:00:34. > :00:38.Good evening and welcome to highlights from Day seven of the BDO
:00:39. > :00:42.World Championships 2016 from the Lakeside. There's enough from the
:00:43. > :00:47.evening to show you but we have to start with a cracker from this
:00:48. > :00:51.afternoon. Defending champion Scott Mitchell against a newcomer that
:00:52. > :00:57.Bobby Riggs lakes, who was he was tipping when no one else was, Mick
:00:58. > :01:06.Dean E. The underdog was missing on this one, missing not one, not two,
:01:07. > :01:11.not three, but unbelievably four match dart. Scott began to make him
:01:12. > :01:23.pay after that and we pick it up at the end. This is in into extra legs.
:01:24. > :01:28.It will go to one final 501 but now McGeeney has one last chance to stop
:01:29. > :01:32.that happening. McGeeney remember was to legs up in this deciding set.
:01:33. > :01:39.Missed a bull's-eye for the match. He missed two darts at 88 for the
:01:40. > :01:48.match and then Mr double 16 to check out 143 for the match -- double 8 --
:01:49. > :01:53.missed. McGeeney not lying well, he has to try to squeeze a treble in.
:01:54. > :01:59.Can't do it. Since those missed match darts, credit to McGeeney, he
:02:00. > :02:03.has hit three doubles in a row, including that massive bull's-eye to
:02:04. > :02:13.legs go to stay alive. It's been a great scrap. Mitchell just with his
:02:14. > :02:18.nose ahead here. McGeeney, if he can hit a couple of treble 20s he will
:02:19. > :02:28.be sitting pretty. Got to win this one to win the match. Got a tonne.
:02:29. > :02:37.Stay straight, stay straight he says as the match ticks over the 100
:02:38. > :02:40.minute mark. And 40 minutes they have been sat there while these two
:02:41. > :02:54.have been under the lights on stage trading blows. McGeeney has produced
:02:55. > :03:01.some pretty rank darts at a key moment. All the neutrals in Lakeside
:03:02. > :03:06.hoping this goes to sudden death because it's the sort of match that
:03:07. > :03:14.deserves to. It's been so close all the way. What was that 45, Scott
:03:15. > :03:20.says to himself. 41, 80, 45 for Mitchell. He's feeling it. That's in
:03:21. > :03:25.the treble 5 and that's not in the treble 20 either. Own my word. Well,
:03:26. > :03:37.it's the only thing this match hasn't had so far, a really nervy
:03:38. > :03:43.leg from both players. This is it. A 100 puts him on a finish. If
:03:44. > :03:52.McGeeney gets a 180, it would be a great time to get his seventh.
:03:53. > :03:58.There's one... There's two... 140 is good. 121 is makeable. And he will
:03:59. > :04:15.be back for it. This is for the match then for
:04:16. > :04:24.McGeeney. Scott Mitchell is on 60. McGeeney, treble 17, bull's-eye for
:04:25. > :04:33.the match. Goodness me. What tension. Tops for Scott Mitchell to
:04:34. > :04:40.take us to sudden death. One more dart at it... So, Mark McGeeney, he
:04:41. > :04:49.has missed five match darts. Annmarie, his wife, watches on.
:04:50. > :04:55.She's been applauding both players, she's been smiling throughout this
:04:56. > :04:57.but the Gladiator needs nine. He's gone for tops. For the match for
:04:58. > :05:14.McGeeney. Six match darts he's missed. Seven I
:05:15. > :05:20.beg your pardon. Tens for Mitchell and we are into sudden death.
:05:21. > :05:24.McGeeney will be thinking, I should have won that match, with a bit of
:05:25. > :05:31.justification and a little bit of a joke between them. Lovely spirit.
:05:32. > :05:37.Now they bull up to see who goes first in the sudden death leg. What
:05:38. > :05:45.drama. Yes, drama is the word. Closest to the bull. He has the
:05:46. > :05:51.advantage and the big advantage of throwing first in the decisive leg.
:05:52. > :05:57.Another go. Still no separating these two. They reversed the order
:05:58. > :06:05.so McGeeney has first crack this time. Oh, yes.
