Day 3

:00:00. > :00:08.done. 12 darts, left himself 60. Well, he's come back well. Now he

:00:09. > :00:36.can take the opening leg of Great effort. Larry, you require 20.

:00:37. > :00:43.So two tens for Butler, getting another option, another opportunity.

:00:44. > :00:48.And there it is. Larry Butler. Well, he got there in the end,

:00:49. > :01:00.didn't he? Held his nerve. Held his throw.

:01:01. > :01:05.Tight match this one, not huge scores, but it's close between these

:01:06. > :01:10.two which makes it kind of engaging. Some heavyweight battles coming up

:01:11. > :01:13.for you later on. It is a good-looking night of darts, this

:01:14. > :01:19.one. Always a buzz of anticipation when

:01:20. > :01:30.the count is -- when the Count is around. Yeah!

:01:31. > :01:35.Jamie Hughes, Ross Montgomery, Martin Phillips and Ted Hankey.

:01:36. > :01:41.Those are four big-name players. It's the first time Ross has not

:01:42. > :02:00.been seeded this year. He debuted back in 2006 and he's always been

:02:01. > :02:13.the seeds. -- among the seeds. -- he's always been among the seeds.

:02:14. > :02:48.This is a potential check-out. Not now.

:02:49. > :02:53.He missed that by a long way. It looked like it slipped out of his

:02:54. > :03:18.hand, but that's a good double. No-one is seizing the advantage yet.

:03:19. > :03:24.Nothing to separate them. Trading lusty blows up on the oche. Is this

:03:25. > :03:34.is what it's all about. -- this is what it's all about.

:03:35. > :03:40.He got away with that a little bit. De Vreede will be sorry, or

:03:41. > :03:44.disappointed, rather, not to have capitalised more. But he's going to

:03:45. > :03:52.get another chance now to really turn the screw on the American.

:03:53. > :04:06.Larry Butler with the darts in this leg. Butler's throw under a bit of

:04:07. > :04:17.pressure. Cover shot coming up and it's a good one.

:04:18. > :04:22.Larry, you require 122. Well, it can be done. De Vreede would be more

:04:23. > :04:25.confident of 101. Treble-18 would give him a bull's-eye. Only misses

:04:26. > :04:46.by a whisker. 68 for Butler. De Vreede poised on

:04:47. > :04:52.48. 16 he needs. Oh, he missed it. Gets

:04:53. > :04:57.it for tops, though, the 8. 28. Larry, you require 48. This is a

:04:58. > :05:16.big moment. Now, this is to edge in front in

:05:17. > :05:27.sets. Butler's finishing is letting him down.

:05:28. > :05:30.We talked about his experience and composure and good form running into

:05:31. > :05:35.this championship, Larry Butler. He needs all of those things now and 43

:05:36. > :05:41.is not the way to go about mounting a bit of a recovery.

:05:42. > :05:46.He's hit just one of his last nine darts at a double, Larry Butler. He

:05:47. > :05:47.had three darts to take a two-set lead.

:05:48. > :06:21.He missed them all. De Vreede is not giving him a look

:06:22. > :06:25.hip just at the moment. Larry Butler has to break to extend this set into

:06:26. > :06:47.a deciding leg. A big score here would make him feel better if he can

:06:48. > :06:51.continue peppering the trebles. He could use the bull. He could use

:06:52. > :06:57.the 18 it's. He uses the 0s. There you go. Bullseye. It's in!

:06:58. > :07:02.A bull's-eye gets him back on to level terms.

:07:03. > :07:25.A few shouts of, "-of-Come on, Larry." He missed it by a distance.

:07:26. > :07:32.This is a must-get for Butler. His wife can hardly bear to watch. "Come

:07:33. > :07:53.on, Larry," she says. He's got it! Two-two!

:07:54. > :08:13.Yes! De Vreede does punish it. Oh! So near.

:08:14. > :08:23.He's let him off the hook again, de Vreede. Butler has repaired the

:08:24. > :08:29.damage, effectively, and now looking to forge ahead. A set apiece, two

:08:30. > :08:35.legs apiece, and nothing to separate them. Just those three darts and 137

:08:36. > :08:42.points. The winner of this leg takes the set. Well, 64. It can be done.

:08:43. > :08:45.It can be done in three. He's got six if he needs them. He will need

:08:46. > :08:56.them. That's good shooting, though. Good

:08:57. > :09:09.thinking. And leaving himself on 46. He's certainly the favourite now.

:09:10. > :09:17.He's gone six for tops. Yes! A 14-dart leg to take the set! He

:09:18. > :09:27.knows how big that is! And now de Vreede, who looked as

:09:28. > :09:39.though he was going to take that at one point, he has it to do. A set

:09:40. > :09:48.down look at this from Butler. Great start to this opening leg.

:09:49. > :09:53.Very little to separate them, as you would expect. This has been nip and

:09:54. > :09:57.tuck, all three sets going the distance.

:09:58. > :10:07.Butler with the advantage on the check-out. He went through a little

:10:08. > :10:10.double wobble midway through the match. He missed eight out of nine,

:10:11. > :10:19.but he's hit his last two. He went through a little bit of a

:10:20. > :10:25.trough as well in his scoring. He seems to have gone through that as

:10:26. > :10:34.well. A bit annoyed at that treble-three.

:10:35. > :10:42.De Vreede first on to a finish. He needs a treble.

:10:43. > :10:53.Well, de Vreede certainly the favourite now. Well, he's taken out

:10:54. > :11:05.121. He's taken out 102. Double-16 for a 106. 148, then, for Butler,

:11:06. > :11:08.his best so far a 125 in this match. Lovely cover shot.

:11:09. > :11:49.He did all that was necessary. Yeah, to hold his throw at the start of

:11:50. > :12:22.this set. It's not lying well, that one, had

:12:23. > :12:29.to adjust and come down the board. Yeah. That's better. That's better

:12:30. > :12:43.from de Vreede. Back in touch in this leg.

:12:44. > :12:51.Advantage de Vreede. Butler on a finish. But de Vreede, in theory,

:12:52. > :12:55.can take it out in a couple of darts and no check-out for Butler now. So

:12:56. > :13:46.can de Vreede take this one against the throw?

:13:47. > :13:52.All of a sudden, the finishing line comes into view because, if he can

:13:53. > :13:57.break, he will have the darts for a place in the last 16.

:13:58. > :14:02.Oh, my goodness. Didn't he need that treble 19 there? Butler, though, has

:14:03. > :14:05.effectively got the darts now. He can get a treble here. This is a

:14:06. > :15:10.big one. Ah, no. Scott Mitchell is choosing to watch

:15:11. > :15:15.Bond films, isn't he? He's got to be a big favourite here. Treble ten

:15:16. > :15:21.he'll be looking for. Oh, he didn't. 12, bull's-eye. 41. That's certainly

:15:22. > :15:24.in the the normal way of going for 66.

:15:25. > :15:32.Another treble 20 and a double 10. Oh, how unlucky is that? How unlucky

:15:33. > :15:37.is that? I think veris the -- very is the answer. The crowd

:15:38. > :15:46.sympathetic. Wow! What a dart! Larry, you require 25. Very classy.

:15:47. > :15:57.Lakeside applauds warmly. But double 8 for the break for Butler.

:15:58. > :16:03.Suddenly the crowd are starting to liven up and de Vreede gets the

:16:04. > :16:26.double and, against the odds Siamingly, holds his throw.

:16:27. > :17:34.I wonder how much he's enjoying his Lakeside debut, Ryan de Vreede.

:17:35. > :17:39.Some nervy darts now. Yeah, the scoring has gone a little quiet,

:17:40. > :17:59.hasn't it? Dennis Harbour had a narrow victory

:18:00. > :18:23.over Daryl Thitton. Can't now be done. So Butler will

:18:24. > :18:27.come back and take us into a fourth consecutive deciding leg. It's been

:18:28. > :18:42.a pretty moderate leg, this one. This is his 19th dart. Tops now.

:18:43. > :18:54.He's done it, Dean Winstandley sitting on the balcony. His wife is

:18:55. > :19:15.in the competition here. Lorraine, of course.

:19:16. > :19:22.Must hold here, de Vreede. Butler in his first match was two sets up

:19:23. > :19:27.against James hourily. Eventually came through 3-1 in a deciding set.

:19:28. > :19:36.He would love to win this leg and finish it off here. If he's going to

:19:37. > :19:43.do it, he needs to find the red bit. Let's see if if he can up the ante a

:19:44. > :19:53.bit now. This would be a good time to hit a 140.

