Day 6

:00:32. > :00:35.Good afternoon from Frimley Green, were for the first time this

:00:36. > :00:42.tournament the rain has stopped and the clouds have cleared. So we are

:00:43. > :00:46.sniping and ready to tie up -- smiling and ready to tie up the

:00:47. > :00:47.semifinals. After quite a dull start down by the

:00:48. > :01:00.lake, things are looking brighter. The big unit Robbie Green is

:01:01. > :01:05.motoring again, his average always over 0 but he won the mental battle

:01:06. > :01:09.against Gary Robson. Maybe the darting gods are finally on his

:01:10. > :01:17.side. And that is the favourite, Stephen

:01:18. > :01:25.Bunting who went one better with a 100 average. Dave Prins threw well

:01:26. > :01:30.but the Bullet looks unstoppable. Things were tighter between the

:01:31. > :01:36.birthday boy Tony Eccles and this man Wesley Harms but no matter how

:01:37. > :01:42.close the Dutchman got Tony never gave up and he won the final set.

:01:43. > :01:49.This is Alan Norris who wasn't feeling in a sentimental mood

:01:50. > :01:53.against Glen Durrant. He showed steely gain and he took chance after

:01:54. > :02:01.chance to cruise through. And the second seed, James Wilson continued

:02:02. > :02:05.his good form as well, although some took two sets from him, although

:02:06. > :02:11.actually Scotty Dog run out of steam. This is where we stand. The

:02:12. > :02:16.top half of the draw will be live on the red button. Bunting the man to

:02:17. > :02:20.beat. Robbie Green may have something about that if both men get

:02:21. > :02:24.through to the semifinals. And in the bottom half we shall determine

:02:25. > :02:29.that last quarter-final as we bring you more live afternoon dart, but we

:02:30. > :02:33.know that Alan Norris and James Wilson are on a collision course for

:02:34. > :02:39.the mother of all battles. Both quarter-finals will be live on the

:02:40. > :02:43.red button tomorrow evening. There must be something in the water

:02:44. > :02:46.here at the Lakeside, even on a Thursday afternoon when you come

:02:47. > :02:52.through the door, everything just gets a bit giddy, my man on the

:02:53. > :02:57.balcony Bobby George spent this morning in a pair of speedos on a

:02:58. > :03:01.deckchair suns himself. That is beautiful isn't it. He has put some

:03:02. > :03:06.clothes on now for us! Looking at this the draw we are in good shape

:03:07. > :03:12.at the moment Bunting at the top. James Wilson down the bottom. I

:03:13. > :03:17.think probably you know, if you were predicting now you would say those

:03:18. > :03:20.two are on for a repeat of the master final but there is jokers in

:03:21. > :03:24.the pack. There is Alan Norris in the bottom half and Robbie Green in

:03:25. > :03:29.the top. I wouldn't call them joker, they are too big to call jokers.

:03:30. > :03:36.Giants. Giants. Norris is playing good. Plenty of passion in his game.

:03:37. > :03:42.Played magic last night. Robbie Green, we will have to wait and see.

:03:43. > :03:47.They are both playing good. I don't think James Wilson is, he has done

:03:48. > :03:52.his game as he expected to do. Every round for him is a new experience,

:03:53. > :03:56.that says a lot. Stephen Bunting first time he got eaten up by the

:03:57. > :04:05.atmosphere in here, so it takes time to mature. The longer you go, he is

:04:06. > :04:10.playing 96 averages, it is a good average, but you get Bunting over

:04:11. > :04:17.100 it is different. Again, and then you get Norris in the '90s, Green in

:04:18. > :04:22.the '90s. Longer format and the whole game changes. And there is one

:04:23. > :04:24.man we haven't mentioned who has more experience than anybody, we

:04:25. > :04:33.will see him this afternoon, that is not all we have for you.

:04:34. > :04:37.Jan Dekker needs to find his feet and form as he faces Geert De Vos,

:04:38. > :04:43.two players with ability, who need to find the bottle.

:04:44. > :04:47.And the only former champion left in the draw, Martin Adams has found his

:04:48. > :04:54.form once more, he faces Scotland's Ross Montgomery.

:04:55. > :05:00.We will have the last first round of the ladies draw, which features last

:05:01. > :05:10.year's beaten finalist Lisa Ashton against an inform player, Aileen de

:05:11. > :05:13.Graaf. A good old fashioned Scotland-England battle gets my

:05:14. > :05:22.juices flowing. I know, they love it. I do Thanet. I have to say back

:05:23. > :05:25.in the player, you have Geert De Vos and Jan Dekker, they were having a

:05:26. > :05:29.little drink and they were practising and they looked on edge

:05:30. > :05:36.and Ross was pacing up and down, and then you had Martin, who can owns

:05:37. > :05:40.this place. I have done this so many time, how surprised have you been by

:05:41. > :05:45.his return to form? He is used to it. He still is going to getter in

:05:46. > :05:49.voice, he might look relaxed but he is probably nervous, because he

:05:50. > :05:55.doesn't know the form he is going to hit. But, you have to admire him for

:05:56. > :06:00.it. He struggled two games coming back, he is going to play a

:06:01. > :06:06.Scotsman, but Vos a good player, he is no mug, he has been here a few

:06:07. > :06:15.time, so, don't know. I have to keep the flag going but I am half

:06:16. > :06:21.Scottish. Are you? Yes. I will try and keep the Celtic side up. We will

:06:22. > :06:25.have Scots men later. We will have a battle, we start with a foreign

:06:26. > :06:28.affair, we have Jan Dekker who is up against Geert De Vos who is looking

:06:29. > :06:33.to strike his arrows through the heart of the Dutchman, and in doing

:06:34. > :06:44.so, continue Belgium's sporting resurgence.

:06:45. > :06:56.Belgian sport is in a good way, we have football, we have dart, I play

:06:57. > :07:01.here, so Belgium is on the run. -- darts. It is very special, I

:07:02. > :07:05.think every dart player wants to stand here on the Lakeside stage.

:07:06. > :07:11.First it was my dream, to stand here, now I am here, now I want to

:07:12. > :07:17.be World Champion of course. Two years before I went here, I

:07:18. > :07:21.played very well. Always lose against the winner. So I have

:07:22. > :07:26.confidence on the stage, but I need to be, need to have a bit of luck, I

:07:27. > :07:31.think. So I hope this year it will come.

:07:32. > :07:36.My special fan is Jackie, he goes, he only do the main tournament, so

:07:37. > :07:42.like master, like said -- Lakeside, he is a fan of every Belgian dart

:07:43. > :07:47.player, he loves the Belgian dart players he is a great fan. He is

:07:48. > :07:53.here and he stays along as I am in. I hope he can stay till Sunday.

:07:54. > :07:58.My tactics against Jan Dekker will be start very good, because that is

:07:59. > :08:03.my main problem. I never start really well on this stage. I always

:08:04. > :08:07.need half-time to get used to the stage. It is always my problem. I

:08:08. > :08:12.hope I can be the first World Champion for Belgium. I really

:08:13. > :08:21.confident play good, so we will see, you never know.

:08:22. > :08:26.What type of bowling ball is that? The thing with this for me, is I

:08:27. > :08:30.understand when debutantes don't put the averages because we talked about

:08:31. > :08:34.this, even the great players are putting up 70 averages and they go

:08:35. > :08:39.on to win but these two have disappoint meed the most, I mean

:08:40. > :08:42.that this in a nice way, they are handy player, I am worried they

:08:43. > :08:46.might pull themselves down or push each other to what we should expect

:08:47. > :08:50.for them They have been here a couple of times. Geert De Vos is a

:08:51. > :08:54.good player, I have said it before, Jan Dekker is a tidy player as well.

:08:55. > :08:59.They are near enough the same on their first, on their average, there

:09:00. > :09:04.is nothing in it. First nine darts, there is probably eight to Geert De

:09:05. > :09:09.Vos, so it can make a difference on your first nine dart, over that

:09:10. > :09:12.distance. But they have to buck their ideas up really, if they are

:09:13. > :09:18.going to go, all right one is going to win today, but if they don't play

:09:19. > :09:23.proper they won't win the next game. They are frustrateling, they are

:09:24. > :09:27.like a little flower waiting to blossom, you expect an explosion of

:09:28. > :09:32.colour, they do it elsewhere on the tour, we are waiting on it and

:09:33. > :09:43.sometimes with Jan you see a bit of fear in his eyes. It is not a Tulip!

:09:44. > :09:50.Very sound! I, what is Geert's flower? I haven't got a clue. I will

:09:51. > :09:55.say daffodil and hope nobody looks it up. All right my little

:09:56. > :09:59.roadblocks you can shut up for now! -- my little rose. We have mad

:10:00. > :10:04.Jackie cheering on Vos but there is a Dekker army and Rob is down in the

:10:05. > :10:08.crowd with them now. Thanks, it really is superb down here, there is

:10:09. > :10:14.no doubt where the Dekker fan club are, they are on table 73, and they

:10:15. > :10:19.are here in force, his dad is here, you have seen every single match

:10:20. > :10:24.that Jan has played, here at Lakeside. He never seems to get

:10:25. > :10:29.nervous. No, he likes, he is like his mother and he is very confident.

:10:30. > :10:36.Yes. Always. Always been. And do you get nervous for him on these big

:10:37. > :10:42.occasions? I take his part, yes. I am. Yes. Can do nothing about it.

:10:43. > :10:47.Christie is Jan's girlfriend, what it is like for you watching your man

:10:48. > :10:56.on the stage? He has a great record here. It is hard for me. Every match

:10:57. > :11:02.I am very nervous too, yes. And just explain the bah-bah-bah, what is the

:11:03. > :11:07.shout? Today, nothing, I am going to sit on the, on the seat and I am

:11:08. > :11:13.only watching the game. OK, so you are keeping a fairly low profile.

:11:14. > :11:17.Finally, can you boy do it? He has a great record here? He has, but he

:11:18. > :11:23.has to have the confidence, and he is a slow starter. He has won the

:11:24. > :11:29.first set, maybe not his first set, he can begin but I am not surprised

:11:30. > :11:33.when he is coming behind and crawls back. We will see. We will see. It

:11:34. > :11:39.is time for the big one. Geert De Vos, Jan Dekker, it is time to head

:11:40. > :11:44.up to the stage, he is the little man with the big microphone your MC

:11:45. > :11:50.Richard Ashdown. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2014

:11:51. > :11:55.Lakeside World Championships, as we continue the second round here at

:11:56. > :12:03.the home of World Darts, the Lakeside!

:12:04. > :12:09.APPLAUSE We now introduce the twice open

:12:10. > :13:00.German champion, from Belgium it is Geert De Vos.

:13:01. > :13:13.Please welcome the double deck refer the Netherlands, Jan Dekker.

:13:14. > :14:02.MUSIC: "Explode" by Jordan Baker. Derek and De Vos who know nay have

:14:03. > :14:07.to push, they need to find it. There is no official national flower of

:14:08. > :14:15.Belgium, some say it is the poppy or the lily of the valley but that is a

:14:16. > :14:20.false misconception. Listen to this a prematch routine. Wake up at 7.30.

:14:21. > :14:23.Have a swim before a healthy breakfast, do some train, arrive at

:14:24. > :14:29.the ren is Jew an hour before you are about to play, at round 12 noon.

:14:30. > :14:33.These two could be any athletes preparing for any sporting event in

:14:34. > :14:36.the world, but it is probably only at the darts where you would

:14:37. > :14:41.consider a quick pint before kick off to settle the nerves.

:14:42. > :14:46.Two fit young men, one from Holland and one from Belgium playing for a

:14:47. > :14:52.place in the quarter-finals here, Jan Dekker, he has the pedigree

:14:53. > :14:59.having reached the semifinals on debut but Belgium's De Vos has never

:15:00. > :15:14.lost except to the eventual champion. It is Jan to throw first,

:15:15. > :15:17.game on. The first to four sets. To meet Martin Adams all Ross

:15:18. > :15:23.Montgomery. Scott Mitchell, how do you see it going? It could be a

:15:24. > :15:26.tight game. Bobby mentioned the tournament average is so bad but

:15:27. > :15:33.they both have difficult first-round matches. Jan was playing Benito van

:15:34. > :15:36.de Pas and they played together for International is so a difficult game

:15:37. > :15:40.for him mentally but at the same time, Geert de Vos have the other

:15:41. > :15:44.extreme where he was playing Madars Razma who he really did not know.

:15:45. > :15:47.They do not reflect their real games.

:15:48. > :15:55.Jan Dekker has got the guts in this first leg but those are the averages

:15:56. > :16:02.you are talking. -- has got the darts. They are both usually heavy

:16:03. > :16:12.scorers so I think they will drop each other along on this one, I

:16:13. > :16:16.really do. De Vos started with a time and ton-40 and Jan has lost the

:16:17. > :16:22.darts that has bounced out but he has found it now. De Vos has nicked

:16:23. > :16:28.the darts and is straight back into the troubled 20. Some people might

:16:29. > :16:31.not realise that under the board, there is a square box with a

:16:32. > :16:36.blighted lights so we don't get shadows on the board and a deep dart

:16:37. > :16:41.drops out, it robs in on the lights so you don't want to be bending down

:16:42. > :16:48.in there because you get a white spot in your eye because it is

:16:49. > :16:54.bright. How many darts to you take up onstage with you? I always take a

:16:55. > :16:58.spare set so I have got six, three in my hand and three in the if I

:16:59. > :17:11.break a point. Dekker is the first to a finish.

:17:12. > :17:22.A great chance for Geert de Vos to break the throw.

:17:23. > :17:33.Game shot on the first leg, Geert de Vos. That will settle him.

:17:34. > :17:39.He has the darts in this leg as well and we have seen a few of these

:17:40. > :17:46.early sets go 3-0 this week because of a break in throw. I was speaking

:17:47. > :17:51.to him about 45 minutes ago and he said he had a good feeling about

:17:52. > :17:56.today. He looked at me with clear eyes and a steely gaze. This is

:17:57. > :18:00.Geert de Vos, I am talking about. And Jan Dekker standing just behind

:18:01. > :18:04.us heard it and went straight to the toilet. I don't know if that is

:18:05. > :18:11.significant or relevant! But Geert de Vos feels extremely confident.

