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An afternoon on the oche at the Lakeside, and no doubt a fuel of

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this lot are on fancy dress in case their bosses are watching! Six-man

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two women going to work on the Lakeside stage, here is a rundown of

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what is ahead. Martin Adams surely fancying his

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chances this week, although Jeff Smith is a tough, tough first-round

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draw. The Chatterbox is back, Peter

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Sajwani, but he faces Mark McGeeney, who Bobby really likes the look.

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Deta Hedman, always a Lakeside favourite, has three darts in her

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hand and she hopes they are hot, hot, hot. Gary Robson plays with two

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black eyes after falling off a hover board. The good news? We have a

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video. From the safety of the Lakeside

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balcony, it will all be watched by a legend who has been around long

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enough to go out drinking with misusing 's dad, Bobby George. Are

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you well? We have probably had more drama than quality, we always like

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to tell it how it is, so far? Any change today? It is a good line-up.

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Martin Adams, last year he was runner up and he did not play well.

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This year he is playing better and he should go all the way. He has got

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a lot of well ranking points, more confidence. Same old, same old, but

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I never thought I would see that, not only playing at the Grand Slam

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darts but playing well and everybody fell in love with Wolfie. He was

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blowing kisses at everyone. But he has a tougher opponent today. Week

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or him the Silencer for a reason, he averages over 90, Jeff Smith is just

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deadly. He has a good game on his hands. We think it is the 23rd year

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that Wolfie has been at the Lakeside, so we sent along special

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agent Richard Ashdown, because we wanted to know how much Martin Adams

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knows about Martin Adams. I am here for a special edition of

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the Ashdown Modem, with a Lakeside legend. Name? Martin Adams. Age? 59.

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Occupation? Professional. Players. Your specialist subject? Marrows!

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Sorry, Wolfie. What year did you make your first Lakeside World

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Championship appearance? 1994. Correct. Who was your opponent in

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your very first match? Correct. You defeated a fellow Englishman to

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reach first semifinal in 1995, who? I don't know! Mike Gregory. Was that

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in 95? My word. What was the year you joined the dreaded list of

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number one seeds to fall at the first hurdle, and you defeated you?

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I will guess at 1995. 1997. The opponent? Robbie Widows? Roger

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Carter. You have hit 16 180s, who was that against? Chris Mason in the

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quarterfinals in 1999. Really? Would you like me to ask you any more

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questions about that much? Up to you, I don't mind. We will leave it.

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Who did you defeat to reach your first Lakeside final in 2005? You

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beat him 5- C Rowe. -- 5- C Rowe. Simon Whitlock. He reached the final

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in 2007, how many sets were you leading film Nixon by at half-time?

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6-0. What was the final score and what was the checkout that she won

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with? 7-6, 54, 14, double top. You have registered 11 161 checkouts at

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Lakeside, but just one maximum finish of 170, against whom and in

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what match? Pass. Dave Chisnall in the 2010 final. I am really good at

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this?! How far away from the double 12 were you in last year's semifinal

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on your attempt at the 9-darter finish and ?50,000? That was very

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close. About this? We will accept that, correct. How many matches have

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you played in the Lakeside World Championships? No idea. 70. My word.

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How many... BUZZER RINGS. I have started so I have finished, how many

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BDO world titles have you won? Three. Correct. Six correct answers

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and one pass, but we will give you a bonus point for remembering the

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checkout in 2007. Thank you. Not very good about, was

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he? Fantastic, it brought back the memories and harks back to the most

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important thing, he has this consistency that nobody else has

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been able to find. What keeps him so young in that oche, to come back

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every year as a favourite? He practices all the time, about three

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or four macro hours a day, even when he is not playing he practices can

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he puts the hours in. 70 games, that is a record, it must be.

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Self-motivated, disciplined, professional? Yeah, he does it

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properly. He would be a great guy to have in the Army with you, you could

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trust him. I would be disappointed if he does not put a show on today.

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And he will need to, we saw it with Joe Smith last year, he arrived a

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relative unknown, he is back this year doing about the same thing,

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averaging around 92, hitting one out of two doubles, that or thereabouts.

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Consistency is the keyword. He shocked everyone. I thought he would

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get to the final. He played really well. Adams knows that. Adams was

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working in 140s, 180s, Jeff was as well. It should be tight but I think

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I will go for Adams as well. It is a shame they are meeting in the first

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round, that is the way the draw goes. They are all good players, but

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they don't perform. We know those players can perform. The unknown,

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you don't know what you will see, but if we do not see these play

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well, we will be disappointed. There is only one man to introduce the

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players, let me introduce Tim, Little Richard Ashdown. RICHARD

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ASHDOWN: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE 2016 LAKESIDE WORLD

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CHAMPIONSHIPS. It is day four at the home of world darts, the Lakeside!

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We now introduced to the stage the reigning Dutch open champion, three

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times a world master, three times the Lakeside world champion, it's

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Wolfie, Martin Adams! MUSIC: "Hungry Like The Wolf" by

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Duran Duran. MUSIC: "Hungry Like The Wolf" by

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Duran Duran. We now introduced a Lakeside World

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Championship and BDO Trophy semifinalist, the reigning Las Vegas

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open champion. From Canada, the Silencer, Jeff Smith!

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COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC PLAYERS. -- PLAYS.

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MUSIC: "NEW ORLEANS IS SINKING" BY THE TRAGICALLY HIP.

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STUDIO: Stars off the stage, John Wilson is here for his 80th birthday

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and had the hall is here for her 90th.

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Now the commentary team. COMMENTATOR: Here is the question,

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who do you fancy for this one? Martin Adams, I hear you thinking,

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and yes, he is the number two seed, Bertie is relaxed, he shared a joke

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backstage not 20 minutes ago. -- but he is relaxed, we shared. He has all

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the experience in the world. But Jeff Smith has something about him

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on that stage. A semifinalist on debut last year, he was mighty

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impressive, averaging 92 in the prelim and hitting 64% of his

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doubles. England against Canada for a place in the last 16, honestly,

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honestly, this is anyone's. But we expect a high quality darts match.

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MC: first set, first leg, Jeff to throw first. Game on. COMMENTATOR:

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One thing is for certain, the Silencer will not go quietly. We saw

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how he performed last year, I'm sure we will see it a lot this year.

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Hello, Martin, welcome to Lakeside! Almost a perfect start. He has had

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to wait until Tuesday afternoon to get his Lakeside 2016 and away. His

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71st match on that stage, can you believe it? You have seen every one

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of them, Tony? Yes, hopefully I will see a fume or! I think this will be

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a great match. -- see a view more. Martin is the number two siege. --

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seed. Not a bad start from the three-time champion. 121, 140, 125.

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Treble 20. Though he has gone for the 18. Double 10, the shaft.

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This is to break the throw. He won't care how many darts, as long as that

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one found the target. And it didn't. Take it away, Jeff.

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Martin with a smile on his face, but I think you may be going very

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shortly. Remarkable that Martin Adams has

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been coming to Lakeside in producing high quality darts like these for 23

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years. Last year he beat the likes of Gary

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Robson, Robbie Green, he has the form. That is Jeff Smith. Martin

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Adams got all the way to the final. Both players lost to Scott Mitchell,

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Smith in the semis and Martin in a humdinger of a final.

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A couple of loose visits from Smith, you can't afford them against Martin

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Adams. Another good audience. It is Tuesday

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lunchtime, remember! I wonder how many of those are technically meant

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to be at work? He has missed four darters at 88.

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Shanghai. Single, trouble and double. -- treble and double.

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Martin, you need a double! He has missed! I tell you, this guy can

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finish the shots. He needed 88, he hit 88. Wolfie is scoring so well,

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but he has not hit a double in seven attempt will stop -- seven attempt.

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When Jeff Smith gets near the doubles, he finds them. 64% of

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doubles hate in his first-round match, two out of four today. Martin

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is scoring brilliantly. But that double trouble can't continue if he

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is to find his way into the last extreme. -- last 16.

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Martin knows he is in a map. -- match. Each set is the first to

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three legs, and the first to three sets will be through to round two.

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Jeff has already had a match in the preliminary round, as Canada's

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number one. He gets an automatic invite.

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Single 16, he was going to go for. There it is. He will have more

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chances to hit a double. Eighth time lucky! Double top for

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Martin Adams. He is on the board. Finally something for his partner to

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celebrate. Martin's partner, that is.

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23 and paraded on the back of his shirt, it is his 23rd World

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Championship -- embroidered on the back. He says he is getting so close

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to 25, which would be a milestone he really wants to hate, 25 World

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Championships in a row. -- really wants to hit. He is 60 on the 4th of

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June this year, Martin Adams. He just thinks it is a bonus that he is

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back here in his 60th year. The way he is throwing, it is nothing like

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that, it is fully deserved. Jeff on 174, looking good for this

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leg. Wins the like, wins the set, Jeff Smith. Very nicely done.

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Double top. Yes. The first set, Jeff Smith. Second set, first leg, Martin

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to throw first. 180! They are on their feet up

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Lakeside. They are living it. -- loving it. He has had trouble

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hitting his doubles, but four out of four for Martin Adams. There was a

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grown-up because everyone knew he was on for a perfect nine. Leg, but

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180, 140, not that. -- for a perfect 9-darter leg, but 180, 140, not bad.

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Relentless pressure for both players. This is extraordinary.

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He has missed it four times, Martin, but if he hit 30, it is for a ten.

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Leg. Gok Wan. -- it is for a ten dart leg. Go on!

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I told you it would be a cracking match! You certainly did! A long way

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to go yet. What I was going to ask you at the start of that last leg,

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are you aware of a programme called Pimp My Ride? Pardon? About it as an

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MTV show where people take beaten up old bangers to a garage and they get

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essentially done up a bit, spoilers on, massive speakers in the boot,

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champagne on the back-seat, that sort of stuff. Like your car. That

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is what Jeff Smith does back home in Canada. He owns a garage doing up

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old cars. Business, he says, is booming.

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A little bit to do for Martin. And is a maximum helps and puts pressure

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on the double top. Jeff, you require 40. You would not expecting to miss

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this with three darts in his hand. But she has! -- he has!

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For the leg, double 10. Game, shot and the second leg, Jeff Smith.

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140! Martin has missed seven darts at a

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double, but despite that is averaging north of 100. And losing.

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And, by the way, that is comfortably the best average of the week so far.

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Imagine if all those darts that scored him zero weren't added to the

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equation. It could finish off as a classic, this one. It really is

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great to watch. Really powerful scoring from Martin Adams. But what

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is it that Bobby George reminds us year on year on year? Trebles for

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show, doubles for dough! A chance for Jeff Smith. Martin has

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not left himself on a finish. Jeff Smith has, the daddy of them

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all. He will be coming back for 170. Go one, Jeff!

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This is for a rake of throw. And to move within a leg of a two set lead.

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Just misses the double 16. Double 11! Yes! You just saw him as he

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walked back from picking up his starter from the double 11, puffing

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out his cheeks, that was a Wolfie sigh of relief, make no mistake. In

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a bad position, that first dart. Needs to get over the top. Hunters.

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-- and does. Jeff Smith with a shot. Jeff Smith freely admit to being a

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much better player on the stage than on the floor. He did not know how he

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would react last year, but he just feels to the Manor born on the

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Lakeside stage. And if he didn't know before, Martin Adams knows now

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that he is in a real battle. He reached the semifinals last year, he

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lost to Scott Mitchell. We know the power he has got.

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Martin back in 260, Jeff will be back.

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This would feel good. Another one of those, has to move across the oche.

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Unlucky, just came off the barrel and went north of the wire.

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And it is there! Fifth leg, Martin to throw first, game on. There it

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is, we are going all the way in the second set. Martin Adams with the

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darts, throwing first. Must, you feel, not get broken here. From two

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set stone it is an awful long way back from somebody with the

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confidence of Jeff Smith. Throwing with confidence.

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Larry Butler there. Fellow North American. Travelled a long way, but

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they are getting results. Martin in trouble. Big, big trouble

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and only 26 with that visit. Actually, that was Jeff Smith's

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first maximum of the tournament and, what a time to throw it. Nothing

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Adams can do it it -- do about it. He's stuck on 320.

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Treble 16 would have left double 10. He'll be back. With dangerous darts

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for a two-set lead. Pressure darts now.

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Hit it in the last leg. Double 9. Yes. He's in trouble, is Martin

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Adams. Two sets down. Listen to the crowd. He's a cool customer, Jeff

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Smith. And he's the sort of player, when the finishing line homes into

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view, he gets better. He loves it up there. He was telling me, I said do

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you truly believe you are going to win this match and he goes

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"absolutely 100%, the only person that matters whether I'm going to

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win or lose, and believe that, is me" and I do.

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He actually bought that car restoration business that he was

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working for when he came here last year. He'sny now the owner and he

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said business is going well, so A it relaxes him and B, it gives him time

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to focus on his darts which is the thing he loves. Certainly the engine

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is ticking here, that's for certain. Unlucky that, for Martin.

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Martin on 280. He's in desperate need of help. All of a sudden, the

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scoring has deserted him as well, Martin. Treble 16, double 18.

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He wanting double 9 when he comes back. But will he take it? Let us

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see if he's going to go straight for it. Yes. And the first leg of what

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could be the final set. Martin has to find a way to break the throw. Or

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he's out. Great match for the audience. Getting the best of order.

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I think they are a bit shell-shocked. They did not expect

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this. They did not expect Wolfie to struggle. He's being beaten up out

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there. Another maximum from Jeff Smith.

