:00:36. > :00:42.Hello. Semi-final Saturday at Lakeside is usually one of the best
:00:43. > :00:45.days in darts. The atmosphere is electric and the states could barely
:00:46. > :00:51.be higher for the players vying for a place in the showdown. -- the
:00:52. > :00:58.stakes. We start with Scott Waites, 3-0 down in the second round. 3-1
:00:59. > :01:03.down against the number one seed. Glenn Durrant is in sensational
:01:04. > :01:10.form. The 2013 world champion. But standing in his way was Jamie
:01:11. > :01:14.Hughes, who at times in the quarter-final against Wesley Harms
:01:15. > :01:18.was averaging over 105. If he could keep his cool, we would be in for
:01:19. > :02:15.another cracking encounter on the big stage.
:02:16. > :02:20.Unfortunately for Hughes, he couldn't quite replicate his form
:02:21. > :02:24.from the quarter-finals. He raced to a five set lead before the latest
:02:25. > :02:26.glimmer of hope to get 5-1. We will pick it up at the start of the
:02:27. > :02:55.seventh state. -- step. That was Scott Waites's sixth
:02:56. > :03:05.maximum of the match. And his 13th of the week. Jamie has had 15 but
:03:06. > :03:13.only on today. He really did play so well against Wesley Harms. He has
:03:14. > :03:36.not really been anything like at the same level. He loved the moment.
:03:37. > :03:43.There it is. The second of the afternoon. 134 is doable, but not
:03:44. > :04:00.now. Scott Waites will come back with the
:04:01. > :04:14.troubled 20. The double eight possibility. This complicates things
:04:15. > :04:26.a little bit. He is on 61. Here it goes. Hughes waiting. The girlfriend
:04:27. > :04:56.smiling happily. Oh dear... Only 39. And the first two set against Wesley
:04:57. > :05:01.Harms, Jamie Hughes averaged 105. That's why he was so pleased. He
:05:02. > :05:05.didn't keep that sort of standard for the rest of the quarter-final
:05:06. > :05:09.but he wasn't too far. That's why he was so pleased that he finally
:05:10. > :05:21.showed that IT was capable of on that stage. The good prose, they
:05:22. > :05:24.showed that IT was capable of on say it is all very well to do it on
:05:25. > :05:29.Monday but you have to do it everyday. That's what separates them
:05:30. > :05:33.at highest level. This is amplifying that particular sentiment. Here,
:05:34. > :05:37.with the darts, he is under all sorts of pressure again. A 39 and a
:05:38. > :05:50.28 to his name already. Add a 43 to that mix. Not good!
:05:51. > :06:00.Scott Add a 43 to that mix. Not good!
:06:01. > :06:29.tooth to let this opportunity go. Good darts. He won't let this one
:06:30. > :07:01.slip, surely. Serving for the match. The good news for Jamie Hughes is
:07:02. > :07:03.that he will be back next year and he knows, from what happened last
:07:04. > :07:10.night, that he can produce on the big stage. But Scott Waites is
:07:11. > :07:14.storming down towards the finishing line now. Just 261 remaining between
:07:15. > :07:28.him and a place in the final. He won the title three years ago,
:07:29. > :07:36.Scott Waites. Only dropped five sets in that entire tournament. He is on
:07:37. > :07:40.the finish. 161. That will be a spectacular way to take it out. It
:07:41. > :07:44.would equal the best finish of the week, which was put in by Mitchell.
:07:45. > :07:57.Let's hope he can do it. Yes, treble 17 for the bull's-eye.