:18:12. > :18:17.Indeed. I spoke to him earlier and he was very cool and calm, very

:18:18. > :18:20.relaxed. Personally, I do not know what the record is between the two

:18:21. > :18:30.and how many times they have played but I would say that maybe it is in

:18:31. > :18:38.Geert's favour. He said his confidence came from practice. Quite

:18:39. > :18:43.simply, he has been practising so well, he did not want to practice

:18:44. > :18:46.too hard because he did not want to use it all up in practice but this

:18:47. > :18:52.morning, his practising was so good, that is why he feels... He

:18:53. > :18:53.almost felt like he wanted to get this much over and done with, bring

:18:54. > :19:11.on the quarterfinal. I do like that new camera angle,

:19:12. > :19:15.Vassos Alexander. You can see how still be players have to stand to

:19:16. > :19:21.get their throw absolutely spot on. It is really good. Scott, you were

:19:22. > :19:28.wondering about their record playing each other, obviously we do our

:19:29. > :19:31.research appear in the commentary box. It took me a while to find it

:19:32. > :19:35.but I will give it to you in the next leg because De Vos is 70 points

:19:36. > :19:50.away from a two leg lead. Game shot and the second leg, Geert

:19:51. > :19:56.de Vos. The third leg is Jan throwing first. Two doubles from

:19:57. > :20:14.three darts from De Vos giving him an early lead in the first set.

:20:15. > :20:19.That is unlucky, the wrong side of the wire but Dekker beat De Vos in

:20:20. > :20:30.their only previous meeting in a major by three sets to none in the

:20:31. > :20:37.World Masters in October last year. It doesn't tell us much. There is

:20:38. > :20:41.the side view to show us how still be players need to keep their

:20:42. > :20:45.bodies. It is all a push through with the arm movement. Get that

:20:46. > :20:52.elbow up there, hold it in the same place, push the dart through. Lovely

:20:53. > :20:57.shot, that. What mistakes to amateurs make in their throw?

:20:58. > :21:05.Usually it is lifting the back like to hide to force the dart into the

:21:06. > :21:12.board. -- the back leg. And if you tip it and inch, you will move the

:21:13. > :21:15.dart and inch. You will have a slight movement because of the

:21:16. > :21:16.movement of your are moving so quickly, there will be body movement

:21:17. > :21:28.but it is very slight. We remember back in the good old

:21:29. > :21:32.days, Jocky Wilson nearly lost his whole body at its it is not always

:21:33. > :21:43.the perfect way. This is the business end of this leg.

:21:44. > :22:08.Game shot and the first set, Geert de Vos. How about that?

:22:09. > :22:19.Well, Jan 's dad said that Jan was a slow starter, and I think I don't

:22:20. > :22:26.care if he was a fast starter there, I think that De Vos has shown that

:22:27. > :22:33.he did actually say that he was a slow starter as well so that was a

:22:34. > :22:37.great start. Taking your set with a 140, no better way to start.

:22:38. > :22:52.Jan Dekker has yet to have a dart at eight double and we are in the

:22:53. > :22:59.fourth. 75% -- have a dart at double. You cannot ask for more from

:23:00. > :23:06.yourself on a checkout statistic than that. I suppose you could,

:23:07. > :23:09.100%. He missed one. Double top in the first leg and since then he has

:23:10. > :23:23.hit double top, double top and" and to finish a 140 -- double top and

:23:24. > :23:29.10-10. If you practice your doubles and you are at the back, you would

:23:30. > :23:35.probably have a little throw at the doubles and that would settle you as

:23:36. > :23:36.you come up to stage so if you hit them there, you can hit them on the

:23:37. > :23:54.stage. Jan has got to find a bit of scoring

:23:55. > :23:59.power here, although it is a best of seven.

:24:00. > :24:37.He has missed 18 four double 16 so he can't finish on this visit and he

:24:38. > :25:04.still hasn't aimed at a double. A chance that Dekker did not think

:25:05. > :25:08.he was going to get, the way that De Vos has been hitting his doubles.

:25:09. > :25:14.Game shot on the first leg, Jan Dekker. Maybe that is the spark he

:25:15. > :25:42.needed. I mentioned that Geert de Vos

:25:43. > :25:50.brought confidence from the practice board. Onto the stage. As far as Jan

:25:51. > :25:54.Dekker said, he said it is weird playing at this time, lunchtime.

:25:55. > :25:58.Especially on a Thursday so he is treating this as what would have

:25:59. > :26:04.been his afternoon practice. Usually he would play a Dutch card game in

:26:05. > :26:10.the morning and then practice before an evening game of darts but he

:26:11. > :26:13.practice this morning, no time for the cards, he was very upset about

:26:14. > :26:20.that but he said this is like his afternoon practice. There is no

:26:21. > :26:23.money in playing cards, I would say but obviously there is in some

:26:24. > :26:31.places. But I would have stuck to the darts this week. Watching Wesley

:26:32. > :26:35.Harms play in the bar early on with a pile of chips became elating

:26:36. > :26:44.around him, there is money in cards, all right. You could save the same

:26:45. > :27:02.about Mr O Shea and myself eating a bowl of chips.

:27:03. > :27:13.That is a bit more like the Jan Dekker that we know.

:27:14. > :27:31.I think we are welcoming Jan back to the game after this sluggish start.

:27:32. > :27:35.This could be a good match, this. As I predicted at the start, it will

:27:36. > :27:36.always be this way between these two, they are very determined

:27:37. > :28:01.characters. Is there a favourite, do you think?

:28:02. > :28:02.I have this as an even match anyway in my head this morning before we

:28:03. > :28:15.got here. 180! That is the first of the match,

:28:16. > :28:20.that has got them on their feet here at Lakeside. I think that shows that

:28:21. > :28:35.Jan is now well and truly back here in this game.

:28:36. > :28:47.Jan is back while Geert has not hit 100. For a leg and a half. I think

:28:48. > :28:51.Geert had it his own way before and now he is being forced to hit what

:28:52. > :28:56.he is having to do so and he is not doing it. The first set was like

:28:57. > :29:03.practice but this is more like a match. And Jan was comfortable to

:29:04. > :29:06.let it go that slow because he is a slow start to soak in his mind, he

:29:07. > :29:10.will not feel pressured at the moment. -- a slow starter so in his

:29:11. > :29:24.mind. That is so unfortunate. To catch a

:29:25. > :30:04.flight and its do that. Double top he wants, double top

:30:05. > :30:08.gets. Jan has a little mental barrier to

:30:09. > :30:23.get over here because... It is how Jan is going to get over

:30:24. > :30:27.those two little blows there that he had at the end of the last leg, with

:30:28. > :30:31.hitting the flight and the dart on the floor, and then, and narrowly

:30:32. > :30:33.missing the 57 to leave himself the shot.

:30:34. > :30:38.These are little things that niggle at you as a player, and you think,

:30:39. > :31:05.is my luck in? He has not had one yet this match.

:31:06. > :31:16.Still hasn't. But he is back in and round the treble 20 after a couple

:31:17. > :31:43.of loose legs. Already 24 ahead. In a leg that

:31:44. > :31:49.Dekker through him. Good 140 to pressure De Vos's set

:31:50. > :32:00.up. De Vos didn't bat an eyelid.

:32:01. > :32:11.That is good pressure now. Treble 16 for double eight. 16 and

:32:12. > :32:16.tops he needs now. Double top. He has hit it three times.

:32:17. > :32:23.But now he has missed it three times. N't so Dekker 58 for the set.

:32:24. > :32:32.-- so Dekker 58 for the set. Double top. Game and the second set, Jan

:32:33. > :32:55.Dekker. So one apiece. So, Scott, you went

:32:56. > :33:03.out to Christian Kist yesterday. It was two sets is all and then Didn't

:33:04. > :33:06.quite happen. No, yeah, I went out to James Wilson. Of course, yes.

:33:07. > :33:09.Yes, it didn't quite happen, it was one of those, there were a few

:33:10. > :33:15.turning points in the game, and I didn't take them, and so, you know,

:33:16. > :33:20.the writing was on the wall, but I think the 140 at the end was the big

:33:21. > :33:22.shot 140, that was the killer for me. James Wilson who beat Christian

:33:23. > :34:22.Kist. Dekker on a accident finish of 110.

:34:23. > :34:28.De Vos with some excellent pressure. Dekker will feel he needs to hit

:34:29. > :34:41.this and now he can't. -- a decent finish. 13 leaves double 16 now.

:34:42. > :34:57.20 and tops. Treble 19. Game shot and the first leg, Geert De Vos.

:34:58. > :35:20.After breaking that throw, he would have looked to have started the next

:35:21. > :35:22.leg a little better than that. Will he be punished? No, he won't. So as

:35:23. > :35:38.you were. Geert has a friend today, Tina, it

:35:39. > :35:46.is her birthday, he would like to win for her.

:35:47. > :35:56.As a present. When I was speaking to him earlier.

:35:57. > :36:05.Treble 20 seems to be eluding him at the moment.

:36:06. > :36:10.That is three bounce outs for Jan Dekker.

:36:11. > :36:15.They don't seem to be hitting anything other than a flight and

:36:16. > :36:20.taking the pace off the dart. I wonder the condition of his points

:36:21. > :36:31.and does he sharpen his points but De Vos does.

:36:32. > :36:39.Commentators curse once more, thank you Geert.

:36:40. > :36:54.So six darts from 125. Treble 20 and tops. Yes!

:36:55. > :37:04.Couldn't miss double top in the first set. He has only hit it once

:37:05. > :37:08.since and missed it four time, that is good good pressure from Jan

:37:09. > :37:11.Dekker, double ten has been his friend. Geert De Vos now he needs

:37:12. > :37:14.double five. Game and the second leg, Geert De

:37:15. > :37:32.Vos. Jackie Jackie is great. Jackie has

:37:33. > :37:34.been box office here we have all got to know him as players and he is

:37:35. > :38:48.such a great character. Dekker with a slight advantage in

:38:49. > :38:51.this leg. Ton 40 would help here He will be

:38:52. > :39:01.disappointed with that stray dart, that doesn't leave him a shot, a 20

:39:02. > :39:11.would have done. Treble 18 for Deb 8. And that leaves double 16.

:39:12. > :39:18.And De Vos hitting one... And then failing really to take much out of

:39:19. > :39:21.179, means Dekker isn't under any sort of real pressure aiming at

:39:22. > :39:26.double 16. That was loose.

:39:27. > :39:31.That one is better. Shuffles across the oche and...

:39:32. > :39:34.Missed it. That shows how important that treble

:39:35. > :39:53.20 for De Vos was in the last throw, he is now on a two darter.

:39:54. > :40:12.Glans all the barrel now. -- glance. Trying to motivate himself as he

:40:13. > :40:17.comes back there Jan. Does that annoy you as a fellow

:40:18. > :40:20.player, when your opponent shouts to himself? No, not really,

:40:21. > :40:24.particularly if it is somebody shouting in Dutch, because I haven't

:40:25. > :41:04.got a clue what they are saying any way, that works for me.

:41:05. > :41:11.Accident leg from De Vos but Dekker, who needs to win it to stay alive in

:41:12. > :41:23.the set, could have put some pressure on there. -- decent leg. He

:41:24. > :41:26.couldn't find the trebles. That was big. In context of the leg

:41:27. > :41:40.that was having big that 140. And that was equally as huge from

:41:41. > :41:54.Derek, so it is 124 for De Vos. 14, he will go 14, double 18.

:41:55. > :42:01.109 to stay alive. Treble 18 leaves double 18. . He has missed the

:42:02. > :42:09.treble. So it is set point to Geert De Vos for a two set to one lead.

:42:10. > :42:16.When he returns to the oche, he needs double nine. Oh, he has gone

:42:17. > :42:19.six double eight, double four rather.

:42:20. > :42:23.Personally when you split at this stage, it puts so much pressure on

:42:24. > :42:31.you. So 52 for Dekker.

:42:32. > :42:38.Double 16. No problem that time. No problem that time. She back in this

:42:39. > :42:43.set. -- he is back in this set. He has the darts.

:42:44. > :42:54.So he will feel he is favourite in this set for now.

:42:55. > :43:01.This is an opportunity for De Vos, slow start there from Dekker.

:43:02. > :43:05.Two sets against the darts. So far in this match.

:43:06. > :43:10.This is the first time we have gone to a deciding leg. As you say, slow

:43:11. > :43:16.start from both players. I think that just shows how

:43:17. > :43:38.important the leg is. In respect of the game.

:43:39. > :43:46.Dekker will be looking for another treble 20. He wouldn't have or

:43:47. > :43:49.ordered a one. Who can find the trebles to get themselves to a

:43:50. > :43:55.finish, and how will Geert be feeling, having decided not to go

:43:56. > :43:59.for that double nine? He went for ten double four and missed double

:44:00. > :44:03.four twice, if he had gone for double 18 he had three darts at a

:44:04. > :44:14.double, not two I think we can see it is playing on his minds.

:44:15. > :44:28.That is how to forget it. But this is how to win a set.

:44:29. > :44:50.Can't do it now, it is the... Biggest check out there is.

:44:51. > :45:11.Double 18 he needs. Double he gets. The third set, Jan Dekker.

:45:12. > :45:15.A big 113 shot there for Derek, is that going to turn out to be one of

:45:16. > :45:47.the game changing shots? But The Boss who could not miss a

:45:48. > :45:52.double in practice or in the first set has just started wobbling -- but

:45:53. > :45:57.De Vos. But look at Jan Dekker, six out of 11, 50 5%, thank you very

:45:58. > :46:00.much. Weather-macro these are the points where it is difficult to

:46:01. > :46:07.forget as a player what has gone on, you must leave it behind you.

:46:08. > :46:40.From 151, it is a disappointing 41. You would like to take a tonne out

:46:41. > :47:05.of it. Still not full speed yet. The Boss has got 41 and 50 from 151.