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701 points away from knocking out the top seed, Jeff Smith. This is

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just relentless, and you have to say, superb. 60 left after nine

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darts. Looking for 11-dart finish. Martin Adams treated us in the

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second set to a ten-darter. This is an 11-darter maybe. No. All of a

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sudden, a lifeline for Martin Adams. He's missed the treble 18. He's let

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Jeff Smith in again. That is a long way off.

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Just one leg away. To break of throw. Steady start.

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Still fighting back, is Martin. No question. Never gives in. He will

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keep fighting. To the very last dart.

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Early in the match, Adams was averaging north of 100, but as Jeff

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Smith's average has gone north, Martin's has gone south. It's all

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about hitting the doubles. Putting it right where he needs them.

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81. Is that enough? It's not a finish. Oh, dear.

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That is going to be for the match when he comes back. Shanghai for the

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match for Smith. There is the pressure applied from

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Wolfie. You would expect nothing less from him. Nothing he can do but

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watch, as Jeff Smith has a dart for the match and double top and hits

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it! Stunning, superb performance from Silencer. Who knows how far he

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can go this year if he keeps performing like that? ! Wolfie blown

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away. Ladies and gentlemen, we say goodbye to Wolfie, Martin Adams. But

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through to the second round, it's the Silencer, Jeff Smith!

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What a performance. Jeff Smith, we told you, a straight line of

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consistency. A robot. A machine! As cool as you like. The Silencer makes

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deowed rant sweat. -- deodorant sweat.

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Bobby George, the guy played for his 23rd time at the Lakeside. We saw

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with Jeff Smith on his debut, but even more Mr Consistent, that was

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sensationally cool playing? He got beat up. He should have won the

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first set though, he should have done. Missed seven doubles. Great

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scoring, I thought here we go, good match, but Jeff didn't miss a shot.

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And he never let him in, he never let him in. We said he gets 40-50%

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in the doubles, he did roughly that Jeff Smith, we said he'd average

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92-93 and he did that as well but the scoring was heavier, it was 107

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first nine-dart average so everything was working for him and

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he just has the bottle, Bob? Well, he can finish, can't he? Yes. This

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guy, he can score what he wants if you don't hit the double though you

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don't win. Wolfie just that little bit scruffy he was. Yes. On the

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scoring. He started off well and then Jeff got it at him after the

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second set. I want to show you the second set. You talk about the big

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finishes but, as you know, sometimes it's not those at all. He's got the

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last clutch dart and an all double, double 9 and he nails it. That's why

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he won that match? Yes, because he can hit any double. They are all the

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same size, they just live in different places. Luteally. I wish I

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could say the same about your house and mine. Let's hear from the

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Silencer Jeff Smith now. Congratulations. We said we let the

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audience know what you were capable of last year, but even by your

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wonderfully high consistent standards, well played? I'm still

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shaking like a leaf after playing Martin Adams. Shaking and doing

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Canada proud. This had flare, Jeff, let's have a look at your winning

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darts because this is a lovely champagne moment of was a game that

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was fizzy from start to finish from you. Shanghai nights; Shanghai

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afternoons, Jeff? ! That's my game. I'm the only person that has to

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believe in myself and I do. It's a fantastic philosophy to have. Is it

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that self-belief because we see players who hit 95, 96 averages,

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they come here and crumble. You are the opposite, you come here and

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thrive? I'm probably a more dangerous player on a stage than I

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am on the floor. I settle down when I play, I'm calm, I throw, I'm more

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nervous standing here than I was down there. Wolfie at the end was, I

:42:32.:42:40.

thought fantastic. He knew he was beaten up. He threw some fantastic

:42:41.:42:45.

scores, just missed some doubles? Yes, he really had a chance to pay

:42:46.:42:50.

me back a couple of times and I'm really surprised that he didn't. I'm

:42:51.:42:54.

lucky to be here. You made Bobby laugh. Bobby is enjoying darts, I

:42:55.:42:59.

know he is when he sits and laughs in his seat and you really enjoyed

:43:00.:43:03.

that? I did. The finishing was great. You must have thought when he

:43:04.:43:09.

started I'm in trouble here. You took your chances and thought, I

:43:10.:43:13.

know what I've got to do now, get if front of him, hit the doubles and

:43:14.:43:18.

that's exactly what you done, you never let him in, you never gave him

:43:19.:43:23.

a chance. He's too dangerous a player, if you give him an inch,

:43:24.:43:28.

he'll take a mile. If you have a chance, you have to beat him. Beat

:43:29.:43:32.

him up is the saying? Yes. Wolfie won't mind me saying

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that was quite a performance. Wolfie magnanimous at the end there and

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talking now. This guy is so magnanimous in

:43:48.:43:54.

defeat. Martin, you are conducting yourself fantastically well but you

:43:55.:43:56.

were just outclassed today weren't you? Well, yes, he played better

:43:57.:44:05.

than I did. At the treble I thought, I'm in trouble. I thought I'm really

:44:06.:44:10.

in trouble. He banged straight in the tops, you can't argue with that.

:44:11.:44:14.

The doubles just didn't go in for you? No, particularly early doors.

:44:15.:44:18.

The first set could have been a bit different if I hit the doubles, I

:44:19.:44:22.

had plenty of doubles. I didn't take 'em. But that's darts. What about

:44:23.:44:26.

the ten-darter, you always give the crowd something. We have got it

:44:27.:44:30.

there for you, look. Fantastic. I was hoping for a nine, but you know,

:44:31.:44:35.

when you hit the 180, you think, let's have a nine. Second shot, the

:44:36.:44:42.

145, or the 140 sorry, you know, a bit of a slip that one there really.

:44:43.:44:49.

That one went in sweet as a nut. I'd already said to little Richard, if I

:44:50.:44:54.

lose 61, I'm going the 45 route, bang straight in, beautiful. In

:44:55.:45:00.

practise last week,ifulry time I left 61 I kept it in and got the

:45:01.:45:05.

double straight in. The one I couldn't hit, straight in. Maybe we

:45:06.:45:10.

were thinking, this is going to go all the way, you've settled in and

:45:11.:45:14.

got your eye in, but again he didn't let you settle in, did he? No, he

:45:15.:45:19.

didn't let me settle in. We have seen a couple of games this week so

:45:20.:45:24.

far when the chances have been given to the opponents and maybe I gave

:45:25.:45:27.

him too many chances, not really sure, but the chances he had he

:45:28.:45:32.

played really well and dominated the game. You know what it takes to win

:45:33.:45:35.

the title and you know class when you see it. Is he good enough to win

:45:36.:45:40.

this for Canada? Without a doubt. If he plays like that, people will have

:45:41.:45:44.

to play really well to beat him. They have to be on the top of their

:45:45.:45:47.

game, probably playing the best darts of their life to beat him if

:45:48.:45:52.

he plays like that. Jeff was superb tonight. On behalf of everybody, we

:45:53.:45:57.

definitely want you back, so enjoy your 60th birthday in June and see

:45:58.:46:01.

you back next year Wolfie, thanks mate. Thank you very much indeed.

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Thank you. Wonderful stuff. What a gentleman. I

:46:05.:46:09.

love when Wolfie is smiling, we have had years when he wasn't. He is the

:46:10.:46:14.

heartbeat and even going out, he's still the heartbeat and we love

:46:15.:46:18.

having him on the balcony. He's entertaining. He could have got the

:46:19.:46:27.

nine darter but he got the ten. He was nice to Jeff what he said there,

:46:28.:46:30.

if he plays like that he could go all the way and win the title which

:46:31.:46:35.

is nice. He wasn't nasty, didn't say anything about Jeff, he blamed

:46:36.:46:39.

himself, he had the chances and he didn't take the chances, first set

:46:40.:46:42.

won that, different game. You told us at the start of the show that

:46:43.:46:46.

we'd get a bit more quality today and they both had an average of 93.

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Uncle Bobby strikes again, the Yoda of darts. I'm glad, that was a good

:46:54.:46:59.

match. We have had the Silencer already. Peter Sajwani we have next.

:47:00.:47:03.

Let's catch up with him. # I want it all

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# And I want it now... # I was thinking about lot of

:47:19.:47:22.

different tracks but I think that suits me, you just want it all and

:47:23.:47:23.

you want it now. I'm very impulsive, so I never know

:47:24.:47:36.

what is going to happen next. It's hard to describe it in words, the

:47:37.:47:41.

feeling you have. It's the best part. Wilson, the top seed, and he

:47:42.:47:48.

has all the Lakeside experience. I had nothing to lose. I mean, it's

:47:49.:47:53.

just amazing to play there against the number one seed. He started off

:47:54.:47:58.

brilliant. I think he won three legs to zero and had 111 average. Looking

:47:59.:48:06.

as though he's going to get battered. The commentator said it's

:48:07.:48:11.

going to be the fastest knockout in the history of Lakeside. If I heard

:48:12.:48:15.

that, I would never come back from that situation. Everything went so

:48:16.:48:24.

fast. Suddenly I had top for match and took it out with the first dart.

:48:25.:48:36.

The match to Peter Sajwani. I was leaving my darts on the table and I

:48:37.:48:41.

felt my knees were going so I felt like I hope I don't pass out now. I

:48:42.:48:44.

don't know, fire service so emotional. Feels a little unreal

:48:45.:48:53.

when I look back to it. If you're gonna be there and play, you got to

:48:54.:48:57.

play against the biggest names. When I get in the zone, I'm just playing

:48:58.:49:02.

my own darts. If I get a chance, I believe I can take it.

:49:03.:49:09.

I think I can beat all the players that's in the tournament,

:49:10.:49:13.

absolutely. Looking for a repeat 12 months later. But he's going up

:49:14.:49:19.

against a real pedigree I think in Mark McGeeney, albeit an unknown

:49:20.:49:23.

making his debut. But he was on the England team that won the WBO World

:49:24.:49:29.

Cup. He can play with the very best of England and, this is the one name

:49:30.:49:34.

that Bobby George said to me before a dart was thrown, keep a little eye

:49:35.:49:41.

on double M, Mark McGeeney. Very, very good dart player. I watched him

:49:42.:49:48.

in tournaments and he's very consistent, good scorer, good

:49:49.:49:52.

finishing. He's played van Gerwen. I know it's only fun darts but you

:49:53.:49:55.

have to play well to beat Michael. He can play, this boy. I met him, he

:49:56.:50:01.

is ultra--nice, very softly spoken. So what I want to know is, is he

:50:02.:50:06.

going to bring a Jeff Smith mentality or go with the debutantes

:50:07.:50:10.

who get swallowed with the atmosphere? He said he's looking

:50:11.:50:14.

forward to it. He's not nervous, plays all year to get here, he's

:50:15.:50:18.

look forward to it. He's the sort of guy that could come up here with a

:50:19.:50:22.

nine-darter or he may not handle the pressure. But he's got the quality

:50:23.:50:26.

in his darts to play very well and he plays the same all the time. Let

:50:27.:50:33.

us see how it goes. 90-odd average. In terms of Peter Sajwani. He does a

:50:34.:50:38.

little jig here and a walk on like this and he's Smiley and chatty and

:50:39.:50:43.

we love it, it brightens up our afternoon. But if you are playing

:50:44.:50:47.

against that, can that be as offputing a tactic as the player

:50:48.:50:52.

who's slow and does a Hanky? If you are playing well, it puts you off,

:50:53.:50:56.

they can do what they want and you could still hit the shots so it's up

:50:57.:51:00.

to the person. What you do is up to you. If it gets in your head he's

:51:01.:51:06.

done the job. Absolutely and the walk-on could last as long as the

:51:07.:51:13.

set. The Master of Ceromonies now. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the

:51:14.:51:18.

2016 BDO World Championships and, we are here at the home of World Darts,

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the Lakeside! Let me introduce to the stage a BDO

:51:29.:51:34.

world hundredship semi-finalists, the classic champion, the reigning

:51:35.:51:40.

British Open champion, it's England's Gladiator, Mark McGeeney.

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We now introduce a former for that Lee know former Open Champion, he's

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the Baltic and Scandinavian regional qualifier, Sweden's Chatterbox,

:52:53.:52:53.

Peter Sajwani. Peter Sajwani is up. It's Chatterbox

:52:54.:54:21.

v Gladiator which sounds like the worths movie ever made. A little R

:54:22.:54:31.

R in the commentary box now. COMMENTATOR: Mark, the 43-year-old

:54:32.:54:36.

from Stockport, he'd be the favourite, the Lancashire County

:54:37.:54:42.

player. But we saw the victory that Peter got against James Wilson, came

:54:43.:54:47.

through a preliminary, so this is his second this year. He beat Sam

:54:48.:54:54.

Hewson in the preliminary rounds. He never shuts up, always got a smile

:54:55.:54:58.

on his face, cheerful sort of soul. He's the Swedish national champion,

:54:59.:55:02.

also runner-up in the Lithuanian Open. Beaten by Darius Labanowska

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there. Mark McGeeney, he won the British Open, beating Ross

:55:16.:55:19.

Montgomerie, Martin Phillips, Gary Robson and Scott Waite, so that

:55:20.:55:22.

shows that he can perform at the highest level. He is a talent.

:55:23.:55:27.

Whether or not he's going to be able to bring to it the big stage remains

:55:28.:55:31.

to be seen, but I suspect that he might.

:55:32.:55:36.

Reach the semis of the BDO as well and had victory over Glenn Durrant

:55:37.:55:43.

on the way to that. Lost out to Geert De Vos. If he can handle the

:55:44.:55:49.

occasion, he's got the sort of game which could go a long way in these

:55:50.:55:55.

Championships. Thank you ladies and gentlemen, Peter to throw first,

:55:56.:55:57.

first leg, first set. Game on. One of these days, Peter Sajwani's

:55:58.:56:10.

walk-on music is going to run out before he even get on to the stage.