:07:58. > :08:06.Go on! Do it in style! He would have loved that one! It was close. Lucy
:08:07. > :08:17.knows it, he knows it. Scott will return. 25 when he comes back for a
:08:18. > :08:30.14 dart leg. This is replacing the final. Their full single line. --
:08:31. > :08:38.there for. There it is! Never really in doubt! Scott Waites, through to
:08:39. > :08:43.his second Lakeside final! Jamie Hughes will be back and he will feel
:08:44. > :08:53.an awful lot better than he does come back! But this afternoon
:08:54. > :08:56.belongs to Scott Waites! What a competency Vickery. Totally
:08:57. > :09:02.different to your second round in quarter-final. Yes, it seemed pretty
:09:03. > :09:07.straightforward. I was just waiting for Jamie to start playing darts and
:09:08. > :09:10.he never seemed to kick in. Were you surprised that we didn't see the
:09:11. > :09:15.kind of quality we had from him in the quarter-final, when at times he
:09:16. > :09:21.was 105? Certainly. You always prepare yourself for the great game
:09:22. > :09:25.that he has got and you get up on stage, you know no matter what you
:09:26. > :09:29.need to focus in your own brain. You need to tell yourself, just carry on
:09:30. > :09:36.and hit trebles and doubles when you get a chance. Jamie was so far this
:09:37. > :09:42.game. But, at the end of the day, you've still got to kick in and beat
:09:43. > :09:45.him still. What does it mean to you to be in another Lakeside final? An
:09:46. > :09:51.opportunity to join an elite band of men to be multiple video champions?
:09:52. > :09:59.I'm not sure, it hasn't sunk in. -- BDO. I mean, this afternoon, I don't
:10:00. > :10:09.know what I will do with myself now! It seemed surreal. I had 54 messages
:10:10. > :10:14.before and when I beat Glenn I had 70. I love to go back and look at my
:10:15. > :10:21.phone and see how many messages I've gotten. -- I will have to. It will
:10:22. > :10:25.be brilliant. Now to the second semi-final, featuring a Canadian who
:10:26. > :10:29.has so far swept all before him. Jeff Smith put a stop to Martin Wolf
:10:30. > :10:36.Leigh Adams on his hunt for world champion number four and he has been
:10:37. > :10:40.a real favourite here. They have been charging his name. But if he
:10:41. > :10:52.was to make a final he would have to beat Richard Veenstra, who knocked
:10:53. > :10:53.out the early three seed early on. This one had the makings of a great
:10:54. > :11:02.match. Richard Veenstra has won this
:11:03. > :11:25.match! The cool guy from Canada does it
:11:26. > :11:36.again. Huge darts. Yes! That's brilliant! What a performance.
:11:37. > :11:44.So, the North American against the Dutch debutante and it turned into
:11:45. > :11:48.an absolute thriller. Neat and stuck all the way for two men aiming for
:11:49. > :11:49.uncharted territory. We will point it at -- join it at
:11:50. > :11:54.uncharted territory. We will point it at -- join it at 4-4. Jeff Smith.
:11:55. > :12:07.Richard goes first. Excellent starts again. We're seeing
:12:08. > :12:14.a motion from Jeff Smith tonight. -- emotion. Richard Veenstra with ice
:12:15. > :12:32.in those games. -- veins. If you are just joining us and you
:12:33. > :12:41.haven't been following this all week, Jeff Smith on debut last year
:12:42. > :12:45.reached the semifinals and didn't do himself justice. He was whitewashed.
:12:46. > :12:50.Richard Veenstra is making his debut this year. He reached the
:12:51. > :13:00.semifinals, but is he doing himself just as? What has he gone for
:13:01. > :13:03.their? Trouble of an is left. -- travel 11. Another crack for Richard
:13:04. > :13:23.Veenstra. Double in 11 again. What is this? He has missed it! So,
:13:24. > :13:28.suddenly, Smith has a Smith. -- sniff. Richard Veenstra will be back
:13:29. > :13:51.for 77. Double seven. Peugeot, he is
:13:52. > :13:55.wobbling. -- oh dear. Richard Veenstra has missed six darts and a
:13:56. > :14:06.double this leg. Yes! Double two. Game on. Four set
:14:07. > :15:19.apiece. Jeff Smith requires 170. We haven't
:15:20. > :15:35.seen one of these and we still haven't. Only 45. 125 left. What
:15:36. > :15:40.will Richard Veenstra leave? He will have to fancy himself from here.
