:00:13. > :00:23.My name is Richard George and I will be back to win the Embassy
:00:23. > :00:46.
:00:46. > :00:49.Good afternoon. Welcome to the semi-finals here from the Lakeside.
:00:49. > :00:54.The The BDO World Professional Darts Championships. A match which
:00:54. > :00:59.pitch the hot favourite spot weights against Richie George. We
:00:59. > :01:03.have seen every former winner of going out in the first round. It is
:01:03. > :01:13.a tournament that just keeps throwing up surprises every step of
:01:13. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:38.Robbie Green! The reign of Christian Kist is over.
:01:38. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:44.Jimmy Hendriks calls the tune. The three-time world champion is out.
:01:44. > :01:51.He has done it! Three weeks ago he was in a hospital bed and did not
:01:51. > :02:01.think he would be able to take part. It was just a bonus to be here.
:02:01. > :02:11.Darryl Fitton, can he find double 14 to beat the top seed? He has
:02:11. > :02:13.
:02:13. > :02:22.done it! Double top for the quarter finals. Richie George is in the
:02:22. > :02:32.quarter-finals! This is for it was sacked. -- for
:02:32. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:45.He has been here before it so many times. His place in it the semi-
:02:45. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :03:02.The Silverback has toppled Kong to move one step closer to the
:03:02. > :03:23.
:03:23. > :03:28.Doubled 18. And it is! Yes! Richie George is into the semi-finals. The
:03:28. > :03:33.place is bouncing. The fairy-tale continues.
:03:33. > :03:38.I find myself in the unique position of introducing my co-
:03:38. > :03:42.presenter Bobby George, also the father of the young lad who will
:03:42. > :03:49.play in the semi-finals. One week ago you said you were just
:03:49. > :03:55.delighted that he had qualified and that was enough. It is amazing. It
:03:55. > :04:00.is unbelievable. He has always had this attitude, you tell him he
:04:00. > :04:06.cannot do something and he will do it. That is what he used to say, me
:04:06. > :04:11.can do. He went away and forged a successful career. How long as an
:04:11. > :04:16.adult has he seriously been throwing darts? I would say the
:04:16. > :04:21.last five months. You've got to the final in your debut here. How long
:04:21. > :04:27.had you seriously been throwing darts? Three years. So it is
:04:27. > :04:31.amazing. That story of how Scott Waites and Richie George made it to
:04:31. > :04:38.the stage could not be any different. Scott Waites was the
:04:38. > :04:45.bookies favourite. Young Richie George went all the way with David
:04:45. > :04:55.to Prince. He blew hot and cold but eventually hot. In the second round
:04:55. > :05:00.Geert de Vos body had a real chance. -- thought he. And Richie George
:05:00. > :05:07.was facing the Dutchman Jimmy Hendrix was docked a match which
:05:07. > :05:13.she eventually won. Scott Waites got the first four sets against
:05:13. > :05:23.Paul Jennings, a strolling over the line eventually with a win. Richie
:05:23. > :05:28.
:05:28. > :05:33.George played like a champion. Then add charm. Then it's a world beater.
:05:33. > :05:38.This is the big unit against the little train that could. The game
:05:38. > :05:44.is based around respect and we have to say that if Scott Waites was to
:05:44. > :05:47.lift that trophy tomorrow we would be absolutely delighted for him.
:05:47. > :05:52.the beginning of the week I made him the favourite. He has played
:05:52. > :05:56.well. He has not been under that much pressure. He has played every
:05:56. > :06:04.player in the world that is any good and beaten the Mall. He can
:06:04. > :06:09.play. That is why on paper it looks like a done deal. Take a look at
:06:09. > :06:19.the first line average and the overall averages. The overall
:06:19. > :06:24.average, eight points. But Richie George actually has a slight edge
:06:24. > :06:31.on the heavy scoring. His biggest complaint has been missing doubles
:06:31. > :06:35.this week. But their debt level on that. The quarter-finals last night,
:06:35. > :06:40.we had the three best set averages for both players and there's little
:06:40. > :06:50.to choose from. What that tells us is that if Richie George can bring
:06:50. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :06:59.his first game to the stage, David could slay Goliath. You boy has got
:06:59. > :07:04.more bottle than United Dairies. You cannot buy that, it has got to
:07:04. > :07:09.be in there. Scott Waites carries a great deal expectation because he
:07:09. > :07:19.should have won this title before and he has not. Every year we say
:07:19. > :07:24.he is going to do it. He never does it. It could beat this year. It is
:07:24. > :07:34.the first semi-final for his cot as well. They got up a little extra up
:07:34. > :07:44.