:47:06. > :47:23.-- De Vos has gone from 41. Game shot on the first leg, Geert de

:47:24. > :47:28.Vos. That is important, you feel, Scott. Yes, because you do not want

:47:29. > :47:33.these legs to keep running away from you and there was a fear that that

:47:34. > :47:35.at 2-0 up, he had lost three on the trot, you certainly do not want to

:47:36. > :47:49.lose four on the trot. That was a big hold. Mentally for

:47:50. > :47:55.yourself, the faster you stop that happening, the better because you

:47:56. > :48:00.realise it is happening. We should also mention announced today, the

:48:01. > :48:09.world darts Trophy at the next big one on the DD oh circuit -- BDO

:48:10. > :48:13.circuit, top of the Blackpool Tower, and it is a proper open, you can

:48:14. > :48:14.turn up and play although you do have to register and then turn up

:48:15. > :48:33.and play. ?30,000 for the winner. And the big news apart from the fact

:48:34. > :48:40.that the tournament is happening, is that Andy Fordham will be taking

:48:41. > :48:44.part. And so will you, Scott. Yes, that is the one I am looking forward

:48:45. > :49:30.to next. Now that I am no longer participating.

:49:31. > :49:48.Nicely done, but is it too late? Yes, it is. He was shot and the

:49:49. > :49:55.second leg, Jan Dekker. -- game shot and the second leg. Game on.

:49:56. > :50:02.Great to see Andy Fordham back and playing in a big one. Yes, it will

:50:03. > :50:07.be. I know he has been practising hard. He told me that when I saw him

:50:08. > :50:08.a couple of weeks ago and so I look forward to that happening back out

:50:09. > :50:18.there. Bobby said at the top of the show,

:50:19. > :50:24.the averages of the guys will have to step up and they certainly have

:50:25. > :50:25.not, the tournament averages almost identical to the one they are

:50:26. > :50:42.throwing currently for both of them. It is attritional, darts. Rather

:50:43. > :50:49.than exceptional darts. But it is a match. This is matchplay. You don't

:50:50. > :50:52.win anything for an average. That is correct. We can get caught up on

:50:53. > :50:56.averages. They are just a guide to your form and how well you are

:50:57. > :51:02.scoring. They do not mean that you win a match. If you see a player who

:51:03. > :51:08.is averaging over 100 here like Stephen Bunting, do you think, well

:51:09. > :51:13.I beat him or do you think, let's bring it on? It depends on the

:51:14. > :51:17.throw, Stephen can be averaging 107 but if I am throwing first, I will

:51:18. > :51:26.still get to the double first. And that is where averages can lead you

:51:27. > :51:29.to getting carried away. That is a good 142 lead himself on a finish.

:51:30. > :51:58.-- a good 140 two lead Another bounce out as he went for

:51:59. > :52:00.the bull, his fourth of a match. It seems to hit the board perfectly, it

:52:01. > :52:19.just did not stay in. Well done. Game shot and the third

:52:20. > :52:28.leg, Geert de Vos. It is Jan to throw first, game on.

:52:29. > :52:42.The averages might not be the best but it is a proper match, this. You

:52:43. > :52:46.do not need over 100 averages to have a good match, you just need two

:52:47. > :52:52.players playing evenly, nipping and tucking and this game has that.

:52:53. > :52:55.Dekker with the better check out percentage, anything over 50% is

:52:56. > :53:02.pretty good. He will be happy with that. De Vos at around 40%, that is

:53:03. > :53:12.OK. Definitely. Those stats are fine. Is it two in the match?

:53:13. > :53:22.Tickled off the barrel into the one rather than the will 180. -- rather

:53:23. > :53:30.than the 180. He applauds himself for that last dart! Viewers at home

:53:31. > :53:40.may wonder why you had off to the 18s in that throw, if you hit... You

:53:41. > :53:42.cannot hit a 140 and still hit a shot and that is why the players

:53:43. > :54:12.disappear on those low 300s. It is De Vos going back for the set.

:54:13. > :54:22.He missed set darts in the last set. He has missed one already... Game

:54:23. > :54:30.shot and the set, Geert de Vos. It is Jan to throw first, game on. A

:54:31. > :54:35.little dance of delight from Jackie. They are not related, by the

:54:36. > :54:47.way. He is just a superfine, he loves Belgian darts. -- a super fan,

:54:48. > :54:53.in the same way that most of us love Belgian waffle is. I wonder who

:54:54. > :54:54.trained him in those boxing moves! I don't know who the Belgian boxes

:54:55. > :55:07.are. 180! But boxing is a decent analogy, look

:55:08. > :55:14.at that, 151 maximums in the tournament so far, that bodes well.

:55:15. > :55:18.This is a bit like one of those tight boxing matches from in close,

:55:19. > :55:28.lots of the double body shots, unseen damage. Fewer haymakers being

:55:29. > :55:34.thrown. Difficult for the judges to score. I think the jury is still out

:55:35. > :55:52.on this one, the ringside jury. It is still very tough to call.

:55:53. > :56:00.He did not go for it. No need to go for that, but I have three darts is

:56:01. > :56:05.something you are happy with but it seemed by going for the 18, he

:56:06. > :56:08.missed it and hit a big four, so he may have just gone for it. The still

:56:09. > :56:13.only has two darts for a double. No score. He has bust it. A shake of

:56:14. > :56:43.the head. Here is some pressure. Game shot at the first leg, Jan

:56:44. > :56:51.Dekker. He still should have gone for bull's-eye. Every time. Even if

:56:52. > :56:56.only to get the crowd on their feet. You do not think that as a player!

:56:57. > :57:03.At that for 60 not gone in, mentally that would have been torture -- had

:57:04. > :57:09.that double 16 not gone in. To have lost that leg with that.

:57:10. > :57:26.They are snappy dressers at Lakeside.

:57:27. > :57:34.Under extreme pressure, that last leg, he would have known the

:57:35. > :57:39.hangover of missing it. Definitely, he was thinking he should have gone

:57:40. > :57:43.for the bull's-eye. Because he missed the 18, that was the crucial

:57:44. > :57:48.dart, he had taken the crucial decision to not go for it, it was

:57:49. > :57:53.the fact he missed the 18. But having hit that double 16, he

:57:54. > :57:59.started the leg with a 125 and another 125 and eight 140. -- and a

:58:00. > :58:05.140. Against the darts, Becker is on a

:58:06. > :58:20.finish first. -- Dekker. If Jackie could will these darts in,

:58:21. > :58:47.he would. I think Jackie is explaining what he

:58:48. > :58:55.is expecting to happen. All needs to happen.

:58:56. > :59:12.Game shot and the second leg, Geert de Vos. When a player has three

:59:13. > :59:16.darts at a double, and does not hit the first, there is a strange

:59:17. > :59:24.atmosphere and a slight sound that goes around the Lakeside. I you

:59:25. > :59:27.aware of that as a player? Definitely, and it hurts when it

:59:28. > :59:31.gets hit with the third out because you know after the first to darts

:59:32. > :59:35.that it is not in, the crowd have let you know even if you are not

:59:36. > :59:36.watching that the dart is not in. When it goes in with the third one,

:59:37. > :59:47.that does hurt. 180! The third time in the match for Jan

:59:48. > :00:01.Dekker. Vos will be thinking this leg has

:00:02. > :00:08.gone, he will be thinking about the next leg already.

:00:09. > :00:12.He is way, way back on 416. And Dekker on 157. These will be

:00:13. > :00:15.practise throw, trying to get his range, compose his head for the next

:00:16. > :00:32.leg. You don't often see two players as

:00:33. > :00:40.far apart ass 300 points in a leg of darts.

:00:41. > :00:47.-- ass. Do this in 14 darts you know. Double eight would do it. Game

:00:48. > :00:58.and the third leg to Jan Dekker. Jan Dekker's girlfriend there

:00:59. > :01:04.Christie, happy with that. Is there a favourite here for you?

:01:05. > :01:08.Two legs all? Two sets all, two one in regulars to Dekker.

:01:09. > :01:11.I think you are a brave man to say that. -- legs.

:01:12. > :01:18.I still can't call this one, think we are showing that the game was

:01:19. > :01:21.going to be tight. As the -- at the start and it has been everything we

:01:22. > :01:24.thought it would be. I personally thought that the averages would be

:01:25. > :01:36.higher. I mean it is nothing, no disrespect

:01:37. > :01:42.to either player but it is nothing the set the world alight on 84 here

:01:43. > :01:46.but it is running their tournament average, which ever one gets through

:01:47. > :01:52.will have to step it up in the next game to have a chance of going

:01:53. > :01:55.through. It is Martin Adams or Ross Montgomery. Who will play the win

:01:56. > :02:04.over this. In the quarter-finals.

:02:05. > :02:15.Adams-Montgomery is coming up live on BBC Two this afternoon. The man

:02:16. > :02:31.may call the Boss. -- they call. He won't want to miss

:02:32. > :02:47.this. Just the wrong side of the wire.

:02:48. > :02:55.Double top then for De Vos. It is a nice marker.

:02:56. > :02:57.Two nice markers. Game and the fourth leg Geert De

:02:58. > :03:25.Vos. Looks like the superheroes have had

:03:26. > :03:49.a good Christmas. Yes, supersize superheroes.

:03:50. > :03:57.Could be a crucial leg this one, in regards to the match. Look at this,

:03:58. > :04:03.two sets is all, two legs all. Barely 20 points separating these

:04:04. > :04:09.players. The question are we any closer to

:04:10. > :04:24.thoughing the winner? -- knowing the winner?

:04:25. > :04:33.Dekker perhaps crucially throwing first in this deciding leg.

:04:34. > :04:37.First to a finish. It should be crucial Vassos, it should be crucial

:04:38. > :04:41.in this game. This should give him the get-up-and-go, if you get there

:04:42. > :04:47.in 15 darts De Vos has to do something special to get the leg.

:04:48. > :04:56.They are both on a finish but 110 much easier to hit than 167.

:04:57. > :04:59.You can afford to miss one of the trebles.

:05:00. > :05:01.But But this is the World Championship, both are very

:05:02. > :05:16.possible. Just the wrong side of the wire. It

:05:17. > :05:20.hit the wire and bounced left, not right.

:05:21. > :05:25.Huge pressure on both these men now, as they approach the end of this

:05:26. > :05:30.set. Double 16. First set point.

:05:31. > :05:54.Game and the fifth set Jan Dekker. And that is what it means.

:05:55. > :06:05.The odds are turning to Dekker for the match with that finish.

:06:06. > :06:09.I am guessing as a player, the biggest tournament of the year,

:06:10. > :06:14.involved in a real scrap like this, that is what you play darts for,

:06:15. > :06:18.isn't it? You would rather be involved in one than stand here

:06:19. > :06:22.watching one, to be fair, you dictate where it is going to go. For

:06:23. > :06:37.your family, your your friends, these are horrible ones for them to

:06:38. > :06:41.watch, you go through. You mentioned Jan Dekker didn't have

:06:42. > :06:47.time to get the deck of cards out but Wesley Harms, he is the guy to

:06:48. > :06:53.beat when it comes to cards apparently. It is good to see him

:06:54. > :06:58.here supporting his Dutch team-mate. They are pretty close, the Dutch

:06:59. > :07:03.players. He was involved in a belter of a

:07:04. > :07:07.match yesterday, similar to this. Nip and talk the way.

:07:08. > :07:12.It was. It was. Just lost out by the odd set in

:07:13. > :07:38.seven, to Tony Eccles. Against the darts Dekker is first to

:07:39. > :07:44.a finishle De Vos Meades to take plenty out of this 208. -- needs. He

:07:45. > :07:50.would have been locking for a 140 to leaf him something like 68. He

:07:51. > :08:07.hasn't even left himself a finish. So time for Dekker here.

:08:08. > :08:36.A totally quicker throw from De Vos. He through quicker, harder. It has

:08:37. > :08:40.been kind to him that double 16. You might be confused as to why

:08:41. > :08:46.players tend to leave themselves double 16 rather than anything else.

:08:47. > :08:50.Well, Scott, you tell them why. Basically double 16, you can split,

:08:51. > :08:54.so you can have a real good go, when I say split, that moans if you go

:08:55. > :08:58.inside the double. That leaves you 16 which leaves you another double

:08:59. > :09:03.to go at, so if you go inside double eight that I leaves you double four,

:09:04. > :09:07.if you go inside that that leaves you another to go at, rather than a

:09:08. > :09:11.double like double nine or five. If you go inside you have to waste a

:09:12. > :09:14.dart, to leave yourself a chance, because they are odd numbers --

:09:15. > :09:18.numbers. And the other thing to mention about

:09:19. > :09:24.double 16 of course, if you go signed that, for a single 16, double

:09:25. > :09:44.eight is right next to it That is why it's a favourite.

:09:45. > :09:50.Another quiet leg from De Vos. Hasn't found a ton plus score yet.

:09:51. > :10:09.He has the darts in this set. He has to break now, or he is out.

:10:10. > :10:19.Treble 19. Tops for a 157. The second leg, Jan Dekker.

:10:20. > :10:24.Whose favourite now? He is nicknamed double Dekker and that is why, it is

:10:25. > :10:29.the strong point of his game, and no more stronger than that one on the

:10:30. > :10:54.157, smack, Wang, centre. -- bang centre.

:10:55. > :11:10.I'm at the dart, good luck. Emma. -- darts.

:11:11. > :11:13.I am wondering if he has wasted a ticket there this afternoon and he

:11:14. > :11:18.should be sat there with two of them. This could be the final leg of

:11:19. > :11:26.the match. It is looking that way.

:11:27. > :11:33.Dekker seeing the finishing line. He has done just enough, hasn't he He

:11:34. > :11:36.is seeing the finishing line and he is going for it. The finishing line

:11:37. > :11:47.is in sight now. I mean, it is sill in sight because

:11:48. > :11:52.De Vos back on 221 cannot finish. So double 16, his favourite double.

:11:53. > :12:04.Away from a place in the quarter-finals.

:12:05. > :12:14.Poor Jackie. Pulled that a bit but he has two more shot, for a place in

:12:15. > :12:20.the quarter-final, Jan Dekker. Double eight, just above. This is

:12:21. > :12:25.big. That is a good start. He will go 11

:12:26. > :12:51.for the bull. So double four the match for Dekker.

:12:52. > :12:58.Double two. Game, shot and the match, Jan Dekker.

