Tuesday 22nd January 2008

2008 LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL DARTS CHAMPIONS
HOME BDO INTER-COUNTY DEBUTS FOR CLWYD ON 2ND FEBRUARY
	Mark Webster and Anastasia Dobromyslova will create darts history on February 2nd when they play at home for Clwyd in the BDO Inter-County Championships as the newly crowned Lakeside World Professional Darts Champions. Never before has a BDO County been represented by the two reigning World Champions, and Mark and Anastasia will be taking their trophies with them to celebrate with their team-mates.
Mark, the 24 year-old Men’s World Professional Darts Champion from Denbigh, is the third Welshman to win the most famous title in World Darts, but the very first from North Wales. Russian darts sensation Anastasia (23), who now lives in Ellesmere Port, was crowned Women’s World Professional Darts Champion after ending the unbeaten seven year reign of England’s Trina Gulliver. The double Lakeside World Champions will be competing in an all-Welsh Inter-County match against Gwynedd at Clwyd’s home venue:  Penyffordd Royal British Legion, Chester Road, Penyffordd, on Saturday, February 2nd.

Monday 21st January 2008

LIVE WORLD-WIDE INTERNET STREAM FROM THE DUTCH OPEN FINALS
	Internet streaming specialists "Darts in Motion" will be providing world-wide live streaming from the finals of the 2008 Dutch Open. Full details will be announced shortly.

Wednesday 16th January 2008

MULTI-MILLION TV AUDIENCES FOR 2008 BDO LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Get the details ... here.

ENGLAND ANNOUNCE THEIR NATIONS CUP SQUAD

The England squad for the 2008 Nations Cup has been announced and is as follows.

Martin Adams (Captain), Steve Farmer, Tony O'Shea, Darryl Fitton, Scott Waites, and John Walton.

The event will be played in Merthy Tydfil, Wales on 23 - 24 February.

Monday 14th January 2008

PRESS RELEASE New event for women announced details ... here

Sunday 13th January 2008

	WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: DAY NINE
	Ian Wort's photo-gallery from day 9 is now available ... here
WORLD CHAMPIONS 2008
MARK WEBSTER IS THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
The World Nr1. and the Nr1 Seed for the tournament defeated Australian challenger Simon Whitlock by 7 sets to 5 in an epic Lakeside final.
Details ... here    Match Report ... here
	Ian Wort's photo-gallery from day 8 is now available ... here

Saturday 12th January 2008

	WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: DAY EIGHT
	Simon Whitlock survived a late rally From Cumbria's Brian Woods to take his place in tomorrows final. Details ... here    Match Report ... here
	Welsh World Nr. 1 Mark Webster defeated the defending Champion Martin Adams in a tremendous match by 6 sets to four. Details ... here    Match Report ... here
	Ian Wort's photo-gallery from day 7 is now available ... here

Friday 11th January 2008

	WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: DAY SEVEN
	Ian Wort's photo-gallery from day 6 is now available ... here
	ANASTASIA  THE NEW LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPION Details ... here    Match Report ... here
	Brian "Pecker" Woods continued his spectacular run of success with a 5 - 3 win over ""Scotty" Waites. Details ... here    Match Report ... here
	Nr. 1 Seed Mark Webster produced yet another great performance to end the challenge of Darryl Fitton with a 5 sets to 1 victory. Mark will now meet Martin Adams in the Semi-Finals. Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Thursday 10th January 2008

	WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: DAY SIX

	Russia's Anastasia Dobromyslova defeated England's Stephanie Smee and will meet Trina Gulliver in the Women's Final. Details ... here    Match Report ... Here
	Australian ace Simon Whitlock handed Ted "The Count" Hankey a 5 - 0 thrashing with a performance of the highest quality. Details ... here    Match Report ... here
	England CaptainMartin Adams won an epic encounter against Robert Thornton. Details ... here    Match Report ... here
	Trina Gulliver overcame a determined challenge from Karin Krappen to reach the Women's Final. Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Wednesday 9th January 2008

	WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: DAY FIVE
	Ian Wort's photo-gallery from day 5 is now available ... here

	"Scotty" Waites the Nr. 3 Seed survived a determined challenge from Dutchman Remco van Eijden for a 4 - 2 victory. Details ... here    Match Report ... here
	The 11th Seed Cumbria's Brian Woods produced some superb finishing to take out the Nr. 6 Seed Co Stompé. Details ... here    Match Report ... here
	Ted "The Count" Hankey produced some power scoring and clinical finishing to brush aside a disappointing Andy Boulton. Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Australian ace Simon "The Wizzard" Whitlock had few problems when he defeated the new Dutch Comet Fabien Roosenbrand by four sets to one. Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Ian Wort's photo-gallery from day 4 is now available ... here

Tuesday 8th January 2008

WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: DAY FOUR

Ian Wort's photo-gallery from day 3 is now available ... here

The Lakeside World Professional Championships moves into the second round matches. Follow all the latest results and statistics ... here

