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Hello, welcome to your late night highlights from day four of the BDO | :00:00. | :00:40. | |
world darts championship. Tuesday saw us complete the line-up for the | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
last 16. We start with a Belgian who has never failed to plog to the | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
second round. If Geert De Vos was to keep the impressive round going, he | :00:53. | :01:01. | |
has to beat the only Greek to win a match here. Let's Joan our | :01:02. | :01:02. | |
commentators. Scott Waites, awaits. In the next | :01:03. | :01:13. | |
round. But is it going to be Belgium... Or is it going to be | :01:14. | :01:15. | |
Greece? 55 consecutive experience, yet to go | :01:16. | :01:32. | |
past the second round. Yeah. Four times he's been here before, Geert | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
De Vos. And he's won one and lost one on each occasion. He's gone out | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
to the eventual champion three times. Yes, good player. Some good | :01:44. | :01:55. | |
players Belgium. And Eric the last Belgian to reach the quarterfinals. | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
A while ago now. Two Victoria tris needed to reach the last -- | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
victories needed to reach the last eight. A guy called John Michaels | :02:05. | :02:13. | |
was the only previous Greek to play at Lakeside. Well done if you | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
remember 2014, and the preliminary round defeat to Madars Razma. Well, | :02:19. | :02:26. | |
De Vos really getting us under way, already on a finish of 141. Here we | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
go. Let's see how the finishing goes. | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
Ous start from Pantelidis. Yeah, it's not easy really, is it? Make | :02:40. | :02:55. | |
your debut like that. Treble 20. Double six. Double 16 the shot. | :02:56. | :03:04. | |
Well, he could afford to split them, couldn't he? Still too far for | :03:05. | :03:05. | |
Pantelidis. Kind of nice for Pantelidis to be | :03:06. | :03:16. | |
able to play his way into the match. A double eight. Winning the first | :03:17. | :03:24. | |
leg. As far as Pantelidis is concerned, only a leg with the | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
darts. So he would have expected, I guess, to lose that one. He wants to | :03:29. | :03:35. | |
start finding the treble 20. Half an hour or so ago, he couldn't have | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
appeared more relaxed. I chatted to him before his debut, he just about | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
beat Darren Peetoom, from Essex, in the pre-law round. He won it Swiss | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
his ninth match dart, and I went and talked to him before that, and he | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
appeared nervous and didn't want me to talk to him. I chatted to him | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
jufs this evening, and he said, wish you would have stuck around, have a | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
chat." I really want to enjoy myself on this stage. He wants to emulate | :04:09. | :04:15. | |
Jeff Smith, and play his best darts on the big stage. Easier said than | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
done, mind you. Jeff Smith is looking like a winner. I was very | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
pleased with his play in the last championship. Jewellery designer | :04:26. | :04:44. | |
from Athens, Pantelidis. He said playing on that stage, genuinely, is | :04:45. | :04:51. | |
a dream come true. Let's wish him the best of luck. And hopefully he | :04:52. | :04:59. | |
doesn't let himself down. It's not easy, but the favourite, without a | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
shadow of a doubt, is De Vos. Down Mexico away... Pantelidis on a | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
finish though. 116. Treble 19 for tops. Twebl 18 would | :05:10. | :05:26. | |
have left double 12. To nick the throw then, De Vos. | :05:27. | :05:36. | |
OK, Pantelidis... 20 double top. Double top. First darts in his way. | :05:37. | :05:51. | |
He can do this in two darts if he hits the treble 20 with his first. | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
Treble 17... For double 18, but nope. Costas has another chance. To | :05:59. | :06:12. | |
get on the board in this match. Just to move across the oche. Double 5. | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
There! It's the double. He'll hope he can | :06:16. | :06:39. | |
settle into the match now. He was the more nervous than he told me he | :06:40. | :06:48. | |
would be, during that first leg. This match is live in Greece and he | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
says his victory a couple of nights ago has caused a bit of a stir. | :06:56. | :07:04. | |
Constant phone calls, constant texts. His phone is in meltdown. Are | :07:05. | :07:12. | |
you serious? Yeah. Have you been the Greek? I am Greek. He doesn't speak | :07:13. | :07:21. | |
great English. We were having a chat in Greek. I couldn't be more wrong | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
with him. He does want to chat, tell us all about himself, how much he | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
loves darts, what he's been through to get here. He's got a board at | :07:32. | :07:42. | |
home, he insisted on it, practices every single day, getting around, | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
getting the ranking points he needs to be here. De Vos leads double top. | :07:47. | :07:56. | |
He is back again! Good fun in this match. | :07:57. | :08:27. | |
When he first came to Lakeside, supporting Geert De Vos, in 2012, we | :08:28. | :08:39. | |
sort of assumed that he was a Geert De Vos's dad. But he's not. He is | :08:40. | :08:47. | |
just a fan. He is cost as's best mate. He travelled with him to be | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
here, travelled from Athens to be here with him. They practise | :08:55. | :09:00. | |
together. I'm loving this. You know everybody! | :09:01. | :09:08. | |
Tell you what - it's not a bad match either. A slight look of concern on | :09:09. | :09:20. | |
his face. He knows that Pantelidis must hold here. To extend this set. | :09:21. | :09:29. | |
The first to three sets through to the second round. Each set the first | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
to three legs. He will be back with double 18 for | :09:34. | :09:58. | |
the set. Pantelidis to try and pressure the throw. He does that. | :09:59. | :10:11. | |
Double 18. Double 9. Yes! Quick first set. First to De Vos. | :10:12. | :10:29. | |
He is back. Right into the treble. Already one set past costas. He | :10:30. | :10:42. | |
wants to stamp his authority on this match, doesn't he, Geert De Vos | :10:43. | :10:45. | |
exhe's the eighth seed this year. Third time he comes to Lakeside as a | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
seed, and that's the highest he's been. Previously, the 14th and 11th | :10:50. | :10:51. | |
seed. Yes, another one! Another one! A | :10:52. | :11:11. | |
turn on two-one. Putting pressure on the Pantelidis throw early in this | :11:12. | :11:12. | |
second set. Well, they are enjoying this. His | :11:13. | :11:27. | |
first match of the evening. He needs another. Costas well | :11:28. | :11:56. | |
behind. Just wants to rediscover his rhythm. Experience here. Double top. | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
There it is. And that's a 13-dart leg from Geert De Vos. | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
, someone is going oget left out in a minute. He looks bang on form. | :12:10. | :12:16. | |
There it is, the first maximum of the night. Jackie loves it, they all | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
love it here. Oh, dear. What a start to the evening. | :12:21. | :12:42. | |
Absolutely fantastic. 118. 114... Six darts down. When he starts | :12:43. | :12:50. | |
skorg, Geert De Vos, he can't half score. He won a match with an | :12:51. | :13:01. | |
average of 114. T at one point, he was on course to break the world | :13:02. | :13:08. | |
record average, which is, as I'm sure you all know, 118.66. | :13:09. | :13:23. | |
He needs this. Two treble 20s in the bowl. Treble 20, double top. Treble | :13:24. | :13:37. | |
16... Already has a feel of a must-get | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
about it, this. Geert, it's all yours. Double eight. | :13:44. | :14:00. | |
Off the barrel. Yes, he's done it. Nearly fell down! You know, Jackie | :14:01. | :14:20. | |
is like a commentator who starts too high. Where do you go from that | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
celebration? What happens when he wins the match? Looks like he is | :14:26. | :14:34. | |
going to, as well, the way he's playing. It's magnificent. Aileen De | :14:35. | :14:48. | |
Graaf, smiling away, enjoying herself. | :14:49. | :15:04. | |
Well you throw the next time, just have a look at the way his hand | :15:05. | :15:14. | |
comes down. Kostas, is this? Yeah. Very sure. Take a look. He is not | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
messing about, Geert De Vos, though. OK, Shanghai. What will it be this | :15:20. | :15:26. | |
time? Kostas coming back for 114. Two treble 20s. Oh... 12 double 16 | :15:27. | :15:59. | |
or four for tops. 15 double eight now, having missed the big four. | :16:00. | :16:01. | |
Chance for Pantelidis. Double 14. Had your chance. First | :16:02. | :16:19. | |
time he's had a dart at a double since the second leg of the match. | :16:20. | :16:30. | |
Straight into the treble once again. If ever a player needed a break, it | :16:31. | :16:42. | |
was Kostas Pantelidis. What he'll say to himself, and said to himself | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
backstage, just produce your best dart, if only for another few legs, | :16:49. | :16:52. | |
if you're going to lose, lose with a bit of pride. He started well, | :16:53. | :17:00. | |
because he kicked off with a long 40. Not letting go. | :17:01. | :17:20. | |
Just to let you know, it's the best of three sets. So Geert De Vos won | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
the first set 3-1, missed a few doubles, a bit more of a scrap in | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
the second set, in the second set, he found another gear. Averaging 96 | :17:36. | :17:48. | |
in that second set. Theage with his first -- the average with his first | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
nine darts was near on 109. Yeah, good return there. Swifd the 19s. He | :17:56. | :18:05. | |
left a finish of 117. Unlike De Vos, who left 165. This would be | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
something lovely to take back to Athens with him, if he's heading | :18:11. | :18:17. | |
back today. Lovely to take back to Athens with him, if he's heading | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
back today. Treble 18, very nice. Much better leg from Pantelidis. | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
Double 18 the shot. Geert De Vos and tops it is. Come on, Kostas! Keep it | :18:29. | :18:40. | |
going! Double 18. To win just his second leg of | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
Well done, sunshine. That was a break as well. Stranger things have | :18:48. | :19:04. | |
happened. And we do frequently see it, Tony, don't we - in this | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
matches, where there's a break after two sets, the guy who is struggling | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
comes back and throws an awful lot better. Yeah, nothing to lose after | :19:15. | :19:20. | |
a break. Thinking, well, let's just get on with it, and you throw better | :19:21. | :19:31. | |
darts. I asked him about the Robbo nickname, Pantelidis. And it's | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
because he throws quickly. He told me. | :19:36. | :19:53. | |
There is Brian Dawson, playing later tonight. Interesting story with his | :19:54. | :20:00. | |
shirt, his lucky shirt. It's got holes in it. Because he ironed it. | :20:01. | :20:10. | |
And left the iron on too long, got distracted, so it's a holy lucky | :20:11. | :20:18. | |
shirt. Well, Kostas wants to make a hole in this. 161. | :20:19. | :20:24. | |
So 120, Shanghai. Because... At the moment, not taking much out of | :20:25. | :20:42. | |
197... That's the hard bit. That's the easy bit. Oh! Unlucky. OK. | :20:43. | :20:54. | |
Treble 20. No, he's gone for 16s. Tops now. Good thinking. | :20:55. | :21:00. | |
Double ten. This is for a 2-0 nil in the third set. | :21:01. | :21:14. | |
Alright Geert, you're in a match! Where did that one go? That's the | :21:15. | :21:23. | |
double. Squeezed into the corner, didn't he? | :21:24. | :21:34. | |
But the suddenly... He is speeding up. He found some darts. | :21:35. | :21:45. | |
271 for Pantelidis. It could be a 180 shot here. That's 180 as well. | :21:46. | :22:21. | |
He is cross with himself. Good leg to go for Geert. Nine darts for... | :22:22. | :22:37. | |
Yeah, bird in heaven. 103 left. Must leave a finish and does. So 19s to | :22:38. | :22:47. | |
start. Ten for double 18, six for tops. He missed that three times in | :22:48. | :22:56. | |
a row, this set. Come on, Kostas! 124. Treble 18. You have got to bull | :22:57. | :23:00. | |
to hit. Oh, unlucky. Double top. And he fell over. Oh, | :23:01. | :23:26. | |
double 19. He's still in it, Kostas. Theory cheering him on -- they're | :23:27. | :23:34. | |
cheering him on. Yes! ! That is the set for Kostas Pantelidis! As Geert | :23:35. | :23:41. | |
De Vos starts wobbling on his doubles. Six missed doubles in that | :23:42. | :23:48. | |
set for De Vos. He had chances to win every leg. Didn't take them. I | :23:49. | :23:58. | |
think they are loving it out there. All standing up and cheering him. | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
They all like a hundred odd, I tell you. Well, especially the way he | :24:05. | :24:12. | |
started. Everyone kind of felt for him. But he's won a set now. And he | :24:13. | :24:22. | |
showed that that preliminary round match against Darren Peetoom, that | :24:23. | :24:26. | |
he's a bit of a scrapper, Pantelidis. It may have taken him | :24:27. | :24:34. | |
nine match darts to win, but he did win, 5-3 in a deciding set. That | :24:35. | :24:37. | |
shows a bit of nerve. You're right. Looks like Geert needs the nerve | :24:38. | :24:52. | |