:07:44. > :07:48.earlier this morning. We took them I just needed that last set and
:07:48. > :07:58.found it quite difficult to get over at the finish line. I just
:07:58. > :08:02.
:08:02. > :08:09.lost my concentration. I will not let the same happen today.
:08:09. > :08:15.I started off well and then I sort of fell asleep. I just thought keep
:08:15. > :08:21.playing and I am bound to start scoring sooner or later. There is
:08:21. > :08:27.still a long way to go. Then I started scoring a little bit better.
:08:27. > :08:34.I turned my phone on this morning and had about 200 messages. I will
:08:35. > :08:40.have to ask someone to go through them all. I just turned it off. I
:08:40. > :08:43.will read My Masters tonight. is a lot of pressure on Richie
:08:43. > :08:49.George especially with his father being here. He has got to prove
:08:49. > :08:59.that he can get there so there's more pressure on him. If I can live
:08:59. > :09:04.up to what he has done it will be a privilege for me. I have broken the
:09:04. > :09:11.curse on the quarter-finals. I hope the tomorrow it will be my first
:09:11. > :09:20.final as well. Scott Waites is a fantastic player. He has got great
:09:20. > :09:25.ability. He has done a lot. I'm just going to play my darts.
:09:25. > :09:31.The thoughts of both players. You always tell me that darts is played
:09:32. > :09:36.more into the mind. So what must Scott Waites the thinking. He has
:09:36. > :09:42.got to believe that he can do it. He has got the ability. He has to
:09:42. > :09:49.believe in himself. He has got it all but I do not know what happens
:09:49. > :09:53.to him. He just does not have the belief. But if he starts off well
:09:53. > :10:03.he will show it. Interesting to see them both practising their on the
:10:03. > :10:08.same dartboard. What must Richie George the thinking? He has got to
:10:08. > :10:13.play proper darts. He cannot beat lazy any more. He will not get away
:10:13. > :10:23.with it. If he makes a mistake he will get punished. He has got to
:10:23. > :10:25.
:10:25. > :10:28.play proper starts now. They're almost ready to go. Scott Waites,
:10:28. > :10:35.his father is up there and will be biting his fingernails. And just
:10:35. > :10:40.below me Bobby George's much better have is sitting there with Richie
:10:40. > :10:45.George was my girlfriend. It has been amazing, watching you
:10:45. > :10:50.live every single arrow so far this week. We have so great Duke of the
:10:50. > :10:55.scene, the Duke of the floor. Marie, how are you feeling now? Still
:10:55. > :11:00.nervous but a bit more settled today. I think it is a bonus. He
:11:00. > :11:04.did so well to get through yesterday. And just to be in the
:11:05. > :11:13.semi-final is a bonus so I'm happy. Let us in on a family secret, who
:11:13. > :11:18.has been more nervous this week? Bobby has been so nervous for as
:11:18. > :11:27.little boy. He was always with him wanting to do everything that his
:11:27. > :11:33.dad could do. He is a big softie! Kim, you're pregnant and Richie
:11:33. > :11:39.George missed the spent yesterday. Everything OK? Everything is fine.
:11:39. > :11:44.He was gutted about missing it. It was the first scan. Marie was with
:11:44. > :11:51.me and I had her for support. Everything is absolutely fine. I'm
:11:51. > :11:55.due on 14th July. Hopefully the darts will be over by then.
:11:55. > :12:01.have had a conversation and it has been so dramatic this week and you
:12:01. > :12:07.said he will not be allowed to play darts if he is a boy. I am not
:12:07. > :12:12.having a darts player! I have gone through it with Richard, and will
:12:12. > :12:18.not go through it with my own son or daughter, even. While the big
:12:18. > :12:23.matches coming up soon. Fingers crossed. A Tony Watt, the
:12:23. > :12:27.atmosphere is absolutely fantastic. There's no work in the world like
:12:27. > :12:34.Lakeside on the semi-finals Saturday. Let us turned up a few
:12:34. > :12:41.notches. They will be going through agony down there, the families. By
:12:41. > :12:45.the end of the first leg this man will be sweating all over my shirt.
:12:45. > :12:55.All the very best to both players as we push the button on the semi-
:12:55. > :13:15.
:13:15. > :13:25.Let's play darts! Our first semi- final. Please welcome Richie
:13:25. > :13:25.