:06:06. > :06:24.The crowd know they have watched a terrific game of darts and listen to
:06:25. > :06:31.that, well merited. Only the 15th time a men's match has gone to a
:06:32. > :06:34.sudden death leg in the history of the BDO World Championships. It's
:06:35. > :06:41.actually the third time this week. Can he get another at a crucial
:06:42. > :06:49.time? Kissed away into the single but 121 is a good starter.
:06:50. > :06:57.What a match this is. What tension at the Lakeside. Steady 100. Now
:06:58. > :07:07.Mitchell, what he would give for a maximum here. A bit unlucky. Sliding
:07:08. > :07:16.across into the treble 1. 123. Brilliant. Foord treble 20s out of
:07:17. > :07:22.six he has broken. Enormous credit to both players for keeping up this
:07:23. > :07:28.sort of standard. Absolutely. Under this sort of pressure for so long.
:07:29. > :07:33.Another one for Mitchell and he's hammering that treble 20 in this
:07:34. > :07:42.decisive set, in this decisive leg. 140 has left him on a finish. The
:07:43. > :07:52.crowd are wrapped. We are all wrapped. Mitchell will come back
:07:53. > :07:59.with 117 for the match now be 102 is makeable but Mitchell looking for
:08:00. > :08:07.treble 19 here. Tops would win it. Oh, the wrong side of the wire. That
:08:08. > :08:14.was his first match dart. Mark McGeeney has had and missed seven.
:08:15. > :08:21.Will he get another one here? Yes he will if he hits big ten. Double 16
:08:22. > :08:26.for the match for Mark McGeeney. Oh, would you believe it? He thought it
:08:27. > :08:34.was in, his wife can't believe it. And now he just has to hope that
:08:35. > :08:45.Scott Mitchell Mrs. World champion Scott Mitchell requires 40 to win
:08:46. > :08:48.this epic match. He's got it! Scott Mitchell has managed to edge home in
:08:49. > :08:54.front of his great friend. What a marvellous site that is. That was a
:08:55. > :09:02.terrific game of darts. Went all the way. In a way you almost didn't want
:09:03. > :09:06.to see a loser. But the world champion by the narrowest of squeaks
:09:07. > :09:10.has managed to hold on with a sudden death victory. And the two of them
:09:11. > :09:17.can only congratulate each other. Super match. And if you've enjoyed
:09:18. > :09:22.it with us then that was special. How did you do that, how did you
:09:23. > :09:25.pull that off? I'm not sure I'll ever know, Rob. When you play
:09:26. > :09:29.somebody you know so well and we hung out for a week at the World Cup
:09:30. > :09:34.together because we were playing pairs together, I knew today would
:09:35. > :09:39.be a classic. He would never break, it was whether he gave me a chance
:09:40. > :09:43.to win and fortunately he did. Eight times he had a dart for the match,
:09:44. > :09:47.you must have thought one of these would have gone in and your title
:09:48. > :09:52.defence was over? I wasn't watching, I was preparing for the next throw
:09:53. > :09:57.so my mind was right. Is one of those games, my mind coach, Steve
:09:58. > :10:05.McKibben, will be going nuts at me because I had the game in the bag
:10:06. > :10:08.and I gave it away again. It was silly, on my own throat I couldn't
:10:09. > :10:12.hold it, I was breaking no problem. I couldn't feel a thing and I was
:10:13. > :10:17.doing nothing on my own throat. When I didn't win the bull up in the last
:10:18. > :10:21.leg I relaxed and I thought I could just throw because it's not supposed
:10:22. > :10:25.to be my. Once again you've shown tremendous guts and you are one
:10:26. > :10:28.stage closer to defending that title. You're still in it, well
:10:29. > :10:34.done, and absolutely brilliant match to watch. Hopefully I'll shown I'm a
:10:35. > :10:40.champion. I don't want to give it up and hopefully that has shown that.
:10:41. > :10:45.Well done, Scott. Marketed misses chances but now it
:10:46. > :10:48.is the champion versus the young Dutchman Richard Veenstra. This was
:10:49. > :10:59.one-way traffic in the first three sets. -- Mark did.
:11:00. > :11:11.There is nothing Atkins can do about this. He has been punished.