here. A treble and another treble. Is it another treble? Well in this | :24:53. | :25:04. | |
leg, two 140s and a tonne. 121 left. Back comes Kostas. He already found | :25:05. | :25:12. | |
one treble 20 with 12 darts. So De Vos will be mightily disappointed if | :25:13. | :25:20. | |
he doesn't win this leg. He can do it a bull's-eye, but chooses not | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
too, slightly disappointingly. It's brilliant, this. Double top coming | :25:26. | :25:33. | |
in. For the leg. I don't know why he keeps persisting in leaving double | :25:34. | :25:40. | |
top. He is not hitting it. Hitting the double ten. Come on, Jackie. | :25:41. | :25:57. | |
He has only hit two from ten, at double top, and missed his last | :25:58. | :26:01. | |
seven at it. Battling away. He is. A marathon | :26:02. | :26:16. | |
Olympics round match, but Pantelidis didn't manage to register a maximum | :26:17. | :26:18. | |
180. I know he is wants one. A fraction away. Look that. Either | :26:19. | :26:31. | |
side of the wire. Treble 20. Three good darts for 38, weren't they? | :26:32. | :26:41. | |
Steady tonnes coming in now from Geert. Yes, he is not giving in. No, | :26:42. | :26:54. | |
he needed that as well. He is two legs away from going out. | :26:55. | :27:01. | |
76 left. He needs to find a way to break the though as well, | :27:02. | :27:08. | |
Pantelidis. He can't finish on this, can he though? 76 then, to move to | :27:09. | :27:21. | |
within a leg. 16 for that tops. He missed seven times in a row, make | :27:22. | :27:24. | |
that eight times in a row. It can be done. Treble 19, double 19, unlucky. | :27:25. | :27:39. | |
Could be a double top. Still not hit it. | :27:40. | :27:58. | |
Right, it's now or never time for Pantelidis. Yes, or it's curtains. | :27:59. | :28:06. | |
Just one leg will do it. For De Vos. He just can't capitalise on that | :28:07. | :28:25. | |
change of momentum. It was an appall palling dart. That stuck right in | :28:26. | :28:26. | |
the top. Oh, yes, great marker. Yes... Here | :28:27. | :29:04. | |
we go. 183... So Pantelidis must leave a finish. Otherwise... He has | :29:05. | :29:16. | |
done. Well, he has. How much can De Vos take out of 183. Plenty! Treble | :29:17. | :29:25. | |
14... Maybe the last, the last chance saloon. Never happened. | :29:26. | :29:38. | |
Ten for tops. Forget De Vos, for the match, for a place in round two! He | :29:39. | :29:51. | |
has done it. He's won his first round match every year he's been | :29:52. | :29:56. | |
here, at once again, it didn't quite happen for Pantelidis, but De Vos | :29:57. | :30:02. | |
was boss. England's number seven Zoe Jones is known sometimes as the pink | :30:03. | :30:11. | |
pan they are, she found herself up against the all-black every to | :30:12. | :30:16. | |
appear. Tina Osborne making the long journey from Auckland. Would that | :30:17. | :30:22. | |
trip prove fruitful. Here is Tina Osborne, the first Kiwi woman to | :30:23. | :30:27. | |
take part in these Lakeside championships. Greg in the men's | :30:28. | :30:36. | |
event played really as well, and pushed the defending champion Scott | :30:37. | :30:42. | |
Mitchell all the way. Maybe Tina will be inspired by his example. | :30:43. | :30:49. | |
That's a night start from Zoe Jones. Nice dart from both players. Not | :30:50. | :30:53. | |
much evidence of nerves up there at the moment. | :30:54. | :31:17. | |
She looked really good, didn't she, in her first-round win over Paula | :31:18. | :31:25. | |
Jacklin, did Lisa. But those are mighty short odds before a dart it | :31:26. | :31:31. | |
thrown in the quarterfinals. Partly by virtue of the fact that were | :31:32. | :31:42. | |
expected to be her principal rivals, they have both been eliminated. She | :31:43. | :31:48. | |
appears to have a smoother passage than anticipated. Others will have | :31:49. | :31:52. | |
ideas of their own, including this two women. So to take the opening | :31:53. | :32:00. | |
leg of the match, the first to two sets through to the quarterfinals - | :32:01. | :32:09. | |
so she went for treble 14. Hit a single 11. Can't finish but she'll | :32:10. | :32:14. | |
be back. The first to two sets, each set a race to three legs. | :32:15. | :32:21. | |
Solid tonne. So tops for Osborne to have the first tangible success in | :32:22. | :32:28. | |
the opening leg of the match with the throw. She would feel a lot | :32:29. | :32:33. | |
better when she pockets this one and there it is. | :32:34. | :32:46. | |
They didn't have to wait long to be up and on their feet and cheering | :32:47. | :33:00. | |
the Lakeside crowd. The pink panther biting back. Worcestershire county | :33:01. | :33:10. | |
player, Zoe. Lost in the quarterfinals last year. And stung | :33:11. | :33:14. | |
into action by losing that opening leg, maybe. | :33:15. | :33:33. | |
That's her brother Matt, very smart this evening, shirt and tie, | :33:34. | :33:40. | |
offering support. He is nicely turned out. Perhaps knew he was | :33:41. | :33:54. | |
going on to be camera. In case you were wondering, we are both dressed | :33:55. | :33:59. | |
in black tie in the commentary box. We like to do things properly. | :34:00. | :34:07. | |
Old-school is the only way. You're wearing your tux for the finals? | :34:08. | :34:09. | |
White tie and tails. Jones nicely placed to make an | :34:10. | :34:26. | |
immediate riposte here. That's a good dart. Double 16, brilliant. How | :34:27. | :34:32. | |
about that for a bit of confidence, a bit of swagger with it? A 14-dart | :34:33. | :34:36. | |
leg from Zoe Jones. Nicely done. Tell you what, that 180 from Zoe, | :34:37. | :35:07. | |
seems to have rattled Tina Osborne. The manner of that checkout would | :35:08. | :35:11. | |
certainly impress anybody. It was so positive, wasn't it? Bang, bang. | :35:12. | :35:15. | |
Yeah, it really was. This again! Unlucky! | :35:16. | :35:26. | |
Early days, but she is averaging over 92, zones zones zones -- Zoe | :35:27. | :35:31. | |
Jones. So six darts from 190 to break the | :35:32. | :36:32. | |
throw for Zoe Jones. Two treble 20s and double five would | :36:33. | :37:03. | |
have been the way. Treble 20 leads the bull's-eye now. Look of disgust | :37:04. | :37:12. | |
that she missed it. There's a bit of an Elvis sneer, that one. Yeah. | :37:13. | :37:29. | |
Not pleased again now. Osborne 115. She made fairly pedestrian progress, | :37:30. | :37:46. | |
down with the numbers here. 21 darts already. Treble 20 would leave | :37:47. | :37:55. | |
double 18. Jones again, for a leg against the darts. Two it 16, two | :37:56. | :38:06. | |
eight, a tiny adjustment. Finding it hard work! Double top. | :38:07. | :38:14. | |
Still no. She hit it first time in the last leg, but missed this three | :38:15. | :38:23. | |
times. Make that four. Make that five. | :38:24. | :38:37. | |
There! Did well to squeeze that one, and kissed in off the barrel, as | :38:38. | :38:41. | |
you'll see. Good dart. Squeezing that in. And a good take of a leg | :38:42. | :38:48. | |
against the throw and now looking to serve it out for the first set. | :38:49. | :38:53. | |
Remember, first to two sets in the women's competition gets through | :38:54. | :38:54. | |
into the next round. The winner of this one to play | :38:55. | :39:23. | |
Ann-Louise Peters. She had the shock victory over Sherrock. A lot of fans | :39:24. | :39:27. | |
supporting both players. That is Hannah, Zoe's fiance. | :39:28. | :39:34. | |
And hearing that you may be surprised to read that "I love you | :39:35. | :39:42. | |
Lilly" sign. That is her niece, Lilly. | :39:43. | :39:51. | |
It's not certain was was required, trying to reset herself, trying to | :39:52. | :40:05. | |
refocus. Straight into treble 20. You may | :40:06. | :40:29. | |
remember from last year with Zoe, when the darts throw, they do flow. | :40:30. | :40:39. | |
Just 23 years old, Worcestershire county player and England | :40:40. | :40:45. | |
international. Made he debut a couple of years ago, and in a fairly | :40:46. | :40:51. | |
strong position here in this opening set. 104 when she returns. Time on | :40:52. | :41:03. | |
her side. Treble 18 for double 16. How unlucky is that? | :41:04. | :41:09. | |
Bet she couldn't do that again. She would clean up on the exhibition | :41:10. | :41:28. | |
circuit if she could do that on demand. 84 to take the set. That | :41:29. | :41:37. | |
will do for tops. Doesn't matter. She'll be back. Tina left 166. | :41:38. | :41:59. | |
Well... Is Osborne going to be able to claw her way back here. Double | :42:00. | :42:18. | |
18. Oh! That is going to hurt Zoe. She paid the penalty for some pretty | :42:19. | :42:21. | |
indifferent attempted finishing. Decent scrap this, isn't it? Yep, | :42:22. | :42:34. | |
certainly is. Osborne not just lying down. | :42:35. | :42:49. | |
So this is the deciding leg in the first sest. -- set. | :42:50. | :42:56. | |
And you hardly need me to tell you, in a race to two sets, absolutely | :42:57. | :42:59. | |
key. So far so good for Osborne. She's | :43:00. | :43:29. | |
holding it together, isn't she? Zoe Jones had that purple patch, but | :43:30. | :43:33. | |
just for a moment, it's going off the ball. I think for her, a purple | :43:34. | :43:39. | |
patch is a pink patch. In the pink! The Pink Panther. Whatever, she | :43:40. | :43:47. | |
could do with a big hit now. It's unlucky again. Seems to be | :43:48. | :44:00. | |
having her fair share of bounceouts. Tina Osborne for the second leg in a | :44:01. | :44:08. | |
row has left a bogey number. 169, not possible in three darts. | :44:09. | :44:17. | |
So this is for the set. Treble 18 for bull's-eye. Yes, she's got a | :44:18. | :44:42. | |
dart for bull's-eye, for the set. Very much in control of things | :44:43. | :44:47. | |
there. Now, 141, can't do it. So Osborne will come back, looking for | :44:48. | :44:57. | |
49 to take the opening set. Tina's friend looks on. Double 16 she's | :44:58. | :44:59. | |
left. Two 16s again. Missed it three | :45:00. | :45:34. | |
times. Missed it four times. Now needs double 12. Tension... Creeping | :45:35. | :45:48. | |
into the throw. 38. Double 16. Double eight... And she's taken it! | :45:49. | :45:57. | |
And celebrates. Looks as though for all the world slipping away there, | :45:58. | :46:02. | |
but Tina Osborne couldn't make the most of her opportunities and Zoe | :46:03. | :46:03. | |
takes the first set. Well, they both missed six darts for | :46:04. | :46:19. | |
that opening set. Before Zoe finally wrapped it up with a budget 8. -- | :46:20. | :46:22. | |
with a double 8. Martin Atkins, one of the players | :46:23. | :46:37. | |
watching on, on the right-hand side of your picture there. He looks | :46:38. | :46:41. | |
smartly turned out as well, doesn't he? He does. Slightly concerned that | :46:42. | :46:51. | |
you expect some of the people to show up that they have fallen out of | :46:52. | :46:56. | |
a hedge. People do make an effort when they go out. You have been here | :46:57. | :47:00. | |
before, haven't you, John? Absolutely. Now that's a shirt. | :47:01. | :47:12. | |
Joshua Richardson, the comedian. -- John Richardson, the comedian. He | :47:13. | :47:23. | |
was involved the let's play darts for Sports Relief, to be broadcast | :47:24. | :47:29. | |
in March. Jones in a nice position, 118. Treble 17 would have left the | :47:30. | :47:32. | |
bull's-eye. So Jones coming back, looking for of | :47:33. | :47:48. | |
64. Double top. No checkout though for | :47:49. | :48:06. | |
Osborne. The double stats are not good for either player. And again, | :48:07. | :48:16. | |
she's left herself on 169. Will be on a finish when she comes back. | :48:17. | :48:20. | |
Will it be too, too late? Went for the bull's-eye. , so again, Zoe | :48:21. | :48:23. | |
Jones looking for tops. Treble 12. All the 20s now. She | :48:24. | :48:47. | |
missed big 20. Ouch! Will she pay the price? Surely... Zoe is | :48:48. | :49:00. | |
consistent... And consistently high. Eight missed darts at double top in | :49:01. | :49:05. | |
this leg from Zoe Jones. That is how to do it! Right into the geometric | :49:06. | :49:14. | |
centre. Joe will be furious with herself for that. She was way, way | :49:15. | :49:20. | |
clear. All she needed to do was the find the double, but eight times she | :49:21. | :49:25. | |
missed. She looks a little bit sorry for herself here. Naught from nine | :49:26. | :49:32. | |
for double top for Zoe Jones. Including those eight misses in a | :49:33. | :49:33. | |
row. She was high every time. Well, not a lot between them in | :49:34. | :50:06. | |
terms of averages now. Pretty level, the checkout percentages are pretty | :50:07. | :50:09. | |
awful on either side. The averages are average. And the sets are the | :50:10. | :50:20. | |
ones that matters and Zoe managed thescape home. They both can do an | :50:21. | :50:28. | |
awful lot better. Osborne with the break of throw in the opening leg of | :50:29. | :50:32. | |
this set. Will she come away? She does. That one looked a bit of | :50:33. | :50:42. | |
fragile from the way it was hanging. Good dart. Good response. Down to a | :50:43. | :50:50. | |
finish. Horrible dart. That wasn't much better. | :50:51. | :50:59. | |
So, 135, Osborne. May choose to go the bull route... | :51:00. | :51:18. | |
55 remaining. That's the 15 to leave tops. | :51:19. | :51:24. | |
No, can't now be done. So for 2-0... On the double top to win the opening | :51:25. | :51:37. | |
leg. Oh, dear that's almost missed the board. | :51:38. | :51:51. | |
Nicely done. As was that. A double top. | :51:52. | :52:02. | |
And in a place now to square the match. If she doesn't win this leg, | :52:03. | :52:11. | |
she'll have the throw and the one to follow. And really, should be | :52:12. | :52:16. | |
looking to now make it one apiece in sets. | :52:17. | :52:36. | |
So Zoe's brother continuing to shout his encouragement. | :52:37. | :52:57. | |
Nice! Usual array of dodgy headwear and fancy dress around a very good | :52:58. | :53:08. | |
crowd for this evening session. Good last dart. A lot of pressure on | :53:09. | :53:52. | |
this one now. Went for the bull's-eye. So treble 19 now... | :53:53. | :54:03. | |
Bell, that was unusual, you might say. Craig Caldwell watching on. | :54:04. | :54:06. | |
Tops. Greg Caldwell, fellow New Zealander, | :54:07. | :54:27. | |
watching Tina Osborne. Double four. So Craig Caldwell watches on. Perry | :54:28. | :54:33. | |
watches on. Tina Osborne takes aim at the double ten for the set. And | :54:34. | :54:35. | |
finds it! We And Tina Osborne, as you hear, with | :54:36. | :54:51. | |
the darts. Initiative lost by Zoe Jones. And those doubles have hurt | :54:52. | :54:58. | |
her. Only three out of 25. That's poor. | :54:59. | :55:08. | |