:13:25. > :14:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:14:11. > :14:21.George"! MUSIC: Lucenzo by Danza the Scott Waites.
:14:21. > :14:52.
:14:52. > :14:56.MUSIC: Chelsea Dagger by The about the story than the price.
:14:56. > :15:02.When that is the case it can inspire and thrilled beyond
:15:02. > :15:12.expectations. Let us rolled the dice. Here is Tony Greener and
:15:12. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:24.this with nothing to lose, but Scott Waites was odds-on to reach
:15:24. > :15:30.the final before he had even thrown nothing right. And if you were
:15:30. > :15:39.Richie, an expectation kind of comes with a surname. Forget calm,
:15:39. > :15:47.this boy George has been a chameleon in a very much. -- forget
:15:47. > :15:57.karma. His father had his debut here 33 years ago. Can George the
:15:57. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:45.and when Richie George came to the -- sets. First to six, that is the
:16:45. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:56.darts world for his heavy scoring. We have not really seen it so far
:16:56. > :17:05.this week. His form has been in and out, but somehow, Tony, he has
:17:05. > :17:12.found a way to throw that winning double. He had a very scrappy game,
:17:12. > :17:16.really, against Jimmy Hendriks. came through that, I think that
:17:16. > :17:26.given that little bit of confidence to continue.
:17:26. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:37.156 he has left, he could finish. His dad would have hit a bad one. -
:17:37. > :17:37.
:17:37. > :18:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:18:46. > :18:53.first leg at will stop -- double- first two blocked it. Seven Mr
:18:53. > :19:01.doubles for Richie George in this first leg. Both players feeling the
:19:01. > :19:05.brochure, but Scott Waites founded late -- finally finding the double.
:19:05. > :19:15.A nerve-racking first leg, that, A nerve-racking first leg, that,
:19:15. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:30.his way to the finals. He beat Willy van de Wiel 3-0 when the
:19:30. > :19:37.first round, but by a divorce 4-1 in the second, and Paul Jennings 5-
:19:37. > :19:47.2 quite late last night. He went straight to bed afterwards. -- he
:19:47. > :19:47.
:19:47. > :20:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:20:32. > :20:42.barrel. We have seen that a lot dart. He is in the big time now,
:20:42. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :21:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:21:48. > :21:54.more must doubles. Can't Ritchie throwing rap first dart. -- that
:21:54. > :21:59.first dart. Scott Waites has already missed the
:21:59. > :22:04.eight darts at a double. P maybe leading 2-0, but he says he gets
:22:04. > :22:14.really frustrated with himself when he does not play to his potential
:22:14. > :22:14.
:22:14. > :23:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:23:03. > :23:10.angle. Who does that remind you of, George, with the Lakeside affirms.
:23:10. > :23:20.-- Richie George. Scott Waites playing in his first semi-final. He
:23:20. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:59.six needed to put this to the final. throw first, game on.
:23:59. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:39.court has one. Op -- the first one Thank you for listening. -- you
:24:39. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :25:02.need to start now. It is not the Daks road. Up everything is great
:25:02. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:14.at the moment for Scott Waites. won that first set at a canter. We
:25:14. > :25:14.
:25:14. > :26:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:26:13. > :26:23.have seen Richie play his best winning a leg, but harder it gets
:26:23. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :27:02.Scott. There are some good at Yorkshire players, but he was one
:27:02. > :27:11.of the best. Look at him standing, they're applauding. They just love
:27:11. > :27:19.at. The does lovely, isn't it come to start a leg with a maximum?
:27:19. > :27:26.Scott Waites, the third seed, and another one. Six out of six! Could
:27:27. > :27:34.it be, Tony, could it be? It is immaterial what Richie throws here,
:27:34. > :27:44.we're hoping for a magical nine dart finish. It has not been seen
:27:44. > :27:44.
:27:44. > :28:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:28:47. > :28:56.since 1990 on the Lakeside stage. had and nine dart finish.
:28:57. > :29:11.
:29:11. > :29:16.Yorkshireman, Tony. He has been practising this morning with a
:29:16. > :29:19.couple of his county team-mates, Martin Adams and James Wilson, who
:29:19. > :29:25.both lost in the first round here. Scott has been beating them this
:29:25. > :29:31.morning, but, he tells me, only because he had an early night last
:29:31. > :29:41.night and they did not. To be honest, that is two good players to
:29:41. > :29:49.
