Sorry to hear this news. My wife and I attended the event a few years ago when Ratajski won it - it was played in a hall by Victoria Stadium, 5 minutes stroll from the airport and alongside all the delights of Ocean Village. The crowd was a bit sparse on the first two days but it seemed pretty full ...

Bob Anderson used to regularly co-commentate with Dave Lanning on ITV back in the day.

This is being shown this Sunday on E4 at 4:55am.

Keith Deller v Eric Bristow in the 1983 World final. Us armchair fans had never heard of Deller before the tournament, but he beat the other two of the three darts megastars of the time, John Lowe and Jocky Wilson (the defending champion) in the quarter finals and semi finals respectively. Bristow i...

Jeffrey de Zwaan - satisfyingly emphatic.

I think Ratajski will win this - he was brilliant in the latter stages in Gibraltar so hopefully he can keep that going and land his first (PDC) major.

On a diffrent note who do people think is getting eliminated this year? I think the loser of the Price versus Wright match, whenever it is, will be eliminated. My money's on Wright - he still looked a bit lacking in confidence at the Masters. As for the rest of the league, it's hard to see van Gerw...

Despite being the lowest ranked player in the league, I don't think van Barneveld will be eliminated after the first phase - my money's on Wright and Price for relegation. Wade and either Price or Gurney IMO. I reckon Gurney will be nearer the top than the bottom and has a great chance of making th...

Despite being the lowest ranked player in the league, I don't think van Barneveld will be eliminated after the first phase - my money's on Wright and Price for relegation.

I'm looking forward to watching Boris Koltsov play in this tournament - good player with a natural, smooth, uncomplicated throw who still has plenty of potential to improve. Hopefully this will be the time it all clicks for him - if it does I can see him getting through a pretty tough section of the...

Denis Dutch-Ovens

I voted for Michael Smith. Incredible talent and is yet to peak. He's already won Euro Tour events and I reckon a major win isn't too far away - once he's won one more should follow.

I'd like to see Phil Taylor show up on Celebrity Big Brother once he retires - then we'd see more of the true him which would be fascinating to those of us who only see him on stage or in immediate post-match interviews. I reckon he's a big enough name to warrant inclusion too, the question is would...