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Is there more magic to come? Let's find out. Evening. Hedman versus | :01:10. | :01:30. | |
Peters for a place in the final. The players enjoy their walk on. Hedman | :01:31. | :01:37. | |
really did seem to have fun this evening. She would dearly love to | :01:38. | :01:45. | |
bring her game to the stage, because if she does, there will be very | :01:46. | :01:56. | |
little stopping her. That wasn't too clever from Peters. Ranked 13 in the | :01:57. | :02:04. | |
world, up against a third seat. The England captain has been the top | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
seed the last four competitions. This year? She has been a top seed, | :02:08. | :02:19. | |
she lost to Lisa Ashton in the last three, and lost in the final the | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
year before that. Does need to worry about those two this time. Are wide | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
open women's World Championship. We will either have a new world | :02:33. | :02:55. | |
champion or a ten times champion on Saturday evening. A gentle start, | :02:56. | :03:06. | |
shall we say, to this one. The venue still filling up as well, it is | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
absolutely bouncing this afternoon with some terrific darts. Sally | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
earlier start tonight, as you can see. -- slightly. A couple of tables | :03:16. | :03:23. | |
still to be filled, I shall they will be. No question on a Friday | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
night. The earliest uptime has taken some | :03:27. | :03:48. | |
people by surprise. -- start time. Not your ever professional | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
commentary team of cause. Only half of the commentary team, that's us. | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
They thought it might be a six o'clock start five minutes ago. You | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
are here now though. He was wrestling with a microwave, | :04:02. | :04:31. | |
thinking he had 55 minutes to go. OK, to equal the world record set by | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
and Louise, in the quarter-finals. Trouble is, double top. | :04:38. | :04:44. | |
Each set is the first of three legs, each leg, I'm sure you know must | :04:45. | :04:54. | |
finish with a double. And it is the best of three legs for the | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
. For the first leg, double top required. 132 four Hedman -- for | :05:00. | :05:14. | |
Hedman. Good start, another one of those. Trouble 14 for tops. Oh yes! | :05:15. | :05:26. | |
Not the heaviest of scoring up to that point, but what a finish that | :05:27. | :05:28. | |
is. She reached the 2014 final with a 13 | :05:29. | :05:49. | |
to finish -- 132. Double 16 on that occasion. Has that work in Peters up | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
as well? -- needed something like that, a 132. | :05:55. | :06:14. | |
And all of a sudden... The game has woken up. | :06:15. | :06:28. | |
Peters said she is enormously proud of how darts in Denmark is becoming | :06:29. | :06:37. | |
a more and more popular sport, largely thanks to her. | :06:38. | :06:48. | |
Hedman will be first to finish again with the darts. | :06:49. | :07:13. | |
In the men's World Championship of course, we had another Danish player | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
on that stage. This is a much better leg. Double 140. For a two leg lead, | :07:21. | :07:32. | |
first set, single 14 Fortt double 16. She has gone ten double 18 this | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
time. That was the wire. Treble 20 88 to | :07:36. | :07:56. | |
break back. Trouble 13 maybe? Would make the treble 17 but can't now | :07:57. | :08:06. | |
finish. Sloppy. Missed to darts at this, world number three with the | :08:07. | :08:07. | |
charm. Yes, it well. Nice set of darts that from Hedman. | :08:08. | :08:44. | |
Leg of darts, excuse me. This is for the set if she can break the throw | :08:45. | :08:45. | |
here. Spirits are high here. Fabulous | :08:46. | :09:00. | |
evening of darts in prospect. To women's semifinals, two men scored a | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
finals. -- quarter-finals. Filling up, isn't it? It's going to | :09:04. | :09:42. | |
be jampacked. In a next half hour. If it was anything like the | :09:43. | :09:44. | |
atmosphere we had inside the venue this afternoon, it will be a | :09:45. | :09:46. | |
cracker. Level pegging, third leg. They've | :09:47. | :09:59. | |
had to check that the roof is secure after all the noise this afternoon. | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
It has never come close to being blown off. That would have been a | :10:05. | :10:16. | |
bill for Scott Lakes, I think. What a performance. | :10:17. | :10:32. | |
A double top. Got there in the end. His 40th birthday, were guessing. | :10:33. | :10:42. | |
You would expect so, wouldn't you? Neither player on a finish yet. | :10:43. | :11:04. | |
Hedman will hope to lead with a 100 or less. | :11:05. | :11:16. | |
Very useful visit. Just now on a finish, how good a finish will it | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
be? For the set then! Might go tops tops or Micro 14 | :11:25. | :11:48. | |
double ten. Single 20, she will go back -- treble four double ten. For | :11:49. | :11:55. | |
her first leg of the match, oh dear. 25. Wrong way around. Hedman will be | :11:56. | :12:08. | |
back to close out the whitewash. One from one, one double top so far four | :12:09. | :12:11. | |
Hedman. To more darts for the set and there | :12:12. | :12:19. | |
is. -- -- two. Impressive set of darts from | :12:20. | :12:39. | |
the third seat. Peters got it all wrong. In that third leg. | :12:40. | :12:50. | |
Good last start, nothing particularly special, average wires, | :12:51. | :13:56. | |
so far. Crucially, Hedman hitting 50% on the doubles. Six to close out | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
the set. The win a enjoy that! Everyone | :14:01. | :14:15. | |
inside enjoy that -- the -- the winner. Actually, that was | :14:16. | :14:34. | |
her first championship so far. We have done a 132, how about a 134? | :14:35. | :14:37. | |
No. She is looking very resigned, is | :14:38. | :14:53. | |
Peters, as she waits for a 10th row. With six darts, if she wants | :14:54. | :15:06. | |
them, and it can be done with two of course. Double top then. For a | :15:07. | :15:11. | |
fourth successive lake. -- leg. Her average coming into this was | :15:12. | :15:35. | |
near on 77. Her average tonight is 75, but it isn't needed to be any | :15:36. | :15:45. | |
higher. Have a look at that. Just the one dart at a double in the very | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
first leg of their semi-final from Peters. For from Hedman, but to be | :15:51. | :16:00. | |
fair she hasn't been under pressure. No, we can expect this from Peters. | :16:01. | :16:04. | |
She has been very brilliant this year. This is way off the best. She | :16:05. | :16:15. | |
beat the second seed in last year 's runner-up. On Sunday afternoon in | :16:16. | :16:23. | |
the first round, followed that up with a victory over Zoe Jones in the | :16:24. | :16:31. | |
quarter-finals. And would have hoped for better in this semi. But at the | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
moment, this semi-final is going exactly the same way as the | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
semi-final between these two two years ago. Hedman one Matu'u-0 -- | :16:42. | :16:48. | |
Hedman If there is a crumb of comfort for | :16:49. | :17:09. | |
Peters, it is the fact that Hedman isn't on a finish yet, but she is | :17:10. | :17:11. | |
bound to be when she comes back. Not bad actually, one to six. You | :17:12. | :17:30. | |
can stick around the treble 19 and as long as you hit 55 you are likely | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
to have a dart on the bull 's eye. This would be a hammer blow against | :17:36. | :17:48. | |
the throw. Great start. You do need to hit the big 19 to have that dart | :17:49. | :17:59. | |
at the bull 's eye. Needs something to get her going, perhaps this is | :18:00. | :18:00. | |
it. No. Not happening, is it? Four and | :18:01. | :18:08. | |
Louise -- for Peters. Hedman could win a | :18:09. | :18:23. | |
fifth successive lake here. One dart at double 10-- leg. That is all she | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
needs. She has the darts, and the final | :18:29. | :18:40. | |
insight. It would be wrong, somehow, if she | :18:41. | :18:57. | |
was never crowned world champion. And more and more people are | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
starting to believe that 2016 is her year. | :19:03. | :19:20. | |
Good dart. She is in firm control, Hedman. If you had told me that | :19:21. | :19:36. | |