:12:59. > :13:04.Look at the relief on the face of the Dutchman. He has reached the

:13:05. > :13:14.quarter-finals twice before, but that was a real scrap. Against Geert

:13:15. > :13:17.De Vos but Dekker's through, the form former semifinalist goes

:13:18. > :13:24.through to the last eight for the second yore in a row, the superHoare

:13:25. > :13:32.rows dance, Dekker dances, he goes through. -- superheroes dance. Show

:13:33. > :13:43.your appreciation as he leaves the stage, Belgium's Geert De Vos.

:13:44. > :13:44.APPLAUSE And into his third quarter-final in

:13:45. > :14:12.four year, Jan Dekker. It wasn't the A team up there but

:14:13. > :14:36.Dekker got his man in the end. Saved by his finishing, still playing well

:14:37. > :14:40.within his means: : Bobby, it may not have been spectacular but it was

:14:41. > :14:47.consistency that got Dekker through, Geert De Vos's two set wins, he was

:14:48. > :14:54.averaging 95, outside he but like a roller costar. The average was

:14:55. > :15:00.ending up the same. He had 40 odd percent, well, #35, it is not bad

:15:01. > :15:04.but 43 is pretty good. 157 was a good shot. Before that to win the

:15:05. > :15:09.third set, there was a 113 so Geert De Vos won the first set with a 140,

:15:10. > :15:14.third set this is the 113, and the second leg of the final set there

:15:15. > :15:20.the 157. That got him out of jail the whole way through because 34% --

:15:21. > :15:26.43% finishing rate is bang on. That is good finishing, it is the scoring

:15:27. > :15:31.wasn't up to scratch. He is happy with that.

:15:32. > :15:37.He is like a man in a box, it is almost like Jan is not playing

:15:38. > :15:42.against his competitor, he is playing against himself. The release

:15:43. > :15:46.when he hits anything, it is more relief than jubilation, the type of

:15:47. > :15:51.steel we are seeing from Norris and Robbie Green. You can almost get

:15:52. > :15:59.into a funk. I almost found that he was stopping on certain shots, he

:16:00. > :16:03.should know. The give stopping early. All right, he was thinking

:16:04. > :16:10.the shot but he did not have the rhythm. And Geert de Vos started off

:16:11. > :16:19.really well but then he kicked down in the ones, he could not even hit

:16:20. > :16:26.double tops on some so that was unfortunate. Even Stevens. We

:16:27. > :16:30.applaud Jan Dekker to get through to the quarterfinals, but you see the

:16:31. > :16:35.relief on his face. He will properly go to bed and think he was lucky to

:16:36. > :16:40.get into the quarterfinals, but here's their and none of the luck

:16:41. > :16:43.matters any more. When you come to this championship, as long as you

:16:44. > :16:48.get through, that is the main thing because then you have got another

:16:49. > :16:51.chance. He will have to play better than that but he is still in the

:16:52. > :16:54.tournament. There are players who have played a lot better than that

:16:55. > :16:57.and they are not in the tournament so you cannot take it away from the

:16:58. > :17:04.boy, he will be well happy. Let's hear from the jacket, he is with Rob

:17:05. > :17:09.Walker. Double delight for double-decker, Jan. Watching their

:17:10. > :17:15.shots bouncing up and down. You needed some big checkouts to get

:17:16. > :17:21.over the line. I had to do it against him, he is an excellent

:17:22. > :17:27.player but if I am hitting the last double, I am really happy with the

:17:28. > :17:32.last double as well. You have got such a good record here at Lakeside

:17:33. > :17:35.for such a young player, semifinal, two quarterfinals, why are you so

:17:36. > :17:42.comfortable out there on the big stage? I don't know. If I am here,

:17:43. > :17:49.it is for fun and it is really relaxing. I don't know how to say it

:17:50. > :17:56.but I am so happy to be here and that is all you need in the end. So

:17:57. > :17:59.I won, that is the most important thing. A possible semifinal again,

:18:00. > :18:05.you have been there before but you will have to beat Martin Adams or

:18:06. > :18:11.Ross Montgomery. Any preference to who you will face? No, it is the

:18:12. > :18:19.most important thing now, that I have won. It does not matter who I

:18:20. > :18:22.should play. I just have to play my own game tomorrow. You have

:18:23. > :18:28.certainly done that so far, great performers, well done, Jan, you are

:18:29. > :18:32.over the line again. This guy seems to love performing here. Will have

:18:33. > :18:35.to agree to disagree a bit because I am listening to what Jan plays but I

:18:36. > :18:41.again see the pressure in that interview, talking about being

:18:42. > :18:46.himself and yes, he is getting it done with consistency but he is of

:18:47. > :18:51.five points off what we know what he can do. If you get through playing

:18:52. > :18:57.bad, it is good for him. I would be happy with that myself but when he

:18:58. > :19:03.goes away from here today, and goes into bed, he needs to know that he

:19:04. > :19:15.should luck up or he will get beat up. With 157, you check in, that is

:19:16. > :19:20.great. Anything over a time, that is what makes the champions. That is

:19:21. > :19:25.why Stephen Bunting is still so good, with big checkouts. Most

:19:26. > :19:31.champions score high with big checkouts. For those tuning in,

:19:32. > :19:36.let's remind you what has happened and what is to come. Our live darts

:19:37. > :19:40.here from the Lakeside, as we have just seen, Jan Dekker goes through

:19:41. > :19:44.in six sets against Geert de Vos, he is into the quarterfinals now. Later

:19:45. > :19:50.this afternoon, Lisa Ashton who lost a tight final last year to Anastasia

:19:51. > :19:53.Dobromyslova gets her campaign under way against Aileen de Graaf who is

:19:54. > :19:59.throwing well now that next it is Martin Adams who goes into battle

:20:00. > :20:02.against Ross Montgomery in a classic England -Scotland encounter and The

:20:03. > :20:03.Boss told us yesterday that he is looking forward to his chance to

:20:04. > :20:10.topple the old enemy. Nothing better than beating an

:20:11. > :20:25.Englishman here. Great to see him back, he has won

:20:26. > :20:28.some tournaments in Belgium but I am afraid he is not my friends tomorrow

:20:29. > :20:33.afternoon. It is Scotland versus England again and I will try to do

:20:34. > :20:42.what I can do and hopefully I can beat him.

:20:43. > :20:48.He will be awesome, he is hungry again, he wants his title back and I

:20:49. > :20:53.need to get out of my head if fact that this is like Martin's practice

:20:54. > :20:58.room, he has won here three times, he has been here a long time, I will

:20:59. > :21:02.not say how many because he will not like the fact that he is older than

:21:03. > :21:08.me and I keep reminding him! He is back to his best - almost. He has a

:21:09. > :21:14.lot more in the back burner, he can be stronger than that and I need to

:21:15. > :21:16.try to calm the wolf down and try to put my doubles first and silence

:21:17. > :21:20.him. COMMENTATOR: Double 10 for

:21:21. > :21:31.Montgomery to seal a thriller. He composes himself. And he wins!

:21:32. > :21:38.I am using a sports psychology from Northern Ireland now. And he has

:21:39. > :21:46.helped me, considerably getting over that game against Mike. Basically,

:21:47. > :21:50.what he said to me was to stop fearing the winning line, just grab

:21:51. > :21:55.it with both hands and get the job done and stop thinking negative

:21:56. > :22:03.thoughts. Focus positive, and just get the job done. And now he is

:22:04. > :22:07.getting at. I am going to go there. Friendship ends. But Martin will be

:22:08. > :22:15.the same, he will once to me and do it badly and so for that, 45

:22:16. > :22:19.minutes, an hour hour and they have, however long it takes, we will be

:22:20. > :22:22.arch enemies but then we will have a beer and then we will be back to

:22:23. > :22:23.normal and organising the next tournament where we are playing

:22:24. > :22:33.pairs together. They are great friends but

:22:34. > :22:40.Montgomery has got more Glasgow kiss than anything today. Martin has got

:22:41. > :22:45.his own parking space with his plaque here! You have got to take

:22:46. > :22:55.his hat off to him that he is still doing it at these levels, at 57

:22:56. > :23:01.years old. 225 sets that he has won on the Lakeside stage. That is

:23:02. > :23:05.great. Maybe the most important is perhaps he won the first seven in a

:23:06. > :23:08.preliminary and all nine in a row against Tony O'Shea in the first

:23:09. > :23:16.round and you are not expecting that. No, I was shocked. Tony O'Shea

:23:17. > :23:23.never got going at all. He has not been pushed yet. He is playing well,

:23:24. > :23:27.he has got seven more points on his first three darts and on his nine

:23:28. > :23:31.against Ross but that doesn't mean anything. He has not been pushed.

:23:32. > :23:36.Nobody has pushed him, nobody has hit proper scores against him. The

:23:37. > :23:44.beat up "The Silverback", but is a pedigree. He did not get a chance to

:23:45. > :23:49.push on. If somebody is not hitting you back, it is easy to hit them.

:23:50. > :23:58.Don't worry, I will not test that! I think I would lose that won 3-0! I

:23:59. > :24:05.love a good old match like this so there is a Romance of the England

:24:06. > :24:10.versus Scotland match. This half of you is English, the other half is

:24:11. > :24:15.Scottish. The left breast is also English so that tilted in favour of

:24:16. > :24:24.England for you. Just, just! I would say I would just go for Adams. Third

:24:25. > :24:28.successive fast... Remember it is the longer format, over the seven

:24:29. > :24:31.sets so the talking is almost over and it is time to get on our feet

:24:32. > :24:36.once more at Lakeside as we passed down to the man who is every inch

:24:37. > :24:44.the perfect MC, Richard Ashdown. Ladies and gentlemen, it is the 2014

:24:45. > :24:49.Lakeside World Championships and we complete the second round matches

:24:50. > :24:50.here at the home of world darts, the Lakeside!

:24:51. > :24:59.CHEERING. We now introduce a winner of eight

:25:00. > :25:03.BDO ranking world titles, a former place of a macro Masters champion,

:25:04. > :25:05.the reigning top of Gates champion, the captain of Scotland, The Boss,

:25:06. > :25:12.Ross Montgomery! Warning, warning, it is The Boss, it

:25:13. > :25:17.is The Boss! MUSIC: "Burn It To The Ground" by

:25:18. > :26:01.Nickelback. We now introduce the reigning

:26:02. > :26:07.Belgian open and Antwerp open champion. Twice a World Cup singles

:26:08. > :26:10.champion, three times company macro world muster, the three times

:26:11. > :26:23.Lakeside world champion, England's own, Wolfie, Martin Adams!

:26:24. > :27:02.MUSIC: "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran.

:27:03. > :27:13.COLIN MURRAY: They will see Scotland versus England, let's join the

:27:14. > :27:17.commentators. COMMENTATOR: Two veteran campaigners

:27:18. > :27:20.on the Lakeside stage with 13 quarterfinal appearances between

:27:21. > :27:27.them, all of them on the darting CV of Martin Adams. The three times

:27:28. > :27:31.champion record-breaking champion has had a sparkling start, dropping

:27:32. > :27:35.only four legs off to this point and he has an excellent record against

:27:36. > :27:40.Ross The Boss. The man from East Kilbride embarks on his third

:27:41. > :27:44.second-round tie, seen off by Ted Hankey and Tony O'Shea in the past

:27:45. > :27:47.at this stage and the prize for us today, if victorious, will be a

:27:48. > :27:50.first ever quarterfinal at the Lakeside with Jan Dekker lying in

:27:51. > :28:10.wait. Game on. Best of seven sets at this

:28:11. > :28:20.stage. And it is The Boss who gets as underweight in this first leg for

:28:21. > :28:20.the first set. -- under way. This is Wolfie's 27th consecutive

:28:21. > :28:32.appearance. That is some record, Jim, isn't it?

:28:33. > :28:38.Absolutely the nominal. 14 quarterfinal. I told him and he said

:28:39. > :28:48.he does not worry about statistics, only the board. -- that is

:28:49. > :28:55.absolutely phenomenal. He said to let the statisticians keep the

:28:56. > :28:59.statistics. He has won 46 out of 63, three quarters and his record at

:29:00. > :29:06.this stage in the second round is absolutely phenomenal. He has won 13

:29:07. > :29:12.and lost only two, the only defeats at this stage are Ronnie Baxter

:29:13. > :29:17.Beattie him in -- Holly Baxter beating him and Taylor, he has won

:29:18. > :29:24.his last eight second-round ties, an extraordinary record. Big Bob

:29:25. > :29:33.Taylor. The tender man. He was from Scotland. -- the tender man --

:29:34. > :29:35.timber. Ross has still to get past the second round. Maybe this is his

:29:36. > :29:50.day. This could go all the way, so it

:29:51. > :29:57.could take a while to find out. But Martin with three consecutive tons,

:29:58. > :30:12.he is on a finish. Superb dart, he leaves himself

:30:13. > :30:15.double 18 and the chance of a 16 darter if Martin gives him the

:30:16. > :30:20.chance to come back, which he has done, all relatively low scores at

:30:21. > :30:23.the tart of this leg. -- start of this leg. Ross is under

:30:24. > :30:25.pressure, he has responded brilliantly and can finish it off

:30:26. > :30:36.with a double 18. Double nine now.

:30:37. > :30:44.Way off. Single 20, double top, coming in,

:30:45. > :30:56.first leg, first set. Double top. That is against the darts.

:30:57. > :31:11.Yes, Ross had the advantage in that first leg. May come down with this

:31:12. > :31:14.third one, 19s. Much has been made about the importance of Ross

:31:15. > :31:18.preventing Martin making a fantastic start, it has been well documented

:31:19. > :31:21.what he has done so far, won the first seven legs in that match

:31:22. > :31:25.against David Cameron. Lost the first set, but still ended up

:31:26. > :31:30.dropping the four legs all together and he won all nine against third

:31:31. > :31:37.seed Tony O'Shea. His averages up to this point have been remarkably

:31:38. > :31:40.consistent, 87 against Cameron, 87 against O'Shea, one tenth of a point

:31:41. > :31:46.in difference between the two averages. And in terms of check out

:31:47. > :31:49.stat, over the tournament, Martin's superior to Ross's so far, he has

:31:50. > :31:51.played two games rather than one having been involved in the

:31:52. > :32:01.preliminary round. Puts all his concentration into the

:32:02. > :32:22.throw. The boss, can he boss this one with

:32:23. > :32:29.a 180? Yes, he can. Already the maximums gets him going

:32:30. > :32:38.and hiya Bully. Been a good friend to me as Bully.

