World Grand Prix 2011 Draw

Phil Taylor (1) v Peter Wright
Ronnie Baxter v Paul Nicholson
Mark Webster (8) v Andy Hamilton
Dave Chisnall v Alan Tabern
Simon Whitlock (5) v Terry Jenkins
Mark Hylton v Mark Walsh
Gary Anderson (4) v Richie Burnett
Jamie Caven v Denis Ovens
Adrian Lewis (2) v John Part
Brendan Dolan v Wayne Jones
Wes Newton (7) v Colin Lloyd
Justin Pipe v John Henderson
Raymond van Barneveld (6) v Mervyn King
William O’Connor v Andy Smith
James Wade (3) v Steve Brown
Vincent van der Voort v Kevin Painter

Some cracking first round encounters really showing the strength of the PDC. Tie of the round for me is Adrian Lewis v John Part. Also a potential tasty Taylor v Nicholson second round clash. Can’t wait for the action to begin.

Limericks own Willie O’Connor v ‘The Pieman’ Andy Smith will be the tie of the round…

Hopefully Willie puts up a better performance than last year, has the potential though.

Some great matches,as you said Jimmy shows the strenght in depth of the PDC. Witlock and Jenkins is the one that catches my eye. Good to see the cappamore man in it again, hopefully he plays a bit better than last year, as he has potential. Have tickets for the 1/4s and semis looking forward to it.

Where in Limerick is Willie O’Connor from Dunph?

Cappamore

You ever play “soccer” in darts?
Played it last night for the first time. Great game.

No, never heard of it, to be honest. What does it entail.

Two teams.
You start off with your three darts, you have to hit the bull or 25 to gain “possession” of the ball, once you have the ball hitting a double or treble gets you a “goal”.
The opposition then have to hit the bull to win the ball back, once they have it back they can score. First to 5 wins.

Sounds good, will have to introduce it to the pub.

I’m heading the Friday and Saturday too Anto. Much rather the old City West arena i must say. The new one is too big and lacks atmosphere.

Call the winner boys…

Anderson for me anyway.

Taylor for me

I’ll go with O’Connor to realise his potential and win it for Ireland, thus lifting us out of the recession. Whoever wins it, it promises to be a great tournament.

I’ll go for ‘Adey’ Lewis, who was coincidentally defeated recently by the World Darts Champion Martin Adams in The Circus Tavern, Purfleet.

That wasn’t a competitive match mate, it was an exhibition. Of course grizzly adams was too much of a tard to realise that…

I think Taylor will win it out if he does’nt slip up v Nicholson. I’m really looking forward to Barney v King, should be a cracker.

Great win for Phil Taylor in the Pro tour event at the Citywest yesterday. Phil beat 2006 BDO World Master Champion Michael Van Gerwen by 6 legs to 3. Van Gerwen who became BDO World Master champion in 2006 by beating BDO stalwart Martin “Wolfie” Adams in the final has really struggled with the step up since joining the PDC. Hopefully this final appearance will bring a return to form for Van Gerwen.

Jimmy, do you think Van Gerwen will return to the bdo at some point to recapture his form and get confidence from drubbing the minnows there? He has found the step up to the PDC a step too far.