Day 6 Darts: World Championships

Good afternoon from Frimley Green, were for the first time this

tournament the rain has stopped and the clouds have cleared. So we are

sniping and ready to tie up -- smiling and ready to tie up the

semifinals. After quite a dull start down by the

lake, things are looking brighter. The big unit Robbie Green is

motoring again, his average always over 0 but he won the mental battle

against Gary Robson. Maybe the darting gods are finally on his

side. And that is the favourite, Stephen

Bunting who went one better with a 100 average. Dave Prins threw well

but the Bullet looks unstoppable. Things were tighter between the

birthday boy Tony Eccles and this man Wesley Harms but no matter how

close the Dutchman got Tony never gave up and he won the final set.

This is Alan Norris who wasn't feeling in a sentimental mood

against Glen Durrant. He showed steely gain and he took chance after

chance to cruise through. And the second seed, James Wilson continued

his good form as well, although some took two sets from him, although

actually Scotty Dog run out of steam. This is where we stand. The

top half of the draw will be live on the red button. Bunting the man to

beat. Robbie Green may have something about that if both men get

through to the semifinals. And in the bottom half we shall determine

that last quarter-final as we bring you more live afternoon dart, but we

know that Alan Norris and James Wilson are on a collision course for

the mother of all battles. Both quarter-finals will be live on the

red button tomorrow evening. There must be something in the water

here at the Lakeside, even on a Thursday afternoon when you come

through the door, everything just gets a bit giddy, my man on the

balcony Bobby George spent this morning in a pair of speedos on a

deckchair suns himself. That is beautiful isn't it. He has put some

clothes on now for us! Looking at this the draw we are in good shape

at the moment Bunting at the top. James Wilson down the bottom. I

think probably you know, if you were predicting now you would say those

two are on for a repeat of the master final but there is jokers in

the pack. There is Alan Norris in the bottom half and Robbie Green in

the top. I wouldn't call them joker, they are too big to call jokers.

Giants. Giants. Norris is playing good. Plenty of passion in his game.

Played magic last night. Robbie Green, we will have to wait and see.

They are both playing good. I don't think James Wilson is, he has done

his game as he expected to do. Every round for him is a new experience,

that says a lot. Stephen Bunting first time he got eaten up by the

atmosphere in here, so it takes time to mature. The longer you go, he is

playing 96 averages, it is a good average, but you get Bunting over

100 it is different. Again, and then you get Norris in the '90s, Green in

the '90s. Longer format and the whole game changes. And there is one

man we haven't mentioned who has more experience than anybody, we

will see him this afternoon, that is not all we have for you.

Jan Dekker needs to find his feet and form as he faces Geert De Vos,

two players with ability, who need to find the bottle.

And the only former champion left in the draw, Martin Adams has found his

form once more, he faces Scotland's Ross Montgomery.

We will have the last first round of the ladies draw, which features last

year's beaten finalist Lisa Ashton against an inform player, Aileen de

Graaf. A good old fashioned Scotland-England battle gets my

juices flowing. I know, they love it. I do Thanet. I have to say back

in the player, you have Geert De Vos and Jan Dekker, they were having a

little drink and they were practising and they looked on edge

and Ross was pacing up and down, and then you had Martin, who can owns

this place. I have done this so many time, how surprised have you been by

his return to form? He is used to it. He still is going to getter in

voice, he might look relaxed but he is probably nervous, because he

doesn't know the form he is going to hit. But, you have to admire him for

it. He struggled two games coming back, he is going to play a

Scotsman, but Vos a good player, he is no mug, he has been here a few

time, so, don't know. I have to keep the flag going but I am half

Scottish. Are you? Yes. I will try and keep the Celtic side up. We will

have Scots men later. We will have a battle, we start with a foreign

affair, we have Jan Dekker who is up against Geert De Vos who is looking

to strike his arrows through the heart of the Dutchman, and in doing

so, continue Belgium's sporting resurgence.

Belgian sport is in a good way, we have football, we have dart, I play

here, so Belgium is on the run. -- darts. It is very special, I

think every dart player wants to stand here on the Lakeside stage.

First it was my dream, to stand here, now I am here, now I want to

be World Champion of course. Two years before I went here, I

played very well. Always lose against the winner. So I have

confidence on the stage, but I need to be, need to have a bit of luck, I

think. So I hope this year it will come.

My special fan is Jackie, he goes, he only do the main tournament, so

like master, like said -- Lakeside, he is a fan of every Belgian dart

player, he loves the Belgian dart players he is a great fan. He is

here and he stays along as I am in. I hope he can stay till Sunday.

My tactics against Jan Dekker will be start very good, because that is

my main problem. I never start really well on this stage. I always

need half-time to get used to the stage. It is always my problem. I

hope I can be the first World Champion for Belgium. I really

confident play good, so we will see, you never know.

What type of bowling ball is that? The thing with this for me, is I

understand when debutantes don't put the averages because we talked about

this, even the great players are putting up 70 averages and they go

on to win but these two have disappoint meed the most, I mean

that this in a nice way, they are handy player, I am worried they

might pull themselves down or push each other to what we should expect

for them They have been here a couple of times. Geert De Vos is a

good player, I have said it before, Jan Dekker is a tidy player as well.

They are near enough the same on their first, on their average, there

is nothing in it. First nine darts, there is probably eight to Geert De

Vos, so it can make a difference on your first nine dart, over that

distance. But they have to buck their ideas up really, if they are

going to go, all right one is going to win today, but if they don't play

proper they won't win the next game. They are frustrateling, they are

like a little flower waiting to blossom, you expect an explosion of

colour, they do it elsewhere on the tour, we are waiting on it and

sometimes with Jan you see a bit of fear in his eyes. It is not a Tulip!

Very sound! I, what is Geert's flower? I haven't got a clue. I will

say daffodil and hope nobody looks it up. All right my little

roadblocks you can shut up for now! -- my little rose. We have mad

Jackie cheering on Vos but there is a Dekker army and Rob is down in the

crowd with them now. Thanks, it really is superb down here, there is

no doubt where the Dekker fan club are, they are on table 73, and they

are here in force, his dad is here, you have seen every single match

that Jan has played, here at Lakeside. He never seems to get

nervous. No, he likes, he is like his mother and he is very confident.

Yes. Always. Always been. And do you get nervous for him on these big

occasions? I take his part, yes. I am. Yes. Can do nothing about it.

Christie is Jan's girlfriend, what it is like for you watching your man

on the stage? He has a great record here. It is hard for me. Every match

I am very nervous too, yes. And just explain the bah-bah-bah, what is the

shout? Today, nothing, I am going to sit on the, on the seat and I am

only watching the game. OK, so you are keeping a fairly low profile.

Finally, can you boy do it? He has a great record here? He has, but he

has to have the confidence, and he is a slow starter. He has won the

first set, maybe not his first set, he can begin but I am not surprised

when he is coming behind and crawls back. We will see. We will see. It

is time for the big one. Geert De Vos, Jan Dekker, it is time to head

up to the stage, he is the little man with the big microphone your MC

Richard Ashdown. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2014

Lakeside World Championships, as we continue the second round here at

the home of World Darts, the Lakeside!

APPLAUSE We now introduce the twice open

German champion, from Belgium it is Geert De Vos.

Please welcome the double deck refer the Netherlands, Jan Dekker.

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

to push, they need to find it. There is no official national flower of

Belgium, some say it is the poppy or the lily of the valley but that is a

false misconception. Listen to this a prematch routine. Wake up at 7.30.

Have a swim before a healthy breakfast, do some train, arrive at

the ren is Jew an hour before you are about to play, at round 12 noon.

These two could be any athletes preparing for any sporting event in

the world, but it is probably only at the darts where you would

consider a quick pint before kick off to settle the nerves.

Two fit young men, one from Holland and one from Belgium playing for a

place in the quarter-finals here, Jan Dekker, he has the pedigree

having reached the semifinals on debut but Belgium's De Vos has never

lost except to the eventual champion. It is Jan to throw first,

game on. The first to four sets. To meet Martin Adams all Ross

Montgomery. Scott Mitchell, how do you see it going? It could be a

tight game. Bobby mentioned the tournament average is so bad but

they both have difficult first-round matches. Jan was playing Benito van

de Pas and they played together for International is so a difficult game

for him mentally but at the same time, Geert de Vos have the other

extreme where he was playing Madars Razma who he really did not know.

They do not reflect their real games.

Jan Dekker has got the guts in this first leg but those are the averages

you are talking. -- has got the darts. They are both usually heavy

scorers so I think they will drop each other along on this one, I

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

darts that has bounced out but he has found it now. De Vos has nicked

the darts and is straight back into the troubled 20. Some people might

not realise that under the board, there is a square box with a

blighted lights so we don't get shadows on the board and a deep dart

drops out, it robs in on the lights so you don't want to be bending down

in there because you get a white spot in your eye because it is

bright. How many darts to you take up onstage with you? I always take a

spare set so I have got six, three in my hand and three in the if I

break a point. Dekker is the first to a finish.