:15:41. > :15:47.Treble 20 for tops. Another setpoint. The third one he has
:15:48. > :16:01.missed. You could steal this, Richard. Not now you can't. Jeff
:16:02. > :16:12.waits on tops for a 5-4 lead. He has only to hit this three times in 11
:16:13. > :16:18.attempts. That's the one! It gives Jeff Smith the lead again! This is
:16:19. > :16:27.both the nitty and the gritty. Veenstra needs to be not far off
:16:28. > :16:44.flawless. He has the dart, just needs to focus
:16:45. > :16:49.on this set, winning this set, and taking us all the way. The deciding
:16:50. > :17:06.set could be a long one. It must be won by two clear legs and
:17:07. > :17:15.then from 5-5, it means a southern deaf -- sudden death leg to decide
:17:16. > :17:25.the winner. We have only had 13 of those ever at Lakeside before and we
:17:26. > :17:49.have had four busier. -- this year. A great leg of darts. Tops! A13 dart
:17:50. > :17:50.leg to kick us off. It was interesting to see Veenstra delaying
:17:51. > :18:06.his return to the stage momentarily. interesting to see Veenstra delaying
:18:07. > :18:34.He is not overwrought by the occasion. Just momentarily, Veenstra
:18:35. > :18:39.had a break of throw and a 4-3 lead. But Smith broke back for 4-4 and
:18:40. > :18:44.then five -4. There has never been more than one set in this and only
:18:45. > :18:50.one break of the apiece. There is an opportunity for Veenstra. Jeff Smith
:18:51. > :18:57.requires 160. Assuming Smith do something extraordinary, and he
:18:58. > :19:26.won't on this visit. Missed it for times in a row, the
:19:27. > :19:34.double 11, only three legs ago. All of a sudden... We're close to a
:19:35. > :19:37.deciding set. One leg away from it. Veenstra with the darts, leading by
:19:38. > :19:56.2-1. It seems every time they have gone
:19:57. > :20:03.off stage the guy who has been behind has come out strongly. It can
:20:04. > :20:08.be a momentum halter, the break. Certainly what we have seen tonight.
:20:09. > :20:16.Although that one is a little bit all over the place.
:20:17. > :20:26.Actually can't find a treble. Veenstra with an advantage and the
:20:27. > :20:40.darts. But he can't find a treble. Only 41.
:20:41. > :20:55.Both struggling in this leg. Maybe Veenstra can overcome... Well, he is
:20:56. > :21:02.on a finish and Smith is not. So you would really favour Veenstra for the
:21:03. > :21:08.set from here. Richard requires 142. For the set! Treble ten is the shot
:21:09. > :21:17.here. The break back. Treble needed. Unlucky. To take us
:21:18. > :21:54.all the way... Double 16. Yes! Once again, from 2-2, it must be won
:21:55. > :21:59.by two clear legs. If they reach 5-5 we go to sudden death. We are into a
:22:00. > :22:30.deciding set and honestly we always thought we would be.
:22:31. > :22:41.Nicely done. Leaves a finish of 167, which would of course be the highest
:22:42. > :22:48.of the tournament so far. Scott Mitchell on the balcony next to us
:22:49. > :22:57.hold his breath. And egg -- exhales.
:22:58. > :23:23.This to strike first. Double tops. Advantage Smith. Yes. And pressure
:23:24. > :23:28.Veenstra. What a good dart! What an excellent guide after the bounce
:23:29. > :23:35.out. Because if Smith breaks here, he is drawing for the match. --
:23:36. > :23:48.excellent dart. That is crucial, potentially! It is big! Massive
:23:49. > :23:52.moment in the match. We're going to find out a lot about Richard
:23:53. > :23:53.Veenstra in the next minute or so, because look at this from Jeff
:23:54. > :24:12.Smith. He is going through a purple patch
:24:13. > :24:16.to match his purple shirt. And he is so close to the finishing line that
:24:17. > :24:17.this could carry him through it. 92 when he comes back for a break of
:24:18. > :24:30.throw. Veenstra must find a treble. To break the throw and moved
:24:31. > :24:39.within a leg of victory. Not this time.
:24:40. > :24:50.Though, treble 19. Here is a huge moment. Tops for Jeff Smith!
:24:51. > :25:02.Double ten. He likes these, but not this time!
:25:03. > :25:23.Must take out this 70. 24 double 16. He has to hold his throw. 54. He
:25:24. > :25:33.misses, just and Smith moves towards the final. This is a great marker.
:25:34. > :25:48.He can use the barrel. Six missed! Barely believable. Two eights. Not
:25:49. > :25:54.again! Nerves, pure and simple. We've found the Canadians. They're
:25:55. > :26:06.loving it. They're willing this into the 55. -- double five. In it goes!