:19:54. > 0:12:56Has to cross. Well, not there, is it? His bad dart is a slight push

0:12:57 > 0:12:56into the one. De Vreede's on a finish. Butler is

0:12:57 > 0:12:56nowhere near. 180. That's his fourth maximum of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the match! No check-out for him, though.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56De Vreede is still the favourite. Oh, yes! Comes off the barrel, into

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the treble 20. He's left himself a much easier

0:12:57 > 0:12:56finish. He will be back on the oche, but he will need to take out this

0:12:57 > 0:12:5656. Well, composes himself. Butler nicely placed. Tops now. Double 10.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56This is a big dart and he's got it! Responds and takes the leg and with

0:12:57 > 0:12:56it the set. And we're now at two each and Larry Butler knows that a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56bit of indifferent scoring in that final leg there just let him down.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56So close all the way through. You'll have your favourites when you're

0:12:57 > 0:12:56watching, who you think is likely to prevail. If you want to let me know,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56please do. I can't work this one out. It's as close as that. They've

0:12:57 > 0:12:56won ten legs apiece and their averages are very, very similar.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Not much in it on the check-outs, either. Marginally better for de

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Vreede, but not by a deal. Big scores. Well, Butler has had

0:12:57 > 0:12:56more of the 180s. There's really not much to separate these two and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56frankly we've got no idea who is going to win this match, which is

0:12:57 > 0:12:56kind of how we like it. De Vreede on a Philip.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Butler would love to pepper this for a 140. He's coming down. Oh, good

0:12:57 > 0:12:56cover shot. Sharon Butler almost can't watch.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56She's turning away when Larry's throwing sometimes.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56We do need to find her something to hide behind. This is to hold his

0:12:57 > 0:12:56throw. De Vreede for a break. This will be

0:12:57 > 0:12:56double ten. Butler on 28. If he gets another opportunity, but he

0:12:57 > 0:12:56shouldn't. He's been pretty good on that double

0:12:57 > 0:12:5610 and de Vreede takes it out again. Big Louis up there with the Dutch

0:12:57 > 0:12:56contingent. The master purveyor of pies, if you

0:12:57 > 0:12:56were watching earlier, we went through that story.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He brought a whole van load over, I think, from Holland.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Well, I was just about do say that de Vreede now becomes favourite but

0:12:57 > 0:12:56then he opens this leg with a 60. Butler spopeds with a 140 and once

0:12:57 > 0:12:56again we vus don't know. He's perplexed. His support is

0:12:57 > 0:12:56permixed. And -- perplexed and Larry Butler at last finds a treble.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56De Vreede with those two treble-19s has clawed his way to a three-dart

0:12:57 > 0:12:56finish. So this to move to within a leg of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the match. Two darts to level the deciding set.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Oh, yes! Finds the double ten! Oh! Sharon breathes again! But not for

0:12:57 > 0:12:56long. She was most certainly watching that one.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Jumping for joy. And still just nothing between them. I wonder what

0:12:57 > 0:12:56would have happened in this match, could have, should have, you know,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56but if Larry Butler had hit... Oh, there's a maximum! Much needed after

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a 58 on his first visit, but what would have happened if he had taken

0:12:57 > 0:12:56one of those chances to take a two-set lead? Well, he was two up, I

0:12:57 > 0:12:56think, in his pre-law match, wasn't he? And his opponent came clawing

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his way back in. Anyway, it's all history. It's all about what happens

0:12:57 > 0:12:56from here on in and whose nerve is going to hold.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56How he needed that maximum. The 58 and the 21 either side of it. Six

0:12:57 > 0:12:56maximums in the match now, five of them to Larry Butler.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Almost, Sharon. Almost. Just one more leg he needs.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56If it gets to two apiece, we go to a tie-break situation.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56If it gets to five apiece - and it has happened before this week - we

0:12:57 > 0:12:56bully up for the advantage of throwing first in a #1ud-death

0:12:57 > 0:12:56deciding leg. A long way to go before that. Butler will want to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56take this out here. Well, this is very good from Butler. A 140-140

0:12:57 > 0:12:56start to this leg. And suddenly, Butler is now the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56favourite to win this leg. And with it the match. Sharon Butler watching

0:12:57 > 0:12:56on intently. I'm told she turned her head away momentarily. Now she's

0:12:57 > 0:12:56watching. We're all watching intently. It's a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56knife-edge kind of match. For the match, 121.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56When he says require, he means require. Two darts at double 10 to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56keep the match alive. That was close!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Oh! That is, that is hard to bear! Twice. So Larry Butler with a chance

0:12:57 > 0:12:56to close this out. If you have a dictionary definition

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of nervous, it's Sharon Butler right now. Her husband gets a double top

0:12:57 > 0:12:56for the match. And de Vreede now, a couple of tense to make it two

0:12:57 > 0:12:56apiece and keep this match going on. Which he does! Butler more missed

0:12:57 > 0:12:56opportunities. There has to be a two-clear-leg

0:12:57 > 0:12:56advantage. If it goes as far as five all, it goes to sudden death.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Kind of had this written on it from a very early stage. Oh, it really

0:12:57 > 0:12:56did. Every set has gone the distance. Every set, in fact, has

0:12:57 > 0:12:56gone with the darts. And there's just nothing to separate these two.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56They've each won 12 legs. They're each averaging around about 86 and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56they're each desperate to win this match and set up a last 16-tie with

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Glen Durrant, the top seed. Back-to-back 140s for Larry Butler

0:12:57 > 0:12:56has put him into the box seat on this on his throw, 221 now. And if

0:12:57 > 0:12:56-- I wonder if he can find another one.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Oh! How about that? Maximum number six for the American!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING 41 back for the 3-2 advantage.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Two 16s for an 11-dart leg. So he had a dart for the match. He

0:12:57 > 0:12:56missed it. Did it affect him? Not much.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56That was terrific. He was Joe Cool there, wasn't he? Happy as Larry!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56And just one leg away. Again. For the third time.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Oh! Opportunity again for Butler. There's the Dutch referee, could be

0:12:57 > 0:12:56heading for another tie-break. He had pretty quick matches, I think,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56last year. And... He's already had four. Could potentially be his

0:12:57 > 0:12:56fourth. He's in matches for the long haul, is the Dutchman.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Now, Butler, can he find another big hit? Put pressure on? Good dart.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56You'd have to fancy de Vreede from here. But how often can he keep

0:12:57 > 0:12:56producing darts like that? When it really matters? 55, pretty handy.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56And Butler is not making business inroads. Still not on a finish.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Well, he missed out on the double top but he'll have another go. If

0:12:57 > 0:12:56there is such a thing as a good miss at this stage of a match, that was

0:12:57 > 0:12:56it. Dear, dear, dear. Now, penny for the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56thoughts of Sharon Butler now. He'd love two darts at double 18.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Won't get them. A treble-20 for double 8.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56For Larry Butler. This is for the match.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Oh! He's found it! He finds the double-8. Larry Butler! 23 years

0:12:57 > 0:12:56after his Lakeside debut, has won his second tight match in a row!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Pacman sent packing. Larry Butler serves up a last-16 tie against the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56top seed. That was fun! When number four seed Jamie Hughes

0:12:57 > 0:12:56gets it right, he is class. He's been a World Masters Final a couple

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of years ago and arriving at Lakeside this year, he faced the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56unenviable task of taking on the only Scot left in the dross, Ross

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Montgomery. Maybe he can take some inspiration from Gary Anderson.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Remember Ross made the quarterfinals here 12 months ago.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Commentary comes from John Rawling and George Reilly.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Both players on the oche. Here we go. Just been the wire of the treble

0:12:57 > 0:12:56with the opening dart. So only a 55 to start for Jamie.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56In the WDF World Cup, Ross got to the singles final, lost out there to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a Welshman, Jim Williams. But... He can, at his best, play really well.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He averaged 97 when he put Scott Waites out last year.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Yeah. He had a 161 finish in that as well, didn't he? He did.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Are EnHewitt to the quarterfinals. -- en route to the quarterfinals

0:12:57 > 0:12:56before he was downed by Woolfie. I almost admit with some trepidation

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that I couldn't remember whether Jamie was a Wolves fan or a West

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Brom fan. You don't want to get that one wrong! I chose not to ask the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56question. I got somebody else to ask for me!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Yeah, we sort of went... I kind of thought it was Wolves, so it was

0:12:57 > 0:12:56couched as, "Are you a Wolves fan?" Which was perhaps just as well.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Right. 114! You can ask an open, "What have you

0:12:57 > 0:12:56made of the season so far?" Question and try and deduce it from there.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56It's like asking me if I support Sheffield Wednesday. Ask me that

0:12:57 > 0:12:56one? OK. Here comes Yozza, Jamie Hughes. 16 would leave a bull. Good

0:12:57 > 0:12:56effort. But not this time. Double 18, against the throw. For

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the Scotland cap tape, way off. Closer -- cop tain. Way off. Closer.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56No score. No. Jamie, I require 25.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Double 8 to take first blood in this opening set. That's surely going to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56be a good marker. Just working along the oche a bit to improve the angle

0:12:57 > 0:12:56and in it goes. Two areas down in the players' room

0:12:57 > 0:12:56where they practise, one which is a bit noisy and boys Ross and another

0:12:57 > 0:12:56one, the quiet room, where you're away from it and there's nobody

0:12:57 > 0:12:56giving any sort of distractions and that was where Jamie chose to make

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his final preparations for this match, staying away from all the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56noise and just concentrating on his throw and getting himself absolutely

0:12:57 > 0:12:56right. Good dart.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Seeded four, is England's Jamie Hughes, this year. He's had a good

0:12:57 > 0:12:56season, actually, up six places in the rankings. Well, the people he

0:12:57 > 0:12:56beat in those finals, which he took, James Hurrell for one, then Scott

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Waites and Ryan de Vreede, so he's beaten some good men to take those

0:12:57 > 0:12:56titles. He's going to have to beat a good

0:12:57 > 0:12:56player today. Montgomery will be so keen to hold on to his throw here,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56not to allow the Englishman to gain an early advantage. He needed that

0:12:57 > 0:12:56treble with his last dart. He had a great run, Montgomery, last

0:12:57 > 0:12:56year, but prior to that, he's never been beyond Round 2.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56It's his ninth Lakeside for Ross and he's got 156 here.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Can'tness be done own this occasion. -- can't be done on this occasion.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56But Hughes with a big ask, 142, if he's going to strike against the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56throw. So treble 20. He's going to go 17s,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56perhaps, here. Yes, he was. He was looking for the bull. Go back

0:12:57 > 0:12:56to 20s. Excellent final dart. The thinking on the 17s, two treble 17s

0:12:57 > 0:12:56leaves tops. Or would have done.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Treble 19, then, for Montgomery would have left 18s. That's a good