A great chance for Geert de Vos to break the throw.

Game shot on the first leg, Geert de Vos. That will settle him.

He has the darts in this leg as well and we have seen a few of these

early sets go 3-0 this week because of a break in throw. I was speaking

to him about 45 minutes ago and he said he had a good feeling about

today. He looked at me with clear eyes and a steely gaze. This is

Geert de Vos, I am talking about. And Jan Dekker standing just behind

us heard it and went straight to the toilet. I don't know if that is

significant or relevant! But Geert de Vos feels extremely confident.

Indeed. I spoke to him earlier and he was very cool and calm, very

relaxed. Personally, I do not know what the record is between the two

and how many times they have played but I would say that maybe it is in

Geert's favour. He said his confidence came from practice. Quite

simply, he has been practising so well, he did not want to practice

too hard because he did not want to use it all up in practice but this

morning, his practising was so good, that is why he feels... He

almost felt like he wanted to get this much over and done with, bring

on the quarterfinal. I do like that new camera angle,

Vassos Alexander. You can see how still be players have to stand to

get their throw absolutely spot on. It is really good. Scott, you were

wondering about their record playing each other, obviously we do our

research appear in the commentary box. It took me a while to find it

but I will give it to you in the next leg because De Vos is 70 points

away from a two leg lead. Game shot and the second leg, Geert

de Vos. The third leg is Jan throwing first. Two doubles from

three darts from De Vos giving him an early lead in the first set.

That is unlucky, the wrong side of the wire but Dekker beat De Vos in

their only previous meeting in a major by three sets to none in the

World Masters in October last year. It doesn't tell us much. There is

the side view to show us how still be players need to keep their

bodies. It is all a push through with the arm movement. Get that

elbow up there, hold it in the same place, push the dart through. Lovely

shot, that. What mistakes to amateurs make in their throw?

Usually it is lifting the back like to hide to force the dart into the

board. -- the back leg. And if you tip it and inch, you will move the

dart and inch. You will have a slight movement because of the

movement of your are moving so quickly, there will be body movement

but it is very slight. We remember back in the good old

days, Jocky Wilson nearly lost his whole body at its it is not always

the perfect way. This is the business end of this leg.

Game shot and the first set, Geert de Vos. How about that?

Well, Jan 's dad said that Jan was a slow starter, and I think I don't

care if he was a fast starter there, I think that De Vos has shown that

he did actually say that he was a slow starter as well so that was a

great start. Taking your set with a 140, no better way to start.

Jan Dekker has yet to have a dart at eight double and we are in the

fourth. 75% -- have a dart at double. You cannot ask for more from

yourself on a checkout statistic than that. I suppose you could,

100%. He missed one. Double top in the first leg and since then he has

hit double top, double top and" and to finish a 140 -- double top and

10-10. If you practice your doubles and you are at the back, you would

probably have a little throw at the doubles and that would settle you as

you come up to stage so if you hit them there, you can hit them on the

stage. Jan has got to find a bit of scoring

power here, although it is a best of seven.

He has missed 18 four double 16 so he can't finish on this visit and he

still hasn't aimed at a double. A chance that Dekker did not think

he was going to get, the way that De Vos has been hitting his doubles.

Game shot on the first leg, Jan Dekker. Maybe that is the spark he

needed. I mentioned that Geert de Vos

brought confidence from the practice board. Onto the stage. As far as Jan

Dekker said, he said it is weird playing at this time, lunchtime.

Especially on a Thursday so he is treating this as what would have

been his afternoon practice. Usually he would play a Dutch card game in

the morning and then practice before an evening game of darts but he

practice this morning, no time for the cards, he was very upset about

that but he said this is like his afternoon practice. There is no

money in playing cards, I would say but obviously there is in some

places. But I would have stuck to the darts this week. Watching Wesley

Harms play in the bar early on with a pile of chips became elating

around him, there is money in cards, all right. You could save the same

about Mr O Shea and myself eating a bowl of chips.

That is a bit more like the Jan Dekker that we know.

I think we are welcoming Jan back to the game after this sluggish start.

This could be a good match, this. As I predicted at the start, it will

always be this way between these two, they are very determined

characters. Is there a favourite, do you think?

I have this as an even match anyway in my head this morning before we

got here. 180! That is the first of the match,

that has got them on their feet here at Lakeside. I think that shows that

Jan is now well and truly back here in this game.

Jan is back while Geert has not hit 100. For a leg and a half. I think

Geert had it his own way before and now he is being forced to hit what

he is having to do so and he is not doing it. The first set was like

practice but this is more like a match. And Jan was comfortable to

let it go that slow because he is a slow start to soak in his mind, he

will not feel pressured at the moment. -- a slow starter so in his

mind. That is so unfortunate. To catch a

flight and its do that. Double top he wants, double top

gets. Jan has a little mental barrier to

get over here because... It is how Jan is going to get over

those two little blows there that he had at the end of the last leg, with

hitting the flight and the dart on the floor, and then, and narrowly

missing the 57 to leave himself the shot.

These are little things that niggle at you as a player, and you think,

is my luck in? He has not had one yet this match.

Still hasn't. But he is back in and round the treble 20 after a couple

of loose legs. Already 24 ahead. In a leg that

Dekker through him. Good 140 to pressure De Vos's set

up. De Vos didn't bat an eyelid.

That is good pressure now. Treble 16 for double eight. 16 and

tops he needs now. Double top. He has hit it three times.

But now he has missed it three times. N't so Dekker 58 for the set.

-- so Dekker 58 for the set. Double top. Game and the second set, Jan

Dekker. So one apiece. So, Scott, you went

out to Christian Kist yesterday. It was two sets is all and then Didn't

quite happen. No, yeah, I went out to James Wilson. Of course, yes.

Yes, it didn't quite happen, it was one of those, there were a few

turning points in the game, and I didn't take them, and so, you know,

the writing was on the wall, but I think the 140 at the end was the big

shot 140, that was the killer for me. James Wilson who beat Christian

Kist. Dekker on a accident finish of 110.

De Vos with some excellent pressure. Dekker will feel he needs to hit

this and now he can't. -- a decent finish. 13 leaves double 16 now.

20 and tops. Treble 19. Game shot and the first leg, Geert De Vos.

After breaking that throw, he would have looked to have started the next

leg a little better than that. Will he be punished? No, he won't. So as

you were. Geert has a friend today, Tina, it

is her birthday, he would like to win for her.

As a present. When I was speaking to him earlier.

Treble 20 seems to be eluding him at the moment.

That is three bounce outs for Jan Dekker.

They don't seem to be hitting anything other than a flight and

taking the pace off the dart. I wonder the condition of his points

and does he sharpen his points but De Vos does.

Commentators curse once more, thank you Geert.

So six darts from 125. Treble 20 and tops. Yes!

Couldn't miss double top in the first set. He has only hit it once

since and missed it four time, that is good good pressure from Jan

Dekker, double ten has been his friend. Geert De Vos now he needs

double five. Game and the second leg, Geert De

Vos. Jackie Jackie is great. Jackie has

been box office here we have all got to know him as players and he is

such a great character. Dekker with a slight advantage in

this leg. Ton 40 would help here He will be

disappointed with that stray dart, that doesn't leave him a shot, a 20

would have done. Treble 18 for Deb 8. And that leaves double 16.

And De Vos hitting one... And then failing really to take much out of

179, means Dekker isn't under any sort of real pressure aiming at

double 16. That was loose.

That one is better. Shuffles across the oche and...

Missed it. That shows how important that treble

20 for De Vos was in the last throw, he is now on a two darter.

Glans all the barrel now. -- glance. Trying to motivate himself as he

comes back there Jan. Does that annoy you as a fellow

player, when your opponent shouts to himself? No, not really,

particularly if it is somebody shouting in Dutch, because I haven't

got a clue what they are saying any way, that works for me.

Accident leg from De Vos but Dekker, who needs to win it to stay alive in

the set, could have put some pressure on there. -- decent leg. He

couldn't find the trebles. That was big. In context of the leg

that was having big that 140. And that was equally as huge from

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

109 to stay alive. Treble 18 leaves double 18. . He has missed the

treble. So it is set point to Geert De Vos for a two set to one lead.

When he returns to the oche, he needs double nine. Oh, he has gone

six double eight, double four rather.

Personally when you split at this stage, it puts so much pressure on

you. So 52 for Dekker.

Double 16. No problem that time. No problem that time. She back in this

set. -- he is back in this set. He has the darts.

So he will feel he is favourite in this set for now.

This is an opportunity for De Vos, slow start there from Dekker.

Two sets against the darts. So far in this match.

This is the first time we have gone to a deciding leg. As you say, slow

start from both players. I think that just shows how

important the leg is. In respect of the game.