:29:49. > :29:56.years and is now back at the top. A much better leg from Richie
:29:57. > :30:03.George. He needs to get himself on the scoreboard. If he is going to
:30:03. > :30:13.win a leg, it should be this one. He is not on a finish, though, at
:30:13. > :30:35.
:30:36. > :30:45.A lovely man, Derek. He comes every putter Michael stop or deer!
:30:46. > :31:09.
:31:09. > :31:19.25 left and he has 125. four. He can afford to miss these
:31:19. > :31:49.
:31:49. > :31:59.doubles. Surely now! Richie can best, but it is for Scotty! That is
:31:59. > :32:25.
:32:25. > :32:35.the winning double. It gives him a match, Richie. 13 times he has had
:32:35. > :32:36.
:32:36. > :32:42.a chance to win a leg and failed to take that chance. Scott will not be
:32:42. > :32:52.pleased with his own double percentage, which is 27. But it is
:32:52. > :32:52.
:32:52. > :34:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:34:22. > :34:32.biggest fan. Even if he plays in a pub he calls to find out how he got
:34:32. > :35:10.
:35:10. > :35:20.on. The other dad, our Bobby, will You can see why he is the favourite.
:35:20. > :35:31.
:35:31. > :35:41.He is there again! 59 left after nine darts. Richie has yet to hit a
:35:41. > :35:57.
:35:57. > :36:07.maximum. 11 dart finish. It is a lonely place when you have lost
:36:07. > :36:14.
:36:14. > :36:24.eight darts in a row, the stage here. It is a learning procedure.
:36:24. > :36:26.
:36:26. > :36:36.Just not happening for young Richie. Scott finds treble 20 again. And
:36:36. > :36:44.
:36:44. > :36:54.again and again! They are up, they are down! Let's go for it again.
:36:54. > :37:10.
:37:10. > :37:18.Another chance for a nine dart finish. I wonder if Paul is sitting
:37:18. > :37:28.at home thinking, miss, miss! Double top for another leg and a
:37:28. > :37:45.
:37:45. > :37:55.set. Dig deep, Richie. For a third set in a row. And a third
:37:55. > :38:01.
:38:01. > :38:11.whitewash! It is all going the way of the man they call Scotty to
:38:11. > :38:13.
:38:13. > :38:23.Hotty. Richie needs some help. Marie going through all kinds of
:38:23. > :38:49.
:38:49. > :38:59.torment. Come on, Richie! Three again. Peppering the trebles. His
:38:59. > :39:06.
:39:07. > :39:15.mum knows he is suffering. It could all change. He says he plays his
:39:15. > :39:25.best darts when seemingly all hope is lost. Now is the time. He might
:39:25. > :39:45.
:39:45. > :39:54.go for the bull here. Where has that gone? Double eight. It is
:39:54. > :40:04.clinical, what is happening. Marie cannot understand it. But Scotty is
:40:04. > :40:16.
:40:16. > :40:26.immaculate. But he has missed 20 darts at a double. Starting another
:40:26. > :40:30.
:40:30. > :40:40.leg with three perfect darts. He has won ten legs in a row. This is
:40:40. > :40:47.
:40:47. > :40:57.brilliant from Scott. Come on, Rich, you can do it. Everyone on their
:40:57. > :41:25.
:41:25. > :41:35.feet to applaud him. 56 left. Trina Gulliver out there.
:41:35. > :41:45.Richie cannot get a shot at a finish. This is some power. Really
:41:45. > :41:51.
:41:51. > :42:01.packing a punch. His friends have texted all week telling Scott to
:42:01. > :42:11.
:42:11. > :42:21.stop playing well. They cannot get decent odds on him! Twice he got
:42:21. > :42:25.
:42:25. > :42:35.close to a nine dart leg. cannot win matches without the
:42:35. > :42:35.
:42:35. > :43:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:43:19. > :43:25.doubles. His dad says doubles for think. On the wire, but coming back.
:43:25. > :43:35.And when he does it will be for a fourth set in a row. How must Marie
:43:35. > :44:01.
:44:01. > :44:11.be feeling? Double four. One to go, Richie might have a chance here. He
:44:11. > :44:29.
:44:29. > :44:39.has! Leaves tops for Richie George. Scott Waites is too good to be
:44:39. > :44:40.
:44:40. > :44:50.given still more chances. Perhaps Richie will be back. No, he will
:44:50. > :44:59.
:44:59. > :45:07.or give any muggers don't you have any chance -- and every cheat is
:45:07. > :45:10.going to have any chance, he must win this sector. He is just not
:45:10. > :45:20.getting the big scores and the finishing. He has not helping
:45:20. > :45:20.
