:00:36. > :00:42.Good evening and welcome to highlights of the quarter finals of
:00:42. > :00:47.the BDO World Darts Championship from the Lakeside. We want to get
:00:47. > :00:54.straight on with the bulky. This is Tony O'Shea who made the final last
:00:54. > :01:04.year. A real people's champion. Going against Robbie Green who
:01:04. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:16.means business. One is the silver back, one is Kong. Only one song.
:01:16. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:35.We are the monkeys. People say we I am the sole were back. I beat my
:01:35. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:50.chest when I am -- Silverback. Might nick name is Kong. One lady
:01:50. > :02:00.gave me that name when I came storming in and pulled this fellow
:02:00. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:10.away from her. My walk on music gets the crowd going. It is pretty
:02:10. > :02:20.cheesy. I thought if I ever got on television I would use it! My music
:02:20. > :02:25.is rocking all over the world. It is something to get the fans going.
:02:25. > :02:29.One of the first players and remember seeing on television was
:02:29. > :02:38.Leighton Rees. He had a lovely smooth action and I copied him a
:02:38. > :02:46.bit. People say it does remind them of him. I tried not to move my body
:02:46. > :02:52.too much. That depends on that game. I tend to speed up. But I do not do
:02:52. > :03:01.it naturally. It is not something I ever have tried to work on.
:03:01. > :03:11.favourite Double, it is double 16. And you have got the get-out clause
:03:11. > :03:21.the next to it. Double eight. Sometimes the double five can be a
:03:21. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:28.nightmare. Double 18. Double 16. I like to try to hit them all. When I
:03:28. > :03:33.tried to practise before a match I do not try any special game. I
:03:33. > :03:42.usually eat breakfast and then that will be the last thing I will eat.
:03:42. > :03:49.A bit of liquid refreshment during the afternoon! I like to have an
:03:49. > :03:54.hour just to relax. Other reading were just watching abbot of
:03:54. > :04:00.television. Then I will come down and have a practice, have a couple
:04:00. > :04:04.of drinks. And then the set off to the venue. I'm trying to get there
:04:04. > :04:14.a couple of hours earlier than in previous years. It seems to be
:04:14. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:25.working. And we join this one with Tony
:04:25. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:43.And we join this one with Tony O'Shea 3 - 2 up in SATS. -- sets.
:04:43. > :04:50.
:04:50. > :04:54.sneaky break for Robbie. And the game will be back in balance.
:04:54. > :05:04.Plenty of displays of character from the big man. This is not bad
:05:04. > :05:34.
:05:34. > :05:44.here is another. Nine darts to 46. Go on, 11 darts. Yes, how about
:05:44. > :05:57.
:05:57. > :06:07.that?! Robbie still with the darts in set six. He will get back to
:06:07. > :06:32.
:06:32. > :06:34.three sets all if he can hold on. Tony is back in the groove. Tony
:06:34. > :06:44.beat Robbie three years ago in Robbie's first ever match at
:06:44. > :06:56.
:06:56. > :07:06.Lakeside. Just a bit of hush over the assembled crowd. They feel it
:07:06. > :07:07.
:07:07. > :07:17.is just going Robbie's way. It is a big score! Not just big, the
:07:17. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:36.biggest! Did not need that single 15. 46 then for Tony against the
:07:36. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:57.darts. Composing himself. And he has got it! Double 16 again. Now he
:07:57. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:10.is throwing to take a 4-2 lead. How quickly things change! We were just
:08:10. > :08:20.talking about Robbie having the momentum. Now it is back with the
:08:20. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:52.Silverback again. Robbie Green has won four DBO ranking titles in his
:08:52. > :09:13.
:09:13. > :09:21.career. Most recently the Belgian open when he beat Christian Kist.
:09:21. > :09:31.Looking at double 18 for the set. Composes himself once again.
:09:31. > :10:08.
:10:08. > :10:18.Getting further away. Robbie needs volumes. That is a marker. He is
:10:18. > :10:32.
:10:32. > :10:42.only a set away. Tony O'Shea leads 4-2. He needs to hold his throw
:10:42. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:58.three times in a row. Robbie, what have you got? Big support for Tony
:10:58. > :11:04.
:11:04. > :11:14.all round the auditorium. Jill not here tonight, teaching duty. She
:11:14. > :11:27.