Nr. 1 Seed Mark Webster opened at a tremendous pace and was quickly two sets up against Glenn Moody. He then lost his way and Moody won the third set 3-0. The third and fourth sets were all nerves and missed doubles but Webster shaded both sets for the match. Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Scotland's Robert Thornton continued his success in high profile events when he took out 5th Seeded Tony O'Shea by 4 sets to 2. In addition he lined himself up for at least a share of the £3000 prize for the highest checkout when hit took out the third set with a 170 finish. Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Superior finishing enabled defending champion and England Captain Martin Adams to a 4 sets to 0 win over Welsh Captain Martin Phillips. The score-line does not reflect the match because Phillips matched Adams for scoring power but his finishing let him down. Details ... here    Match Report ... here

England's Darryl Fitton produced some exceptional darts when he blew away fellow countryman Gary Robson by four sets to nil. Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Monday 7th January 2008

WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: DAY THREE

Remco van Eijden won an entertaining all Dutch affair over 14th Seed Mario Robbe by 3 sets to 1.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Nr 11 Seed Brian Woods produced the best darts of the tournament so far with a comfortable 3 - 0 win over Scotland's Paul Hanvidge.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Nr 7 Seed Ted Hankey scraped into the next round after overcoming a determined challenge from Steve West.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Nr 6 Seed Co Stompe made an impressive start to his campaign when he handed out a 3 set to 0 beating to Canadian Carl Mercer.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Sunday 6th January 2008

WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: DAY TWO

Ian Wort's photo-gallery from day 2 is now available ... here

England's "Golden Girl" Trina Gulliver advanced to the Semi-Finals after an impressive performance. She was pushed hard by Julie Gore who claimed the second set. However, Julie could not match Trina in the final set.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Karin Krappen defeated her compatriot Rilana Erades by 2 sets to 1 in a match of high scores and deplorable finishing.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

England's Scott Waites the Nr. 3 Seed, made a spectacular Lakeside debut when he outgunned Scotland's Mike Veitch by 3 sets to 1. Waites missed five match in the third set and needed five more in the fourth set before finally clinching the match.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Nr.4 Seed Martin Adams made an impressive start to his title defence with a comprehensive straight sets win over Phill Nixon. Nixon never found his consistency and gave Adams few problems.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Yet another Seed bit the dust as qualifier Andy Boulton made a winning Lakeside debut. He took out Nr. 10 Seed Martin Atkins after a dramatic 5th set tie-break.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

The Bookmakers hot favourite and Nr. 2 Seed Gary Anderson suffered a sensational defeat at the hands of Dutch qualifier Fabian Roosenbrand. Gary produced his usual brand of high scoring but his finishing let him down badly. Fabian threw darts of the highest quality and never let the occasion or his opponent get to him.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Welsh Captain Martin Phillips produced some impeccable finishing to take out Nr.13 Seed Shaun by 3 sets to one.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Unseeded Australian ace Simon Whitlock made a solid start to his 2008 campaign with a 3 - 0 win over the 16th Seed Edwin Max.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

	WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: DAY ONE

	Ian Wort's photo-gallery from day 1 is now available ... here

Saturday 5th January 2008

LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

Qualifier Stephanie Smee from Hampshire threw some excellent darts to make short work of Nr. 1 Seed Francis Hoenselaar in straight sets.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Nr 4 Seed Anastasia Dobromyslova advanced to the Semi-Final with a 2 sets to 0 win over England's Dee Bateman in a high quality match.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Middlesbrough qualifier Glenn Moody beat a disappointing Niels de Ruiter by 3 sets to 1 to advance to the second round.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Robert Thornton continued with the explosive form he showed at the Winmau World Masters when he brushed aside Nr. 12 Seed "John Boy" Walton by 3 sets to 0.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

No shocks in the first session. All the seeds go safely through.

Nr. 5 Seed Tony O'Shea won a disappointing match against fellow England international Steve Farmer by 3 sets to 2. O'Shea had a 2 set lead and looked to be cruising. However, his accuracy deserted him and Farmer came back to level at 2 sets each. O'Shea retained his composure to snatch the win.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Nr. 9 Seed Darryl Fitton advanced to the 2nd round of the championships with a 3 - 1 victory over Davy Richardson in a high quality encounter.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Nr. 8 Seed Gary Robson defeated the 2002 World Champion Tony David in a match of mixed quality. Robson started well and threw high quality darts to take the first two sets. After that the match deteriorated.

Details ... here    Match Report ... here

Nr 1 Seed Mark Webster survived a severe case of "double trouble" before winning the opening match of the Championships. He took a two set lead before Ian Jones put up a spirited fight to pull a set back. In the final set all five legs went against the darts with Webster hitting the required D8 for victory.

Details ... here     Match Report ... here

Thursday 3rd January 2008

	WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

	The 31st edition of the World Professional Championships kicks off at 13.00 GMT on Saturday. You can find the complete draw for both Men's and Women's events, and the order of play by clicking ... here. For those of you who are unable to watch the event on TV we shall be providing frequent daily updates.

Wednesday 2nd January 2008

YORKSHIRE LAUNCH A NEW WEBSITE

After an absence of many years Yorkshire have now launched a new website which is designed and maintained by Brian Bird. View the site ... here.

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