0:12:57 > 0:12:56last dart. Tops for Jamie to make it two

0:12:57 > 0:12:56successive legs. Oh, dear. He knows that was not a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56very clever dart. And is Ross going to make him pay? 16s, that's not a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56bad first one. And makes the small adjustment and in it goes, safe as

0:12:57 > 0:12:56houses. One apiece. Yeah, a bit of a shaky start in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56terms of the check-outs. One of six for Hughes, one of five thus far for

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Montgomery. They've not really got into gear on the scoring as yet,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56have they? Both of them averaging in the 70s, capable of a lot more.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Dorothy Montgomery watching on, as Ross takes a breather.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56As you said, John, Ross Montgomery is unseeded here this year, the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56first time that's happened since he made his debut ten years ago.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56But, as you pointed out, that makes him perhaps - what was your phrase,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a dangerous floater? Absolutely. Not perhaps the greatest term of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56endearment, but I think I know what you mean.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56I know Chris Mason, my commentating mate, has a very high opinion of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Jamie Hughes. And he reckons that he is certainly capable at some stage,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56maybe this year - you never know - but capable of winning this title.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56That looks a bit loose to me. Is he going to come away? Yep, he did.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Wide. 47.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Jamie, I require 102. So 102 for Jamie Hughes.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Bull? Not this time. Well, he set it up nicely.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He'll be back for tops. Montgomery well back.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56That will improve things a little. Just about managing to get on a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56finish. 170. Now, Hughes to go ahead. First man to hold his throw,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56maybe. Tops needed. There's a few of them down from the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Black Country, a fair of them singing Hi Ho Silver Lining. He

0:12:57 > 0:12:56comes from tip tonne, but is in Dudley. -- which is in Dudley.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Tipton, but is in Dudley. -- which is in Dudley.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Ah, Sheffield Wednesday fans! And before anybody starts Googling that

0:12:57 > 0:12:56one, that is a sort of a friendly term of endearment, which we

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Sheffield football supporters share between each other. If you're a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Wednesday fan and you're a United fan, then that's the word which is

0:12:57 > 0:12:56used. And if you are a Wednesday fan, and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56you're in the vicinity of the Lakeside, feel free to pop up and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56say hello to John. Yeah, and tell me exactly what you think. Thank you

0:12:57 > 0:12:56very much for that, George. It's a slow burn, this match, isn't

0:12:57 > 0:12:56it? Yeah, not really got going. Could be that it just needs that

0:12:57 > 0:12:56little bit of an injection. If one player really starts hitting the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56numbers like this, then that might actually produce the momentum that

0:12:57 > 0:12:56we anticipated. Yeah, much better, Jamie Hughes,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56nudging his average up to the mid-80s. Montgomery with this

0:12:57 > 0:12:56response. Sunrise switchdown here. -- nice suchdown here. 118 for

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Hughes, then. This would be a strike against the darts and would have

0:12:57 > 0:12:56taken him to the first leg, but he can't do it now, so Montgomery will

0:12:57 > 0:12:56come back with 70 required to square up the set once more.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Well, he won't want to leave the door open here, Ross Montgomery.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Treble 18. Well, he's gone 10s. So... 20 leaves tops. And he nails

0:12:57 > 0:12:56it. One dart is all he understood needed. Well done, Ross. That's more

0:12:57 > 0:12:56like it. And capitalising on a loose visit

0:12:57 > 0:12:56from Jamie Hughes and he's right back in there. Tight match. Hughes's

0:12:57 > 0:12:56scoring the heavier but Montgomery getting a key finish there.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56And he knew, didn't he, that he'd slipped up, Jamie Hughes. That look

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of anguish, that wins, he knew it could be costly and thus improved.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He'll switch and a great cover start. A proud Scotsman is Ross and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56I know it means a lot to him to captain his country. And here

0:12:57 > 0:12:56looking to clinch what has been a very, very tight opening set.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56So it's advantage Hughes, though, with the darts. And these. Oh, yes!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56His first maximum and the first maximum of the match! 125, a very

0:12:57 > 0:12:56makeable check-out, may decide to go the bull route.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He was looking for the bull first there. 25, maybe, would have been.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56However, he's a long way clear and that's a decent lead. Can Montgomery

0:12:57 > 0:12:56do something to put a bit of doubt will? No, he can't.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56So 32 for Jamie Hughes. Double 8 for Jamie Hughes.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56One more shot at it. He'd effectively given up there, I

0:12:57 > 0:12:56think. Just wants to get this one out of the way, and get on with the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56next - and the next set maybe. He is on 170. Well! Have I written him off

0:12:57 > 0:12:56too soon? See what he can make of this. What a moment this could be!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Current highest check-out is at 161. 170 the maximum check-out, which you

0:12:57 > 0:12:56can get in a game of darts. Good throwing. Well, he's back there now.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56If Jamie continues to miss, six missed set darts... Make that seven.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Make that eight. . Well, well, well! Here comes Montgomery. Jamie Hughes

0:12:57 > 0:12:56has got the double blues. Does he go straight to double 15 or will he go

0:12:57 > 0:12:5610 double 10 in double 15, my guess. Now, he has to tidy up. Double 4.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56For the first set. Well, Jamie will be feeling he

0:12:57 > 0:12:56probably doesn't dempj to deserve to win this leg, but, hey, he still

0:12:57 > 0:12:56can. Two out of 16. Montgomery said something to him, as he made his way

0:12:57 > 0:12:56up to the occy. Well, it worked. That is 10.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Finally, number 11 is the charge.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Jamie Hughes! Touches fists. Nice to see Montgomery telling the crowd to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56keep the noise down, when one or two were threatening to try and put

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Hughes off. So, opening set: To the man from Dudley, as we move on now

0:12:57 > 0:12:56with Montgomery with the darts. . He can count himself very fortunate,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Jamie Hughes, that Ross Montgomery was miles back there. Because you

0:12:57 > 0:12:56cannot be missing 10 darts at a -- and a double at the BDO World

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Championship. Both offence them averaging only --

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of them averaging only in the 70s. That's good throwing! Winner of this

0:12:57 > 0:12:56match will face either Robson, or the Latvian, who is in action

0:12:57 > 0:12:56tomorrow. . Didn't go for the 20. Wanted to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56just set up and give him the opportunity of getting a Shanghai. A

0:12:57 > 0:12:56120. But that is a first great dart. Treble 19 would left the bull.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56To hold on to the darts - oh, dear! Oh, dear! Well, that's the 20 gone.

0:12:57 > 0:12:5668 for Hughes. 16 leaves tops. Well, they are having all associates

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of difficulties with these finishes, aren't they? A ruinous effect on

0:12:57 > 0:12:56their average, wanted double top, double top, and didn't get either of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56them. So double 10 for Hughes has against the throw. That's better!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That is a good throw. Puts him in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the driving seat in the second set. Already, one set to the good. This

0:12:57 > 0:12:56is good! Solid 140. Yes, five. 140-plus for the match.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56There is one for Ross Montgomery. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56. Jamie Hughes's wife, Jane, watching on. She will be pleased

0:12:57 > 0:12:56with this. She will be enjoying that. Indeed!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Chatting to Bob Potter earlier on, the fellow who owns this remarkable

0:12:57 > 0:12:56place in Frimley Green. Well into his 80s now. I tell you what dish

0:12:57 > 0:12:56hope I like as good as that when I'm his age. As sharp as a tack. .

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Dresses very well as well, doesn't he, Bob? What, unlike me?!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER You said it! He's always walking

0:12:57 > 0:12:56around, talking to everyone inside. Well, he loves this. He was on a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56finish, but he is going to have time on his side. He has another

0:12:57 > 0:12:56opportunity, top 20 comes back. Bob loves the darts. Look at this! Tops

0:12:57 > 0:12:56there for Hughes, to go 2-0 ahead. A little bit lower will be bang on.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56A little smile. And then he pulls it. That was Jane. Jane, his wife,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56watching on. Montgomery can take this out. Tops now.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Can't get going, can he, Ross, at the moment. Another opportunity for

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Jamie Hughes. Two 10s. No mistake this time!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE A set and two legs to the good

0:12:57 > 0:12:56against the Scotland captain. That's better. Montgomery - well,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56what he would give to hold his throw here.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56There is Richard Veenstra, the Dutch player. A happy-go-lucky character.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Dirk's doppelganger. Good to see his finishing has improved since he left

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Liverpool. So, Ross handily placed on 102, with

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the darts. Brilliant 1940, though, from Hughes, just applying a bit of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56pressure. Good first dart. Double 16 now. Missed it. So, this - well, it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56would be the highest check-out of the match and it would be for a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56two-set lead. Treble 20. Treble 18 leaves a shot at bull. Not this

0:12:57 > 0:12:56time. Good visit, though. Both on 32. Montgomery double eight now.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Fours. And he's missed a key dart. Can't buy a double, Montgomery. Two

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of 13. 15% check-out. Two 16s. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Nails it first go! In Ross's defence, I would say that he did try

0:12:57 > 0:12:56to quieten the crowd down when Jamie was on a key double. And they

0:12:57 > 0:12:56touched fists after that. But who knows? We will keep our eye

0:12:57 > 0:12:56on that. Maybe there is a bit of spark and a bit of needle. Two very

0:12:57 > 0:12:56different characters, these two. You sometimes like to see a bit of that,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56don't you? Absolutely! Some of the great sporting rivalries, John, are

0:12:57 > 0:12:56fuelled by hatred. . Going back a few years, one Mr Bristow used to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56turn it into a fine art form, didn't he? Trying to wind people up. And

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the more the crowd bayed at him, the more he seemed to like it and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56thrive. Well, the best way to quieten your opponent is to throw

0:12:57 > 0:12:56darts like that. And he has to do that now, does Ross Montgomery. Two

0:12:57 > 0:12:56sets down. Well, Ross way clear here against

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the darts. The mystery of why he was a bit miffed, maybe, with Ross, and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56they weren't getting on too well. We might have been able to explore a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56little bit more about it. We will see this one out of the way first.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Bull's-eye. ..And then have a look. Hughes on 200. Montgomery a chance

0:12:57 > 0:12:56to strike against the throw, which will certainly brighten him up a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56bit. Brilliant! April and! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Makes the 25. Double eight. Fours. Big darts. And he keeps his nerve. .

