BDO News, Results and Discussion Thread

vindaloo1

WDF ranking points - looking to get the top 32 there.

http://www.dartswdf.com/tables/world-darts-federation-rankings/wdf-mens-rankings/

http://www.dartswdf.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/WDFMensDetails2011.pdf

dartbhoy

The British Internationals are taking place this weekend with the mens and womens team events starting today. Here is a full list of today's results plus stats and averages for each game,link; www.bdodarts.com/1240/24-03-2011/Playing_Schedule_BDO_British_Internationals

dartbhoy

England won both the mens and womens events at the British Internationals. Martin Adams was beat in his 2 games against Scotland and Wales. Highest average of the tournament was recorded by England's Tony O'Shea 36.66 in his victory in the game against Welsh player Dave Smith-Hayes.

padr81

Good to see O'Shea back playing well. Hes not being going great since the grandslam

dartbhoy

padr81 wrote: »

Good to see O'Shea back playing well. Hes not being going great since the grandslam

O'Shea has had a terrible start to 2011 so that was a welcome performance last weekend. The German Open is taking place this weekend,this is a high ranking event on the BDO calendar. Do you know if Martin McCloskey will be attending this tournament?

padr81

dartbhoy wrote: »

O'Shea has had a terrible start to 2011 so that was a welcome performance last weekend. The German Open is taking place this weekend,this is a high ranking event on the BDO calendar. Do you know if Martin McCloskey will be attending this tournament?

Not a clue but as a betting man i'd say no. Theres 2 full ranked Indo's on this week in Roscommon. Doubt he'll pass them up.

vindaloo1

padr81 wrote: »

Not a clue but as a betting man i'd say no. Theres 2 full ranked Indo's on this week in Roscommon. Doubt he'll pass them up.

No, the events scheduled have been cancelled now.

The hotel went into receivership end of last week.

padr81

Ah cheer Vindaloo. good job we didn't set off on saturday morning.

dartbhoy

The German Open singles events were held yesterday. In the mens singles Tony O'Shea continued his recent run of good form reaching the final but he was defeated 3 sets to 2 by the latest young Dutch sensation on the scene Benito Van De Pas. Benito is 18 years old and has also played on the PDC youth tour a number of times.

Northern Ireland's Martin Carvill reached the last 64 to earn himself 12 ranking points and is climbing the rankings steadily to put himself in with a chance of qualifying for Lakeside.

Deta Hedman continued her recent winning run on the BDO tour defeating Lorraine Farlam 2 sets to 0 in the ladies final.

dartbhoy

Ex PDC player Jamie Harvey is back playing darts on the BDO circuit after been diagnosed with throat cancer. I found this write up he done on the German Open in another forum,an interesting read,link; www.bdoforums.co.uk/blog/2011-German-Darts-Open

dartbhoy

The Antwerp open is taking place this weekend with the singles events taking place today. An update on the scores and results can be found on this link; www.dartfreakz.nl

dartbhoy

The Antwerp open singles events have been completed. In the mens singles final Tony West beat Dutch player Frans Harmsen 3 sets to 1. In the ladies singles ex World champion Frances Hoenselaar defeated another ex World champion Anastasia Dobromyslova 2 sets to 1.

dartbhoy

The category A ranked Welsh Open was held last weekend with £5000 on offer to the winner of the mens singles.

It was a Scotland v Wales final in the mens singles with Scottish International Ross Montgomery taking the title defeating Martin Phillips 2 sets to 1.

In the ladies singles Deta Hedman continued her brilliant run of BDO open victories when she beat fellow English player Karen Lawman 4 legs to 1 in the final.

More information on the Welsh Open results can be found on this link; www.bdodarts.com/1284/17-05-2011/Ross_and_Deta_win_Welsh_Open

The latest mens rankings table can be found on this link; www.bdodarts.com/tables.aspx?tid=7

dartbhoy

The Swiss Open is been played this weekend and yesterday the singles events were completed.

In the mens singles England's Paul Jennings continued his rise up the rankings when he won the final 2 sets to 1 against Christian Kist. Paul is in a great position now to qualify for Lakeside and he would thoroughly deserve a place there with him travelling all over Europe to gain those precious points for Lakeside next January.

In the ladies singles Russian Irina Armstrong defeated England's Fiona Gaylor 2 sets to 1.

dartbhoy

Here is the latest BDO mens ranking table after this weekend's Swiss Open,link; www.bdodarts.com/tables.aspx?tid=7

padr81

dartbhoy wrote: »

Here is the latest BDO mens ranking table after this weekend's Swiss Open,link; www.bdodarts.com/tables.aspx?tid=7

fair play dartbhoy. your keeping the bdo alive here on your own. Looks like no irish heading for the wc again this year.

dartbhoy

padr81 wrote: »

fair play dartbhoy. your keeping the bdo alive here on your own. Looks like no irish heading for the wc again this year.

It's probably safe to say that we'll have to depend on the qualifiers in October to hope some Irish qualify for Lakeside 2012. The BDO International Open taking place this weekend coming in Brean Sands,Somerset. 1 of the bigger BDO Opens and good prize money for a change! We might get a few Irish players competing at this event.

dartbhoy

The BDO International Open was held over the weekend with the singles events completed earlier this evening.