Peters would lose their semi-final, without throwing more than one dart | :19:37. | :19:39. | |
at a double and not winning a single leg, I would have thought I would be | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
absolutely ridiculous. -- Vass Geoff Smith, Dennis Harper, you | :19:44. | :20:19. | |
could be up soon. Is looking that way, isn't it? | :20:20. | :20:34. | |
Come on! She has left her finish, she still fighting, Peters. | :20:35. | :20:51. | |
Not a good night for her, though. Not yet. | :20:52. | :21:08. | |
It could be all over, here. This for the match in the blink of an eye. | :21:09. | :21:18. | |
She took out 132 early. Treble 18 the shop now. Double 16 for a | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
semi-final whitewash. Stunning . Hedman is into the world final. | :21:24. | :21:40. | |
Peters thought it was the best of five! She can't believe it is over! | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
She thought she had gone to-0 down with three to play -- 2-0. As it is, | :21:47. | :21:55. | |
it is done and dusted. Peters loses, Hedman is into the final. Culliver | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
produced one of the shock upsets of this final, knocking out Lisa | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
Ashton. Amazingly, that gave the nine time world champion the chance | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
to move through to a one championship final. Let's forget her | :22:11. | :22:15. | |
opponent, she was in uncharted territory, it is without doubt was | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
the biggest match of her life. Hedman lies in wait already, she is | :22:24. | :22:35. | |
through to the final. Gulliver beat Ashton in the last round, she had a | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
pretty lean year, and Lisa couldn't buy a double in a particular match. | :22:42. | :22:48. | |
Unexpectedly a rustic, wasn't it from Lisa Ashton? -- | :22:49. | :22:59. | |
Lost the semifinals in 2012 and 13, in both occasions to the same | :23:00. | :23:15. | |
player. Gulliver with a big lead with the | :23:16. | :23:39. | |
darts. It was kind of nice, during the war columns, we got a clip -- | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
with them is of someone with a jockey mask. The spirit of the great | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
man lives on. Well champion in 82 and 89. Memories flooding back. 126 | :23:51. | :23:55. | |
is the first look for Gulliver. If she checks the | :23:56. | :24:07. | |
scoreboard she will see de Graaf miles back. De Graaf was the bookies | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
favourite before the semifinals began. I thought she was going to | :24:13. | :24:18. | |
take some beating this year. But she showed it with a really dominant | :24:19. | :24:21. | |
performance to be the first person to be through to the final, eating | :24:22. | :24:33. | |
Peters of Denmark -- beating. Single 14, double top for the first leg. | :24:34. | :24:42. | |
No. De Graaf is way back with a succession of poor scores. She | :24:43. | :24:45. | |
hasn't really settled into this match yet. All those hours of | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
practice in the players lounge, and a she comes up, not finding | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
anything. Tops for Gulliver. Close, good marker, now double ten. Yes, | :24:56. | :25:05. | |
that was good. Gulliver is away. At the fourth attempt, one of four, de | :25:06. | :25:15. | |
Graaf 's average though is not at all. We are going to tell people | :25:16. | :25:22. | |
what it is. Quite happy with 45. They wouldn't be happy with it that | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
they would probably settle with it -- up they would properly settle | :25:28. | :25:34. | |
with it. Really is a good feel around the place tonight, as you | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
would expect on a Friday night. And the food as well. Everyone is here. | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
It is champagne as well, doing it in style. | :25:46. | :25:58. | |
There will be more if she keeps on going like that, Trina Gulliver. | :25:59. | :26:06. | |
Scott Waites had amazing formance last night against the Belgian. That | :26:07. | :26:13. | |
was simply stunning. The place will be rocking again if Trina Gulliver | :26:14. | :26:17. | |
can roll back the years and fined her place into the final. -- find. | :26:18. | :26:25. | |
2011 was the last one. That was a loose dark. And another one. Not | :26:26. | :26:41. | |
settled at all really, the graph. -- loose dart, the gruff. We didn't | :26:42. | :26:48. | |
expect it to be as one-sided as was we certainly don't expect that | :26:49. | :26:54. | |
tonight. I would be astounded if it does turn out to be one-sided. | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
Gulliver is certainly settled now. 82 for the break. She went for the | :26:59. | :27:14. | |
50. Tops now. 147 for de Graaf. 15 reds, 15 blacks, and all the | :27:15. | :27:24. | |
colours. Seven, double 16 foot Trina Gulliver. MBE I should say. That is | :27:25. | :27:37. | |
not great. She is checking with the referee, seven 88, I suspect. She | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
went three. She made a hash with the 33. Blimey. She laughed as if to | :27:42. | :27:52. | |
say, what on earth was that? It is an opportunity for de Graaf. Double | :27:53. | :27:56. | |
16, she will have two looks if required. And we are back on square | :27:57. | :28:05. | |
one, one apiece. An opportunity gone begging for gullible. Great shot of | :28:06. | :28:11. | |
the Lakeside arena. At the back there. So many famous people, | :28:12. | :28:18. | |
internationally famous, who have appeared in this place over the | :28:19. | :28:22. | |
years. The owner of this place has rubbed shoulders with all aspects of | :28:23. | :28:29. | |
the celebrity world. Any number of photographs around on the walls. | :28:30. | :28:33. | |
People going all the way back to the 1960s. They have all appeared here. | :28:34. | :28:45. | |
Snowwhite is here. Is it snowwhite, or one of those people in Frozen? I | :28:46. | :28:52. | |
don't know. One of those people out of Frozen! Frankly I fell asleep | :28:53. | :29:00. | |
during that one. You can't get away with that with some people. Is that | :29:01. | :29:09. | |
your review for Empire magazine? They loved it, that is all that | :29:10. | :29:19. | |
matters. Hello to all of those. They were here this afternoon. Good | :29:20. | :29:22. | |
effort. The night is not finished yet. Gulliver waiting on the big | :29:23. | :29:35. | |
one. De Graaf looking to apply some pressure. 167, it can be done. Not | :29:36. | :29:57. | |
now though. Everybody is really in party mode tonight. Haven't seen too | :29:58. | :30:07. | |
many glum faces. Gulliver for 108. Popeye. Troubled 19 leave the shop | :30:08. | :30:26. | |
-- shot eighteens. How about that. 108 checkout. Aileen de Graaf can do | :30:27. | :30:38. | |
no more than watch and admire. De Graaf now has to hold or throw if | :30:39. | :30:41. | |
she is going to avoid losing this opening set. There is a real look | :30:42. | :30:49. | |
about Trina Gulliver. Purposeful. De Graaf has seven ranking titles to | :30:50. | :31:07. | |
her name at the moment. And had victory in the Windmill Masters | :31:08. | :31:10. | |
final in October where she beat Lisa Ashton in the final. Good again from | :31:11. | :31:18. | |
Gulliver. Under a bit of pressure. She is playing well. Superior | :31:19. | :31:23. | |
average as well. But this will improve things for de Graaf. | :31:24. | :31:28. | |
Gulliver is averaging over 80 at the moment. | :31:29. | :31:52. | |
Good last dart. She is on a finish, 142. Might need it the way that | :31:53. | :32:06. | |
Gulliver has started. Trouble 20, Paul, double 16. -- Bull. She went | :32:07. | :32:18. | |
for treble 14. Absolutely. Yes. She has wound up with a treble nine. | :32:19. | :32:25. | |
Slight recalculation, and then over the Trina Gulliver. 162. No | :32:26. | :32:34. | |
checkout. This is as good as I have seen Trina Gulliver probe for a long | :32:35. | :32:39. | |
time. Have to go back a year or two since she has performed like this on | :32:40. | :32:43. | |
the stage. This looks like a must take for de Graaf. Double ten. | :32:44. | :32:55. | |
Gulliver is coming back. She is! Gulliver playing some good stuff. | :32:56. | :33:00. | |
She knows this draw is wide open. Why not title number ten? 88. Good | :33:01. | :33:14. | |
throwing. That is the first set in the bag. It is a short format. One | :33:15. | :33:24. | |
more set and she is there. Can you do it Trina? She has her head | :33:25. | :33:30. | |
straight. She is certainly thinking positively and growing well. -- | :33:31. | :33:35. | |
throwing. De Graaf's with friend -- where | :33:36. | :34:00. | |
friend. Far be it from me to presume. | :34:01. | :34:10. | |
