Whatâs the order of play for tomorrow?
2012 LAKESIDE WORLD PRO DRAW:
MEN 1st Round x 5 Sets
SAT JAN 7 (16) RON MEULENKAMP (NETH)
1.00PM GARY STONE (SCOT)
SAT JAN 7 (1 ) MARTIN ADAMS (ENG)
2.30PM SCOTT MITCHELL (ENG)
SAT JAN 7 (8) TONY âOâSHEA (ENG)
3.30PM STEVE WEST (ENG)
SAT JAN 7 (9) ROSS MONTGOMERY (SCOT)
4.30PM FABIAN ROOSENBRAND (NETH)
SAT JAN 7 (4) ROBBIE GREEN (ENG)
8.00PM DARRYL FITTON (ENG)
SAT JAN 7 (5) GARY ROBSON (ENG)
9.00PM STEVE DOUGLAS (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (7) JOHN WALTON (ENG)
1.00PM MARTIN ATKINS (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (10) WILLY van de WIEL (NETH)
1.50PM DAVE PRINS (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (2) SCOTT WAITES (ENG)
2.40PM ANDY BOULTON (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (12) PAUL JENNINGS (ENG)
3.30PM GARRY THOMPSON (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (6) JAN DEKKER (NETH)
6.30PM CHRISTIAN KIST (NETH)
SUN JAN 8 (15) TED HANKEY (ENG)
7.30PM CLIVE BARDEN (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (13 ) WESLEY HARMS (NETH)
8.30PM MARTIN PHILLIPS (WALES)
MON JAN 9 (11) TONY WEST (ENG)
6.30PM GEERT De VOS (BELG)
MON JAN 9 (14) BENITO van de PAS (NETH)
7.30PM ALAN NORRIS (ENG)
MON JAN 9 (3) DEAN WINSTANLEY (ENG)
8.30PM JOEY ten BERGE (NETH)
WOMEN: QUARTER-FINALS x 3 SETS
SAT JAN 7 (4) LORRAINE FARLAM (ENG)
6.00PM KAREN LAWMAN (ENG)
SAT JAN 7 (1) DETA HEDMAN (ENG)
6.30PM RHIAN EDWARDS (WALES)
SUN JAN 8
5.30PM (3) TRINA GULLIVER (ENG)
LISA ASHTON (ENG)
MON JAN 9
5.30 (2) JULIE GORE (WALES)
ANASTASIA DOBROMYSLOVA (RUSS)
Bob Potterâs book sounds like an absolute must-read and thatâs one Iâll definitely be ordering. Mr. Lakeside himself. Darts owes him some debt of gratitude.
Lakeside 2012 Facts
MARTIN ADAMS is the reigning Menâs Champion and has now won the title three times: 2007, 2010 and 2011. He will set a new record as he makes his 19th consecutive Lakeside appearance. In addition to his World titles, his Lakeside record is: Runner-up 2005; Semi-Finalist 1995, 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2009; Quarter-Finalist 1994, 1996 and 1999.
TRINA GULLIVER will be going for the âperfect 10â in 2012. She won her 9th Womenâs World Championship title in 2011 and has played in every Womenâs Final since the inaugural Womenâs World Championship in 2001.
For the very first time there will be a Seeded Couple competing at in the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships: DEAN WINSTANLEY, the No.3 Menâs Seed and 2011 runner-up, and LORRAINE FARLAM, the Womenâs No.4 Seed. On and off the oche, Dean and Lorraine are the happiest (and most successful) couple in current world darts.
HUW WARE from Glamorgan will become the youngest ever referee at Lakeside when he makes his debut at the age of 18.
The youngest player at Lakeside 2012 is Benito van de Pas, who is just 18. He is the latest Dutch talent to be making his Lakeside debut.
The oldest player is reigning and three times World Champion MARTIN ADAMS, who is 55.
Once again, there are two brothers playing at Lakeside: STEVE WEST and TONY WEST.
BBC TV Sport will be celebrating its 35th consecutive year as host broadcaster in 2012.
Tony Green has commentated on every World Championship except 2011 when he was recovering from cancer. He has now been given the all clear and returns to the commentary box for the 2012 World Pro.
Lakeside will celebrate its 27th Year as host venue in 2012 and is recognised globally as âThe Home of World Dartsâ.
Bob Potter, OBE, and his Lakeside Complex became main title sponsor in 2004 and, since Andy Fordham became the inaugural Lakeside World Champion, the cheque for the Menâs Singles Champion has increased from ÂŁ50,000 in 2004 to ÂŁ100,000 for the 2012 Lakeside World Professional Menâs Champion. Bob Potterâs book âOne Manâs Dreamâ will be available to order at Lakeside 2012.
Since the late LEIGHTON REES of Wales became the very first World Professional Champion in 1978, there has been a total of twenty different Menâs World Professional Champions and, since 2001, three different Womenâs World Professional Champions.