Dekker will be looking for another treble 20. He wouldn't have or

ordered a one. Who can find the trebles to get themselves to a

finish, and how will Geert be feeling, having decided not to go

for that double nine? He went for ten double four and missed double

four twice, if he had gone for double 18 he had three darts at a

double, not two I think we can see it is playing on his minds.

That is how to forget it. But this is how to win a set.

Can't do it now, it is the... Biggest check out there is.

Double 18 he needs. Double he gets. The third set, Jan Dekker.

A big 113 shot there for Derek, is that going to turn out to be one of

the game changing shots? But The Boss who could not miss a

double in practice or in the first set has just started wobbling -- but

De Vos. But look at Jan Dekker, six out of 11, 50 5%, thank you very

much. Weather-macro these are the points where it is difficult to

forget as a player what has gone on, you must leave it behind you.

From 151, it is a disappointing 41. You would like to take a tonne out

of it. Still not full speed yet. The Boss has got 41 and 50 from 151.

-- De Vos has gone from 41. Game shot on the first leg, Geert de

Vos. That is important, you feel, Scott. Yes, because you do not want

these legs to keep running away from you and there was a fear that that

at 2-0 up, he had lost three on the trot, you certainly do not want to

lose four on the trot. That was a big hold. Mentally for

yourself, the faster you stop that happening, the better because you

realise it is happening. We should also mention announced today, the

world darts Trophy at the next big one on the DD oh circuit -- BDO

circuit, top of the Blackpool Tower, and it is a proper open, you can

turn up and play although you do have to register and then turn up

and play. ?30,000 for the winner. And the big news apart from the fact

that the tournament is happening, is that Andy Fordham will be taking

part. And so will you, Scott. Yes, that is the one I am looking forward

to next. Now that I am no longer participating.

Nicely done, but is it too late? Yes, it is. He was shot and the

second leg, Jan Dekker. -- game shot and the second leg. Game on.

Great to see Andy Fordham back and playing in a big one. Yes, it will

be. I know he has been practising hard. He told me that when I saw him

a couple of weeks ago and so I look forward to that happening back out

there. Bobby said at the top of the show,

the averages of the guys will have to step up and they certainly have

not, the tournament averages almost identical to the one they are

throwing currently for both of them. It is attritional, darts. Rather

than exceptional darts. But it is a match. This is matchplay. You don't

win anything for an average. That is correct. We can get caught up on

averages. They are just a guide to your form and how well you are

scoring. They do not mean that you win a match. If you see a player who

is averaging over 100 here like Stephen Bunting, do you think, well

I beat him or do you think, let's bring it on? It depends on the

throw, Stephen can be averaging 107 but if I am throwing first, I will

still get to the double first. And that is where averages can lead you

to getting carried away. That is a good 142 lead himself on a finish.

-- a good 140 two lead Another bounce out as he went for

the bull, his fourth of a match. It seems to hit the board perfectly, it

just did not stay in. Well done. Game shot and the third

leg, Geert de Vos. It is Jan to throw first, game on.

The averages might not be the best but it is a proper match, this. You

do not need over 100 averages to have a good match, you just need two

players playing evenly, nipping and tucking and this game has that.

Dekker with the better check out percentage, anything over 50% is

pretty good. He will be happy with that. De Vos at around 40%, that is

OK. Definitely. Those stats are fine. Is it two in the match?

Tickled off the barrel into the one rather than the will 180. -- rather

than the 180. He applauds himself for that last dart! Viewers at home

may wonder why you had off to the 18s in that throw, if you hit... You

cannot hit a 140 and still hit a shot and that is why the players

disappear on those low 300s. It is De Vos going back for the set.

He missed set darts in the last set. He has missed one already... Game

shot and the set, Geert de Vos. It is Jan to throw first, game on. A

little dance of delight from Jackie. They are not related, by the

way. He is just a superfine, he loves Belgian darts. -- a super fan,

in the same way that most of us love Belgian waffle is. I wonder who

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

are. 180! But boxing is a decent analogy, look

at that, 151 maximums in the tournament so far, that bodes well.

This is a bit like one of those tight boxing matches from in close,

lots of the double body shots, unseen damage. Fewer haymakers being

thrown. Difficult for the judges to score. I think the jury is still out

on this one, the ringside jury. It is still very tough to call.

He did not go for it. No need to go for that, but I have three darts is

something you are happy with but it seemed by going for the 18, he

missed it and hit a big four, so he may have just gone for it. The still

only has two darts for a double. No score. He has bust it. A shake of

the head. Here is some pressure. Game shot at the first leg, Jan

Dekker. He still should have gone for bull's-eye. Every time. Even if

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

At that for 60 not gone in, mentally that would have been torture -- had

that double 16 not gone in. To have lost that leg with that.

They are snappy dressers at Lakeside.

Under extreme pressure, that last leg, he would have known the

hangover of missing it. Definitely, he was thinking he should have gone

for the bull's-eye. Because he missed the 18, that was the crucial

dart, he had taken the crucial decision to not go for it, it was

the fact he missed the 18. But having hit that double 16, he

started the leg with a 125 and another 125 and eight 140. -- and a

140. Against the darts, Becker is on a

finish first. -- Dekker. If Jackie could will these darts in,

he would. I think Jackie is explaining what he

is expecting to happen. All needs to happen.

Game shot and the second leg, Geert de Vos. When a player has three

darts at a double, and does not hit the first, there is a strange

atmosphere and a slight sound that goes around the Lakeside. I you

aware of that as a player? Definitely, and it hurts when it

gets hit with the third out because you know after the first to darts

that it is not in, the crowd have let you know even if you are not

watching that the dart is not in. When it goes in with the third one,

that does hurt. 180! The third time in the match for Jan

Dekker. Vos will be thinking this leg has

gone, he will be thinking about the next leg already.

He is way, way back on 416. And Dekker on 157. These will be

practise throw, trying to get his range, compose his head for the next

leg. You don't often see two players as

far apart ass 300 points in a leg of darts.

-- ass. Do this in 14 darts you know. Double eight would do it. Game

and the third leg to Jan Dekker. Jan Dekker's girlfriend there

Christie, happy with that. Is there a favourite here for you?

Two legs all? Two sets all, two one in regulars to Dekker.

I think you are a brave man to say that. -- legs.

I still can't call this one, think we are showing that the game was

going to be tight. As the -- at the start and it has been everything we

thought it would be. I personally thought that the averages would be

higher. I mean it is nothing, no disrespect

to either player but it is nothing the set the world alight on 84 here

but it is running their tournament average, which ever one gets through

will have to step it up in the next game to have a chance of going

through. It is Martin Adams or Ross Montgomery. Who will play the win

over this. In the quarter-finals.

Adams-Montgomery is coming up live on BBC Two this afternoon. The man

may call the Boss. -- they call. He won't want to miss

this. Just the wrong side of the wire.

Double top then for De Vos. It is a nice marker.

Two nice markers. Game and the fourth leg Geert De

Vos. Looks like the superheroes have had

a good Christmas. Yes, supersize superheroes.

Could be a crucial leg this one, in regards to the match. Look at this,

two sets is all, two legs all. Barely 20 points separating these

players. The question are we any closer to

thoughing the winner? -- knowing the winner?

Dekker perhaps crucially throwing first in this deciding leg.

First to a finish. It should be crucial Vassos, it should be crucial

in this game. This should give him the get-up-and-go, if you get there

in 15 darts De Vos has to do something special to get the leg.

They are both on a finish but 110 much easier to hit than 167.

You can afford to miss one of the trebles.

But But this is the World Championship, both are very

possible. Just the wrong side of the wire. It

hit the wire and bounced left, not right.

Huge pressure on both these men now, as they approach the end of this

set. Double 16. First set point.

Game and the fifth set Jan Dekker. And that is what it means.

The odds are turning to Dekker for the match with that finish.

I am guessing as a player, the biggest tournament of the year,

involved in a real scrap like this, that is what you play darts for,

isn't it? You would rather be involved in one than stand here

watching one, to be fair, you dictate where it is going to go. For

your family, your your friends, these are horrible ones for them to

watch, you go through. You mentioned Jan Dekker didn't have

time to get the deck of cards out but Wesley Harms, he is the guy to

beat when it comes to cards apparently. It is good to see him

here supporting his Dutch team-mate. They are pretty close, the Dutch

players. He was involved in a belter of a

match yesterday, similar to this. Nip and talk the way.

It was. It was. Just lost out by the odd set in

seven, to Tony Eccles. Against the darts Dekker is first to

a finishle De Vos Meades to take plenty out of this 208. -- needs. He

would have been locking for a 140 to leaf him something like 68. He

hasn't even left himself a finish. So time for Dekker here.

A totally quicker throw from De Vos. He through quicker, harder. It has

been kind to him that double 16. You might be confused as to why

players tend to leave themselves double 16 rather than anything else.