Only difference in this leg, is if it goes to two legs apiece, then we | :55:09. | :55:17. | |
are into a sudden death deciding leg. They'll bully up to see who | :55:18. | :55:20. | |
goes first. That's a while away yet. Yes, I was | :55:21. | :55:32. | |
going to say, a few twists and turns before we get to that stage. Saw her | :55:33. | :55:37. | |
brother again. Matt. Osborne has seven ranking titles to | :55:38. | :56:01. | |
her name. Her Lakeside debut, and if she eliminates one of the seeds, | :56:02. | :56:04. | |
that would be some performance. That's a really good visit from | :56:05. | :56:12. | |
Jones. She could nick this leg against the darts, life would feel a | :56:13. | :56:19. | |
whole lot better. Surprised she didn't twitch away from the 20s | :56:20. | :56:20. | |
there. Zoe reached two finals on the BDO | :56:21. | :56:31. | |
circuit last year, and lost the Germany, to Stanley, and lost the | :56:32. | :56:33. | |
international Open final to Hedman. So 148. This would be against the | :56:34. | :56:52. | |
throw. That's no good. But the two darts that followed were and she's | :56:53. | :57:03. | |
nicely placed now. Pressure on this. Can't be taken out so two 18s for | :57:04. | :57:07. | |
Zoe Jones. For what could be a crucial break of throw. | :57:08. | :57:13. | |
Nines now. That is a significant breakthrough. | :57:14. | :57:32. | |
Her first successful double in 11 attempts. And just look at what one | :57:33. | :57:40. | |
dart can make to the whole psyche. She stands up and does that. Good | :57:41. | :57:47. | |
response though. A little unlucky it's only a hundred. Jones with the | :57:48. | :57:50. | |
darts. And throwing impressively and | :57:51. | :58:05. | |
consistently now when she needs to. Will Osborne crack? | :58:06. | :58:13. | |
Big advantage now for Zoe Jones in this leg. It's unlucky again. So | :58:14. | :58:19. | |
close to being 140, that one. Looked as though they were all in. | :58:20. | :58:34. | |
10 was just a bounceout away. This would be nice. But it's not crucial. | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
With Osborne back on 260. Big score kas almost imperative, | :58:40. | :58:58. | |
working away along the oche and not finding where she needed to be. | :58:59. | :59:02. | |
Double top for another. She doesn't hit double top. 220. All she can do | :59:03. | :59:13. | |
is try to put some pressure on the ten remaining. For Zoe Jones. Assume | :59:14. | :59:17. | |
she'll go straight at it. Double 2 against elusive. Four | :59:18. | :59:29. | |
doubles out of 32, Jones. No, doesn't find the treble with her | :59:30. | :59:43. | |
sect dart, so can't now -- with her second dart, so can't now finish. | :59:44. | :59:50. | |
Zoe Jones trying to settle in nerves. But not that! | :59:51. | :59:58. | |
She only needs to to find one more double. | :59:59. | :00:11. | |
Averaging over 90 is Zoe Jones, with her first nine darts. But as you | :00:12. | :00:20. | |
would expect with her checkout percentage so low, her overall | :00:21. | :00:21. | |
average is not good. That's impressive from Osborne. | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
She's not just lying down. She's got to take this leg, otherwise it's all | :00:33. | :00:33. | |
over. That was Peter, the Swede, watching | :00:34. | :01:01. | |
on in the raiseded tier of seats. On with convenience convenience, who | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
played as well -- with Veenstra, who played well yesterday. Good player. | :01:07. | :01:15. | |
Veenstra, who played Osborne the favourite to hold her | :01:16. | :01:39. | |
throw. Going to come down to doubles again. Nothing between them in terms | :01:40. | :01:41. | |
of scoring. So there is pressure on this 124. | :01:42. | :02:01. | |
Treble 14 would have left double 11. That leaves the bull. That wasn't | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
far away. Match point for Zoe Jones. For the match. | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
Oh, she's gone treble six. That is a loose one. She can't do it. | :02:12. | :02:23. | |
Single nine. Double eight. To stay in this championship. Double four. | :02:24. | :02:37. | |
No. Over to you, Zoe. She can't believe it. Nervous darts from Zoe | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
Jones on the last visit. A little sip of water and now 46 to take her | :02:44. | :02:53. | |
place in the next round. Double 18. She's got it! It was an awful | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
struggle for her today, played in very nice spirit between the two of | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
them as they embrace and Zoe Jones, who had awful difficulties with the | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
doubles, right the way through, finally gets the one that counts and | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
she's beaten the New Zealander, Tina Osborne, through to the next round, | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
by two sets to one. Deta Hedman has come so close to winning the women's | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
world championship, not once but twice. Make she felt that 2016 would | :03:26. | :03:33. | |
be her year. She was up against Corrine Hammond, coming all the way | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
from Australia. Can she keep the nerves under control on the biggest | :03:39. | :03:39. | |
stage of all? Wonder if those early nerves having | :03:40. | :03:54. | |
replaced by excitement, anticipation, expectation, | :03:55. | :03:54. | |
enjoyment? On the biggest stage against one of | :03:55. | :04:02. | |
the biggest names as well. We saw you... | :04:03. | :04:16. | |
LAUGHS I wonder if she was meant to be at | :04:17. | :04:23. | |
work. Listen, you'll only get caught if the boss is watching darts. | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
Well, we see various outfits at the Lakeside, how about a pair of | :04:35. | :04:44. | |
Where did she buy those off you? I wondered where they had gone. | :04:45. | :04:54. | |
So the deciding leg of this first set... Speaking of being spotted in | :04:55. | :05:06. | |
the audience when perhaps you should be elsewhere, a few years ago, I was | :05:07. | :05:14. | |
watching a televised darts event, I should have been interviewing a | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
rugby league coach. I was there, wearing a Phil Taylor it. Shirt, and | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
the coach texted me, who I was supposed to be interviewing. Who was | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
he? It was Tony Smith, at the time, the former Leeds rhinos team. He | :05:31. | :05:37. | |
said, "That's where you have gone today, is it, George?" ? Hands up, I | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
said. He does love the darts, actually. Australian himself. Now | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
British citizen, in fact. So I don't know who he'll be supporting here. | :05:51. | :05:51. | |
This is nice. But Hammond, first to a finish. And | :05:52. | :06:13. | |
a decent one as well, 116. Twice we've seen her come within a whisker | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
of taking a three-figure checkout. This would be lovely for the set. | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
There it is. Double tops she needs for the set, for a 116. | :06:26. | :06:36. | |
Well, she needs to take this out. Great start. Another one of those... | :06:37. | :06:48. | |
Is that it? That leaves double 14! Oh, so... This as proper darts match | :06:49. | :07:03. | |
now. Two 10s for the set. Oh, no. Straight into the double 15. No, no, | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
no. Double seven. This will feel like a steal for Deta. That's | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
champion class! That's the kind of nerve that has | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
won 91 ranking tightlings. She needs to forget but that, | :07:22. | :07:57. | |
straightaway. Corrine Hammond started playing some good stuff. And | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
that could, perhaps should, have been her set. | :08:04. | :08:19. | |
So how is Corrine Hammond going to respond to that? Gave away the first | :08:20. | :08:28. | |
couple of legs in the match, really. Then settled down. | :08:29. | :08:37. | |
LAUGHS Require those outfits the first | :08:38. | :08:39. | |
couple of days here. Absolutely tipping it down. | :08:40. | :08:46. | |
Slightly more picturesque scene from the green, the last 48 hours or so. | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
I think rain stopped play at the dars. Yeah, the leaking roof, wasn't | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
it? Good leg for Hammond against the | :08:57. | :09:14. | |
throw. A good visit from Hedman though, as well. | :09:15. | :09:24. | |
Looking to set up a decent finish. Credit to Corrine Hammond, it's so | :09:25. | :09:36. | |
easy not to settle on that stage. You've never been here before, she's | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
come all the way from Newcastle, New South Wales... Knowing that she's | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
playing the great Deta Hedman in her first round match. She didn't | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
settle. He looked a bag of nerves in the first couple of legs. Look at | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
this, treble 19, double 12, for 141... She keeps coming close, | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
doesn't she! ? Everyone was willing her to finish that one off. | :10:05. | :10:12. | |
So no finish for Deta. Hammond will be back. For double 12. Three darts | :10:13. | :10:23. | |
at double 12 for a break of throw. First leg, second set. | :10:24. | :10:31. | |
Just an inch below that. Oh, no. It's the finishing that's been the | :10:32. | :10:45. | |
problem. 13%, two out of 15 for Hammond. Brilliant. That's a hold. | :10:46. | :10:52. | |
But that will feel like a break of throw. | :10:53. | :11:01. | |
And just that coincidence, the double 12 that Deta hit, having | :11:02. | :11:08. | |
watched Corinne miss it four times in a row for that leg, it just must | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
feel like a, well, a dart to the heart: On the percentages there, | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
that is why Hammond Upwards of 70 for Hammond. | :11:19. | :11:48. | |
Marginally higher for Deta Hedman, with darts like that, there we are. | :11:49. | :11:59. | |
Well, the fact that Hammond's average is in the 70s, already, | :12:00. | :12:06. | |
after the first two legs, extraordinary. And speaking of | :12:07. | :12:09. | |
extraordinary, how about some of that! A maximum to get the Lakeside | :12:10. | :12:18. | |
rocking. , it's the first wave of the 1180 signs of this contest. | :12:19. | :12:26. | |
Well, this is for a 12-dart leg. Treble 20 for double 18. Didn't miss | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
it by much. Well, if nothing else, she's nailed | :12:34. | :12:48. | |
a 180 at the Lakeside for the very first time. This might be another | :12:49. | :12:49. | |
one. Deta can't now finish, but she can | :12:50. | :13:00. | |
pressure the double 5. Well, this is must-hit. Otherwise | :13:01. | :13:42. | |
Hedman can set up a though for the match the following leg -- a throw | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
for the match the following leg. This is exactly what she can try and | :13:48. | :13:49. | |
do now. Yes. 11 or 19. 11 for double top. | :13:50. | :13:55. | |
Oh, she missed 11! They call this the madhouse. It's | :13:56. | :14:14. | |
horrible but it's got to land. Miles off. Yes! Absolutely crucial. | :14:15. | :14:32. | |
Phew! After 1 missed doubles in a row, Corrine Hammond lands a double | :14:33. | :14:46. | |
one. Much needed. If she lost that leg, she would be one away from an | :14:47. | :14:48. | |
early exit. She has to find a break though, | :14:49. | :15:04. | |
Corrine Hammond. Because they're Deta's darts. | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
Lots of players watching the darts when they are not playing. Would you | :15:12. | :16:18. | |
believe that, that is another one. You may think it's John Richardson, | :16:19. | :16:26. | |
the comedian, but ask me again in March, I can't remember his nickname | :16:27. | :16:32. | |
but he was part of let's play darts for Sports Relief. Any good? I'm not | :16:33. | :16:39. | |
allowed to say. He joined me in the commentary box for one of the | :16:40. | :16:42. | |
matches, and he was a lot funnier than you. | :16:43. | :16:54. | |
LAUGHS Well, 1 #4 for Hammond won't be very | :16:55. | :16:56. | |
funny for Hedman. 44 Actually, Deta, who wants to take | :16:57. | :17:14. | |
out 97 here, Deta was John's partner. So he'll be hoping his find | :17:15. | :17:17. | |
the target. She's got eight tops. Double ten. | :17:18. | :17:38. | |
No. The Lancashire hot pot is his nickname. Tasty. | :17:39. | :17:52. | |
They are both wobbling a bit here. No! Four missed doubles in a row | :17:53. | :18:03. | |
from Deta Hedman. Double five for Hammond. | :18:04. | :18:10. | |
Needs this. Oh, dear. Well, she got the release all wrong. Now double | :18:11. | :18:21. | |
four for a hold for Hedman. Slight adjustment across the oche, | :18:22. | :18:34. | |
just inside. Two fours, two twos. Surely, this time. No! Seven missed | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
doubles in a row from Deta Hedman. Five now for Corinne. She needs this | :18:40. | :18:47. | |
double two. And doesn't get it. Finally! You see, it's the moustache | :18:48. | :19:22. | |
what won it. I know the leg went on a bit, how he managed to grow that! | :19:23. | :19:30. | |
What it all means is, good line. It's Deta Hedman is a leg away from | :19:31. | :19:39. | |
the quarterfinals. She's not been at her best, Deta. And Corinne Hammond, | :19:40. | :19:44. | |
to be fair, has thrown some fantastic darts, just really | :19:45. | :19:45. | |
struggled with her finishing. One in 17 of her last attempted | :19:46. | :20:02. | |
doubles. 11% checkout got going to win you anything, unfortunately. | :20:03. | :20:32. | |
There is Lynn, than. As Corinne calls her. -- nan, as Corinne calls | :20:33. | :20:49. | |
her. Steady tonne from Deta. It's not far | :20:50. | :21:08. | |
away now. Needs a big score here, Corinne! And gets one! Another | :21:09. | :21:11. | |
maximum from the Aussie! Very timely. What kind of response | :21:12. | :21:27. | |
from Hedman? Well, she's on a finish, Deta. But 92 looks a lot | :21:28. | :21:37. | |
nicer than 134. She's gone bull, ten, double 16 to stay alive. | :21:38. | :21:43. | |