Steady 60. De Graaf well aware it... Something upsetting Gulliver. | :34:11. | :34:28. | |
Some shouts from the crowd. People are here having their big Friday | :34:29. | :34:32. | |
night, she can hardly expect silence. It is normally very well | :34:33. | :34:44. | |
observed. Rambunctious. Yes. Indeed. We did have a few problems earlier | :34:45. | :34:52. | |
on this afternoon. We did, but I am afraid in darts, it goes through the | :34:53. | :34:59. | |
territory. Doesn't it? There is a tradition of best of order a little | :35:00. | :35:04. | |
more so here are then other places. But the top players have to learn to | :35:05. | :35:11. | |
live with it. Lockett out. It is why some of them play with earplugs. | :35:12. | :35:16. | |
King, former store what of the world championship here, he is one who | :35:17. | :35:22. | |
chooses to block out the noise as much as he can. I think Gary | :35:23. | :35:26. | |
Anderson as well. I read an interesting article on that. | :35:27. | :35:31. | |
Yesterday, or the day before. Ronnie O'Sullivan on darts. He said darts | :35:32. | :35:36. | |
players are the new rock stars. And it should be exactly the same | :35:37. | :35:44. | |
atmosphere at a snooker match. Liam Sullivan, the Australian, said that | :35:45. | :35:51. | |
would be absolutely ridiculous. Well, Ronnie might be able to have | :35:52. | :35:57. | |
it. That is unlucky. She is not happy with that. 187 Gulliver | :35:58. | :36:06. | |
required at the beginning of this. This is a finish for de Graaf. There | :36:07. | :36:14. | |
are options. Looks like she's going for 19s. Trouble 20 would have left | :36:15. | :36:23. | |
14s. Gulliver has had a 108. Can she take a 102 for a break? This is an | :36:24. | :36:34. | |
opportunity. Great first dart. The two might leave tops. Which way | :36:35. | :36:37. | |
Western markets certainly looking at the bottom of the board. Which way? | :36:38. | :36:46. | |
Top cities. Good effort, but not there. 8-foot tops. Or the 16s. | :36:47. | :36:51. | |
Double 16 to strike first. The referee asking for best of | :36:52. | :37:16. | |
order. Just a polite reminder. He runs a taxi office. That is his day | :37:17. | :37:22. | |
job. Used to dealing with all sorts at all times of the day. Some | :37:23. | :37:27. | |
interesting exchanges. He sounds rather posh on the stage. He can | :37:28. | :37:32. | |
sound more Glaswegian in certain circumstances. LAUGHTER. Gulliver | :37:33. | :37:41. | |
has the darts. Nip and tuck so far this second set. | :37:42. | :37:59. | |
Gulliver won a head. This is good throwing again. -- Gulliver, one | :38:00. | :38:07. | |
ahead. That is an extraordinary hat. Just a | :38:08. | :38:21. | |
little wildlife. Was at a woodpecker or something? Some sort of rodent? I | :38:22. | :38:29. | |
am not sure. I don't think it is a rodent. That would be a strange | :38:30. | :38:34. | |
choice in headwear. Mind you, we are at Lakeside for the world darts. You | :38:35. | :38:41. | |
don't expect anything rational do you? It is a bit of a festival of | :38:42. | :38:51. | |
stupid hats. Gulliver, 190. De Graaf has a finish already. Not a | :38:52. | :38:57. | |
particularly inviting one. Great first dart. Looking for another. She | :38:58. | :39:02. | |
has thrown 140, right when she needed it. Three 140s. 88 to take | :39:03. | :39:16. | |
this out. Not this time. Trina Gulliver needs 50 to make it one | :39:17. | :39:22. | |
piece in the second set. She is coming down for the ten. The tops. | :39:23. | :39:37. | |
No! Could this be a momentum shift? Has that feel about it. She just | :39:38. | :39:45. | |
pauses, has a glass of water. She knows this is a key moment. This for | :39:46. | :39:55. | |
a break and two lakes to nil. -- and two -0. You can see how important it | :39:56. | :40:06. | |
was by de Graaf's reaction. Trina's wife shouting her support. Unlucky. | :40:07. | :40:18. | |
Just the wrong side of the way. -- why. Really unlucky. Big moment as | :40:19. | :40:27. | |
well. Seized by de Graaf. Two lakes -0. -- legs. You could say that was | :40:28. | :40:37. | |
pretty unlucky for Trina Gulliver. Fair play to de Graaf after a really | :40:38. | :40:43. | |
sticky start. She is right back into this match. Disk where it up at one | :40:44. | :40:48. | |
set apiece. Big favourite she was to win this. That is more like it. A | :40:49. | :40:59. | |
growl of self encouragement, come on Eileen! Dixie 's midnight runners, | :41:00. | :41:18. | |
wasn't it? -- I was going to save more your hero than mine. Trina has | :41:19. | :41:25. | |
to win this one, or the set will go the way of Aileen de Graaf. Five | :41:26. | :41:36. | |
trouble. Looking good all of a sudden for Aileen de Graaf. Great | :41:37. | :41:43. | |
darts again. Huge lead. Fill it up! A second maximum. Did I | :41:44. | :42:10. | |
say huge lead? Great darts. What a moment to do that. That is terrific. | :42:11. | :42:22. | |
Great set up by de Graaf. Now, Gulliver, 206. What can she produce? | :42:23. | :42:27. | |
She would like to hit that trouble 20 again. Maybe one more. That is | :42:28. | :42:38. | |
brilliant. 180, 125, back to back. For the set... It will have to be | :42:39. | :42:45. | |
trouble 20 now. Which would leave 884 Eileen. -- 88, for de Graaf. Not | :42:46. | :42:58. | |
going to happen. And she is annoyed. 81 she wants. Trouble 15 double 18 | :42:59. | :43:05. | |
would be a way to go. She is looking for that part of the board. She has | :43:06. | :43:10. | |
had to settle for a ten. She is on 71, treble 13. Double ten hour. -- | :43:11. | :43:18. | |
now. Good darts. That is good shooting. She is certainly not | :43:19. | :43:31. | |
rolling over when Aileen de Graaf moves into position where could she | :43:32. | :43:37. | |
-- she could have just sealed it. Still battling. Wants to get a | :43:38. | :43:43. | |
straight sets win. It looks meaner Trina at Lakeside this year. The | :43:44. | :43:53. | |
Golden goal means business. -- Golden girl. Great contest. Could go | :43:54. | :44:02. | |
either way. The first semi-final was a bit of it them squeak. Deta Hedman | :44:03. | :44:09. | |
just romped home. This is altogether more competitive. What you want to | :44:10. | :44:11. | |
see. Switching down for 19s again. Another solid visit. That is a bit | :44:12. | :44:31. | |
unlucky. So close to being 140. Not happy with that. Really | :44:32. | :44:54. | |
threatened the trouble. -- treble. Needed a better cover shot than | :44:55. | :45:05. | |
that. A bit of a sticky leg, this one. Struggling to find a treble. | :45:06. | :45:19. | |
Wesley Harms loves his darts. It may have gone out of this competition, | :45:20. | :45:26. | |
but he is still there and enjoying it. The Dutchman, a good thrower. | :45:27. | :45:32. | |
Has he missed a session? I don't think he has. He absolutely loves | :45:33. | :45:38. | |
it. If he is not playing, he wants to be watching. No finish for | :45:39. | :45:46. | |
Gulliver. But she will be looking to set up a nice one if she gets the | :45:47. | :45:52. | |
opportunity. 65 so far. And another 57. | :45:53. | :46:00. | |
Fabulous start. This will take the roof off. Good effort. Now, Trina | :46:01. | :46:10. | |
Gulliver to square up the match. She wants 50. Tops now. She has not hit | :46:11. | :46:18. | |
one in eight shots. If she is going to have a chance in this set, she | :46:19. | :46:30. | |
surely has to get this. No. For the break and the set. Two 13s. She | :46:31. | :46:44. | |
composes, deep breath. Nails that! We are into the decider. Trina | :46:45. | :46:53. | |
Gulliver has the darts. If it goes as far as 2-2, they got the sudden | :46:54. | :47:10. | |
death. -- go to. Cheers. I rather think he was going to try and do the | :47:11. | :47:15. | |
old down on one day. He had that look about him. -- down in one | :47:16. | :47:25. | |
there. I have come across the odd lunatic like that over the years. I | :47:26. | :47:33. | |
am sure. A third maximum. De Graaf has not had one yet. Trina, Trina, | :47:34. | :47:50. | |
the shout went up. Firing off each other here. The deciding set. Coming | :47:51. | :48:03. | |
down the board. Well, a little opportunity perhaps for de Graaf. A | :48:04. | :48:09. | |
one set shooed out now for a place in the world championship final. -- | :48:10. | :48:20. | |
shootout. Nothing in it. Gulliver, nine times the winner of the world | :48:21. | :48:28. | |
title. Great darts, lots of space. Now she has to come away. Doesn't | :48:29. | :48:39. | |
need the, one. What great darts! Trouble 18, and it has set up the | :48:40. | :48:54. | |
finish. 44. Great last dart. She has only had 12 darts. Double 16 for a | :48:55. | :49:05. | |
14 darts. That is top quality. The 174 did it. That second 20 was | :49:06. | :49:11. | |
hanging Paris Lee out. And then she shot for a trouble 18. Which set up | :49:12. | :49:20. | |
that. A nice moment as well. The referee is having this competition. | :49:21. | :49:27. | |
Who gets the most 174 two. His idea as well, Anthony. Just because he | :49:28. | :49:31. | |