:45:20. > :45:28.himself, really. Even when he gets these 180 poor record 140s. Wesley
:45:28. > :45:32.Harms feels a bit under the weather there. He will face Tony O'Shea in
:45:32. > :45:40.the other semi-final later this evening. A repeat of their semi-
:45:41. > :45:50.final last year. I hope the bug is as good. That is that angle of the
:45:50. > :46:00.dark I was saying about. It comes across. -- angle of the dart. An
:46:00. > :46:16.
:46:16. > :46:26.opening here for Richie. All well, with six. Thank you, but was a
:46:26. > :46:40.
:46:40. > :46:46.wins his first leg at this semi- final. It is the fifth set of the
:46:46. > :46:56.semi-final. You would have thought he won the match. Does the comeback
:46:56. > :47:08.
:47:08. > :47:18.boat there. It is halt in you. And they're as haughty, up there. -- it
:47:18. > :47:22.
:47:22. > :47:32.is hot in here. And the darts are red-hot tip from scolds. -- Red Hot
:47:32. > :47:55.
:47:55. > :48:05.all week. Yes, the man who started treble 20 these treble 19 and the
:48:05. > :48:05.
:48:05. > :48:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:48:51. > :49:01.Bull's eye. Not this time, but he matters? Treble 20 would have
:49:01. > :49:26.
:49:26. > :49:36.in this set. Us farmers set disco, Scott is 4-0
:49:36. > :49:36.
:49:36. > :54:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:54:19. > :54:29.books on Scott if he can carry this problem. -- in sets. It is all one-
:54:29. > :54:29.
:54:29. > :54:36.way traffic, Scott Waites leads by 5-0. Waites was odds-on to reach
:54:36. > :54:44.the final before he had even stood on stage and this is why the winner
:54:44. > :54:47.receives a cheque of �100,000. Bobby's boy needs the mother and
:54:47. > :54:52.father of all comebacks if Richie father of all comebacks if Richie
:54:52. > :54:57.Rich is to get better. Bobby, you might have dished up his pocket
:54:57. > :55:01.money. To a well stoppered for a month.
:55:01. > :55:11.As might I will stop it. At the start we said it was he rose
:55:11. > :55:12.
:55:12. > :55:17.story, like a Disney movie. Kidd runs away, picks up dance serious
:55:17. > :55:24.flair -- darts seriously five months ago. But Scott almost
:55:24. > :55:29.destroyed him. We will, it is Richie's fault, he
:55:29. > :55:35.has not had since anything. He is hitting the big twenties, he is not
:55:35. > :55:40.on his covering shops. Even when he has a chance to have a shot at a
:55:40. > :55:47.double he is miles away. He is not performing at all. A Scot on the
:55:47. > :55:50.other hand has been the majestic at times. He is hitting the big scores.
:55:51. > :55:55.Not necessarily been great but a whole way round, but when he has
:55:55. > :56:01.needed it he has done it. Look at this lot, you cannot take
:56:01. > :56:05.it away from them. That is his story. Despite the fact when he is
:56:05. > :56:11.playing at his best he can beat any player in the planet, he has proven
:56:11. > :56:16.that, he is starting to fill his potential and the crowd have been
:56:16. > :56:21.bolder. He can beat anyone, I have said guard before the match. But my
:56:21. > :56:25.boy has not performed at all, but he has learned something. It will
:56:25. > :56:30.hurt him really badly inside. He will think to himself, I am not
:56:30. > :56:37.going down that road. You have to be on form in the World
:56:37. > :56:41.Championship every day, not just four or five days, but every day.
:56:42. > :56:48.In the a leak -- other rounds, there has been olive will be of
:56:48. > :56:53.Muhammad Ali, roll puddle going on. This is not the case here, he is a
:56:53. > :56:58.young lad, he is only 23 and he will be in Beth's at the moment
:56:59. > :57:06.backstage, to be honest. Well, I have beaten him all his
:57:06. > :57:14.life on the dartboard, so he is used to it. I have, for years, he
:57:14. > :57:19.never won a leg until he was about 16. It is a bad performance, are
:57:19. > :57:27.really bad performers. Let us look at the set to plummet,
:57:27. > :57:37.because when Richie plays well he can take them. 69.8 average for at
:57:37. > :57:44.Richie here, Scott did not have to do too much. Then Waites kicked in
:57:44. > :57:50.with 110 average. Richie could be happy with the 91 averages, but in
:57:50. > :57:58.those sets he was getting beaten so badly he did not get shots at
:57:58. > :58:05.doubles. When you have a chance at a double, the gold palm goes heavy
:58:05. > :58:11.and you think, I have good hit this now. He hasn't taken the chance.