:32:39. > :32:52.So 111 for Montgomery. Potential 12 darter.

:32:53. > :32:55.Martin back on 2233. Having lost the first leg when he had the darts, he

:32:56. > :33:10.still has a good chance against the darts in this one.

:33:11. > :33:19.Coming back with a finish of 72. OK, treble 16.

:33:20. > :33:25.That is 24. So... 48 left. 16 leaves double 16, eight leaves double top,

:33:26. > :33:33.he refers double top. But he is going for double 16 this time. He

:33:34. > :33:38.will be coming back, no outshot for Adams. He will try and impose as

:33:39. > :33:43.much pressure on that double eight, get Ross's nerves jangleling as much

:33:44. > :33:48.as he can -- jangling as much as he can. Went for the single 1 that

:33:49. > :33:54.would have left him double top. Could be academic that miss. Double

:33:55. > :33:59.eight for Ross. That is three darts at double he has

:34:00. > :34:04.missed in this leg now. And a fourth.

:34:05. > :34:09.Could be costly that. I can't -- you just can't afford to

:34:10. > :34:14.give these darts away. 17. Double top for a leg he should never

:34:15. > :34:26.have been in. Double top though, last dart. He has done it.

:34:27. > :34:34.Wolfie not the kind of opponent that you can can afford to give that much

:34:35. > :34:42.of an opening to. Ross milingst in front in that leg. Martin cleans up

:34:43. > :34:47.and he is two up in the first set. -- miles in front.

:34:48. > :34:51.Looking at Tracey there. She is the boss, as far as managers

:34:52. > :35:06.are concerned. Of the Boss. But at the moment, he should have

:35:07. > :35:18.taken that leg there, the second leg.

:35:19. > :35:26.He is scoring for the first nine darts up to this point of the game

:35:27. > :35:31.and his over all average is far superior to Martin Adams but it is

:35:32. > :35:38.the check out statistics that are killing Ross up to this point.

:35:39. > :35:41.Martin has hit two out of three. We have had some great crowds in the

:35:42. > :35:45.afternoon session, and I must say that I have been great for the

:35:46. > :35:52.players. The best of order. Good afternoon

:35:53. > :36:06.one and all. Set himself up with a half decent

:36:07. > :36:28.position again here, Ross. 138 for his first leg of the match.

:36:29. > :36:33.Just try and get himself on to a single dart finish for when he comes

:36:34. > :36:43.back. If of course he comes back. Fulfil his half of the bargain but

:36:44. > :36:49.141 for Martin. He has been taking these out. He went for the 19s. Ross

:36:50. > :36:56.is coming back for double eight. He has to take this leg.

:36:57. > :37:00.Just to give him some encouragement. Goushl.

:37:01. > :37:14.No score. Oh no, wrong bed. He is giving this away. Oh. Still he will

:37:15. > :37:21.get a shot. 19 for double 16. Double 16. Unbelievable. Well, an

:37:22. > :37:26.opportunity to hit that double eight again, Ross wouldn't have dreamed he

:37:27. > :37:32.has got. He has missed it four times, make it five.

:37:33. > :37:36.He is on the ball. His tenth dart at a double.

:37:37. > :37:42.His fifth at double eight. He hits it and he has a leg.

:37:43. > :37:53.Mind you, he did have the throw as well in that leg so... Up they go,

:37:54. > :38:02.the balloons. A maximum, they love it.

:38:03. > :38:12.Martin has beaten Ross twice this year in the Welsh Classic and in a

:38:13. > :38:14.deciding set in the British Classic. Martin has only beaten Ross once,

:38:15. > :38:43.that was in the BDO Open. A fantastic match. People still talk

:38:44. > :38:50.about being arguably the greatest come back in the history.

:38:51. > :39:04.I thought you were going to say about another come back!

:39:05. > :39:11.There is the treble. 84 left, so treble 20, double 12. And a long way

:39:12. > :39:31.back for Ross Montgomery. Well he can fill them up here, Ross,

:39:32. > :39:35.if he chooses to. All he can do is turn away and hope,

:39:36. > :39:49.because this is for the first set for Martin Adams, double eight now.

:39:50. > :39:53.Double four. Game and the first set Martin Adams. No problems for Martin

:39:54. > :39:58.Adams, he has won that first set three legs to one.

:39:59. > :40:02.Had a lot of trouble hitting double four in the match against Tony

:40:03. > :40:05.O'Shea, only hit it once out of six attempts through the entire match,

:40:06. > :40:09.but hits it a the first time of asking and takes the first set.

:40:10. > :40:18.Finds himself a set up. As he has done in his two previous

:40:19. > :40:24.matches in the tournament so far. So Boss is not bossing the match at

:40:25. > :40:33.the moment. Had a couple of opportunities to get the doubles.

:40:34. > :40:42.One of those chandeliers would fit in my kitchen! Bobby George build

:40:43. > :40:52.your kitchen as well then? Only the back. He has never painted it! You

:40:53. > :40:57.been to Bobby's place? I have seen it. It had to be a widescreen

:40:58. > :41:05.television to see it. Built it himself. Beautiful place.

:41:06. > :41:08.But he charges you to go fishing. He has to pay for it somehow, Tony,

:41:09. > :41:25.give the man a chance! Perfect start for him. The week that

:41:26. > :41:31.could conceivably see him play his 4 hundredth set of dart tons Lakeside

:41:32. > :41:35.stage. -- darts on the Lakeside stage. Excellent start from Ross,

:41:36. > :41:47.though, to this second set. Martin had a 55 and 45 in this leg so far.

:41:48. > :41:53.Ross Montgomery has a shot. He will look at 11, the single means he

:41:54. > :42:02.needs the bull, to break back straight away. Some way south. He

:42:03. > :42:08.took some big shots out in his last match. No, needed the trouble for

:42:09. > :42:13.double eight, so 80, 16 for double top.

:42:14. > :42:21.That was intentional by the way, the treble.

:42:22. > :42:25.Single 15 leaves him double 16. Finishing letting him down badly at

:42:26. > :42:31.the moment. These are the chances he can't

:42:32. > :42:37.afford to give Martin Adams. Another leg Ross will feel he should have

:42:38. > :42:43.had wrapped up long ago. Double two for Martin Adams, he hits it. Month

:42:44. > :42:50.comery with a fantastic chance -- Montgomery with a fantastic chance

:42:51. > :42:59.to break, hasn't taken it. So these first sets, double trouble

:43:00. > :43:07.for the Boss. Look at that. One out of 13 darts at doubles so far hit by

:43:08. > :43:10.Ross. That tells you all. There is Martin.

:43:11. > :43:26.Four out of eight. It is probably the one aspect of his

:43:27. > :43:30.game that let him down against Michael Meaney in the first round.

:43:31. > :43:42.Ross's finishing was 23%. The benchmark being sort of low to mid

:43:43. > :43:45.40s as being decent. As I say it is his seventh appearance and he is

:43:46. > :43:47.still to get through the second round, maybe that is why the, well

:43:48. > :44:38.obviously it is the doubles. You see Violet and Xavier's napes

:44:39. > :44:44.embroidered on the shirt of Wolfie's. They are his

:44:45. > :44:49.grandchildren. A special shirt to celebrate his 21st consecutive

:44:50. > :45:10.appearance at the Lakeside. Which has been mentioned.

:45:11. > :45:34.He can't hit the doubles, let's see if he can finish on a 136.

:45:35. > :45:44.He has won five legs out of six, and that is a break in the second set.

:45:45. > :45:48.12, 15 minutes, he has already built up a sizeable advantage in this

:45:49. > :46:09.match. Last year, Wolfie lost to Holland's youngster, Jimmy Hendriks.

:46:10. > :46:15.At the present moment, no roads leading to Scotland. Punished even

:46:16. > :46:21.further. 180! His second maximum so far, up

:46:22. > :46:38.to six for the tournament now. He has certainly got the talent, he

:46:39. > :46:40.has beaten Stephen Bunting on the way to the semifinals of the World

:46:41. > :46:50.Masters. Sometimes you get the days where you

:46:51. > :47:09.can score as much as you want. Martin is doing perfectly well.

:47:10. > :47:19.Even the little wolves looking on in admiration.

:47:20. > :47:25.If he had got that, that would have equalled the biggest of the week for

:47:26. > :47:39.him. You could have got a cigarette paper through that.

:47:40. > :47:50.Father Christmas, he loves his darts, he is still here. He leaves

:47:51. > :47:55.his sack at home, it is too hot. Two Mr darts at double 8. OK, come on,

:47:56. > :48:16.let's have one. Games shot and the second set,

:48:17. > :48:28.Martin Adams. Running away with the match at this stage, 2-04 Martin

:48:29. > :48:37.Adams. -- 2-0 for Martin Adams. Plenty of imitation howling from the

:48:38. > :48:38.crowd and Huw Ware reminding the crowd of their responsibilities

:48:39. > :48:59.while the players are throwing. Three titles, four finals, nine

:49:00. > :49:04.semifinals, 13 quarterfinals, and illustrious career, held his own

:49:05. > :49:09.show every time so far, not without they scare on a couple of occasions,

:49:10. > :49:13.Montgomery has had either three or four missed darts against the

:49:14. > :49:26.double. Ross captained Scotland in Canada to

:49:27. > :49:34.win their first ever World Cup medal so, like I said, he has hit them

:49:35. > :49:43.that on some days it just doesn't happen and maybe this will be one of

:49:44. > :50:06.those days. Martin running away with it at the moment.

:50:07. > :50:37.Plenty of gold on that hand. This is a nice finish.

:50:38. > :51:06.Those doubles are still letting him down at crucial moments.

:51:07. > :51:16.Games shot and the first leg, Martin Adams. Martin to throw first, game

:51:17. > :51:22.on. That is exactly like the first leg of a match. Montgomery with the

:51:23. > :51:25.throw, Mr darts at doubles, 18 and nine on that occasion and Adams

:51:26. > :51:32.picked up tops and he has to let this time round as well, Montgomery

:51:33. > :51:40.missing edible 16 -- missing eight double 16 and Wolfie, a very good

:51:41. > :51:42.44% on the checkouts so far. Wolfie is very consistent, his game is not

:51:43. > :51:50.suiting Ross. He has had the opportunities but you

:51:51. > :52:14.don't get it if you only hit one. A busy crowd for a Thursday

:52:15. > :52:21.afternoon. At least we have solved one middle, we know at least what he

:52:22. > :52:28.does until December. We are beginning to put the picture

:52:29. > :52:34.together. One person that we know at least who shouldn't legitimately be

:52:35. > :52:46.at work! The way you are going, you will get the "sack" ! 180! That at

:52:47. > :52:54.last, that is what Santa is sending him for Christmas.

:52:55. > :53:07.The second 140 of the leg for Wolfie in response.

:53:08. > :53:25.Oh, just a fraction out. Still Martin can win this leg.

:53:26. > :53:31.Double 16 is the best on the board, but not this time. So, 25 to break

:53:32. > :53:43.the Adams throw for the first time. He gets it this time. A settler for

:53:44. > :53:58.Ross Montgomery who breaks back straightaway in the third set.

:53:59. > :54:04.The first time that Ross Montgomery, in five tense, has been

:54:05. > :54:17.able to take a leg off a Martin Adams throw. -- in five attempts.

:54:18. > :54:22.Only the second leg he has won out of the nine so far. He needs to

:54:23. > :54:30.follow it up here and get this set on the board and start from there.

:54:31. > :54:38.It is a good start. Two tons for Ross, one for Martin.

:54:39. > :54:47.It is Martin's consistency that has won him all his titles though. He

:54:48. > :55:02.gets up there, gets rock solid on the oche,

:55:03. > :55:12.This is perfection from Martin Adams. If you want to take up darts,

:55:13. > :55:21.go and see Martin. That is a message for the children. He will teach you.

:55:22. > :55:32.So after a time, time, 140, 161 to finish. -- after a tonne, tonne,

:55:33. > :55:40.140. Ross Montgomery might have thought

:55:41. > :55:48.he had done some of the hard work breaking the Adams throw and get the

:55:49. > :56:00.darts back in this set. 140 has come at a good time.

:56:01. > :56:05.That would have been another break of throw. He is frustrated with

:56:06. > :56:11.himself that he missed it. A chance for Ross.

:56:12. > :56:17.He hits his first start at double top in the match. Two successive

:56:18. > :56:30.legs and Ross leads now. He will need to keep this advantage

:56:31. > :56:49.to save the set. I believe that Ross has to

:56:50. > :57:23.definitely win this set to stay in the match.

:57:24. > :57:33.He lost three successive legs in the match against David Cameron. He may

:57:34. > :57:42.do the same here against Ross Montgomery.

:57:43. > :57:46.Ross is looking frustrated. He needed his trouble there,

:57:47. > :58:22.definitely. -- his treble. Ross is not under pressure at this

:58:23. > :58:37.particular stage of the those two. Six starts at least. -- six darts.

:58:38. > :58:41.That was not disastrous, he tries to get his first set on the board,

:58:42. > :59:16.Ross. The opening is there. He can't

:59:17. > :59:31.finish now, Ross is coming back for double top. And most of all, a set.

:59:32. > :59:54.Set, when he had the dart, he is on the board. Now a chance to break

:59:55. > :00:00.Martin Adams in the fourth set. After a very inauspicious start he

:00:01. > :00:18.hit only one of his first 13 double, he hit three of his last five.

:00:19. > :00:23.It is getting interesting now. Just able to rein Martin in after another

:00:24. > :00:27.fast start he has made. Significantly in that set Martin

:00:28. > :00:39.only had two darts at doubles in the entire set.

:00:40. > :00:53.A good start from Ross in this set. Two tons. And only two 50-pluses for

:00:54. > :00:59.Martin, and a 41. Something is happening up there.

:01:00. > :01:05.The Wolf is prowling behind the oche.

:01:06. > :01:17.Not getting a sniff in here. Three tons for Ross so far.

