:01:53. > :02:00.Hello, everybody. Lakeside this evening, we knew only eight men
:02:00. > :02:07.could lay claim to the BDO Darts World Championship. The number has
:02:07. > :02:12.been reduced to six. We start with the man whose shirt hangs behind me,
:02:12. > :02:22.Martin Adams, three times world champion, going against Tony O'Shea.
:02:22. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:28.The only time the men met here was in 2007, and 'Wolfie' went on to
:02:29. > :02:32.his world title. I'm confident. I'm doing everything right, as I see it.
:02:33. > :02:38.The form seems to be getting there at the right time. He is not a
:02:38. > :02:42.pushover, is he! You know you have a game on your hands when you are
:02:42. > :02:49.playing Tony. I've said it before, the scoreline last time was - it
:02:49. > :02:56.didn't reflect the game. That's all. Fantastic game of darts.
:02:56. > :03:06.He's got all the experience in the world. I've picked up quite a bit
:03:06. > :03:09.
:03:09. > :03:12.I don't get into the superstitions and omens - that sort of stuff. You
:03:12. > :03:20.make your own luck, really, don't you?
:03:20. > :03:25.He is is going for a big record there, three times on the trot. I'm
:03:25. > :03:31.hoping it will get to him a bit, thinking about it. Friendship
:03:31. > :03:40.continues all the way up until you're on stage, and all the way up
:03:40. > :03:45.until the referee says "First leg, game on." As soon as we hit them
:03:45. > :03:51.stairs, won't be doing any dancing in the box - put it that way!
:03:51. > :03:53.is when we are not friends any more. You just want to beat him.
:03:53. > :03:59.But the friendship is there straight afterwards. A lot of
:03:59. > :04:03.respect in the game as well. We are quite respectful to each other.
:04:03. > :04:06.is a great achievement dr three on the trot. For him, it would be
:04:06. > :04:14.different. I want one of them. It is a classic
:04:14. > :04:21.match. But I also have to win it! Shake him out like a man possessed.
:04:21. > :04:29.Taking the first two sets with both averages touching 100.
:04:29. > :04:36.Into the third set, and Adams pulled out a 1-6, 1 finish -- 161
:04:36. > :04:46.finish. The highest score in the tournament
:04:46. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:11.so far. Just over 9 for O'Shea. Just under
:05:11. > :05:17.99 for Adams - nothing flaky about this at all.
:05:17. > :05:27.Look at the checkout - 46% is just excellent. 57 is just stoshing.
:05:27. > :05:53.
:05:53. > :05:58.Oh, there is the cat that's got the cream.
:05:59. > :06:03.Well, just the wrong side of the wire again from O'Shea.
:06:03. > :06:07.I think he is miffed with himself, because Adams did leave him a
:06:07. > :06:15.little opening and he has not taken it. This opening might have gone
:06:15. > :06:22.now. How up for this is Tony O'Shea! Well, it is payback, isn't
:06:22. > :06:28.it? Adams has beaten him in the last eight matches that I've played.
:06:28. > :06:35.-- this they've played. You go back to 2005 for the last O'Shea victory.
:06:35. > :06:42.He wants it, but Adams wants it himself. He has hit 161!
:06:42. > :06:52.A whisker away if a 160! But can O'Shea now give us the best finish
:06:52. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :07:00.of them all? Another treble 20. Bullseye! Yes! He's got it!
:07:00. > :07:06.How about that! Adams hits the 161. Tony O'Shea
:07:06. > :07:13.takes the cheque out of his pocket, and it is cashback for O'Shea!
:07:13. > :07:20.REFEREE: Game on! What a great trip to the oche that
:07:20. > :07:30.was. Adams going for a 160 - this by a
:07:30. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:40.millimetre. O'Shea says, "Thank you! I'll have that."
:07:40. > :07:50.It must have heard Adams to hit the middle of the bull's-eye. Did it
:07:50. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :08:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:08:31. > :08:36.hurt? Not a bit. He tood and legs after Adams had got the
:08:36. > :08:42.highest checkout of the week so far. But it came about four seconds
:08:42. > :08:46.after Adams had missed 10! -- had missed the 160. It goes back
:08:46. > :08:50.to what I said - both players are expecting a lot from their
:08:50. > :08:54.opponents. So they are not faced with the good - when the -- so they
:08:54. > :09:01.are not phased when the good stuff comes at them.