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Good dart indeed. Had to take that. Hughes with the 180 was poised.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Well, what happened as they left the stage at the end of that last set?

0:12:57 > 0:12:56We will have a look after these three. There's not been any eye

0:12:57 > 0:12:56contact since. Here we go. Let's have a look at this. A little tap on

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the head from Yozze to Ross and a reaction. Make of that what you

0:12:57 > 0:12:56will. Wasn't exactly riotous, was it? Anyway. Onwards with the game.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Hughes, two sets to the good. Montgomery with the break, though,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56in this third set. There was also that reaction, wasn't

0:12:57 > 0:12:56there, from Ross Montgomery right at the very start when he looked miffed

0:12:57 > 0:12:56at the start of his walk on. Who knows? We are not sure whether the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56wrong music was played... Or something was shouted. Who knows? A

0:12:57 > 0:12:56couple of-odd reactions from Montgomery this evening. The bottom

0:12:57 > 0:12:56line is that Hughes is ahead in the match and looking to put pressure on

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the throw here. He will be disappointed with that.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Montgomery I am told is on a finish here. He is on 167, not 165 as

0:12:57 > 0:12:56shown. So, he is on 147 now. He's left him on 110. And that's been 110

0:12:57 > 0:12:56is what Montgomery requires. Hughes on 157. There we go, thankfully the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56correct score for you shown on the screen. And it is 110 for a two-leg

0:12:57 > 0:12:56lead. Third set for Ross Montgomery. Treble 8 or perhaps bull. Oh!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Nystar. So - - neither. So, we will stay up. Hughes 64 to take the leg

0:12:57 > 0:12:56back against the throw. Looking at the 16s and eights. Double eight

0:12:57 > 0:12:56now. Good finishing. (APPLAUSE)

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Good stuff from Jamie Hughes. Back on level terms and with the throw,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56so with the advantage in this third. Yeah, both legs against the darts.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Third set. Two sets, the advantage to England's Jamie Hughes, the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56fourth seed. Last 16 last year. Three of his five career titles came

0:12:57 > 0:12:56in 2015. Moving him up the rankings. And here he is now giving Montgomery

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a bit of a seeing to. Part of that winning England team as well in the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56World Cup. That took place in Turkey. And he's got the bit between

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his teeth now, you sense. The insignia on his collar, which we

0:12:57 > 0:12:56can hopefully have a look at. There you are. That is Gaelic for

0:12:57 > 0:12:56"Scotland The Brave." He is going to have to show that bravery right now.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Because this is a real fight for Scotland's captain. He is a better

0:12:57 > 0:12:56player than he's shown. Oh, much better than this. 164 can be done.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Many a good dart. Treble 18, leaves the bulls' eye. Just decided in the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56end with time on his side just to set it up. Yeah. Playing the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56percentages now, Jamie Hughes, to try and close this one out. No

0:12:57 > 0:12:56finish for Ross Montgomery. He was going to go down but he's changed

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his mine. He will go 18. Great third dart! Quality dart, that. So, Hughes

0:12:57 > 0:12:5632, double 16, double 8 now. Off the wire - Montgomery breathes

0:12:57 > 0:12:56again. What a time for one of those! Well, these are now must-get darts

0:12:57 > 0:12:56for Ross Montgomery. He's got one more at double 20. No. So back comes

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Hughes for double 8 again. Unlucky with the last dart on his last vie

0:12:57 > 0:12:56sit. This to hold his throw and go ahead in the first set 2-1 . That's

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a good marker. "Come on", he says. Yes!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Steely focus in the eyes through the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56beads of perspiration. Big moments, these, for Jamie Hughes. A great

0:12:57 > 0:12:56response, though, from Ross Montgomery. Top 40. Still waiting

0:12:57 > 0:12:56for his first match 180, Montgomery. He's going to pretty much take

0:12:57 > 0:12:56everything from here. Somehow, try and claw his way back.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56One leg away from defeat. Ross Montgomery... And a lot to ponder,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56because he's been way below his brilliant best today so far. But it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56can still be rescued. Level pegging with the throw. Needs a treble,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56though. Well, he had to get that dart you sensed. That was so bad

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that he can't stop himself laughing. That's the way! And again. How about

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that for a refocus! A big, fat one. And then two in the lipstick of the

0:12:57 > 0:12:5620. What a big moment that could prove here! No finish, then, for

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Montgomery. Hughes will have first go at checking out here to, perhaps,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56win the match. So, Hughes coming back with 129 now

0:12:57 > 0:12:56to try and check this one out and try and win the match. Montgomery on

0:12:57 > 0:12:5670. He's put a bit of pressure on this one. He's put a lot of pressure

0:12:57 > 0:12:56on it. And the shake of the head tells you all you need to know.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56There is no finish. Montgomery can keep alive here. That's in the bull,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the second dart. Yeah. Just doing a bit of last-minute maths there.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Jamie Hughes... Leaves himself 56. Will he have a shot? 70 for Ross

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Montgomery, last year's quarterfinal yes, I was. This to -- quarterfinal

0:12:57 > 0:12:56list. This to stay alive. Double top to stay in the match. Missed it. So

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Jamie Hughes has a two-darter to close it out. 16 for tops. 10s...

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Can he take it? No! Grazes the wire. Well, this has to land for Ross. Oh,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56dear. Double five. These are awful. No mistake!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE . Match dart's gone then. Hughes,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56though, with the throw. If he can hold on, once again, he would take

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that third set and so progress into the next round. Well, it is still

0:12:57 > 0:12:56very much for Hughes to lose, but Ross has rallied. And there's more

0:12:57 > 0:12:56from Montgomery. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Thinking to himself, "Why couldn't I do that earlier in the match." !

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Yes. We are seeing something like what Montgomery can produce, but

0:12:57 > 0:12:56he's running out of time with Hughes still throwing darts like that.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56A couple of loose ones. Needs a treble. Gets another one. And a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56yell! He's angry. Hughes on 323. A good shot. 140. Excellent!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Well, that was a his! Did itn't --

0:12:57 > 0:12:56didn't like something, did he? Dear, oh, dear, he gave up. Tossed the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56final dart, smack in the middle of the treble 20. Shus, 183 now. Just

0:12:57 > 0:12:56trying to maintain composure, despite what else might be happening

0:12:57 > 0:12:56up there on the stage. (APPLAUSE)

0:12:57 > 0:12:56It is a good last dart. Well, Hughes just needs to keep his cool here,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56because Montgomery looks like he's got... He'd given up on that last

0:12:57 > 0:12:56one, and this is 86 now to close it out for England's Jamie Hughes.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Treble 18. Oh, he is into the big four. It might have to be bull here.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56A single 17. And Montgomery... On 164. Treble 18 gives him a shot at

0:12:57 > 0:12:56bull. He couldn't, could he? No. So, Hughes will be back with tops. Her

0:12:57 > 0:12:56he comes then. Is this the moment? Another chance to win this match.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Tops is all it needs. That's a good marker. And it just went in!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Victory by three sets to nil. What

0:12:57 > 0:12:56shall we say? A few interesting she Nan gangs on -- then gains on the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56stage -- shenaniganss. Montgomery underperforms and Hughes winning it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ultimately pretty comfortably, three sets to 0. Martin Phillips is never

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a player to be underestimated. Twice a Lakeside semifinalist, a former

0:12:57 > 0:12:56win and leaves his talking to the darts, unlike sometimes his

0:12:57 > 0:12:56opponent, the counter, Peter Handscomb. He raced past David

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Cameron, but would he take down the Welshman and get himself into the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56second round? Remember, he is double world championship and when he gets

0:12:57 > 0:12:56it right he is sensational to watch. Wales against England for a place in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the second round. Your commentary comes from John Rawling and Tony

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Green. . Martin throwing first. He doesn't hang about. No. Phillip

0:12:57 > 0:12:56rattle through his throw. Ted, he will take his time. Peter Handscomb

0:12:57 > 0:12:56board a lovely smooth, throwing action. You hear people wax lawyer

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Raquel -- wax about the throwing action, but a pure technical

0:12:57 > 0:12:56smoothness, if you like, for want of a better word, Hankey is right up

0:12:57 > 0:12:56there. Just watch this. Stud -- a study in balance. So few moving

0:12:57 > 0:12:56parts, apart from the arm delivering the dart. Just the way it should be.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Technical on the barrel. And the fluency. Unsuccessful foray into the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56PDC ranks, Ted Hankey. Had a few health problems, and great to see

0:12:57 > 0:12:56him back. Working his way up the rankings with the BDO. Narrowly

0:12:57 > 0:12:56missed out last year. Just by one place, I think, in qualifying, as of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56right from his year's performances here. And determined that he will be

0:12:57 > 0:12:56more than just a bit part player. Phillips, though, is a good thrower.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Yeah. Ted is making his 16th BDO world championship appearance here

0:12:57 > 0:12:56tonight. I know for a fact he will be loving it. Well, he is on the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56finish. Phillips with the darts. Unlucky. 160. What a start this

0:12:57 > 0:12:56would be! Coming down for the 19s. 119. Mark

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Webster... World Championships from Wales. Hits the bull. The double 16.