:01:18. > :01:23.And this first leg of the fourth. Martin, shades over 60 for the first

:01:24. > :01:29.time in the leg. Ross with an 80 point advantage plus these three. He

:01:30. > :01:40.is back. 97 left, a finish of 104. Martin

:01:41. > :01:46.needs all three of these, he could be on a finish if he gets it. He is

:01:47. > :01:53.still on the a finish. -- on a finish.

:01:54. > :02:05.Treble 18 would leaf double 16. Double 16 for a 104 for Montgomery.

:02:06. > :02:30.That went out to the wide receiver. So 81. Treble 19. Treble 12. Yes. Oh

:02:31. > :02:36.that was one for the Silverine. That was was out of the blue. He did

:02:37. > :02:41.enjoy that. And for the third time, in fact all

:02:42. > :02:45.four times, in this match so far, the first leg of a set, Ross has

:02:46. > :02:50.missed a dart at a double, Martin has gone on to pick it off. That

:02:51. > :02:57.time with a 141. His biggest check out of the tournament so far being

:02:58. > :03:07.the 121 he threw against Cameron. He was unlucky with the bounce out

:03:08. > :03:12.there. So the score line two sets to one,

:03:13. > :03:24.and the first leg in the fourth set goes to Martin Adams.

:03:25. > :03:29.Yes, turning it all up now. Had a lull, but now ton 140 shows he is

:03:30. > :04:04.back in with the battle. Ton 140, 140, 121 left.

:04:05. > :04:08.Looking for a 12 dart outshot. Still a chance. Treble 17 leaves the

:04:09. > :04:15.bull. 84 left, so treble 20.

:04:16. > :04:28.Take this one away. Top of the shot 170 for Ross Montgomery.

:04:29. > :04:33.Don't need the first dart to do that.

:04:34. > :04:46.For a leg against the dart, 64. Another single 16.

:04:47. > :04:52.Now a double 16. Didn't miss by much. But he missed.

:04:53. > :05:22.Options... Shaking his head but 17s. Double 13. Thought about it.

:05:23. > :05:34.Not easy. Is that a wolf? I know that's a finish.

:05:35. > :05:42.Things going the way of the wolf man at the moment. Wolfie a leg away

:05:43. > :05:45.from a 3-1 lead. Having broken the Montgomery throw

:05:46. > :05:52.again, for the fourth time in six attempts.

:05:53. > :06:03.Well the last one was a howler, really, for Ross.

:06:04. > :06:21.Martin with that 141 in the first leg of this fourth set.

:06:22. > :06:28.Ross whose highest of the tournament so far is 109. Not taking out

:06:29. > :06:34.anything above 56 to this point. He has had chances. He likes to leave

:06:35. > :06:40.himself over on the left hand side of the board, with the 16s and

:06:41. > :06:45.eight, they haven't been kind to them. Double eight, then often as a

:06:46. > :06:49.follow up haven't been much better it is two out of seven at double

:06:50. > :06:53.eight. Well them's the ones you have to

:06:54. > :06:56.finish off, if you are going to win matches.

:06:57. > :07:08.Beat your opponent the double and hit it.

:07:09. > :07:35.Ass the match stands Martin takes this leg, it is three sets to one.

:07:36. > :07:38.All getting engrossed in the match. To one.

:07:39. > :07:49.All getting engrossed in the match. Ts Ross played for the Glasgow

:07:50. > :07:56.Diamond Diamonds for... He might find himself 3-1 at the moment. 16.

:07:57. > :08:00.The double top for a 3-1 lead for Martin Adams. He is just one set

:08:01. > :08:23.away from a 14th quarter-final at the Lakeside.

:08:24. > :08:30.3-1 Martin leads in sets. This is the start of the fourth set. Will it

:08:31. > :08:41.be the last one. In the championship for Ross Montgomery? Let us hope

:08:42. > :08:51.not. -- deserves at least one set in this

:08:52. > :08:56.match, at least. Talk about the consistency of mar

:08:57. > :09:03.tirng born out by the average, against David Cameron 87.2. Tony

:09:04. > :09:07.O'Shea, 87.3. Now against Ross, 87.1.

:09:08. > :09:12.Remarkably consistent throwing from Wolfie.

:09:13. > :09:23.Well, that has been throughout his career. He has all, really been that

:09:24. > :09:29.consistent, and that, as you say... He has captained England for it must

:09:30. > :09:33.be 20 years. For the vast majority of his career,

:09:34. > :09:39.he has gone up to the oche and known what he is going to get every time

:09:40. > :09:45.that he plays. He has the perfect stance, he is

:09:46. > :09:50.rock solid on the oche, and anyone wanting to take up dart, look at

:09:51. > :09:56.this, look. Perfect stance, foot's there, hardly any movement. Straight

:09:57. > :10:09.through the dart. Each dart is following the next.

:10:10. > :10:21.So for the first leg of the fifth set against the darts, treble 19,

:10:22. > :10:28.would have left double 12, a look at 60 if he is back, but 80 for Ross,

:10:29. > :10:35.to make sure he doesn't come back, double top. Excellent shot by Ross

:10:36. > :10:39.Montgomery. He gives himself the first leg in

:10:40. > :10:53.the set for the first time in the match. So his manager applauding

:10:54. > :11:01.that one. I don't know of many women that manager the darts players.

:11:02. > :11:09.Maybe the wives. Tracey the boss of the Boss.

:11:10. > :11:20.All the wives are in charge! They are in charge of the managers.

:11:21. > :11:37.Come on Ross, a good start here. Two tons Martin, ton 60. But the

:11:38. > :12:02.score line reads 3-1 in sets. Martin Adams. The best to four.

:12:03. > :12:15.Has won eight ranking titles in his career, Ross Montgomery, he has done

:12:16. > :12:17.well at some. His problem has been commuting that form over Holland

:12:18. > :12:24.over Christmas for this tournament here.

:12:25. > :12:31.He will have a chance at 158 to take it 2-0 lead in the fifth set that is

:12:32. > :12:37.imperative he wins. It is a big finish. It can be done.

:12:38. > :12:48.It won't be now. Martin on the prowl. 81 coming in.

:12:49. > :13:00.Go for 19s. So 72 left. It's the bull. Unlucky.

:13:01. > :13:09.One hundred for Ross, how he could do with this. Great start, two dart,

:13:10. > :13:14.double top. Now one at double ten. And again the double trouble that

:13:15. > :13:20.has wrecked this game for him so far lives on. Martin Adams hoping to

:13:21. > :13:24.punish him. Nine for double eight. He is punished again, that has been

:13:25. > :13:39.the problem when Ross has missed the double, Martin has compounded his

:13:40. > :13:43.misery. Getting nearer to the winning post.

:13:44. > :14:06.Two legs away is Martin. That tells you all. What has made it

:14:07. > :14:12.worse, in one way, is that Ross's check out stats when he has been

:14:13. > :14:17.trying to break, are even worse. It is two out of 15 attempts at

:14:18. > :14:24.doubles, when Adams has had the throw.

:14:25. > :14:28.He has broken him twice. Most significantly Ross has only held

:14:29. > :14:35.three times. He has only had ten dart darts when

:14:36. > :14:40.he has thrown first. Perhaps the pressure the darts are so important

:14:41. > :14:46.when he is trying to break Martin's throw.

:14:47. > :14:51.Not a great start for Martin to this leg though, two 106s and a 45.

:14:52. > :15:03.-- two 60s. Ross will take all this. He has hit 137, 134, the last two

:15:04. > :15:07.throws to the board he has left 104, Martin for a change, way behind on

:15:08. > :15:57.336. Another absolutely monumental dart

:15:58. > :16:11.for Montgomery in his Lakeside campaign and he has missed it.

:16:12. > :16:34.It is there! Martin Adams, just one leg away from victory.

:16:35. > :16:42.It is a long way back for Ross Montgomery.

:16:43. > :16:48.If ever there was a leg that encapsulated the problem is that he

:16:49. > :16:57.has had, Ross, it is in that last leg. 232 points ahead, he was. Three

:16:58. > :17:07.darts at a double, missed them all, Martin came back and with a decent

:17:08. > :17:12.finishing strike, got the leg. If you don't hit your doubles, it gets

:17:13. > :17:16.through to you. You know you should be winning your sets and the legs

:17:17. > :17:23.but when it doesn't happen on the day, there is nothing you can do.

:17:24. > :17:41.But it's not over yet. Anything can happen in this sport. Like they say

:17:42. > :17:45.at the moment, and 171 has left 90 after nine darts. Now let's see if

:17:46. > :17:52.he can finish this leg. Remember , Martin is touring for the

:17:53. > :18:16.set and the match. -- throwing four. Well, he's laughing, but let's see

:18:17. > :18:50.if he can finish now. No, that proves the point. He's done

:18:51. > :18:53.that right through the match, 24, for the match.

:18:54. > :19:03.Martin puts it away. Games shot and the match, Martin Adams! What an

:19:04. > :19:07.intriguing match. They are loving this, food for Ross Montgomery, they

:19:08. > :19:12.kept their with Martin Adams, he couldn't finish and you don't get

:19:13. > :19:29.championships without finishing. Ladies and gentlemen, show your

:19:30. > :19:32.appreciation to the captain of Scotland, Ross Montgomery!

:19:33. > :19:40.And the Wolf is on the hunt in the quarterfinals once again, Martin

:19:41. > :20:14.Adams! COLIN MURRAY: It was a walk in the

:20:15. > :20:20.park for Wolfie. He was always just that in above Ross had more problems

:20:21. > :20:21.with the doubles than Rab C Nesbitt. You cannot buy experience when you

:20:22. > :20:44.get to the latter part of the draw. So, Bobby George, what did you make

:20:45. > :20:48.of that? Well, Ross actually outscored him in the first three

:20:49. > :21:01.darts Heathrow. He could not hit a double. He was terrible. 15%. Five

:21:02. > :21:07.out of 33, that is terrible. You will never win a game playing at

:21:08. > :21:15.that level, unless it is my level. Wolfie scores 46%, he had all the

:21:16. > :21:21.chances to beat Adams but he never took them. You think Ross blew it a

:21:22. > :21:26.bit? He was missing doubles and meeting them with a rueful smile as

:21:27. > :21:31.if he almost expected it. He was never really angry with himself. I

:21:32. > :21:36.do think you can, when you have that many chances and it doesn't happen,

:21:37. > :21:41.it won't. You do get days like that but I haven't seen it like that, not

:21:42. > :21:53.at this level. Ross actually most of the time is outscoring Adams but he

:21:54. > :21:56.just could not hit a double. On the other side, the 46 checkout

:21:57. > :22:01.percentage and one moment in particular when Ross at won a set

:22:02. > :22:07.and it was back to two - one, the only time he was on a roll and then

:22:08. > :22:09.Martin Adams pulled out a 141 and that not all the wind out of Ross's

:22:10. > :22:23.sales. Martin joins us now, was that the

:22:24. > :22:31.key moment then? When Ross got a roll and then you took out the 141?

:22:32. > :22:34.That is like what they call a sucker punch. I knew I had to do it

:22:35. > :22:38.otherwise he is away with the fairies. You have to take out big

:22:39. > :22:41.shots like that at the right time and we have seen it a few times this

:22:42. > :22:45.week with different players but those are the 1s you need to do.

:22:46. > :22:53.Bobby will tell you that, won't you, son? He was outscoring you, but he

:22:54. > :22:58.could not hit a double and you were hitting all of them and he could not

:22:59. > :23:01.hit a double, the boy. He had what I have the other day, missing doubles

:23:02. > :23:07.but there you go, every day is different. Does that stop you down a

:23:08. > :23:12.bit much there were times when you are over points behind in legs but

:23:13. > :23:18.then with him missing the doubles, you still won the leg. When you

:23:19. > :23:23.banged in the 180, DD feel you always had a chance no matter what

:23:24. > :23:27.the early darts would be? You want to leave yourself a double when you

:23:28. > :23:32.hit a 180. Hopefully you will get a shot at it. He should never have

:23:33. > :23:39.start good back and smiled at me. I agree totally. What was said here?

:23:40. > :23:52.It was a winning look, where did that come from? I do not know. Was

:23:53. > :23:58.there a lack of steel with Ross? It felt like the three darts at double

:23:59. > :24:07.15, he was beaten. I don't know. He missed them though. I always say

:24:08. > :24:11.thank you. Always say thank you. I don't think he has run out of steam

:24:12. > :24:14.at all, it is one of those games where he was not on the mark and he

:24:15. > :24:19.is putting them left and right. It did not go well for him but he tried

:24:20. > :24:22.a bit too hard then and that is what he tried today, he tried a bit too

:24:23. > :24:27.hard. He had opportunities at doubles, and he could not hit a

:24:28. > :24:33.double full of nor money at some points but it is one of those games.

:24:34. > :24:40.-- for love nor money. I think your experience showed you flooded above

:24:41. > :24:44.him this much. You know what type of energy it needs. And lots of the

:24:45. > :24:48.other players in do not know that, there was a bit of that wily

:24:49. > :24:52.experience coming in. Yes, a bit, but I does play the game as I see

:24:53. > :24:59.it. Each game is different. You just have to play and hopefully you will

:25:00. > :25:02.play your best ability. I did it today, there were some rubbish

:25:03. > :25:08.scores in there, maybe I gave away some legs which should not have done

:25:09. > :25:12.but I the win and that's what it's all about. This is a different

:25:13. > :25:17.shirt, you are always in roughly the same shirt, I have it is not the one

:25:18. > :25:30.the war 21 years ago. These your grandchildren? Yes. What is the 21

:25:31. > :25:38.as well? Bob Potter is going to buy me ageing for my birthday. It took

:25:39. > :25:44.21 years to get a drink of the guy. -- buy me a drink. This is what we

:25:45. > :25:47.have got on the red button, we will get a lady 's quarterfinal before

:25:48. > :25:51.that, Stephen Bunting who has averaged over 100 in his

:25:52. > :25:56.second-round encounter, Rick Hofstra in a strange situation where Martin

:25:57. > :26:03.Atkins had to pull out that is because of a pulled tendon. He would

:26:04. > :26:11.have ripped it if he carried on some rick is in a situation of not only

:26:12. > :26:16.having to take on the number one seed but he has not have a decent

:26:17. > :26:19.stint so far, Rick Hofstra. I remember the last time I played him

:26:20. > :26:27.at the British classic, he tore me apart and I had shots at doubles.