Professions: DEAN WINSTANLEY restores cars; SCOTT WAITES & WILLY VAN DE WIEL are carpenters (as is Trina Gulliver â retired!). SCOTT MITCHELL has his own garden landscape business. ANDY BOULTON lives up to his X-Factor nickname as a singer; Paul Jennings is a scaffolder, Martin Phillips is a refuse collector, Martin Atkins is a master technician in the motor trade and Ross Montgomery is a retired American football player; Qualifier Gary Stone is a fencer (of the garden variety)!
Most unusual ambition: Scott Waites has a real passion for Yorkshire TVâs âEmmerdaleâ and wants to play darts in the Woolpack!
Scott played in the 2011 Swedish Open to earn enough points to be seeded in the Winmau World MastersâŚâŚhe did that by winning the title and then went on to win the BDO British Open and WDF World Cup Singles title (England Men won the overall title). To complete his year of major titles he won the 2011 Zuiderduin Masters in December.
The Winmau Blade4 will be centre stage and has a wiring system that is 50% thinner to provide maximum scoring potential.
The only 9-dart 501 in the World Pro was achieved by Paul Lim in 1990.
Can it be done again? John Boy Walton recorded the only 9-darter in the history of the Winmau World Masters in 2007, and hit the only 9-darter ever recorded in an International tournament in the 2010 Six Nations Cup in Ireland. Tony OâShea celebrated his 46th birthday at the 2007 International Darts League in Holland by hitting a 9-Darter and winning a car! Darryl Fitton hit the magic 9-darter when he won the 2009 Zuiderduin Masters.
The 2012 Quarter-Finals will conclude on Friday The 13th and perhaps the most superstitious player is Scotlandâs Ross Montgomery who cannot play without two special photoâs in his shirt pocket. One is of his children and the other is of Eddie Buchanan, his first manager who died of cancer. He also has two badges on his shirt collar: Scotland on the right collar and a cancer fund raiser badge on the left-hand side. He never plays without them â especially at Lakeside.
The 2012 Womenâs World Championship final will be played on Friday The 13th of January!
DETA HEDMAN is the No.1 Womenâs Seed for the first time since returning to the BDO in January 2009. She wants to win Lakeside before she contemplates retiring from the sport. She returned to the England team in 2011 and won the Pairs title with Trina Gulliver. She was undisputed Womenâs World No.1 from 1994 to 1997 and has now proudly reclaimed that status with an incredible seven titles in 2011 alone. This includes the Dutch Open and the last major of the year, the Zuiderduin Masters.
ANASTASIA DOBROMYSLOVA returns to the Lakeside stage for the first time since she won the title in 2008.
FRANCIS HOENSELAAR, is coming out of âretirementâ in January, but for the second successive year there will be no Dutch players in the Womenâs World Championship. She was crowned 2009 World Champion after previously losing in five finals with Trina Gulliver (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007). Her goal is to be back on the Lakeside stage in 2013.
Great quote from Wolfie:
âItâs always disappointing when you lose a player to the other side, but I dare say it would be disappointing for Barcelona if Lionel Messi suddenly decided he wanted to leave.â
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Looking forward to more darting action as a neutral fan of both organisations,might throw a snakey tenner on Winstanley in the morning for some interest!
AS a Darts fan first (unlike Sid or Bandage who have no interest in the actual Darts) I will be watching this event. Its always nice to see, is there any up and coming players, who will be good enough to join the PDC. Ex PDC matchplay semi finalist Martin Grizzley Adams will have a tough match today. Mitchell is no slouch and will run him close. Green and Fitton looks the pick of the other matches, the rest are a joke.
There are indeed a fair few joke ties in the first round. Iâll be keeping an eye on this to see if the standard has improved or if it is still abysmal.
Ladies and Gentlemen, itâs nearly time.
Iâm just dusting off my red blazer and Iâll be ready for the 1pm start.
Iâve waited 52 long weeks for today.
He canât count mate so tread carefully
The big start is behind the red button, what a fucking joke. The Edinburgh cross country run is more important :lol:
I thought this was starting at 1:00? Nothing on BBC for it, have the scrapped it before its even begun?
Some cross country run more important Dunph, says it all really.
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Whereâs the fooking darts ??
I believe itâs actually a 13:30 start. But what a clever ploy by the Beeb to flag it as 13:00 so as to get a much higher viewership for the cross country running.
The amount of people posting here today shows the massive anticipation for the championships.
What a crowd of amateurs, they have it on the schedule for 1p.m. start, and now itâs supposed to be 1.30⌠What a joke.
Why are the Beeb showing people running away from the Lakeside ?
Every dart live here:
http://www.dartsforwin.com/live/livescore.html?matchid=37385316CLI
Gary Stone 2-0 up in sets and 2-0 up in legs on Ron Meulenkamp and playing proper darts. Get some money on quick. This lad could be this yearâs Dean Winstanley.
38 is the lowest outshot finished in any leg of this match which tells you the superb standard of finishing. No double 1 like youâd get in the pdc.