BDO World Professional Darts Championships 2014

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Five sleeps away, under normal conditions.

But the question is, will darts fans be able to sleep five times between now and Saturday with the excitement and anticipation?

Sadly Jason Cullen failed to qualify this year but the Wexford man’s exploits last year will never be forgotten, remembered in song and in story (below) by darts fans all over Ireland.

Let’s hope Michael Meaney can do Ireland proud on the biggest and most famous stage in all of darts.

Dancing at the Lakeside (to the tune of Dancing at the Crossroads)

Well I remember as a young boy
The first Saturday of '13
We were standing at the station
Waiting for a train

There was English darting brothers
There was fathers, sisters, mothers
There was Belgians, Dutch and others
But everyone was just the same

Well they came from Enniscorthy
From New Ross and Ferns and Gorey
There was buses from Bunclody
They were Irish darts fans all

And when they stepped out on the platform
In a Surrey town called Frimley
And as they carried Jason Cullen
He looked twenty-five feet tall

And then we took our seats at Lakeside
The best of five sets it would decide
And when big Jason’s hand was lifted
He said I did it all for you

We were dancing at the Lakeside,
In the shadow of the bullseye
Underneath the purple stagelights
We were singing until dawn,
We were dancing at the Lakeside,
With the poteen and the porter,
Dancing jigs and reels and polkas
Until the early morn

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What an informative post @Sidney .

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Great news - a few tickets are still available for this year’s completely sold out tournament.

http://www.lakesideworlddarts.co.uk/

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Looking forward to this Tournament.

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The pinnacle of darts

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Wonderful stuff, cant wait :clap:

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The original and the best.

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There must be incredible excitement in Kilkenny in advance of Michael Meaney’s Lakeside debut, Piles?

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Huge excitement Sid, the same sort of pride rippling through the county as when Davy Morris made his bow at the crucible a couple of years back.

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Can’t wait:clap:

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Me neither chewy,real darts real people

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Men’s first round:

Stephen Bunting (Eng) (1) v Widmayer/ Thompson

Jim Williams (Wal) (16) v Geerdink/ Prins

Jeffrey de Graaf (Ned) (8) v Martin Atkins (Eng)

Remco van Eijden (Ned) (9) v Rick Hofstra (Ned)

Darryl Fitton (Eng) (5) v Tony Eccles (Eng)

Wesley Harms (Ned) (12) v Paul Jennings (Eng)

Robbie Green (Eng) (4) v Richie George (Eng)

Gary Robson (Eng) (13) v Ron Meulenkamp

James Wilson (Eng) (2) v Shimizu/ Kist

Scott Mitchell (Eng) (15) v Sedlacek/ Hogan

Scott Waites (Eng) (7) v Alan Norris

Glen Durrant (Eng) (10) v Day/ Head

Jan Dekker (Ned) (6) v Benito van de Pas (Ned)

Geert De Vos (Bel) (11) v Razma/ Michael

Tony O’Shea (Eng) (3) v Cameron/ Adams

Ross Montgomery (Sco) (14) v Kemp/ Meaney

Women’s first round:

Deta Hedman (Eng) (1) v Lorraine Farlam (Eng)

Irina Armstrong (Ger) (8) v Sharon Prins (Ned)

Julie Gore (Wal) (4) v Rachna David (Nor)

Rachel Brooks (Eng) (5) v Ann-Louise Peters (Den)

Trina Gulliver (Eng) (2) v Tamara Schuur (Ned)

Aileen de Graaf (Ned) (7) v Lisa Ashton (Eng)

Anastasia Dobromyslova (Rus) (3) v Karin Krappen (Ned)

Fallon Sherrock (Eng) (6) v Rilana Erades (Ned)

Saturday 4th January 2014

Afternoon

Trina Gulliver (England) v Tamara Schuur (Netherlands)
Scott Waites (England) v Alan Norris (England)
David Cameron (Canada) v Martin Adams (England)
Wesley Harms (Netherlands) v Paul Jennings (England)

Evening

Madars Razma (Latvia) v John Michael (Greece)
Harley Kemp (Australia) v Michael Meaney (Republic of Ireland)
Jeffrey de Graaf (Netherlands) v Martin Atkins (England)
Rachel Brooks (England) v Ann Louise Peters (Denmark)

Sunday 5th January 2014

Afternoon

Hiroaki Shimizu (Japan) v Christian Kist (Netherlands)
Anastasia Dobromyslova (Russia) v Karin Krappen (Netherlands)
Robbie Green (England) v Richie George (England)
Gary Robson (England) v Ron Meulenkamp (Netherlands)

Evening

Mike Day (New Zealand) v Sam Head (England)
Jim Widmayer (USA) v Garry Thompson (England)
Fallon Sherrock (England) v Rilana Erades (Netherlands)
Remco van Eijden (Netherlands) v Rick Hofstra (Netherlands)

