devosteve wrote:

Reinier wrote:Accordeons to Dartfreakz.nl Newton is in because the Asian qualifier hasn’t been held.

Very good news for wes (and those who like him!).

Not good for the event I guess.

I’d have thought it was good for the event to have a known player rather than an unknown Asian qualifier

devosteve wrote:

Reinier wrote:Accordeons to Dartfreakz.nl Newton is in because the Asian qualifier hasn’t been held.

Very good news for wes (and those who like him!).

They're both chuffed

thecat wrote:

devosteve wrote:

Reinier wrote:Accordeons to Dartfreakz.nl Newton is in because the Asian qualifier hasn’t been held.

Very good news for wes (and those who like him!).

Not good for the event I guess.

I’d have thought it was good for the event to have a known player rather than an unknown Asian qualifier

Definitely interesting to have two recent 'Pexit' players.

devosteve wrote:

Reinier wrote:Accordeons to Dartfreakz.nl Newton is in because the Asian qualifier hasn’t been held.

Very good news for wes (and those who like him!).

Not good for the event I guess.

How so. I guarantee Newton will play better than any Asian qualifier.

It's the pinnacle. Only right that the best available player takes the place of any withdrawl.

Good for Newton .a player virtually unable to win a match in the PDC for a year qualifying for Lakeside despite missing 3 months of the qualufying year !..

If he is there by the qualification criteria good luck to him.
Whoever it is deserves it.

trotter wrote:Good for Newton .a player virtually unable to win a match in the PDC for a year qualifying for Lakeside despite missing 3 months of the qualufying year !..

trotter wrote:Good for Newton .a player virtually unable to win a match in the PDC for a year qualifying for Lakeside despite missing 3 months of the qualufying year !..

Yeah like he’s wiped the floor and is one of the top seeds...

trotter wrote:Good for Newton .a player virtually unable to win a match in the PDC for a year qualifying for Lakeside despite missing 3 months of the qualufying year !..

And never won a BDO Event. But its good to see him getting more confidence in the BDO hey.

Confirmation on the BDO website that Newton is in:

WESLEY NEWTON will take part in the 2019 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships due to the confirmation that there will be no Asian qualifier this year.

The Asian qualifying tournament, which normally forms part of the Malaysian Open, did not feature in this year’s event, and subsequently the BDO have been informed there will be no representation from the Asian region in the 2019 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships.

Newton’s path to qualification has been far from straight-forward; escalated into the standby position after Andy Hamilton secured one of the four international play off places, Newton had a nerve-wracking wait throughout the Winmau World Masters before Adam Smith-Neale denied him a spot.

The omission of the Asian qualifier this year means Newton, as the next listed player on the BDO Invitation table, will take his place in the 2019 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships line-up.

"The Asian qualifying tournament, which normally forms part of the Malaysian Open"

Fake news klaxon!

Obviously a cock-up with the Asian qualifier. Hope they get it sorted next year.

ChrisW wrote:Obviously a cock-up with the Asian qualifier. Hope they get it sorted next year.

I blame the players representative director that was around for most of last season for not making sure the Asian players weren’t protected.

ChrisW wrote:Obviously a cock-up with the Asian qualifier. Hope they get it sorted next year.

Thought I read they are going complete pdc with the Asian tour now

There are still WDF Asian events

Don’t know if it’s been mentioned but Mal Cumming will be the Australian representative

This was published on the NDB site yesterday.


All participants for Lakeside is now know.

MEN

Top 16 seeds from BDO Rankings (Enter in Round One)

1. Mark McGeeney
2. Glen Durrant
3. Jim Williams
4. Wesley Harms
5. Scott Mitchell
6. Michael Unterbuchner
7. Gary Robson
8. Richard Veenstra
9. Scott Waites
10. Chris Landman
11. Dave Parletti
12. Wayne Warren
13. Willem Mandigers
14. Daniel Day
15. Ross Montgomery
16. Martin Phillips

Ranked 17-24 in BDO Rankings (Enter in Round One)

17. Kyle McKinstry
18. Scott Baker
19. Derk Telnekes
20. Tony O'Shea
21. Dean Reynolds
22. Conan Whitehead
23. Jeffrey van Egdom
24. Mark Layton

25-27 in BDO Rankings (Enter in Prelim Round)

25. Wouter Vaes
26. Justin Thompson
27. Wes Newton

Winmau World Master (Preliminary Round)

Adam Smith-Neale

Regional Table Qualifiers (Enter in Prelim Round)

Denmark - Brian Løkken
England - Paul Hogan
Canada - David Cameron
Serbia - Oliver Ferenc
New Zealand - Mark McGrath
United States - Jim Widmayer
Belgium - Roger Janssen
Australia - Mal Cumming

Playoff Qualifiers (Enter in Preliminary Round)

Krzysztof Kciuk
Nigel Heydon
Ryan Hogarth
Andy Hamilton

LADIES

Top Eight in BDO Rankings

Lorraine Winstanley
Lisa Ashton
Deta Hedman
Anastasia Dobromyslova
Aileen de Graaf
Fallon Sherrock
Sharon Prins
Trina Gulliver

Ranked 9-14 in BDO Rankings

Corrine Hammond
Casey Gallagher
Maria O'Brien
Roz Bulmer
Paula Jacklin
Laura Turner

Play-Off Qualifiers

Karolina Podgórska
Mikuru Suzuki

Draw is to be held on 22nd November

So 3 faded PDC TV Players & Jim Wedmeyer all made it this year ? and Paula Jackchin in the top 14 of women's players in the world ?

This has to be the strongest Amateur World Championships Fields for both sexes since their inception in 94 & 2001 respectively.

How come there are no regional qualifiers from the ladies?