:11:27. > :11:37.will be here on Saturday. That is how nervous she gets! Tony bids to
:11:37. > :11:41.
:11:41. > :11:51.complete the job he says he could have completed 12 months ago.
:11:51. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :12:03.Treble 18. That has snuck in the wrong treble. He has missed 25
:12:03. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:23.twice. Tops. He has hit it before, but that went all wrong. 14 now
:12:23. > :12:29.
:12:29. > :12:39.leaves him double 16. Could prove fatal, and it does. Six darts for
:12:39. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:54.78 in that leg for Tony. Just one dart at a double, which he missed.
:12:54. > :12:54.
:12:54. > :14:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds
:14:09. > :14:14.It's good night from me. And, is it good night from Robbie Green. He
:14:14. > :14:18.good night from Robbie Green. He could still finish this. That is
:14:18. > :14:28.unlucky. He will be back though because Tony O'Shea, having failed
:14:28. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:38.to find a treble in his last three visits to the oche, is back on 234.
:14:38. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:45.12 darts, no treble. Six darts from 78. What's happening? Robbie, at
:14:45. > :14:53.this moment, very grateful that Tony isn't on a finish because that
:14:53. > :14:59.was a wayward set as well. Robbie back for double top. Three darts at
:14:59. > :15:09.it. For a two leg lead in this set which he must win. But just
:15:09. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:34.beginning to give himself a Tony. He has really gone off the
:15:34. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:53.boil. Really unusual for him. the game as well, 7-5 to Christian
:15:53. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:03.Kist and beaten by Ted Hankey in statistically, in his Lakeside
:16:03. > :16:07.history, in earlier sets he is better than in later sets. I don't
:16:07. > :16:15.know, if that is necessarily true. It seems to be that way. Sometimes
:16:15. > :16:19.the way he speaks about how it's very hot on that stage. He has lost
:16:19. > :16:29.two stone, apparently, since last year. He did say he needed to lose
:16:29. > :16:37.
:16:37. > :16:43.weight after losing last year's Bull's-eye would leave double 16
:16:43. > :16:53.here. Double 8. He's now within two legs of yet another Lakeside semi-
:16:53. > :17:03.
:17:03. > :17:13.final. He has to break in one of 19s. Having missed the treble 20
:17:13. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:42.twice, Robbie knew he needed to hit We talked about the fact he needed
:17:42. > :17:52.a break. Great response from Robbie under pressure with a 1240 of his
:17:52. > :17:57.
:17:57. > :18:06.own. Is Tony back in the groove he leaves himself on 130. Great
:18:06. > :18:16.stuff from both players. What a tie. To hit a 177. Treble and bull,
:18:16. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:26.needs them. Having been two sets adrift, this move within a set, two
:18:26. > :18:32.darts at double eight. One at double four. Brilliant. Under
:18:32. > :18:36.pressure, from Robbie Green. Jamie appreciates it. The Green
:18:36. > :18:42.contingent appreciate it. Robbie looking far from green up on that
:18:42. > :18:46.stage. It might be only his fourth Lakeside appearance. He might be
:18:46. > :18:51.going for his first semi-final. He enhanced his chances with a massive
:18:51. > :18:56.dart at double four. How things change. We were talking about Tony
:18:56. > :19:06.holding his throw and reaching the semi-finals. Now, Robbie holds his
:19:06. > :19:12.
:19:12. > :19:17.throw three times and we are into a the way we're headed. He probably
:19:17. > :19:27.does need a deciding set to separate these two, but not if Tony
:19:27. > :19:45.
:19:45. > :19:52.In terms of the stats, Tony ahead. A cigarette paper between them
:19:52. > :20:02.really. REFEREE: 180! COMMENTATOR: Another massive maximum from the
:20:02. > :20:03.
:20:03. > :20:13.big man, his ninth. Two 140s in this leg from Tony O'Shea. Bull now
:20:13. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:24.the shot. Yes, bull's-eye. No. So, this is a chance. Will he take it?
