everyone for their prayers and good wishes.

Natalie Carter

ratinakeg

TYNE & WEAR OPEN 2009: RESULTSMEN: 277 Entries
1. Steve Bunting (£1100) 2. Glen Durrant (£400)
3. Ken Dobson, Andy Lynn (£200)
5. Tony Richardson, Peter Searle, Gorden Doeby, Dave Gill (£100)
9. T Brougton, Davy Dodds, Dave Prins, P Jennings, P Borthwick,
Phill Nixon, M Calvert, I Dawson. (£25)

WOMEN: 65 Entries
1. Francis Lawson (£200) 2. Anastasia Dobromyslova (£100)

YOUTH 57 Entries
1. Leon Bailey 2. Lee Rump

Now what is the point in reaching the last 16, £25 for Gods sake!:eek:

Interesting to see Anastasia back in the BDO!:eek: She collects £100 for her troubles!:)

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

Interesting to see Anastasia back in the BDO!:eek: She collects £100 for her troubles!:)

Has she officially moved back? If she has then she didn't last long!

The prize money is really awful.

ratinakeg

Couldn't answer you KingP on the Anastasia thing!

I've also heard Setanta are to pull the plug on their darts coverage as they are having financial trouble! Really bad news for the BDO it seems!

Double Top

thats weird if she has moved back, thought see was going to be at the uk open. any news on kirk shepard moving to the BDO??

£100 quid for coming second, come on even if she finshed last in every tournament in the PDC she would still come out with more.

one more question: why isn't there a women championship in the PDC??

ratinakeg

Taken from wikipedia;

Shepherd entered the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship as the number 23 seed and faced Jan van der Rassel in the first round, losing 3-2 in a tie-break. The following day, it emerged that Shepherd was intending on leaving the PDC, and returning to the BDO,[1] however Shepherd has since overturned this decision, and has continued competing at PDC Pro Tour events.

It would be good a idea to have a PDC Womens world championship!

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

It would be good a idea to have a PDC Womens world championship!

They could have it between the walk on girls with the obvious rule that they have to play topless!

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

They could have it between the walk on girls with the obvious rule that they have to play topless!

That is the best idea ever!:D
Maybe involve Anastasia aswell but never Trina Gulliver!:eek:

Degag

ratinakeg wrote: »

That is the best idea ever!:D
Maybe involve Anastasia aswell but never Trina Gulliver!:eek:

What? Trina Gulliver has a fantastic arse....

ratinakeg

Degag wrote: »

What? Trina Gulliver has a fantastic arse....

Maybe but she looks like Kevin Painter and it's a topless event!:eek:

Degag

ratinakeg wrote: »

Maybe but she looks like Kevin Painter and it's a topless event!:eek:

I think she's got the milf look actually... oh well:D

Double Top

Kingp35 wrote: »

They could have it between the walk on girls with the obvious rule that they have to play topless!

your a genius king, you could make it like the wwe and just hire loads of model and make them play darts. models and dart is there anything better maybe if it was sponsored by carlsberg then it would be "probably the best sport in the world":D

ratinakeg

Looks like this thread has gone off topic, ah well...:D!