:56:11.:56:16.

But great to see his infection enthusiasm and a big favourite

:56:17.:56:21.

already here. I'm looking forward to a first Lakeside glimpse of this

:56:22.:56:27.

guy, Mark McGeeney. -- infectious enthusiasm. Victory over Scott Waits

:56:28.:56:35.

in the Open final is an indication that he is playing well. Waits has

:56:36.:56:42.

looked as good as anybody at Lakeside this year. Sajwani loved

:56:43.:56:48.

his walk-on. A smattering of admirers as well.

:56:49.:56:58.

19s are proving popular early on. 20 is working better though for the

:56:59.:57:02.

Swede. A couple of occasions of the BDO,

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but he doesn't play any more nowadays, but Sajwani is only too

:57:36.:57:39.

well aware of how good those predecessors were, I'm sure. Those

:57:40.:57:44.

two, the only two Swedes to reach the last four here at Lakeside.

:57:45.:58:12.

Not quite settled into it yet. 113. No check out now.

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Sajwani for 92. Treble 20 he's looking for. Double 12, good dart.

:58:45.:58:58.

And that's good finishing. Looking for the treble 20. Treble 16

:58:59.:59:02.

and that was lined up. Excellent finishing. McGeeney won't

:59:03.:59:21.

feel as though he's in the contest until he's on the board.

:59:22.:59:26.

McGeeney not really getting the scores we know he's capable of yet.

:59:27.:59:52.

I think he's a bit nervous up there. The average is less than 70 but it's

:59:53.:59:56.

early stages and plenty of time to settle into the match.

:59:57.:00:06.

The tonne starting to come for the Swede. McGinley hasn't settled yet.

:00:07.:00:21.

The winner of this one will be facing big Scott Mitchell, the

:00:22.:00:25.

defending champion. I wonder if he is watching. He might be looking at

:00:26.:00:28.

one of his favourite James Bond movies. He says he has not really

:00:29.:00:33.

been watching the darts while he has been here, he has been focusing on

:00:34.:00:40.

his own game, sitting back, having a pint and watching some James Bond.

:00:41.:00:52.

We are only talking fractions, but that is the game.

:00:53.:01:07.

McGeeney, remember, with the throw here, really needs another of those.

:01:08.:01:18.

Yes! That will settle them down, that he may not get a shot at it.

:01:19.:01:24.

Another of those would leave a couple of 6s.

:01:25.:01:37.

He needs treble 18 for the bull's-eye. Yes! 122! Beautiful

:01:38.:01:54.

check-out! He is into the game. A huge smile, he enjoyed that.

:01:55.:01:55.

Fabulous. Absolutely nailed it. A couple of

:01:56.:02:08.

decent finishes, 92, 120 two. Absolutely. The game is warming up.

:02:09.:02:19.

Some jitters from both fellows in the opening leg. But 122 checkout

:02:20.:02:31.

from the Gini -- from McGeeney will get him right into it.

:02:32.:02:42.

Had some success around the circuit this year, or last year, I should

:02:43.:02:51.

say, Mark McGeeney. And also playing in exhibitions. He beat Michael van

:02:52.:02:57.

Gerwen, it was a fun match but if you beat him in any kind of match it

:02:58.:03:03.

shows you can throw a bit, you do not just rock up and beat van

:03:04.:03:08.

Gerwen! But unless he has had a very, very bad day! McGeeney is

:03:09.:03:15.

playing well again, he has a great chance of breaking the throw. He

:03:16.:03:17.

will fancy this. That is a great first start. Looks

:03:18.:03:31.

like he is going 25. Oh, double 18, what a checkout this would be. Just

:03:32.:03:42.

by the width of the wire. He will come back for three darts at double

:03:43.:03:43.

18 for a break. To go ahead. He was not sure if it

:03:44.:04:11.

was in! There it was! The first one was a good marker. McGeeney ahead

:04:12.:04:19.

with the break, no. And now he can take this opening set.

:04:20.:04:29.

The 11th seed is throwing well. Since that 122, he has settled down

:04:30.:04:38.

and the belief is coursing through his veins. Especially as a

:04:39.:04:45.

debutante, you don't really feel you are in a match and tell you are on

:04:46.:04:52.

the board. Fish until you are. What a transformation. Look at this. That

:04:53.:04:59.

is Mark 's partner, and Marie, on the left. -- Anne-Marie. She is

:05:00.:05:13.

sitting beside Lisa lashed in -- Lisa Ashton, the number one seed in

:05:14.:05:18.

the women's tournament. Lancashire lassies.

:05:19.:05:27.

This match is Stockport versus Stockholm, in fact! Tony O'Shea

:05:28.:05:39.

territory, stop board. -- Stockport. I wonder if he is a Stockport County

:05:40.:05:44.

man? More likely Man United Manchester City, I bet.

:05:45.:05:56.

Look like a miscalculation. Yes, definitely. He is not in tears, he

:05:57.:06:05.

is grimacing, he can't believe what he has done.

:06:06.:06:15.

He has got a ready smile, hasn't he? Some questionable maths, and here we

:06:16.:06:22.

are. Should have done that before, he

:06:23.:07:03.

says! Mark is a likeable sort of character

:07:04.:07:22.

on the stage. He is enjoying this match as long tonne much as Sajwani

:07:23.:07:32.

enjoyed his walk on. -- as much as Sajwani enjoyed. A succession of big

:07:33.:07:40.

numbers are pushing his average up now into the high 80s.

:07:41.:07:50.

Scoring well, but at that. -- look at that. If he keeps hitting like

:07:51.:08:04.

this he will be comfortably into the 90s before too long. Looking like

:08:05.:08:10.

favourite to hold his throw in the opening leg of the second set. First

:08:11.:08:15.

three sets, taking a leg the next round and reserving a berth against

:08:16.:08:17.

Scott Mitchell. He will have quite a few darts up

:08:18.:08:28.

that, leaves 125. 74, when the Gini comes back and he

:08:29.:09:05.

can probably still have 9-darter back. -- when McGeeney comes back.

:09:06.:09:15.

Good stuff! The Gladiator has four checkout excesses out of eight

:09:16.:09:28.

attempt, he is scoring heavily now. Sajwani picks itself that Ritchie

:09:29.:09:34.

soon, McGeeney will be surging away in this match.

:09:35.:09:42.

Some new names coming through, Mark McGeeney is certainly one of them.

:09:43.:09:50.

We have seen one or two established stars exiting already this year. And

:09:51.:09:56.

McGeeney wanting to show that he is part of a new generation. Bobby

:09:57.:10:03.

George called it. Keep your eye on him. You can't take your eyes off

:10:04.:10:14.

him at the moment. The girl Sajwani is not throwing well. -- Sajwani is

:10:15.:10:21.

not. Sajwani all over the place again.

:10:22.:10:40.

Throwing badly. And the body language, he is just meandering

:10:41.:10:47.

around the stage. McGeeney on 267. Sajwani looks like a man who does

:10:48.:10:49.

not want to be there. He smashed James Wilson last year

:10:50.:11:02.

after Wilson got off to that flying start. He can play, this lad. He is

:11:03.:11:11.

only averaging 73 at the moment, he is way, way short of where he can

:11:12.:11:12.

be. He showed glimpses in Hezbollah in a

:11:13.:11:25.

rerun victory of what he is capable of, but we have not seen anything of

:11:26.:11:33.

that today -- he showed glimpses in the preliminary round victory.

:11:34.:11:40.

Another pretty weak visit from Sajwani. Sajwani taking forever to

:11:41.:11:46.

get off the oche. A huge advantage against the throw

:11:47.:12:13.

former Gini to go to a clear second set. -- for McGeeney to go. Can't

:12:14.:12:25.

seem to get stop -- can't seem to get this.

:12:26.:12:31.

Almost another big checkout for McGeeney.

:12:32.:12:43.

You wouldn't expect him to have a shot at this finish

:12:44.:12:55.

stop not happy with that. Sajwani, who has not looked like winning this

:12:56.:13:06.

leg at any stage, finds itself with a chance. Oh, that was not good.

:13:07.:13:14.

27 darts, he is still not there. Not one for the highlights programme,

:13:15.:13:53.

this leg! Say what you like! I don't know where that one went.

:13:54.:14:01.

There will be a fuel around the pubs and clubs watching this thinking, I

:14:02.:14:07.

can do this. Sajwani trying to and clubs watching this thinking, I

:14:08.:14:13.

the crowd. Trying to lighten the mood little bit. McGeeney smiles, he

:14:14.:14:19.

is not too worried about the antics of his opponent. I can think of

:14:20.:14:23.

another couple of players who might not have enjoyed that. . Number 30.

:14:24.:14:36.

Blimey! Try it with Ross Montgomery, Ted Hankey... Might have been

:14:37.:14:38.

received differently. Well, that leg was... Different.

:14:39.:14:59.

McGeeney gets it, though. Break of throw, 2-0 up. The kind of leg of

:15:00.:15:08.

darts that impose scheduling problems. That is a TV term, to the

:15:09.:15:19.

own initiative eight -- to the uninitiated, it is when programmes

:15:20.:15:24.

following needs to be postponed or cancelled. 180! The first maximum of

:15:25.:15:31.

the match. The referee was not joining in the

:15:32.:15:53.

liberty of the moment. -- levity. Fairly stony faced as Sajwani was

:15:54.:15:57.

milking the applause. He is a good lad, Anthony, that referee, despite

:15:58.:16:08.

looking a little bit dour. It is almost as of Sajwani has said, I am

:16:09.:16:12.

playing rubbish, I am just going to have a laugh. All very well, but

:16:13.:16:17.

McGeeney has a job to do when needs to maintain concentration. -- and

:16:18.:16:26.

needs to. Ted Hankey was throwing, by his standards, abysmally,

:16:27.:16:31.

Phillips had to keep it together and just about manage to do so. Not

:16:32.:16:33.

always easy in those circumstances. Bogey number, no checkout.

:16:34.:17:02.

Sajwani has got an opportunity. It is erratic. He is playing with

:17:03.:17:27.

what could charitably be called a bit of a lack of focus, is Peter

:17:28.:17:33.

Sajwani. This for the second set. There it is. He is winning easily.

:17:34.:17:50.

Chatterbox on the rocks. And McGeeney is under no real pressure.

:17:51.:17:56.

It's took him at first leg to settle, Sajwani took it with a 92

:17:57.:18:02.

but has done nothing since. Chatterbox silenced.

:18:03.:18:20.

One of the Dutch contingent watching on. Jeffrey de Graaf. He was in

:18:21.:18:27.

action yesterday. Fans down from Whitby. A little

:18:28.:18:56.

Whitby town sign. Lovely place, Whitby, if you have never been.

:18:57.:19:03.

That is more like it, Peter! Again, a bit of a display of emotion. They

:19:04.:19:18.

will be back for 142. -- he will. Boy, could he do with this. Treble

:19:19.:19:28.

20. That would have left bull 16. That is more like it. Giving himself

:19:29.:19:33.

a potential checkout, 32. Second leg, marketed through first.

:19:34.:20:06.

Game on. -- second leg, Mark to throw first.

:20:07.:20:20.

Razma is in action later in a good-looking match against Gary

:20:21.:20:29.

Robson. He is not practising, he is right here watching this match.

:20:30.:20:35.

Razma, who qualified from the Baltic region, he is a BDO ranked qualifier

:20:36.:20:41.

ahead of Peter Sajwani. Sajwani has steadied the arm a

:20:42.:20:59.

little bit now. He looked as though he had almost given up in the last

:21:00.:21:08.

set, at one stage. His prospects of pulling this one around remain

:21:09.:21:09.

rather bleak. He is on 72, very makeable. Sajwani

:21:10.:21:48.

throws another bad dart. That is more like it. Treble 20 or treble

:21:49.:22:08.

12. Double 18. So, way off. That look like a good marker. 152 can't

:22:09.:22:16.

be done, McGeeney will come back again looking for the double 18.

:22:17.:22:37.

McGeeney is in the cruise mode. He looks as if he has another gear that

:22:38.:23:12.

he can go into if necessary. Sajwani is not really pushing him.

:23:13.:23:30.

The crowd are ready and braced with 180 signs. McGeeney has not produced

:23:31.:23:36.

one of those yet. England fans, appropriately dressed

:23:37.:23:56.

for the darts. He was looking for his first maximum and thought he had

:23:57.:24:02.

got it, I think. McGeeney was part of last year 's victorious England

:24:03.:24:08.

World Cup team. He will be coming back with an opportunity to

:24:09.:24:12.

checkout. This is a chance to strike against the darts.

:24:13.:24:27.

Peter has had a sneak preview of what could be. Mimic the first two.

:24:28.:24:39.

Oh, he is playing his own game here, Sajwani.

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That puts him just about there. He is 2-1 up, a break of the throw, now

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he has the arrows for a straight sets win. It is not done yet, but

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this has been surprisingly straightforward for Mark McGeeney,

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who has thrown well. He has met Cyr resistance from his Swedish

:25:23.:25:26.

opponent, unfortunately. Look at the averages. -- he has met the road --

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no resistance. He looks a bit disconsolate. He

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knows he has not produced anything, really. The highlight of his day was

:25:47.:25:48.

the walk on. It lasted almost as long as this

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match. Mentally, I think Sajwani is back in the bar. Well, he will be

:26:05.:26:10.

able to experience a bit of reality before too one, McGeeney is getting

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near. Chatterbox on the rocks, McGeeney 168 points away from

:26:21.:26:23.

winning his first ever match at the Lakeside. No checkout.

