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Post by Panda on Jan 7, 2006 14:10:50 GMT 1
The BDO World Championship starts on BBC today, with Phil Taylor having won the Phil Taylor Tribute World Championship last week.
Will Raymond van Barneveld equal Eric Bristow's record of 5 titles? Will Andy Fordham be back to his best? Who will the first round match-up between last year's runner-up Martin "Wolfie" Adams and semi-finalist Daryl Fitton?
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Post by Panda on Jan 7, 2006 14:12:32 GMT 1
First round draw:
Jelle Klaasen (Ned) v Dennis Harbour (Eng) Mervyn King (Eng) v Brian Woods (Eng) Mareno Michels (Ned) v Paul Hogan (Eng) Ted Hankey (Eng) v Albertino Essers (Ned) Shaun Greatbatch (Eng) v Niels de Ruiter (Ned) Tony Eccles (Eng) v Per Laursen (Den) Co Stompe (Ned) v Paul Hanvidge (Sco) Simon Whitlock (Aus) v Andy Fordham (Eng) Martin Atkins (Eng) v Gerald Porter (Ire) Martin Adams (Eng) v Darryl Fitton (Eng) Ulf Ceder (Fin) v Mike Veitch (Sco) John Walton (Eng) v Stephen Roberts (Eng) Ross Montgomery (Sco) v Vincent van der Voort (Ned) Tony O'Shea (Eng) v Tony West (Eng) Gary Robson (Eng) v Gary Anderson (Eng) Raymond van Barneveld (Ned) v Brian Sorensen (Den)
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Post by -Big Dan- on Jan 7, 2006 14:35:02 GMT 1
I prefer this tournament to be honest. I mean as you say, the PDC is just a Phil Taylor exhibition.
I think it's high time Mervyn King won the championship, but Barney will most likely do it again.
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Post by Panda on Jan 7, 2006 15:35:05 GMT 1
I prefer this tournament to be honest. I mean as you say, the PDC is just a Phil Taylor exhibition. I think it's high time Mervyn King won the championship, but Barney will most likely do it again. I prefer this one as well, though it would be great to just have one world championship again. People say PDC is the stronger of the two but I think if you take out Phil Taylor, there's very little between them. There's a better crowd at the Lakeside. They seem more knowledgable and have more respect for the players. The PDC crowd at the Circus Tavern just seems to be a load of drunken yobs.
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Jan 7, 2006 15:49:40 GMT 1
I would love Andy Fordham to win but I expect Raymond to win again (if he's on form)
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jan 7, 2006 15:54:21 GMT 1
yeah im watching it, will be turning over soon tho
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Post by Panda on Jan 7, 2006 15:57:33 GMT 1
Ted Hankey is 2-0 down to Albertino Essers!
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Post by Panda on Jan 7, 2006 16:13:00 GMT 1
Hankey is out!
Ted Hankey 1-3 Albertino Essers
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Post by -Big Dan- on Jan 7, 2006 16:48:34 GMT 1
I haven't seen Ted Hankey play that bad in a long time. Essers totally deserved to go through.
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Post by Panda on Jan 7, 2006 16:54:41 GMT 1
King eases through to the last 16...
Mervyn King 3-0 Brian Woods
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Post by Panda on Jan 7, 2006 17:20:06 GMT 1
Another seed is out...
Tony Eccles 2-3 Per Laursen
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Post by Pablo on Jan 7, 2006 18:08:23 GMT 1
Hoping for a Dutchman and an Englishman to be in the final.
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Post by -Big Dan- on Jan 7, 2006 20:06:07 GMT 1
Anyone know how the O'Shea/West match went?
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Post by Panda on Jan 8, 2006 16:56:09 GMT 1
O'Shea beat West 3-1.
Andy Fordham just got knocked out by last year's semi-finalist Simon Whitlock.
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Jan 8, 2006 16:58:31 GMT 1
Bugger
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Post by -Big Dan- on Jan 8, 2006 20:49:26 GMT 1
Yeah. I'm quite glad the fat b*stard got knocked out, quite frankly.
Co Stompe just got knocked out too by Paul Hanvidge.
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Jan 8, 2006 21:19:08 GMT 1
Yeah. I'm quite glad the fat b*stard got knocked out, quite frankly. I think that was uncalled for actually Sub
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Post by -Big Dan- on Jan 8, 2006 21:28:38 GMT 1
I'm sorry, but I don't like him at all, I just think he's vile.
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Jan 8, 2006 21:30:26 GMT 1
Thats fair enough, but I think the weight insults were unnecessary
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Post by -Big Dan- on Jan 8, 2006 21:58:28 GMT 1
Thats fair enough, but I think the weight insults were unnecessary Ok, I do apologise about that.
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