:58:11. > :58:17.Double 10 it looks like he will not get it. Against Jan Dekker he came
:58:17. > :58:20.out a different player. He may do that again. P is not going to come
:58:20. > :58:30.back and when this but he may get a respectability into the score
:58:30. > :58:32.
:58:32. > :58:36.because he has the darts. Well, it can get any worse, cannot?
:58:36. > :58:43.Scott probably didn't want to have a break. And I will buy the drinks
:58:43. > :58:49.tonight, Bobby. It is about time! At that stick a look at the second
:58:49. > :58:59.semi-final, a repeat of last year's game, and is there a bit of a
:58:59. > :59:01.
:59:01. > :59:07.needle? Game, set and the match! Tony
:59:07. > :59:17.O'Shea! Can I just put it away, put it
:59:17. > :59:25.behind me. This year is a New Era. I will carry on with this one.
:59:25. > :59:29.had a little break at 5-5, and I had a lot of bounce outs last year,
:59:29. > :59:39.and Wesley asked during the break to change the dartboard, because
:59:39. > :59:39.
:59:39. > :59:46.Tony is getting bounce outs, which I thought was so nice. He will not
:59:46. > :59:52.be doing that again next might be if he is getting a lot of bounce
:59:52. > :59:57.outs, and he asks to judge it, I will say yes.
:59:57. > :00:03.Afford he was a true gentleman. As it, don't worry, you'll have lots
:00:03. > :00:10.more to come. But did not realise it would be 12 years -- 12 months
:00:10. > :00:14.today. Getting to the semi-final is a great chance.
:00:14. > :00:20.Last year I was shouting out and everything. By and keeping calm now
:00:20. > :00:24.because I know that you need the energy later on. The issue he has
:00:24. > :00:27.learned a lot, not just on the dartboard, and now he is one of the
:00:27. > :00:32.big names on a tournament, who do not want to play Wesley. He is
:00:32. > :00:38.tough, because he is playing so well. He has played for several
:00:38. > :00:48.years now, and if you look at his list, I have a long way to go, so I
:00:48. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:55.I am going to have to stay on the soft drinks because I have to bring
:00:55. > :01:00.you the highlights tonight. We concentrate on that game between
:01:00. > :01:05.Wesley Harms and Tony O'Shea. If you want to hear the football
:01:05. > :01:14.results as they come in or just keep up with everything going on on
:01:14. > :01:20.the BBC website, you can do that through our new iPhone application.
:01:20. > :01:27.Lots of people trying to soak up the atmosphere. One familiar face,
:01:27. > :01:35.at the Viking. Andy Ford is world champion from
:01:35. > :01:44.2004. And Richie George has got a mountain to climb. He has been
:01:44. > :01:50.getting away with it a bit during the week. He has been missing a lot.
:01:50. > :01:55.I think it is a lesson being learnt. Scott Waites is playing the best
:01:55. > :02:05.start we have ever seen from him. He has been playing well for a good
:02:05. > :02:15.few years now. Just giving him no leeway. What has Richie George got
:02:15. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:26.to do when he comes back? Well he just has to go out and enjoy it. If
:02:26. > :02:33.he can do that, all well and good. But it is not a bad effort to get
:02:33. > :02:38.into the semi-finals in the first year. Thank you for your insight.
:02:38. > :02:43.Well today could be a fairy-tale story in the making. But it has
:02:43. > :02:49.turned into a nightmare instead for Richie George. Scott is one set
:02:49. > :02:55.away from that dream final that has away from that dream final that has
:02:55. > :03:05.for so many years eluded him. It is looking ominous for young
:03:05. > :03:15.Richie George. But there is pressure on Scott Waites. The last
:03:15. > :03:15.
:03:16. > :03:25.dart at double is by far the hardest. You are quite correct. I
:03:26. > :03:29.
:03:29. > :03:39.am feeling for Richard and I'm sure that everyone is. Let's see if it
:03:39. > :03:48.will change now in just one set. It does not seem like it. I do not
:03:48. > :03:58.think Robin Hood could do any better. Stealing from that which
:03:58. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :04:35.she! -- from the Richie. Anthony Dundas now the referee. Making his
:04:35. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :05:03.debut here this year, like Richie. The way he is playing, you would
:05:03. > :05:03.