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McGeeney will come back. 68 is the checkout. Treble 20, 44-macro. 16

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would leave double 16 for the victory. Oh, yes! You can't believe

:27:03.:27:12.

it. It was surprisingly straightforward. -- he can't believe

:27:13.:27:17.

it. Sajwani says, I'm going to knock you out. Peter, that is what he has

:27:18.:27:24.

done to you. The Gladiator stands tall, McGeeney makes his mark and

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cruises through to round two. Sweden's Peter Sajwani and England's

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Gladiator, Mark McGeeney! MUSIC PLAYS

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STUDIO: The joke on Peter Sajwani. Mark McGeeney in his first match has

:28:03.:28:09.

the last laugh here at the Lakeside in the first round. The punch line,

:28:10.:28:11.

how straightforward was that?! Bobby, we will get to how a debutant

:28:12.:28:30.

plays against that type of, shall we do is the word character, for now,

:28:31.:28:34.

but there were little glimpses from Mark McGeeney about the type of

:28:35.:28:40.

player you talked about? He started off scruffy, wasted a few doubles,

:28:41.:28:45.

but he held it together. When Peter was mucking about in front of him he

:28:46.:28:49.

ignored him completely. He was not pushed. It was like a practice

:28:50.:28:54.

session. Nobody pushed him. Not great averages. You know I am not a

:28:55.:29:04.

killjoy if anything I go the other way, but where is the line? When I

:29:05.:29:08.

was watching that and they were having a joke of a leg, and in Paris

:29:09.:29:13.

meant the leg, I am not sure you should be doing this when you are

:29:14.:29:18.

throwing three more darts at a W should have taken out ages ago at

:29:19.:29:22.

this level. I think there is a lot more to it than just playing the

:29:23.:29:27.

fool. When you're averaging 74, I find that different than when you

:29:28.:29:31.

are doing it in a good game and the averages are good. He tried to

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change the game around for himself, all the energy with dancing around,

:29:38.:29:40.

he should have put it into the darts. How did he handle it? He

:29:41.:29:51.

tried to put him off a bit. It didn't help him, anyway. Mark just

:29:52.:29:58.

focused on the game. He obviously knew he would do that. Lets talk to

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the man himself, come on in. The first time I met him was just

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yesterday. Congratulations. Talk as through your first Lakeside

:30:11.:30:13.

experience of winning on the stage? I have never been as nervous in my

:30:14.:30:18.

life as I was there, it is surreal, I was shaking. You are having to

:30:19.:30:24.

handle antics, we think, it is OK to have a laugh but we were showing...

:30:25.:30:28.

Showboating when doubles were being missed, you were looking down and

:30:29.:30:32.

trying to use the way, you must be pleased with how you handle that? I

:30:33.:30:37.

handled it well. I have seen his tactics before. He is a lovely bloke

:30:38.:30:42.

but I thought, Lib Dem, don't get involved. Concentrate on your darts.

:30:43.:30:49.

-- looked down, don't get involved. That nice ton-plus finish must have

:30:50.:30:54.

helped? There is your 18, first of all. Look at that, snake eyes!

:30:55.:30:58.

Luckily gently! I didn't think I'd even win a leg.

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When I got that first, I was relax and still nervous. You stood

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alongside, which you have done, played with Scott Mitchell. Yes. You

:31:16.:31:18.

are going to have to play against him. Now, I have a little inkling

:31:19.:31:22.

that playing against a more straightforward player like that,

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he's going to hit an average of over 90, it's going to lift your game?

:31:27.:31:30.

Yes, I know Scott. He played pairs together in the World Cup. He's

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fantastic, I love him to bits and we are going to have a proper game of

:31:34.:31:36.

darts we are, it's going to be fun. I'm excited about that one, Bobby,

:31:37.:31:42.

it was only an 85 average but look at the first nine, the tonnes, he

:31:43.:31:46.

was hitting those and certainly enough glimpses of this man to be

:31:47.:31:53.

excited. And you told me I wasn't nervous! I was always worried about

:31:54.:32:01.

the very first game on the Lakeside because I've watched since I was a

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kid. To get the first win under my belt, we'll see where we go from

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here. Would you like to see your final darts again because that's

:32:12.:32:14.

always a moment? Oh, yes. There you go. You've messed that up now, you

:32:15.:32:19.

are never going to do it. One dart at it. I couldn't believe that. That

:32:20.:32:26.

was just surreal. I've actually won a game on the Lakeside stage, it's

:32:27.:32:34.

amazing. Part of the tournament now. I can concentrate on winning the

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whole lot. If I can play like that, I can win it. I'm liking the class

:32:39.:32:43.

of your top, black-and-white and beautiful. As the name would

:32:44.:32:46.

suggest, representing England but the Irish connection as well, so a

:32:47.:32:50.

mix of the family, so the reason for people to support you, not just near

:32:51.:32:53.

the Lakeside but across the Irish Sea as well? I'm a proud Irishman.

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Irish blood English heart whatever it is. That's it. Wonderful stuff.

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We'll go all over the place for you when it comes to England, Ireland

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and Newcastle. Newcastle in New South Wales in Australia though,

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home to Corrinne Hammond. This is the ladies details.

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Looking forward to seeing Lorraine Winstanley this year, always

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knocking on the door. Anne-Lou was a Peters knocked out.

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New Zealand's a far place to travel in the men's draw. We have got

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Australians in there as well and we are going to Australia now. Let's

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find out a bit more about Corrine Hammond. Corrine, welcome to

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Lakeside and an incredible Lakeside debut. Are you feeling up for this?

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I'm feeling a little bit nervous at the moment because it's very

:34:24.:34:27.

surreal, like nothing that we have at home. Now that I've been here a

:34:28.:34:32.

couple of days, I think I'll be good to play. What have you made of the

:34:33.:34:35.

atmosphere over at the arena because I've seen you there in the practise

:34:36.:34:41.

area a couple of days? It's very different to what I expected. I have

:34:42.:34:45.

seen bits and pieces of Lakeside on TV at home. Only short parts. The

:34:46.:34:50.

way that it's portrayed on television is nothing like what it

:34:51.:34:54.

actually is when you're there in the crowd.

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What was your instant reaction when you realised or you were told you're

:35:01.:35:05.

going to the World Championship, you've made it, you've qualified? I

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was kind of like erm yes, so this is real what's going to happen now, I

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don't know if I can do this. I'm very excited, very proud of the fact

:35:18.:35:20.

I've been able to qualify but it's like, this is real, what is it going

:35:21.:35:24.

to be like when I get there. Let's look on the positives from your

:35:25.:35:30.

perspective. Anastasia's been knocked out, Fallon's been knocked

:35:31.:35:33.

out, we have seen shocks in the women's draw so although Deta will

:35:34.:35:36.

start as the favourite, we have already seen that the form book can

:35:37.:35:42.

be upset as far as the women's darts is concerned? That can be said about

:35:43.:35:47.

every game. Everyone's playing their own game, we all have three darts,

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it's about who performs on the day so anything is possible.

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Are you looking forward to that roar when you walk out because you will

:35:56.:36:00.

get a great reception. People really appreciate at Lakeside those who've

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travelled an awfully long way to get here. That's probably what I'm most

:36:04.:36:09.

nervous about really. It's like nothing that I would have ever

:36:10.:36:12.

experienced and I think that that's what will probably make me more

:36:13.:36:16.

nervous than anything is to think that there are going to be all those

:36:17.:36:19.

people that are going to be watching. I hope for your sake that

:36:20.:36:23.

you can enjoy it because you have work sod hard to get here. The very

:36:24.:36:27.

best of luck. Thank you. If she plays darts as well as she

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talks, she'll be doing well. Wonderful interview and, you know,

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she is going to be spurred on, Rob is right, by saying Fallon and

:36:39.:36:47.

Anastasia out. Why not. She's qualified and probably having the

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tournaments that our girls are playing. Probably a new thing for

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her. But I've never seen that lady play so I can't comment on how she's

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going to play. A bit of the unknown and we can't say that about Deta of

:37:05.:37:14.

course. She's won so many titles in the last 12 months, eight, nine,

:37:15.:37:22.

ten, 11, 12, it keeps going. Little Richard introduced all the players

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and it took us a minute and a half to read out what she's won, she's

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the Jimmy White of ladies darts and she needs to win here. She has her

:37:35.:37:40.

chance, she's a greater player, wins loads and loads of tournaments but

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don't have the luck here, I say luck because you can't be that good all

:37:45.:37:49.

year and then perform here. So our hearts are in our mouth every time

:37:50.:37:53.

we watch her. Yes, you think, she's going to go and win this, and then

:37:54.:37:56.

something happens. I don't know, it's one of those things that in

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darts you can be the best player in the world until you come here. It's

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on the day. Absolutely. We believe in her, we believe she can win the

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title, but does she believe in herself? That's always been the

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thing to see it all the way through. Let's get down to Richard Ashdown.

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Ladies and gentlemen, this is the 2016 Lakeside World Championships

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and we continue with our ladies event here at the home of World

:38:26.:38:33.

Darts, the Lakeside! We now introduce to the stage a

:38:34.:38:38.

twice world Masters Champion, twice a Lakeside World Championship

:38:39.:38:43.

finalist, the current holder of 13 world ranking titles, she's the

:38:44.:38:46.

reigning British Open Champion, it's England's Dark Destroyer, Deta

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Hedman! We now introduce the world's Number

:39:17.:40:05.

Ten and the current holder of seven world ranking titles, she's the

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reigning Australian Masters Champion, from New South Wales, it's

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Corrine Hammond! Well, we know Deta Hedman has the

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head for the Lakeside heights but too often it turns into a nightmare

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for her. Let's head into the commentary box. High fives from

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Hammond on the walk-on. And, let's be honest, you were dancing along to

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Deta's walk-on weren't you, just a little bit. Australia's Corrine

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Hammond then, one of three debutantes in the women's draw this

:41:29.:41:33.

year, seven titles this season. The second Australian woman to appear

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here at the Lakeside. And the reigning Australian Masters

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Champion. But boy, she's up against something today. Hugely popular,

:41:47.:41:50.

very familiar figure at the Lakeside. Deta Hedman, third seed

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this year having made the top seed in each of the last four. Twice a

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runner-up in 2012, 2014 and she's lost actually to Lisa Ashton in the

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last three years here, the last 16, the final of 2014 and the

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quarter-final three years ago. It's Hedman against Hammond.

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Corrine to throw first. Game on. Here we go, a place in the

:42:25.:42:30.

quarter-finals at stake. It's the first to two sets and each set is

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the best of five legs or a race to three, if you prefer. Talking to

:42:37.:42:42.

Deat only about 25 minutes ago, I said, how are you feeling this year,

:42:43.:42:46.

Deta, about time you won this and she looked at me and she Saws, I'm

:42:47.:42:58.

just very tired. -- she said. The first three darts tell a different

:42:59.:43:03.

story although it didn't bode well. If you are going to throw a top 140

:43:04.:43:08.

every time you visit, you can be as tired as you want. I said what do

:43:09.:43:12.

you mean tired, tired of darts, tired of the whole things and she

:43:13.:43:17.

said no, just sometimes people get tired and I'm tired. I said, but

:43:18.:43:22.

surely you will get a shot of adrenaline when you walk on the

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stage and she said, I kind of hope so. For her sake, I kind of hope she

:43:26.:43:28.

has. With two commentators in the

:43:29.:43:42.

commentary box whose job gets them up at 4. 30, we can have sympathy.

:43:43.:43:48.

Only one of those also doing their day job as well as this. That's very

:43:49.:43:50.

true - you can have that one! Hedman making slight inroads against

:43:51.:44:05.

the darts. Hammond yet to get the scoring going at all. Corrine

:44:06.:44:13.

Abraham comes to... Did I just call her Corrine Abraham. Corrine Abraham

:44:14.:44:19.

is, I'm sure you know, the British Iron Man triathlete who won the

:44:20.:44:23.

Australian Iron Man last year so I see Corrine and Australia and

:44:24.:44:27.

immediately think Abraham. Corrine Hammond however is making her

:44:28.:44:31.

Lakeside debut so while she hasn't settled, sometimes it takes a leg or

:44:32.:44:34.

two when playing on this stage for the first time. Glad we cleared that

:44:35.:44:44.

one up. Way back and fairly erratic at the moment unfortunately, the

:44:45.:44:48.

Aussie and looking a little embarrassed actually.

:44:49.:45:09.

Not a whole lot better from Deta in all honesty. 140 with the adrenaline

:45:10.:45:18.

surging around after the walk-ones, but after that, no treble yet. And

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Corrine is yet to find that middle bit. That's more like it. One the

:45:26.:45:43.

other side would be nice. On a finish then, Deta.

:45:44.:46:02.

94 to break it. She'll be back there, maybe single 16 here, yes.

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Treble 20, treble 19, it's the second highest check out there is.

:46:13.:46:18.

Wouldn't it be extraordinary if she took that out having failed to find

:46:19.:46:21.

a treble yet. Still hasn't quite settled. We are joined in the

:46:22.:46:30.

commentary box by two referees! What have we said? ! Double 10 for Hedman

:46:31.:46:37.

to strike first. One more shot at it. Well, a glimmer here. But, as

:46:38.:46:50.

you say, hasn't troubled the treble yet. Oh, there we go. Double 16 she

:46:51.:46:54.

needs. Oh! That would have been the steal of

:46:55.:47:05.

all steals. Double 5 for Deta Hedman for the first leg of the match. No

:47:06.:47:07.

mistake at all. I bet she's pleased to hear that.

:47:08.:47:23.