:26:07. > :26:18.Finally! In it goes! And Jeff Smith is a leg away from the world
:26:19. > :26:23.championship final! Third leg is Jeff Smith to throw first. He was a
:26:24. > :26:30.semifinalist last year. This popular, quiet, unassuming
:26:31. > :26:33.Canadian, now throwing for the right to experience the unique atmosphere
:26:34. > :26:44.of a Lakeside final for the first time. Has he got anything left,
:26:45. > :26:54.Veenstra? Just asking the crowd to behave.
:26:55. > :27:13.There were chance of "Jeff" as he was throwing.
:27:14. > :27:22.Smith, with the advantage of throwing first, if he keeps doing
:27:23. > :27:32.that there is little Veenstra can do about it. He need to treble. He got
:27:33. > :27:41.the treble, but is it enough? It has been a stunning debut from Richard
:27:42. > :27:54.Veenstra. Has he got one more bit of fight left in him? The door is
:27:55. > :28:06.ajar. And he is on a finish. Jeff will be on a better one. Richard,
:28:07. > :28:19.you require 160. Just missed it. 128. Jeff, you require 83. 16 for
:28:20. > :28:27.bullseye bullseye for a place in the final. Double 16 to break the
:28:28. > :28:46.throw. Got to hit this! And he does! final. Double 16 to break the
:28:47. > :28:56.Well done! On we go. We are back on throw. Terrific entertainment. It
:28:57. > :29:03.looked hopeless scenario for him, and somehow Richard Veenstra is
:29:04. > :29:13.still standing. A little fist pump when that third dart hit the
:29:14. > :29:21.still standing. A little fist pump treble. He follows it up with it
:29:22. > :29:35.decent 99. He is still on the brink, must win this league to stay
:29:36. > :29:49.alive -- leg. From 2-2, you must win by two clear legs. And another one.
:29:50. > :29:56.Well, he will have taken that picture, Veenstra, at the start of
:29:57. > :30:02.this leg. Reasonable picture, Veenstra, at the start of
:30:03. > :30:19.72. 14, what has he done? Double picture, Veenstra, at the start of
:30:20. > :31:04.eight. He has done it! A reminder that the final set must be
:31:05. > :31:05.fact a 174. The referees should know that, they have a little tournament
:31:06. > :31:19.among themselves, who can call that that, they have a little tournament
:31:20. > :31:22.week. A chance for Veenstra if he can find something big, which he
:31:23. > :31:50.can't. A really good leg of darts from
:31:51. > :31:59.Smith. What a response! The way this match has gone, you wouldn't be
:32:00. > :32:13.surprised to see this. Not quite. Veenstra miles away. Smith waits on
:32:14. > :32:24.65. 25 to start. It doesn't matter how, he hits the double, and he
:32:25. > :32:31.does. We are already under way in the deciding set. Breathtaking
:32:32. > :32:51.entertainment being provided by these two. Stunning! Lakeside loving
:32:52. > :33:03.this, but that is four in a row. Five in a row! Six in a row! That is
:33:04. > :33:09.a nine dart leg, and if he reaches the final the roof will go off! 141
:33:10. > :33:22.points away from the final and history. Compose yourself, Jeff. The
:33:23. > :33:33.final is still in your grasp! Or is it? Veenstra will be back for 150. A
:33:34. > :33:46.brilliant lead of darts, and he is handily placed, unless... Excellent,
:33:47. > :34:02.but it may be in vain. For the match! Wow! What a way to do it!