:26:28. > :26:34.122 get level but he ripped me apart. What about Tony Eccles? You

:26:35. > :26:40.will not go away. He said this is the last time here for him at the

:26:41. > :26:44.Lakeside but he is taking on Robbie Green and as we said earlier, he is

:26:45. > :26:49.the one man in that half of the draw that can give Stephen Bunting some

:26:50. > :26:54.problems. Both of them can, Robbie Green and Tony Eccles. If I was a

:26:55. > :26:59.betting man, I would put my money on Tony Eccles but Robbie is a

:27:00. > :27:10.scrapper. There are players like that who love a scrap on the oche

:27:11. > :27:19.Antoni -- and Tony may well be a scrapper. Do your member that

:27:20. > :27:25.player, Colin with a fish mouth? It wasn't me who said that, Colin! It

:27:26. > :27:29.is those little idiosyncrasies that you pick up on when you are little.

:27:30. > :27:34.Try to be a bit on bias here, Wolfie! This makes my mouth water

:27:35. > :27:38.tomorrow night, on the red button, James Wilson and Alan Norris. That

:27:39. > :27:43.will be one tough game. James has had a tough season a great season

:27:44. > :27:49.again. Playing top darts here at the Lakeside. Allen, a bit of a

:27:50. > :27:56.resurgence, he is hungry and I don't know what it is, it is like somebody

:27:57. > :27:59.has flicked a switch for him. There are certain players every year who

:28:00. > :28:04.need to be less nice and light Gary Robson, we were talking to him after

:28:05. > :28:07.his defeat and he admitted, that he beat himself again and Scott

:28:08. > :28:10.Mitchell will say the same, he needed more edge. And Alan Norris

:28:11. > :28:15.says that every year but he has delivered it this year. That is the

:28:16. > :28:22.thing, he is playing great. The thing for Alan Norris is that he has

:28:23. > :28:28.beaten Scott Waites in the opening match, and Scott Waites won last

:28:29. > :28:32.year. Two Dutchman left, despite all the qualifiers from around the world

:28:33. > :28:41.with all the experience, we are down to the Dutch and the English again.

:28:42. > :28:51.The Jan Dekker against his opponent. Geert de Vos. And you are up against

:28:52. > :28:54.Jan, his consistency, he still 25 the top gear, or that experience,

:28:55. > :29:02.are you fancying yourself a semifinal? I hope he doesn't find

:29:03. > :29:06.the top gate, he is a great player, Jan. When he came onto the circuit

:29:07. > :29:10.first, I played him at the World Masters, what a performance he put

:29:11. > :29:13.in for a young player at that time and now he has got a few years

:29:14. > :29:17.experience under his belt. You cannot rule him out. I must ask you

:29:18. > :29:21.about another quarterfinal in the women's drawer, because a player

:29:22. > :29:25.that has really impressed me, the match was on the red button, only 19

:29:26. > :29:33.years old, Fallon Sherrock and she has the type of Regal must onstage

:29:34. > :29:37.-- Regal attitude of Eric Bristow, like his long lost granddaughter,

:29:38. > :29:41.she is 19 and tomorrow night she takes on Anastasia, the defending

:29:42. > :29:45.champion who has won two years in a row, and that is a good game. I

:29:46. > :29:51.think Fallon Sherrock is the future star of the lady's game. At which

:29:52. > :29:57.she is the star now. She can win it now, she is great. I first started

:29:58. > :30:03.playing super league with her dad in Milton Keynes and I played darts

:30:04. > :30:07.with her father, Steve and that is where she gets her talent from. Her

:30:08. > :30:10.dad played for Buckinghamshire and the county, but she has got the

:30:11. > :30:17.game. She can do it. I didn't mean to make you feel old, he may be old

:30:18. > :30:23.the but he is true to the next stage. We know that seven of the

:30:24. > :30:31.eight players in the women's game, and I leaned it is a debutant here

:30:32. > :30:38.but she has been in great form, another debutant. Anastasia has been

:30:39. > :30:42.waiting in the wings so let the party of time to chat with Rob

:30:43. > :30:47.Walker. What a run Lisa Ashton enjoyed, you

:30:48. > :30:52.will hope to go one better and win it, by first of all it feels like

:30:53. > :30:57.you have had to wait and age. . It does, it feels like I have waited a

:30:58. > :31:03.very long time. Everyone has played and I am still waiting to play my

:31:04. > :31:07.fist game. What are your thoughts as you wait to play Aileen. We know she

:31:08. > :31:12.can produce her best when it counts? He has done well, she has done

:31:13. > :31:17.really well, I still have my own confidence of trying to do one step

:31:18. > :31:21.further than last year. Is the fact you made it all the way to the final

:31:22. > :31:23.in your mind, is that something that will give you an underlying feeling

:31:24. > :31:27.of confidence when you step out on the stage? It will, yes, because

:31:28. > :31:31.like, the other times before I have gone out in the first round and I

:31:32. > :31:35.know now I can go another round and another round, and having like more

:31:36. > :31:38.experience, I have gone more rounds, I am feeling a bit more confident

:31:39. > :31:44.this time. Of course, you have got to take one match at a time, it is

:31:45. > :31:48.the old cliche, but you could have been potentially lined up against

:31:49. > :31:53.Trina Gulliver, but it is Tamara Schuur, was there a lot of surprise

:31:54. > :31:57.among the women's game that Trina came out second best in that match?

:31:58. > :32:01.It was a surprise, because she has been nine times World Champion, but

:32:02. > :32:07.Tamara has been playing well, so it was, I would say, it was even game,

:32:08. > :32:11.I wasn't sure who was going to win, because they are both playing well,

:32:12. > :32:15.and I just felt, whoever, you have to play you have to play. And one

:32:16. > :32:21.more big name going out, makes the draw even wide e and there is an

:32:22. > :32:28.opportunity for someone, and that somebody could be you. Yes it was a

:32:29. > :32:34.shock Trina went out so it opened the door, so open it be. Good luck.

:32:35. > :32:38.Cheers. As we said in the men's draw we have roughly what we expected in

:32:39. > :32:43.terms of the names we thought we would go through. We only have had

:32:44. > :32:48.the biggest shock which was Scott Waiteses going out. The ladies, an

:32:49. > :32:52.tasia is not playing well. She is not playing well at all. She was

:32:53. > :32:54.lucky to get through her first round. Trina Gulliver is out. Fallon

:32:55. > :33:01.Sherrock is coming through. Lisa Ashton we don't know what she is

:33:02. > :33:07.going to do. I am getting excited. We have Irina Armstrong 75% check

:33:08. > :33:11.out. There is real intrigue. I may not be of the higher standards

:33:12. > :33:16.overall, because there is less ladies to play dart, and what we are

:33:17. > :33:21.seeing is a really interesting tournament, but very unpredictable.

:33:22. > :33:25.There is not as many ladies playing darts, but the girls that are play,

:33:26. > :33:29.they know their game, so they are playing each other all the time.

:33:30. > :33:33.They are travelling the same tournament, playing each other, so,

:33:34. > :33:37.you get one of them dominate all the year, and then all of a sudden they

:33:38. > :33:43.can go off, because it is hard to keep travelling and travelling like

:33:44. > :33:46.they do, but Lisa is very good. But Aileen de Graaf is maybe the form

:33:47. > :33:49.player in this tournament, in and round on the boards, she will be

:33:50. > :33:54.confident going up there, she has been at home back stage, despite

:33:55. > :33:58.this being her first time here, if she takes the form in recent moneys

:33:59. > :34:05.on the stage she will give Lisa a real game. Lisa has a great dart

:34:06. > :34:12.throw for a lady. But she throws like, I can't remember his name now,

:34:13. > :34:19.Steve, I did say it. Steve Beaten? But she doesn't look like him. That

:34:20. > :34:26.the main thing! She has a lovely throw, and the other lady, she has

:34:27. > :34:30.played good darts. Graceful. Is what you are saying. I am sure Steve

:34:31. > :34:36.would be happy to hear that. There will be a few Dutch in the crowd,

:34:37. > :34:44.there always is and they will be shouting come on Aileen. A graceful

:34:45. > :34:52.throw from Lisa, and Vassos and Jim will talk you through this.

:34:53. > :34:55.Ladies and gentlemen, it is the 2014 Lakeside World Championships and we

:34:56. > :35:08.complete the first round in the ladies competition, here at the home

:35:09. > :35:12.of world dart, the Lakeside. Which welcomes the number seven

:35:13. > :35:46.seed, from the Netherlands, Aileen de Graaf.

:35:47. > :36:01.MUSIC: "Come On Eileen" by Save Ferris

:36:02. > :36:09.We now introduce a former Winmau World Master at the Lakeside world

:36:10. > :36:12.finalist, she is the reigning England match play champion, the

:36:13. > :37:01.Lancashire Rose, Lisa MUSIC: "Girls" by Sugababes. That

:37:02. > :37:10.was the most by czar version overcome on Eileen. Bog has sprained

:37:11. > :37:19.his ankle dancing to it. So round one, where would you see a

:37:20. > :37:22.43-year-old from Bolton play a 19-year-old from Holland. Lisa

:37:23. > :37:25.Ashton in the black shirt makes the journey south to Surrey for the

:37:26. > :37:32.fourth time. But the first without stopping in

:37:33. > :37:41.Hull, for the international play-off offer -- play-offs.

:37:42. > :37:49.She reached the final here which gives her automatic entry, she does

:37:50. > :37:54.have the big match pedigree having won the World Masters in 2011.

:37:55. > :37:58.Aileen de Graaf arrives at the seventh seed having won Under-21

:37:59. > :38:02.ranking titles in the past 12 month. This is the last match in round one,

:38:03. > :38:16.they are playing for the right to meet the woman who won the very

:38:17. > :38:19.first way back on Saturday night. Tamara Schuur awaits in the

:38:20. > :38:54.quarter-finals, and what a start. She had her first major title. You

:38:55. > :38:59.couldn't accuse her of being lucky in the draw in picking Lisa Ashton.

:39:00. > :39:03.One of the most dangerous of the non-seeded player, she doesn't

:39:04. > :39:07.compete full-time on the ladies circuit which means her ranking of

:39:08. > :39:14.15 isn't a true reflection of her about. Last year's runner-up

:39:15. > :39:29.position suggests that. And she too has her first maximum.

:39:30. > :39:56.First loose darts we have seen and they didn't miss by much.

:39:57. > :40:08.Double five. Come on Eileen indeed. Terrible version of the song,

:40:09. > :40:32.brilliant darts. Eileen 23. She is from just outside

:40:33. > :40:39.of Trecht. She beat Lisa in the quarter-final in Ghent. Eileen hit

:40:40. > :40:46.double 16 and mate it through. It's the only previous meeting of these

:40:47. > :40:50.two ladies. Having been the runner-up in 2011

:40:51. > :41:03.and 2001. She won the tournament. The speed and accuracy which these

:41:04. > :41:09.two ladies are throwing at the moment has made it excellent

:41:10. > :41:12.proposition, it is likely to be an intriguing and mouthwatering

:41:13. > :41:31.encounter and it has lived up to its billing and beyond.

:41:32. > :41:59.This is for a 13 dart leg. A 15 dart leg to answer a 15 dart

:42:00. > :42:05.leg. It is a bit early for this, but we

:42:06. > :42:33.have been saying what a start. That is reflected in the averages.

:42:34. > :42:38.See the way both these ladies throw, they throw hard into the board, so

:42:39. > :42:49.the angle of the darts land precision, but real pace, much more

:42:50. > :42:57.than many of their counterparts. That is Danielle, Lisa's daughter.

:42:58. > :43:00.Danielle plays for Lancashire. The first time a family of three

:43:01. > :43:07.have played for the County at the same time. Some achievement.

:43:08. > :43:11.Behind her in the glasses, Tamara Schuur.

:43:12. > :43:18.She is watching on with interest. She hasn't thrown a dart in anger

:43:19. > :43:25.since Saturday lunchtime when she beat Trina Gulliver.

:43:26. > :43:35.That is the fifth 140 of the match so far. Tops. Double ten.

:43:36. > :43:55.Under the sishs, she will make do with a 16 darter here. Double Fife

:43:56. > :44:02.for a leg against the darts. On the first, missed it again. -- five.

:44:03. > :44:10.Double 16 for Aileen de Graaf. To punish Lisa's first mistake of

:44:11. > :44:18.the match and she has done it as well. Excellent composure.

:44:19. > :44:21.Pressure was on. But she didn't scuj.

:44:22. > :44:30.Lice is with the darts to stay in this first set.

:44:31. > :44:39.-- didn't scuj. -- succumb.

:44:40. > :44:58.Wonderful. Her second. Look at the high scoring so far. After just

:44:59. > :45:08.three legs. Second time she has started a leg

:45:09. > :45:31.with a maximum. All three on the wire.

:45:32. > :45:39.She has, let's just remind you, never played on the Lakeside stage

:45:40. > :45:55.before, Aileen de Graaf. That is some debut.

:45:56. > :45:58.Fantastic final darts to leave a double top, she will be back, Lisa,

:45:59. > :46:19.on 268. Halfway to victory already in a

:46:20. > :46:29.brilliant opening set of darts. Lisa to throw first, game on. Just

:46:30. > :46:33.fantastic. I know that Bobby George looked it up a couple of days ago,

:46:34. > :46:38.and the great Eric Bristow averaged in the 70s in his first match on the

:46:39. > :46:41.Lakeside stage, and this is Aileen de Graaf's first match on the

:46:42. > :46:47.Lakeside stage and she is averaging pretty much in the 90s and those

:46:48. > :46:53.checkout statistics are not shabby either. Three out of five. The

:46:54. > :46:56.reason Lisa lost the set was because of those missed doubles in the

:46:57. > :47:21.second and third legs. Lisa was saying she would found it

:47:22. > :47:25.difficult watching her daughters playing their own tournaments, more

:47:26. > :47:27.difficult than playing her own tournaments so the daughters will

:47:28. > :47:37.know what she is going through watching this.