Well, Scott, you tell them why. Basically double 16, you can split,

so you can have a real good go, when I say split, that moans if you go

inside the double. That leaves you 16 which leaves you another double

to go at, so if you go inside double eight that I leaves you double four,

if you go inside that that leaves you another to go at, rather than a

double like double nine or five. If you go inside you have to waste a

dart, to leave yourself a chance, because they are odd numbers --

numbers. And the other thing to mention about

double 16 of course, if you go signed that, for a single 16, double

eight is right next to it That is why it's a favourite.

Another quiet leg from De Vos. Hasn't found a ton plus score yet.

He has the darts in this set. He has to break now, or he is out.

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

Whose favourite now? He is nicknamed double Dekker and that is why, it is

the strong point of his game, and no more stronger than that one on the

157, smack, Wang, centre. -- bang centre.

I'm at the dart, good luck. Emma. -- darts.

I am wondering if he has wasted a ticket there this afternoon and he

should be sat there with two of them. This could be the final leg of

the match. It is looking that way.

Dekker seeing the finishing line. He has done just enough, hasn't he He

is seeing the finishing line and he is going for it. The finishing line

is in sight now. I mean, it is sill in sight because

De Vos back on 221 cannot finish. So double 16, his favourite double.

Away from a place in the quarter-finals.

Poor Jackie. Pulled that a bit but he has two more shot, for a place in

the quarter-final, Jan Dekker. Double eight, just above. This is

big. That is a good start. He will go 11

for the bull. So double four the match for Dekker.

Double two. Game, shot and the match, Jan Dekker.

Look at the relief on the face of the Dutchman. He has reached the

quarter-finals twice before, but that was a real scrap. Against Geert

De Vos but Dekker's through, the form former semifinalist goes

through to the last eight for the second yore in a row, the superHoare

rows dance, Dekker dances, he goes through. -- superheroes dance. Show

your appreciation as he leaves the stage, Belgium's Geert De Vos.

APPLAUSE And into his third quarter-final in

four year, Jan Dekker. It wasn't the A team up there but

Dekker got his man in the end. Saved by his finishing, still playing well

within his means: : Bobby, it may not have been spectacular but it was

consistency that got Dekker through, Geert De Vos's two set wins, he was

averaging 95, outside he but like a roller costar. The average was

ending up the same. He had 40 odd percent, well, #35, it is not bad

but 43 is pretty good. 157 was a good shot. Before that to win the

third set, there was a 113 so Geert De Vos won the first set with a 140,

third set this is the 113, and the second leg of the final set there

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

43% finishing rate is bang on. That is good finishing, it is the scoring

wasn't up to scratch. He is happy with that.

He is like a man in a box, it is almost like Jan is not playing

against his competitor, he is playing against himself. The release

when he hits anything, it is more relief than jubilation, the type of

steel we are seeing from Norris and Robbie Green. You can almost get

into a funk. I almost found that he was stopping on certain shots, he

should know. The give stopping early. All right, he was thinking

the shot but he did not have the rhythm. And Geert de Vos started off

really well but then he kicked down in the ones, he could not even hit

double tops on some so that was unfortunate. Even Stevens. We

applaud Jan Dekker to get through to the quarterfinals, but you see the

relief on his face. He will properly go to bed and think he was lucky to

get into the quarterfinals, but here's their and none of the luck

matters any more. When you come to this championship, as long as you

get through, that is the main thing because then you have got another

chance. He will have to play better than that but he is still in the

tournament. There are players who have played a lot better than that

and they are not in the tournament so you cannot take it away from the

boy, he will be well happy. Let's hear from the jacket, he is with Rob

Walker. Double delight for double-decker, Jan. Watching their

shots bouncing up and down. You needed some big checkouts to get

over the line. I had to do it against him, he is an excellent

player but if I am hitting the last double, I am really happy with the

last double as well. You have got such a good record here at Lakeside

for such a young player, semifinal, two quarterfinals, why are you so

comfortable out there on the big stage? I don't know. If I am here,

it is for fun and it is really relaxing. I don't know how to say it

but I am so happy to be here and that is all you need in the end. So

I won, that is the most important thing. A possible semifinal again,

you have been there before but you will have to beat Martin Adams or

Ross Montgomery. Any preference to who you will face? No, it is the

most important thing now, that I have won. It does not matter who I

should play. I just have to play my own game tomorrow. You have

certainly done that so far, great performers, well done, Jan, you are

over the line again. This guy seems to love performing here. Will have

to agree to disagree a bit because I am listening to what Jan plays but I

again see the pressure in that interview, talking about being

himself and yes, he is getting it done with consistency but he is of

five points off what we know what he can do. If you get through playing

bad, it is good for him. I would be happy with that myself but when he

goes away from here today, and goes into bed, he needs to know that he

should luck up or he will get beat up. With 157, you check in, that is

great. Anything over a time, that is what makes the champions. That is

why Stephen Bunting is still so good, with big checkouts. Most

champions score high with big checkouts. For those tuning in,

let's remind you what has happened and what is to come. Our live darts

here from the Lakeside, as we have just seen, Jan Dekker goes through

in six sets against Geert de Vos, he is into the quarterfinals now. Later

this afternoon, Lisa Ashton who lost a tight final last year to Anastasia

Dobromyslova gets her campaign under way against Aileen de Graaf who is

throwing well now that next it is Martin Adams who goes into battle

against Ross Montgomery in a classic England -Scotland encounter and The

Boss told us yesterday that he is looking forward to his chance to

topple the old enemy. Nothing better than beating an

Englishman here. Great to see him back, he has won

some tournaments in Belgium but I am afraid he is not my friends tomorrow

afternoon. It is Scotland versus England again and I will try to do

what I can do and hopefully I can beat him.

He will be awesome, he is hungry again, he wants his title back and I

need to get out of my head if fact that this is like Martin's practice

room, he has won here three times, he has been here a long time, I will

not say how many because he will not like the fact that he is older than

me and I keep reminding him! He is back to his best - almost. He has a

lot more in the back burner, he can be stronger than that and I need to

try to calm the wolf down and try to put my doubles first and silence

him. COMMENTATOR: Double 10 for

Montgomery to seal a thriller. He composes himself. And he wins!

I am using a sports psychology from Northern Ireland now. And he has

helped me, considerably getting over that game against Mike. Basically,

what he said to me was to stop fearing the winning line, just grab

it with both hands and get the job done and stop thinking negative

thoughts. Focus positive, and just get the job done. And now he is

getting at. I am going to go there. Friendship ends. But Martin will be

the same, he will once to me and do it badly and so for that, 45

minutes, an hour hour and they have, however long it takes, we will be

arch enemies but then we will have a beer and then we will be back to

normal and organising the next tournament where we are playing

pairs together. They are great friends but

Montgomery has got more Glasgow kiss than anything today. Martin has got

his own parking space with his plaque here! You have got to take

his hat off to him that he is still doing it at these levels, at 57

years old. 225 sets that he has won on the Lakeside stage. That is

great. Maybe the most important is perhaps he won the first seven in a

preliminary and all nine in a row against Tony O'Shea in the first

round and you are not expecting that. No, I was shocked. Tony O'Shea

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

he has got seven more points on his first three darts and on his nine

against Ross but that doesn't mean anything. He has not been pushed.

Nobody has pushed him, nobody has hit proper scores against him. The

beat up "The Silverback", but is a pedigree. He did not get a chance to

push on. If somebody is not hitting you back, it is easy to hit them.

Don't worry, I will not test that! I think I would lose that won 3-0! I

love a good old match like this so there is a Romance of the England

versus Scotland match. This half of you is English, the other half is

Scottish. The left breast is also English so that tilted in favour of

England for you. Just, just! I would say I would just go for Adams. Third

successive fast... Remember it is the longer format, over the seven

sets so the talking is almost over and it is time to get on our feet

once more at Lakeside as we passed down to the man who is every inch

the perfect MC, Richard Ashdown. Ladies and gentlemen, it is the 2014

Lakeside World Championships and we complete the second round matches

here at the home of world darts, the Lakeside!

CHEERING. We now introduce a winner of eight

BDO ranking world titles, a former place of a macro Masters champion,

the reigning top of Gates champion, the captain of Scotland, The Boss,

Ross Montgomery! Warning, warning, it is The Boss, it

is The Boss! MUSIC: "Burn It To The Ground" by

Nickelback. We now introduce the reigning

Belgian open and Antwerp open champion. Twice a World Cup singles

champion, three times company macro world muster, the three times

Lakeside world champion, England's own, Wolfie, Martin Adams!

MUSIC: "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran.

COLIN MURRAY: They will see Scotland versus England, let's join the

commentators. COMMENTATOR: Two veteran campaigners

on the Lakeside stage with 13 quarterfinal appearances between

them, all of them on the darting CV of Martin Adams. The three times

champion record-breaking champion has had a sparkling start, dropping

only four legs off to this point and he has an excellent record against

Ross The Boss. The man from East Kilbride embarks on his third

second-round tie, seen off by Ted Hankey and Tony O'Shea in the past

at this stage and the prize for us today, if victorious, will be a

first ever quarterfinal at the Lakeside with Jan Dekker lying in

wait. Game on. Best of seven sets at this

stage. And it is The Boss who gets as underweight in this first leg for

the first set. -- under way. This is Wolfie's 27th consecutive

appearance. That is some record, Jim, isn't it?