likes saying it. And that was his first. I sensed he delivered it with | :49:32. | :49:43. | |
a bit of indecent relish. LAUGHTER. Talking of indecent relish, there is | :49:44. | :49:49. | |
a fair amount of food being consumed here. Not necessarily the sort of | :49:50. | :49:54. | |
thing you would be hunting out if you are on a diet. Royalty! They are | :49:55. | :49:59. | |
all in. Oliver, 320. She is putting the de | :50:00. | :50:17. | |
Graaf throw under a bit of pressure. Unlucky. One is having a really nice | :50:18. | :50:27. | |
time here today. Her Majesty looks a little stone at the back there. She | :50:28. | :50:44. | |
likes the darts. Good shot. -- a little stern. Harry turns up on | :50:45. | :50:51. | |
occasion. It strikes me as his type of thing. Not shy of having a night | :50:52. | :50:56. | |
out. There is Dennis Harbour. What a good tournament he has had. Great | :50:57. | :51:04. | |
start earlier. That is outstanding from de Graaf. Leaving her on 68. | :51:05. | :51:12. | |
Gulliver had her under pressure, but she has just faded. She could do | :51:13. | :51:19. | |
with another... 65 she scored. So she is on 155. May elect to come | :51:20. | :51:32. | |
down the board. Or possibly even use the bulls. This fall 1-1 in the | :51:33. | :51:46. | |
decider. 16. Double 16. No. Gulliver has had to 100 plus checkouts. | :51:47. | :51:55. | |
Nothing as big as 146, though. Good set up. Really good. Fabulous | :51:56. | :52:02. | |
starts. This pressure. This has to go. Double 16. 88. Has to land. | :52:03. | :52:14. | |
Trina Gulliver couldn't watch. Now, if she is going to win this match, | :52:15. | :52:18. | |
this might be an absolutely imperative checkout. She has got it! | :52:19. | :52:31. | |
Gulliver checks out and is one leg away from a place in the final. That | :52:32. | :52:36. | |
reaction as well from de Graaf, a shake of the head. A little Motta. | :52:37. | :52:42. | |
As if to say to herself she can't believe she might be losing this | :52:43. | :52:47. | |
match. Losing it she is. Gulliver is not only getting more doubles, she | :52:48. | :52:50. | |
is scoring more heavily, and she is within a leg of it drift. -- of | :52:51. | :52:58. | |
victory. The Golden girl is finding some of her best form. Time. | :52:59. | :53:03. | |
Certainly for the last year or so. And her best form here for at least | :53:04. | :53:11. | |
three or four years. Look at that! What a story this could be. Real | :53:12. | :53:20. | |
danger signs. Could be an early bath for de Graaf. Yes. Good shot. When | :53:21. | :53:33. | |
you think of the first match against Bateman, when she was somewhere in | :53:34. | :53:37. | |
the 60s on average for much of the match. She looks like a different | :53:38. | :53:48. | |
woman now. 187 for Gulliver. Closing in. Trying to set it up. She is in | :53:49. | :53:53. | |
the zone at the moment. Coming down. Excellent. This is it. Gulliver | :53:54. | :54:03. | |
waiting on 88. Has to be a huge visit. And then a cross of the | :54:04. | :54:12. | |
fingers. Will she be back? 88 for Gulliver. Will she get a chance? 18 | :54:13. | :54:17. | |
would leave the bull's-eye, if she decides to go that way. Trouble 18 | :54:18. | :54:20. | |
would leave the seven. Bull's-eye to win! Good effort. Right, de Graaf | :54:21. | :54:34. | |
has to get this. Slipsliding away from the number four seed. Nine, 88. | :54:35. | :54:48. | |
88 now. 44. Trina Gulliver has got it! The most famous player in the | :54:49. | :54:58. | |
history of the women's game, at the age of 46, has beaten one of the new | :54:59. | :55:04. | |
generation. Aileen de Graaf. Playing some of the best darts she has for a | :55:05. | :55:11. | |
long time. A very popular winner. She is loved by the darting | :55:12. | :55:20. | |
fraternity. Well played, Trina Gulliver! Jeff Smith has won himself | :55:21. | :55:30. | |
an army of -- supporters. He had his name chanted in this legendary | :55:31. | :55:34. | |
Lakeside arena. Would this be the case again? We will have to find out | :55:35. | :55:39. | |
as he took on Dennis Harbour. Only his 13th appearance in 13 years. He | :55:40. | :55:46. | |
had never been this far. Could he usurp the mighty Canadian? | :55:47. | :55:54. | |
Is looking very cool, calm, composed championships this year. Dennis | :55:55. | :56:05. | |
Harbour. He has. Made a very favourable impression. | :56:06. | :56:11. | |
I think Dennis Harbour is going to give him a bit of trouble. The has | :56:12. | :56:20. | |
accounted for a couple of seeds already. Dennis is 54, and has four | :56:21. | :56:29. | |
grandchildren. He beat the quickfire Welshmen, the number 10 seed, Jeff | :56:30. | :56:34. | |
Smith has beaten Mathieu Meadows in a prelim match. And then Martin | :56:35. | :56:39. | |
Adams. And then the Yorkshireman, Brian Dawson. | :56:40. | :56:49. | |
He beat Jeffrey de Graaf to win the open title. | :56:50. | :57:01. | |
He went on to win the Scottish open in 2014. Dennis Harbour, isn't it? | :57:02. | :57:16. | |
Yeah. The Harbour Master. He has loved his time here. I don't think | :57:17. | :57:22. | |
he has ever featured in as many selfies and signed as many autograph | :57:23. | :57:42. | |
as he has today. Brilliant. The first match with Jeff Smith is under | :57:43. | :57:49. | |
way. Touching distance. 41 when he returns. Harbour can do no more than | :57:50. | :57:55. | |
applying pressure which he is doing well at. First, a chance for Jeff | :57:56. | :58:17. | |
Smith. 88. Not this time. 106 required from Dennis Harbour. A | :58:18. | :58:28. | |
single. Jeff Smith will get another chance. 58. 44. No score. Rights, | :58:29. | :58:49. | |
48. He will fancy this one. -- Right. A little bit of nerves. | :58:50. | :59:03. | |
Double top now. Good start. A nice, solid start from the veteran. | :59:04. | :59:14. | |
Getting the cheers he deserves. First lad to Dennis Harbour. Is | :59:15. | :59:21. | |
first a period at the Lakeside. -- blood. -- His first appearance. A | :59:22. | :59:34. | |
run of form. There is a ton 40 to emphasise the point. I think it will | :59:35. | :59:41. | |
be an excellent match. It could go all the way. We will see. The winner | :59:42. | :59:54. | |
of it will be playing either Scott Mitchell or Richard Veenstra, the | :59:55. | :59:57. | |
Dutchman, who will be in action later on. 44. Jeff Smith was a warm | :59:58. | :00:08. | |
favourite with the house oches to win this match. -- bookies. A lot of | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
money. 43-1 when the tournament started. Backed him right down to a | :00:15. | :00:24. | |
bout three -1. -- about. Did you maintain your impartiality or have | :00:25. | :00:31. | |
you had a flutter? I put my hand in my pocket. Surely it was impossible | :00:32. | :00:39. | |
to leave with a man of your generosity and standing. 96. A last | :00:40. | :00:47. | |
start must be placed on the throw with the break. -- dart. Trying to | :00:48. | :01:01. | |
tee it up. Trying to find a bridge to the treble 20. Steady darts at | :01:02. | :01:13. | |
the moment. Just getting over the nerves. 56. Dennis Harbour is on a | :01:14. | :01:27. | |
steady finish. Jeff isn't. Treble 20, his first dart. The contrast in | :01:28. | :01:38. | |
throwing of Jeff Smith and Dennis Harbour is incredible. As it was | :01:39. | :01:47. | |
with Martin Phillips. There is no 58 with Jeff Smith. 2- 4-6. Agents for | :01:48. | :02:02. | |
the second. -- A chance. 18. Double top. Oh, nice shooting. Two doubles | :02:03. | :02:14. | |
out of two. He has made a good, solid start, has Dennis Harbour. The | :02:15. | :02:21. | |
old master. Two out of two for the doubles. A big, wide shaft he has on | :02:22. | :02:36. | |
these darts, doesn't he? He has. Have a look at it. Big guards. John | :02:37. | :02:47. | |
Lowe style. -- darts. A big group, stubby fingers. A solid start. -- | :02:48. | :02:55. | |
grip. That is better from Jeff Smith. Jeff Smith, moving up to the | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
oche now. 140! Yeah, there is two. 140. Jeff | :03:00. | :03:33. | |
Smith is the favourite on this. Is the row is under pressure again. -- | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
His throw. He has no check out if Jay Farber gets 140 here which he is | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
capable of doing. -- checkout. That was a loose one. -- Dennis Harbour. | :03:47. | :03:55. | |
Great darts. Beautifully placed now. 96, a good checkout. A shot for Jeff | :03:56. | :04:06. | |
Smith. Is he takes this Dennis Harbour has won the set. -- If. | :04:07. | :04:16. | |
Treble 18. So deliberate. Treble 19 would leave double 18 now. Closer. | :04:17. | :04:24. | |
So, Smith with 18 to get into the match at last. OK, Jeff Smith, you | :04:25. | :04:33. | |
have come a long way. Try to get this one. 20 and double top. Dennis | :04:34. | :04:42. | |
Harbour will acquire 60. Is like twitch on that double. -- require. | :04:43. | :04:51. | |
-- a slight. Tops. I don't think anything in the world would throw. | :04:52. | :05:07. | |