So Hedman can win it here. Treble 20. | :21:44. | :21:51. | |
Have another crack at it. Treble 18 this shot. No go, so 16s to stay | :21:52. | :22:10. | |
alive. Double eight. This has to land. And doesn't. | :22:11. | :22:21. | |
Treble 20. 16 now. This is for the match. For Deta Hedman. Tops. | :22:22. | :22:48. | |
Emphatic! Corrine Hammond will reflect on a wastepaper basket full | :22:49. | :22:51. | |
of missed doubles. For Deta Hedman, it's another Lakeside quarterfinal. | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
Dutchman Wesley Harms is absolutely class when he gets it right. He's a | :22:57. | :23:00. | |
two-time world championship-semi-finalists. He kick | :23:01. | :23:06. | |
started his campaign in 2016 with a meeting with Japan's finest, Seigo | :23:07. | :23:09. | |
Asada, himself back for a second crack at the big time. | :23:10. | :23:19. | |
Been looking forward to this one. If Asada can reproduce the form that | :23:20. | :23:29. | |
saw him beat Labanauskas, we could be in for an intriguing contest. A | :23:30. | :23:32. | |
handy start from Harms. Look A few people feel that Wesley Harms | :23:33. | :23:45. | |
has under achieved. She's got so much talent. First two years in the | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
Lakeside, a good response from Asada. First two times he played | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
here, he got to the semi-finals. Both times, incidentally, being | :23:57. | :23:59. | |
undone by one Tony O'Shea. 2012 and 2013, beaten by Tony | :24:00. | :24:27. | |
O'Shea. On the big stage, was Wesley Harms, and he will admit he's not | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
done himself justice since. But a promising start this year. A | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
promising start from both lads. Harms is on a finish. Asada needs a | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
good score. Could do with a treble here. He's found it. | :24:43. | :24:47. | |
Excellent start from both players. 14 would be the shot. | :24:48. | :24:57. | |
So Asada, 87 required. Sometimes has unusual ways of going for things. | :24:58. | :25:06. | |
Treble 17, you would an. Well, 20 would leave bull. And treble would | :25:07. | :25:09. | |
leave double 5. Double 5 Harms was fearing the worst. As it | :25:10. | :25:19. | |
is, he has got double six to pinch the leg against the darts. Moves | :25:20. | :25:27. | |
over to the left of the oche to bend it round. Too much. Or Asada is | :25:28. | :25:29. | |
coming back. Another opportunity. Fat fun, double | :25:30. | :25:44. | |
one. That's more like it. First blood to the Dutchman against | :25:45. | :26:13. | |
the darts. Harms gets the break against the throw. Looked to build | :26:14. | :26:15. | |
on that success. Great demand for tickets for this | :26:16. | :26:36. | |
event as always. He is feeling the Sparky lighting an early fuse here. | :26:37. | :26:54. | |
Very good. He is wired. Not quite so good. | :26:55. | :27:01. | |
Harms has left 152 on his throw. No pressure thus far from the ninja. | :27:02. | :27:22. | |
152 is possible. He'll be going on the treble 20s. Not now. Asada well | :27:23. | :27:39. | |
back. Happy with that. Got the very vocal Belgian contingent in, as they | :27:40. | :27:46. | |
have been all day. 111. Treble 17 would leave tops. | :27:47. | :27:54. | |
Good last dart. This to break right back. Double 16. For 2-0. | :27:55. | :28:22. | |
Darts, he is averaging close to 90, is Harms. And looks as though he got | :28:23. | :28:27. | |
his eye on tonight. Second serve Lakeside for Seigo | :28:28. | :28:55. | |
Asada. The Japan Open champion. Scott Mitchell among those watching | :28:56. | :29:03. | |
on tonight, the defending champion. A | :29:04. | :29:07. | |
View of Wesley Harms's girlfriend, who travels everywhere with him, | :29:08. | :29:08. | |
Yolanda. And that is the manager of Seigo, | :29:09. | :29:25. | |
who is animated. Manager and cheerleader. Well, 11, giving him a | :29:26. | :29:39. | |
much-needed leg and get him into the competition. Treble 17, no. No | :29:40. | :29:50. | |
danger just yet. Wesley on 220, minus those three... And not a | :29:51. | :29:52. | |
particularly impressive visit. 16. Double 16 for his first leg of | :29:53. | :30:00. | |
the match. Good player, is Asada. And showing | :30:01. | :30:14. | |
it there. He is averaging northside of 90. | :30:15. | :30:19. | |
There is the world champion, Scott Mitchell. | :30:20. | :30:26. | |
Heads being kept busy as well. A lot of practice, a lot of media work. He | :30:27. | :30:33. | |
tells us he is enjoying a great deal. Speaking to some of the BDO | :30:34. | :30:40. | |
officials about him, he's been a fantastic ambassador for the sport, | :30:41. | :30:46. | |
he's done so much comkss, and public appearances. And a natural in front | :30:47. | :30:51. | |
of the camera as well. Head feels as cool and composed as he does when he | :30:52. | :31:04. | |
stands on the oche. Pearances. And a natural in front of the camera as | :31:05. | :31:06. | |
well. Head feels as cool and composed as | :31:07. | :31:18. | |
The referees, incidentally, a funny sort of bunch, sometimes. They are | :31:19. | :31:28. | |
having a competition as the who can call the first 174. If you hear one, | :31:29. | :31:36. | |
said with considerable relish, you may know why. | :31:37. | :31:53. | |
Nothing more complicated than just liking saying "174". Brilliant | :31:54. | :31:55. | |
finish, first set, Harms! Nice look to it, this match. And | :31:56. | :32:05. | |
look how charged up Wesley Harms is. He wants it big-time. | :32:06. | :32:16. | |
The winner of this one plays Jim Williams in the next round. The | :32:17. | :32:24. | |
Welshman that put out Tony O'Shea in this first round match. Not going to | :32:25. | :32:28. | |
say anything about Tony O'Shea tonight. Given that they throttled | :32:29. | :32:34. | |
me in the commentary box, live on air, last night. Always liked him. | :32:35. | :32:44. | |
Talking of people who stay busy... Tony O'Shea and Darryl Fitton do so | :32:45. | :32:48. | |
many exhibitions around the country. Always very popular double act. | :32:49. | :32:58. | |
Well, the scoring is decent. Averages north of 90 for both | :32:59. | :33:04. | |
players so far. Harms with the darts. Nice position. | :33:05. | :33:19. | |
Those are the averages. Showing a pretty decent standard. | :33:20. | :33:25. | |
Anything over the 90-mark, not bad. When you start getting over the 100 | :33:26. | :33:37. | |
or thereabouts, it's exceptional. There is Yolanda again, Wesley | :33:38. | :33:38. | |
Harms's girlfriend. Double 18. He'll be back for double | :33:39. | :34:00. | |
nine. Asada just looking to set something up, just in case. And | :34:01. | :34:08. | |
here's hoping there is an error. He's got a chance, maybe... Oh, | :34:09. | :34:13. | |
dear, dear, dear. He can't check it out. He wanted the big one, staying | :34:14. | :34:19. | |
away from the treble. He makes a bit of a hash of it. Can Well, this | :34:20. | :34:29. | |
would be a big blow from Seigo. Oh, he needed 18, double 16, and he | :34:30. | :34:37. | |
missed the big 18. So 14s baby. Yep. Double two. Double one for the first | :34:38. | :34:48. | |
leg of this second set. It's not a bad marker, surely, now. Well, he's | :34:49. | :34:55. | |
really left the door open for the ninja here. Double 8. Double 4, must | :34:56. | :34:58. | |
be! Is! He ended up on double one twice, | :34:59. | :35:24. | |
Wesley. Is double, only three converted. -- 12 double, only three | :35:25. | :35:35. | |
converted. Overall favourite for this event, people may be interested | :35:36. | :35:41. | |
to know, is Glen Durrant. He got Waites after a very impressive | :35:42. | :35:45. | |
opening performance, and the defending champion, Scott Mitchell, | :35:46. | :35:46. | |
6-1. Zoe Jones and her whole family of | :35:47. | :36:02. | |
Pink Panthers. What is the collective term? A posse of Pink | :36:03. | :36:05. | |
Panthers? I wonder if they are all from red | :36:06. | :36:22. | |
yich. That's the Pink Panther layer. Is that the breeding ground of Pink | :36:23. | :36:26. | |
Panthers? The Asada throw under pressure. | :36:27. | :36:44. | |
Harms poised to make the perfect response. So treble 20 would leave | :36:45. | :36:55. | |
double 15. It's erratic again from Sparky. Asada, 128. Treble 20 would | :36:56. | :37:06. | |
have good enough. Now a bull's-eye. Oh, it was near! | :37:07. | :37:11. | |
What an effort that would have been. Double six for Harms. Way off. The | :37:12. | :37:22. | |
pause, the adjustment inside the six. Double three, down the bottom. | :37:23. | :37:33. | |
And he began as the doubles fox. Asada now has double eight, double | :37:34. | :37:35. | |
eight to go 2-0 ahead. Well, the scoring has been decent, | :37:36. | :37:46. | |
the doubles haven't. It's going to be one double one again. Well, he | :37:47. | :37:52. | |
keeps ending up undouble one, Wesley Harms. Asada, two fours. For 2-0. | :37:53. | :38:09. | |
Surely this time. No! Great distance vision, Seigo, and he thought that | :38:10. | :38:27. | |
double one was in. A double four, rather, and this time it is, right | :38:28. | :38:28. | |
in there. 2-0 ahead. Holding his throw. Seigo Asada | :38:29. | :38:45. | |
needing just one more leg to make it one apiece in sets. Wesley really | :38:46. | :38:49. | |
struggling to check out at the moment. He's had 20 darts at a | :38:50. | :38:56. | |
double and only three hit. Crucially, those three all in the | :38:57. | :39:02. | |
first set, that clinched the set. But way below his immense | :39:03. | :39:03. | |
capabilities, the Dutchman. Asada starting to get into a groove. | :39:04. | :39:27. | |
He's got a nice throw, Seigo Asada. I think of all the pros here | :39:28. | :39:33. | |
watching him, who have not seen a huge amount of him, just think he's | :39:34. | :39:40. | |
had so much talent, and if he was playing here regularly, had would be | :39:41. | :39:44. | |
a real tough competitor to deal with, and surely vying for a top | :39:45. | :39:47. | |
eight place. He left himself down a little bit last year. Well, we all | :39:48. | :39:59. | |
make mistakes. This for the set. Well, treble 19 would have left | :40:00. | :40:04. | |
bull's-eye. Harms will be back for Shanghai, to stay alive in set | :40:05. | :40:11. | |
number two. A quick bit of aarithmetic from Seigo. There is the | :40:12. | :40:17. | |
treble. The big one, now tops! That is quality! Quality from Harms! 2-1. | :40:18. | :40:30. | |
The group of women who you saw just briefly, wearing rollers and head | :40:31. | :40:43. | |
skashs, are staying in my hotel. As they left they said, "Where is the | :40:44. | :40:50. | |
bingo tonight, Duck?" I knew what there were here for. As it is, Seigo | :40:51. | :40:58. | |
Asada has the darts to level us up at one set apiece. | :40:59. | :41:09. | |
A handy advantage on the Asada throw. Another one of those would | :41:10. | :41:22. | |
wipe it out. If has effectively taken the throw, hasn't he? Harms is | :41:23. | :41:26. | |
in a position where he could level it set. -- the set. And when it gets | :41:27. | :41:35. | |
to the deciding leg, he'd had the darts. Great first dart, right in | :41:36. | :41:39. | |
the middle of the treble. And another! Nicely poised, if he gets | :41:40. | :41:45. | |
an opportunity. Which may not come! Double 8! Just outside! | :41:46. | :41:55. | |
This for the set. Treble 20, yes, two at double ten... It's there! | :41:56. | :42:08. | |
APPLAUSE Terrific response from Seigo Asada! | :42:09. | :42:20. | |
Doesn't look an awful lot between these two lads. No, trading blows | :42:21. | :42:29. | |
toxt. I think it's the fact that Asada has not seen so. . People | :42:30. | :42:34. | |
don't realise how good a player he is. You look at his ranking 160, and | :42:35. | :42:45. | |
think this will be Wesley Harms, but that's because we don't see him | :42:46. | :42:50. | |
playing in the BDO. Nicely starting with a 140. Could do with a trouble | :42:51. | :42:56. | |
now and can't -- with a treble now and can't find it. | :42:57. | :43:04. | |
Wesley Harms, one of the clean living ones. He keeps himself in | :43:05. | :43:12. | |
great shape, doesn't He has been an almost ever-present | :43:13. | :43:22. | |
in the auditorium. He is not only a very good darts player, he's a bit | :43:23. | :43:27. | |
of a darts fan as well, isn't he? He's been here seeing so much of the | :43:28. | :43:33. | |
action. He just loves the sport and he's still learning as well, which | :43:34. | :43:36. | |
is why he wants to watch every bit of darts he can. Asada looking for | :43:37. | :43:43. | |
Shanghai, looking for the 120 checkout. Seen Harms do this. Needs | :43:44. | :43:46. | |
a treble 20 now. It's not in. Opportunity down at 141, taken a 120 | :43:47. | :44:01. | |
so far. That's impressive from Harms. Asada, 60 required. Harms | :44:02. | :44:04. | |
waiting on 11. Tops. And he's got it! And goes ahead. A | :44:05. | :44:17. | |
break of throw, beg your pardon, that's with the throw, but it's the | :44:18. | :44:26. | |
first leg in this second set. The first time he's been ahead as well. | :44:27. | :44:31. | |
The man from Osaka City, Seigo Asada. First maximum of the match! | :44:32. | :44:38. | |
His fourth of the tournament. And that's four... Make it five. Go | :44:39. | :45:02. | |
on! 52,000-pound bonus for anyone who gets a nine-darter. | :45:03. | :45:10. | |
Well, he's ahead against the darts and he's peppering that treble now. | :45:11. | :45:19. | |
Oh, he's going for a 25 there. Harms on 220. His throw under immense | :45:20. | :45:23. | |
pressure. Excellent. For a two-leg lead, third set. | :45:24. | :45:41. | |
Treble 18 would have left double 12. He may go treble 10 now. Just doing | :45:42. | :45:45. | |
the mathematics. Oh, he does. Nails it is as well. Harms, 80. 20 for | :45:46. | :45:55. | |
tops. To make it one apiece. He missed. | :45:56. | :46:03. | |
So, double 18 for a two-leg lead, third set. | :46:04. | :46:10. | |
Harms again, only four doubles out of 23 attempt, but now he gets one | :46:11. | :46:24. | |
when it counts, squares up the set. It's one apiece. | :46:25. | :46:32. | |
Five legs apiece across the match. But not hugely impressive on the | :46:33. | :46:40. | |
doubles front either. Five out of 25, five out of 22. Not world | :46:41. | :46:46. | |
championship finishing. Good again from Asada. 140. His 11th | :46:47. | :47:06. | |
at 140 or more. He is getting more big hits than Harms. | :47:07. | :47:14. | |
Scoring would have been very good were it not for the poor finishing. | :47:15. | :47:28. | |
Yes, Harms, over his first niebl darts, north of -- final darts, | :47:29. | :47:33. | |
