For England and Bobby George - how Lakeside would thrill to anthem remix

They could use that DJ at the Lakeside BDO World Championship, where the party is fast going flat and everyone is heading quickly for the kitchen. A chill set in when Jelle Klaasen, the holder, went all wobbly and was dumped out in the first round. It grew still colder when Michael van Gerwen, the tournament’s much-touted 17-year-old “darting prodigy”, followed him to the taxi rank minutes later.
For England and Bobby George how Lakeside would thrill to anthem remix - Sport - Times Online

Adams sets up clash with Hankey

Martin Adams
Adams will play Hankey in Thursday's quarter-finals
Top seed Martin Adams got the better of Co Stompe to set up a quarter-final meeting with former champion Ted Hankey at the Lakeside World Championship.

Adams was not at his best against his Dutch opponent but still held the upper hand to win 4-1 at Frimley Green.

BBC: Darts Adams sets up clash with Hankey

powered by performancing firefox

Darts: Ace Eccles through

Darts, Evening Gazette

South Bank's Tony Eccles sailed into the second round of the Lakeside World Darts Championships as North-east players celebrated a hat-trick of wins at Frimley Green.

Eccles trounced Welsh left-hander Mark Webster 3-0 yesterday without hitting top form to set up a clash with Shaun Greatbatch, a 3-1 winner over Paul Hogan.
Darts: Ace Eccles through

Fordham forced to withdraw

Monday, 08 January 2007 6:17
Andy Fordham tonight had to withdraw from his Lakeside World Championship first-round match after being taken ill at the venue in Frimley Green.

'The Viking', winner of the title in 2004, was due to play Australia's Simon Whitlock in a contest set to be televised live by the BBC.
Fordham forced to withdraw

VIKING "STABLE" AFTER 999 CALL

By Jon Wilde, PA Sport

Andy Fordham was tonight in a "stable" condition in a Surrey hospital after being taken ill shortly before his first-round match at the Lakeside World Championship in Frimley Green.

'The Viking', winner of the title in 2004, had been due to play Australia's Simon Whitlock in a contest due to be televised live by the BBC at 6pm.

World Darts: Just no Klas

World champion Jelle Klaasen crashed out of the tournament at the first hurdle, losing 3-0 to Dutch compatriot Co Stompe in Frimley Green last night

Klaasen stunned the darts world last year when, as an unknown, he beat subsequent PDC champion Raymond van Barneveld in the final. But he has failed to build on that success and consequently did not even secure one of the 16 seedings for this tournament, leaving him vulnerable to an in-form player in the opening round.

World Darts: Just no Klas

DARTS: SPORTS WIRE - BDO NO.1 FOR BOBBY

BOBBY George believes the Lakeside World Championship - which begins on Saturday - is still the top event in darts.
DARTS: SPORTS WIRE - BDO NO.1 FOR BOBBY

Darts - Dutch Double On The Cards

Darts - Dutch Double On The Cards
By Reece Killworth - January 4 2007

In sport, as in comedy, timing is everything. So the BDO's top darters have it all to do if their World Championship is to generate a feeling of it being anything other than 'after the Lord Mayor's show'.
Darts - Dutch Double On The Cards

Tony’s competitive edge

POPULAR Stockport darts star Tony O’Shea is looking forward to a more competitive year this year, and is particularly relishing the prospect of tackling number one seed Martin Adams at the Lakeside World Championships in just three days time.

O’Shea has admitted that he didn’t have the best of years in 2006, but it sounds like he knows what to put that down to.

"I have to admit that I haven’t really played as many ranking tournaments as I should have in 2006," said O’Shea.


"I’ve been too busy doing exhibition shows.
Tony’s competitive edge

Darts in Stockport

STOCKPORT’S very own darts master of ceremonies Pete Burns is also looking forward to a hectic 2007.

Pete, aged 60, has been busy calling the shots all over the north west during the last 12 months, and in Holland where darts is still massively popular in pubs and clubs. The bookings for the coming year are flooding in, and Pete is determined to carry on living his dream.
Main man Pete is also set to be busy


And....

WITH just days to go until the start of the BDO World Professional Darts Championships at Frimley Green, Stockport favourite Darryl Fitton is still praying for a dream final against his great mate Tony O’Shea.

Fitton, who reached the semi-finals at Bob Potter’s terrific Lakeside complex in 2004, gets his 2007 campaign under way on Sunday [at 2pm] against Durham county star Phil Nixon, and is feeling confident that he can have another decent run this time around.
Fitton eyes his dream final

Tough draw for women

04 January 2007
WEB EDITORIAL - webdesk@herts24.co.uk
A CRUEL draw matches singles champion Carol Hughes with one of the main challengers for her crown when the Ridley League women's darts competitions start at Chelmsford Social Club on Tuesday, January 9.

The Margaretting Black Bull star will face the host club's Yvonne Hall-Wilson, holder in 1988, 1995 and 2003, in a first-round clash both players surely hoped to avoid.
Tough draw for women

'Wolfie' in bid to win greatest darts title - 4/1/07

MARTIN Adams is just days away from his annual mission to grab the greatest prize in darts.
The long-serving England captain treads the familiar path to the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green when he appears in the Lakeside World Championship for the 14th successive year.

Number one seed 'Wolfie' launches his title tilt on Saturday afternoon when facing old foe Tony O'Shea in a mouthwatering first round match.
'Wolfie' in bid to win greatest darts title - 4/1/07

Darts on the BBC

You can watch all the action from the 2007 World Professional Darts Championship on the BBC.

The event sees the cream of the BDO's players descend on the Lakeside complex in Surrey to compete for the most coveted prize in the sport.
Darts on the BBC

Tony’s competitive edge

POPULAR Stockport darts star Tony O’Shea is looking forward to a more competitive year this year, and is particularly relishing the prospect of tackling number one seed Martin Adams at the Lakeside World Championships in just three days time.

O’Shea has admitted that he didn’t have the best of years in 2006, but it sounds like he knows what to put that down to.
Tony’s competitive edge

Lakeside boosted by young stars

Lakeside boosted by young stars

The 2007 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships will be breaking new ground when it begins on 6 January.

Dutch 17-year-old Michael van Gerwen, who won the World Masters in October, will become the youngest-ever player in the British Darts Organisation event.

His compatriot, Carla Molema, will be the championships' youngest-ever female player at the age of 18.

Pecker warms up with victory over Garry

By Stan Launder

WITH THE prospect of the World Championship at the famous Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green loomimg it was an opportune moment for Brian ‘Pecker’ Woods to warm up with a super win at Maryport’s Station Inn on Boxing Day from a very strong field of very good players.

Pecker beat his frequent rival and sometimes nemesis Garry Bellard in a high quality final match of a very good day of darts.
Pecker warms up with victory over Garry