0:12:57 > 0:12:5617 leaves double top. Yes, he is going for double top. Phillips,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56trying to set up tops as well. Here we go. Very fast throw. Not to be.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Smooth. Ted, double 19. Nobody looks the 19. You go straight at it. I

0:12:57 > 0:12:56would think he will. Well, they both have 21. Yeah. A bit

0:12:57 > 0:12:56- few nerves first. There's been a long time away, has Ted. Hear them

0:12:57 > 0:12:56all cheering, "Come on, Ted."! They are waiting for him.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Double 1. He was going for the three. Wrong side of the wire. Look

0:12:57 > 0:12:56at that. ANNOUNCER: No score. Who is more

0:12:57 > 0:12:56nervous here? This is his throw, remember. Finally! The 26th dart,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56was it? For Martin Phillips. The two of them exchange a wry little smile.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56They know there are better thing ahead. A 26-dart leg.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Advantage for Ted. With his first throw. You mentioned his 16

0:12:57 > 0:12:56appearances. That equals Eric Bristow and John Lowe. Only Martin

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Adams with 23 has done more. Yeah. That was between 1978 and 1913. Or

0:12:57 > 0:12:56even 1993? Well, yes. We will go for that!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56. So quick up to the occy, isn't he? Ted is taking his time, slowly,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56slowly, gently does it. Doesn't rush up to take the them out and walks so

0:12:57 > 0:12:56slowly back. He is trying to - look, there you go. He is trying to really

0:12:57 > 0:12:56slow the rhythm of Phillips. Almost throwing before he's left - almost

0:12:57 > 0:12:56throwing before he's left the occy. Talking about check-outs, in 2000

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Ted hit a 170 check-out to win the title.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56BOOING He revels in this pantomime villain

0:12:57 > 0:12:56persona. He had a word with somebody in the audience. I don't know if it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56was somebody who was shouting. That was a response! He turns and and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56says, "Yeah, you might try and put me off. That is what I can do! ."

0:12:57 > 0:12:56137. Treble 20 or treble 19. Tops. . CROWD:

0:12:57 > 0:12:56We love you Ted! Phillips, way back. 100 makes it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56look a bit better and puts some pressure on this. Double 10. Double

0:12:57 > 0:12:56five. Double 5 then for Hankey. This to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56square up the opening set. He missed that by a distance. Went three

0:12:57 > 0:12:56double 1. Gets it! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56I have never seen so many cheer that outshot. Double 1!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER Phillips has one double out of nine.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Hankey one out of 12, which probably explains the averages in the 60s at

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the moment. Come on The Count! They have played each other on numerous

0:12:57 > 0:12:56occasions, these two. They know their game.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Ted Hankey had some success this

0:12:57 > 0:12:56year. Runner-up in the Scottish classic to Madars Razma, and he's

0:12:57 > 0:12:56reached a couple of semifinals as well, the Hal and the Luxembourg

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Open. It gives you a chance to get into the habit again, doesn't it?

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Doesn't rattle him playing on the big stage, though. I am sure we will

0:12:57 > 0:12:56get bigger numbers from him before too long like this. Maybe this one.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Finish. Another 20. Double top. He's blocked the bed. Hankey comes back

0:12:57 > 0:12:56looking for a Shanghai here. 120. To take the leg against the darts.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Well, that's a treble 5. Just checking with the scorer. Went for

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the bull. That is a bit of a loose visit. Double 10. For the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56left-hander. That's good! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:562-1. Wales leading. Goes back a long way, does Martin

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Phillips. Missed a couple of times to the world championship to Bobby

0:12:57 > 0:12:56George in '93 and '94. . Yeah. I think Ted is going to have a hard

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ride here. Phillips seeded at number 10. Hankey unseeded.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Had to play in the preliminaries to get to this stage. So, playing his

0:12:57 > 0:12:56second match here, Hankey. He beat Dave Cameron in the first round, the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Canadian in the preliminary, rather. Yeah, he played exceptionally well,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56as well, did Ted. Phillips will come back on a finish on 142. This will

0:12:57 > 0:12:56test the cameraman. This is for the opening set. Steady. Ted is still on

0:12:57 > 0:12:56200. So, 42 for Phillips. ANNOUNCER:

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Martin, you require 42. Here it is! Off the wire. Just the wrong side.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Hankey for 105. Unlucky. On his throw, remember. Tops he

0:12:57 > 0:12:56needs. And another one! Oh! Unlucky. That is a finish you love to see

0:12:57 > 0:12:56when it works. There is a good finish - double 16. Double 8. And

0:12:57 > 0:12:56double 4. So he goes right around the board. He does it with...

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Double 16... The cheers are from the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Welsh. The first set in the bag for Phillips.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56The bookies... 80-1 and Ted wasn't very happy with it. He said, "I am

0:12:57 > 0:12:56going to show them." Still time. It is only one set, the first of three.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Just a fraction out, but he you have to be right in the middle, just like

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that. And another! Phillips made his debut here in 1991. Lost in the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56first round to somebody who you might have heard of - Phil Taylor!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Near heard of him! APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56A great friend of mine! LAUGHTER

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Lost to Glen Durrant in the quarterfinal of the World Masters. A

0:12:57 > 0:12:56great match as well. Twice a semifinalest in 2010 and 2012. Well,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the crowd have... The girls are really quiet. They want to see

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Hankey click 174 with the darts. And Phillips at the moment is making it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a difficult night for The Count. He will have to finish at 80. It could

0:12:57 > 0:12:56be... ANNOUNCER: Ted, you require 80.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Leaves double 10. 20! Needs to get this. Finish on for Phillips! He he

0:12:57 > 0:12:56make him pay? 84. Treble 20 will be the dart he goes for. He's missed

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that. 14 would leave bulls' eye. Got to make a move, Ted. Double 10. The

0:12:57 > 0:12:56wire, that's all. Not going his way. He's had 17 darts that are double,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Hankey, and got one of them. Phillips there, 25. Double 8. Double

0:12:57 > 0:12:564. Phillips hasn't been a huge amount better. OK. Come on! Show us

0:12:57 > 0:12:56your worth. Double 10. The marker. Oh, dear. 24 darts Hankey had.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Double... CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Running away with it is Martin. ANNOUNCER: Second leg - Martin to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56throw first. Game on. That was a leg against the darts. Hankey has got to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56get into the match pretty sharpish, or he's running a very real risk of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56just being blown away. I don't know if he's being playing

0:12:57 > 0:12:56competitive darts in his absence. He's been playing around the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56circuit. He's got here by his virtue of his ranking and you only acquire

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that by playing in the competitions. Hasn't had any titles this year.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56This is the one he loves. He's played in eight ranking tournaments

0:12:57 > 0:12:56in 2015. So, 161. It can be done. Not now,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56though. Hankey is a long way back. 78 when Phillips returns. It is very

0:12:57 > 0:12:56makeable. Hankey is not just hitting the treble with any sort of degree

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of regularity. Double top. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Leg after leg! Hankey's average at the moment is less than 67. He is

0:12:57 > 0:12:56going to have to start and it's got to be now. He has a nightmarish

0:12:57 > 0:12:56persona on his ring walk anyway. And he's experiencing a little bit of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the same up there at the moment. Trying to compose himself. Plenty of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56support for him in the crowd, a few very audible, "Come on, Ted",

0:12:57 > 0:12:56shouts. That's better. A good cover shot.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Yeah. Oh! I thought it was there. Well, they will be pleased.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE The wife of Martin.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Phillips takes this leg. He's taken the set. And Hankey - well, he is on

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a finish on 170. But Phillips is right with him.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: Ted, you require 170. OK. The big one. Needed the treble. 160

0:12:57 > 0:12:56coming in. Hankey looks as though he's speeding up his throw a bit,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56trying to loosen up 75 now. A good dart for double 12. Double six. Oh,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56now then! Now then! Double 10. Good for a left-hander.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE . So, the second set goes to Martin

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Phillips. Hankey is in trouble. One double out of 21. Two down and he's

0:12:57 > 0:12:56just not at the races for whatever reason so far. Well, I hope the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56break helps, because he did nothing before the break. That's better.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56First to three, of course, is what will determine it. That is better.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Just going to take your time. Don't

0:12:57 > 0:12:56think about the scores. Only your own.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56We had some great times. He is good fun, Ted, when you get him together.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56This is the moment. Get that treble, the red. A glance-off.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56That was unlucky. He is saying, "Come on, come on." But that was

0:12:57 > 0:12:56unlucky off the barrel. Maybe should have just moved along the occy a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56touch. Solid tonne from foil fill -- Phillips. Yeah. Still in this leg.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Not too bad. That's a good one. Too many loose darts. 1121.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Remember, this is Phillips on the throw. So Hankey is on a check-out.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56131. A chance to take a leg against the darts. OK. Ted, treble 17 might

0:12:57 > 0:12:56do the shot. Can't see that one at the moment.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56There it is. A four. Phillips 144. Just trying to get that treble. It

0:12:57 > 0:12:56isn't there. ANNOUNCER: Ted, you require 90. May

0:12:57 > 0:12:56go bull's-eye first. Tops, tops, he's got. Goodness me, that missed

0:12:57 > 0:12:56by a long way. Can't work it out. He's shaking his head. She

0:12:57 > 0:12:56mystified. Bull's-eye. Bulls's eye. ANNOUNCER: Ted, you require... OK,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Ted. It is a good 12 now. Two darts to do it. Double six. Make it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56happen! No. It's not happening. Phillips, then, to hold his throw.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Double 8 now. Double 4. And the Welshman gets the double he needs.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Hankey tried for all he was worth in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that to refocus. He had an opportunity, but couldn't