:05:03. > :05:13.not put it past him. Richie way back once again. He has at least
:05:13. > :05:52.
:05:52. > :06:02.bull now, though. Double ten. There is now clowns on this stage. But a
:06:02. > :06:22.
:06:22. > :06:32.circus act with the darts of Scotty. Richie really under the weather.
:06:32. > :06:32.
:06:32. > :07:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:07:14. > :07:24.ahead. Just that slip there. Two big scores in between, a 40 and a
:07:24. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:45.42. Richie will be first on a finish. He has left 98, hard to get
:07:45. > :07:58.
:07:58. > :08:08.to treble 20 now. Back up and will he be back? For the second leg of
:08:08. > :08:25.
:08:25. > :08:35.the set. Richie wants double ten. Yes! You would have thought from
:08:35. > :08:57.
:08:57. > :09:07.the cheers that he had won the He has to think one leg at a time
:09:07. > :09:18.
:09:18. > :09:28.and just keep going. With those scores, what can you do? A glimmer
:09:28. > :09:34.
:09:34. > :09:43.of light, left the door ajar but slammed it shut with a maximum. In
:09:43. > :09:53.1984 Bobby hurt his back and lost a match 6-0 in the final. Bobby only
:09:53. > :09:54.
:09:54. > :10:04.won five legs. He has suffered with his back ever since. He has a lot
:10:04. > :10:04.
:10:04. > :10:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:10:46. > :10:56.of trouble. Only three Bobby this leg. Right in the centre.
:10:56. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:11:46. > :11:56.Keep it going. Yes! He did not have the wobbles there! Treble 18. This
:11:56. > :11:59.
:11:59. > :12:09.for the match, this 161. It would be some way to finish a match he
:12:09. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:27.has dominated from the opening. Richie with a chance. Two threes
:12:27. > :12:34.
:12:34. > :12:44.for leg three. And here is a decider in this set. Punish him.
:12:44. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:09.Yes! Marie, the first time she has been on her feet. But it is not
:13:09. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:38.over yet. Good recovery from a Scott. This is what Richie can do.
:13:38. > :13:46.
:13:46. > :13:56.Even with a bounce out. He wants 108 to take the set. He is going
:13:56. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:17.for 20. It is the best double on the board, double 16. Hold your
:14:17. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :14:57.breath. Yes, he has done it! that set. Well done. So we continue.
:14:57. > :14:59.
:14:59. > :15:09.Advantage time for Scotty. Even he was applauding. He is that type of
:15:09. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:22.person. They have never played each other before. This time last year
:15:22. > :15:26.Richie George did not have a ranking to his name. He went around
:15:26. > :15:36.the world playing officially sanctioned tournaments to get the
:15:36. > :15:36.
:15:36. > :16:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:16:30. > :16:39.ranking to qualify for entry to hit that finish. Double 10. Rushing
:16:40. > :17:16.
:17:16. > :17:26.for Ritchie to add to the collection. Now Scott thanks the
:17:26. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:34.double 10 he needed. And that was a leg against the darts. There was
:17:34. > :17:40.just a suspicion that the man that they call Scotty 2 Hotty was
:17:40. > :17:50.becoming little lukewarm in the last leg, but Richie didn't take
:17:50. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :18:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:18:39. > :18:43.the flights, he caught them and the She had to go back to Halifax all
:18:43. > :18:48.week because she could not get time off for a job. She works in medical
:18:48. > :18:52.insurance as a manager. But it was James Wilson, in fact, who drove
:18:52. > :18:57.all the way up to bring her back down yesterday afternoon, through
:18:57. > :19:02.the rush hour. She was here in time to see him win his quarter-final. I
:19:02. > :19:12.am told that she hates the cameras and plans to hide behind Clive all
:19:12. > :19:12.
:19:12. > :21:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:21:25. > :21:34.afternoon. Don't take your shoes with the advantage. -- Richie
:21:34. > :21:44.George. But he failed to find a treble there.
:21:44. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :22:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:22:29. > :22:36.Is this the closing leg? 164, a K M, shot, and the match. Scott
:22:36. > :22:43.Waites! Scott Waits eases into his first
:22:43. > :22:49.final, and the son of a legend has been given a Lakeside lesson.
:22:49. > :22:52.Richie George, beaten 6-1 in the semi-finals. Scott Waites has been
:22:52. > :22:58.semi-finals. Scott Waites has been coming here every year since 2008
:22:58. > :23:02.to try and lift the total. Perhaps his weight is over, as he is in the
:23:02. > :23:11.final. Ladies and gentlemen, Richie
:23:11. > :23:15.George... And in the final, Scott Waites!