That set is in the bag. First leg, Dennis. Now, with the darts in the | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
second set. This is for a place in the semifinals. Smith just needs to | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
rouse himself, needs to stir Dennis Harbour. The doubles, three out of | :05:23. | :05:32. | |
three. 121. Right on the out scoring. One. | :05:33. | :05:52. | |
140. APPLAUSE. | :05:53. | :06:19. | |
100. Tons apiece. But, Dennis Harbour, really taking this match | :06:20. | :06:30. | |
apart at the moment. There we go. 100. 1-2-1. A finish of 140 with | :06:31. | :06:52. | |
nine darts. That is the pedigree of Dennis Harbour at the moment. With | :06:53. | :07:00. | |
the seven. 140 is needed for the opening leg. Good dart. Another 14 | :07:01. | :07:12. | |
double ten. A great dart. Double ten for a checkout. How about that? | :07:13. | :07:25. | |
Putting. Four doubles out of four. -- APPLAUSE. Verities. -- There it | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
is. 6-5 to win the Scottish open in | :07:32. | :07:47. | |
February, 2014. You don't beat Glen by chance, do you? A thriller from | :07:48. | :07:56. | |
the Miller. Coming up just short against Scott Waites in a thrilling | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
match. Scott Waites is very much a figure in this as he has moved to | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
the last four and some might say that he is the man to beat. He also | :08:07. | :08:15. | |
beat Tom you shed and Jim Williams to win the national title. -- O' | :08:16. | :08:27. | |
Shea. Yeah. He is no respector of reputation. Arguably having one of | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
the best years of his dieting life. -- darting. Look at that again. At | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
beautiful cover shot. He is one to watch. I know some people like to | :08:40. | :08:47. | |
see the darts going in at a rapid pace. But, Dennis Harbour is | :08:48. | :08:55. | |
averaging over 103 now. And Jeff Smith is tapping his darts now out | :08:56. | :09:03. | |
of frustration, as you can see. He just cannot get in a rhythm. 140! | :09:04. | :09:21. | |
He said in the interview when we spoke to him before that he was not | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
going to be worried. It certainly looks like it is at the moment. 93 | :09:28. | :09:37. | |
for Dennis Harbour now. 2-0. A break at the end of this set. How much | :09:38. | :09:45. | |
Jeff Smith would love to be back on level terms. Double 16. Goodness me, | :09:46. | :09:54. | |
he has missed one. The first one in five. Yeah, but Jeff Smith is still | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
on 200. At least three darts for double 16 once again. I have played | :10:00. | :10:08. | |
against him. Double 16. Good shooting by Jeff Smith. Not knowing | :10:09. | :10:23. | |
particularly well there, Tony. A great shot. -- lying. His finishing | :10:24. | :10:57. | |
has been exact. Here we go. Only -- any Tony Greene masks out there? | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
Only outside. (LAUGHING). Your public awaits. A | :11:03. | :11:08. | |
different start from Jeff Smith. He just isn't getting into this game. A | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
leg away from going two sets down. That would be an upset. People were | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
starting to think that just with was a potential winner in this. He isn't | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
winning now and Dennis Harbour definitely is. He is averaging, at | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
this stage, over 104. Is opening Macs. -- His opening maximum. Smith | :11:29. | :11:41. | |
will have to get off stage, assuming he loses this set, and have a real | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
rethink. If he carries on like this he will be beaten... And beaten by a | :11:48. | :11:54. | |
distance. Well, Dennis Harbour, 2014, beat lender and, 6-5, to win | :11:55. | :12:02. | |
the Scottish open. -- Glen Durrant. Once again, he has that pedigree. He | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
just 96 now, Dennis Harbour. And he is poised, two darts away. And Smith | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
is in a different street. And that is for throwing. He might have said | :12:16. | :12:22. | |
he would not be upset by the pace of things. -- poor. But you could have | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
fooled me. This is emphatically a Dennis Harbour match. Smith will | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
have to change something radically if he wants to get into it. No | :12:32. | :12:41. | |
change now. Back 376. Yeah, he is seeing the harbour lights. Wants | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
double top. Jeff Smith, sitting on 236. A good marker. Yeah. He is | :12:49. | :13:07. | |
growing so well. That is doubles out of nine. And, Dennis Harbour, | :13:08. | :13:18. | |
averaging over 102. Leads to nil. Smith needs to start scoring heavily | :13:19. | :13:22. | |
and put himself into a position to start winning some of these legs. He | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
needs to match the scoring power of Dennis Harbour pre-break. | :13:27. | :13:42. | |
45. Almost the first loose the road he has had. -- throw. | :13:43. | :13:55. | |
140. APPLAUSE. I have warmed to Jeff | :13:56. | :14:08. | |
Smith. Tremendous support when he played Brian Dawson. So far, he has | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
not given to much to cheer about. Looking for his second 180. 140. And | :14:14. | :14:33. | |
that... 81. Where is the big, bad wolf. He was knocked out in the | :14:34. | :14:36. | |
first round by Jeff Smith. That is where he is. Plenty of fancy | :14:37. | :14:47. | |
dresses. An extraordinary array of silly hats and wigs and false noses, | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
false ears, and a bit of birthday stuff as well. Joe, back home, | :14:54. | :15:05. | |
celebrating his 13th birthday, happy birthday, young man. And another | :15:06. | :15:23. | |
one, 20, Jeff. A study in concentration, Dennis Harbour. Let's | :15:24. | :15:26. | |
see if Jeff Smith can turn things around. Well, we will see. There is | :15:27. | :15:36. | |
the 20. Double top! Well, the wristy answer. Yeah, he has no checkout, no | :15:37. | :15:45. | |
Dennis Harbour. -- there is the. Dennis Harbour can make it a must | :15:46. | :15:54. | |
take. Jeff Smith may get his first leg here. I would love to see it. He | :15:55. | :16:03. | |
is a very nice guy. Don't want him to go on legless. Perrish the | :16:04. | :16:06. | |
thought. -- Perish. The you are, John. Happy. -- There. | :16:07. | :16:30. | |
I am happy. I want to at least see him doing justice. As a commentator, | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
you don't want somebody, one way or the other, to win, but you want the | :16:35. | :16:41. | |
guy who wins to beat the other guy who is playing well. This is a good | :16:42. | :16:46. | |
start from Dennis Harbour. That is more like it. Happy days! 180! A | :16:47. | :16:54. | |
second maximum. A lovely sight. Oh... Anything you | :16:55. | :17:23. | |
can do, I can do just the same. Again, so many lights in this | :17:24. | :17:31. | |
match. -- delights. Smith, having made a great start and going ahead, | :17:32. | :17:37. | |
now he sees Dennis Harbour going into the distance. He can set it up | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
here. A great dart again. He has only had seven. That one is loose. | :17:44. | :17:52. | |
Also, he... Not a happy boy with that. 125. A great last dart. | :17:53. | :18:05. | |
97. Right, 56 for Dennis. A grandad. Tops. Not been missing too | :18:06. | :18:27. | |
many. Six out of ten so far. This time he cannot find it. Treble | :18:28. | :18:39. | |
20... Yeah... Treble a team leads the bull. He has a shot now for the | :18:40. | :18:52. | |
bull. And he has got it! -- leaves. What an out shot. Under pressure. | :18:53. | :19:00. | |
1-0 on his throw here and he is back in the game. A glassy | :19:01. | :19:13. | |
-- classy checkout. Still averaging over airtime. Plenty of room. -- | :19:14. | :19:21. | |
over a They should put dartboards in school | :19:22. | :19:38. | |
to help children with the arithmetic. There is someone with a | :19:39. | :19:45. | |
risk you. I haven't seen one of those in a while. -- Rubik's cube. | :19:46. | :20:07. | |
We will keep you in touch with that to see if he can actually solve the | :20:08. | :20:17. | |
puzzle. OK. Jeff Smith. 204. A good start. -- dart. 99. Good thinking. | :20:18. | :20:39. | |
Everyone with the 180 shirts on. Look at this. This will rattle the | :20:40. | :20:52. | |
finish for Dennis Harbour now. 167. Treble 90. It won't be this time. | :20:53. | :21:04. | |
So, Jeff, 68, and a chance. This is for the set, Tony. A good last dart. | :21:05. | :21:14. | |