:09:01. > :09:11.So there is only way to go about a 170 checkout. O'Shea now with a 150,
:09:11. > :09:48.
:09:48. > :09:55.needs 100 here to go 3-1 up. What a commanding position this will be.
:09:55. > :09:59.Double top double top or... Treble 16, double 16, I think he
:09:59. > :10:09.should have gone double top double top.
:10:09. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:27.This is for a break of throw, 56. I think he threw it perfectly to
:10:27. > :10:34.make that, to create that angle. However, O'Shea now wants tops for
:10:34. > :10:39.the set. That is a handy marker too. Yeah! He's got it! He's back! Two
:10:39. > :10:45.sets clear of O'Shea! What more could come from these two?! What a
:10:45. > :10:48.treat it's been tonight. 3-1 to treat it's been tonight. 3-1 to
:10:48. > :10:51.Tony O'Shea! That took us into the interval. The
:10:51. > :10:55.question now was could O'Shea put on like he hasn't in previous
:10:55. > :11:05.years? Well, Adams took the first two legs of the fifth. Let's rejoin
:11:05. > :11:05.
:11:05. > :13:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:13:12. > :13:22.the first set of the match. Only has the darts. If he wins it, he
:13:22. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :14:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:14:13. > :14:17.moves to within one of the this?!
:14:17. > :14:22.Adam to respond in kind? Oh, unlucky!
:14:22. > :14:28.REFEREE: 120! Bouncing all the way down the M3, that one!
:14:28. > :14:32.REFEREE: Tony, you require 81. the motorway to a double, it is two
:14:32. > :14:40.12s or double six for O'Shea?! Oh, five!
:14:40. > :14:49.It shouldn't cost him this leg. Nobody likes double throw. With
:14:49. > :14:52.Adams, it is a tonne 80 here. It wraps up a bit of pressure. Even
:14:52. > :15:02.the 140 will probably persuade him that he has to go for it. Right at
:15:02. > :15:06.the bottom of the board. No! He has gone for two double two. Every
:15:06. > :15:16.single double attempt on the wire for O'Shea but couldn't slot it in
:15:16. > :15:49.
:15:49. > :15:59.between. Adams - now it is the time Martin Adams or to smile. He didn't
:15:59. > :15:59.
:15:59. > :16:05.want to be friends - not just then! For once, O'Shea wants to be a
:16:05. > :16:15.champ. All major finals he has lost. One of THE best players in this
:16:15. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :17:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:17:33. > :17:38.himself on the finish. But he can't take the advantage.
:17:38. > :17:43.Adams, you feel, should hold his three with relative ease.
:17:43. > :17:49.When he misses, he is not missing by much. And it is double four,
:17:49. > :17:52.because that has clipped the barrel and gone the other side of the wire.
:17:52. > :18:02.They could easily have gone in - but they didn't. O'Shea now with a
:18:02. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:18:46. > :18:51.chance to break the throw. It is a relax, he will try. CHEERS AND
:18:51. > :19:01.APPLAUSE. Up on his feet and the audience as well! He appreciated
:19:01. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:17.that. He knew how vital that dart was!
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:20:28. > :20:38.darts from 180. Another treble.
:20:38. > :20:38.
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:21:35. > :21:39.It would have been ideal, but he Tony O'Shea hits the double 16!
:21:39. > :21:45.He leads by four sets to two. He only needs one more!
:21:45. > :21:51.REFEREE: Game on! If Martin Adams is to realise his dream of three
:21:51. > :21:54.world titles on the spin, he has to win three sets on the spin.
:21:54. > :21:59.Martin Adams waits for the noise to subside.
:21:59. > :22:09.Goes to the oche and waits again. The fans are still singing, "Hey,
:22:09. > :22:09.
:22:09. > :23:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:23:32. > :23:40.now! It's double double 12! He smashed the leg from out of
:23:40. > :23:46.nowhere! The missile has landed! REFEREE:
:23:46. > :23:53.Game on! If it was looking for the defending champion, it is very
:23:53. > :24:03.grave, indeed, now. But only 45 to start. Has he let Adams back in?