Absolutely the nominal. 14 quarterfinal. I told him and he said

he does not worry about statistics, only the board. -- that is

absolutely phenomenal. He said to let the statisticians keep the

statistics. He has won 46 out of 63, three quarters and his record at

this stage in the second round is absolutely phenomenal. He has won 13

and lost only two, the only defeats at this stage are Ronnie Baxter

Beattie him in -- Holly Baxter beating him and Taylor, he has won

his last eight second-round ties, an extraordinary record. Big Bob

Taylor. The tender man. He was from Scotland. -- the tender man --

timber. Ross has still to get past the second round. Maybe this is his

day. This could go all the way, so it

could take a while to find out. But Martin with three consecutive tons,

he is on a finish. Superb dart, he leaves himself

double 18 and the chance of a 16 darter if Martin gives him the

chance to come back, which he has done, all relatively low scores at

the tart of this leg. -- start of this leg. Ross is under

pressure, he has responded brilliantly and can finish it off

with a double 18. Double nine now.

Way off. Single 20, double top, coming in,

first leg, first set. Double top. That is against the darts.

Yes, Ross had the advantage in that first leg. May come down with this

third one, 19s. Much has been made about the importance of Ross

preventing Martin making a fantastic start, it has been well documented

what he has done so far, won the first seven legs in that match

against David Cameron. Lost the first set, but still ended up

dropping the four legs all together and he won all nine against third

seed Tony O'Shea. His averages up to this point have been remarkably

consistent, 87 against Cameron, 87 against O'Shea, one tenth of a point

in difference between the two averages. And in terms of check out

stat, over the tournament, Martin's superior to Ross's so far, he has

played two games rather than one having been involved in the

preliminary round. Puts all his concentration into the

throw. The boss, can he boss this one with

a 180? Yes, he can. Already the maximums gets him going

and hiya Bully. Been a good friend to me as Bully.

So 111 for Montgomery. Potential 12 darter.

Martin back on 2233. Having lost the first leg when he had the darts, he

still has a good chance against the darts in this one.

Coming back with a finish of 72. OK, treble 16.

That is 24. So... 48 left. 16 leaves double 16, eight leaves double top,

he refers double top. But he is going for double 16 this time. He

will be coming back, no outshot for Adams. He will try and impose as

much pressure on that double eight, get Ross's nerves jangleling as much

as he can -- jangling as much as he can. Went for the single 1 that

would have left him double top. Could be academic that miss. Double

eight for Ross. That is three darts at double he has

missed in this leg now. And a fourth.

Could be costly that. I can't -- you just can't afford to

give these darts away. 17. Double top for a leg he should never

have been in. Double top though, last dart. He has done it.

Wolfie not the kind of opponent that you can can afford to give that much

of an opening to. Ross milingst in front in that leg. Martin cleans up

and he is two up in the first set. -- miles in front.

Looking at Tracey there. She is the boss, as far as managers

are concerned. Of the Boss. But at the moment, he should have

taken that leg there, the second leg.

He is scoring for the first nine darts up to this point of the game

and his over all average is far superior to Martin Adams but it is

the check out statistics that are killing Ross up to this point.

Martin has hit two out of three. We have had some great crowds in the

afternoon session, and I must say that I have been great for the

players. The best of order. Good afternoon

one and all. Set himself up with a half decent

position again here, Ross. 138 for his first leg of the match.

Just try and get himself on to a single dart finish for when he comes

back. If of course he comes back. Fulfil his half of the bargain but

141 for Martin. He has been taking these out. He went for the 19s. Ross

is coming back for double eight. He has to take this leg.

Just to give him some encouragement. Goushl.

No score. Oh no, wrong bed. He is giving this away. Oh. Still he will

get a shot. 19 for double 16. Double 16. Unbelievable. Well, an

opportunity to hit that double eight again, Ross wouldn't have dreamed he

has got. He has missed it four times, make it five.

He is on the ball. His tenth dart at a double.

His fifth at double eight. He hits it and he has a leg.

Mind you, he did have the throw as well in that leg so... Up they go,

the balloons. A maximum, they love it.

Martin has beaten Ross twice this year in the Welsh Classic and in a

deciding set in the British Classic. Martin has only beaten Ross once,

that was in the BDO Open. A fantastic match. People still talk

about being arguably the greatest come back in the history.

I thought you were going to say about another come back!

There is the treble. 84 left, so treble 20, double 12. And a long way

back for Ross Montgomery. Well he can fill them up here, Ross,

if he chooses to. All he can do is turn away and hope,

because this is for the first set for Martin Adams, double eight now.

Double four. Game and the first set Martin Adams. No problems for Martin

Adams, he has won that first set three legs to one.

Had a lot of trouble hitting double four in the match against Tony

O'Shea, only hit it once out of six attempts through the entire match,

but hits it a the first time of asking and takes the first set.

Finds himself a set up. As he has done in his two previous

matches in the tournament so far. So Boss is not bossing the match at

the moment. Had a couple of opportunities to get the doubles.

One of those chandeliers would fit in my kitchen! Bobby George build

your kitchen as well then? Only the back. He has never painted it! You

been to Bobby's place? I have seen it. It had to be a widescreen

television to see it. Built it himself. Beautiful place.

But he charges you to go fishing. He has to pay for it somehow, Tony,

give the man a chance! Perfect start for him. The week that

could conceivably see him play his 4 hundredth set of dart tons Lakeside

stage. -- darts on the Lakeside stage. Excellent start from Ross,

though, to this second set. Martin had a 55 and 45 in this leg so far.

Ross Montgomery has a shot. He will look at 11, the single means he

needs the bull, to break back straight away. Some way south. He

took some big shots out in his last match. No, needed the trouble for

double eight, so 80, 16 for double top.

That was intentional by the way, the treble.

Single 15 leaves him double 16. Finishing letting him down badly at

the moment. These are the chances he can't

afford to give Martin Adams. Another leg Ross will feel he should have

had wrapped up long ago. Double two for Martin Adams, he hits it. Month

comery with a fantastic chance -- Montgomery with a fantastic chance

to break, hasn't taken it. So these first sets, double trouble

for the Boss. Look at that. One out of 13 darts at doubles so far hit by

Ross. That tells you all. There is Martin.

Four out of eight. It is probably the one aspect of his

game that let him down against Michael Meaney in the first round.

Ross's finishing was 23%. The benchmark being sort of low to mid

40s as being decent. As I say it is his seventh appearance and he is

still to get through the second round, maybe that is why the, well

obviously it is the doubles. You see Violet and Xavier's napes

embroidered on the shirt of Wolfie's. They are his

grandchildren. A special shirt to celebrate his 21st consecutive

appearance at the Lakeside. Which has been mentioned.

He can't hit the doubles, let's see if he can finish on a 136.

He has won five legs out of six, and that is a break in the second set.

12, 15 minutes, he has already built up a sizeable advantage in this

match. Last year, Wolfie lost to Holland's youngster, Jimmy Hendriks.

At the present moment, no roads leading to Scotland. Punished even

further. 180! His second maximum so far, up

to six for the tournament now. He has certainly got the talent, he

has beaten Stephen Bunting on the way to the semifinals of the World

Masters. Sometimes you get the days where you

can score as much as you want. Martin is doing perfectly well.

Even the little wolves looking on in admiration.

If he had got that, that would have equalled the biggest of the week for

him. You could have got a cigarette paper through that.

Father Christmas, he loves his darts, he is still here. He leaves

his sack at home, it is too hot. Two Mr darts at double 8. OK, come on,

let's have one. Games shot and the second set,

Martin Adams. Running away with the match at this stage, 2-04 Martin

Adams. -- 2-0 for Martin Adams. Plenty of imitation howling from the

crowd and Huw Ware reminding the crowd of their responsibilities

while the players are throwing. Three titles, four finals, nine

semifinals, 13 quarterfinals, and illustrious career, held his own

show every time so far, not without they scare on a couple of occasions,

Montgomery has had either three or four missed darts against the

double. Ross captained Scotland in Canada to

win their first ever World Cup medal so, like I said, he has hit them

that on some days it just doesn't happen and maybe this will be one of

those days. Martin running away with it at the moment.

Plenty of gold on that hand. This is a nice finish.

Those doubles are still letting him down at crucial moments.