:34:03. > :34:09.Jeff Smith, the Silencer, makes lakeside as noisy as it has ever
:34:10. > :34:16.been. Well played Richard Veenstra, what a semi-final this has been, and
:34:17. > :34:27.to do it on a ten dart leg, that is impressive! Jeff, what a day, and
:34:28. > :34:33.what a way to do it. A ten dart leg to make the championship final. That
:34:34. > :34:38.was a very tough match for me, Richard didn't go away at any point
:34:39. > :34:43.in the match, and it took something special for me to get through. I am
:34:44. > :34:48.so glad I got through that. You had a great run to the semis last year,
:34:49. > :34:53.but you have grown even further this year. You seem so comfortable on the
:34:54. > :34:57.big stage. I have only ever will lost one match on the big stage, and
:34:58. > :35:03.I really feel at home up there. I have a lot of crowd support, and I
:35:04. > :35:06.just played one dart at a time. It is huge for you and for North
:35:07. > :35:13.American darts. You are the first Canadian into the final since John
:35:14. > :35:19.Part in 1994. Can you replicate that? If it came back to winning a
:35:20. > :35:23.Canadian national title, if you have done something that John has done,
:35:24. > :35:28.that man has done everything for Canada. Really, to get any title
:35:29. > :35:32.with his name on it, you are doing something right. Scott Thwaites is
:35:33. > :35:39.in great form, but so are you. We are all teed up for a fabulous
:35:40. > :35:43.final. Do you believe you can beat the 2013 champion and raise that
:35:44. > :35:48.trophy for yourself? Of course I can, and he will believe the same
:35:49. > :35:52.thing. We are both on form, the scores are great, so it will come
:35:53. > :35:57.down to who is on tomorrow and we will see what happens. Well done
:35:58. > :36:05.tonight, and west of luck in the final. So, Jeff Smith becomes the
:36:06. > :36:09.first Canadian into the final in 32 years, and he will face Scott
:36:10. > :36:17.Thwaites for the title. It promises to be a fitting finale, and a great
:36:18. > :36:25.week. That was the line up for the men's final, but we also have the
:36:26. > :36:31.climax to the women's. Trina Gulliver was aiming for a
:36:32. > :36:39.record-breaking 10th title. Hedman danced her way on, just missing out
:36:40. > :36:45.on the sport's ultimate crown. We will join it at 2-2, with Gulliver
:36:46. > :37:16.having the first leg in the final. Anxious, nervous darts. What a time
:37:17. > :37:35.to do that! Gulliver is galloping now. Travelling! 321, with the
:37:36. > :38:06.maximum. Hedman is trailing in her wake. Hedman has got to come again,
:38:07. > :38:21.she has to fire back. That one never reached the target, it launched in
:38:22. > :38:27.the first two. 2-2, Gulliver ahead. She is looking the more likely
:38:28. > :38:40.winner, Deta Hedman has gone right off the boil. How important it would
:38:41. > :38:44.be if she could get a big 140. Good! Who wants it? At the moment, Trina
:38:45. > :39:14.looks keener and the meaner. All she can do is put some pressure
:39:15. > :39:23.on, which she is doing fairly effectively. That is great darts, at
:39:24. > :39:26.she didn't get to finish. That is the difference, when she is looking
:39:27. > :39:37.to close it out, that is when the nerves come in. Now is the test.
:39:38. > :40:01.You've got to take this, Deta Hedman. 16, double 16. Double ten.
:40:02. > :40:25.Again, I am not sure she wasn't going for 16 double 16. This for
:40:26. > :40:47.2-0. The tension is unbelievable! Another go. For 1-1 in the decider.
:40:48. > :40:59.One dart at double two. A huge mess, this is history being repeated.
:41:00. > :41:03.There it is! Trina Gulliver only needs one more leg and she is the
:41:04. > :41:17.champion for the 10th time. What a story! A bit of unwelcome symmetry
:41:18. > :41:25.beckoning for Deta Hedman. Is she going to be second best two years
:41:26. > :41:30.on? She can still extricate herself from this mess but she needs to get
:41:31. > :41:39.doubles. She has kept on scoring OK, but the doubles have let her down
:41:40. > :41:50.big-time. When it has come to the key checkouts, Deta Hedman has got
:41:51. > :41:56.closer, has looked more and more jittery. The game has just gone
:41:57. > :42:00.under pressure, and the body language tells you everything you
:42:01. > :42:20.need to know. A lovely person who wants this trophy so very much.
:42:21. > :42:26.Gulliver is now poised to accelerate away. That almost hit the feet of
:42:27. > :42:37.Deta Hedman, she had to move out of the way. It is getting closer for
:42:38. > :42:50.Trina Gulliver. the way. It is getting closer for
:42:51. > :42:53.within her sights come on, she says. Been there, done that before. She
:42:54. > :42:58.knows how to be a winner. The Been there, done that before. She
:42:59. > :43:04.darts in years she has played Been there, done that before. She
:43:05. > :43:09.the last time she won was in 2011. Not on a Finnish yet, but a long way
:43:10. > :43:15.clear. The shake of the head from Hedman. She can't believe what she
:43:16. > :43:23.is doing up there, and I'm afraid to say, it is happening once more. Can
:43:24. > :43:39.she somehow still turn it around? Not with darts like that. To set up
:43:40. > :43:46.a Finnish, from 181. She is first to finish, and a finish that would
:43:47. > :43:52.yield that world title once more. She needs a huge visit and across of
:43:53. > :44:15.the fingers, that is the best start possible. Here we go, 121. This is
:44:16. > :44:22.for the title. Good dart! 25 would leave double 18, there are options.
