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[oche balboa]

They had to change the tournament name of course

[Rogg]

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PDC Media Release Re BDO
http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1bg6t59z ... casino.com
22nd October 2009


BARRY Hearn has questioned the authority with which Olly Croft has turned down the PDC's £1m offer to buy the British Darts Organisation and inject an additional £1m into the grass roots of the game.

The Professional Darts Corporation's Chairman made the offer in an open letter to the BDO's shareholders - its 66 member counties - and directors on Tuesday, but quotes from Croft, whose position within the BDO is described on its official website as 'Founder', reject the offer out of hand.

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Hearn however, believes that Olly Croft as a Director of the BDO has a formal duty to take the PDC offer to his shareholders (the counties) to make the final decision.

"I don't believe Olly Croft is in a position to turn down the offer," Hearn said. "The BDO claim they have a democratically elected board and a county structure that form their shareholders - so why don't they go through the proper procedures to discuss this offer?

"Croft's claims are laughable: the public don't buy his ideas about having the two best tournaments in the World and I would ask him to prove one recent instance of where the BDO has supposedly ploughed its profits back in to darts for the benefit of its players.

"The PDC subsidises tournaments for the benefit of our own players: we offer bigger prize money, more opportunities for television exposure, attract bigger crowds and stage superior events.

"These aren't even boastful claims - anyone who has seen the two products will know they are accurate statements.

"The PDC wants to preserve darts long in to the future. The fact that the top players broke away from the BDO in 1992 and players continue to desert them for the PDC shows that the BDO has failed to do this in the past and is failing to do so again.

"I'm interested in the response of the counties to both the PDC's offer and Olly Croft's claims. They are the real decision makers and we have already heard from some of them that they are fed up with the way their Inter-Counties system is run with ridiculous schedules and heavy costs for scant rewards.

"It is up to the Counties to accept or reject this offer and I am happy to personally sit down with all 66 of them to discuss our thoughts.

"But I'm afraid that through his statement Olly Croft has again proved himself to be out of touch with the modern game and incapable of taking darts forward, at either professional or amateur level."

[Rogg]

An old Stars of Darts blog. They sponsored Tony Eccles, what fun.


http://thestarsofdarts.blogspot.com/

[Rogg]

Just found this in an old thread.


Bransgore thrower Scott Mitchell blames board controversy for Welsh Open exit
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/ ... nts-anchor
17th May 2017


WELSH Open organisers incurred the annoyance of Scott Mitchell after he was dumped out of the Prestatyn tournament in the last 64.

Bransgore's former BDO world champion breezed through the early rounds, seeing off Paul Weir 3-0, Paul Hourihan 3-1 and Ken Bramall 3-0.

However, Mitchell's last-64 clash with Liam Meek took place on a board the Welshman had used in earlier rounds, rather than on neutral ground.

'Scotty Dog' was subsequently beaten 4-0 and could not hide his disappointment at an early exit.


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Mitchell told the Daily Echo: "I was flying but then I got moved from one board to another and they weren't quite the same, and I struggled.

"The guy I played had been left on the same board all day. I didn't realise he hadn't moved until after the game, otherwise I'd have said something.

"The organisers should have put us on a neutral board for a group final. They messed up a bit and I did say that to them afterwards. They admitted they had made a mistake.

"When you have 64 boards up, it's very difficult to get them all exactly the same. It was just unlucky for me that I moved from one to another and there was quite a difference.

"It looks like sour grapes once you have lost but at the time I had no idea he had played on it."

[shenmue]

Fat scotty was robbed, cunts. At least they apologised to the great man though

[TheMalteseDart]

Fat scotty was robbed, cunts. At least they apologised to the great man though

+1, disgraceful from the organisers

[The Thorn]

As a player of Mitchell's stature you need to have thicker skin. He will have played in a lot of opens and the conditions are different everywhere. Gotta get used to it.

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[Rogg]

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20 Max Hopp £2.050 9

[Rogg]

MARKET Deeping legend Martin Adams has again found himself on a collision course with the other half of the darts world.'Wolfie' Adams, who is one of the biggest stars and staunchest supporters of the British Darts Organisation (BDO), has whipped up a darting storm by shunning the chance to play in the Grand Slam of Darts for the third successive year.

That tournament is run by the rival Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) but brings together players from both sides of the darts divide.

Adams, who qualified for the Grand Slam in the past two years by virtue of his 2007 Lakeside World Championship triumph, was eligible for this year's competition to be held in November after lifting the Winmau World Masters crown late last year.

