What an atmosphere here ahead of the ladies match.
One of the best darting entrances you will ever see.
You get a far better caliber of fans at the BDO
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Real fans . Not banker barrow boys dressed up in costumes . These are grassroots darts people who are all part of the club and county structure .
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A bona fide Lakeside classic in progress here between Australiaâs Raymond Smith and Belgiumâs Davy van Baelen.
Davy has just broken throw to level up at 2-2 in the final set and our favourite Belgian darts fanatic Jacky is dancing in aisles.
Champagne darts from Raymond as he takes the match by finishing 60 by hitting double top, single 10 and double 5.
Splendid around the hemispheres finishing from the Aussie.
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Late night Lakeside action as last yearâs semi-finalist and the holder of six ranking titles, Jamie Hughes, takes on Yorkshire stalwart Martin Atkins.
Lovely to see Brian âDoggyâ Dawson sticking around to support his Yorkshire team-mate despite the late hour and the fact that Doggy has a huge test early tomorrow when he takes on âThe Silencerâ, Jeff Smith.
Yozza will be favourite here but Martin, known as âThe Assassinâ is a 12 time Lakeside veteran and his experience may well prove crucial, although personally Iâd have preferred if heâd changed his nickname this year given that Jo Cox was his local MP.
Iâll never forget the opening match of the 2013 championships when Wexfordâs Jason Cullen famously took out The Assassin.
Sweet revenge for Wexford for the events of November 1963 in Dallas.
The Assassin strikes with pinpoint accuracy by hitting bullseye to level up at 1-1 in sets.
1-1 and 2-2.
This game couldnât be any more level if it was a spirit level being held up by a tightrope walker in Holland.
Both players averaging over 90.
Thatâs the standard you need to contend for the world title.
Scratch that, actually.
Martin misses a load of doubles to hand that leg and set 3 to Jamie on a 3-1 scoreline.
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Atkinsâ diet of fat 20s and fat 5s is thinning out his chances considerably here. Heâll need to supersize his scoring if he wants to pile the pounds on to his bank balance by advancing to round 2.
78 in two darts from Martin. Thatâs more like it.
Hughesy hits 180 and 177 in the last leg to clinch his place in Round 2.
An average of over 94 from him tonight.
True world class.
Lads dressed as the Blues Brothers and Super Mario in the crowd here in Frimley Green.
Macarena playing at The Lakeside ahead Smith v De Vos. It follows a great rendition of YMCA.
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Surely not?
Youâre the one that I want just after fading out there. The lads dressed in cheap teletubbies suits up the front were going crackers for it.
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Australian first round winner Raymond Smith reckons his first round win was massive news in Australia. He got 114 notifications on his Facebook.
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Famous Belgian darts fan Jacky and Geert exchange words during the walk on.
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