Games shot and the first leg, Martin Adams. Martin to throw first, game

on. That is exactly like the first leg of a match. Montgomery with the

throw, Mr darts at doubles, 18 and nine on that occasion and Adams

picked up tops and he has to let this time round as well, Montgomery

missing edible 16 -- missing eight double 16 and Wolfie, a very good

44% on the checkouts so far. Wolfie is very consistent, his game is not

suiting Ross. He has had the opportunities but you

don't get it if you only hit one. A busy crowd for a Thursday

afternoon. At least we have solved one middle, we know at least what he

does until December. We are beginning to put the picture

together. One person that we know at least who shouldn't legitimately be

at work! The way you are going, you will get the "sack" ! 180! That at

last, that is what Santa is sending him for Christmas.

The second 140 of the leg for Wolfie in response.

Oh, just a fraction out. Still Martin can win this leg.

Double 16 is the best on the board, but not this time. So, 25 to break

the Adams throw for the first time. He gets it this time. A settler for

Ross Montgomery who breaks back straightaway in the third set.

The first time that Ross Montgomery, in five tense, has been

able to take a leg off a Martin Adams throw. -- in five attempts.

Only the second leg he has won out of the nine so far. He needs to

follow it up here and get this set on the board and start from there.

It is a good start. Two tons for Ross, one for Martin.

It is Martin's consistency that has won him all his titles though. He

gets up there, gets rock solid on the oche,

This is perfection from Martin Adams. If you want to take up darts,

go and see Martin. That is a message for the children. He will teach you.

So after a time, time, 140, 161 to finish. -- after a tonne, tonne,

140. Ross Montgomery might have thought

he had done some of the hard work breaking the Adams throw and get the

darts back in this set. 140 has come at a good time.

That would have been another break of throw. He is frustrated with

himself that he missed it. A chance for Ross.

He hits his first start at double top in the match. Two successive

legs and Ross leads now. He will need to keep this advantage

to save the set. I believe that Ross has to

definitely win this set to stay in the match.

He lost three successive legs in the match against David Cameron. He may

do the same here against Ross Montgomery.

Ross is looking frustrated. He needed his trouble there,

definitely. -- his treble. Ross is not under pressure at this

particular stage of the those two. Six starts at least. -- six darts.

That was not disastrous, he tries to get his first set on the board,

Ross. The opening is there. He can't

finish now, Ross is coming back for double top. And most of all, a set.

Set, when he had the dart, he is on the board. Now a chance to break

Martin Adams in the fourth set. After a very inauspicious start he

hit only one of his first 13 double, he hit three of his last five.

It is getting interesting now. Just able to rein Martin in after another

fast start he has made. Significantly in that set Martin

only had two darts at doubles in the entire set.

A good start from Ross in this set. Two tons. And only two 50-pluses for

Martin, and a 41. Something is happening up there.

The Wolf is prowling behind the oche.

Not getting a sniff in here. Three tons for Ross so far.

And this first leg of the fourth. Martin, shades over 60 for the first

time in the leg. Ross with an 80 point advantage plus these three. He

is back. 97 left, a finish of 104. Martin

needs all three of these, he could be on a finish if he gets it. He is

still on the a finish. -- on a finish.

Treble 18 would leaf double 16. Double 16 for a 104 for Montgomery.

That went out to the wide receiver. So 81. Treble 19. Treble 12. Yes. Oh

that was one for the Silverine. That was was out of the blue. He did

enjoy that. And for the third time, in fact all

four times, in this match so far, the first leg of a set, Ross has

missed a dart at a double, Martin has gone on to pick it off. That

time with a 141. His biggest check out of the tournament so far being

the 121 he threw against Cameron. He was unlucky with the bounce out

there. So the score line two sets to one,

and the first leg in the fourth set goes to Martin Adams.

Yes, turning it all up now. Had a lull, but now ton 140 shows he is

back in with the battle. Ton 140, 140, 121 left.

Looking for a 12 dart outshot. Still a chance. Treble 17 leaves the

bull. 84 left, so treble 20.

Take this one away. Top of the shot 170 for Ross Montgomery.

Don't need the first dart to do that.

For a leg against the dart, 64. Another single 16.

Now a double 16. Didn't miss by much. But he missed.

Options... Shaking his head but 17s. Double 13. Thought about it.

Not easy. Is that a wolf? I know that's a finish.

Things going the way of the wolf man at the moment. Wolfie a leg away

from a 3-1 lead. Having broken the Montgomery throw

again, for the fourth time in six attempts.

Well the last one was a howler, really, for Ross.

Martin with that 141 in the first leg of this fourth set.

Ross whose highest of the tournament so far is 109. Not taking out

anything above 56 to this point. He has had chances. He likes to leave

himself over on the left hand side of the board, with the 16s and

eight, they haven't been kind to them. Double eight, then often as a

follow up haven't been much better it is two out of seven at double

eight. Well them's the ones you have to

finish off, if you are going to win matches.

Beat your opponent the double and hit it.

Ass the match stands Martin takes this leg, it is three sets to one.

All getting engrossed in the match. To one.

All getting engrossed in the match. Ts Ross played for the Glasgow

Diamond Diamonds for... He might find himself 3-1 at the moment. 16.

The double top for a 3-1 lead for Martin Adams. He is just one set

away from a 14th quarter-final at the Lakeside.

3-1 Martin leads in sets. This is the start of the fourth set. Will it

be the last one. In the championship for Ross Montgomery? Let us hope

not. -- deserves at least one set in this

match, at least. Talk about the consistency of mar

tirng born out by the average, against David Cameron 87.2. Tony

O'Shea, 87.3. Now against Ross, 87.1.

Remarkably consistent throwing from Wolfie.

Well, that has been throughout his career. He has all, really been that

consistent, and that, as you say... He has captained England for it must

be 20 years. For the vast majority of his career,

he has gone up to the oche and known what he is going to get every time

that he plays. He has the perfect stance, he is

rock solid on the oche, and anyone wanting to take up dart, look at

this, look. Perfect stance, foot's there, hardly any movement. Straight

through the dart. Each dart is following the next.

So for the first leg of the fifth set against the darts, treble 19,

would have left double 12, a look at 60 if he is back, but 80 for Ross,

to make sure he doesn't come back, double top. Excellent shot by Ross

Montgomery. He gives himself the first leg in

the set for the first time in the match. So his manager applauding

that one. I don't know of many women that manager the darts players.

Maybe the wives. Tracey the boss of the Boss.

All the wives are in charge! They are in charge of the managers.

Come on Ross, a good start here. Two tons Martin, ton 60. But the

score line reads 3-1 in sets. Martin Adams. The best to four.

Has won eight ranking titles in his career, Ross Montgomery, he has done

well at some. His problem has been commuting that form over Holland

over Christmas for this tournament here.

He will have a chance at 158 to take it 2-0 lead in the fifth set that is

imperative he wins. It is a big finish. It can be done.

It won't be now. Martin on the prowl. 81 coming in.

Go for 19s. So 72 left. It's the bull. Unlucky.

One hundred for Ross, how he could do with this. Great start, two dart,

double top. Now one at double ten. And again the double trouble that

has wrecked this game for him so far lives on. Martin Adams hoping to

punish him. Nine for double eight. He is punished again, that has been

the problem when Ross has missed the double, Martin has compounded his

misery. Getting nearer to the winning post.

Two legs away is Martin. That tells you all. What has made it

worse, in one way, is that Ross's check out stats when he has been

trying to break, are even worse. It is two out of 15 attempts at

doubles, when Adams has had the throw.

He has broken him twice. Most significantly Ross has only held

three times. He has only had ten dart darts when

he has thrown first. Perhaps the pressure the darts are so important

when he is trying to break Martin's throw.

Not a great start for Martin to this leg though, two 106s and a 45.

-- two 60s. Ross will take all this. He has hit 137, 134, the last two

throws to the board he has left 104, Martin for a change, way behind on

336. Another absolutely monumental dart

for Montgomery in his Lakeside campaign and he has missed it.

It is there! Martin Adams, just one leg away from victory.

It is a long way back for Ross Montgomery.

If ever there was a leg that encapsulated the problem is that he

has had, Ross, it is in that last leg. 232 points ahead, he was. Three

darts at a double, missed them all, Martin came back and with a decent

finishing strike, got the leg. If you don't hit your doubles, it gets

through to you. You know you should be winning your sets and the legs

but when it doesn't happen on the day, there is nothing you can do.

But it's not over yet. Anything can happen in this sport. Like they say

at the moment, and 171 has left 90 after nine darts. Now let's see if

he can finish this leg. Remember , Martin is touring for the

set and the match. -- throwing four. Well, he's laughing, but let's see

if he can finish now. No, that proves the point. He's done

that right through the match, 24, for the match.

Martin puts it away. Games shot and the match, Martin Adams! What an

intriguing match. They are loving this, food for Ross Montgomery, they

kept their with Martin Adams, he couldn't finish and you don't get

championships without finishing. Ladies and gentlemen, show your

appreciation to the captain of Scotland, Ross Montgomery!