As a result, PDC bosses have decided not to consider Adams for any future years, but 'Wolfie' couldn't care less.

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He told The Evening Telegraph: "What other players do is up to them, but I am a BDO man and that is where I am staying.

"The Grand Slam is a PDC tournament with PDC rules and it would be really hypocritical of me to go and play in a PDC tournament when everyone knows my views about them.

"I really don't understand why they make such a big issue out of my decision not to play in a tournament.

"The fact they have decided I am not eligible for future tournaments will save me the job of having to decline invitations.

"They even put in the letter this year that I didn't have to bother replying if I was going to decline . . . so I didn't!

"And quite why they would want the acceptance for a tournament in November already is beyond me. I don't have my schedule for so far in advance.

"This tournament has clashed with the Winmau World Masters before and who is to say it won't again."

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Adams' decision not to compete in the Grand Slam has drawn plenty of criticism on internet forums, but the man beginning his 16th year as England captain fired a broadside at his knockers.

He added: "People who have nothing constructive to say should keep their comments to themselves and their noses out of my business.

"I don't have to justify myself to anyone and I am not about to start either.

"The PDC do not have a system that creates players and what they are doing is sports entertainment.

"The World Darts Federation is made up of 66 governing bodies worldwide and the PDC are not part of it."

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Adams' place in the Grand Slam has now gone to the man he beat in the World Masters showpiece - Scott Waites.

A PDC statement confirmed: "Following a meeting of the PDC's Board of Directors, the PDC has ruled that Martin Adams will not be eligible for invitations to the tournament in the future.

"As a result of Adams declining his invitation, the PDC has invited World masters runner-up Scott Waites to compete in the Grand Slam of Darts."

[The Thorn]

They shouldn't have invited the bearded cunt after he first declined

[The Thorn]

So Waites was only invited to the 2009 event because Adams declined. He reached the final which earned him the invite for 2010, which he won. That's insane.

[Rogg]

So Waites was only invited to the 2009 event because Adams declined. He reached the final which earned him the invite for 2010, which he won. That's insane.

Very interesting.

"Wolfie played a blinder"

Or would Hinges have qualified for 2010 via a BDO route if he'd needed to?

[The Thorn]

So Waites was only invited to the 2009 event because Adams declined. He reached the final which earned him the invite for 2010, which he won. That's insane.

Very interesting.

"Wolfie played a blinder"

Or would Hinges have qualified for 2010 via a BDO route if he'd needed to?

I don't think so. He won Lakey in 2013. Before that he failed to reach the semis. So if I'm correct Wolfie gifted him a place in all the Slams from 2009-2012

[PT13]

So Waites was only invited to the 2009 event because Adams declined. He reached the final which earned him the invite for 2010, which he won. That's insane.

Are you only just finding out about this now?

[The Thorn]

So Waites was only invited to the 2009 event because Adams declined. He reached the final which earned him the invite for 2010, which he won. That's insane.

Are you only just finding out about this now?

Yes. I don't remember it being discussed before.

[Rogg]

So Waites was only invited to the 2009 event because Adams declined. He reached the final which earned him the invite for 2010, which he won. That's insane.

Are you only just finding out about this now?

Yes. I don't remember it being discussed before.

Same here.

[PT13]

So Waites was only invited to the 2009 event because Adams declined. He reached the final which earned him the invite for 2010, which he won. That's insane.

Are you only just finding out about this now?

Yes. I don't remember it being discussed before.

Same here.

You surprise me. I thought it was well known about Waites only getting into the 2009 Grand Slam thanks to Adams turning down his invitation, with the irony being that Waites piled up the £££ as a semi-professional darts player like nobody else.

[The Thorn]

So Waites was only invited to the 2009 event because Adams declined. He reached the final which earned him the invite for 2010, which he won. That's insane.

Are you only just finding out about this now?

Yes. I don't remember it being discussed before.

Same here.

You surprise me. I thought it was well known about Waites only getting into the 2009 Grand Slam thanks to Adams turning down his invitation, with the irony being that Waites piled up the £££ as a semi-professional darts player like nobody else.

OK we get the point

[PT13]

Are you only just finding out about this now?

Yes. I don't remember it being discussed before.

Same here.

You surprise me. I thought it was well known about Waites only getting into the 2009 Grand Slam thanks to Adams turning down his invitation, with the irony being that Waites piled up the £££ as a semi-professional darts player like nobody else.

OK we get the point

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