Been a good day of darts. Much better than watching the likes of Harms, Mitchell or Robson. Very entertaining.

Eurosport has committed suicide.

Wheres it gone

Pity Waites isnt in it. He might not be the player he used to be but his past record makes him a creditable opponent and he would add interest.

Who pushed the kid in to start with.

Well done. Hope things continue to go your way.

Is there anything in selection criteria that says " the reigning BDO champion so long as he remains a BDO player" if it just says the current champion then he should play

He is the current BDO champion so yes under the rules he must be in.

Yes lots of impatience from non business people. The people who actually buy tickets (not just post on forums) will be following events closely and as long as tickets are available a couple of weeks before will pick them up.
I mean who books to go and see some darts 3 months in advance. Thats bizarre.

Watched most of it but its lost something now that Durrant and to some extent the other mains switchers have left. It just seems so low key.

Des certainly knows how to build the excitement up pending the big announcements. I mean how many people countrywide are now waiting to see what he announces? A masterclass really.

Des doesnt seem to be the sort of guy who is forced into early announcements just to please darts forums. What people here seem to be saying is he has signed up a new major venue for a tournament costing a fortune with nobody to pay for it. Thats more than risky isnt it? It would be far stupider tha...

There is no sponsor that YOU know about. Des isnt an idiot and he clearly wouldnt have signed up to such an expensive contract if he didnt have people to pay for it. He is just announcing the news piece by piece. When he announces the sponsors for the earlier tournaments its likely you will know who...

Does it matter who got the deal so long as it exists.

So according to that he has got a 10 year deal for the WC. Impressive indeed and should silence the doubters once and for all.

THe difference is that the BDO dont have 8 creditable players that people want to watch and Durrant adds more interest than anyone else on both sides. A GSOD without Durrant would be a far less entertaining event. Apart from a few on here nobody would care how he qualified. After all he is still the...

What is this event? Could it be the first tournament in a BDO World Series.

Why so negative? He has a top venue. That will make it easy to get a sponsor assuming he hasnt already got them onboard. Maybe the venue will have agreed to sponsor it just to get the World Championships there.

So in two days he has managed to secure top locations for the Big 2 tournaments. Surely thats a huge step forward.

Next to be announced will be the new sponsors and then hopefully a suitably increased prize fund.

Surely theres a misprint there when he says "I spoke with the BDO chairman and he was bullish". I think it should read "I spoke with the BDO chairman and he talked bullshit".