north of 103. The doubles have let them down. Another good visit. He's | :47:34. | :47:41. | |
on a finish. Asada trying to make it so he really needs to take that one, | :47:42. | :47:46. | |
that he can't find the treble. This for a big break. Treble 20, treble | :47:47. | :47:55. | |
17 would leave bull. Asada comes back looking for 143. Harms poised | :47:56. | :48:00. | |
on 64. A lot of pressure on this Asada throw. And now what is Harms | :48:01. | :48:05. | |
made of this time? , big leg this, you sense. 16, oh, | :48:06. | :48:17. | |
tops. Yes! But Wesley Harms! And that's a break. | :48:18. | :48:31. | |
So advantage Harms once more. Nip and tuck all the way this match. | :48:32. | :48:41. | |
Swaying one way, then the other. And Harms now with the advantage with | :48:42. | :48:43. | |
that 64 checkout. See quite a variety of headwear at | :48:44. | :48:57. | |
this unique venue. Excellent from Harms again. Moves | :48:58. | :49:52. | |
in, within touching distance of this second set, 102 required when he | :49:53. | :49:56. | |
comes back. Let's see what he can do. | :49:57. | :49:58. | |
This for the sest. Treble 20 would have left double 11. He may switch | :49:59. | :50:08. | |
down to treble ten here now. That's what he was aiming for. 136. The | :50:09. | :50:18. | |
biggest checkout of the match so far. It would have been. Now, Harms | :50:19. | :50:27. | |
gets it very much more gettable 52. Is leaves tops. His favourite route. | :50:28. | :50:36. | |
Double ten... Asada can make him pay. 76, two darts, treble 20 the | :50:37. | :50:42. | |
first one. He missed it. Double 18... That's a great chance missed. | :50:43. | :50:53. | |
That was a big, big moment, if he could have tank that out. As it is, | :50:54. | :51:01. | |
all Wesley Harms needs, he takes the third set, has the darts and the | :51:02. | :51:09. | |
lead at 2 sets to one. Seigo Asada looks a little bit disconsolate. He | :51:10. | :51:12. | |
knows he had a great opportunity there. Pick himself up and go again. | :51:13. | :51:23. | |
The number five seed now is a warm favourite to progress. Wesley Harms, | :51:24. | :51:30. | |
a 174, said with great gusto. LAUGHS | :51:31. | :51:37. | |
And a little smile. That little wager they are having between them. | :51:38. | :51:44. | |
He is happy. He's called a 174. He is leading the race as well, isn't | :51:45. | :51:52. | |
he? Martin, the Scottish referee, the instigator of this. And Hugh, | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
our spotter, has none at all. A poor effort. | :51:58. | :52:16. | |
Harms is nicely set with the darts to take an early strike. He is 127 | :52:17. | :52:27. | |
now, that he requires. Asada on a finish but it's a very big one. | :52:28. | :52:28. | |
Bull's-eye. Well, he just moved away to compose | :52:29. | :52:40. | |
himself and lost his momentum and focus. | :52:41. | :52:45. | |
Well, the 167 won't be happening. So Wesley will return. 45 may happen. | :52:46. | :52:59. | |
Asada 76 again. Double 16. Double 8, this is an important dart. | :53:00. | :53:06. | |
So Asada with a glimmer here. Treble 20 leaves double 8. Against the | :53:07. | :53:15. | |
throw... No! Again, an opportunity missed for Asada. | :53:16. | :53:23. | |
A decent marker, a decent guide. It's even better, surely, this time. | :53:24. | :54:11. | |
Averages are pretty similar between these two. But Harms starting to get | :54:12. | :54:19. | |
big scores when it counts and his nerve just holding. It'sline very | :54:20. | :54:23. | |
little between them, really, George, but Harms just managing to take the | :54:24. | :54:34. | |
advantage. The heavy scoring has been rendered largely irrelevant by | :54:35. | :54:40. | |
the quality of the finishing. They are not taking too much time to get | :54:41. | :54:45. | |
to that finish, but you can see on the screen, what happens. Five of 25 | :54:46. | :54:53. | |
for Asada, and just eight of 34 for the fiest seed. More like it from | :54:54. | :54:59. | |
Asada. Put him on a finish it. 101 when he comes back. And Harms has | :55:00. | :55:04. | |
left himself on a Shanghai, should he fail. Asada then for 101. There's | :55:05. | :55:14. | |
it one. Wrong side of the wire. For 101. There's it one. Wrong side of | :55:15. | :55:17. | |
the wire. Well, he was trying to get the treble to leave tops there. He | :55:18. | :55:22. | |
had one Shanghai already, second set. Big 20 leaves a double 4, | :55:23. | :55:32. | |
another, no, not this time. Well, Asada might go 10s, could go 18s. | :55:33. | :55:38. | |
He's got it, for double 8. Good finishing! That's more like it. And | :55:39. | :55:45. | |
a happy manager waves the Japanese national flag and had his trademark | :55:46. | :55:50. | |
smile on as well. It's so frustrating, isn't it - when you can | :55:51. | :55:56. | |
see a nice clean two-dart finish like that. Where they are going | :55:57. | :56:06. | |
through the motions and missing double one, double eights, double | :56:07. | :56:07. | |
twos and fours. Asada has too take this set in order | :56:08. | :56:13. | |
to progress into the decider. Harms has the darts so he's got his | :56:14. | :56:24. | |
work to do. He's got to find a break somewhere. | :56:25. | :56:37. | |
Opportunity here... He got the darts back. And he's got two... In the | :56:38. | :56:51. | |
treble! Well, that is good. Sees the momentarily weakness in Harms and | :56:52. | :56:55. | |
jumped in to capitalise. A good response. He'll have six darts at it | :56:56. | :57:04. | |
but he might not need it. Treble 17 would leave a bull's-eye. No need to | :57:05. | :57:10. | |
panic, back up to 20, Seigo. Brilliant dart. And he's throwing | :57:11. | :57:18. | |
really well now. Harms, 198 he wants and that's a poor first one. Not | :57:19. | :57:26. | |
what was ordered. Asada to go ahead against the throw. Two sixes. Yes! | :57:27. | :57:34. | |
That's a big break. Asada now will throw | :57:35. | :57:50. | |
That underlines what we were saying before the match and in the run-up | :57:51. | :57:55. | |
to it. Asada is a far better player than he showed HIC to be last year. | :57:56. | :58:02. | |
He's built on an impressive preliminary round performance | :58:03. | :58:05. | |
against Darius Labanauskas, and he's giving Wesley Harms a real battle | :58:06. | :58:10. | |
here. The number 5 seed knows he's in a match, and Asada at the moment | :58:11. | :58:19. | |
has the bit between his teeth. Yeah. Worries type, these, perhaps for | :58:20. | :58:23. | |
Harms. Another couple of those might help | :58:24. | :58:26. | |
ANNOUNCER: 123. He is still there. He is still there hanging around! A | :58:27. | :58:36. | |
good dart. Solid throwing, but Harms has a glimmer of an opportunity, | :58:37. | :58:41. | |
George. He does. Another one of those and it will be an even bigger | :58:42. | :58:48. | |
opportunity. A quality tonne. Not on a finish, though. Asada will be the | :58:49. | :58:52. | |
first to throw a check-out. What's it going to be? He could do with | :58:53. | :58:57. | |
another treble. It is just the wrong side of the wire. Well, he will have | :58:58. | :59:06. | |
122 to take the set, and send us into a decider here. Her he goes -- | :59:07. | :59:12. | |
here he goes then. Just working out the various permeations, which way | :59:13. | :59:18. | |
is he going the choose to go. 122, Harms - oh, that's a good first | :59:19. | :59:25. | |
dart! Bull's-eye! He's got it! Right in the centre! What a dart that is! | :59:26. | :59:31. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 22 now, and it is going all the way. | :59:32. | :59:37. | |
Relax for a moment, man, because you have thrown a great dart, terrific | :59:38. | :59:43. | |
check-out! Way to go Seigo! That was brilliant! | :59:44. | :59:49. | |
What a good game of darts this is turning out to be now. You wouldn't | :59:50. | :59:59. | |
like to bet one way or the other. It is a real pick sort of match, this. | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
Even money either way, this one. 122, highest finish of the match. | :00:08. | :00:14. | |
Wesley had a 120. Narrowly missed a second Shanghai as well. Asada's | :00:15. | :00:24. | |
average now, the higher of the two. It's kind of reached the stage where | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
it isn't about averages. We know that's been undone by some pretty | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
poor finishing, it is really about who's nerve holds now, George, | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
because this is where it is all decided, this is into sort of | :00:36. | :00:39. | |
championship darts now, and this is where they will be separated, who is | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
the toughest, who is the strongest, and who is going to keep their | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
focus, keep their nerve. Absolutely spot on. It is about finding the | :00:47. | :00:55. | |
finish now. Both players three doubles away from winning the match. | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
This is a chance for Harms. Asada not on a finish. Harms, what he | :01:01. | :01:10. | |
would give for 140 here. But has to settle for a rather more prosiay 60. | :01:11. | :01:17. | |
He will have a shot at 144. Asada could set something slightly more | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
comfortable up here. What is he going to set up here? He is in two | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
minds, isn't he? 74 he's got so far. So, 144 for Harms. Asada on a good | :01:25. | :01:39. | |
oppurtunity that's a great first dart! Looking for treble 16. Not a | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
bad lead. Annouce say go you require 92. He's just taken out a 122. What | :01:46. | :01:52. | |
about a 92. Treble 20 leaves double 16. Oh! | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 122, 96, back-to-back. Absolute | :01:58. | :02:05. | |
quality! Just at the key moment. Asada found terrific darts and | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
Wesley Harms has sweaty palms! Harms has it to do now. That was | :02:09. | :02:25. | |
only Asada holding the throw, but Harms, anyway, has to find a break. | :02:26. | :02:49. | |
Asada's manager watching Harms' piling on the pressure. | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
APPLAUSE This can be done. 16 is. A -- 161. A | :02:54. | :03:09. | |
good first start. He needed treble 17 for a bull there. | :03:10. | :03:18. | |
Nothing Seigo can do from here. 64. To make it one each. Tops. For | :03:19. | :03:32. | |
Harms. And he's got it! Penalty finish! | :03:33. | :03:33. | |
APPLAUSE It is level again. Starting to look | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
as though it is one of those which really could go all the way. Are we | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
going to have another sudden death match here? It is looking that way, | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
isn't it, at the moment? Oh, that's a poor visit from Asada. Now, then, | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
a big opportunity this. Asada looking for a maximum. And | :03:53. | :04:06. | |
getting it! APPLAUSE | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
His second of the match! The crowd loving this game now! It's | :04:09. | :04:22. | |
just a big scrap this now. Two sets all. One leg all. Pretty even Steven | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
on the board, this. The third leg of the deciding set. It is good | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
shooting again from Asada. On 155 when he comes back, but Harms... | :04:36. | :04:37. | |
APPLAUSE a maximum! What a time to do it! He | :04:38. | :04:48. | |
is on 140. Here goes Asada for 155. Treble 19. Oh! Unlucky, just the | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
wrong side of the wire. Moving up to the 18s. He goes for 20s instead. | :04:55. | :05:03. | |
Couple of treble 20s needed. That's the first of them. There is the | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
second. So double 10 for a $14$0! . CROWD: Oh! | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
Some distances - this has been the leg of the match. Asada on throw. 66 | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
required for double 18 now. This is a huge dart. And he's missed it! | :05:23. | :05:31. | |
This against the throw. Wesley Harms! Three darts at double 10. | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE . One ahead. He will now throw for | :05:37. | :05:44. | |
the match. Asada looks baffled. Well, it was a huge moment, wasn't | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
it? It was a massive dart, that, for Asada. He couldn't take it out, and | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
Harms stepped in and now he is poised. Beautiful throwing! 140. It | :05:57. | :06:05. | |
has turned into a terrific tussle, this one. The equation is simple for | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
Asada - if he doesn't win this leg - that is a good last dart. If he | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
doesn't win this leg it is all over and the number 5 seed will go | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
through. And Harms, having thrown a 140 with his first visit... Now adds | :06:20. | :06:22. | |
something a little less. Century minimum here, you would say, | :06:23. | :06:34. | |
for Asada. Oh, dear. Tension in that last dart. A nervous one. Tugging it | :06:35. | :06:42. | |
below the target, and Harms cashing in. As good as the maximum. 177! | :06:43. | :06:50. | |
He's left himself on 116 for the match. He is going to have quite a | :06:51. | :06:59. | |
few darts at that. But can he see it out first time? Well, treble 20 | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
would have left the finish. Treble 17 will set something nice up. But, | :07:04. | :07:12. | |
no. That's not great, but 74... It's a far nicer place to be than 315, | :07:13. | :07:19. | |
and Harms coming back to secure his place in the next round. All Asada | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
can do is just watch and hope that something goes wrong. He's missed | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
it! He had 20 for tops and he missed it. | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
That was most unexpected but it might be also largely irrelevant | :07:34. | :07:40. | |
here. Decent visit from Asada, but here we go! Take two, Wesley! Tops. | :07:41. | :07:49. | |
For the match! Double 10 for Wesley Harms. And he's missed that as well. | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
CROWD: Oh! My, ohmy, ohmy. Asada, just looking to put pressure on and | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