In the mens singles final up and coming young Dutch sensation Wesley Harms beat England's Stephen Bunting 4-2 to win the title and the £3000 winners cheque with Bunting getting £800 for his runners up position.

In the ladies final Anastasia Dobromyslova beat England's Deta Hedman 3-2 with an impressive 30.25 per dart average.

dartbhoy

The BDO revealed the dates for the 2012 Lakeside World Championship during the week,link; www.bdodarts.com/1308/14-06-2011/2012_Lakeside_World_Professional_Darts_Championships

Double Top

dartbhoy wrote: »

The BDO revealed the dates for the 2012 Lakeside World Championship during the week,link; www.bdodarts.com/1308/14-06-2011/2012_Lakeside_World_Professional_Darts_Championships

is it me or is it getting later every year?

dartbhoy

Double Top wrote: »

is it me or is it getting later every year?

The Lakeside normally starts on the first Saturday in January which next year falls on the 7th of January. Also it means that the 2 World championships won't be overlapping one another which IMO is better for all concerned.

dartbhoy

The England Open is taking place this weekend with the singles events been played today. There down to the last 32 in the mens singles and here's a link to results as they happen; www.englanddarts.co.uk/EnglandOpen2011MensSingles.pdf

dartbhoy

The singles events finals were held this evening in Selsey.

In the mens singles final Gary Robson took home the £5000 winners cheque when he defeated Ted Hankey 6 legs to 2 in a mediocre final. Averages for the final were Robson 83.64,Hankey 75.96! Hankey got £2000 for his runner up position.

In the ladies final England's Karen Lawman defeated Finland's Kirisi Vinikainen 4 legs to 2.

This tournament was ran solely by the England darts organisation and they done a superb job updating results and scores throughout the weekend on their website,the BDO would do well to ask the EDO to take over the running of their organisation!

dartbhoy

It has been confirmed this evening by Martin Fitzmaurice on the BDO's facebook page that this year's Winmau World Masters will be screened on ESPN.

Rumours had circulated that the BBC had dropped the Masters from their sports list last week so like a lot of others I expected it not to be shown elsewhere so a surprise to see the BDO managed to get another TV company to screen it!

The masters will be held on weekend September 2nd-4th.

shockframe

dartbhoy wrote: »

It has been confirmed this evening by Martin Fitzmaurice on the BDO's facebook page that this year's Winmau World Masters will be screened on ESPN.

Rumours had circulated that the BBC had dropped the Masters from their sports list last week so like a lot of others I expected it not to be shown elsewhere so a surprise to see the BDO managed to get another TV company to screen it!

The masters will be held on weekend September 2nd-4th.

Great news.At least we might get more than 23 minutes of coverage before the final on ESPN.

dartbhoy

The BDO Cup finals were held today. In the mens singles Ross Montgomery beat Paul Carter 3 sets to 2 in the final. In the womens singles Lorraine Farlam beat Sarah Thornbury 3-0.

Full details of today's events can be found on this link; www.bdodarts.com/155/BDO_Gold_Cup_Finals_

dartbhoy

While it's a big week for darts fans in Blackpool the weekend just gone was a big weekend for BDO players in Blackpool with the BDO ranked England Masters taking place yesterday excellently organised by the England Darts Organisation.

In the mens singles final John Walton defeated Ross Montgomery 5 legs to 3 in the final with Walton been on a 9 darter at 1 stage in a leg but eventually having to settle for a 10 darter. In the womens final Anastasia Dobromyslova defeated Julie Gore from Wales 4 legs to 2.

The non ranked England national singles was held on the Saturday with the mens singles final been won by Gary Robson 5 legs to 3 against Robbie Green in a mediocre affair,averages Robson 27.26,Green 24.21. In contrast the womens final was a brilliant affair with higher averages! Lisa Ashton beat Anastasia Dobromyslova 4 legs to 1,Ashton averaging 29.70 with Dobromyslova averaging 27.67.

dartbhoy

Here is the latest updated BDO mens ranking table after yesterday's England Masters,link; www.bdodarts.com/tables.aspx?tid=7

thewizzzzzzard

I've just joined boards i can't believe there are so many fellow BDO fans.

The PDC might have the glitz and glamour but the BDO is where it all began and where do all the youngsters get trained.

Barry Hearn can crush on, Long Live the BDO (although i must confess Simon Whitlock is my fav player as my name may suggest)

Also does anyone else think it is a fundamental error by the PDC to drop the womens world champs?

dartbhoy

I was away the past week so I'm posting the results of last Saturday week's British Classic events.

The mens singles final was contested by 2 of Yorkshire's finest players when Lakeside runner up Dean Winstanley beat Garry Thompson 2 sets to 1.

The ladies singles final was won by record Lakeside title holder Trina Gulliver when she defeated Lorraine Farlam 3 legs to 1.

A report on the finals can be found on this link; www.bdodarts.com/1353/23-07-2011/2011_BDO_Winmau_British_Classic_Report_-_Wins_for_Dean_Winstanley_and_Trina_Gulliver