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Those "around 10" will be the ones to blame if nothing comes from the PDC side for women after this. Same as last time.Fiss Plaps wrote:Hearn speaks:
"Can someone please educate me ? Why have around 10 of the top 25 rated ladies darts players not entered the world qualifier ? Don’t they want to play for 2.5 million prizemoney with 500 k going to the winner ?"
PDC chairman moaning about the criteria of a PDC tournament. Absolutely beyond belief.The Thorn wrote:To be honest the Grand Slam is the PDC's event, if he wants the lady world champ there, just change the rules. Can't argue with the rest.
Its not like the entry numbers are bad but do they suggest the PDC should do something for the ladies beyond the qualifier? Doubt it. The women have to show some commitment first and then we can talk about a womens tour or some eventswintergardener wrote:Those "around 10" will be the ones to blame if nothing comes from the PDC side for women after this. Same as last time.Fiss Plaps wrote:Hearn speaks:
"Can someone please educate me ? Why have around 10 of the top 25 rated ladies darts players not entered the world qualifier ? Don’t they want to play for 2.5 million prizemoney with 500 k going to the winner ?"
Phenohyte @Phenohyte180 5hRogg wrote:PDC chairman moaning about the criteria of a PDC tournament. Absolutely beyond belief.The Thorn wrote:To be honest the Grand Slam is the PDC's event, if he wants the lady world champ there, just change the rules. Can't argue with the rest.
Or be sensible and out the BDORogg wrote:Phenohyte @Phenohyte180 5hRogg wrote:PDC chairman moaning about the criteria of a PDC tournament. Absolutely beyond belief.The Thorn wrote:To be honest the Grand Slam is the PDC's event, if he wants the lady world champ there, just change the rules. Can't argue with the rest.
Realistically Barry the PDC has to say a word and you can include the ladies champion in the Grand Slam. You can be disappointed for their actions but it takes a little rule change on your behalf, if you want that next year
Barry Hearn @BarryHearn
I know.
WHAT. Do, it, then, mate.
And how far that championship has come along in 18 years... Three- and four-time champions of that tournament gushing that a dream is coming true for them by playing at Ally Pally.According to a number of the players involved, the BDO have suggested, that anyone putting themselves forward for the PDC World Championships, would jeopardise their existing BDO/WDF ranking points, may be removed from the Winmau Masters and possibly the newly announced BDO Ladies World Championships.
Winstanley said: “I’m going to Q-School.
“I’ve said for a few years I would like to go for the experience but restrictions in our contract have always stopped us from going.
“Those restrictions this year have been lifted so we’re going to give it a go.
“There are seven of the top eight ladies attending and we want to show we’re serious about darts.
“With Barry Hearn opening the two slots for the championships in November it gave us a taste of playing under those conditions.
“It was amazing and I came away from that, even though I didn’t get through, thinking I want to play under these conditions.
“That was the turning point for me.
“I’ll give Q-School a bash, purely for the experience.”
At least it's a higher quality of competition than she'd get playing against the women in the BDO. She can take that into the BDO majors this year, whereas a man of a similar standard would only be taking that 'experience' into county/superleague dartsSolidSCB wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:47 pm I don't have the first idea why anyone would just go there for the crack. There's no 'experience' to be had there as far as I'm concerned. You go there to win games, you don't win games and you have outlived your purpose and usefulness there.
They are soulless, robotic events with the sole purpose of churning out results. She'll go, get slippered by someone, and that will be her day.
I don't think she's really talking about the actual gameplay experience, more things like not competing in a cramped and badly lit room and not getting yourself scratched from a tournament because some idiot volunteer gave you the wrong call time, etc. For people who've only known the BDO playing conditions, going to a PDC tournament must almost feel like a tourism trip to an exotic luxury resort by comparison sometimes.