0:12:57 > 0:12:56capitalise. You have to feel for him. As I say, maybe away from the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56game too long. I don't know what he's been doing or where he's been

0:12:57 > 0:12:56playing. Good work from But you have got to have opponents

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that you can play and beat. I don't think there is a huge amount of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56self-belief in him now. Seemed to have just ebbed away as the match

0:12:57 > 0:12:56unfolded. Come on, Ted! Make a game of it. This is where he's problem

0:12:57 > 0:12:56has been. One out of 23. Just a fraction... Yeah.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56That's better! APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Phillips making him pay, though. And that is his first match! What a time

0:12:57 > 0:12:56to do it, against the throw. He's given himself a real check-out

0:12:57 > 0:12:56opportunity on 80. Phillips has turned the crowd right the way

0:12:57 > 0:12:56around. Everyone was standing there. So 80. Tops now.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56You call it Shanghai. Can't finish the game. Needed a treble.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56All eyes on Phillips. Tops, he wants. Three it is! -- there it is!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He is a leg away from victory now. 2-0. He's got the throw. What

0:12:57 > 0:12:56promised potentially to be an epic is moving towards a fairly fast

0:12:57 > 0:12:56victory for Martin Phillips. Well, he's done it all before. But has he

0:12:57 > 0:12:56got the willpower now? A prime Hankey would be jumping all over

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that 459. That is a good start, though. He's got a look of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56resignation on his face. Looks a little bit moroose. Ted will be

0:12:57 > 0:12:56thinking, "It can still happen." This is better. That is what he can

0:12:57 > 0:12:56do! APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56. 140. At last, he put that Phillips' throw under pressure.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE 261. What a leg this is, isn't it?

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Well, this is the sort of darts that we'd anticipated. After 9, Hankey on

0:12:57 > 0:12:56138. Three tonne pluses. He is on a finish. 138.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: Ted... What is he going to make of this? This to keep the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56match alive. Has to win this leg. Just checking where he is on the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56scores. 132, Ted. Noise in the crowd. Not for the first time,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56putting Hankey off. BOOING

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He is not happy. ANNOUNCER: Thank you, ladies and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56gentlemen, please. That is unusual for Ted.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE He complained - had a complaint to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56security, I think, during the last interval. He's allowing it to get to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56him. Anyway, 72. Come on Ted! Get it finished! 52 left. Double top.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Couldn't see that. Close. Just the wrong side of the wire. Phillips

0:12:57 > 0:12:56then for the match. 54. Tops. This is for it! He puts it away!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE He swept Hankey off the stage. He

0:12:57 > 0:12:56knows that that is a pale shadow of what Ted Hankey can be, but Martin

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Phillips did what he had to do, kept his nerve, Hankey annoyed with the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56crowd, but Phillips wins it 3-0. BOOING

0:12:57 > 0:12:56To an all Dutch affair. The number 3 seed Jeffrey de Graaf was arriving

0:12:57 > 0:12:56here for the fourth time but considering how good he is yet to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56record a maiden victory. In order to do so he would have to beat one of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his best mates, Richard Veenstra here for the very first time but

0:12:57 > 0:12:56full of confidence and full of intent.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: Game on. ANNOUNCER: 135. Haven't had a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56nine-darter in the BDO world championships since 1990. Martin

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Adams came desperately, desperately close last year. 18. Wired on the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56double 12. Tony Green was telling us yesterday that nine-darter from Paul

0:12:57 > 0:12:56followed a round of golf with Tony. So maybe that is what needs to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56happen. He was on a winning roll, wasn't he? Well-played again! This

0:12:57 > 0:12:56is high quality. Just produced a 10-darter. He could have an

0:12:57 > 0:12:5611-darter here. He went double 16s, then, rather than the treble 20 -

0:12:57 > 0:12:56double 18, rather, rather than the treble 20, which might have been the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56better idea. Great final dart. Veenstra's miles back. Bounce out as

0:12:57 > 0:12:56well. Couple of fours then. To put the number 3 seed ahead once more.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He's hit three of these out of 7. Make that four out of eight!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE A 13-dart leg to follow a 10-dart

0:12:57 > 0:12:56leg. Veenstra has seen great form after

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that brilliant 158 check-out, seemingly propelled Jeffrey de Graaf

0:12:57 > 0:12:56on to another level. The pair of them averaging in the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56region of the 90 mark now. Good competitive game of darts.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Second highest check-out of the tournament, that 158 was. Yes.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Scottie, Mitchell, the champion, had a 161.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Veenstra on a finish when he comes back. Looking for 118. That was his

0:12:57 > 0:12:56158. That was the double 19. That's a good dart. Tops now.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Double 10. Takes the distance. In set number 3. De Graaf with the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56darts. A favourite to go ahead here once more. One apiece in sets. A

0:12:57 > 0:12:56little clinch of the teeth. He knew that was good!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE he's only ever won one ranking

0:12:57 > 0:12:56title, Richard Veenstra. Luxembourg Open, back in 2014. A sizable scalp

0:12:57 > 0:12:56if he could pull of a victory here. Boy, would it!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Trading blows, these two, now. He

0:12:57 > 0:12:56looks mean, doesn't he, Veenstra, when he's in the mood. Piercing

0:12:57 > 0:12:56eyes. On the -- only 18s there. Trying to get down to 170.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56A chance here. 140... Well, he's going down the board.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Now, then, Richard. 150. No sir. A good start, though. May go to 18s.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He does. So this for a 2-1 lead. Double 8. Oh! No! No, no! He was

0:12:57 > 0:12:56going for double 8. Trust met, that wasn't a miscalculation. Double 16

0:12:57 > 0:12:56now. Double 8. Good dart! APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:563-2. He is ahead! Two sets to one now for the unseeded Richard

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Veenstra. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56His Dutch family and supporters celebrate. And those in the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56auditorium, I suspect, who had a little flutter on the outsider. They

0:12:57 > 0:12:56will be enjoying this as well. Fabulous match, this. On the third

0:12:57 > 0:12:56afternoon at the Lakeside. Veenstra good breakthrough by

0:12:57 > 0:12:56nicking that set when it looks as though it was going to de Graaf. But

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his throw straightaway is under pressure. Courtesy of 55 and 45 in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his first two visits. This is more like it!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE 10 score of 140 or more to add to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his couple of 180s. Robin Hood! You won't so many of those.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER We were saying yesterday in the old

0:12:57 > 0:12:56days of wooden flights and feathers that was the end of it, when that

0:12:57 > 0:12:56happened. Time to reboot, although they didn't call it that in those

0:12:57 > 0:12:56days. Veenstra will have first look at a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56finish with the throw. Good darts, puts the Veenstra throw under big

0:12:57 > 0:12:56pressure. Tops now. Good effort! Tops to break.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56(APPLAUSE) That's more like it from the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56favourite here! A great response. So little between them, though. It

0:12:57 > 0:12:56is a brave man whold make a big -- who would make a big prediction one

0:12:57 > 0:12:56way or the other. At the moment this man is on a knife edge. Yes. The

0:12:57 > 0:12:56averages have been almost identical throughout this one. Still are. And

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the check-out percentages. Very, very level in every aspect.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: 100. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56handy! 140! And now Veenstra... Well, he has to try and respond in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56kind. That's a bit unlucky. Treble 17. Double 16. Brilliant!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Daylight. 2-0 de Graaf. Looking very

0:12:57 > 0:12:56much now as though the match will be squared up once more and going into

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a decider. This all-Dutch affair. Some lovely

0:12:57 > 0:12:56characters who have made their way over. There is a fella staying in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the hotel, who is one of the supporters, who's brought a car full

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of the most beautiful meat pies! LAUGHTER

0:12:57 > 0:12:56I tell you - after you have been broadcasting for about five hours,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56it's... I bet you made friends with him? You have to shake a man's hand

0:12:57 > 0:12:56who comes along with that sort of thing!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER His wife apparently makes them for a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56living. That is her job. Or rather her business, I should say. I have

0:12:57 > 0:12:56you sampled one yet? I have. Fabulous! Absolutely! Worth saying

0:12:57 > 0:12:56hello to him at some point. Sounds like a plan! Meanwhile...

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER Yeah. Back with the darts!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER One of those would be nice! It is

0:12:57 > 0:12:56just around... Shanghai for Veenstra. De Graaf can't finish here

0:12:57 > 0:12:56but he can apply pressure. And does. Now, Veenstra with that visit, 82

0:12:57 > 0:12:56left. This is a big one. Treble 20 he needs. He's got it now. Double

0:12:57 > 0:12:56top for hang shy! (APPLAUSE)

0:12:57 > 0:12:56And a 120 check-out. Some good finishers from both these lads. Not

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a great start. Just a 41 from de Graaf, throwing to take us into a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56decider. And a tonne 40. Piles on the pressure.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Veenstra has the de Graaf throw under pressure here. If he can take

0:12:57 > 0:12:56this one, he would have the darts and potentially in a position where

0:12:57 > 0:12:56he could force... Oh, look! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56That's number 3 for him. He's the favourite now. Oh! So, 8 is for two

0:12:57 > 0:12:56apiece. Good darts! He's does it! An 81 check-out.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Well, that was finishing and huge

0:12:57 > 0:12:56scoring of the very highest order! A match which is easy on the eye, and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56now Richard Veenstra is throwing for the match. That was massive! 11 dart

0:12:57 > 0:12:56leg. Terrific finish. Two of them starting with 140s. And here comes

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Veenstra again! Stop it! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Brilliant. 181. He's only had six darts. Trying to tee up the finish

0:12:57 > 0:12:56now. That's a lovely cover shot. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56What a story we could have here! Unlucky! That was so unlucky. Now,