:23:15. > :23:19.well, the happy ending is for Scott Waites, one of the best players in
:23:20. > :23:29.the world who has not found his form at the Lakeside.
:23:30. > :23:48.
:23:48. > :23:52.He has now, he is in his first Well, Bobby, as much as this
:23:52. > :23:57.tournament needs stories like third of Richie George, he has been
:23:57. > :24:02.getting so many column inches as your son, but it also needs top
:24:02. > :24:09.players like Scott Waites to produce the goods. All he played
:24:09. > :24:13.well, Richie, if he did not play, could beat him up. But Richie did
:24:13. > :24:20.not perform at all, he put no pressure on him. When he did have a
:24:20. > :24:28.chance to hit a few doubles, he could have maybe taken two set poor
:24:28. > :24:34.Mike, he never took the chance. But he learnt from that. He got beaten
:24:34. > :24:37.up, but you have to learn from it. Yes, Scott Waites has learned from
:24:37. > :24:43.all his disappointment here at to make the final. Don't be tentative!
:24:43. > :24:53.We're really grateful for you been here. How does it feel?
:24:53. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :24:59.Absolutely fantastic to be up there. To be five sets up at the break was
:24:59. > :25:09.of brilliant. As Bobby says, you have you believe your opponent.
:25:09. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:15.did not come out of the box, so you had to play the darts that we know
:25:15. > :25:18.you can, but when he got his average of over 90, you just stood
:25:18. > :25:24.on him again. I was really happy with the way the
:25:24. > :25:31.game went. I had my double as early on and it did a lot of pressure on
:25:31. > :25:36.Richie and early on. I have won today, that is it, my job is done.
:25:36. > :25:42.Let us hear from Richie. This guy has thrilled us the whole
:25:42. > :25:49.week, but Richie it did not go for you this afternoon. Darts is darts.
:25:49. > :25:55.I had my chances and did not take my doubles, but fair play to Scott.
:25:55. > :26:01.He hit but the double. When you get in front you build confidence, but
:26:01. > :26:06.in the last two sets by missed my chances. It was not meant for me,
:26:07. > :26:10.that is all. Compare it took 12 months ago, you have made huge
:26:10. > :26:16.progress to make this semi-final. What will you take from this
:26:16. > :26:26.experience? I could not be happier, to be honest. The positives I take,
:26:26. > :26:30.I was playing well, so I have to works on what I wasn't doing. I am
:26:30. > :26:36.happy to be back next year, the depleted Scott, I hope he goes on
:26:36. > :26:39.and does well. But you have lost with dignity, Colin, this fellow
:26:39. > :26:44.will be back. Yes, you have one with dignity, as
:26:44. > :26:46.well. When you think back to the first time you stepped on the
:26:46. > :26:51.police might stage, it is a colossal challenge to keep your
:26:51. > :26:58.nerve. Certainly, in front of all of these people. Richie is under a
:26:58. > :27:04.lot of pressure because his dad is Bobby George, isn't he? His dad is
:27:04. > :27:09.going to be proud as punch. He is, but tell me about this man. Before
:27:09. > :27:14.a dart was thrown he was saying how thrilled he would be to see him
:27:14. > :27:19.lift the trophy, and considering the other semi-finalists, what a
:27:19. > :27:24.way -- what a day be have tomorrow. Go I never expected my boy to get
:27:24. > :27:31.the SFA, to be honest. He did the business on, you beat him up good
:27:31. > :27:35.and proper, he will have his day one day. It is your day now. Will
:27:35. > :27:40.it be back to the working men's club for the rest of the day, back
:27:40. > :27:47.down to earth from the adoring masses and throw a few practice
:27:47. > :27:53.darts? No more darts today, my job is done. By will watch the next
:27:54. > :28:00.game, see how it goes, and bring on tomorrow. Who do you fancy in the
:28:00. > :28:03.final? I would love to see Tony in the final, I would love to play him,
:28:03. > :28:11.but I don't think it is his here again. Why don't think he is
:28:11. > :28:17.playing well enough. But we will see. We're so excited about it,
:28:17. > :28:21.Scott, many congratulations. Richie George only decided to have a go at
:28:21. > :28:27.darts as an adult about five months ago and made it all the way to the
:28:27. > :28:33.final. If you fancy having a glut that, by a dartboard around July