make that 10 for Harms an compulsory take. That's brilliant from Asada | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
and the crowd responding to it. APPLAUSE | :08:12. | :08:15. | |
But now, for the match once more, double 10 for Wesley Harms! He's got | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
it! It just inside the wire! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
. Wesley Harms has prevailed in a tremendous game of darts. Forget | :08:24. | :08:28. | |
about the averages, the doubles kind of let them both down, but it was a | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
terrific tussle, and Wesley Harms, coming through, the seeding is | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
confirmed. He beats Seigo Asado, a real narrow squeak, by three sets to | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
two. Toal all-Yorkshire meeting. Brian Dawson, last year's | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
quarterfinalist, was an interested spectator in the prelims on Monday | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
when his good friend and County practice partner, Walton cam through | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
his first match in four years here to tee up this great encounter, | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
between two great friends. But which one would cast loyalty aside and | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
book his place in the second round? A lot of prematch money being | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
wagered on the chances of the old champion, John Walton. 54 years old. | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
He is a Yorkshire tussle. It is a south Yorkshire tussle. Sheffield. | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
Brian Dawson, lives in Rotherham. He plays out of Barnesly, does Brian | :09:28. | :09:36. | |
Dawson. So, all bases being touched. One or two holes in that shirt of | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
Brian Dawson's we have heard. Yes, an accidently air-conditioned shirt, | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
courtesy of the-odd ironing mishap. It is his lucky shirt so he isn't | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
going to throw it away. It will take more than a few holes in it to get | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
rid of that. Well, they say we are tight in Yorkshire. Maybe he doesn't | :09:59. | :10:00. | |
want to buy We have an all-Yorkshire comment try | :10:01. | :10:12. | |
box as well -- commentary box as well. I will maintain an unbiased | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
side though. Walton will be first to a finish. He will have six darts. | :10:20. | :10:29. | |
Treble 20. For treble 11. Well, he went bull. Got nowhere near it. | :10:30. | :10:38. | |
Treble 16. To leave double 4. Dawson, 196. Just trying to make it | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
so that's an absolutely must-get. Could do with a treble here, and | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
gets it. ANNOUNCER: John, you require eight. Couple of fours then | :10:49. | :10:55. | |
for Walton to get us up and running. Final match of the first round. | :10:56. | :11:03. | |
First leg John Walton. They know each other's games inside out, these | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
two. Both county players, they play together on a regular basis. Walton, | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
as you said, coming back to form after a poor spell. Dawson said to | :11:14. | :11:16. | |
me, "I think I have got his measure. I beat him more often than he beats | :11:17. | :11:23. | |
me." "I reckon that I have got him." I don't think there will be a lot | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
between them either way. It will be a good match us this one. I would be | :11:29. | :11:31. | |
surprised if one steam rollers the other. If Walton can find the worm | :11:32. | :11:39. | |
that we saw -- form that we saw before, he has every chance. Back in | :11:40. | :11:46. | |
2001 John Walton beat Chris Mason in the semifinals, and in the final | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
talk out Merv the King, Merv the swerve. Evening Chris, if you are | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
stunning in tonight. And evening Mervyn as well. Absolutely! | :11:58. | :12:04. | |
Some of the PDC players pretend not to be interested in the BDO world | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
championship but you can take it from me they are! If you are a dahs | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
fan you are watching. Come on! We love it! That is why we are here. | :12:15. | :12:28. | |
Bit dodgy these darts from Dawson. He looks a bit jittery. He needs to | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
settle into the match. He will be under pressure here if Walton can | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
find a treble. There it is! APPLAUSE | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
Not on a finish, but he has an advantage. A tidy advantage as well, | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
with Dawson unable to trouble the treble at the moment. Maybe a switch | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
down will help. Well, he does find the treble. Not sure he was after | :12:49. | :12:59. | |
the sevens. So 186 for John Walton. A televised nine-darter back in 2007 | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
at the Word Masters -- world Masters. This is his 15th appearance | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
in the championship. Walton waiting on 126 for a break of throw. 126. | :13:12. | :13:20. | |
You think he will go the 19 rut here? Well, he's missed it? He has a | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
3. That is a bit of a mess. 123 now. Again, staying down the bottom of | :13:28. | :13:31. | |
the board. That is a good dart. Now, he could go bull or treble 10. | :13:32. | :13:37. | |
That's an excellent retrieval of a distinctly fogey situation -- dodgy | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
situation. Yes. This 93 is just for a hold. Treble 18 would leave 7s. | :13:43. | :13:52. | |
This for the bull's-eye. Walton... Double 18 now for darts against the | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
throw. And he's got it! This is a good start from Walton. 2-0 up in | :13:58. | :14:10. | |
the opening leg. A good double for John to have landed. | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
Walton holding sway early. For those who tuned in to the coverage | :14:17. | :14:28. | |
yesterday, you may recall Mr Rawling alongside me taking a bit of a fancy | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
to a man who had a boot fufl of pies. We found him in the bar last | :14:34. | :14:39. | |
night. Yeah. Had one as well. It was very happy - very happy about the | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
fact that he'd featured on our television coverage. And another pie | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
was served and steered our way. Very gratefully appreciated! The pride of | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
Holland with his Australian wife who apparently is the cook. They were | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
magnificent! Very, very welcome. Walton, back on 321. 40 doesn't | :15:04. | :15:09. | |
improve things to a great extent either. So, Dawson with an | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
opportunity from 221. To get the darts back and get become on the | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
board. That's nice. Just looks like he is settling in now, after a | :15:20. | :15:23. | |
rather sticky sort of start, is Brian. Walton looking for his first | :15:24. | :15:27. | |
maximum. Getting it! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :15:28. | :15:37. | |
Double 12, though. To silence the crowd straightaway. Two sixes from | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
Dawson. Misses. So Walton, 1301 for the open -- 101 for the opening set. | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
Inner voice times for the Dawson supporters, and his dad. That is off | :15:47. | :15:54. | |
the treble wire, I think. Another bounce out for Walton. 101 he wants. | :15:55. | :16:02. | |
Coming down for 17s. He's got it! For bull's-eye! Good effort! He is | :16:03. | :16:11. | |
looking like his old self, isn't he Double 6 then. Yes! | :16:12. | :16:14. | |
APPLAUSE A bull like that... He's on the | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
board. Bill used to throw a few mean darts | :16:19. | :16:28. | |
himself back in the day - apparently. I wasn't there, but I | :16:29. | :16:39. | |
have been told . He looks like the kind of guy who has a real tales. | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
Brian is a chip off the old block. Said his brother was coming down. I | :16:44. | :16:46. | |
don't know if he is actually here. Used to be a semiprofessional boxer, | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
used to go around and do exhibitions with Harold Graham. Old Bomber! | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
Didn't take too many liberties would him, would you? Used to go... I | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
wouldn't take a single liberty! Martin Adams beaten earlier on | :17:02. | :17:02. | |
today. Look at this, though, Graham used to go around the prisons | :17:03. | :17:23. | |
and put his hands behind the back and invite any of the handy lads the | :17:24. | :17:27. | |
try and hit him and then used to make a fool of them and make them | :17:28. | :17:32. | |
miss. Tony Simpson called it the limbo dance. He was a terrific | :17:33. | :17:42. | |
fighter. This at the moment looks like it may be another leg against | :17:43. | :17:49. | |
the darts. Walton will be the first to have a crack at a finish, but | :17:50. | :17:56. | |
what's it going to be in a treble would make things nice. That isn't | :17:57. | :17:58. | |
what he wanted! Come back with 116. A good dart from | :17:59. | :18:10. | |
Dawson. Dawson's hovering. If he gets a chance. Treble 20. A big 16 | :18:11. | :18:20. | |
leaves double top for the first set to Watson. He is back, is John Boy! | :18:21. | :18:28. | |
Gly tell you what - George is looking good tonight. He is sort of | :18:29. | :18:31. | |
disappeared off the map, didn't he. And now here comes Dawson. | :18:32. | :18:35. | |
Disappeared off the map and he's come here this year, coming through | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
the qualifiers, up in Hull and plying well there. Nobody expected | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
him really to come through then. Look at this! That was unlucky. That | :18:45. | :18:48. | |
is off the barrel. That was heading for a 180. He is looking absolutely | :18:49. | :18:50. | |
back to Terrific stuff from John Walton. A | :18:51. | :19:03. | |
nice final dart from Brian Dawson. He has a bit to do, has Brian. He | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
has to try and get Walton out of his rhythm somehow. It is moments like | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
this when he has the chance to jump all over what was a relatively | :19:15. | :19:23. | |
mediocre visit. Geert de Vos there, the Belgian, watching on with a | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
noisy contingent of Belgian supporters. They are enjoining | :19:27. | :19:30. | |
themselves. It is fair to say they have had a good afternoon and | :19:31. | :19:34. | |
evening. Yes, yes. In time-honoured fashion! Has anybody's who's ever | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
been to Belgian and spent time in Brussels, you would know all about | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
that sort of thing I'm sure! LAUGHTER | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
It was a palace take to typecast, but it is a fun place to visit -- | :19:47. | :19:52. | |
mistake to typecast but it is a fun place to finish. A great finish but | :19:53. | :19:55. | |
great pressure. APPLAUSE | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
quality again for Walton, who is averaging nearly 95. He needs a | :20:01. | :20:08. | |
bull's-eye now! Oh! Unbelievable! What a finish! | :20:09. | :20:11. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Exhibition stuff from Dawson. | :20:12. | :20:15. | |
Brilliant! People are standing up. They are rising in acclaim. A | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
spectacular finish! Awesome from Dawson! That was absolutely obscene | :20:21. | :20:22. | |
darts! Brilliant! Used to be an Alan e Venezuela' | :20:23. | :20:35. | |
speciality back in the day. Brian Dawson showing that the passage of | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
two or three decades, there is still so many out there who like to do it. | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
He had to do that, just to hold throw. That's the pressure he's | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
under. Really looking forward to this game | :20:50. | :21:02. | |
when I saw the old JR initials put alongside! I was really looking | :21:03. | :21:04. | |
forward to watching this one and being here in the box for that sort | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
of reason! That was almost a maximum. | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
APPLAUSE Mr Dawson Senior the chief cheer | :21:17. | :21:23. | |
leader. Peppering the treble 19. His throw is under the pressure. Look at | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
the averages. Both north of 90. Very good! Very good! | :21:30. | :21:32. | |
APPLAUSE There is a check-out rate. They are | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
handy. Dawson is on a finish. Will Walton be? | :21:38. | :21:43. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That is his second 180 of the match! | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
Still a chance here. Treble 20 would leave bull. No, so Walton with an | :21:51. | :21:58. | |
opportunity. 67 then to make it 1-1 in this second set of an intriguing | :21:59. | :22:00. | |
match. Double top. Treble 20 for double 6. Strayed into | :22:01. | :22:10. | |
the five. Great recovery. Double 8. Loving this game! Tops now for | :22:11. | :22:26. | |
Walton. The Yorkshire rifles locked together -- rivals locked together. | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