She's been brilliant on this stage, Deta. She's also been, I don't like

:47:24.:47:30.

to say nervous, but nervous. Pleased to say the reffee's have now

:47:31.:47:51.

left us so we can relax again. With thumbs up as well. Whatever we did,

:47:52.:48:00.

we have been forgiven! 91 ranking titles, extraordinary. More than

:48:01.:48:05.

Trina Gulliver. That's a lot of competitions.

:48:06.:48:18.

She beat Gulliver in the Northern Ireland Open fienl I believe, one of

:48:19.:48:31.

her 13 titles in 2015. -- Northern Ireland Open Final I believe. Third

:48:32.:48:36.

straight British Open also in 2015. But she's only been to the final

:48:37.:48:41.

here at Lakeside once. She looked like she was going to win it as well

:48:42.:48:46.

in 2014 against Lisa Ashton. She was two sets up and on the brink.

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Lisa came back to win that final 3-2. Then she beat Deta again 2-1.

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That was in the first round here last year.

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Good visit from Deta Hedman. Leaves 82.

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So bull treble 14 are the two options with the first dart. Double

:49:45.:49:53.

top she's left. Oh, yes. Nicely done. Game on. Very nice finish.

:49:54.:50:11.

That's better from Corrine as well. It does sometimes take a couple of

:50:12.:50:19.

legs to settle, but the trouble is, when you are a race to two sets, you

:50:20.:50:24.

can't afford more than a couple of legs. Especially when Deta's finding

:50:25.:50:37.

her best form. Deta. If you don't get going fairly swiftly - here we

:50:38.:50:42.

go - much better. If you don't get going swiftly against Deta Hedman,

:50:43.:50:45.

you're in trouble. But that's much more like it.

:50:46.:50:59.

137 and 140 in this leg already. I think this match is personaling up a

:51:00.:51:15.

bit. The trouble is starting to come now for Corrine Hammond. She needs

:51:16.:51:18.

to string a few together to really give Deta something to think about.

:51:19.:51:30.

That strayed into the treble 1. So Hammond with a bit of daylight here.

:51:31.:51:41.

Only 55 but she does visibly look to have settled.

:51:42.:51:49.

Deta needs a big visit to apply pressure here, needs to force her

:51:50.:51:55.

way in-between those two. Unable to do so. Six darts at least at 136 for

:51:56.:52:04.

Corrine Hammond, treble 20 the shot. Another one of those would leave a

:52:05.:52:09.

couple of eights. Oh, yes, double 8 for a 136. She likes these big

:52:10.:52:15.

finishes. That's a couple of times already she's nearly taken out a

:52:16.:52:18.

three-figure finish and she'll be back for that double 8 because

:52:19.:52:21.

Deta's nowhere in this leg. Corrine from Newcastle in New South

:52:22.:52:34.

Wales. To get on the board in this match has to shuffle across the

:52:35.:52:49.

oche. And she finds the double. She'd missed five darts before that.

:52:50.:52:53.

But life suddenly feels a lot better.

:52:54.:53:18.

They call her Rinnie, Corrine. And she's got support in the shape of

:53:19.:53:27.

her adoptive nan Lynn. It's better from Hammond as well.

:53:28.:53:58.

One of three debutantes in the women's draw. No first timer's won

:53:59.:54:04.

the women's title since you know who, Trina Gulliver back in 2001,

:54:05.:54:11.

that's the scale of the task. Some debutant was going to win it in

:54:12.:54:15.

2001. It being the first ever world title. On the women's side. Corrine

:54:16.:54:25.

Hammond, you know, she's one of the, if not the most successful darts

:54:26.:54:29.

players that New South Wales has ever produced, she's represented

:54:30.:54:33.

them 13 times, she's represented Australia seven times, she's the top

:54:34.:54:42.

player in Australia. She's played in three World Cups, three Asia-Pacific

:54:43.:54:49.

cups. As you mentioned, George, she holds eight ranking tights

:54:50.:54:51.

currently. So this for the first set, treble

:54:52.:54:59.

18s. Another attempt at treble 18. She'll

:55:00.:55:07.

probably stay there. She did get treble 18 but it took

:55:08.:55:20.

three darts. There is Trina, nine-times champion. Two treble 19s

:55:21.:55:24.

for the bull she was going. Got one of them. So to apply pressure. Oh,

:55:25.:55:36.

yes, consider the pressure applied. 68 for the set. Treble 20, yes.

:55:37.:55:47.

No! Single 18. Double 16 to take us into a deciding leg. That's a really

:55:48.:56:04.

good marker, she can use that and does.

:56:05.:56:10.

And that's to break. She's now throwing herself to take the set. I

:56:11.:56:29.

wonder if those early nerves have been replaced by excitement,

:56:30.:56:33.

anticipation, expectation, enjoyment?

:56:34.:56:43.

On the biggest stage against one of the biggest names as well. We saw

:56:44.:56:59.

you! I wonder if she was meant to be at work! ? Listen, you'll only get

:57:00.:57:04.

caught if the boss is watching darts.

:57:05.:57:16.

We see sirious outfits at the Lakeside. How about a pair of those?

:57:17.:57:19.

! When did she borrow those off you? !

:57:20.:57:35.

I wondered where they'd gone. So the deciding leg of the first set.

:57:36.:57:44.

Speaking of being spotted in the audience when perhaps you should be

:57:45.:57:49.

elsewhere, a few years ago, I was watching a televised darts event. I

:57:50.:57:53.

should have been interviewing a Rugby League coach, I told him I

:57:54.:57:57.

couldn't make it and then there I was wearing a Phil Taylor T-shirt

:57:58.:58:02.

and he texted me, the coach, who I was supposed to be interviewing. Who

:58:03.:58:08.

was he? Tony Smith, the former, at the time, Leeds Rhinos coach, now

:58:09.:58:15.

with Warrington Wolves. So that's where you've gone today is it George

:58:16.:58:20.

- hands up Tony, I said. Hi, Tony, if you are watching. He does love

:58:21.:58:29.

the darts actually. An Australian himself and now a British citizen in

:58:30.:58:33.

fact so I don't know who he'll be supporting today. This is nice. Her

:58:34.:58:37.

second of the match. Hammond first to a finish. And a

:58:38.:58:52.

decent one as well, 116. Twice we have seen her come to within a

:58:53.:58:57.

whisker of taking out a three-figure check out. This will be lovely for

:58:58.:59:05.

the set. Single 19. There it is. Double top she needs for the set for

:59:06.:59:07.

a 116. Well, Deta needs to take this out.

:59:08.:59:25.

Great start. Another one of those. Is that in? That leaves double 14.

:59:26.:59:34.

Oh, so close. This is a proper darts match now. Two 10s for the set.

:59:35.:59:48.

Double 15. Double 7. This will feel like a steal for Deta.

:59:49.:59:55.

CHEERING. And that's champion class. That's the kind of nerve that has

:59:56.:00:05.

won 91 ranking titles. Four darts from 148. To nick that

:00:06.:00:26.

set. Corinne had two at tops. Couldn't find it. Forgive me, one at

:00:27.:00:34.

tops and one at double 10. She needs to forget about that straight away,

:00:35.:00:39.

because Corinne Hammond has started playing some good stuff. That could

:00:40.:00:43.

perhaps, should have been her set. How is Corrine Hammond going to

:00:44.:01:05.

respond to that? Gave away the first couple of legs in the match really,

:01:06.:01:21.

then settled down. You would have required those outfits the first

:01:22.:01:25.

couple of days here. Tipping it down. A more picturesque scene

:01:26.:01:32.

around Frimley green in the last 48 hours or so. I think rain stopped

:01:33.:01:40.

play here a couple of years ago. Yes, the leaky roof wasn't it.

:01:41.:01:53.

Good leg for Hammond against a thrower. That's a good visit from

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Hedman as well. Looking to set up a decent finish.

:02:00.:02:13.

Credit to Corrine Hammond. It is so easy not to settle on that stage.

:02:14.:02:19.

You have never been here before. She has come all the way from Newcastle

:02:20.:02:26.

new South Wales, know that she is playing the great Deta Hedman in her

:02:27.:02:31.

first round match. She didn't settle, looked a bag of nerves in

:02:32.:02:34.

the first couple of legs. But look at this. Treble 19, yes, double 12.

:02:35.:02:42.

141. She keeps coming close doesn't she? Everyone was willing her to

:02:43.:02:45.

finish that one off. So no finish for Deta. Hammond will

:02:46.:03:01.

be back for double 12. Three darts at double 12 for a break of through.

:03:02.:03:11.

First leg second set. Just an inch below that. Oh, no. It's the

:03:12.:03:19.

finishing that's been the problem. 13%, two out of 15 for Hammond. And

:03:20.:03:26.

here's Hedman. Treble 18 leaves double 12. That's how you do it.

:03:27.:03:35.

That's a hold, but that will feel like a break of throw. Just that

:03:36.:03:43.

coincidence it was the double 12 that Deta hit. Having watched

:03:44.:03:48.

Corinne miss it four times in a row for that leg. It just must feel like

:03:49.:03:56.

a dart to the heart. And the percentage there is, that's why

:03:57.:03:58.

Hammond's behind. Because the scoring's picked up.

:03:59.:04:25.

Upwards of 70 for Hammond. Marginally higher for Deta Hedman,

:04:26.:04:27.

with darts like that. There we are. The fact that Hammond's average is

:04:28.:04:45.

in the 70s after those first two legs is extraordinary, and speaking

:04:46.:04:49.

of extraordinary, how about some of that! A maximum to get Lakeside

:04:50.:04:57.

rocking. It is the first wave of the 180 signs of this contest. This is

:04:58.:05:11.

for a 12-dart leg. Treble 20 for double 18. Didn't miss it by much.

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Well, if nothing else, she's nailed it, 180 at the Lakeside for the very

:05:25.:05:30.

first time. This might be another one.

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APPLAUSE. Double top. Double 10. To hold...

:05:36.:05:55.

No. Oh, dear. Oh, dear, the doubles have totally dried up. Two of 17 for

:05:56.:06:04.

Corrine Hammond. Deta can't now finish, but she can pressure the

:06:05.:06:19.

double 5. This is must-hit. Otherwise Hedman can set up a throw

:06:20.:06:25.

for the match the following leg. And that's exactly what she could try

:06:26.:06:27.

and do now. Yes. 11 or 19. 11 for double top.

:06:28.:06:50.

Oh, she missed 11! They called it the mad house. It is horrible but it

:06:51.:07:03.

has got to land. Miles off. Yes! Absolutely crucial.

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APPLAUSE. Phew. After 11 missed doubles in a row, Corrine Hammond

:07:16.:07:24.

lands a double 1. Much needed. If she had lost that leg, she would be

:07:25.:07:27.

one away from an early exit. She's going to have to find a break

:07:28.:07:48.

though, Corrine Hammond. Because they're Deta's darts. Yes.

:07:49.:08:49.

We get lots of players watching the darts when they're not playing. And

:08:50.:08:55.

would you believe it, that is another one. You might think,

:08:56.:09:00.

George, it is Jon Richardson the comedian, but ask me again in March.

:09:01.:09:07.

I can't remember his nickname but he was part of Let's Play Darts for

:09:08.:09:14.

Sport Relief. Any good? I'm genuinely not allowed to say, but

:09:15.:09:20.

what I can tell you is he joined me in the commentary box for one of the

:09:21.:09:24.

matches and he was a lot funnier than you are.

:09:25.:09:33.

LAUGHTER. 144 from Hammond won't be very funny for Hedman. Treble 16.

:09:34.:09:49.

Actually, Deta, who wants to take out 97 here, and now needs treble

:09:50.:09:55.

20, double 8 to do it, was Jon's partner. So he'll be hoping this

:09:56.:10:11.

finds the target. 16 double 16. She's got 8 tops, double 10. No. The

:10:12.:10:23.

Lancashire hotpot was his nickname. Tasty.

:10:24.:10:31.

They are both wobbling a bit here. No! Four missed doubles in a row

:10:32.:10:45.

from Deta Hedman. Double 5 for Hammond. Needs this. Oh, dear. She

:10:46.:11:01.

has got the release all wrong. Double 4 for a hold for Hedman. A

:11:02.:11:12.

slight adjustment across the Ocky, just inside two 4s, two 2s. Surely

:11:13.:11:20.

this time. No! Seven missed doubles in a row from Deta Hedman. Five now

:11:21.:11:33.

for Corinne. She needs this double 2. And doesn't get it. Mad house all

:11:34.:11:52.

round. Who wants this? Finally! You see? It's the moustache what won it.

:11:53.:12:03.

Well, I know that leg went on a bit, but how he managed to grow that

:12:04.:12:06.

while they were going for the doubles... What it means is, good

:12:07.:12:15.

line. Deta Hedman is a leg away from the quarterfinals. She's not been at

:12:16.:12:22.

her best, Deta. And Corrine Hammond, to be fair, has thrown some

:12:23.:12:27.

fantastic darts. Just really struggled with her finishing. 1 in

:12:28.:12:39.

17 of her last attempts at double. 11% checkout isn't going to win you

:12:40.:12:42.

anything, unfortunately. Must hold here. Corrine Hammond.

:12:43.:13:25.

There's Lynn. Her nan. As Corinne calls her.

:13:26.:13:39.

Steady tonne from Deta. She's not far away now. Needs a big score

:13:40.:13:53.

here, Corinne, and gets one! Another maximum from the Aussie.

:13:54.:14:03.

CHEERING. Very timely. What kind of response from Hedman? Well, she's on

:14:04.:14:13.

a finish, Deta. But 92 looks a lot nicer than 134. She has gone bull.

:14:14.:14:26.