68 is a good set up by Dennis Harbour there. Double ton. Eight | :21:15. | :21:23. | |
could take. Into the match. That is more like the dart player we know. | :21:24. | :21:34. | |
-- a good take. After a poor start to this match, Smith... Well, having | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
said that, Dennis Harbour was playing so well. Anyway, he is now | :21:40. | :21:49. | |
into it. We have a match. 60. That is one of a many great matches in | :21:50. | :21:59. | |
Lakeside over the years. 97. A great match this afternoon. I wonder if we | :22:00. | :22:06. | |
will have more of the same here. Smith really got into his gear after | :22:07. | :22:09. | |
a pretty shabby second set averaging less than 70. 102.5, that is good. | :22:10. | :22:20. | |
Shaun was a round last week. I was wondering if we might get him to | :22:21. | :22:24. | |
come. Wayne Mardle was in the building last night. A big supporter | :22:25. | :22:35. | |
of the BDO. A youngster. Andy Thorn and tells me he is coming back here | :22:36. | :22:52. | |
on Sunday. -- Andy Fornham. Darts' answer to Chewbacca. There is always | :22:53. | :23:01. | |
a place for Andy. Hugely popular with the crowd. A great champion as | :23:02. | :23:11. | |
well. Good darts. Outstanding. 174, as good as a maximum. And, our match | :23:12. | :23:20. | |
referee is here. We will have a competition between the referees as | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
to who can have the most 174s to call. You don't get them very often. | :23:27. | :23:35. | |
This is his first one. He remains poker-faced. But inside he will be | :23:36. | :23:50. | |
delighted. 60. That is not what is required. 110 remaining. Now, Dennis | :23:51. | :23:58. | |
Harbour. And his coroner to make that 110 a must take. -- Can he | :23:59. | :24:14. | |
score enough. A good dart. OK. Treble 20. Yeah. Treble 17. Would | :24:15. | :24:28. | |
have left double top. 78. A good last dart, wasn't it? It was. 91, | :24:29. | :24:38. | |
then, for Dennis Harbour to get out of a tricky position. Tops now. For | :24:39. | :24:45. | |
the leg. A minor adjustment. Smith doesn't want to watch. Now he does. | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
In it goes. Seven doubles out of 13. Dennis Harbour, having been under | :24:52. | :24:59. | |
threat, manages to hold his throw. What a week with Dennis Harbour. A | :25:00. | :25:07. | |
great finisher. Good temperament. A really steady head out the. -- | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
there. Plenty around Cambridgeshire very | :25:13. | :25:32. | |
happy at his continued progress and the way he has played. All this | :25:33. | :25:36. | |
makes down there will be hoping he can prevail. Jeff Smith getting a | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
lot of support from the other side of the Atlantic. Hundreds of | :25:42. | :25:45. | |
messages encouraging him from Canada. The communications can come | :25:46. | :25:59. | |
across very quickly. It is not hundreds, it is thousands. I don't | :26:00. | :26:06. | |
know when he finds the time to read them all. Very good with his cover | :26:07. | :26:35. | |
shots, if he could get a 140 he would be in a good position. Dennis | :26:36. | :26:42. | |
managed to get over the top. This is a good leg, 140, 100, plus these. | :26:43. | :26:56. | |
That was classy. 121, a very makeable checkout. He has already | :26:57. | :27:03. | |
had a 140, Dennis Harbour. He will fancy his chances of getting that. | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
This is not too clever from Smith. How much did he need the treble now? | :27:09. | :27:16. | |
He has won. 121. He starts off on tops. Aiming for treble 20, if he | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
gets the single, it will be triple 17. Triple 17 would lead the | :27:21. | :27:28. | |
bull's-eye. Not this time, Smith will come back, looking for one to | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
four. Harbour deciding what that she wants to leave himself. It is not | :27:35. | :27:48. | |
too good. Treble 20, first. Triple 18 for the bull. It is the bull! Am | :27:49. | :28:00. | |
lucky! Harbour two -nil. This would be against the throw and this would | :28:01. | :28:08. | |
hurt Smith. Another one of those would let you double 16. This is | :28:09. | :28:17. | |
four double 16. Look at that concentration. He can't believe it. | :28:18. | :28:27. | |
37 for Smith. Looking at the top, he will take five and double 16. 88. | :28:28. | :28:37. | |
After a mighty struggle, he manages to hold his throne. Guinness regard | :28:38. | :28:43. | |
that as an opportunity missed. Should have taken that one out. -- | :28:44. | :28:59. | |
Dennis. He leads 2-1 in sets. One apiece and this is the fourth set. | :29:00. | :29:15. | |
The first time for quite awhile, Harbour's average has gone to two | :29:16. | :29:22. | |
figures. He was over a 100 now he is 99. Smith is improving, meanwhile. | :29:23. | :29:29. | |
With darts like that. You would think Jeff is the fit of the two. It | :29:30. | :29:34. | |
might be a factor because it will get very warm up there. 100. No | :29:35. | :30:05. | |
damage done as Burroughes wrote to his concerned. Nothing between them | :30:06. | :30:15. | |
and he has got the throw. Dennis's partner in the audience, Lana, | :30:16. | :30:26. | |
watching tonight. There she is. Dennis, at the moment still ahead. | :30:27. | :30:33. | |
Heathrow is under some pressure. -- he throws. Smith is on a finish. | :30:34. | :30:50. | |
Still a lot to do, has Dennis. Does not like the way that one is lying. | :30:51. | :30:57. | |
Having to switch down. A good switch. He will not be worried about | :30:58. | :31:08. | |
that. Classy darts, Smith is on a finish. 164. Can't be done now, that | :31:09. | :31:21. | |
was only a single. Great last dark. OK, Dennis. Take it away. -- dart. | :31:22. | :31:35. | |
Went for the bull on the 25. Jepson, 75. Leading the finishes. A great | :31:36. | :31:51. | |
time to produce that. 75 Smith. Great dart, double 12. High quality. | :31:52. | :32:06. | |
A break of throw and Smith with the darts to level the match at two sets | :32:07. | :32:13. | |
a piece. It is the match that deserves to go all the way. It did | :32:14. | :32:19. | |
not look like it was going to in the first couple of sets. He looks like | :32:20. | :32:24. | |
he was trying with somebody else's arms. -- throwing. Some hot news | :32:25. | :32:35. | |
from the audience. This is big. The rubric cube has been solved! -- | :32:36. | :32:50. | |
Rubik. Top sunglasses as well. He will have to watch the darts now. | :32:51. | :32:58. | |
Jeff will not be happy with that school. -- score. Dennis's game has | :32:59. | :33:11. | |
gone off the boil compared to earlier in the match. He started | :33:12. | :33:22. | |
quite brilliantly. Did not give Jeff a squeak in the first couple of | :33:23. | :33:31. | |
sets. There we go, come on, Dennis. A treble. Put the other two there | :33:32. | :33:47. | |
now. Just checking his score. He has left himself to 16. He is heard but | :33:48. | :33:55. | |
no finish as yet. He is in a position where you might be | :33:56. | :33:58. | |
optimistic of finding a breakthrough. No joy for Smith. He | :33:59. | :34:11. | |
would be pleased. That was unlucky. He is blocking the way. Any | :34:12. | :34:21. | |
advantage she has is gone now. There is no finish, 174. He needs this | :34:22. | :34:29. | |
lake for the set. Great darts. Brilliant darts. He has left self | :34:30. | :34:40. | |
double 18 to win the set. Harbour can do no more than put him in a | :34:41. | :34:46. | |
position where he has to get that or it is good night. Great darts from | :34:47. | :34:52. | |
score but too late because Smith comes looking for double 18. That is | :34:53. | :35:03. | |
the outshot, double 16. Double 18 he takes. He gets it and is now on | :35:04. | :35:11. | |
label terms. Smith, two, Harbour, two. Smith after a miserable start | :35:12. | :35:18. | |
comes back to square at the match at two sets each. -- up. We know that | :35:19. | :35:31. | |
you know double 16 is not in the top right-hand corner. It is a great | :35:32. | :35:45. | |
match. It is a match of two halves. A break at the end of the seat and | :35:46. | :35:53. | |
who is going to be heard? Smith or Harbour. More likely to be Smith | :35:54. | :36:00. | |
now. He has got the tide going with him, at the moment. He is pushing | :36:01. | :36:10. | |
it. Should be Dennis pushing the boat out. Bad habits and good habits | :36:11. | :36:29. | |
are always welcome at the lakeside. I wonder if the bishop is here | :36:30. | :36:33. | |
tonight. He has been wandering around, most of the week. I suspect | :36:34. | :36:42. | |
he is not a real one. Not that there is any reason why the ecclesiastical | :36:43. | :36:45. | |
part of society should not appreciate the darts. They probably | :36:46. | :36:51. | |
don't coming macro full regalia. He is definitely not a bishop. Nothing | :36:52. | :37:06. | |