:20:24. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:31.20 for tops. Oh, double 10. Well done. Missioned the big 20, but
:20:31. > :20:41.hits the much smaller double 10. Brilliant adjustment from Tony
:20:41. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :20:56.Tony O'Shea, not just for the value of the leg, but for the
:20:56. > :21:01.psychological blow to Robbie Green. You see him walk away, shaking his
:21:01. > :21:06.head. He know there is is very little margin here. Here he goes
:21:06. > :21:16.again. That's number eight for Tony O'Shea. The 17th maximum of the
:21:16. > :21:19.
:21:19. > :21:29.match. You've got to love it when he beats his chest! Robbie is
:21:29. > :21:42.
:21:42. > :21:49.Hitting his chest with greater intensity. He's on a finish. Which
:21:49. > :21:54.would have taken him within a leg of victory. That 64 for Jamie will
:21:54. > :22:02.look extremely small. Robbie needs another treble here. He's got it as
:22:02. > :22:12.well. Real respect for that. Tremendous dart. Double eight make
:22:12. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:26.it is academic. He will expect to be back, but you never know. Treble
:22:26. > :22:28.
:22:28. > :22:34.20 will leave bull's-eye. Huge, huge darts. Couldn't get it. Tony's
:22:34. > :22:43.back to try and hit double four. This to take him within a leg of
:22:43. > :22:53.the semi-final. Double four. Right in the corner. Right in the box
:22:53. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:11.be thinking - win this leg, and then see what happens. Tony can't
:23:11. > :23:21.afford to think any further than this leg. It's great this. How much
:23:21. > :23:45.
:23:46. > :23:55.Imagine how he's feeling? In there. I hope he feels better than he
:23:55. > :23:59.looks? He's melting! The costume shop will never take that one back.
:23:59. > :24:09.207 points stand between Tony O'Shea and a place in the semi-
:24:09. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:33.little glimmer of light for Robbie Green. He really wants the 140.
:24:33. > :24:43.dear, six darts from 147. Couldn't ask for more. Treble 17, double 1
:24:43. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:54.if they wants to do it in three. He'll be back. -- 18. 0 left, Tony.
:24:54. > :24:56.
:24:56. > :25:02.Treble 18 is the shot. Exactly what he got. Three darts, a dougt --
:25:02. > :25:08.double eight for the match coming up. He's been here before. So many
:25:08. > :25:18.times. Magnificent record in the quarter-finals. His place in the
:25:18. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:24.semis hangs on these 3-darts. There's one. The second is in.
:25:24. > :25:29.REFEREE: Tony O'Shea! COMMENTATOR: The The two men from the north-west
:25:29. > :25:34.haven't let us down with some sharp shooting. It's Tony O'Shea who wins
:25:34. > :25:42.a quarter-final tie, yet again. He believes it could be his destiny
:25:42. > :25:47.for glory at Lakeside in 2013 and the Silverback has toppled King
:25:47. > :25:53.Kong to move one step closer to the Kong to move one step closer to the
:25:53. > :25:56.ultimate prize. Tony a fifth Lakeside semi-final. A great match.
:25:56. > :26:01.You couldn't ask for more? dream about nights like tonight. I
:26:01. > :26:05.wouldn't have been too upset if I lost there tonight it was a great
:26:05. > :26:09.atmos. Robbie made a great game there. An enjoyable game of darts
:26:09. > :26:13.to play. It must have been great to watch. He looked like he was going
:26:13. > :26:17.to come back at one stage? Yeah. I normally come out after those
:26:17. > :26:23.breaks and normally play well. He ripped me my head off that set. I
:26:23. > :26:26.thought - oh, dear. I clicked back into gear. I'm chuffed with how I
:26:26. > :26:30.played tonight. You have the momentum, good luck for the semi.
:26:30. > :26:36.Thanks. The Silverback, all that experience getting put to good use
:26:36. > :26:39.on that stage. The battle of the primates he toppled King Kong, Tony
:26:39. > :26:45.O'Shea, in another semi-final. Such a favourite here, you would love
:26:45. > :26:48.him to lift that trophy. He is two wins away from it. The other
:26:48. > :26:58.quarter-final tonight was Darryl Fitton he beat Stephen Bunting much
:26:58. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:09.he was up against one of two Dutch men, but Darryl Fitton was taking
:27:09. > :27:17.
:27:17. > :27:22.object on Wesley Harms. Sorry, who do you want to win this? CHANTING.
:27:22. > :27:32.COMMENTATOR: Darryl Fitton, can he find double 14? He can't. I'm a
:27:32. > :27:38.
