This is a paddlin
Two legs away from the greatest moment in Irish sporting history.
Three legs away again. Iām beginning to get worried. It was 4-0, and the perfect championship - winning it without dropping a set - looked likely for Shane McGuirk.
Then it was 4-1. Then 5-1. No problem, youād think.
Now itās 5-3, and Shane is starting to look nervy, and the great Paul Lim is digging in like the champion he is.
Clutch 21 dart break of throw by McGuirk
A nation holds its breath, heās 2-0 up
YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS HEāS THERE!!!
OlƩ OlƩ OlƩ rings out around Lakeside.
Paul Lim could not have been more graceful in defeat. What a legend.
But the World Professional Darts Champion for 2024 is IRELANDās Shane McGuirk.
Incredible.
The moment Iāve dreamed of since I saw my first darts match, the 1989 World final between Jocky Wilson and Eric Bristow.
Scotty Dog GOT what this means to Ireland on commentary in those final legs. He just gets darts and he gets the Irish.
Shane McGuirk recieves a cheque for 5,000 pounds and the famous new trophy from Buddy Bartaletta, vice president of the WDF. The president was forced into exile last night and fled to Russia.
Itās a glass dartboard with part of the dartboard cut out to make the edge of the dartboard look like the coastline of Dublin Bay, appropriately enough.
Youāre crying
Iām crying
Weāre all crying
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Is Shane defending the title?
I see weāve only Shane and Stephen playing.
2025 WDF Lakeside World Championship Draws - DartsWDF.
The very best of order please.
Heās playing tonight. Flying home tomorrow to attend a friends wedding and back again to play on Sunday if he wins tonight.
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The only player I vaguely know is the Croatian lad
Krcmar ā¦ its like the Vauxhall conference of darts
What channel is it on or is it just YouTube
The S4C deal demonstrates how the WDF is going from strength to strength to strength.
You can forget about your Sky Sportses and your Netflickses and your Amazons, when it comes to sport S4C is the real deal.
Its track record producing top quality sports programming like Sgorio is unrivalled.
Lakeside is the greatest show on earth and the 48 finest darts players on earth will no doubt produce the finest tournament in the history of the sport, a tournament to do justice to the memory of Tony Green and Tony OāShea and Tony Fleet.
Now, I have to go and find out who those players are.
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Proper dartboard, proper commentary, proper analysis, proper darts.
āAverages arenāt worth a wankā 
Whatās the prize money to win the BDO now? Did an Irish fella with it last year?
I used love watching that around Christmas time 20-30yrs ago - Ted the count Hankey, the Viking Andy Fordham. Martin Adams England captain. Co Stompe. The very best of order please. I worked with a fella one time in England and his whole family used to attend a week of it at the Lakeside.
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