10, double 16, to stay alive... So Hedman can win it here. Treble 20.

:14:27.:14:37.

Have another crack at it. Treble 18, this shot. No-go, so 16s to stay

:14:38.:14:54.

alive. Double 8. This has to land. And doesn't!

:14:55.:15:04.

Treble 20. 16 now. This is for the match, for Deta Hedman, tops.

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Emphatic! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Corrine

:15:19.:15:25.

Hammond will reflect on a waste paper basket full of missed doubles

:15:26.:15:31.

but she has those two maximums to take back to new south Wales. For

:15:32.:15:36.

Deta Hedman it is another Lakeside quarterfinal. Ladies and gentlemen

:15:37.:15:41.

as they leave the stage, wish them well, Australia's Corrine Hammond.

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And through to the quarterfinals, Deta Hedman!

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CHEERING. Winstanley next for Deta Hedman

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after Corrine Hammond travelled all the way from Australia and forgot to

:16:07.:16:12.

pack up her doubles. And that only means trouble.

:16:13.:16:25.

A case of what could have been there, I think Corrine Hammond at

:16:26.:16:30.

the start, you were really worried for, you thought she had shrunk

:16:31.:16:36.

under the Lakeside lights, but she was a couple of darts from the

:16:37.:16:44.

check-outs. She throws similar to how I throw, my right hand across me

:16:45.:16:49.

face. She done that. But the finishing let her down. She went out

:16:50.:16:53.

with them high scores first of all, that would have settled her, but

:16:54.:16:57.

three out of 31 attempts, something like that was it? Three out of 31,

:16:58.:17:03.

bang right. You ain't going to win if you do that. It's a shame, but

:17:04.:17:08.

Deta, I didn't think she played that well, but she took the hard shots

:17:09.:17:14.

and you play how you are playing against. But that young lady from

:17:15.:17:18.

Australia, I think we'll see a lot of her. If she can practise her

:17:19.:17:27.

doubles, her scoring is good, she didn't look nervous to me. We'll see

:17:28.:17:36.

her back here again. It used to be eight players, female at this stage.

:17:37.:17:43.

We saw the same names time and again, but now with more exposure,

:17:44.:17:50.

more money, but even the extra TV exposure, the extra games. I think

:17:51.:17:53.

it has lifted it. Players like Corrine Hammond need to come and

:17:54.:17:57.

play and learn and come back stronger. To see what it is like. It

:17:58.:18:02.

is alright if you are playing indoors or in a small hotel, but

:18:03.:18:08.

when you come here it is a different thing. If they had more Opens to go

:18:09.:18:12.

to we would produce more lady players. The standard is getting

:18:13.:18:16.

higher every year. Absolutely, it will take a lot more years for it to

:18:17.:18:21.

continue to rise, but it is such an untapped source. If I was a

:18:22.:18:24.

businessman now who wanted to wield money to make money, I would put it

:18:25.:18:29.

into the, that because it is about exposure, support and money. You are

:18:30.:18:34.

right. It is not about gender. You have to have the bees and honey to

:18:35.:18:40.

play darts. It costs money to play around the world. Even the BDO boys,

:18:41.:18:49.

they struggle. And if you are working a 40-hour minimum job...

:18:50.:18:54.

I've got a sore throat, I can't come to work, because you're playing

:18:55.:19:01.

darts somewhere. From memory Deta Hedman works in a Post Office. She

:19:02.:19:11.

works nights. She lovers it. She has stamped her place. 18 years of night

:19:12.:19:18.

shifts for the double World Championship runner-up. Deta, you

:19:19.:19:22.

are one step closer to maybe making it your title this year. But a funny

:19:23.:19:26.

old match really. Her nerves settled down but she couldn't hit the

:19:27.:19:30.

doubles for love nor money. I was glad about that actually. The way

:19:31.:19:36.

this thing was, Corinne got here because my partner, the BDO

:19:37.:19:41.

calculated her points wrong. When he looked into it and sorted it out,

:19:42.:19:47.

she qualified on her own merit. We said, all the work she had done,

:19:48.:19:52.

wouldn't it be funny if I got drown out and that is what happened. So it

:19:53.:19:58.

was only because of yours and Paul's recalculation she made it on the

:19:59.:20:02.

trip. You must be pleased she gave a good account of herself out there,

:20:03.:20:09.

albeit the doubles we should coming. I knew she was nervous, but I was

:20:10.:20:14.

hoping she played well. I played well, but I didn't want her to beat

:20:15.:20:21.

me obviously. She made a good account of herself, because being

:20:22.:20:24.

her first time, one of the things I always say, I always like a first

:20:25.:20:28.

time, because she will be so nervous. I won't say the words I

:20:29.:20:32.

would normally use! I remember my first time. I was so nervous, but

:20:33.:20:40.

yeah, she put up a good fight. Let's talk about you again. Always nice

:20:41.:20:44.

when you get those final darts in and you know you're through to

:20:45.:20:49.

another quarterfinal. Of course. She did let me in. When, I stood barks I

:20:50.:20:55.

didn't watch any darts she threw, just listened. When she missed that

:20:56.:21:03.

last one, I thought 767. I thought, 76. If you don't take this... My

:21:04.:21:14.

nerves. The first round really, really jangles your nerves. It takes

:21:15.:21:18.

so much to hold yourself together. I was working so hard to focus. Well

:21:19.:21:23.

you have done it now. If we look at the way the women's World

:21:24.:21:27.

Championship has unfolded so far. Anastacia has gone, Fallon Sherrock

:21:28.:21:32.

has gone. I know you will take it one step at a time, but you could be

:21:33.:21:36.

up against Lisa Ashton for another crack at this title. Do you believe

:21:37.:21:40.

and do you feel as though you are in the kind of form that maybe, just

:21:41.:21:43.

maybe, this year you could finally do it? As I said, when di that

:21:44.:21:55.

interview with Fallon playing Anne Louise, Fallon was practising

:21:56.:21:58.

superb. I was practising superb, but when it got up there you would think

:21:59.:22:05.

it didn't come through. But all us ladies still, there I won't say Lisa

:22:06.:22:11.

will get to the final or she won't, but we are all here for a reason. So

:22:12.:22:17.

I take each game as it comes. Spoken like a true pro. Whoever you face

:22:18.:22:23.

next, Lorraine or Rachel Brooks, well done today. Cheers. Well done

:22:24.:22:28.

Deta Hedman. We'll see her later in the week. Next a Lakeside stalwart.

:22:29.:22:32.

What a story it tells. Many years he's been there. We've got O'Shea

:22:33.:22:43.

and Fitton and Gary Anderson. He doesn't like meeting Darryl Fitton,

:22:44.:22:52.

let me tell you. You will see three quarterfinals as well for Gary

:22:53.:22:56.

Robson. A lot of people think he is that stalwart, he goes so far and no

:22:57.:23:02.

further. How he would like to change people's minds. He has a tough

:23:03.:23:07.

opponent this afternoon. The sportsman is back for more. I played

:23:08.:23:15.

handball before darts. I was Latin youth national player. I lost my

:23:16.:23:21.

motivation, but my darts are my life. I love this game. Let's hear

:23:22.:23:35.

it for the man from Latvia, Madars! This is the third time in my darts

:23:36.:23:42.

career at Lakeside. Lakeside was the best tournament for me. I travelled

:23:43.:23:46.

a lot of tournaments just for Lakeside. Foreign tournaments also.

:23:47.:23:50.

But Lakeside is the one for me. Last year, he is the captain from

:23:51.:24:14.

Wales, so he is a good friend. Really, I enjoy my game. My

:24:15.:24:22.

opponent, the first match here in Lakeside, he's a good player. It is

:24:23.:24:28.

Gary Robson! I played against him one time in the Czech Open last year

:24:29.:24:36.

or two years ago. Playing Gary on stage, I watched some videos at

:24:37.:24:44.

home, on YouTube, where he plays. I know why I can beat Gary. 180! A lot

:24:45.:24:56.

of friends in Latvia send me message, you can do it. You will be

:24:57.:25:01.

world champion, not this year, maybe next three or five years, but one

:25:02.:25:07.

day you will win the World Championship. That's my motivation

:25:08.:25:16.

for me. I think he is 27 at the moment. Gary Robson is an

:25:17.:25:20.

interesting character. Here we are again and no-one is tipping him to

:25:21.:25:26.

win it, and yet on his day he can beat the best of them. He plays the

:25:27.:25:31.

joker. Every year we think we've got to get a more business-like Gary

:25:32.:25:37.

Robson back. Back. You may notice facial markings on the face of Gary

:25:38.:25:42.

Robson. Don't try this at home. This was in the bar two nights ago. This

:25:43.:25:51.

is Gary on a hoverboard. Watch. A lot of players like to practise and

:25:52.:25:57.

prepare for the Lakeside by taking it quiet this their room, staying

:25:58.:26:04.

away, Scott Waites likes to practise sometimes. But Gary likes to have

:26:05.:26:10.

fun in the bar, and in that case break his nose I said, why did you

:26:11.:26:15.

do it? He said, I was going to put me hands out but no, I'm playing

:26:16.:26:20.

darts, so he put his headfirst. That's what he said to me. He broke

:26:21.:26:25.

his nose but didn't want to break his hand. That's true! That's proper

:26:26.:26:31.

Lakeside, that. He is a great darts player, goes around the world, but

:26:32.:26:39.

never seems to show how he can play. He beat all these people, everyone

:26:40.:26:43.

he meets, but he has to do it out there for a change. He always gets

:26:44.:26:47.

his game face on. It is just a little bit bruised this time around.

:26:48.:26:51.

Do we want to see it once more? I'm pretty much sure it is the strangest

:26:52.:26:56.

VT we are going to play the whole time that we are here. There he

:26:57.:27:02.

goes. He is shouting out, open the door! Oh, dear. Madars couldn't be

:27:03.:27:14.

more different. A quiet lad, goes about his business, a nice guy. Last

:27:15.:27:18.

year he played Martin Phillips. Played well. And he got a win under

:27:19.:27:24.

his belt the year before. I might not win it next year, or the next

:27:25.:27:29.

five years, but I'm going to win it. He'll be 32 when he wins its. Let's

:27:30.:27:36.

not hover about and go to the Main Stage for the instructions. Ladies

:27:37.:27:42.

and gentlemen, this is the 2016 Lakeside World Championships, and we

:27:43.:27:47.

are all enjoying day four here at the home of world darts, the

:27:48.:27:50.

Lakeside! CHEERING. We now introduce a

:27:51.:27:57.

three-time Lakeside World Championship quarterfinalist, a

:27:58.:28:00.

former world darts trophy champion, a former England Open and England

:28:01.:28:08.

Masters champion. It's Big Robbo, Gary Robson!

:28:09.:28:08.

CHEERING. We now introduce a former Finland

:28:09.:29:11.

Open and lit wane an Open champion. He's the reigning Scottish classic

:29:12.:29:20.

champion, it's time for some Latvian razzmatazz with Madars Razma!

:29:21.:29:33.

Great walk-ones indeed. Especially Madars Razma's track by that classic

:29:34.:30:14.

Latvian combo, the Proclaimers! Gary Robson with that broken nose

:30:15.:30:30.

which he sustained when he came off the hover board. His friends told

:30:31.:30:37.

us, we told him how to use it. Unfortunately, they didn't bother

:30:38.:30:41.

telling him how to stop it, hence head-butting the door and the broken

:30:42.:30:45.

nose, but he's taken it in very good part. 48 years old now, big Robbo

:30:46.:30:51.

from cram ling tonne in Northumberland and three times a

:30:52.:30:58.

Lakeside quarter-finalist. Madars Razma, razzamatazz, his third

:30:59.:31:03.

consecutive appearance. He beat Martin Phillips last year, but then

:31:04.:31:13.

it was -- he was eliminated. Thank you ladies and gentlemen. The best

:31:14.:31:20.

of five sets. Madars to throw first. Game on. He has a tough task here

:31:21.:31:29.

against Robbo. Always had a chance to win this title. Gave it away.

:31:30.:31:35.

Most recent ranking title victory for Robbo, 2014 England Masters beat

:31:36.:31:45.

Glenn Durrant in the final. There is a scalp. Number one seed. 15th BDO

:31:46.:31:55.

Championship appearance putting him level with George, O'Shea, Wilson,

:31:56.:32:05.

one behind Lowe. He's a stalwart. Some great names mentioned there.

:32:06.:32:18.

Razma, the first Latvian to qualify for the world champions. Ranked

:32:19.:32:42.

number 18. And an all round sportsman. You heard in the

:32:43.:32:46.

interview earlier on talking about how he had been a top class handball

:32:47.:32:51.

player as a youth. Playing for Latvia. Robbo a little slow to

:32:52.:32:57.

settle down, just shaking his head. Where is it, I've been throwing well

:32:58.:33:01.

in the practise room but now up on the stage trying to motivate himself

:33:02.:33:08.

once more and get used to the special atmosphere again. Not having

:33:09.:33:20.

any luck there. Not a tonne been scored in this first leg. 81 the

:33:21.:33:26.

highest, well, 99 with that last throw.

:33:27.:33:32.

Heavy scorer when he gets into his groove. That's better for Razma.

:33:33.:33:42.

Remember when Robson beat Bunting a few years back, he averaged very

:33:43.:33:46.

close 20100. He can hit big numbers. 137. Big check out. Robson will come

:33:47.:33:52.

back needing 132 to potentially take a leg against the throw.

:33:53.:33:57.

Variations in his finishing power. So treble 20, double 10.

:33:58.:34:16.

