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Same Players.... there are 10 debutants
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Every year we have this comment.
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Yep Devo even was surprised that some of the fanatics were watching the PDC worlds
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Why don't you go then Stevo? you can't fully form an honest opinion about something unless you actually experienced the occasion.devosteve wrote:I am sure I would thoroughly enjoy going to lakeside. Doubt I'll ever go though.Paddy McGinty wrote:are you getting excited Stevo? ......better than Xmas that's for sure.devosteve wrote:Seems like the schedule has been given to the players. Not sure if on general release. Anyway players now trying to sell their quota. They don't get then free btw.
All seems a bit 2nd rate to me. Is lakeside filled with friends and family or just general fans like Patrick and his Geoff supporting mates?
But from a TV viewing perspective the schedule doesn't seem that thrilling. Much of a muchness : same venue and same players. Feels a bit stale.
will record the ch 4 coverage. Won't see any BT coverage.
will watch the ladies games but fast forward most of the men's except the final.
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
I remember Paddy, at the height of the Warren Brown fiasco, saying he would never attend Lakeside again whilst the current board was in place. Must go and find the post....
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I guess you mean 10 players first time in the world championships? If so out of those 10 debutants how many have played in the last 2 recently televised events at lakeside?oche balboa wrote:Same Players.... there are 10 debutants
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A few of them have yes
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Here are the ten, and what we have seen them on, excluding Finder/Zuiderduin:devosteve wrote:I guess you mean 10 players first time in the world championships? If so out of those 10 debutants how many have played in the last 2 recently televised events at lakeside?oche balboa wrote:Same Players.... there are 10 debutants
Raymond Smith (World Masters 2016)
Danny Noppert (World Masters 2016, Grand Slam 2016, World Trophy 2016, World Masters 2015, World Masters 2013)
Nick Kenny (World Trophy 2016, World Masters 2014)
Roger Janssen (World Trophy 2016)
Ryan Joyce (World Trophy 2016)
Davy van Baelen (World Masters 2016)
Mark McGrath (PDC World Championship 2015)
So, three tv debutants:
Tom Sawyer
Conan Whitehead
Wouter Vaes
Plus 1 (McGrath) who has never appeared at Lakeside, and three who have each been seen on telly for 1 match (Smith, Janssen, Joyce)
Anybody know the equivalent for PDC this year?
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Four - Tengku Shah, Dragutin Horvat, Ross Snook, Kevin Simm - so many new faces this year
Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Conan Whitehead played on TV in the UK Open before, I'm pretty sure.
Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Sure I saw him play on one of the BDO streamed tournaments. Not sure about UK open.BOOM wrote:Conan Whitehead played on TV in the UK Open before, I'm pretty sure.
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See below, BOOM is correct. So we are now down to TWO TV debutants.BlueSpark wrote:Sure I saw him play on one of the BDO streamed tournaments. Not sure about UK open.BOOM wrote:Conan Whitehead played on TV in the UK Open before, I'm pretty sure.
Conan won 5-4 on the main stage. He then beat Kevin Thomas 5-1 on the outside boards, before losing to Michael Mansell 8-9, again on the outside boards.2013 Speedy Services UK Open
Schedule of Play – Thursday June 6
Main Stage
Preliminary Round
Robbie Green v James Wade
Vincent van der Voort v Andy Murray
First Round
Conan Whitehead v Roland Scholten
James Hubbard v John Scott
Mark Lawrence v Mensur Suljovic
Darrell Thorpe v Bunting/Sheppard
Curiously, Wiki has him as being Irish in that event, which I assume must be an error.
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Vaes played Finders and thats classed as TV
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
my point wasn't same players who had been on tv but same players who had been on tv and at lakeside this year.
Of course it will have a different feel on it with it being the world championship and a good crowd on. Lets hope they don't use lakeside again apart from this event.
Of course it will have a different feel on it with it being the world championship and a good crowd on. Lets hope they don't use lakeside again apart from this event.
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Location: that's it.Paddy McGinty wrote:Why don't you go then Stevo? you can't fully form an honest opinion about something unless you actually experienced the occasion.devosteve wrote:I am sure I would thoroughly enjoy going to lakeside. Doubt I'll ever go though.Paddy McGinty wrote:are you getting excited Stevo? ......better than Xmas that's for sure.devosteve wrote:Seems like the schedule has been given to the players. Not sure if on general release. Anyway players now trying to sell their quota. They don't get then free btw.
All seems a bit 2nd rate to me. Is lakeside filled with friends and family or just general fans like Patrick and his Geoff supporting mates?
But from a TV viewing perspective the schedule doesn't seem that thrilling. Much of a muchness : same venue and same players. Feels a bit stale.
will record the ch 4 coverage. Won't see any BT coverage.
will watch the ladies games but fast forward most of the men's except the final.
went to 1st 2 WDT. Why: because they were in Blackpool and Manchester. Didn't go to the 3rd.
Went to gold cup because in Manchester.
Like going to darts but not enough to travel 'down south'.
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
The 16 seeds from the Masters are apparently the exact same 16 as in a couple of weeks time, and in exactly the same order as well.devosteve wrote:my point wasn't same players who had been on tv but same players who had been on tv and at lakeside this year.
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Funny that, when the cut-off point was the same for bothGinge wrote:The 16 seeds from the Masters are apparently the exact same 16 as in a couple of weeks time, and in exactly the same order as well.devosteve wrote:my point wasn't same players who had been on tv but same players who had been on tv and at lakeside this year.
Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Had it in my head one was the month after the other, it certainly used to be! But its going to lead to identical matches at the same venue weeks apart, but as long as everyone has a good time that is all that matters...Addicks Fan wrote:Funny that, when the cut-off point was the same for bothGinge wrote:The 16 seeds from the Masters are apparently the exact same 16 as in a couple of weeks time, and in exactly the same order as well.devosteve wrote:my point wasn't same players who had been on tv but same players who had been on tv and at lakeside this year.
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So long as there's two 17s on the dartboard, the 14 and 9 are switched over, the players are rat arsed and the fans are throwing cups of piss on each other, that's all that matters.
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Re: Lakeside World Championships 7-15 Jan 2017
Yeah, they all had a good time, so why not?Rout wrote:So long as there's two 17s on the dartboard, the 14 and 9 are switched over, the players are rat arsed and the fans are throwing cups of piss on each other, that's all that matters.
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