And the Wolf is on the hunt in the quarterfinals once again, Martin

Adams! COLIN MURRAY: It was a walk in the

park for Wolfie. He was always just that in above Ross had more problems

with the doubles than Rab C Nesbitt. You cannot buy experience when you

get to the latter part of the draw. So, Bobby George, what did you make

of that? Well, Ross actually outscored him in the first three

darts Heathrow. He could not hit a double. He was terrible. 15%. Five

out of 33, that is terrible. You will never win a game playing at

that level, unless it is my level. Wolfie scores 46%, he had all the

chances to beat Adams but he never took them. You think Ross blew it a

bit? He was missing doubles and meeting them with a rueful smile as

if he almost expected it. He was never really angry with himself. I

do think you can, when you have that many chances and it doesn't happen,

it won't. You do get days like that but I haven't seen it like that, not

at this level. Ross actually most of the time is outscoring Adams but he

just could not hit a double. On the other side, the 46 checkout

percentage and one moment in particular when Ross at won a set

and it was back to two - one, the only time he was on a roll and then

Martin Adams pulled out a 141 and that not all the wind out of Ross's

sales. Martin joins us now, was that the

key moment then? When Ross got a roll and then you took out the 141?

That is like what they call a sucker punch. I knew I had to do it

otherwise he is away with the fairies. You have to take out big

shots like that at the right time and we have seen it a few times this

week with different players but those are the 1s you need to do.

Bobby will tell you that, won't you, son? He was outscoring you, but he

could not hit a double and you were hitting all of them and he could not

hit a double, the boy. He had what I have the other day, missing doubles

but there you go, every day is different. Does that stop you down a

bit much there were times when you are over points behind in legs but

then with him missing the doubles, you still won the leg. When you

banged in the 180, DD feel you always had a chance no matter what

the early darts would be? You want to leave yourself a double when you

hit a 180. Hopefully you will get a shot at it. He should never have

start good back and smiled at me. I agree totally. What was said here?

It was a winning look, where did that come from? I do not know. Was

there a lack of steel with Ross? It felt like the three darts at double

15, he was beaten. I don't know. He missed them though. I always say

thank you. Always say thank you. I don't think he has run out of steam

at all, it is one of those games where he was not on the mark and he

is putting them left and right. It did not go well for him but he tried

a bit too hard then and that is what he tried today, he tried a bit too

hard. He had opportunities at doubles, and he could not hit a

double full of nor money at some points but it is one of those games.

-- for love nor money. I think your experience showed you flooded above

him this much. You know what type of energy it needs. And lots of the

other players in do not know that, there was a bit of that wily

experience coming in. Yes, a bit, but I does play the game as I see

it. Each game is different. You just have to play and hopefully you will

play your best ability. I did it today, there were some rubbish

scores in there, maybe I gave away some legs which should not have done

but I the win and that's what it's all about. This is a different

shirt, you are always in roughly the same shirt, I have it is not the one

the war 21 years ago. These your grandchildren? Yes. What is the 21

as well? Bob Potter is going to buy me ageing for my birthday. It took

21 years to get a drink of the guy. -- buy me a drink. This is what we

have got on the red button, we will get a lady 's quarterfinal before

that, Stephen Bunting who has averaged over 100 in his

second-round encounter, Rick Hofstra in a strange situation where Martin

Atkins had to pull out that is because of a pulled tendon. He would

have ripped it if he carried on some rick is in a situation of not only

having to take on the number one seed but he has not have a decent

stint so far, Rick Hofstra. I remember the last time I played him

at the British classic, he tore me apart and I had shots at doubles.

122 get level but he ripped me apart. What about Tony Eccles? You

will not go away. He said this is the last time here for him at the

Lakeside but he is taking on Robbie Green and as we said earlier, he is

the one man in that half of the draw that can give Stephen Bunting some

problems. Both of them can, Robbie Green and Tony Eccles. If I was a

betting man, I would put my money on Tony Eccles but Robbie is a

scrapper. There are players like that who love a scrap on the oche

Antoni -- and Tony may well be a scrapper. Do your member that

player, Colin with a fish mouth? It wasn't me who said that, Colin! It

is those little idiosyncrasies that you pick up on when you are little.

Try to be a bit on bias here, Wolfie! This makes my mouth water

tomorrow night, on the red button, James Wilson and Alan Norris. That

will be one tough game. James has had a tough season a great season

again. Playing top darts here at the Lakeside. Allen, a bit of a

resurgence, he is hungry and I don't know what it is, it is like somebody

has flicked a switch for him. There are certain players every year who

need to be less nice and light Gary Robson, we were talking to him after

his defeat and he admitted, that he beat himself again and Scott

Mitchell will say the same, he needed more edge. And Alan Norris

says that every year but he has delivered it this year. That is the

thing, he is playing great. The thing for Alan Norris is that he has

beaten Scott Waites in the opening match, and Scott Waites won last

year. Two Dutchman left, despite all the qualifiers from around the world

with all the experience, we are down to the Dutch and the English again.

The Jan Dekker against his opponent. Geert de Vos. And you are up against

Jan, his consistency, he still 25 the top gear, or that experience,

are you fancying yourself a semifinal? I hope he doesn't find

the top gate, he is a great player, Jan. When he came onto the circuit

first, I played him at the World Masters, what a performance he put

in for a young player at that time and now he has got a few years

experience under his belt. You cannot rule him out. I must ask you

about another quarterfinal in the women's drawer, because a player

that has really impressed me, the match was on the red button, only 19

years old, Fallon Sherrock and she has the type of Regal must onstage

-- Regal attitude of Eric Bristow, like his long lost granddaughter,

she is 19 and tomorrow night she takes on Anastasia, the defending

champion who has won two years in a row, and that is a good game. I

think Fallon Sherrock is the future star of the lady's game. At which

she is the star now. She can win it now, she is great. I first started

playing super league with her dad in Milton Keynes and I played darts

with her father, Steve and that is where she gets her talent from. Her

dad played for Buckinghamshire and the county, but she has got the

game. She can do it. I didn't mean to make you feel old, he may be old

the but he is true to the next stage. We know that seven of the

eight players in the women's game, and I leaned it is a debutant here

but she has been in great form, another debutant. Anastasia has been

waiting in the wings so let the party of time to chat with Rob

Walker. What a run Lisa Ashton enjoyed, you

will hope to go one better and win it, by first of all it feels like

you have had to wait and age. . It does, it feels like I have waited a

very long time. Everyone has played and I am still waiting to play my

fist game. What are your thoughts as you wait to play Aileen. We know she

can produce her best when it counts? He has done well, she has done

really well, I still have my own confidence of trying to do one step

further than last year. Is the fact you made it all the way to the final

in your mind, is that something that will give you an underlying feeling

of confidence when you step out on the stage? It will, yes, because

like, the other times before I have gone out in the first round and I

know now I can go another round and another round, and having like more

experience, I have gone more rounds, I am feeling a bit more confident

this time. Of course, you have got to take one match at a time, it is

the old cliche, but you could have been potentially lined up against

Trina Gulliver, but it is Tamara Schuur, was there a lot of surprise

among the women's game that Trina came out second best in that match?

It was a surprise, because she has been nine times World Champion, but

Tamara has been playing well, so it was, I would say, it was even game,

I wasn't sure who was going to win, because they are both playing well,

and I just felt, whoever, you have to play you have to play. And one

more big name going out, makes the draw even wide e and there is an

opportunity for someone, and that somebody could be you. Yes it was a

shock Trina went out so it opened the door, so open it be. Good luck.

Cheers. As we said in the men's draw we have roughly what we expected in

terms of the names we thought we would go through. We only have had

the biggest shock which was Scott Waiteses going out. The ladies, an

tasia is not playing well. She is not playing well at all. She was

lucky to get through her first round. Trina Gulliver is out. Fallon

Sherrock is coming through. Lisa Ashton we don't know what she is

going to do. I am getting excited. We have Irina Armstrong 75% check

out. There is real intrigue. I may not be of the higher standards

overall, because there is less ladies to play dart, and what we are

seeing is a really interesting tournament, but very unpredictable.

There is not as many ladies playing darts, but the girls that are play,

they know their game, so they are playing each other all the time.

They are travelling the same tournament, playing each other, so,

you get one of them dominate all the year, and then all of a sudden they

can go off, because it is hard to keep travelling and travelling like

they do, but Lisa is very good. But Aileen de Graaf is maybe the form

player in this tournament, in and round on the boards, she will be

confident going up there, she has been at home back stage, despite

this being her first time here, if she takes the form in recent moneys

on the stage she will give Lisa a real game. Lisa has a great dart

throw for a lady. But she throws like, I can't remember his name now,

Steve, I did say it. Steve Beaten? But she doesn't look like him. That

the main thing! She has a lovely throw, and the other lady, she has

played good darts. Graceful. Is what you are saying. I am sure Steve

would be happy to hear that. There will be a few Dutch in the crowd,

there always is and they will be shouting come on Aileen. A graceful

throw from Lisa, and Vassos and Jim will talk you through this.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is the 2014 Lakeside World Championships and we

complete the first round in the ladies competition, here at the home

of world dart, the Lakeside. Which welcomes the number seven

seed, from the Netherlands, Aileen de Graaf.