:24:03. > :24:10.170 checkout, an 11-dart leg. An average of 95. My word, Tony
:24:10. > :24:20.O'Shea has brought his A-game to the Lakeside oche tonight.
:24:20. > :24:20.
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:26:15. > :26:20.Oh, he is on fire tonight! Tpwhr Sweet, sweet music it is for
:26:20. > :26:23.Tony O'Shea. Martin Adams, the defending champion, going out!
:26:23. > :26:27.REFEREE: Game on! He is smiling about it!
:26:27. > :26:37.REFEREE: Thank you!. He did a smile of resignation.
:26:37. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:44.he's enjoying the scrap. Make no mistake, he has raised his
:26:44. > :26:49.game tonight as well. He has played his part in this, but under the
:26:49. > :26:59.pressure that Tony O'Shea has applied, Adams has lost that appeal
:26:59. > :26:59.
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:29:16. > :29:25.Martin Adams there - he has stopped smiling now, hasn't he? 80 from
:29:25. > :29:29.O'Shea. It is all down to this man.
:29:29. > :29:39.eights then! REFEREE: Martin Adams!
:29:39. > :29:48.
:29:48. > :29:58.Now comes the tricky bit. Adams the world champion will be the man
:29:58. > :30:16.
:30:16. > :30:22.that beats Martin Adams. beaten Martin Adams!
:30:22. > :30:28.Adams has not contributed to his own downfall, not a bit of it.
:30:29. > :30:35.If you look at history, 2008, Adams lost to Mark Webster. Webster won
:30:35. > :30:45.the Championship. Another 10 for O'Shea!
:30:45. > :30:53.He is in poll position in '09. Hankey won the world champion. Are
:30:53. > :31:03.we going to see O'Shea put one hand on the trophy? He wants 96!
:31:03. > :31:36.
:31:36. > :31:41.Single 16, he has slipped into the Tony O'exorcised every single Deal
:31:41. > :31:46.demon -- Tony O'Shea has exorcised every single demon in the locker.
:31:46. > :31:56.What a performance by the underdog. The champion is out. A champion
:31:56. > :32:05.upset! The champion man - Tony O'Shea! Well played!? AUDIENCE
:32:05. > :32:10.CHANTS "TONY!" What a world championship now - who
:32:10. > :32:15.What a world championship now - who will be the name on the trophy?!
:32:15. > :32:19.Obviously, he is England captain. He is on a hat-trick. And to
:32:19. > :32:23.actually bully him and boss him about - yeah, I'm made up with that.
:32:23. > :32:27.Yeah, definitely. I was hoping 161 might rock him a little bit and
:32:27. > :32:32.give him a bit of an edge that you are looking for, you know,
:32:32. > :32:38.something to give you that a little bit of space, a bit of time to
:32:38. > :32:43.recover. But Tony is such a professional player, he didn't let
:32:43. > :32:47.it bother him. Just had the most amazing experience out there with
:32:47. > :32:53.the crowd. I'm only halfway, two more games to go. I just wish that
:32:53. > :32:57.was the final. I could retire and enjoy! I have two more games to
:32:57. > :33:03.play. That's going to be hard to come back down after that, to be
:33:03. > :33:07.honest. But I'm old enough and experienced enough. Hopefully I can
:33:07. > :33:12.do that. I'm still three-times world champion here, three-times
:33:12. > :33:18.world master. Next year, I'm looking forward to the first one of
:33:18. > :33:25.the run of three to equal that record. I still want it!
:33:25. > :33:29.Tony O'Shea has found his bottle. No three in three in 'Wolfy' Adams,
:33:29. > :33:37.and O'Shea was outstanding. First of all, to the women's semifinal,
:33:37. > :33:44.and the standard this evening was exceptional.
:33:44. > :33:54.Hedman. Three 180s. But it was a day-long battle.
:33:54. > :33:57.
:33:57. > :34:04.It was a sudden-death final leg. Trina Gulliver going for a tenth
:34:04. > :34:14.title fell short of Anastasia. The Russian won from two legs down in
:34:14. > :34:19.