:44:23. > :44:28.Treble 11 would leave you a double 14. She went for the 25, didn't
:44:29. > :44:41.anticipate getting that treble 20, I think. Usually does the treble 17th
:44:42. > :44:47.and bullseye. She will be back at the top for the title. Can Hedman
:44:48. > :44:56.apply any pressure? Yes, she can. She has got to find a third dart.
:44:57. > :45:05.She gets the treble! But it might be in vain. The golden girl has the
:45:06. > :45:12.Midas touch once again. This is for title Number Ten. Two tops is all it
:45:13. > :45:20.requires. She could do it with eyes closed in practice. A bit different
:45:21. > :45:32.now. 39 left, double 18. This for the title can she take it out? She
:45:33. > :45:40.can! She does! Trina Gulliver, at the age of 46, is the champion once
:45:41. > :45:44.more! We didn't expect her to do it here, and there are tears of joy!
:45:45. > :45:52.The champion for a record 10th time, and sad to say that Deta
:45:53. > :45:55.Hedman perhaps couldn't cope with the magnitude of the situation once
:45:56. > :46:05.again, and for the third time she has to accept the runners-up prize.
:46:06. > :46:12.But Trina Gulliver has come back with recent performance. She will
:46:13. > :46:28.get the cheque for ?12,000, and also she will get the winners trophy, and
:46:29. > :46:33.what a moment for her this will be. For the 10th time, champion of the
:46:34. > :46:42.world, the golden girl, Trina Gulliver! You may have thought this
:46:43. > :46:47.day would never come, nine has become ten, and what a way to do
:46:48. > :46:52.it. It was a fantastic game, I knew it was going to be tough, against
:46:53. > :46:56.Deta Hedman, who is a great player. I will have to gets a new shirts, it
:46:57. > :47:01.has nine on it, now I will have to get some with ten on it. Things
:47:02. > :47:05.haven't been easy for you in the last few years, was there ever a
:47:06. > :47:11.time when you thought these glorious days would never return? I have had
:47:12. > :47:17.a difficult time, but it has just in difficult, you feel that when things
:47:18. > :47:23.go wrong, I have lost a lot of family members and things like that,
:47:24. > :47:27.and it knocks you back. Now I am starting to get the fire back in my
:47:28. > :47:31.belly. What must be amazing from your perspective, not only have you
:47:32. > :47:36.regained the world title, your exploits over the last 14 or 15
:47:37. > :47:42.years have paved the way for a new generation of women starts. The
:47:43. > :47:49.standards are going up and up and you must be so proud of that. I try
:47:50. > :47:52.to represent ladies darts as professionally and everything as I
:47:53. > :47:57.can, and it is great to see more coming through, and we have that
:47:58. > :48:03.platform now, and a very good platform of quality players. Enjoy
:48:04. > :48:09.your party tonight, I hope it is absolutely huge. Thank you very
:48:10. > :48:13.much, thank you. That is it for tonight, but please join Colin and
:48:14. > :48:24.Bobby and the rest of the team later on this afternoon. BBC Two, 5:45pm,
:48:25. > :48:26.for the final. I promise it will be well worth a couple of hours of your
:48:27. > :49:02.Sunday night. A new BBC Two comedy panel show
:49:03. > :49:04.all about people. Each week, everyone we talk about
:49:05. > :49:07.will share the same names. Promise it's very simple -
:49:08. > :49:09.not at all confusing. I'm telling you
:49:10. > :49:17.he never got off that ferry. There's somebody trying to stop
:49:18. > :49:19.me from doing my job. because we're out on a big rock
:49:20. > :49:23.in the middle of the North Sea. They think this isn't
:49:24. > :49:26.part of real life.