MUSIC: "Come On Eileen" by Save Ferris

We now introduce a former Winmau World Master at the Lakeside world

finalist, she is the reigning England match play champion, the

Lancashire Rose, Lisa MUSIC: "Girls" by Sugababes. That

was the most by czar version overcome on Eileen. Bog has sprained

his ankle dancing to it. So round one, where would you see a

43-year-old from Bolton play a 19-year-old from Holland. Lisa

Ashton in the black shirt makes the journey south to Surrey for the

fourth time. But the first without stopping in

Hull, for the international play-off offer -- play-offs.

She reached the final here which gives her automatic entry, she does

have the big match pedigree having won the World Masters in 2011.

Aileen de Graaf arrives at the seventh seed having won Under-21

ranking titles in the past 12 month. This is the last match in round one,

they are playing for the right to meet the woman who won the very

first way back on Saturday night. Tamara Schuur awaits in the

quarter-finals, and what a start. She had her first major title. You

couldn't accuse her of being lucky in the draw in picking Lisa Ashton.

One of the most dangerous of the non-seeded player, she doesn't

compete full-time on the ladies circuit which means her ranking of

15 isn't a true reflection of her about. Last year's runner-up

position suggests that. And she too has her first maximum.

First loose darts we have seen and they didn't miss by much.

Double five. Come on Eileen indeed. Terrible version of the song,

brilliant darts. Eileen 23. She is from just outside

of Trecht. She beat Lisa in the quarter-final in Ghent. Eileen hit

double 16 and mate it through. It's the only previous meeting of these

two ladies. Having been the runner-up in 2011

and 2001. She won the tournament. The speed and accuracy which these

two ladies are throwing at the moment has made it excellent

proposition, it is likely to be an intriguing and mouthwatering

encounter and it has lived up to its billing and beyond.

This is for a 13 dart leg. A 15 dart leg to answer a 15 dart

leg. It is a bit early for this, but we

have been saying what a start. That is reflected in the averages.

See the way both these ladies throw, they throw hard into the board, so

the angle of the darts land precision, but real pace, much more

than many of their counterparts. That is Danielle, Lisa's daughter.

Danielle plays for Lancashire. The first time a family of three

have played for the County at the same time. Some achievement.

Behind her in the glasses, Tamara Schuur.

She is watching on with interest. She hasn't thrown a dart in anger

since Saturday lunchtime when she beat Trina Gulliver.

That is the fifth 140 of the match so far. Tops. Double ten.

Under the sishs, she will make do with a 16 darter here. Double Fife

for a leg against the darts. On the first, missed it again. -- five.

Double 16 for Aileen de Graaf. To punish Lisa's first mistake of

the match and she has done it as well. Excellent composure.

Pressure was on. But she didn't scuj.

Lice is with the darts to stay in this first set.

-- didn't scuj. -- succumb.

Wonderful. Her second. Look at the high scoring so far. After just

three legs. Second time she has started a leg

with a maximum. All three on the wire.

She has, let's just remind you, never played on the Lakeside stage

before, Aileen de Graaf. That is some debut.

Fantastic final darts to leave a double top, she will be back, Lisa,

on 268. Halfway to victory already in a

brilliant opening set of darts. Lisa to throw first, game on. Just

fantastic. I know that Bobby George looked it up a couple of days ago,

and the great Eric Bristow averaged in the 70s in his first match on the

Lakeside stage, and this is Aileen de Graaf's first match on the

Lakeside stage and she is averaging pretty much in the 90s and those

checkout statistics are not shabby either. Three out of five. The

reason Lisa lost the set was because of those missed doubles in the

second and third legs. Lisa was saying she would found it

difficult watching her daughters playing their own tournaments, more

difficult than playing her own tournaments so the daughters will

know what she is going through watching this.

That is the first one she has really pulled. She will be back.

Both of these players are amazingly fast. This is all about the 19s.

She got closer with each dart but not close enough. So another opening

of the door for Aileen de Graaf. Can she hit double 8?

The first like we have seen any double trouble from Aileen. Game

shot and the first leg, Lisa Ashton! Game on.

A big, "come on!" As that dart about the target. It does not seem to have

affected Aileen much. The highest average that we have

seen so far in the ladies tournament, Deta Hedman, just a

shade under 84 which puts this performance in perspective. Aileen

up to this point, an average of 83.2.

She seems to like it on stage, she reached the final of the Zuiderduin

Masters in 2012 on debut, won it last year. That stage, of course,

isn't really like this stage. She seems to like it appear as well,

though. -- like it up here. Two Lisa Ashton supporters, one

human and one daffodil. Another great last dart again from

Aileen de Graaf. This is crucial now to break the De

Graaf throw. She leads by 2-0 in the second set. The third leg is Lisa to

throw first, game on. How much fun is this?

Aileen also reached the semifinal of the World Masters, beating Trina

Gulliver before losing to Rachel Brooks in the last four of that

tournament. And the Danish open and the Welsh open, she holds those

titles. Among her big successes of 2013, she has taken her number of

ranking titles to four. She is only 23. She comes from the very

small-town on the eastern side of the Netherlands near Utrecht.

No relation to Jeffrey de Graaf in case you're wondering.

Lisa is done to a finish already and she will have six. At least to take

us into a deciding set. A deciding set that this match thoroughly

deserves. They come some pressure. -- here

comes some pressure. Really unlucky with the third dart.

We think she is on 85 here. Game shot in the second leg, it is Aileen

to throw first, game on. She was aiming right and we are into a

deciding set. The scoreboard on the left-hand side of the stage did show

85 so Lisa knew. No complaints about winning that

they, or the legitimacy of it. Aileen with the advantage as we go

into the decider. Shame it is only best out of three at this stage. In

fact, all the way to the final in the women's World Championship, the

finals are best of five. She has been finishing so well since

that wobble in the first set. Her finishing has just been superb,

Lisa. Double 5, she gets. That was against the darts as well. Don't you

dare blink. This game has gone past so quickly. Brilliant standard of

both players, both averaging just a shade under 80. The finishing has

been decent. Another bounce out, that is three in the space of three

legs now for Aileen de Graaf. We mentioned earlier, the last time

these two met, it went pretty much to the last dart, Lisa on that

occasion had a bounce out and Aileen hit a crucial double 16 in the last

leg of the match. 180! None of the other ladies have had three maximums

in a match so far. I would like to see the match that

does not go to the last dart. I take your point!

Martin Atkins proves yesterday that it is possible yesterday.

Nine legs of darts, very impressive, big scoring. And great

nerve shown by both of these players. 180! Another maximum, the

fifth of the match. And only the 10th leg of the match.

There is crucial double 12 in that last leg for Aileen. She lost that

leg, and Lisa would have been 2-0 up in the decisive set.

But breaking back straight away, we are still no closer to knowing who

the eventual winner is going to be. It is one of those matches you would

like to have seen as a semifinal, really.

Haye the prospect of being just about the most attractive of the

first round ties, and it has lived up to its billing. It has been worth

the wait. Forget semifinal, you would take this as a final. Great

stuff. Rail shame someone has to lose this.

To break the throw and to move within a leg of the match. Tops she

needs. Lost the first set but finds herself

within a leg of victory, what a start to a crucial leg. Delight but

it is a maximum. Started the last leg with a maximum and won it.

Starts this leg with a maximum as well.

Getting closer to the finishing line.

Freely admits that what she managed here last year, has given her

enormous heart. Four perfect darts at the start this leg for Lisa

Ashton. Aileen is on the ropes here. Lisa has finished so well. In the

past couple of sets. She is on a finish. Do you know

what? This match deserves is a check out like 164 to end it. Can Lisa

produce treble 18, would have left the bull and it wasn't far away.

She will be back though, with 66 for a place in the quarters.

De Graaf applies pressure. Good pressure. Match point Lisa

Ashton. 20 for tops. Match dart. The biggest

98 she has had to go for. Poor first dart. That was a poor sec dart as

well. Just going in the single 7, to 86 left for Aileen who will take her

darts out and offer up a silent prayer to the darting Gods.

Lisa Ashton, double ten, to win a thriller.

The third time of asking. It wasn't to be. So Aileen de Graaf comes back

for 68, to make it two all in the deciding set.

What immense pressure. Double 16. : For the fifth time of asking. Lisa

has a match dart. No. Finish Finishing seven match dart

squanders. Danielle can't look. Double 16 for de Graaf. Double eight

now. Oh, she's got it. Her nerve held and she stays alive.

Lisa will throw for the bullses eye first.

This is the final leg of the match. Whoever is close toast the

bull's-eye will throw first. That is just outside. Fifth and deciding

leg, Lisa throws first. Game on. This is sudden death darts.