BRISTOW BLASTS 'AMATEUR DARTS': Sporting Life | 2012 Olympic Games in London, Superbikes, MotoGP, Rallying, Athletics, Sports News, Live Scores, Betti

"Eric Bristow tonight branded the Lakeside World
Championship as 'amateur darts' after Jelle Klaasen won a classic all-Dutch final 7-5 against Raymond van Barneveld.

Klaasen, 21, became the youngest ever world champion with a sublime performance to dethrone the four-time title-holder, who had invited Bristow to watch his attempt to equal the Crafty Cockney's record of five victories in the tournament.

But even though it was one of the best finals in the 29-year history of the event, Bristow, who is now affiliated to the rival governing body, the Professional Darts Corporation, told PA Sport he was unimpressed with the standard of the British Darts Organisation's showcase occasion.

'I've enjoyed being here and it's been nice to watch some amateur darts,' said 48-year-old Bristow, who was attending the Frimley Green venue for the first time since the sport split down the middle in 1993."