:27:38. > :27:41.battler, a big scorer. Quite a nice guy off, so I've been told. I think
:27:41. > :27:49.this year I want to be proving everybody I'm not a one day fly.
:27:49. > :27:55.That's what I'm hoping to achieve. If you get the crowd behind you, it
:27:55. > :28:01.is a big boast for you when the crowd are singing "there's only one
:28:01. > :28:05.Darryl Fitton", it's fantastic. playing brilliant darts. I actually
:28:05. > :28:10.like to see him play. Hopefully, I can do better than him.
:28:10. > :28:18.COMMENTATOR: Four legs in a row for the electrician. He's found his
:28:18. > :28:27.spark. He's found his rhythm. don't really know Wesley. The only
:28:27. > :28:32.thing I know about him is that he did say me, Tony, Michael Adams
:28:32. > :28:38.should pack in darts because we are all too old. Mean streak back.
:28:38. > :28:44.haven't got a job any more. I put more time in my darts as well. Got
:28:44. > :28:49.more relaxed at the board. I think that the result speaks for
:28:49. > :28:58.themselves then. If I can beat Wesley, I krks you know, I just
:28:58. > :29:08.keep going. I can win it. I know I can win it. Bit of needle. Wesley
:29:08. > :29:30.
:29:30. > :29:40.Harms is 2-1 up. It's 1-1 in the Darryl, his seventh of the match.
:29:40. > :29:43.
:29:43. > :29:53.Both playing some stellar stuff. real grimace as the chance of a 9-
:29:53. > :29:58.
:29:58. > :30:08.darter went away. He has hit one before against Ross Montgomery
:30:08. > :30:15.
:30:15. > :30:25.three years ago. Another great visit for Fitton, 150. On an 11-
:30:25. > :30:43.
:30:43. > :30:53.darter when he is back. It is the sort of leg you can sit in your
:30:53. > :31:14.
:31:14. > :31:16.dotage and watch again and again on the DVD. And say, I did that.
:31:16. > :31:26.Absolutely nothing between the players in terms of the averages
:31:26. > :31:35.
:31:35. > :31:42.before Harms threw these. Supporting the Madness fan! One
:31:42. > :31:52.place we have not been to tonight is the mad house. Their finishing
:31:52. > :31:55.
:31:55. > :32:05.has been that good. That is that first dart again, right in the
:32:05. > :32:11.
:32:11. > :32:21.middle. He could not take advantage of it that time. Looking good for
:32:21. > :32:21.
:32:21. > :33:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds
:33:06. > :33:16.Harms. One of those deciding fifth needs to find double 8. Even under
:33:16. > :33:20.
:33:20. > :33:30.pressure, Harms delivers. Fitton now under all sorts of pressure. He
:33:30. > :33:34.
:33:34. > :33:44.most hold or he is 3-1 down. For Harms, at worst, they are level at
:33:44. > :34:08.
:34:08. > :34:13.the break. When it is two legs all, the scoring does tend to go awry.
:34:13. > :34:23.Can't afford loose darts here, knows he can't. Needs a treble.
:34:23. > :34:23.
:34:23. > :35:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds
:35:08. > :35:18.Well done. Fitton is under pressure. the set against the darts. Another
:35:18. > :35:23.
:35:23. > :35:33.180! But Harms looking at 70 to take the set. Double six is the
:35:33. > :35:46.
:35:46. > :35:56.shot. Massive dart! Great psychology from Fitton. The crowd
:35:56. > :35:56.
:35:56. > :36:05.roars and it seems to shake Wesley Harms. One more dart at it. One of
:36:05. > :36:12.his biggest for years, potentially. his biggest for years, potentially.
:36:12. > :36:22.He hits it! Wesley Harms got his nose in front then to take the 5th.
:36:22. > :36:22.
:36:22. > :37:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds
:37:05. > :37:12.check out percentages very tidy as well. Wesley Harms says he has not
:37:12. > :37:22.practised an awful lot before he came over here. But the eternal and
:37:22. > :37:27.
:37:27. > :37:34.is certainly pumping now. -- adrenaline. And he has got plenty
:37:34. > :37:44.of travelling support from the Netherlands as well. They come
:37:44. > :37:48.