Well, no problem there. No big scores but gaining the double at

:34:17.:34:24.

first attempt and away he goes, taking the opening leg of the match.

:34:25.:34:28.

The first leg with the darts, Robbo to level it up. Takes this one. Last

:34:29.:34:41.

year he lost out to Jeff Smith 4-3 in round two. In the months that

:34:42.:34:49.

followed, Gary reached the semi-finals of the British Open and

:34:50.:34:50.

five ranking quarter-finals as well. Not had the best of luck in the

:34:51.:35:01.

World Championships. Might laugh about that escapade in the bar the

:35:02.:35:05.

other night with the hover board, but I'll tell you what, Gary really

:35:06.:35:10.

did take a whack, his nose was bleeding for two hours. I didn't

:35:11.:35:17.

know anything about that. I'm going to watch where I'm walking! I think

:35:18.:35:23.

the answer is don't get on one of those hover boards. Quite frankly, I

:35:24.:35:27.

don't really see you on one of those.

:35:28.:35:53.

112. Treble 20 he's after. Would have been a depubl 16. Not on this

:35:54.:36:03.

occasion. -- double 16. Nothing happening for Razma.

:36:04.:36:08.

Double 6 for Gary. See what he can do with this one to square up the

:36:09.:36:18.

match. Couple of sixes. Working along the oche. Perfect and back on

:36:19.:36:22.

level terms. We've got a Latvian cameraman

:36:23.:36:36.

working in our team as ever this year, his 32nd appearance at the

:36:37.:36:45.

World Championships and Ivers will be keen to see Madars put in a good

:36:46.:36:51.

performance. We all wish for that when these overseas players come and

:36:52.:36:57.

don't let themselves down. Razma's a good player. So is Robbo when he's

:36:58.:37:02.

on form. Very hard man to beat. Razma, a current Scottish classic

:37:03.:37:20.

champion, beat Ted Hankie in the final there.

:37:21.:37:26.

Ted is no longer with us. Eliminated from the competition last night,

:37:27.:37:34.

beaten by Martin Phillips. 180. Maximum first of the match for

:37:35.:38:03.

Robson. And up they go! Robbo taking the show.

:38:04.:38:12.

He'd raise the roof if he could take this one out. 136. A bit unlucky

:38:13.:38:22.

that one. Just the wrong side of the wire. You require 64.

:38:23.:38:43.

Back comes Robbo. You require 53. 53 required, there's the 13, tops now.

:38:44.:38:53.

Break of throw if he gets it on this dart. Chance goes begging.

:38:54.:39:03.

Double trouble. No problem there. Again going with throw, Razma 2-1

:39:04.:39:14.

ahead opening set first to three sets takes the match.

:39:15.:39:40.

This could be turning out to be a classic. Starting to up the anti

:39:41.:39:51.

slightly Robson. Needs to on his own throw. Unlucky. Very disappointed

:39:52.:39:58.

and a fraction away. 81 Robson looking at the bottom of

:39:59.:40:49.

the board. Treble 10 would have left double 15. Razma has the biggest

:40:50.:40:52.

possible checkout. 170 he wants. Robson comes back. Now needing 32,

:40:53.:41:03.

double 16. Good dart. Two apiece. Two doubles

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out of five for Robson. Not much between them in averages and dead

:41:18.:41:19.

level. Opening set. The advantage of throwing first. Not

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a very good start. Just one point in it. Chance for

:41:30.:41:56.

Robbo here. His fans trying to urge him on. Very clear shout of "come on

:41:57.:42:07.

Robbo". ". And the Northumberland man is ahead.

:42:08.:42:30.

Not got into a rhythm either of these players.

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That's more like it. Could have got those two on a pin head. Razma the

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favourite Mau for this opening set. Razma you require 94.

:42:56.:42:59.

Treble 20 would leave double 8. Can't be done now. Pressure throw.

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Looking for a decent shot for a finish. Tops to take the opening

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set. The number 13 seed Gary Robson loses the opening set. Razma winning

:43:31.:43:32.

it 3-2. So off to a good start. Here is

:43:33.:43:47.

Razma. Good marker. Caught the flight.

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Nothing happening for Robbo. Razma being watched here through the week

:44:14.:44:19.

by his girlfriend, there she is. Very pretty girl. She'll be pleased

:44:20.:44:26.

at the moment the way the match is going.

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Only the one maximum which went to Robson. Close match, not really

:44:42.:45:02.

ignited yet. No big scores. We should expect from the players the

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high scores. Good first dart, good second. The third goes astray.

:45:13.:45:24.

Chance to take it to the throw. Single 10 leaves double 16. Deep

:45:25.:45:52.

breaths. Move to the oche. That's the one! Break of throw as

:45:53.:46:01.

well. Good breakthrough for the Latvian at

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the beginning of this second set. A bit of trouble for Gary at this

:46:20.:46:32.

early stage. If he doesn't take this set, he'll need to find a way back

:46:33.:46:35.

quickly otherwise he'll be painting himself into a corner. He doesn't

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look as though he's up for it, he's shaking his head, pulling the darts,

:46:40.:46:41.

no fluency. Come on, Robbo, you can do it. Good

:46:42.:47:03.

marker. Don't want to wait all this year then come back and let yourself

:47:04.:47:05.

down. He'll be looking to move towards a

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finish with his next visit. Not lying well having to switch

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down. In 2015, he beat Phillips, the

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Welshman. Good scalp if he could beat Gary Robson here. 147 is

:47:45.:47:45.

doable. A change. He had a fall out from a

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similar position earlier on in the match from that 19. That's good.

:48:03.:48:13.

17 would leave tops. That's an errant opening dart. That's more

:48:14.:48:25.

like it. Tops then for 2-0. And that's the difference, five out of

:48:26.:48:26.

seven now and Robson's in trouble. Razma not messing about on the

:48:27.:48:47.

finishing power. 71%, brilliant finishing. 180.

:48:48.:49:05.

Brilliant throwing. Gary seems to have woken up, a little bit late.

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Shaking his head. Not happy with the way he's throwing, it's not quite

:49:25.:49:36.

happening for Robbo. It's not the Gary Robson I know.

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I've known him many years. If ever he needed a big hit, this would be

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the time. Another one, please. Two finishes.

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Treble 20. Razma 116 now for the second set.

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Still give him a finish to give him double 18.

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Double 14. Double seven. 74. You require 66. Again the chance

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now to go two sets up. Double 18. One dart at it. Brilliant on his

:50:58.:51:01.

doubles before then. The Robbo supporters, of whom there

:51:02.:51:26.

are a fair number, trying to urge him on, find the sort of big scores

:51:27.:51:31.

that he's going to need to get the all-important break back.

:51:32.:51:40.

I think he might have been better going for 19s there. Seem to have

:51:41.:51:51.

blocked... Nice style Razma. And a shake of the

:51:52.:51:56.

head from Robson. It's what is turning out to be one

:51:57.:52:00.

of those days. 41. Somebody said that fellow with

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the beard looked Lycra FA Benitez. Looks a bit like the man who

:52:34.:52:37.

swallowed the fly, didn't he? ! Brilliant. Got the crowd going.

:52:38.:52:48.

And this is for the second set. Robson is a long way back.

:52:49.:52:56.

Treble 10 would leave in double 18. Checking the score. So is he! Double

:52:57.:53:02.

18. No. Don't worry. It's coming back.

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Big task for Robbo. 337. He's not with us today. Not really.

:53:10.:53:36.

Double 18. Oh, dear. Magic. Robbo now, everything to do.

:53:37.:53:46.

Another seed in danger of being eliminated.

:53:47.:53:56.

Could be another whitewash, could be heading for 3-0 here once he gets

:53:57.:54:06.

his head on. Missing by a sizeable margin there. That first start,

:54:07.:54:14.

never central. Look at this. Come down now.

:54:15.:54:39.

Should come down. Get up there quick to catch it. Not for the first time,

:54:40.:55:10.

the dart looking a little loose in the big 19 area. Robbo checking the

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score. Madars you require 156. 121. Robson needing this to have a

:55:15.:55:37.

break of throw, great opening dart, treble 11 would be good. Now

:55:38.:55:44.

bullseye. 96. Has to go for it. You require 76.

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16. Now it's the tops. Double top. Yes! Madars razz man.

:55:49.:56:05.

Robbo throwing caution to the wind there with that first three darts.

:56:06.:56:20.

121. He needs a lot of those. Good first visit, see if they can

:56:21.:56:36.

build on it. That's a decent first dart. Now trying to move around and

:56:37.:56:41.

squeeze one around the side. Has to settle for the tonne. Lost all that

:56:42.:56:58.

consistency. Second for Razma. Razma certainly has a razzle dazzle. What

:56:59.:57:07.

a response. And for Robson. Well, no longer are they sat down, they are

:57:08.:57:11.

up again! That's what it's all about!

:57:12.:57:16.

Robbo coming back needing a tonne to square the set. 20 is the way.

:57:17.:57:29.

Coming down looking for treble 16. You can see where the emotions of

:57:30.:58:07.

the crowd lie. Very much in the Robson camp, most of them. But Razma

:58:08.:58:13.

looks pretty unflappable. A little bit of daylight though.

:58:14.:58:18.

Is that aneering? It is, yes. It's a fashion statement, Tony. Is it? !

:58:19.:58:29.

It's a heart of darts pin badge apparently. Oh, that's lovely. You

:58:30.:58:37.

can see the little dart in there. Wish him all the best. Never say

:58:38.:58:41.

never, Tony. He did well to get over the top

:58:42.:58:51.

there. It's a girl - wonder if she's

:58:52.:59:09.

expecting. Good dart. Coming down.

:59:10.:59:14.

Giving himself a chance to break the throw here. Coming to the forenow.

:59:15.:59:24.

Just woken up a bit. Let's hope it's not too late from his perspective. A

:59:25.:59:32.

bit unlucky. He could be on a good finish after these three darts.

:59:33.:59:40.

140, very nice indeed. Comes back on a 79 finish. Needs a treble here,

:59:41.:59:50.

Razma. Robson's got six darts. He was

:59:51.:59:57.

looking for treble 13, looking for 17s now. Bullseye if he wants it.

:59:58.:00:03.

Didn't do it. To 18. 12s. He's coming back.

:00:04.:00:09.

I think he was trying for the 18s there. Still, 49, you would rather

:00:10.:00:22.

be there than where Razma is. 17. Double 16. Double 8. A distraction.

:00:23.:00:34.

Well done! CHEERING. Something in the crowd

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distracted him momentarily. Didn't react, reset himself and got the all

:00:45.:00:49.

important double. And more importantly apart from taking the

:00:50.:00:54.

set it is a break of throw. One leg and it is a set point. It has taken

:00:55.:01:05.

him a while to get going. Let's see more of it. He's a strong lad. He's

:01:06.:01:11.

a tough lad. He needs to show himself as a fighter now. A Geordie.

:01:12.:01:23.

Trying to rev himself up. Maintain the momentum that he's been

:01:24.:01:29.

producing. That's a good dart. Can it be another? Yes it can! A

:01:30.:01:36.

maximum. He is starting to motor now. He's got the crowd going on his

:01:37.:01:43.

side now. Look at that! Everybody is standing. It's going be very

:01:44.:02:00.

entertaining, a good opportunity. He knows that that's a chance missed,

:02:01.:02:05.

because he really could have begun the close the door on Razma in the

:02:06.:02:11.

set. Razma is now given an opportunity to respond. Robbo's got

:02:12.:02:16.

to put that poor visit behind him and concentrate on the 196. Good

:02:17.:02:30.

dart. It is not very good. It leaves him a finish. 111. Razma on 179. All

:02:31.:02:38.

he can do is try and pressurise that 111.

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Went for the treble 20. Treble 17. Treble 14 coming in. Now, Razma,

:02:49.:03:03.

132, may use the bull's-eye here. Treble 19 is the dart. Would have

:03:04.:03:16.

left the bull. Tops now for Robson to win the set. Double 10. This is a

:03:17.:03:23.

big dart. He needs it, and he's got it!

:03:24.:03:26.

CHEERING. He takes the set. Razma is pegged back. It's 2-1 and Robson

:03:27.:03:31.

still believes. Exciting stuff. From Big Robbo. He's

:03:32.:03:47.

got the darts now in this fourth set. Can't keep a good man down. Not

:03:48.:03:59.

the start he would have we should. ITE

:04:00.:04:00.

the start he would have we should. -- not the start he would have

:04:01.:04:10.

wished. Razma has gone off the boil a bit hasn't he? Yes, he's lost the

:04:11.:04:19.

razzmatazz. I think he lost a flight there. A fair few darts players who

:04:20.:04:25.

want go down on their haunches like that. He's an athletic sort, is

:04:26.:04:37.

young Madars. So am I. I'll take your word for that, Tony. I love

:04:38.:04:47.

athletics. I'm, that was just a bit short. A good line-up though. Razma

:04:48.:04:57.

just getting his nose ahead. Not too significant as yet but Robson badly

:04:58.:05:02.

needs a treble and he only gets a 1. He's got himself back in the game

:05:03.:05:07.

and now he seems to be losing it again, Gary. Look at that. Razma not

:05:08.:05:19.

capitalising on the opening, and Robson given an opportunity to

:05:20.:05:27.

respond. Still playing it for the leg is Madars. Thirsty work here at

:05:28.:05:36.

Lakeside. It's very warm down there in the main auditorium. And there's

:05:37.:05:41.

Elena. I wonder what she is thinking. Hoping that Madars wins,

:05:42.:05:50.

