So many interesting things in this statement! 1. 8 BDO players guaranteed 2. Recognition for all the BDO tournaments with the word 'World' in them! 3. Martin Adams is invited - must be a rule change for PDC then - will he accept? 4. BDO qualifiers, not 'amateur' qualifiers. Does this mean Challenge...

This has been done in conjunction with the BDO. Surely the first time the PDC and BDO have worked together in an official capacity since the split?

He genuinely believes that the sport of darts belongs to him and his family, making a living on the back of players who he believes aren't owed a living. Many, many people could have and did say the same thing 17 or 18 years ago. Nothing has changed. The scales are just being removed from some peop...

Don't forget darts was on TV before Olly Croft and Mike Watterson Do you mean the indoor league or TNOTW? I don't know how they came about. The News of the World was the first to be televised - not sure who was behind that. But the Indoor League was the brainchild of Sid Waddell in 1972 (I think) a...

What is Barry Gilbey like then? Good bloke? Maybe Pauly you could convince him to become a member on here to properly communicate with the normal fans - or an interview maybe? Its all well and good having these new board members, but do any of them have any business nous and market knowledge? That ...

Maybe rumours of Taylor's demise rather premature?

I don't mean to be confrontational, but the root cause behind the hostility towards the BDO many is the behaviour of Olly Croft and his cronies in the early 1990s, leading up to, during and after the split. Everything else is froth. It all stems from the fact they nearly destroyed the top end of th...

Ah that famous BDO 'family atmosphere'. It's the same 'family atmosphere' which makes The Sopranos such good viewing.

"Olly Croft said that the BDO was created for the players and officials. BH wants 100% control ." Fantastic line that. I know. The irony and lack of self-awareness is almost cosmic. Wasn't that his intention then when he made the offer? I don't know. You'd have to ask him. It was Olly hav...

Dannyboy wrote:"Olly Croft said that the BDO was created for the players and officials. BH wants 100% control."

Fantastic line that.

I know. The irony and lack of self-awareness is almost cosmic.

I don't mean to be confrontational, but the root cause behind the hostility towards the BDO many is the behaviour of Olly Croft and his cronies in the early 1990s, leading up to, during and after the split. Everything else is froth. It all stems from the fact they nearly destroyed the top end of the...

They were both well and truly stitched up. How does off air footage end up on youtube? :IIII: In the end, they were stitched up. Only because they were loathed utterly by the people they worked with. There are legions of stories about how badly they treated the crew over the years, and believed the...

Wookiee wrote:So, what have we learned?

When it comes to the lady dart players, don't pull out abruptly?*


























*Keysie, you can have that one, son.

Sky want to avoid overkill, and after adding the GSOD there's no way they'd want another, unless it meant dropping an existing one. There are rumours of a new tournament held on the mediterranean somewhere, which they will televise, presumably in place of Vegas. I think the PLayers will be streamed,...

I only brought up the minutes, despite it retreading old ground (and ensuring yet more tedious tit-for-tat tittle-tattle twaddle) to counter Tommy's view that a) the counties gave Hearn a fair hearing, when they palpably didn't and b) he had plenty of time to answer their concerns, when he palpably ...

M I B wrote:
The Rebel 8 Meeting i remember it well !


Davie Hanson

Davie, in years to come they will pen ballads and lyrics in tribute to those who dared stand up against the bewhiskered despots!

Or at least give them a nice silver pin badge.

Note what the Hampshire delegate said: Hampshire stated he did not want a takeover but wanted unification. He said it had taken the BDO 68 days to approach Barry Hearn and he is now being vilified for not answering in a few days. He stated that he is totally loyal to the BDO and was at the meeting f...

Just as a refresher. BRITISH DARTS ORGANISATION ROLL CALL OF THE FULL COUNCIL METING - 31st JANUARY 2010 ANGUS STEVE GREEN/ELAINE GREEN AVON (WEST OF ENGLAND) BRADLEY LONG/NICOLA LONG AYRSHIRE ANDY MCLAY BEDFORDSHIRE DAVID STAPLETON/SUE BLAY BERKSHIRE ENID VINCENT/STEVIE LEES BORDERS SADIE DUNCAN BR...

This is where it's a bugger that Andy deleted the old site. There was a good discussion about the 'negotiations' back then, and a few memory cells have been blitzed since. But how anyone can say that the time between Dave Alderman's letter being sent and received, and the vote to dismiss the offer w...

There was a lot of trepidation concerning Barry Hearns offer for the BDO, becasue it is quite obvious to all the BDO Counties that certain things they do will never make a profit, but it is part of the whole Darts Scene, I think the cancelation of the PDC Ladies event just about sums up what the Co...