:34:19. > :34:23.the first set to win six legs in a Back to our men's quarterfinals
:34:23. > :34:27.tonight. We already know Tony O'Shea is through to the semi. His
:34:27. > :34:31.opponent would be a debutante - either Paul Jennings or the 13th
:34:31. > :34:41.seed Wesley Harms. The Dutchman has taken to the Lakeside like a duck
:34:41. > :34:47.
:34:47. > :34:50.They already know me, but up here - yeah, I just have a feeling why
:34:50. > :34:57.should I have pressure? I'm a new kid. We will see what happens. I've
:34:57. > :35:04.got nothing to lose up there. I'm not happy with the way I played.
:35:04. > :35:08.I know I can play a lot better. Sharpen every game. I just -
:35:08. > :35:16.obviously, while I'm in the competition, I progress and get
:35:16. > :35:19.better. I've been two times, and I never
:35:19. > :35:24.won. He is a great player. He didn't show much right now. But
:35:24. > :35:27.what I've seen on the tour, it is great. So, yeah, hopefully he hits
:35:27. > :35:36.it tomorrow and I will hit it tomorrow. And it will be a cracking
:35:37. > :35:42.game. I just keep in the background, and
:35:42. > :35:47.I I them. I don't know how he is feeling about the game. I
:35:47. > :35:53.will enjoy it. Every second! Maybe it won't look that way, but I will
:35:53. > :35:58.enjoy it. He certainly enjoyed the start.
:35:58. > :36:06.Harms had the better of the first six sets, leading 4-2, one set away
:36:06. > :36:16.from victory. Jennings is two legs from victory. Jennings is two legs
:36:16. > :36:28.
:36:28. > :36:32.at the Lakes the Lakeserienced player that he was from the north-
:36:32. > :36:42.east of England, when all the chips were down, springing into life once,
:36:42. > :36:43.
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:37:45. > :37:50.don't think so! There is twice the noise, where
:37:50. > :37:56.Jennings first got the double against Harms. I tell you, the
:37:56. > :37:59.crowd are here, in the majority for Jennings. They are not against
:37:59. > :38:03.Wesley, but there is a lot of backing for Paul Jennings. This,
:38:03. > :38:13.though, is a crucial set of darts. It is against the throw for
:38:13. > :38:13.
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:40:14. > :40:23.quiet. Gathering themselves for the Harms! Second leg, it is Paul to
:40:24. > :40:24.
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:42:27. > :42:31.throw first. might have a herculean task ahead
:42:31. > :42:37.of him. Wesley Harms has been broken five
:42:37. > :42:42.times in the match. Jennings has been broken seven
:42:42. > :42:52.times. Neither totally comfortable on the
:42:52. > :42:52.
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:44:28. > :44:35.he prefers the double top. He has hit a few. So good for him. Double
:44:35. > :44:41.top! Yes! He is is one leg away. REFEREE:
:44:42. > :44:49.Game on! Now, this might be the easier one for him, depends what
:44:49. > :44:59.Jennings does from the outset. Oh, look, he is under enough
:44:59. > :45:00.
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:46:10. > :46:14.pressure without losing those darts. the outset, without bouncout, this
:46:14. > :46:24.leg has become a lot easier for Wesley Harms. He has produced the
:46:24. > :46:45.
:46:45. > :46:55.goods in it. in this leg. He had to hold his
:46:55. > :47:11.
:47:11. > :47:15.throw. He is struggling to get down REFEREE: And the match - Wesley
:47:15. > :47:20.Harms! Well, the Dutchman comes along,
:47:20. > :47:24.debutante, and he's in the semifinals!
:47:24. > :47:29.A humdinger, but he is there in the last four. You cannot deny him.
:47:30. > :47:34.Will we get another Dutchman through to the final? Wesley thinks
:47:35. > :47:40.through to the final? Wesley thinks you can! It is Harms, O'Shea, and
:47:40. > :47:49.Dekker who reached the semis last year. What a story tonight. The
:47:49. > :47:54.champion falls to Tony. Christian Kist is another damn fine Dutchman,
:47:54. > :47:59.a plus-95. ing.
:47:59. > :48:03.Ted Hankey, is rather disturbingly playing Friday 13th. Thank you very
:48:03. > :48:09.much for tuning in tonight. What an amazing evening.