No regrets about deciding to stay in the BDO for Middlesbrough darts star Glen Durrant

[MancheStar]

BDO No 1 insists he is happy to remain in the amateur side of the game rather than move to the PDC

Glen Durrant insists he has made the right decision to ignore his critics and remain in the BDO following his gut-wrenching Lakeside World Championship quarter-final defeat to Scott Waites.

Tournament favourite Duzza took a bit of a social media bashing after the Waites loss.

Trolls stuck the boot into Middlesbrough’s BDO No 1 for failing to cash in on a 4-2 lead.

One keyboard complainant even told the Lakeside favourite he is unable to pay his mortgage because his 5-4 defeat cost him a £3,000 payout on a Gary Anderson-Durrant world title double.

And others have accused him of lacking ambition for opting against a switch to darts’ top table the PDC.

Durrant is still getting over the Waites loss more than a week after his Frimley Green disappointment and said it will sting for some time to come.

But the 45-year-old has no regrets about announcing that he will stay in his familiar BDO surroundings.

He will still get a chance to pit his darting wits against the PDC’s best players as a one-off this year after qualifying for the dual code Grand Slam of Darts as the 2015 World Masters champion.

“I understand it’s the amateur side of darts, but I’m happy with my decision to stay with the BDO,” he said.

“My management weren’t happy when I said I wasn’t going to the PDC, but when we sat down and I told them the reasons they understood.

“The BDO have made certain assurances that I can’t elaborate on that suggests there is a positive future for me in it.

“There’s new tournaments this year like Billingsgate and at Rainton Meadows Arena in Durham.

“From a promotion point of view I can still say I’m World No 1, and to be honest I don’t have it in me to start from the bottom in the PDC.

“If I was 25 or 26 I would be at Q School this week trying to win a Tour Card.

“I know that sounds a bit defeatist, because I know I can beat up to the top eight on a regular basis.

“But I was happiest when I wasn’t even the best player in my Super League team,” said the housing estate manager.

“I would have snapped your hand off to enjoy the success I’ve had since the Teesside Ranking Events, and I’m very happy with my life.”

Durrant said the Waites defeat was much harder to take than his tiebreak loss to Martin Adams in the 2015 Lakeside semi-finals, after leading 4-2 in sets and 2-0 in legs.

He feels he would have gone on to claim his first world title if he had won, but is also keeping a sense of perspective.

“I didn’t realise I was as good as that last year and I was pleased to get to a semi-final,” he said.

“This time I came off stage wondering how I’d lost. The best way I would describe it is that it was like running a marathon and getting stuck in mud in the final 100 metres while someone was sprinting behind me.

“It’s so hard to take because I think I would have beaten Jamie (Hughes) and Jeff (Smith) and gone on to win the whole thing.

“But, at the end of the day, I’ve lost a darts match. Nobody has died.”

Durrant will get back on the BDO oche at next month’s Scottish Open.





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[Ginge]

Glen admitting it's the amateur side of the game, there.

[ChrisW]

No no he is going to he PDC. Dartsfacts said so.

[Ginge]

“The BDO have made certain assurances that I can’t elaborate on that suggests there is a positive future for me in it."

Super Series, anyone?

[mapleleafdarts]

Oh, dear...if what I've read is to be believed, those assurances aren't even worth the ink used to write out those assurances.

I hope I'm wrong because more than once, the players have been shat on with not much to show for it. I hope this isn't one of those times.

[Skewball]

BDO No 1 insists he is happy to remain in the amateur side of the game rather than move to the PDC


“If I was 25 or 26 I would be at Q School this week trying to win a Tour Card.

And that's why for the good of darts we should try to get to one organization as soon as possible. The BDO has no long term future in its current guise.

[MancheStar]

No wonder his management weren't happy with him not wanting to join the PDC they can probably see through all this deluxe BS.


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[ifm]

Glen admitting it's the amateur side of the game, there.

It's a spoof article.

[MancheStar]

No wonder his management weren't happy with him not wanting to join the PDC they can probably see through all this deluxe BS.


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[Ginge]

Glen admitting it's the amateur side of the game, there.

It's a spoof article.

No.

[oche balboa]

No wonder his management weren't happy with him not wanting to join the PDC they can probably see through all this deluxe BS.


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Nope.

[Ginge]

No wonder his management weren't happy with him not wanting to join the PDC they can probably see through all this deluxe BS.


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Nope.

Behave, you were expecting mega prize funds and everything, they had you fooled as well.

[Booji Boy]

Glen admitting it's the amateur side of the game, there.

It's a spoof article.

No.

Oh why did you bite?

[ifm]

Glen admitting it's the amateur side of the game, there.

It's a spoof article.

No.

“I understand it’s the amateur side of darts, but I’m happy with my decision to stay with the BDO,” he said.
"trolls"

Seriously?

[Little Lonely Garry]

Glen admitting it's the amateur side of the game, there.

It's a spoof article.

is it a "fanboys" paper too ?

you have no credibility, run along and play with the traffic you copper topped clownshoe, while the adults speak about the choker.

[Ginge]

Fucking hell, Ian.

[nikkiboy]

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/othe ... o-10750602

[ifm]

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/othe ... o-10750602

Well blow me, what a strange article.

[nikkiboy]

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/othe ... o-10750602

Well blow me, what a strange article.

Very, unusual quote from Glen

[Ginge]

Is it Peter Van der Hoogelploppen?