going in this league. Smith is ahead. Dennis with the throw. -- | :37:07. | :37:14. | |
leg. He has become becalmed judging by | :37:15. | :37:28. | |
his elevated standards from earlier. No checkout from Smith. Good first | :37:29. | :37:31. | |
arts, in the 25. Unlucky. Has to really get into this now, has | :37:32. | :37:48. | |
Dennis. He has slipped, started off like a train. | :37:49. | :37:55. | |
To hold his dart. Jeff Smith needs 85. He is looking for the 25. He | :37:56. | :38:09. | |
needs triple 17. He will convert. A big finish. 140. He has had at once. | :38:10. | :38:21. | |
Not this time. Bigshot now for Smith. Double 16. Dinners can only | :38:22. | :38:34. | |
live in hope. -- Dennis. Smith had a miserable time with his doubles | :38:35. | :38:39. | |
early on. He is hitting them now. It would be a shock if he did not take | :38:40. | :38:46. | |
this out. Double 16. He takes it. They had in the fifth leg. -- ahead. | :38:47. | :38:58. | |
A clinch of the first as he does so. He is viewed in the match for the | :38:59. | :39:05. | |
first time. He deserves to be, he stuck it out, took the punishment in | :39:06. | :39:08. | |
the first couple of sets. Now feeling the benefit. It felt like he | :39:09. | :39:17. | |
was just throwing a view practice darts, he gave his head a shake and | :39:18. | :39:22. | |
he has come back looking like a different guy. Together to clean cut | :39:23. | :39:32. | |
to give his head a shake. Literally. This is going in. Is he coming back | :39:33. | :39:43. | |
to life? He is with that throat. Harry Butler, the American watching | :39:44. | :39:50. | |
with his wife, Sharon. He has been either here many times. Lovely darts | :39:51. | :39:55. | |
from another lovely lad for top. Is he going to get the break he | :39:56. | :40:16. | |
wants? Come on, Dennis. 225 required. Harbour not at the finish | :40:17. | :40:26. | |
yet, 195. Smith will be first to the checkout. Should be. He will be. OK, | :40:27. | :40:31. | |
Dennis. Finish that 195 full top. 180 now. 144, another leg for Smith. | :40:32. | :40:57. | |
Unable to hit the treble seed needed. The best check out of the | :40:58. | :41:07. | |
match, good start. He is throwing well now. Lovely to watch. He will | :41:08. | :41:18. | |
have to really give it everything to get the double treble. | :41:19. | :41:26. | |
Unfortunately, no. Jeff Smith coming back. Keeping cool and keeping calm. | :41:27. | :41:41. | |
Keeping his head. That's it. Double 10. Seconds lake for Smith. He goes | :41:42. | :41:50. | |
ahead for the first time. He has got the throw. Looking now for a three | :41:51. | :42:03. | |
legs -nil end to the set. Not a great start. Harbour was averaging | :42:04. | :42:13. | |
over a 100 for the first 2.5 sets. He has gone off the boil. This is | :42:14. | :42:15. | |
more like it. Dennis can put the throw under some | :42:16. | :42:48. | |
pressure. He did not go straight through with the first art. No | :42:49. | :42:55. | |
fluency. The family Guy, Steve Bunting. That is his per signup. -- | :42:56. | :43:09. | |
persona. A great shot from Smith. They are well up there now. It is | :43:10. | :43:16. | |
looking very long for Dennis. What a response. Yes! You cannot keep them | :43:17. | :43:31. | |
down. 188 piece. Harbour will have first crack at and out. A very | :43:32. | :43:42. | |
makeable checkout. 20 is his first shop. Going for treble but gets a | :43:43. | :43:52. | |
single. Triple 17. Bull's-eye! Good effort. Triple 10. -- treble. Double | :43:53. | :44:13. | |
16. He has done it. He has done it indeed. He wins the set. Jeff Smith | :44:14. | :44:22. | |
has turned it around. He Leeds to buy three sets-2. -- leads. An | :44:23. | :44:33. | |
impressive comeback from Jeff Smith. His early darts were quite rank. | :44:34. | :44:39. | |
Dennis Harbour poured on the power, took the first two sets, with Smith | :44:40. | :44:45. | |
Bierley making a mayor as far as the match was concerned. After the first | :44:46. | :44:49. | |
break, Smith came back with renewed purpose and took three on the spin. | :44:50. | :44:56. | |
The momentum is now definitely going with the Canadian. Dennis Harbour so | :44:57. | :45:03. | |
slow and McDonald -- methodical. Smith is hitting the numbers early | :45:04. | :45:08. | |
on. Earlier, only averaging in the 70s but he has put some big scores | :45:09. | :45:14. | |
and averaging over 90. Harbour was averaging a ton plus, now down to | :45:15. | :45:22. | |
95. Smith seems as though he is the one who senses he might be able to | :45:23. | :45:26. | |
you merge from this victorious. Still a long way to go. Are you | :45:27. | :45:35. | |
enjoying a? I really am. Funny what a break can do. You sensed, that if | :45:36. | :45:42. | |
this match was played straight through, Dennis Harbour may have won | :45:43. | :45:48. | |
by now. A totally different chip Smith came back on stage, following | :45:49. | :45:55. | |
the first break. Let us see what happens after the second. Good shot | :45:56. | :46:05. | |
there, and another. Not a lot of finish yet but he is not far off. | :46:06. | :46:11. | |
Harbour straightaway is being pressured. | :46:12. | :46:35. | |
75, when he comes back to take the opening leg against the darts. | :46:36. | :46:46. | |
180 would be nice. 140 would have aided the course, let us see what | :46:47. | :47:08. | |
Smith can do. Double top for the league against the throw. Can | :47:09. | :47:14. | |
Harbour respond and get himself out of the mire? -- leg. He needs a | :47:15. | :47:33. | |
triple 24 88. Single sixteens. Again this is against the throw. 10, now. | :47:34. | :47:42. | |
He was hitting these doubles so confidently. He sees as an early | :47:43. | :47:55. | |
advantage in the fourth set. -- Caesar's. This is to take a place in | :47:56. | :47:59. | |
the semi-final. The Harbour Master needs to put a | :48:00. | :48:19. | |
few of those triples in again. -- trebles. That is more like it. | :48:20. | :48:23. | |
Smile, it is only darts. You say only darts, for these guys | :48:24. | :48:39. | |
it is not only darts. Getting to the business end of this championship. A | :48:40. | :48:46. | |
place in the last four at stake. Not just that but an invitation back | :48:47. | :48:49. | |
next year if you reach the semifinals. Hold that thought! He | :48:50. | :49:01. | |
needed that. The fourth for Dennis Harbour. The other thing, if you get | :49:02. | :49:05. | |
through to the semifinals, and extra eight and a half thousand pounds. | :49:06. | :49:13. | |
Six and a half for the losing quarter-finalist, 15 for the two | :49:14. | :49:19. | |
losing semifinalists. Leaving you closer to the ?100,000 jackpot for | :49:20. | :49:26. | |
the winner. Scott Mitchell, the defending champion is in action | :49:27. | :49:29. | |
against the Dutch player later. He made a good impression on his debut. | :49:30. | :49:40. | |
This could be the biggest comeback of the tournament. I am at the | :49:41. | :49:47. | |
darts, she is texting, can't talk now. Harbour on 167. A difficult | :49:48. | :50:15. | |
position, 152 for Smith. Double 16. Just the wrong side of the board. I | :50:16. | :50:25. | |
think he thought that was in. I was halfway out of my seat. Two darts at | :50:26. | :50:32. | |
double 18 for Dennis Harbour to level the set. Needs one of these. | :50:33. | :50:43. | |
Must get this. He does not get it. He will be punished now. I will be | :50:44. | :50:47. | |
surprised at Smith does not take this out. He is starting to notch | :50:48. | :50:55. | |
them when it counts. To keep the momentum going, he is 2-0 up. | :50:56. | :51:02. | |
Heeding for his fourth set on the spin. They called on the Harbour | :51:03. | :51:13. | |
Master but it he is at see right now. The first leg of the fourth set | :51:14. | :51:23. | |
was the last time he won a leg. This is the sexy, Smith, 2-0 up. Dennis | :51:24. | :51:35. | |
has run out of gas. What a start for this one. He looks so good for the | :51:36. | :51:46. | |
first two sets, Dennis Harbour. He is physically fit when it is so warm | :51:47. | :51:54. | |
up there, that is an advantage. Jeff Smith seems to be staying the paste | :51:55. | :51:56. | |
the better. -- pace. Jeff Smith has worked for many years | :51:57. | :52:12. | |
and a car restoration business. In the last year he has bought the | :52:13. | :52:18. | |
business. This gives them more time to practise as darts. Makes them | :52:19. | :52:23. | |
more comfortable financially. He can travel a little more. It takes the | :52:24. | :52:30. | |
pressure off the darts he does play. It is all going right for him off | :52:31. | :52:35. | |
the dartboard. When it was all going right off the dartboard, it goes | :52:36. | :52:46. | |
right on the dark board. -- dartboard. Does he work on the old | :52:47. | :52:51. | |
classics, the 50s and 60s muscle cars? He does that, but also the | :52:52. | :53:03. | |
pimp my ride business. I am not so much a fan of that. That's naff. I | :53:04. | :53:19. | |
love my classic cars. I do not like things to look as if they have come | :53:20. | :53:23. | |