0:12:57 > 0:12:5684, then, for the match. Great darts, but he has to cross

0:12:57 > 0:12:56everything now. Double, tops for Veenstra. Here we go! He's blown it,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56has he? Has he blown it? Well, he's not been missing. And crucially.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56With the biggest darts of his life. His wife, Monique, can hardly bare

0:12:57 > 0:12:56to look. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Veenstra blew it then. He'd done enough. He was in a position to win

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the match and now it's going to go down to the decider after all.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He has to forget about that. You can sense that it's going to be

0:12:57 > 0:12:56difficult to do so. Shake of the head. That poker face has just

0:12:57 > 0:12:56slipped for the first time, Richard Veenstra. Three darts at tops. You

0:12:57 > 0:12:56are right - he blew it. Breathtaking stuff! Almost a chance

0:12:57 > 0:12:56just to regroup and take it easy for a moment. There he is! There is

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Louis! That's the pie boy. Is that your pie man? That is the pie man!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He is thinking, "Why am I on telly? Why am -- why am I special?" He

0:12:57 > 0:12:56looks in decent shape for a man who eats a lot of pies.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Great darts. Not a good start. Trej 18, though, would leave a shot on

0:12:57 > 0:12:56bull. Not now. So, 64 to hold the throw. Jeffrey de Graaf. 16 leaves

0:12:57 > 0:12:56double 16. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Getting the start to the set that he wanted.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Has Veenstra's chance gone? Three darts. At a major upset at the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Lakeside. He has to pick himself up. He does. Can do without him winding

0:12:57 > 0:12:56up on the floor. The referee helping him retrieve the fallen missile.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56De Graaf just needing to serve it out.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Gets as far as 2-2. You have to win

0:12:57 > 0:12:56by two clear legs to take a place in the second round, where Pip

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Blackwell or Martin Atkins awaits. Yeah. That one is coming up next.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Treble for Veenstra. No check-out, though.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Has to hold, you sense here. Veenstra.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Well, he's not in a bad place. De Graaf needing a treble here. Can't

0:12:57 > 0:12:56find it. Treble 19. 20 would leave bull. He's gone 18s. 20 would mean

0:12:57 > 0:12:56health come back with a double 16 if he gets the chance. De Graaf on 150.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56That wasn't really threatening. So, Veenstra having gambled to an

0:12:57 > 0:12:56extent, now gets the chance to capitalise.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE First dart, but he wasn't throwing

0:12:57 > 0:12:56for the match. That's the difference, isn't it? Nerves tension

0:12:57 > 0:12:56and how you cope with it is so much a part of this sport. Jury yarks, if

0:12:57 > 0:12:56this world championship was played on the practice boards out back, the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56standard would be sky-high! But in the spotlight now... And of course

0:12:57 > 0:12:56playing for a fair wedge of cash, the 100,000 pound champion prize.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Significant to say the least. Well, it is life changing, isn't it?

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Tractor buying in Scott Mitchell's case!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER He is still in there pitching. One

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of the matches of the championship so far. His victory in the first

0:12:57 > 0:12:56round yesterday. Yeah. He was brilliant, wasn't he? Went under

0:12:57 > 0:12:56real pressure. This is good, though. Against the darts from Veenstra...

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He has a bit of a squeak of a chance here now, whatever de Graaf does

0:12:57 > 0:12:56here, which is brilliant, but 111 is very makeable. And that's a great

0:12:57 > 0:12:56first dart! Tops now. Oh! He is going to have nightmares about

0:12:57 > 0:12:56double top if he does loose this, Veenstra. Double 16 to hold throw.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Double 20s. A double which players,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56professional players, can pretty much literally hit with their eyes

0:12:57 > 0:12:56closed. But in the match-winning situation, it becomes a whole

0:12:57 > 0:12:56different game. Fabulous darts! APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Is de Graaf closing in? Or is there to be another twist?

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Just the wrong side of the wire! APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Looking for his fifth maximum. Been 10 in this match.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Look at this! APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Well, he should have gone across for the 18s, because 162 is a bogey

0:12:57 > 0:12:56number. Treble 18s would have left him on 170. De Graaf way off,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56though. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Treble 10 will be his darts here, I think. And then double 16.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE He's got it! Double 16 to square it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56up at two legs each. Missed by a distance. Double pain again. Is that

0:12:57 > 0:12:56it? That would leave double 16. Treble 14... Erratic visit from de

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Graaf. Double 16 for Veenstra. Now he finds it!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Two two.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, because the score is now two sets

0:12:57 > 0:12:56all and two legs all, the final set has to be one by two clear legs. If

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the score reach 5-5 the leg will be... Five game on. Although you

0:12:57 > 0:12:56hear it initially, there has to be the two leg cushion to decide this

0:12:57 > 0:12:56one. Gets to 5-5 and they bull for sudden death. When these two good

0:12:57 > 0:12:56friends walked out, you just sensed this was going to go the distance.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Bobby said on the balcony, didn't he, this is going to be a nice one

0:12:57 > 0:12:56to watch. They play hat a good pace, good spirit between them, and both

0:12:57 > 0:12:56of them decent players. It's shown to be very, very accurate words,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56because it's worked out that way. Spot on, Bob, again. What was it he

0:12:57 > 0:12:56said? None of that boring rubbish! LAUGHTER

0:12:57 > 0:12:56There was nothing boring about Bobby back in his playing days. De Graaf

0:12:57 > 0:12:56with the darts. Still with the advantage in this set which is going

0:12:57 > 0:12:56to determine the course of this match. Great dart. We hope you are

0:12:57 > 0:12:56enjoying this as much at home as we are in the lakeside commentary box.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56It is a Dutch darting duel that's going the distance. Treble 10 would

0:12:57 > 0:12:56have left 18s. No check-out for Veenstra and de Graaf poised. That

0:12:57 > 0:12:56is as good as it can be. He is going to have to take it. This to hold.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56One dart at double 10. There is a glimmer! Now, Veenstra has had

0:12:57 > 0:12:56agonies with this double 20. Is he going to get one now? Yes!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Against the Pro! Holds his throw. Into the next round now. This time

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his nerve does hold. Can he see it through? Flirs. The debutante --

0:12:57 > 0:12:56flyers, the debutante. The pair of them are good darts players to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56watch. Afternoon is not separates fear Rick -- stratsopheri kri but

0:12:57 > 0:12:56they have been so well matched they have made it a good game to watch.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Check-outs, well, they have been similar. That's what it is all

0:12:57 > 0:12:56about, two very, very level players and it makes for a good game to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56watch. Putting the Veenstra throw under pressure. Oh, needed that!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Needed that last dart.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Well, still advantage Veenstra. He's going to be first to the finish. You

0:12:57 > 0:12:56would hope. Needs a treble badly. Can't find it. No pressure, though,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56from de Graaf. Oh, the old nerve ends are Jangling a -- jangling a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56bit now. They both know what is at stake. Girlfriends, supporters, all

0:12:57 > 0:12:56getting so keyed up. That's a good, steady tonne. He is on a potential

0:12:57 > 0:12:56two-dart check-out from there. Oh! Unlucky. 96 then. This is for the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56match. He's got it! Double 18! Huge dart. Yes!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Veenstra has put the number 3 seed

0:12:57 > 0:12:56out of the tournament. Great friends embrace, and on his Lakeside debut a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56man who plays with a smile on his face has provided some rich

0:12:57 > 0:12:56entertainment and has eliminated Jeffrey de Graaf. Excellent game of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56darts! Three sets to two, Veenstra goes through!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Snoolts 14th seed Pip Blackwell

0:12:57 > 0:12:56represented Kent more than 80 times and yet this was only his second

0:12:57 > 0:12:56appearance on the Lakeside stage. A rather different resume to that of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56his opponent, Martin Atkins, AKA the assist sane -- Assassin. He made the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56quarters back in 2012. Can he also recapture the glory days and put in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a winning performance on the biggest stage of all?

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE ANNOUNCER: Game on.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56These two players know each other so well. They have played four times in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the last 12 months. Atkins has won two, Blackwell's won two.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Martin arrived a Lakeside having just celebrated his 50th birthday on

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Christmas Eve. Bit annoying for the family that,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56isn't it? Double whammy over the festive period.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Yeah, these people were Christmas birthdays!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER My wife is one of them. My mum and

0:12:57 > 0:12:56dad are. Been in a couple of finals, Pip

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Blackwell. This year runner-up at the Denmark Open, the Isle of Man

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Classic. Beaten on both occasions by Glen Durrant. Yeah, no shame in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that! No. Thumping good visit that. And no

0:12:57 > 0:12:56real pressure currently being applied by Martin, but that treble

0:12:57 > 0:12:56changes things a little. So, we are where we were last leg.

