PDC UK Open - March 1st-3rd 2019 - Butlins Minehead

[ssjsa]

Placeholder for phil davies to say he backed The Asp at the start of the comp

You really are one very disturbed sad individual.

Yeah I know I bit chomp effin chomp.

Why he hasn’t been banned again is beyond me guy is lying saddo with delusions of granduer. That adds nothing to forum.

Since ifm flounced dbg is kept as a reminder to all forum members as to how drinking and posting is bad.

While since I have posted this, but appropriate for DBG.

[nikkiboy]

While since I have posted this, but appropriate for DBG.

God I've missed this picture

[waddle147]

Credit to the PDC for listening to my article and giving more players opportunities. Aspinall was 17th in the Pro Tour OOM for Ally Pally last year, meaning that before they expanded that tournament he wouldn't have qualified. Without the confidence gained from that run, he doesn't win this event. Nice to see there's one forum member who can affect his career in a positive manner.

[DavidB]

Ginge missing the reply to the reply of Sparky’s post, lovely stuff.

[Little Lonely Garry]

barney out of the top 32

aspinall in to the top 16

[devosteve]

Really good weekend of darts.

Great to hear cross thanking the pdc and hearn.

Some may say it wasn't a classic final but it had both Mrs devo and I shouting (and standing ) when that 170 went in!

Anyway reading forum and listening to the Partisans debut lp (one for you UK 82 punk folk) and reflecting on a quality weekend of darts.

[ssjsa]

[ssjsa]

LiveDarts interview with UK Open Champion.

[Deleted User]

Most successful player ever to come out of Stockport.

You're forgetting Fitton won the WDT and hit a televised. 9 darter

And Alan Evans won the NOTW.

[BlueSpark]

Most successful player ever to come out of Stockport.

You're forgetting Fitton won the WDT and hit a televised. 9 darter

And Alan Evans won the NOTW.

What year did Alan lift the trophy?

[Deleted User]

Most successful player ever to come out of Stockport.

You're forgetting Fitton won the WDT and hit a televised. 9 darter

And Alan Evans won the NOTW.

What year did Alan lift the trophy?

Ha. He lost in the final didn't he?
Won the Masters back before seeding was used to help higher ranked players win.

Will that do?

[ssjsa]

LiveDarts interview with Rob Cross.

[Mensur Suljovic Fan]

Credit to the PDC for listening to my article and giving more players opportunities. Aspinall was 17th in the Pro Tour OOM for Ally Pally last year, meaning that before they expanded that tournament he wouldn't have qualified. Without the confidence gained from that run, he doesn't win this event. Nice to see there's one forum member who can affect his career in a positive manner.

Uber pedant here, but he was actually ahead of Meulenkamp on countback. But I agree with your point, if there were still only 16 ProTour qualifiers, I'd imagine the dynamic for those on the fringes would have been totally different (goes for Dimi and Humphries too, who while they would have made it after all via the youth circuit, didn't have to put all their eggs into that basket as they had the ProTour to fall back on)

[Paddy McGinty]

Paddy has had a drink. Shock horror

Chris this is shite no matter how you spin it.......terrible anticlimax...

Bollox. Great story for darts. 87 average too. Spin that

I can't spin the 87 average in a PDC final, that was poor indeed but the 170 finish from Asp was a pleasant ending to a somewhat underwhelming match.

[ChrisW]

Paddy has had a drink. Shock horror

Chris this is shite no matter how you spin it.......terrible anticlimax...

Bollox. Great story for darts. 87 average too. Spin that

I can't spin the 87 average in a PDC final, that was poor indeed but the 170 finish from Asp was a pleasant ending to a somewhat underwhelming match.

It was a long day. The guys were just exhausted. And it was 88. So there.

[Paddy McGinty]

Most successful player ever to come out of Stockport.

You're forgetting Fitton won the WDT and hit a televised. 9 darter

And Alan Evans won the NOTW.

What year did Alan lift the trophy?

[ssjsa]

NATHAN ASPINALL praised his clinical finishing as he celebrated an "amazing" Ladbrokes UK Open - as he completed his journey from fan to TV champion!

The Stockport ace had enjoyed a weekend at the Butlin's Minehead Resort alongside his grandad Alan at the 2014 UK Open, an experience which strengthened the youngter's resolve to progress in the sport.

At that stage a competitor on the PDC's Development Tour who had missed out at the 2014 Qualifying School, Aspinall won his Tour Card the following year before making his UK Open debut in a run which ended with a last 32 defeat to James Wade on the main stage.

Having won back his Tour Card in 2018 before winning a Players Championship title and then reaching the World Championship semi-finals, Aspinall's triumph over Rob Cross in Sunday's UK Open final completed his stunning rise to fame.

"Dreams can come true," he said. "I look at Rob, he won the Worlds last year and I looked at him and thought "Why can't I do that?"

"I was here as a fan with my grandad, watching the stage thinking I can be as good as those players.

"I've worked so hard over the last few years, dedicated so much time and to finally win one of these is an amazing feeling.

"I had a great World Championship and I wanted to back that up. I'm so happy."

Aspinall travelled to the UK Open determined to follow up his run to the World Championship semi-finals with another strong display - only to end up sealing the title with a 170 checkout.

He had also produced a clutch bullseye finish in the deciding leg of his fourth round win over Christian Kist, and landed another 170 checkout - his first in a televised game - during his quarter-final win over Ross Smith.

"I played really well at the Worlds and I played well this weekend," added the 27-year-old. "To win in the fashion that I did at the end, with the 170 checkout, makes it a little bit special.

"All weekend my finishing's been brilliant. I've been over the 50 percent mark with my checkout percentage all weekend and that's a part of my game that I've been working on.

"I'm a big scorer and my checkouts at crucial times were letting me down. This weekend they've not - I've hit so many bull finishes. My finishing's been key."

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“I came here with my grandad as a fan and told him I’m as good as these players.”

Hear from your UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall...

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Aspinall will now prepare for his appearance as a Contender in the Unibet Premier League, where he will take on Michael Smith at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham on Thursday March 14.

[Black Velvet]

Another predictable winner of a PDC final. Yawn.

Now that Duzza has left maybe the BDO will see some variation. Or is Harms going to dominate

Why has this been moved wasn’t rambaling or bickering was making a valid darting point.

Ssjsa is pissed.

Seems to be a fairly common theme. Hope everything is okay for him.

[ssjsa]

Another predictable winner of a PDC final. Yawn.

Now that Duzza has left maybe the BDO will see some variation. Or is Harms going to dominate

Why has this been moved wasn’t rambaling or bickering was making a valid darting point.

Ssjsa is pissed.

Seems to be a fairly common theme. Hope everything is okay for him.

Couldn't be better. Thanks for asking.

[Black Velvet]

No problem, I've seen how too much sauce can lose everything a man holds dear in Dave Owen so didn't want you to fall down the same path.