:11:12. > :11:22.Absolutely brilliant. The fluency of the throw is telling. Finishing
:11:23. > :11:33.stats pretty good. In the struck's case, 45%, averaging around 88, not
:11:34. > :11:38.world shattering but decent. -- Veenstra's. When Atkins is putting
:11:39. > :11:43.him under pressure he is responding. When he gets a loose start then he
:11:44. > :11:58.comes back with a treble 20. These are the set averages. Good darts.
:11:59. > :12:13.132, not a bad finish either. Three darts needed. Here we go. Treble 19.
:12:14. > :12:21.It's the bull. He has put it on the 18 I think. You're right. 32 here,
:12:22. > :12:29.he's playing the percentages because Atkins isn't on a finish. 16s to
:12:30. > :12:35.take first blood. Atkins looks as though the taxi has been ordered and
:12:36. > :12:43.the engine appears to be running. He's not got much more time left.
:12:44. > :12:52.Look at this. He is there again. What a find for Holland. He is a
:12:53. > :12:59.good thrower. One of many from the Netherlands. Mo'Nique on the
:13:00. > :13:06.right-hand side of the picture. Seeing her man moving forward with
:13:07. > :13:14.real confidence. Excellent. 140 then 135. I think Mo'Nique will be going
:13:15. > :13:21.to the boutique after this. That is better from Atkins, trying to hang
:13:22. > :13:35.on in there. His average just short of 90, Veenstra. Good leg from
:13:36. > :13:41.Martin, though. 100, 140. Desperate to break back, Tony. A long way to
:13:42. > :13:47.go now. I've seen it happened many times, though. He's on a checkout,
:13:48. > :13:54.164 in theory, but where is Veenstra going to be? 181. A big one, not
:13:55. > :14:23.this time. Looking at the bottom of the board.
:14:24. > :14:30.Bullseye. Double 12. Oh dear. Double six, the shops now. The crowd love
:14:31. > :14:39.to see a comeback. He needs a lot more of those. It is still bad. --
:14:40. > :15:00.of their. She does not seem to blink. He is
:15:01. > :15:05.very beady-eyed. This is a set that Atkins has to win. If you wish to go
:15:06. > :15:34.on through to the next round. Nothing in it. And another one. Come
:15:35. > :15:41.on, Martin. He is on the finish. Just a flicker of what we know
:15:42. > :15:54.Atkins is capable of producing. Treble 18. Lucky. They will be
:15:55. > :15:58.coming back. It would be the highest checkout of the tournament so far.
:15:59. > :16:13.The highest so far has been Scott Mitchell. Oh dear. It is
:16:14. > :16:28.pandemonium. Hammering those treble 20s. Going to-1 ahead. I know what I
:16:29. > :16:41.am doing, he says. It is magic, this. Everything is happening. This
:16:42. > :17:02.will serve it out for the match now. Three sets out. If he holds it, he
:17:03. > :17:17.is through. A great start. 140. 140 apiece. If he goes through winning
:17:18. > :17:36.this one. It is one match you want to watch at the moment. Fighting
:17:37. > :17:46.away, Martin. 42 tons extra. He can checkout with the next visit. That
:17:47. > :17:56.will be the match. That is great. Treble 17.
:17:57. > :18:10.will be the match. That is great. this. 62. Double 13. He has got it!
:18:11. > :18:17.He has got it! All the Dutchman can do is stand, watched and admire. And
:18:18. > :18:29.he has caught the darts to take a set. Hope springs eternal.
:18:30. > :18:35.he has caught the darts to take a been a cracker all the way through.
:18:36. > :18:45.Good throwing from the auction. been a cracker all the way through.
:18:46. > :18:53.do they have in common? Previous wins from the great county. And
:18:54. > :18:58.where do I come from? Lancashire. York a share. I apologise. --
:18:59. > :19:32.Yorkshire. Atkins throws under pressure.
:19:33. > :19:42.coming back, though. First to the finish. He cannot wait to get at it.