0:12:57 > 0:12:5612 leaves the bull. Treble would have left double 13, but he needs

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the bull's-eye to hold his throw. Pip Blackwell... And finds it!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Very nicely done.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Get in there, he says! In an

0:12:57 > 0:12:56understated kind of Kentish way. LAUGHTER

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Anne Louise Pete # peters -- Peters. She competed in the world

0:12:57 > 0:12:56championship. NSMIT Not a great visit from Atkins.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Opportunity for Pip. Another one of those could make things very

0:12:57 > 0:12:56interesting. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56well, here we go, then! Six darts from 180 to take the set against the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56darts. He could do with a treble there. No. Still Shanghai when he

0:12:57 > 0:12:56comes back. That's what they call it when it's treble, single and double

0:12:57 > 0:12:56at the same number. You only really see it on 20s, don't you? But it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56happens elsewhere. ANNOUNCER: Pip, you require 120.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Handy last dart. It may be academic. Oh, dear. Well, the radar's just

0:12:57 > 0:12:56flown off to the left there. ANNOUNCER: Martin you require 117.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56So to hold, 17 for tops. One dart at tops for the first set. Not far

0:12:57 > 0:12:56away! But... Here comes Pip Blackwell. Tops, he wants, for the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56set. One more dart at it. He's missed two.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: Martin, you require 20. Martin didn't think he was coming

0:12:57 > 0:12:56back here. Doubles 10. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56That may feel like a steal. No question - it will. When he policed

0:12:57 > 0:12:56that first dart at double top, he would have thought you owe, the set

0:12:57 > 0:12:56-- uh-oh, the set's gone. Pip Blackwell obviously has lots of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56friends and family in the auditorium as well. And that's wife, Denise,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56who is head of his cheering brigade. Having had those darts to take the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56first set against the throw, he will want to make sure of winning this

0:12:57 > 0:12:56leg. It isn't going well at the moment.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Important third dart. Both players at the moment just with a slight

0:12:57 > 0:12:56tendency to pull it into the five. That's better. Six darts from 162.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Might get bull here. Hello! APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56a good last dart. Puts some pressure on this double 16 for a break. For

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Martin Atkins of England. (APPLAUSE)

0:12:57 > 0:12:56It is! Annouce game on. Yep, the a sass sin

0:12:57 > 0:12:56firing at the at the moment. A bit of a blip for Pip.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56We mentioned Martin Atkins has loads of Lakeside experience. He's only

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ever won more than one match once. That was in 2012, when he reached

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the quarterfinals and lost two Ted Hankey 5-1. Last time he came, two

0:12:57 > 0:12:56years ago, he was playing Rick and had to concede. Got injured. After

0:12:57 > 0:12:56just two sets. He damaged some ligaments in his throwing arm on New

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Year's Eve. Do we know how he did that? Just

0:12:57 > 0:12:56trying to remember. I don't think it was... Noteworthy. Because I'm

0:12:57 > 0:12:56pretty sure he did tell us. I don't think he was keeping it a secret.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Might just have been a slip or a fall. Quite possibly whilst

0:12:57 > 0:12:56practising, actually. Atkins waiting with a 145. Three

0:12:57 > 0:12:56very strange darts from Blackwell there. That is Brian Dawson watching

0:12:57 > 0:12:56on with interest, the 15th seed. Doesn't play until tomorrow evening.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Are you sure? He's not playing tonight, as well, is he?

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER He plays John Boy Walton, who

0:12:57 > 0:12:56disposed of Rob Modra of Australia, early this afternoon. 100 for

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Atkins. Not a lot of those. He will be back for tops. No damage

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Blackwell can do from here. Certainly if he keeps straying into

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the five... I wonder if he's hit that first set effective? She had

0:12:57 > 0:12:56two darts at tops to win. That first APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: Game on. His scoring has just gone. As soon

0:12:57 > 0:12:56as I say that! LAUGHTER

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Straight in the treble 20! He is struggling, though, Blackwell. The

0:12:57 > 0:12:56average sub 80 at the moment. Hovering around the 78 mark. Atkins

0:12:57 > 0:12:56got a great deal better. There we are. They are both capable of an

0:12:57 > 0:12:56awful lot more than this. When he came here in - what was it -

0:12:57 > 0:12:562011, Martin Atkins, he hit a first round record, nine 180s, but then

0:12:57 > 0:12:56missed two darts at a double to beat the eventual runner up Dean

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Winstanley 3-1. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Lost that match in a deciding set. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Good visit from Blackwell. Atkins, way back. Well, ever since I said hi

0:12:57 > 0:12:56lost the scoring he's refound it! So two 16s.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE And it is good to see! Not sure

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Martin Atkins would agree with me, but... You never like to see anyone

0:12:57 > 0:12:56struggling up on that stage really. Well, Atkins not absolutely at home.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Couple of loose ones there. Well a look of absolute disgust!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56From Pip. He is fuming! Must break the throw in this leg. Or

0:12:57 > 0:12:56he's two sets down. Fabulous darts! Couple of skinny 18s. And

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Blackwell's not happy one little bit.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Well, under not much pressure,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Martin Atkins. Under no pressure at all really. Blackwell back on 229.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56This is for the set, for a two-set lead. Double top. There it is!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ANNOUNCER: Martin Atkins!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Third set, first leg. Martin to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56throw first. Game on. , I think he is calling himself

0:12:57 > 0:12:56darts Vadar! Taking a breather. Where is his double top!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER Couple of Storm Troopers in

0:12:57 > 0:12:56yesterday, full gear. Let's just say it took them a long time to go to

0:12:57 > 0:12:56the loo! LAUGHTER

0:12:57 > 0:12:56great atmosphere as always at the Lakeside, marking the start of the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56New Year. APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Loving the darts at Frimley Green. But at the moment it is Atkins

0:12:57 > 0:12:56holding sway. A couple of decent visits from Pip Blackwell. He's

0:12:57 > 0:12:56essentialed nicked the darts. Could do with a trej. Doesn't find one.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56So, not on a finish. Nicely done!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE ANNOUNCER: Martin, you require 144.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56. To hold his throw. Can't now do it. Where will he go in 18s or 20s.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Stayed where he was. All 20s for Pip Blackwell. That's the easy one. No

0:12:57 > 0:12:56finish now. Now, bull's-eye. No! Thought he had

0:12:57 > 0:12:56it. This you would class as a must-get for Pip Blackwell. To break

0:12:57 > 0:12:56as well. Oh, dear, oh dear. One dart at tops.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: Martin, you require 25. . That's his double fours. Double two.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Yes! APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: Martin Atkins. Second leg, Pip to throw first. Game on.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Has is going to further Hip. Yeah -- hurt Pip. Yeah. It is in danger of

0:12:57 > 0:12:56just running away with him. Or running away from him, but... Not if

0:12:57 > 0:12:56he continues in that sort of vein! Much, much, better!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That is his first of the match. In

0:12:57 > 0:12:56fact, it's the first of the match! Decent response from Atkins. Now,

0:12:57 > 0:12:56can he follow that in? Well, that's the problem. Big maximum and then

0:12:57 > 0:12:56three erratic ones. And suddenly Atkins is back in.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56There is Sally, Mrs John Boy, who is having a lovely afternoon after

0:12:57 > 0:12:56watching her husband back to something like his best. Yeah. How

0:12:57 > 0:12:56good was he? Hadn't had a chance to speak to him about it yet, but I

0:12:57 > 0:12:56know what he will say! "Oh, just threw the darts." He threw them

0:12:57 > 0:12:56very, very well. Blackwell will be first to a finish with the darts.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Waiting, as he is on 104. What kind of impression can Atkins make? Not a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56great one. Can he start landing some of these? Treble 16 may be the shot.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: Martin you require 142. This is for the match. Sorry, I am

0:12:57 > 0:12:56getting ahead of myself! This is for... A leg to move to...

0:12:57 > 0:12:56LAUGHTER APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56You had me concerned there! LAUGHTER

0:12:57 > 0:12:56I thought I had Olympiced and miss -- blinked and missed it!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE ANNOUNCER: Second leg. Blackwell.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Martin to throw first. Game on. . He is still annoyed with himself, Pip

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Blackwell. He needs to channel that and get the darts flying.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE Because Atkins is doing that. This

0:12:57 > 0:12:56is it. This is more like it from Pip.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56(APPLAUSE) A little unlucky with his last but

0:12:57 > 0:12:56keeps pace with a tonne 40. All of a sudden, both players' averages are

0:12:57 > 0:12:56just creeping up. Still not at their absolute best. But an awful lot

0:12:57 > 0:12:56better. ANNOUNCER: Martin you require 144.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Both players on a finish after nine darts. Bull's-eye. Yes!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE ANNOUNCER: Martin Atkins. Game on. .

0:12:57 > 0:12:56They both won a leg with a bull's-eye now. And he is one away.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Martin Atkins! Now or never for Pip Blackwell. 14th

0:12:57 > 0:12:56seed. That was the highest check-out of the match from Martin Atkins.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Now, the problem for Pip Blackwell is that he's yet to break the throw.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56He's only been broken the once. That is all you need. Break once

0:12:57 > 0:12:56and-month-old your throw and you will win every single darts match.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56If this is to be the last leg of the match - and it could be - it is a

0:12:57 > 0:12:56slow burner. Yeah, they are not in a massive rush.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE But if Martin wins it, he will go

0:12:57 > 0:12:56right bananas! He's waiting on 147. The magic number in snooker. Will it

0:12:57 > 0:12:56be the winning line in the darts today? He is going to stay up there.

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Blackwell will have a chance at 76. ANNOUNCER: Pip you require. How much

0:12:57 > 0:12:56did he need that 140 in the last visit and how much does he need that

0:12:57 > 0:12:5676? Well, 13s leave double 16. One dart to stay alive. Oh!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56ANNOUNCER: 52. Martin, you require 47. So... Double 16. Game!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ANNOUNCER: The match - Martin

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Atkins! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:57 > 0:12:56. Fine shooting from the assassin! Martin Atkins from Leeds. He is

0:12:57 > 0:12:56absolutely steam Rolling Stonesed Pip Blackwell -- steam rolled Pip

0:12:57 > 0:12:56Blackwell and wins through to round 2!

0:12:57 > 0:12:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That is it for tonight. Thank you

0:12:57 > 0:12:56very much for keeping us company. If you are lucky enough to have Tuesday

0:12:57 > 0:12:56off work, then happy days - it is Colin and Bobby and the rest of the

0:12:57 > 0:12:56gang. BBC One o'clock. The matches include, Adams against Jeff Smith.

0:12:57 > 0:12:57In the meantime, good night.