out of an amusement arcade. Smithers on a finished. I have not seen you | :53:24. | :53:34. | |
so riled all week. A maximum for Dennis Armfield. I appreciate it, it | :53:35. | :53:43. | |
is just not my thing. Triple 17, double 18, he has not got. To hold | :53:44. | :54:01. | |
the throw, a master it. -- must hit. For two sixteens. One dart, Dennis. | :54:02. | :54:08. | |
You have to find the green bit. Ouch. 20s for Smith. This is for the | :54:09. | :54:19. | |
set. Single 20, double 20. There it is. He is 4-2 up. He only needs one | :54:20. | :54:29. | |
more. The Canadian flag is starting to develop a following and a bunch | :54:30. | :54:35. | |
of fans who really admire his talent. Looks like he's eating brain | :54:36. | :54:45. | |
other semi-final. -- heading for another semi-final. You mentioned | :54:46. | :54:52. | |
that the referees had a 174 contest. On the way here, I thought I would | :54:53. | :54:57. | |
get a leaderboard for you. This is good information. The Dutch referee | :54:58. | :55:12. | |
has two. And need under is has not had one yet and he is very cross | :55:13. | :55:15. | |
with all the players in his matches because it is his idea. Nick Ross | :55:16. | :55:27. | |
has had four. He is the man. 174, we wait with bated breath to see if | :55:28. | :55:35. | |
there will be any more. Has anybody recorded who has had 17 four. It is | :55:36. | :55:43. | |
the sort of information George would have. He knows how many darts they | :55:44. | :55:50. | |
have shown. Jeff Smith has won nine legs in a row. -- thrown. It is all | :55:51. | :56:05. | |
starting to look like hard work for Dennis Harbour. Smith is closing in | :56:06. | :56:08. | |
on his throw. This repairs of the damage. | :56:09. | :56:36. | |
Quarter-finals time. The winner of this play is the winner of the next | :56:37. | :57:01. | |
game to come. 144 the opening leg. 57 when he returns and harbour | :57:02. | :57:05. | |
cannot do anything about it other than try to get a big number. Get | :57:06. | :57:12. | |
up, he says. It is not going to move once it is on the board. Jeff Smith | :57:13. | :57:23. | |
is looking for ten legs in a row. 57 required. We have had turnarounds. | :57:24. | :57:32. | |
Smith is now looking to finish this one. Another one on the spend. That | :57:33. | :57:46. | |
is ten hour. He is ahead in the seventh sat -- now. -- set. | :57:47. | :58:04. | |
I heard a whisper that some Donald Trumps have made the way it in. | :58:05. | :58:16. | |
There is a possibility of him being banned from the country and the | :58:17. | :58:21. | |
politicians are going to have a debate about it. The lookalike | :58:22. | :58:26. | |
Saikia, along with the outrageous have. Canada is going into the | :58:27. | :58:41. | |
semifinals unless Dennis can turn this around dramatically. We just | :58:42. | :58:49. | |
can't see it happening. He has run out of steam after taking the first | :58:50. | :58:57. | |
(CHEERS) opening sets with such high regard. -- two sets. Here are the | :58:58. | :59:14. | |
Donald Trumps! And a Bruce. They are over from the USA, as you would | :59:15. | :59:21. | |
expect. The commentators, many of them. Steady 140. There is life in | :59:22. | :59:41. | |
them yet. There they are revealed. There are not really Donald Trump, | :59:42. | :59:48. | |
in case you were wondering. OK, to stem the tide, Dennis Harbour. Two | :59:49. | :00:03. | |
darts a double top. 11! He has got to find a break because Smith has | :00:04. | :00:28. | |
got the guts. -- darts. Only 60 from Jeff Smith. He reached the | :00:29. | :00:36. | |
semifinals on debut last year. He beat Robbie Gray in 5-1 in the | :00:37. | :00:44. | |
quarter-finals. Then he was beaten in the last four. Scott slowed him | :00:45. | :01:00. | |
down. Oh, dear. That could certainly be punished. A good start from | :01:01. | :01:11. | |
Habour with a 140 but then 26. A good last darts. It can be a problem | :01:12. | :01:28. | |
with a wall of noise. It is more of a problem when one single voice | :01:29. | :01:36. | |
calls out from the crowd. Nothing in this leg. There is now, unless | :01:37. | :01:46. | |
Habour can make a significant riposte. And another. That is good | :01:47. | :02:03. | |
stuff. To hold his throat, to move to within a leg of the semifinals. | :02:04. | :02:16. | |
-- throw. Dennis with a chance. He was taking this sort of dropped out | :02:17. | :02:28. | |
earlier. -- stuff. No, close but no. 16 tops for Jeff Smith. His | :02:29. | :02:48. | |
market is terrific. Yes, there is. The Canadian supporters are happy | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
bigger Smith is now within one lake of a price within the last four. -- | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
because. He has got to win this other ways he is out. Only 60 from | :03:02. | :03:29. | |
Dennis Harbour. Good stuff, a solid shot. A good one. For the first two | :03:30. | :03:52. | |
sets, he held at 100% of the time, it is all gone wrong since then. | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
That will happen if you lose ten legs in a row, as Dennis Harbour | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
did. He is not on a finish but he is not | :04:01. | :04:22. | |
far away. Habour must leave a finish and he will, almost certainly. That | :04:23. | :04:35. | |
was a brave effort. He has given himself a Trumps. -- a chance. Oh, | :04:36. | :04:45. | |
what about that! To stay alive, a in 19. He missed | :04:46. | :04:53. | |
out by a street, didn't he? No! That last darts was thrown more | :04:54. | :05:29. | |
in hope than expectation. Dennis Harbour to level the set. Yes, there | :05:30. | :05:43. | |
is! That is only halted throw. Smith is still with the darts for | :05:44. | :05:50. | |
victory. He holds his throat. He is into the last four. -- throw. Still | :05:51. | :06:25. | |
pitching. A fighting last start. He needed that one, didn't he, to keep | :06:26. | :06:39. | |
his nose ahead. Dennis Harbour has had winds over seeded player. He is | :06:40. | :06:47. | |
still battling but Smith is starting to close in. -- wins. He is moving | :06:48. | :07:06. | |
closer. Not a finish, though. Can Dennis leave one? Yes! A great time | :07:07. | :07:16. | |
to throw a 140. Smith wants to put himself in a position where Habour | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
is in pressure. He can't find one. Habour might get out of this. This | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
would be some way to get out of it, equalling the highest checkout of | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
the tournament so far. Just the wrong side of the wire. Yes, good | :07:35. | :07:46. | |
last shot. Smith must have thought that he was home and dry but now he | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
needs the last checkout. He can't finish, obviously. Habour is now 66 | :07:53. | :08:06. | |
to take the set. He went for the bull. He needs the bull this time | :08:07. | :08:20. | |
and he needs the red bit in the middle of the board. That might be | :08:21. | :08:31. | |
it. A good effort. Double 16 for the match. There it is! Jeff is in to | :08:32. | :08:42. | |
the last four. He has swept away from the immensely likeable | :08:43. | :08:49. | |
Canadian. Dennis Harbour is out and Smith is through to the last four. | :08:50. | :08:57. | |
Scott Mitchell does not want to really push this title. He came | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
through the sudden death decides. An amazing match. Any do it again? He | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
would have to take a superconfident debutante. They have not shown a | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
single sign of nerves on the big stage. The big man is holding the | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
trophy. First time he has handled his throw. Scott wanted to know why | :09:22. | :09:28. | |
he wasn't the first name on the team sheet. Scott is just running around | :09:29. | :09:48. | |
all day for her array. -- for Harry. There is not many people who | :09:49. | :09:56. | |
can say that they were managed by Harry. I have heard it said that | :09:57. | :10:07. | |
when he hits a golf bull, it stays hit. He has not had much time for | :10:08. | :10:22. | |
golf lately. Against the throw. This is more like it from Scott. This is | :10:23. | :10:30. | |
solid. Well, time is on his side. He has | :10:31. | :10:54. | |
decided not to go for B-17 bull, having a single 20. -- the 17. A | :10:55. | :11:12. | |
double 16 now. That is more like it! That is the Mitchell that we know it | :11:13. | :11:20. | |
is the first time that he has broken the Veenstra throw in this match. He | :11:21. | :11:27. | |
looked like an impostor for these first two sets, didn't he? He is out | :11:28. | :11:41. | |
for the set now. What a difference a few big numbers make. What a | :11:42. | :11:48. | |
difference a break can make. Habour against Smith earlier. It was | :11:49. | :11:52. |