There it is! The game is one apiece. APPLAUSE | :22:33. | :22:53. | |
there may be an opening for Walton. Lost his time a couple of times, has | :22:54. | :22:59. | |
Brian Dawson. He is under a wee bit of pressure again. Can he extricate | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
himself with a big score here? Looks as though he might be able to. 140 | :23:05. | :23:07. | |
is handy. APPLAUSE | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
This is good stuff! Dawson's first nine darts averaging 102. Overall | :23:15. | :23:21. | |
average for both players in the 92-93 mark. John Walton - well, the | :23:22. | :23:27. | |
adrenaline will be pumping through him at the moment. Back on the big | :23:28. | :23:31. | |
stage and doing himself justice. He said in his first match, didn't he, | :23:32. | :23:35. | |
when he came through the preliminaries against Rob Modra, I | :23:36. | :23:37. | |
think somebody spoke to him and said, "You looked so calm up there. | :23:38. | :23:42. | |
You looked fantastic." CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :23:43. | :23:48. | |
He said... "I was so nervous that I managed to cope with it." And he's | :23:49. | :23:57. | |
coping with it brilliantly again! John Boy on 161. Against the darts. | :23:58. | :24:00. | |
Treble 20. So, not this time, but he will be | :24:01. | :24:15. | |
back There was a visment sort of harrumpf when he missed that dart, | :24:16. | :24:18. | |
or some other such sentiments. Here comes Dawson trying to put pressure | :24:19. | :24:21. | |
on. Needs a treble. He's not been able to find it. He is annoyed. | :24:22. | :24:29. | |
Treble 13 for double 16. A single. So 18 leaves one dart at tops. To | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
break Dawson's thrall. And he shatters the throw! | :24:36. | :24:38. | |
APPLAUSE He will now throw for a two sets to | :24:39. | :24:49. | |
0 lead. Well, the big punt which came on Walton today appears to, at | :24:50. | :24:54. | |
this stage, be well justified. This leg, he is two sets up. They will | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
have an interval at the end of this leg, at the end of this set anyway, | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
and Dawson will have to regroup unless he can hit straight back | :25:06. | :25:09. | |
here. That is a good start from Walton with the 125. 50% the | :25:10. | :25:22. | |
check-out. Five of his 10 yards have landed for John 'Boy' Walton The | :25:23. | :25:26. | |
winner of this one faces Jeff Smith, the cool guy from Canada, who | :25:27. | :25:30. | |
accounted for Martin Adams in such impressive fashion earlier on. This | :25:31. | :25:31. | |
is good! Classy sort of match, that | :25:32. | :25:40. | |
Smith-Adams classic darts and then Chas from Adams as well, a gentleman | :25:41. | :25:46. | |
in defeat. Good to see. Yeah, I saw Jeff Smith at close of play last | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
night, as we migrated back to the hotel. He was in reception. Everyone | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
else piled into the bar. He said his good nights, went quietly off to | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
bed. He looked fresh as a does -- daisy today. That was 5% Stewart | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
Pearce wasn't it! LAUGHTER | :26:06. | :26:06. | |
I will take your word for it! He is on a finish. This is for a | :26:07. | :26:27. | |
set. 830 he needs -- 80 he needs. Six darts from here. Double 10. Only | :26:28. | :26:31. | |
needs two. That is such good throwing again! | :26:32. | :26:32. | |
APPLAUSE John Walton! The doubles are going | :26:33. | :26:39. | |
in. He's scoring heavenly and he's two sets up against Brian Dawson. | :26:40. | :26:46. | |
ANNOUNCER: Game on. The 125 finish was superb. But Walton, in no sense, | :26:47. | :26:54. | |
phased by it. His overall average of more than 95 is top class. His | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
finishing at 55% is similarly top drawer. | :27:00. | :27:10. | |
Here you see the averages from the sets. They seem almost 100 for | :27:11. | :27:18. | |
Walton in that second set. Just not fazed at all by that spectacular | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
check-out from Dawson in the first leg of the set. Yeah. Scoring | :27:23. | :27:29. | |
heavily. But crucially over 50% on the doubles. So, that average is not | :27:30. | :27:36. | |
dipping once he gets to a finish. He's back in the trebles after the | :27:37. | :27:38. | |
break. Dawson is going to have to real | :27:39. | :27:44. | |
scrap this one out. Walton with the darts. How much it | :27:45. | :28:00. | |
would aid Dawson's cause if he could somehow squeeze a victory out of | :28:01. | :28:04. | |
this opening leg. Maybe he has just got a glimmer of an opportunity | :28:05. | :28:13. | |
here. 183 against the darts. Walton had a 131. He is looking for a 141 | :28:14. | :28:20. | |
now. Usually the final throw of the nine-dart attempts. He's not done | :28:21. | :28:27. | |
it. So, Dawson will get a chance. 124, when he recovers - when he | :28:28. | :28:35. | |
returns. So, 124 for Dawson. Treble 18 would leave bull. Bull's-eye then | :28:36. | :28:48. | |
the shot. Brilliant! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :28:49. | :28:55. | |
That is a bill moment! It is very much a Brian Dawson moment. What an | :28:56. | :28:58. | |
opportune moment to find a spectacular finish. He did that in | :28:59. | :29:03. | |
the last set. And then Walton recovered and came blasting back. | :29:04. | :29:07. | |
But that's a good tart from Dawson -- tart from Dawes das in -- start | :29:08. | :29:09. | |
from Dawson ins this second leg. Really compelling contest. Can | :29:10. | :29:25. | |
Dawson get his way back into it? Looks like he fancies doing just | :29:26. | :29:28. | |
that. APPLAUSE | :29:29. | :29:42. | |
A great start again. And a second one next to it. How about the | :29:43. | :29:48. | |
hat-trick?! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :29:49. | :29:54. | |
137, 140, 180, after nine darts he is on 44. | :29:55. | :29:58. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE What a response! Walton's... The | :29:59. | :30:07. | |
fourth maximum! This is a nice way to silence the crowd! | :30:08. | :30:12. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 11 darts. Perhaps the leg of the | :30:13. | :30:19. | |
match so far. Dawson two-up. Both players throwing brilliantly. They | :30:20. | :30:21. | |
have come to play, these two. We have had some double trouble in | :30:22. | :30:32. | |
our various matches today, but Beth of these two... Look at this! | :30:33. | :30:37. | |
Unlucky off the wire. One oh on the floor -- one on the floor. Another | :30:38. | :30:40. | |
120. Walton on throw. Dawson in no mood | :30:41. | :30:44. | |
to hang around. He's upped the pace as well, Dawson. | :30:45. | :31:03. | |
Come on! Get in there. Good throwing! | :31:04. | :31:07. | |
APPLAUSE Good throwing, you say? Oh! Just the | :31:08. | :31:13. | |
wrong side of the wire as he went shooting for maximum number 5. | :31:14. | :31:26. | |
Now Walton is perhaps back in the driving seat in his leg, because | :31:27. | :31:38. | |
Dawson not on a finish. Not quite where he would wish to be. Dawson is | :31:39. | :31:46. | |
trying to tee it up for the finish. A nice dart George! | :31:47. | :31:50. | |
APPLAUSE 133, then, for John Boy. Make that | :31:51. | :32:00. | |
132. A good second dart. So Dawson for the sack now. 89 with Walton | :32:01. | :32:07. | |
poised. That's 21 of them. 18 would leave bull's-eye now. It seems to be | :32:08. | :32:15. | |
loving these, but misses this time! So, 60 for the hold. Two darts at | :32:16. | :32:23. | |
tops for Walton. He's missed it! He's missed it! He fancied that last | :32:24. | :32:29. | |
one was in, didn't he? Couldn't believe that it went over the top. | :32:30. | :32:35. | |
Double eight now for the set. Not a bad marker. Oh, he's just kissed the | :32:36. | :32:43. | |
wrong side of the barrel. Three more, then, at tops. Two more at | :32:44. | :32:46. | |
tops. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :32:47. | :32:53. | |
He needed that, John Boy. He will hold the throw. Dawson, still with | :32:54. | :32:57. | |
the darts to make it 3-1, this third set. He is two down, remember. | :32:58. | :33:04. | |
Walton rolling back the years and playing so impressively here against | :33:05. | :33:07. | |
his great friend and Yorkshire team-mate and both of them are | :33:08. | :33:11. | |
hitting plenty of big numbers. Walton over 95. Really high | :33:12. | :33:19. | |
standards. At one stage he was close to 100. Quarterfinalest on his | :33:20. | :33:29. | |
debut, Brian Dawson. Last year eventually losing to Scott Mitchell, | :33:30. | :33:33. | |
who had a decent tournament, as I recall. Yeah. Not the worst! Got to | :33:34. | :33:40. | |
the semis of the British Open. There he is! Not listening to us, is he? | :33:41. | :33:47. | |
LAUGHTER He lines to think he's photo ennick, | :33:48. | :33:54. | |
doesn't -- photogenic doesn't he? Well, he is a big lad! I am not | :33:55. | :33:58. | |
going to say he's not! LAUGHTER | :33:59. | :34:05. | |
He looks like he could pull a plough on his own, doesn't he? A great dart | :34:06. | :34:12. | |
from Dawson. APPLAUSE | :34:13. | :34:18. | |
This match is really easy on the eye. And great sporting sort of | :34:19. | :34:26. | |
feeling in the crowd as well. The Dawson contingent, applauding | :34:27. | :34:29. | |
Walton. Dawson, though, here to win the set. Double 16. There it is! | :34:30. | :34:32. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It is 2-1. The match goes on, and | :34:33. | :34:42. | |
Dawson has his first set success. What a scrap we have got! | :34:43. | :34:49. | |
Has to keep the momentum going, though, does the favourite, the 15th | :34:50. | :34:59. | |
seed. Jeff Smith waits in round 2. He will be playing a Yorkshireman, | :35:00. | :35:09. | |
but which one? Dawson in that third set, 100-plus average. Really good | :35:10. | :35:10. | |
darts. On throw and under a bit of pressure | :35:11. | :35:30. | |
if Walton can step in. There is one of them. There is two of them! | :35:31. | :35:32. | |
APPLAUSE Well, what a chance for Walton, | :35:33. | :35:48. | |
then, at the start of set number 4. They are Dawson's darts, but the | :35:49. | :35:53. | |
advantage is with Walton. Needs a treble, though. Clenches his teeth | :35:54. | :35:59. | |
in a little grimace of frustration. He knows that that was an | :36:00. | :36:03. | |
opportunity which went begging. And Dawson is in the mood to try and | :36:04. | :36:10. | |
make him pay. That's two in! And that's just over the wire, but 140 | :36:11. | :36:15. | |
gets him back in there. But 165, not a number he would want. | :36:16. | :36:22. | |
Suddenly a wobble from Walton. No check-out, of course, on 165. Well, | :36:23. | :36:37. | |
this feels like a big leg. Even at this stage. Dawson waiting on 70. | :36:38. | :36:51. | |
Got to hold his nerve now. 110 is very makeable. 20 would leave double | :36:52. | :36:57. | |
16. He's got this last time. But not this time. Now then, John Boy, for a | :36:58. | :37:05. | |
Bridget break -- big break, the start of set number 4. Treble 18. | :37:06. | :37:11. | |
Not this time, John. So close, wasn't it? So close. Double 8, | :37:12. | :37:16. | |
Dawson for 1-0. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :37:17. | :37:35. | |
Oh, dear. Not a good start to the throw. Immediately a chance. For | :37:36. | :37:45. | |
Doggy Dawson. He's rather missed an opportunity there. And he knows it. | :37:46. | :37:55. | |
Wasn't exactly slammed the door open, but he - well, burst it open, | :37:56. | :38:02. | |
but he would have certainly made a serious impression. He is having a | :38:03. | :38:15. | |
stick you few legs, is John Walton. "Come on, Doggy", you could probably | :38:16. | :38:18. | |
hear Brian Dawson saying to himself! Dawson trying to focus and regroup. | :38:19. | :38:34. | |
That's good. A lovely cover shot. Nearly the pair. Pressure on the | :38:35. | :38:40. | |
throw, though. Walton struggling to find a treble but lands one now. And | :38:41. | :38:45. | |
another! APPLAUSE | :38:46. | :38:48. | |
He is on a finish with 170, Walton. Now, I wonder... Go on then, John! | :38:49. | :39:02. | |
What have you got? A great start. Another one of those! Bull's-eye for | :39:03. | :39:08. | |
a 170! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :39:09. | :39:13. | |
Unlucky, my son. You sometimes get that feeling in your bones that it | :39:14. | :39:20. | |
is on! And he almost was there. So 25 now. And Dawson is still well | :39:21. | :39:28. | |
back. For double 4. That's good! APPLAUSE | :39:29. | :39:36. | |
what a good game of darts! A good leg that for Walton. It was only a | :39:37. | :39:47. | |
hold. So crucial as well. He almost nailed -- when you almost nail that | :39:48. | :39:51. | |
big one and you miss it, to see out the leg and make sure you don't the | :39:52. | :39:55. | |
opponent back in on the next visit, he did that. As so often you see, | :39:56. | :40:00. | |
when you get the check-out, and you get the leg, suddenly a little bit | :40:01. | :40:03. | |
more confidence and a little bit more smoothness in the throw, and | :40:04. | :40:07. | |
that was a really good three from Walton. Now, looking for more of the | :40:08. | :40:15. | |
same. There is one. And there's two. There is three! Another maximum! | :40:16. | :40:20. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Building on the brilliant start! | :40:21. | :40:28. | |
140, 180,... It isn't going to be a nine-darter but it could be a | :40:29. | :40:34. | |
10-darter. Well, he won't care how many it takes if he can win the leg | :40:35. | :40:39. | |
here because it is against the throw and it would leave Walton throwing | :40:40. | :40:40. | |
for the match. She is going to come back with a | :40:41. | :40:54. | |
very makeable 100. A tonne from Dawson. Walton now to take on | :40:55. | :41:01. | |
against the throw. Oh, what an opportunity now! Two darts! Yes! | :41:02. | :41:08. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE The old champion continues to motor | :41:09. | :41:14. | |
on! He is now within a leg of victory. Brilliant darts from John | :41:15. | :41:18. | |
'Boy' Walton. Is Dawson creaking? This is a response! | :41:19. | :41:33. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yes! That is more like it! As he | :41:34. | :41:40. | |
nods at the boardment "that's -- at the board. "That's what I can do. | :41:41. | :41:47. | |
Don't count me out." It is, though, advantage Walton. Oh! He's left the | :41:48. | :41:52. | |