:19:43. > :19:53.Maybe almost too quick. He has let Martin in with that last throw. 150,
:19:54. > :19:56.he has got left, after that. 90 points for might and Atkins. --
:19:57. > :20:21.March and Atkins. A Bullseye would win it. Now this is
:20:22. > :20:28.for the match. That is to eliminate Atkins. He has taken it. Winning it
:20:29. > :20:33.in eye-catching fashion. His supporters celebrate and the
:20:34. > :20:45.Dutchman is through to face Scott Mitchell. Atkins goes out. 4-0. When
:20:46. > :20:49.it celebrates. Richard, this is quite some story.
:20:50. > :21:00.You are into the quarter-finals in your debut year. Have you surprised
:21:01. > :21:13.yourself this week? Maybe. They have given me a lot of confidence. I feel
:21:14. > :21:20.confident and I am still in. You seem incredibly relaxed. Atkins was
:21:21. > :21:25.here for his 11th Lakeside campaign. You beat a man with huge experience
:21:26. > :21:38.on that stage. That is not my problem. I feel grateful for him and
:21:39. > :21:48.the audience is great. Presumably you are very excited about this
:21:49. > :21:53.quarter-final? I will have to face Scott Mitchell tomorrow. Long may
:21:54. > :22:00.your journey continue. We will see what happens.
:22:01. > :22:04.In the women's competition, Lisa Ashton defeated her opponent in
:22:05. > :22:12.three sets. It took McGrath resets as well. -- three sets. And Louise
:22:13. > :22:19.Peters hit the highest female checkout ever. This 160 on her way
:22:20. > :22:30.to a fantastic win against Zoe Jones. These are the winning darts.
:22:31. > :22:44.In the last semi-final berth went here. Next up it is the last of the
:22:45. > :22:54.men's final 16. He has won the title before. It was the Belgian star who
:22:55. > :23:05.raced away in the winning, winning the first set. Then he took three
:23:06. > :23:12.legs in the first set. That was the second one. Remarkable stuff at the
:23:13. > :23:23.Lakeside. A hat-trick of legs on the Bullseye. He took the third as well.
:23:24. > :23:37.Those darts to take the fourth set. A real pressure release. We joined
:23:38. > :23:47.them at the beginning of the fifth. It is funny how quickly the tide can
:23:48. > :23:49.turn at Lakeside. But he has the darts and if he holds he has done
:23:50. > :24:22.it. There is tungsten man. That little break did not last long.
:24:23. > :24:28.Got to keep the pressure up. He has never been beyond the second round.
:24:29. > :24:35.You never know what he is going to be like when the finishing line
:24:36. > :24:47.comes close. Never been this close to the quarter-finals. His three
:24:48. > :24:58.previous visits have ended in four 1 defeats. As we have mentioned, three
:24:59. > :25:06.times he has gone out to the eventual champion. To strike the
:25:07. > :25:24.first blow of the fifth set. Treble 18. Double 18 for 108. He will be
:25:25. > :25:44.back. It is under pressure. Double 18. He has missed his last six darts
:25:45. > :25:53.at a double. He will feel he needed that.
:25:54. > :26:25.Great adjustment. Twice more. He is doing what he needs to do. On his
:26:26. > :26:53.own throw. That is not great. When he is bad in a leg, he is very
:26:54. > :26:58.bad. It is almost as if he is saving himself for the legs in which he
:26:59. > :27:50.throws first. He does not want to waste the treble. Let us be having
:27:51. > :28:00.it. There does not seemed to be much middle ground. It is either
:28:01. > :28:26.brilliant or erratic. That is good. It puts the pressure on. This could
:28:27. > :28:32.be the start of the comeback. A big lead against the
:28:33. > :29:27.Another good visit. It is like they have swapped body language. It does
:29:28. > :30:01.not matter. On his own throw as well. He has absolutely lost it. He
:30:02. > :30:05.is right. A look of amusement from the Belgian. That is another good
:30:06. > :31:07.one. 77. Steady, important. Not a finish,
:31:08. > :31:11.though. All over the place. She looks like a lost little boy. -- he
:31:12. > :31:26.looks. He hired you. There you go. looks like a lost little boy. -- he
:31:27. > :31:48.He is on a finish. Pulling back to within one. This would level the
:31:49. > :32:46.set. It cannot be done. We all know it. What a moment. Look at those
:32:47. > :32:54.averages. From 102 to 64. He did not get any -- any doubles, just the
:32:55. > :33:04.one. This is why we love sport. An cyclist can happen. -- things like
:33:05. > :33:26.this. There is no rhyme or reason for what you are watching.