:47:38. > :48:48.That is the first one she has really pulled. She will be back.

:48:49. > :49:17.Both of these players are amazingly fast. This is all about the 19s.

:49:18. > :49:25.She got closer with each dart but not close enough. So another opening

:49:26. > :49:35.of the door for Aileen de Graaf. Can she hit double 8?

:49:36. > :49:43.The first like we have seen any double trouble from Aileen. Game

:49:44. > :49:51.shot and the first leg, Lisa Ashton! Game on.

:49:52. > :50:01.A big, "come on!" As that dart about the target. It does not seem to have

:50:02. > :50:19.affected Aileen much. The highest average that we have

:50:20. > :50:24.seen so far in the ladies tournament, Deta Hedman, just a

:50:25. > :50:28.shade under 84 which puts this performance in perspective. Aileen

:50:29. > :50:39.up to this point, an average of 83.2.

:50:40. > :50:46.She seems to like it on stage, she reached the final of the Zuiderduin

:50:47. > :50:54.Masters in 2012 on debut, won it last year. That stage, of course,

:50:55. > :51:00.isn't really like this stage. She seems to like it appear as well,

:51:01. > :51:12.though. -- like it up here. Two Lisa Ashton supporters, one

:51:13. > :51:21.human and one daffodil. Another great last dart again from

:51:22. > :52:09.Aileen de Graaf. This is crucial now to break the De

:52:10. > :52:17.Graaf throw. She leads by 2-0 in the second set. The third leg is Lisa to

:52:18. > :52:37.throw first, game on. How much fun is this?

:52:38. > :52:43.Aileen also reached the semifinal of the World Masters, beating Trina

:52:44. > :52:48.Gulliver before losing to Rachel Brooks in the last four of that

:52:49. > :52:54.tournament. And the Danish open and the Welsh open, she holds those

:52:55. > :52:58.titles. Among her big successes of 2013, she has taken her number of

:52:59. > :53:11.ranking titles to four. She is only 23. She comes from the very

:53:12. > :53:19.small-town on the eastern side of the Netherlands near Utrecht.

:53:20. > :53:35.No relation to Jeffrey de Graaf in case you're wondering.

:53:36. > :53:42.Lisa is done to a finish already and she will have six. At least to take

:53:43. > :53:46.us into a deciding set. A deciding set that this match thoroughly

:53:47. > :54:06.deserves. They come some pressure. -- here

:54:07. > :54:12.comes some pressure. Really unlucky with the third dart.

:54:13. > :54:28.We think she is on 85 here. Game shot in the second leg, it is Aileen

:54:29. > :54:32.to throw first, game on. She was aiming right and we are into a

:54:33. > :54:35.deciding set. The scoreboard on the left-hand side of the stage did show

:54:36. > :54:53.85 so Lisa knew. No complaints about winning that

:54:54. > :55:00.they, or the legitimacy of it. Aileen with the advantage as we go

:55:01. > :55:04.into the decider. Shame it is only best out of three at this stage. In

:55:05. > :55:07.fact, all the way to the final in the women's World Championship, the

:55:08. > :55:49.finals are best of five. She has been finishing so well since

:55:50. > :56:39.that wobble in the first set. Her finishing has just been superb,

:56:40. > :56:46.Lisa. Double 5, she gets. That was against the darts as well. Don't you

:56:47. > :56:53.dare blink. This game has gone past so quickly. Brilliant standard of

:56:54. > :57:01.both players, both averaging just a shade under 80. The finishing has

:57:02. > :57:03.been decent. Another bounce out, that is three in the space of three

:57:04. > :57:13.legs now for Aileen de Graaf. We mentioned earlier, the last time

:57:14. > :57:21.these two met, it went pretty much to the last dart, Lisa on that

:57:22. > :57:28.occasion had a bounce out and Aileen hit a crucial double 16 in the last

:57:29. > :57:29.leg of the match. 180! None of the other ladies have had three maximums

:57:30. > :57:40.in a match so far. I would like to see the match that

:57:41. > :57:49.does not go to the last dart. I take your point!

:57:50. > :58:22.Martin Atkins proves yesterday that it is possible yesterday.

:58:23. > :59:25.Nine legs of darts, very impressive, big scoring. And great

:59:26. > :59:38.nerve shown by both of these players. 180! Another maximum, the

:59:39. > :59:57.fifth of the match. And only the 10th leg of the match.

:59:58. > :00:05.There is crucial double 12 in that last leg for Aileen. She lost that

:00:06. > :00:11.leg, and Lisa would have been 2-0 up in the decisive set.

:00:12. > :00:15.But breaking back straight away, we are still no closer to knowing who

:00:16. > :00:19.the eventual winner is going to be. It is one of those matches you would

:00:20. > :00:27.like to have seen as a semifinal, really.

:00:28. > :00:31.Haye the prospect of being just about the most attractive of the

:00:32. > :00:37.first round ties, and it has lived up to its billing. It has been worth

:00:38. > :00:41.the wait. Forget semifinal, you would take this as a final. Great

:00:42. > :00:51.stuff. Rail shame someone has to lose this.

:00:52. > :00:57.To break the throw and to move within a leg of the match. Tops she

:00:58. > :01:19.needs. Lost the first set but finds herself

:01:20. > :01:27.within a leg of victory, what a start to a crucial leg. Delight but

:01:28. > :01:30.it is a maximum. Started the last leg with a maximum and won it.

:01:31. > :01:36.Starts this leg with a maximum as well.

:01:37. > :01:39.Getting closer to the finishing line.

:01:40. > :01:45.Freely admits that what she managed here last year, has given her

:01:46. > :01:48.enormous heart. Four perfect darts at the start this leg for Lisa

:01:49. > :02:06.Ashton. Aileen is on the ropes here. Lisa has finished so well. In the

:02:07. > :02:15.past couple of sets. She is on a finish. Do you know

:02:16. > :02:21.what? This match deserves is a check out like 164 to end it. Can Lisa

:02:22. > :02:27.produce treble 18, would have left the bull and it wasn't far away.

:02:28. > :02:35.She will be back though, with 66 for a place in the quarters.

:02:36. > :02:43.De Graaf applies pressure. Good pressure. Match point Lisa

:02:44. > :02:58.Ashton. 20 for tops. Match dart. The biggest

:02:59. > :03:05.98 she has had to go for. Poor first dart. That was a poor sec dart as

:03:06. > :03:09.well. Just going in the single 7, to 86 left for Aileen who will take her

:03:10. > :03:16.darts out and offer up a silent prayer to the darting Gods.

:03:17. > :03:21.Lisa Ashton, double ten, to win a thriller.

:03:22. > :03:28.The third time of asking. It wasn't to be. So Aileen de Graaf comes back

:03:29. > :03:38.for 68, to make it two all in the deciding set.

:03:39. > :03:55.What immense pressure. Double 16. : For the fifth time of asking. Lisa

:03:56. > :03:59.has a match dart. No. Finish Finishing seven match dart

:04:00. > :04:08.squanders. Danielle can't look. Double 16 for de Graaf. Double eight

:04:09. > :04:21.now. Oh, she's got it. Her nerve held and she stays alive.

:04:22. > :04:27.Lisa will throw for the bullses eye first.

:04:28. > :04:32.This is the final leg of the match. Whoever is close toast the

:04:33. > :04:38.bull's-eye will throw first. That is just outside. Fifth and deciding

:04:39. > :04:45.leg, Lisa throws first. Game on. This is sudden death darts.

:04:46. > :04:48.Lisa with a big advantage of throwing first. But the big

:04:49. > :04:54.disadvantage of having missed seven darts for the match in the previous

:04:55. > :04:58.leg. And also perhaps at the back of her

:04:59. > :05:04.mind, with the disadvantage knowing that these two have been here

:05:05. > :05:11.before, back in October. When it went to a sudden death leg,

:05:12. > :05:25.which was won by de Graaf on a double 16.

:05:26. > :05:52.There is a point in it. After two sets and four legs.

:05:53. > :06:12.Is that the decisive move of this sudden death leg? Six darts for it.

:06:13. > :06:20.From 142. . Went for the bull, double 16.

:06:21. > :06:34.She is in pole position again, but she has been there before.

:06:35. > :06:45.Three darts at 60. Two at double top for the match. Nine match darts she

:06:46. > :06:55.has now missed. Will she be punished? 142, tall order.

:06:56. > :07:03.She has missed. Nine match darts. Tenth time lucky. 12th time lucky

:07:04. > :07:10.will do. Double ten. Double four. Yes. She has won. Just waited a

:07:11. > :07:15.moment for the realisation that it has gone in the right bed. Double

:07:16. > :07:21.six followed by double four and the English Rose making it through. An

:07:22. > :07:25.unbelievable impressive match, brilliant brilliant play. Aileen de

:07:26. > :07:29.Graaf more than contributed to that, but ultimately, she lost out in

:07:30. > :07:35.sudden death, and Lisa Ashton makes it through for a quarter-final place

:07:36. > :07:39.against Tamara Schuur. Ladies and gentlemen one of the best

:07:40. > :07:44.ladies matches we have ever seen on the Lakeside stage, please put your

:07:45. > :07:48.hands together from the Netherlands Aileen de Graaf.

:07:49. > :07:51.APPLAUSE And through to the quarter-finals,

:07:52. > :08:08.the Lancashire Rose, Lisa Ashton. APPLAUSE.

:08:09. > :08:14.COLIN MURRAY: A standing ovation, six 180s. 26 ton pluses, good check

:08:15. > :08:18.out rate and a ladies classic. Lisa Ashton goes through to the

:08:19. > :08:28.quarter-finals, you have to feel for Aileen de Graaf, she averaged 91 in

:08:29. > :08:32.that first set. In terms of both players performing,

:08:33. > :08:36.that is as good a ladies match as I have seen in the last sick years or

:08:37. > :08:46.so It is the best one I have seen for the excitement. Absolutely

:08:47. > :08:53.brilliant it was. Oh dear, she was in everything. Lisa was averaging

:08:54. > :08:59.115, I thought this can't go on like this, the 180s, the 140s, the

:09:00. > :09:03.finishing was a bit scruffy but Lisa was brilliant at the finish. She has

:09:04. > :09:09.went out in the first round before and she went the final last year, a

:09:10. > :09:12.set down, Aileen de Graaf firing on all cylinder, she showed real steel

:09:13. > :09:17.to come back and win the game, and the 104 stand out for me, a key

:09:18. > :09:21.moment, I know she missed a few match darts, but that stage it was

:09:22. > :09:27.perfect. Unbelievable. The ladies, darts to

:09:28. > :09:34.see that, ladies playing like, the guys have to watch out. An tasia,

:09:35. > :09:39.Irina, Fallon, Deta, or maybe Lisa Ashton, this is wide-open. Here is

:09:40. > :09:44.Rob. I couldn't agree with you any more, unbelievable. Lisa, everyone

:09:45. > :09:48.saying that is one of the greatest female matches seen here? I think it

:09:49. > :09:52.was. It was a very tough game. That was very hard, it was anyone's game

:09:53. > :09:57.but I enjoyed it. Your heart must have been in your mouth seven missed

:09:58. > :10:03.attempts for the match. I know. I didn't reel rice how many it was. I

:10:04. > :10:07.thought please just go in for once. What about the final darts for the

:10:08. > :10:16.match? It is on the screen there, just look at that. Oh, I couldn't

:10:17. > :10:21.believe it. I thought, I was really glad. Tough game.

:10:22. > :10:27.Well, it was just the most amazing spectacle. We were on the edge of

:10:28. > :10:31.our seats, you have survived, you are still in, what a fantastic

:10:32. > :10:37.Championship in store, the women's game is alive after that. Well done.

:10:38. > :10:41.It S thank you very much. Well done Lisa, unlucky Aileen, she will be

:10:42. > :10:46.back year after year, there is an argument to be had was it good to

:10:47. > :10:49.extend the men's draw from 32 to 40, but it has been great for the

:10:50. > :10:54.businessman's draw to double it to 16. That was lovely, that was great.

:10:55. > :10:59.Absolutely marvellous. It is not the eight players that niche other,

:11:00. > :11:04.there are is is new players coming in, and is more unpredictable. If

:11:05. > :11:08.you could see them playing like that, it would be great for lady,

:11:09. > :11:13.that is the greatest game of ladies dart, I have seen for a long while.

:11:14. > :11:17.We will turn our attention to ladies quarter-finals and mens tonight. So

:11:18. > :11:22.join us on the red button from half five. We see Stephen Bunting

:11:23. > :11:27.averaged over one hundred in his second round game, he takes on Rick

:11:28. > :11:32.Hofstra, after that it is Tony Eccles, who went through 4-3 in the

:11:33. > :11:36.second round against Wesley Harms, he takes on Robbie Green, who could

:11:37. > :11:40.be the joker in the pack. The bottom half of the draw is

:11:41. > :11:46.complete after this afternoon's action, we saw Jan Dekker go through

:11:47. > :11:52.against Geert De Vos. We will see both tomorrow evening on the red

:11:53. > :12:06.button, there is James Wilson, against Norses more who has found a

:12:07. > :12:09.real steelriness -- steeliness. Hoff has to take on Stephen Bunting, is

:12:10. > :12:18.that going one way? I have to say yes. I mean, if I said that, I would

:12:19. > :12:24.be telling porky, I think he will bet beaten up. He hasn't got into

:12:25. > :12:29.the game, it was unfortunate that Atkins was ill, but bunt is playing

:12:30. > :12:34.so well. It wouldn't matter if he had played seven set against Atkins

:12:35. > :12:37.he still has the mountain to play. He hasn't played so many games.

:12:38. > :12:43.Ebbingle, briefly, no pressure on him, he said this is the last time

:12:44. > :12:48.here? I have to give, he has been playing well. Have to give him

:12:49. > :12:53.credit. We will see it on the red button. We start with ladies quarter

:12:54. > :12:57.of a, then men, then another ladies quarter-final, that is from 5.30.

:12:58. > :13:03.High lites after 11.00 on BBC Two, we will see you for more highlights

:13:04. > :13:05.tomorrow. The bullet is in the chamber he fires from half five

:13:06. > :13:16.tonight.