Addicks Fan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:53 pm https://dutchopendarts.nl/event/finaled ... e-op-rtl7/

Upgrade in TV coverage in the Netherlands this year. Not sure the men's quarter finals have been shown before.

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Not seen any entry list, but MDA have got a dozen of their players in attendance UK Q School: Willie Borland Pete Burgoyne Stephen Burton Lee Evans Nathan Girvan Stuart Kellett Shane McGuirk Dylan Slevin Harry Ward European Q School: Karel Sedlacek Vítezslav Sedlak Benito van de Pas I've seen a few...

ChrisW wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:24 pm Being held for a previous losing finalist.

I can't see Gary Anderson wanting to travel.

Given that 2 of the top 4 are out of form, and he has 885k from the 2022 season, including 710k from a final and 2 wins of Premier events at the back end of the year, he'll be there for a while. I think the best thing that happened to him was when he was dropped from the Premier League and he compla...

Abysmal first 2 rounds, probably the worst of all time. Decent third round Dull fourth round Couple of half decent quarter finals Awful semi finals Not even a barnstorming final can stop this being the worst PDC worlds of all time. Certainly the most underwhelming worlds I can remember. Usually enj...

It's a significant reversal of policy. They were trying to be proactive, but it just made things harder overall.
The entry numbers are so much smaller for women that there was cross-subsidy.

I noted that the IOM and Scottish had men's prizes 3 times women's for most rounds.

91 average enough to win a PDC “world” quarter final, there. Despite his opponent averaging 97. Lowest winning quarter-final average back to the 2009 Championship. Year|Player and Average|Result|Opponent and Average -|-|-|- 2022|James Wade 85.35|5 - 0|Mervyn King 83.18 2021|Gerwyn Price 96.36|5 - 4...

Happy New Year.

Just looking at who's entered the Dutch Open or Romanian weekend to see who may not be bothering with Q-School in a couple of weeks. So far, Ron Meulenkamp, Michael Unterbuchner, Wesley Harms and Beau Greaves have entered one or more. Slightly surprised about Meulenkamp, but the others are not unex...

They're ignoring the WDF prize rules the same way as the Scottish Open. Ah wait, no. IOM Open isn't WDF. The Classic (Silver) will follow the WDF rules: L-style IOM MENS CLASSIC|IOM LADIES CLASSIC -|- WINNER - £1400.00|WINNER - £700.00 RUNNER UP - £700.00|RUNNER UP - £350.00 SEMI FINALISTS - £350.00...

A very sensible time to have it. Pretty much perfect in the calendar. But the 2-year ranking is a problem, because that means players who drop off the PDC Main Tour will find it harder to qualify, and in doing so that could discourage them from playing in anything but the top WDF events. I agree th...

Rout wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:05 pm A very sensible time to have it.

Pretty much perfect in the calendar.

But the 2-year ranking is a problem, because that means players who drop off the PDC Main Tour will find it harder to qualify, and in doing so that could discourage them from playing in anything but the top WDF events.

Addicks Fan wrote: ↑Sat Dec 24, 2022 1:41 am Scottish Open in 2023 will be Silver ranked rather than Gold. WDF rules on prize money splits not being followed either:
https://dartswdf.com/storage/uploads/8 ... h_Open.pdf

It does say "proposed".

mik252 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 11:01 pm Would be very surprised if 29 out of 32 seeds through isn’t a record.

It is. Beats 27 in 2013. (Just went through Wikipedia and might have miscounted.)

2006 19
2007 21
2008 23
2009 20
2010 23
2011 25
2012 21
2013 27
2014 25
2015 23
2016 22
2017 26
2018 20
2019 19
2020 24
2021 26
2022 24

BlueSpark wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 1:13 pm Hendriks is absolutely shite

Fun fact: in PC19 Hendriks was absolutely shite and beat Dolan 6-4.

ChrisW wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:32 pm Definitely the result of the tournament so far.

Which says a lot about there not really being upsets.

Wade was considered vulnerable enough that there was a thought that Greaves could make a run to the 4th round.
His loss was no more surprising than Gurney's.

Rout wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:56 am

The Swordsman wrote:Can someone local check if Gazmong is ok?

Anyone else live in the seventh circle of hell that can do this?

I've always thought of him more as a fifth circle type.

Who was that big German bloke who played O'Connor?

Meulenkamp has now lost his card. Unless Adrian Lewis retires in an attempt to get a Premier League spot. Next on the chopping block is Jeff Smith. But he can now only lose his card by players getting to Round 3 or later. Sedlacek, Jansen or Menzies can overtake him by winning their Round 2 games. J...

Meanwhile, excellent comeback from Cameron. 2 sets, 0-2 and 2 breaks down.

Edhouse let off in the 2nd set, Cameron never stopped playing. Kudos.
Not even put off by miscounting on a bull for the match. Stepped up with the darts and went 140, 140, 140.