:33:27. > :33:33.Now, Waites is on the brink of his seventh leg in eight. Tops for
:33:34. > :34:18.another one. That is in from the ninth seed.
:34:19. > :34:27.Another good shot. Neither of them practice to be honest. De Voss needs
:34:28. > :34:36.to just find it. He has the look of a beaten man. And he is winning this
:34:37. > :34:40.match. You are in the lead, you are a set away from a place in the world
:34:41. > :35:23.championship quarter-finals. They will be irrelevant. Remember
:35:24. > :35:31.that second set? He needs to remember that. On one of those
:35:32. > :35:53.occasions, he could take out 86. This way, with a Bullseye. 64 for a
:35:54. > :36:21.break of four. He was not going to miss two. He has got this thing now.
:36:22. > :36:40.The men's has been absolutely remarkable. In the blink of an eye
:36:41. > :37:21.they swapped places. They are flowing now. Not too shabby. This is
:37:22. > :38:04.for the set. Trouble 17 for the Bullseye. Way back in the rearview
:38:05. > :38:33.mirror. 66. 66. There it is. Three in a row. Fallen away alarmingly.
:38:34. > :38:53.Waites fancies his chances. What this match deserves. They have not
:38:54. > :39:14.both found form at the same time. Look at that. 105 in the set. It's
:39:15. > :39:55.like he knows this match is gone. Only one winner at the moment. Just
:39:56. > :40:01.gone. Completely gone. Yet another lag to move closer to the
:40:02. > :40:24.quarter-finals. -- leg. We will see a lot about that mentality, De Voss.
:40:25. > :40:34.Always missed it again. Five in a row. Is this the shot in the arm
:40:35. > :40:58.that De Voss needs? He must hit this. He must hit it. 14th 88.
:40:59. > :41:12.That is a break. That is De Voss leading for the first time. --
:41:13. > :41:42.Waites for the first time. And De Voss is at a loss. He has never been
:41:43. > :42:19.ahead in the match. If there is a time to go ahead. De Voss handed a
:42:20. > :42:40.lifeline. They were not that close. Left the door ajar here. Look
:42:41. > :42:50.lifeline. They were not that close. body language. The fight left him
:42:51. > :42:56.when he was 3-0 up. This is a deciding set. Still the opportunity
:42:57. > :43:42.with a treble. No finish. deciding set. Still the opportunity
:43:43. > :44:00.had left 159. Waites is too hot! The Lakeside on their feet. Brilliant.
:44:01. > :44:10.Brilliant. The highest in the tournament. The second highest of
:44:11. > :44:41.the tournament. One of the strangest matches I have seen. A more dramatic
:44:42. > :44:53.turnaround. Not done yet. Lucy is looking like she does not have a
:44:54. > :45:27.care in the world. A very brave man to take on Waites now. Here we go.
:45:28. > :45:46.Treble 18 for Bullseye. Single nine 88. There it is. Can you believe
:45:47. > :45:51.that? One of the biggest U-turns. Looked for all the world like Scott
:45:52. > :45:59.waits was heading home to Huddersfield. But all of a sudden,
:46:00. > :46:10.De Voss lost his form. And he has done it. Somehow he has done it.
:46:11. > :46:15.You have had some to synthase, not least winning the world title in
:46:16. > :46:19.2013. -- some magnificent days here. But that was one of your best
:46:20. > :46:29.moments here. I was in trouble from the start. Coming back in it 2-0.
:46:30. > :46:39.Sometimes you have got to dig deep. I will never ever dig in. -- give
:46:40. > :46:43.up. Coming back and winning 4-3, do not ever give in. When you think
:46:44. > :46:51.earlier this year you were having surgery, it is quite sometime
:46:52. > :46:58.around. It is. But it is nice to play darts and have no pain. For
:46:59. > :47:00.everybody that plays sports all over, if you get an injury, it is
:47:01. > 0:40:04the most frustrating thing in