:37:48. > :37:58.every year. And every year they are wearing their best orange. Fitton
:37:58. > :38:04.
:38:04. > :38:14.cannot afford to go off the boil. He is 3-2 down in sets. A five
:38:14. > :38:23.
:38:23. > :38:33.minute wobble would see him on the brink. They have traded blows,
:38:33. > :38:37.
:38:37. > :38:47.punch for punch. Not the time for only his second bounce in the
:38:47. > :38:52.
:38:52. > :39:02.tournament. This is big for Darryl. That means Harms will be back.
:39:02. > :39:06.
:39:06. > :39:16.Three darts at double top. He only needed the one! And that could be a
:39:16. > :39:21.
:39:21. > :39:31.big leg of darts in this match. Those wearing orange think he is on
:39:31. > :39:37.
:39:37. > :39:47.his way to a semi-final. Fitton has twice failed to go that one step
:39:47. > :39:47.
:39:47. > :40:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds
:40:32. > :40:42.come from behind in both his matches so far. 206 left. Good
:40:42. > :41:08.
:41:08. > :41:11.visit, 129. Treble 19 his first target. Treble 20 will leave bull.
:41:11. > :41:21.And he will take a step back and just offer a little prayer I am
:41:21. > :41:24.
:41:24. > :41:33.sure. Double 16 for a 4-2 lead. That is magnificent finishing from
:41:33. > :41:41.That is magnificent finishing from Wesley Harms. Six legs out of seven.
:41:41. > :41:51.Wesley Harms just one set away. And just one could check out from the
:41:51. > :42:14.
:42:14. > :42:24.just one could check out from the Bunting in the last round. Harms
:42:24. > :42:28.
:42:28. > :42:36.has just been able to take control. And run towards the finishing line.
:42:36. > :42:46.That shake of the head, the shoulders drooping. I wonder if he
:42:46. > :43:17.
:43:17. > :43:27.thinks it is all over. You can betraying what the thought there. -
:43:27. > :43:41.
:43:41. > :43:51.- she. Gets himself to a finish. Might go for a 25 here. This would
:43:51. > :44:00.
:44:00. > :44:10.help. Lakeside would have erupted. But this is for the semi-finals.
:44:10. > :44:14.
:44:14. > :44:24.Not this time. Darryl has not thrown his final dart at Lakeside
:44:24. > :44:27.
:44:27. > :44:33.this year. Well done! There was a moment when we wondered. There was
:44:33. > :44:43.a shake of the head and it did not look good. But Darryl Fitton is a
:44:43. > :44:43.
:44:43. > :46:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds
:46:00. > :46:10.It all looks as if it is going west for Darryl Fitton. Holland's glory,
:46:10. > :46:23.
:46:23. > :46:33.Darryl. He needs to hit the treble here. Match darts for Harms, albeit
:46:33. > :46:33.
:46:33. > :46:39.from 154. Darryl will have another chance. If he can take out 156.
:46:39. > :46:47.Watch the Lakeside roof come off. Another one of those. Unlucky.
:46:47. > :46:51.Unlucky, Darryl. This could now be his final dart of the World
:46:51. > :47:00.Championships. He has put Harms under pressure, but the Dutchman is
:47:00. > :47:07.looking at treble 19 and double six, so 18 for double 16. This is for
:47:07. > :47:13.the match. Yes! Nerveless, brilliant. Darryl Fitton, former
:47:13. > :47:20.undertaker, has been buried under a barrage of brilliant barrels from
:47:20. > :47:27.the No 8 seed. Harms, calm, calculating, clinical, coasts into
:47:27. > :47:32.the last four. What a match. That is the way to do it. Then there
:47:32. > :47:36.were six. Tony O'Shea back in familiar territory. Another semi-
:47:36. > :47:41.final. He will face Wesley Harms. Tomorrow night, we will wait to see
:47:41. > :47:46.if Richie George can send a Dutchman packing as he faces Jan
:47:46. > :47:49.Dekker. The man to beat, Scott Dekker. The man to beat, Scott
:47:49. > :47:53.Waites takes on Paul Jennings. I'm off to bed now. I need my sleep. As
:47:54. > :47:58.you have just seen, tomorrow I will be with Bobby George as he proudly
:47:58. > :48:02.watches his son in the Lakeside stage in the quarter-finals. He