I'm sure. Gary's got himself on a finish. Here we go. 119 is the

:05:51.:06:06.

finish. 57, so 62. Bull's-eye it is. Oh, not far away... Robbo, you need

:06:07.:06:13.

this one. Treble 20 double 18 would do. Oh, that's the wrong bed. Can't

:06:14.:06:21.

finish now. Razma to break the throw. 25. Double 4. Takes out the

:06:22.:06:31.

17 with his first shot. Double 4 now. To go ahead. And he takes it.

:06:32.:06:41.

Eight doubles out of 1 now and his finishing is good. What a lovely

:06:42.:06:46.

smile he got. OK, good checkout throws from Razma

:06:47.:07:08.

and not too bad from Robson. A tonne apiece. Just keep it going. Oh, just

:07:09.:07:19.

glanced off the barrel. It was in there for a maximum. Gary comes back

:07:20.:07:31.

in. He needs a maximum. A tonne 140. First six darts. Well, that's only

:07:32.:07:40.

21. It is unlucky but that now could be an opening for Robson. What a

:07:41.:07:44.

great time this would be for him to hit 140 and get on to a finish. But

:07:45.:07:50.

he can't ill that that treble. Sh. hit 140 and get on to a finish. But

:07:51.:07:56.

he can't ill that that treble. -- can't nail that treble. OK, first

:07:57.:08:05.

out of three, yes, there's one. 160 left still. Just looking at the

:08:06.:08:11.

board. What a great line of darts. Brilliant. It leaves 110. A

:08:12.:08:20.

three-dart finish on. So Razma comes back now needing 110 to go two legs

:08:21.:08:24.

ahead. And Robson's not yet on a finish, so he has got six from here,

:08:25.:08:31.

if he needs them, maybe doesn't. 13 leaves tops now, for 2-0, and he's

:08:32.:08:35.

taken it! His finishing has been terrific. That's nine out of 14. He

:08:36.:08:40.

can almost touch a place now in the next round. Just one more leg for

:08:41.:08:50.

victory. Tense, nervous headaches now for Robbo. Has it all to do

:08:51.:08:57.

right the way to the end, if he can. Jamie Hughes awaits in the next

:08:58.:09:02.

round, the man from the Black Country. It is looking as though it

:09:03.:09:09.

would be the Latvian making his way through into that second round.

:09:10.:09:14.

Robson with a huge battle on his hands here. A lot of them to come.

:09:15.:09:32.

Well, that's going to help. Locked the bed, goes for 19s and gets the

:09:33.:09:36.

trebles. On the Robson throw, has to win this leg or it's all over. Just

:09:37.:09:46.

imagine the pressure he's under up there, when you think about it. I

:09:47.:09:52.

always use that as a defence when people try to say, darts? Not a

:09:53.:09:56.

sport. Well, you go up there and try it. It's hard enough when you're in

:09:57.:10:00.

your local, never mind with all the people watching. Millions on

:10:01.:10:04.

television, and the pressure now in the context of the match of just

:10:05.:10:09.

trying to scrap it out. He's doing well, though. 128, a makeable

:10:10.:10:22.

finish, Tony. It is. Goes for the treble. So a treble, he's gone for

:10:23.:10:31.

the 18s. I wouldn't have gone that way. But there you are. To each

:10:32.:10:39.

their own. Treble 20 would have left the bull's-eye. Razma now. And

:10:40.:10:48.

Robson will get another go. Razma still not on a finish. Just as well,

:10:49.:10:58.

maybe. He's all over the place. I'm sorry to say. He knows it though.

:10:59.:11:11.

You can see the way... 18. Double top. Come on! Get off the barrel.

:11:12.:11:23.

Razma comes up with 86 to win the match. Trying to set himself, steady

:11:24.:11:32.

himself. 86 is needed. 18 leaves the bull's-eye. Oh, dear, that's a poor

:11:33.:11:38.

dart. He missed the big 18. So Robson will return. Looking for tops

:11:39.:11:46.

to keep the match alive. OK, Robbo, come on. Double top, yeah! It's not

:11:47.:11:53.

over yet. CHEERING. Look at that. That's his

:11:54.:12:05.

support here. There's a bit of nervousness in the throw of Razma.

:12:06.:12:11.

He twitched there with the finishing line beckoning. And Robson stepped

:12:12.:12:18.

in and capitalised. A different story if he gets to 2-2. Razma is

:12:19.:12:30.

still favourite to close this out. But you can sense the tension. They

:12:31.:12:39.

are certainly getting their money's worth today. That dart keeps him

:12:40.:12:48.

right in there, keeps him with a chance. That's a good marker. Will

:12:49.:12:58.

to make that one. He had to make it. He knew. Now, can Robson find the

:12:59.:13:03.

treble himself? No. Just 20 or so away from the score

:13:04.:13:24.

for Gary Robson. So Gary, step on the gas.

:13:25.:13:35.

186 now. Razma 208 now. What is he going to leave himself? Razma is

:13:36.:13:47.

still favourite, John. Not good. 150 is a big ask. Robson gets a big

:13:48.:13:52.

score here. Who is going to be favourite? Needs a treble. Oh, that

:13:53.:14:06.

could hurt. Treble 20. Treble 18. Double 18. What a shot to take the

:14:07.:14:12.

match, and what a match it's been. But is it still going to go on? It's

:14:13.:14:24.

all down to Razma. He is gone it! And what a way to win it. A 150

:14:25.:14:28.

checkout. Absolutely beautiful. What a way to end it, well done

:14:29.:14:48.

Madars Razma. That's all from us today. We're back with highlights

:14:49.:14:53.

tonight at the ripe old time of 12.05. Enjoy your evening.

:14:54.:15:22.

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Join Chris Packham for the World's Sneakiest Animals.

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Thousands of miles of marked paths circle our shores.

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But I've never taken you on my favourite coastal walk. Until now.

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'I'm heading to our last great wilderness.

:16:30.:16:34.

'And the team are going that extra mile too.

:16:35.:16:38.

'Andy attempts a walk above the water.'

:16:39.:16:43.

that's haunted my imagination for years.

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Ruth is tracking down Victorian treasure hunters.

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Ladies who risked life and limb for ferns.

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I've got my gathering pole, I've got my ladder,

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all I've got to do now is reach that fern.

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the secrets of a path built for pleasure, and terror.

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:18:04.:18:11.

Here, the mainland's tallest sea cliffs keep visitors at bay.

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In Cape Wrath's mysterious heart there are no roads,

:18:18.:18:21.

The only way to explore the isolated interior is on foot.

:18:22.:18:31.

But glorious treasures await those willing to walk on the wild side.

:18:32.:18:39.

I first took on Cape Wrath back in the '70s with my dad.

:18:40.:18:43.

I was 18 and I was cutting my teeth on extreme adventures,

:18:44.:18:47.

ready for isolation, ready for difficult challenges.

:18:48.:18:51.

But that unpopulated wilderness out there had a surprise, a beach.

:18:52.:18:56.

Not just any old beach, but the most beautiful beach I've ever seen.

:18:57.:19:01.

I can't wait to show you what it's like.

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but I'll begin on the other side of the cape.

:19:07.:19:13.

I'll hitch a ride on a road rarely travelled to the Lighthouse.

:19:14.:19:19.

Then I'll tread my own path to my favourite beach,

:19:20.:19:23.

a three-day adventure beginning on the tiny ferry.

:19:24.:19:29.

disconnected to the rest of Britain and the mainland, but it's so

:19:30.:19:39.

remote that this is the easiest way of getting there, taking your ferry.

:19:40.:19:42.

A lot of tourists think it's an island, you know.

:19:43.:19:47.

What do you think it would have been like living out there?

:19:48.:19:50.

You'd need plenty of Scotch whisky about you I'd think at night,

:19:51.:19:55.

The isolation of Cape Wrath doesn't only attract tourists.

:19:56.:20:07.

Some ten years back I witnessed how the MOD seal off the cape

:20:08.:20:12.

to create a live firing range for 1,000lb bombs.

:20:13.:20:20.

Now I want to discover why this wild coast

:20:21.:20:24.

Once a handful of shepherds and their families

:20:25.:20:31.

had crofts scattered across the cape.

:20:32.:20:34.

To see what became of these coastal folk I'm with John Mackenzie,

:20:35.:20:39.

So this must be the edge of the range now.

:20:40.:20:47.

It's the start of the range here, aye.

:20:48.:20:50.

The barrier's up, so no shells flying around, no bombs dropping.

:20:51.:20:52.

Is that an old building, remains of a building?

:20:53.:20:56.

That's the remains of the old school. Oh, is it?

:20:57.:20:58.

Can we go and have a look? It's not very big.

:20:59.:21:01.

I've never seen such a small school. It's like a garden shed. I know.

:21:02.:21:11.

So that's the school, with four pupils in.

:21:12.:21:13.

Wow. You can see where the front door was.

:21:14.:21:22.

Four children, plenty bigger. NICK LAUGHS

:21:23.:21:27.

No hiding at the back of class. No, no.

:21:28.:21:30.

'These stones were the foundation of the community - the school.

:21:31.:21:37.

When the school closed down, what did that mean for your family?

:21:38.:21:45.

Well, we had to move to the mainland so I could go to school over there,

:21:46.:21:49.

and probably that's the start of the end of people living here.

:21:50.:21:54.

So the closure of the school was the end for a community living out here.

:21:55.:21:58.

Shortage of pupils meant the crofters' time was up.

:21:59.:22:06.

But you can still walk in their footsteps.

:22:07.:22:10.

John's father maintained their only road.

:22:11.:22:15.

from the middle '20s to the middle '40s.

:22:16.:22:22.

What's it feel like to be walking on your father's road?

:22:23.:22:29.

I'm heading on into the heart of the cape

:22:30.:22:37.

saving my legs for later, I'm hitching a lift

:22:38.:22:43.

This might feel like the road to nowhere,

:22:44.:22:49.

but in fact it goes all the way out over the moorlands to the

:22:50.:22:54.

lighthouse here at Cape Wrath, my last contact with civilisation.

:22:55.:23:00.

After that it's an eight-mile coast walk south through the wilderness,

:23:01.:23:05.

a wilderness unlike any other in Britain.

:23:06.:23:09.

But at the end of it there's a treasure,

:23:10.:23:11.

a glittering diamond in the rough, Sandwood Bay. It's got a freshwater

:23:12.:23:16.

loch and a beautiful river spilling out across the sands into the sea.

:23:17.:23:26.

'I'm on my own, and it's a lonely location,

:23:27.:23:33.

You're not likely to bump into too many people out here, but over

:23:34.:23:43.

there at the lighthouse live the last two residents of Cape Wrath.

:23:44.:23:48.

But who would chose to live in a place like this?

:23:49.:23:53.

I'll discover what it's like to live here later.

:23:54.:23:57.

But the splendid isolation of Scotland's Cape Wrath

:23:58.:24:01.

For easier going, seek out England's South West Coast Path.

:24:02.:24:11.

and 630 miles of track unfold before you.

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The tourist trail threading around our southernmost sea

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Today many walkers make a beeline for the golden sands.

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In the Victorian age, the craze wasn't for beaches

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A particular type of plant fascinated collectors

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Ruth is in town to take a leaf out of the Victorians' book.

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In the 19th century Devon was gripped by a strange epidemic,

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Pterodomania had taken hold of the town.

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People were roaming the coastal paths wide-eyed with green fingers.

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Devon was in the throes of fern fever.

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We take these garden favourites for granted.

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But surprisingly, 150 years ago fern mania

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blossomed into an obsession for gentile Victorian ladies.

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Fanatics grew ferns in glass cabinets,

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and nurseries dedicated to the plants sprang up.

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But the real action was in the wild warm climate of these Devon cliffs.

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A generation of young women was drawn to this land of the ferns.

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Sowing the seeds of this growing craze was a resident of nearby

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It's not the greatest of pictures, but she was never one

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for sitting still to have her portrait taken, and it was her book,

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Ferny Combes, that really inspired a legion of followers to abandon

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the regular tourist track, and go on the path of fern enlightenment.

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'Published in 1856, this slim volume spurred ladies on to leave

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'their drawing rooms and walk this coast, fern collecting.

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Why were Victorians so fond of fronds?

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'Author Sarah Whittingham is sharing her wisdom.'

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The Victorian age was the heyday of the amateur naturalist.

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Fern-gathering parties were usually of mixed sexes,

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and as Punch said, "The rarest species usually

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"grow in the least frequented spots," so you and your companion can

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disappear off into the hedgerow or round the corner...

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Far away from the chaperone. Exactly. Exactly.

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I love this picture because she's got caught in the brambles

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and she's looking up really peeved at these two, and she's saying

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"Please can you identify this fern for me," and she's like I can't...

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Well, they're too busy flirting to take any notice of her.

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Ferns and flirting again, yes, definitely.

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This passionate pursuit was also caught up with sexual politics.

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Botany in particular was very fashionable among women.

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where you were allowed to be clever, wasn't it?

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Exactly. Many women were writers of books on ferns,

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and they were many of the early collectors.

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'The freedom to study ferns help foster early feminism

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'Time to hitch up our petticoats and start fern foraging.

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'we are well-equipped to collect our quarry.'

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a nice narrow long fern trowel to really get in there

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among the rocks and dig up a fern specimen, and if it's nice and small

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you can put it in your vasculum, which is a tin collecting case.

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If you're a rather unprincipled botanist you might be digging up

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vast quantities of fern. There was one writer who actually

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had to employ a man with a cart to take them home.

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That's dedication...and despoliation of the countryside.

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the passion didn't stop on the coastal path.

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The fern lover could literally fill their home with ferns. Not just real

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ones, but they could have images of ferns from carpets to chamber pots.

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Teapot too, covered in ferns. Teapot's lovely.

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