door ajar, though. And that is another one. A solid tonne. A | :41:53. | :42:02. | |
million miles away from another 180, was it? Great response from Brian | :42:03. | :42:07. | |
Dawson. John Boy with darts in hand for the match, but he's struggling, | :42:08. | :42:12. | |
is Walton. Dawson, if he gets another 140 here, he would be in a | :42:13. | :42:17. | |
great position. At it, is he is the favourite. He's found a vital treble | :42:18. | :42:25. | |
with that last dart. Needs a huge visit here, Walton. Switches. A | :42:26. | :42:32. | |
great switch! Brilliant cover dart John Boy! Chart chart this is some | :42:33. | :42:39. | |
battle! 121 for Dawson. Treble 17 would set up a bull's-eye. He's | :42:40. | :42:46. | |
missed it So Walton, again, coming in on a finish and this for the | :42:47. | :42:53. | |
match. What a story! 112. Treble 20. Would have left double 16. So Dawson | :42:54. | :42:56. | |
will have a chance. ANNOUNCER: Thank you. Just composing | :42:57. | :43:01. | |
himself. The crowd are getting a little bit too excited at the wrong | :43:02. | :43:10. | |
moment. Dawson, 83 to keep the match alive. . 16 would leave bull. | :43:11. | :43:17. | |
Bull's-eye for Dawson. He's missed it this time! Will Walton close him | :43:18. | :43:26. | |
out. 20 for tops. Tops. - two chances force John 'Boy' Walton. | :43:27. | :43:29. | |
Bends the wire on the first. Bends the bottom of the wire on the | :43:30. | :43:31. | |
second! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) | :43:32. | :43:35. | |
That was maximum darts. Agonising for Walton and his fans. Dawson, | :43:36. | :43:39. | |
25. Double eight. For 22 in this set. He's got it! | :43:40. | :43:41. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE He's got it! On wards we go! | :43:42. | :43:52. | |
Dawson now with... To send this match... | :43:53. | :43:55. | |
ANNOUNCER: Game on! Match darts missed by Walton. Two of them at | :43:56. | :44:01. | |
tops! Will he live to regret that, John Boy? Brilliant momentum from | :44:02. | :44:07. | |
Dawson as well. APPLAUSE | :44:08. | :44:10. | |
He couldn't really have been any closer, could he, without getting | :44:11. | :44:14. | |
it? Bent the top and the bottom of the wire. If he had another dart at | :44:15. | :44:19. | |
it it would probably have gone right through the middle. Both of them | :44:20. | :44:27. | |
peppering the treb 20 now -- treble 20 now. They have space for a 180. | :44:28. | :44:37. | |
Compelling contest, this. For a lot of years, Brian Dawson was one of | :44:38. | :44:42. | |
those players who people New Zealand he was a really good player on the | :44:43. | :44:46. | |
floor in minor tournaments but he couldn't move on to the greater | :44:47. | :44:51. | |
level. And then last year he did so. And here he is trying to confirm | :44:52. | :44:58. | |
that advance. We saw Martin Adams there, gripped. Late night at the | :44:59. | :45:02. | |
Lakeside. Well, if you are watching with us, I hope you are enjoying | :45:03. | :45:06. | |
this because this is a gripping match. 161 as the flight flies off. | :45:07. | :45:13. | |
Neither of those in. But he's got time. Making a bit of a hash of it, | :45:14. | :45:17. | |
though. That two wasn't very clever. Oh, where is your money then? You | :45:18. | :45:22. | |
have to be on Dawson on this one, hasn't it? 2, 2. Fourth set. Walton | :45:23. | :45:27. | |
2-1. Missed two much darts. And Dawson is on a finish to send us all | :45:28. | :45:34. | |
the way. 119 with Walton back on 236. Well, there is the 19. Oh! Off | :45:35. | :45:45. | |
the wire. Walton, breathes again. Dawson on 80. | :45:46. | :45:51. | |
No pressure at all coming from the wrist of John Walton. Looks a little | :45:52. | :45:57. | |
bit annoyed as well. Well, he's not put himself on finish. So Dawson has | :45:58. | :46:04. | |
six darts. Park he might need them if he throws like that. A single 18 | :46:05. | :46:11. | |
would set it up. He has done. Pressure up there now, isn't there? | :46:12. | :46:16. | |
There is real pressure. This time, to set up a finish. Single 16, the | :46:17. | :46:21. | |
shot. APPLAUSE | :46:22. | :46:25. | |
That is good Trent. Pressure. He knows if he doesn't get this in all | :46:26. | :46:29. | |
probability it is good night. But he gets it! | :46:30. | :46:31. | |
APPLAUSE Relate guts from Dawson! He's pulled | :46:32. | :46:36. | |
back and scared the match. APPLAUSE | :46:37. | :46:42. | |
Cracking stuff! Under intense pressure! From Brian Dawson. These | :46:43. | :46:50. | |
two good friends, Dawson from Rotherham, John 'Boy' Walton from | :46:51. | :46:55. | |
Sheffield. They will go to distance. To be honest it could go on all | :46:56. | :46:59. | |
night for all I care. All their mates are going to be glued to this. | :47:00. | :47:05. | |
It is almost one of those matches where you sort of think it is a bit | :47:06. | :47:10. | |
of a pit you you can't have a draw. But that isn't the nature of the | :47:11. | :47:14. | |
game. Is the the glade theytorial nature of -- gladetorial nature of | :47:15. | :47:19. | |
darts what appeals. If you mess it up, you may the price. -- pay | :47:20. | :47:25. | |
Yes, that drama of jeopardy. No replays on the big stage. Walton | :47:26. | :47:34. | |
with the darts. Dawson hitting the numbers. We are level-pegging | :47:35. | :47:41. | |
really. Walton with the throw. That's an important treble. Tonnes, | :47:42. | :47:46. | |
no disaster. That's two in. Been unlucky. Very close to the 180. | :47:47. | :48:06. | |
It left him on 180, so no check-out. 135 from Walton is top drawer. | :48:07. | :48:12. | |
Leaves himself with 70. This is nice from Dawson. A single 20 to set up a | :48:13. | :48:16. | |
finish, if he gets the chance. APPLAUSE | :48:17. | :48:24. | |
well, if he gets the chance! 70. Single 20 would leave double 16. | :48:25. | :48:28. | |
APPLAUSE very, very, very good! One dart, and | :48:29. | :48:35. | |
one dart taken. Both of them averaging well over 40% | :48:36. | :48:45. | |
on the finishes. But it's kind of more than that. They have taken them | :48:46. | :48:51. | |
out at key times in pressure situation. | :48:52. | :48:52. | |
APPLAUSE good response to that 140! With a | :48:53. | :49:02. | |
180! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :49:03. | :49:07. | |
His third! The eighth of the match. It is high-quality! | :49:08. | :49:14. | |
Walton went bull. Dawson with the darts and the healthy advantage, but | :49:15. | :49:28. | |
not supplemented. Got to win this leg, has Dawson. Walton knows he can | :49:29. | :49:37. | |
put the throw under pressure. Hello! APPLAUSE | :49:38. | :49:39. | |
He will have a chance. 156 for Walton to go 2-0 up. Can't | :49:40. | :49:54. | |
be done now. And so Dawson - terrific opportunity to square up | :49:55. | :49:57. | |
the set. APPLAUSE | :49:58. | :50:03. | |
To bring us level again. Single 16. Oh, he's gone double 16. So trouble | :50:04. | :50:06. | |
12. Brilliant! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :50:07. | :50:12. | |
He didn't intend to do that! But having got the double 8 and double | :50:13. | :50:18. | |
16, he was flawless in his execution of the double 12. | :50:19. | :50:23. | |
A fine last dart. APPLAUSE | :50:24. | :51:02. | |
Trading blow for blow. Two sets all. One leg all, 261, 261. | :51:03. | :51:08. | |
APPLAUSE Take a tonne 40 off that though for | :51:09. | :51:14. | |
John Boy. Walton will fancy his chances from here now. And Dawson | :51:15. | :51:18. | |
just creaking a little bit. 121 now for 2-1. To move within a leg of the | :51:19. | :51:25. | |
match. Treble 17 leaves a shot at bull's-eye. He will come back, | :51:26. | :51:34. | |
though. That's not bad. 64 is a decent leave. Steady tonne for | :51:35. | :51:45. | |
Dawson. Now Walton for 2-1. Treble. 16. Two 16s now John! | :51:46. | :51:55. | |
He's got it! Treble! And now tops! For 21! Oh! He drags it south of the | :51:56. | :52:08. | |
mark. And grimaces as he puts in a big miss. Walton's eye focuses. But | :52:09. | :52:14. | |
can he fire? Two massive darts these. You feel this has to land. | :52:15. | :52:20. | |
John Walton! APPLAUSE | :52:21. | :52:27. | |
Well, to get it to 2-2, at which point it would have to be a 2-leg | :52:28. | :52:34. | |
margin for victory. Dawson has to throw and hold this throw. | :52:35. | :52:39. | |
Otherwise, Walton is the champion. Or rather the champion of this | :52:40. | :52:42. | |
particular contest! A champion of Yorkshire. It feels like that! | :52:43. | :52:48. | |
Champion of south Yorkshire and champion of a terrific rivalry which | :52:49. | :52:52. | |
has developed over the years between the two of them. | :52:53. | :52:56. | |
Well, Walton is way back, which for him is a shame because that was a | :52:57. | :53:04. | |
loose visit from Dawson. This isn't the great -- isn't a great deal | :53:05. | :53:08. | |
better. Dawson on 306. Still with the advantage. That's a good little | :53:09. | :53:19. | |
adjustment. No real damage done. He has still | :53:20. | :53:24. | |
A tonne minimum, you fear at the moment. Trying to force it through | :53:25. | :53:34. | |
the middle. 221, Dawson. Working right along the oche to create an | :53:35. | :53:39. | |
angle to go for that treble 20. Misses it. Wolt wolt way back -- | :53:40. | :53:49. | |
Walton way back. Dawson waiting on a finish. A big one though. 161. | :53:50. | :53:56. | |
Raised the roof if this goes in! There's a first treble 20. He's | :53:57. | :53:59. | |
missed the treble 17, though. What kind of pressure can Walton put | :54:00. | :54:15. | |
on here? Not a great deal. A good last dart. A cracking game this. It | :54:16. | :54:21. | |
does feel like a final. It has that sort of rivalry. Well, he didn't -- | :54:22. | :54:28. | |
didn't go for it there. Well, Walton, then. Sang high -- Shanghai | :54:29. | :54:37. | |
for the match. Well, treble 1 would not be the advised route. So Dawson | :54:38. | :54:45. | |
will come back with double 16 to square up the match. Now he's got it | :54:46. | :54:50. | |
as much as - he is saying, "Where was that one when I needed it?" Here | :54:51. | :54:55. | |
we go then. Double 16. Can he get it? | :54:56. | :54:57. | |
APPLAUSE . Of course he can! Going the | :54:58. | :55:04. | |
distance. ANNOUNCER: The match must be won by | :55:05. | :55:10. | |
two clear legs. Five legs all. The 11th leg will be sudden death. Good | :55:11. | :55:13. | |
game of Garretts. APPLAUSE | :55:14. | :55:16. | |
-- darts. Nip and tuck. It deserved to go all the way. Walton started | :55:17. | :55:21. | |
superbly. He had the early advantage, but what fighting guts | :55:22. | :55:25. | |
from Dawson to come back and drag it back. A really good match. A lot of | :55:26. | :55:34. | |
tension up there now. And they have got to win by two clear legs. | :55:35. | :55:40. | |
Otherwise if it goes all the way, it goes to sudden death. Two great | :55:41. | :55:44. | |
mates won't feel like that at the moment. Don't forget Walton has had | :55:45. | :55:53. | |
two darts for the match. It seems a long time ago. It seems like a | :55:54. | :55:58. | |
lifetime ago in the context of the match. I wonder whether he is still | :55:59. | :56:02. | |
thinking about it, though. Well, you would hope not for his sake. I doubt | :56:03. | :56:07. | |
it's lodged -- no doubt it's lodged somewhere in the psyche, and he | :56:08. | :56:09. | |
doesn't need that. Dawson effectively had the darts. | :56:10. | :56:19. | |
Treble would be an opportunity. An opportunity missed, a big | :56:20. | :56:22. | |
opportunity missed to real turn the screw. He still nibbled a bit into | :56:23. | :56:27. | |
the Walton throw, though. Certainly be John can't find a treble here... | :56:28. | :56:32. | |
This is tension, George. Nerves. Who is going to withstand it the better? | :56:33. | :56:45. | |
The Walton arm has stiffened. He has a tonne on him now. | :56:46. | :56:50. | |
He will be disappointed after that opening dart there. Has the darts, | :56:51. | :57:04. | |
though. Brian Dawson. Sets up 120. He is in touching distance. The The | :57:05. | :57:13. | |
old pub game favourite. A Shanghai. That is what he needs. Treble, | :57:14. | :57:16. | |
single tops. Missed it. He will come back against the darts, | :57:17. | :57:28. | |
because Walton has had a shocker of a leg. Just when it matters most. | :57:29. | :57:38. | |
Now he's finding the trebles! It is curious sometimes, isn't it? 60 and | :57:39. | :57:42. | |
then tops. He has two at it for a 3-2 lead. There it is! | :57:43. | :57:47. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE At last he is in front! It could be | :57:48. | :57:53. | |
a decisive strike, if he holds his throw. It is Dawson's match. What a | :57:54. | :58:02. | |
match! And now real pressure on John Walton. But that wasn't good! | :58:03. | :58:09. | |
Where is that treble, John? He is only finding it at the moment when | :58:10. | :58:20. | |
the pressure is pretty much off him. Sweating up in the paddock a little | :58:21. | :58:23. | |
bit there, as well. Just dabbing the brow. This is good from Dawson! 140. | :58:24. | :58:31. | |
Agonisingly close to another 180. He can almost taste it now, can Brian | :58:32. | :58:37. | |
Dawson. What a contest this has been P maybe we're not done yet! | :58:38. | :58:40. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Either way, it's my guess these two | :58:41. | :58:44. | |
will have a celebratory pint, whatever the result, after this. | :58:45. | :58:50. | |
Because it has been a terrific contest and another huge hit from | :58:51. | :58:53. | |
Dawson. APPLAUSE | :58:54. | :59:00. | |
. I wouldn't be pouring it just yet! Because here is Walton. No fib | :59:01. | :59:04. | |
anywhere for either man. Dawson on 18 of. A great first dart! Maybe | :59:05. | :59:11. | |
just a touch high in the bed. Just checking where he is. He had 80 | :59:12. | :59:15. | |
scored. Terrific darts! APPLAUSE | :59:16. | :59:19. | |
So, 52 for the match. Dawson comes back. And Walton strays into the | :59:20. | :59:23. | |
one. Then the treble. Double 16 for Dawson to win it! | :59:24. | :59:33. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE A brilliant match! A fabulous | :59:34. | :59:41. | |
finish! Doggy Dawson finally downs John 'Boy' Walton in an absolute | :59:42. | :59:44. | |
cracker! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) | :59:45. | :59:49. | |
Three sets to two. John Boyed a two darts for the match. But it's Dawson | :59:50. | :59:57. | |
who goes through and John's gone! That is it for tonight but please do | :59:58. | :00:01. | |
join the gang at 1 o'clock later on this afternoon. BBC Two. The second | :00:02. | :00:06. | |
round matches include the number 1 seed Glen Durrant up against the | :00:07. | :00:11. | |
American Larry Butler. A very good night. | :00:12. | :00:17. |