Monday 6th January 2014

Afternoon

Darryl Fitton (England) v Tony Eccles (England)
Karel Sedlacek (Czech Republic) v Paul Hogan (England)
Jan Dekker (Netherlands) v Benito van de Pas (Netherlands)

Evening

Julie Gore (Wales) v Rachna David (Norway)
Jeroen Geerdink (Netherlands) v Dave Prins (England)
Geert de Vos (Belgium) v Madars Razma (Latvia) or John Michael (Greece)
Ross Montgomery (Scotland) v Harley Kemp (Australia) or Michael Meaney (Republic of Ireland)

Tuesday 7th January 2014

Afternoon

Tony O’Shea (England) v David Cameron (Canada) or Martin Adams (England)
Scott Mitchell (England) v Karel Sedlacek (Czech Republic) or Paul Hogan (England)
Stephen Bunting (England) v Jim Widmayer (USA) or Garry Thompson (England)

Evening

Deta Hedman (England) v Lorraine Farlam (England)
Jim Williams (Wales) v Jeroen Geerdink (Netherlands) or Dave Prins (England)
Glen Durrant (England) v Mike Day (New Zealand) or Sam Head (England)
James Wilson (England) v Hiroaki Shimizu (Japan) or Christian Kist (Netherlands)

Wednesday 8th January 2014

Afternoon

Round 2 Match #1 - Top Half
Round 2 Match #2 - Top Half
Round 2 Match #3 - Top Half

Evening

Irina Armstrong (Germany) v Sharon Prins (Netherlands)
Round 2 Match #4 - Top Half
Round 2 Match #5 - Bottom Half
Round 2 Match #6 - Bottom Half
Thursday 9th January 2014

Afternoon

Aileen de Graaf (Netherlands) v Lisa Ashton (England)
Round 2 Match #7 - Bottom Half
Round 2 Match #8 - Bottom Half

Evening

Women’s QF Match #1
Men’s QF Match #1 - Top Half
Men’s QF Match #2 - Top Half
Women’s QF Match #2

Friday 10th January 2014

Evening

Women’s QF Match #3
Men’s QF Match #3 - Bottom Half
Men’s QF Match #4 - Bottom Half
Women’s QF Match #4

Saturday 11th January 2014

12:30 Women’s SF Match #1
Followed by Women’s SF Match #2
Not before 14:30 Men’s SF Match #1
Followed by Women’s Final (Best of 5 sets)
Followed by Men’s SF Match #2

Sunday 12th January 2014

Evening

Men’s Final

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Martin Adams talking about the pain of his divorce on BBC 1 at the moment. What a warrior.

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He has had such a hard time of it

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But he’s emerged as a stronger person.

Is he a better darts player though?

The next 9 days at The Lakeside will tell the tale.

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Never liked that sharon one

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+1. A war criminal. Good to hear he’s on the verge of death at the moment.

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World Champion Scotty Waites v Alan Norris opens this years’s championship. What a tie.

#woof

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Sensational scenes at the home of darts - Trina Gulliver has been eliminated from the Ladies championship, beaten 2-0 by Tamara Schuur.

A swift exit for the giant of the ladies game Gulliver and she’ll be on her travels home presently.

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[SIZE=6]This Weekend[/SIZE]
The full fixture list for the weekend is:

Saturday 4th January 2014

Afternoon 1pm Start

Trina Gulliver (England) v Tamara Schuur (Netherlands)

Scott Waites (England) v Alan Norris (England)

David Cameron (Canada) v Martin Adams (England)

Wesley Harms (Netherlands) v Paul Jennings (England)

Evening

Madars Razma (Latvia) v John Michael (Greece)

Harley Kemp (Australia) v Michael Meaney (Republic of Ireland)

Jeffrey de Graaf (Netherlands) v Martin Atkins (England)

Rachel Brooks (England) v Ann Louise Peters (Denmark)

TV Schedule Saturday 4 January
Transmission Schedule

Saturday 4 January

BBC1 14.30 – 16.30

BBC 2 16.30 – 17.30

BBC 1 18.30 -23.00

BBC 2 23.55-00.45 Highlights

BBC2 00.45-02.45 Extra

Sunday 5th January 2014

Afternoon

Hiroaki Shimizu (Japan) v Christian Kist (Netherlands)

Anastasia Dobromyslova (Russia) v Karin Krappen (Netherlands)

Robbie Green (England) v Richie George (England)

Gary Robson (England) v Ron Meulenkamp (Netherlands)

Evening

Mike Day (New Zealand) v Sam Head (England)

Jim Widmayer (USA) v Garry Thompson (England)

Fallon Sherrock (England) v Rilana Erades (Netherlands)

Remco van Eijden (Netherlands) v Rick Hofstra (Netherlands).

Transmission Schedule
Sunday 5 January
Sunday 5 January

BBC 2 13.00 – 17.00

BBC i 18.00 – 23.00

BBC 2 23.20 – 00.10

BBC 2 00.10 -02.10 Extra