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So something (Rogg/Senna) did last year and i will post scores from each day (Started on the 27th) and perhaps people will put news from that day, football results etc etc, And other darts info

Some information is really hard to find for *this* version bizarrely but enough to do something like this

Included in this so far

- PDC World Championship
- BDO World Championship

Good

Format of the World Championship (Televised on Sky Sports)

Format extended from 40 to 48 players

Qualification Criteria

- Top 16 (Got a bye to the last 32, Which was the 3rd round) - 17 to 24 did too
- 25 to 32 qualified and got a bye to the last 40 stage
- 8 PDPA Qualifiers & 8 International Qualifiers contested Round 1

Top 16 (in Seed order)

Phil Taylor, John Part (Defending Champion), Peter Manley, Roland Scholten, Colin Lloyd, Dennis Smith, Ronnie Baxter, Denis Ovens, Alan Warriner, Kevin Painter, Andy Jenkins, Waine Mardel, Richie Burnett, Dave Askew, Jamie Harvey, Dennis Priestley

17 to 24(In Any Order)

Alex Roy, John Lowe, Peter Evison, Steve Beaton, Paul Williams, Les Fitton, Bob Anderson, Keith Deller

25 to 32 (In Any Order)

Mark Holden, Steve Brown (USA), Cliff Lazarenko, Mark Walsh, Lionel Sams, Mick Manning, Mark Dudbridge, Simon Whatley

8 PDPA Qualifiers

Colin McGarry, Richie Buckle, Steve Maish, Erik Clarys, Wayne Atwood, Steve Smith, Robbie Widdows, Alex Mackay

International Qualifiers

Highest Placed North American in the Desert Classic: Tony Payne
American Darters Association: Dan Lauby (Snr)
Oceanic Masters: Barry Jouannet
RTL Television Holland Playoff: Jan van der Rassel
Canada Winner: Rory Orvis
Japan Winner: Toru Sano
Caribbean Winner: Norman Madhoo
Ireland Winner: Henry O'Neill

Prize Money (Sponsored by Ladbrokes)

Winner (1) £50,000
Runner-Up (1) £25,000
Semi-finalists (2) £12,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £7,500
Fourth round losers (8) £5,250
Third round losers (16) £3,250
Second round losers (8) £2,500
First round losers (8) £1,500
Highest finish bonus (1) £1,000


Set Format

1st & 2nd Round - Best of 5
Last 32 - Best of 7
Last 16 - Best of 7
Quarter-Finals: Best of 9
Semi finals: Best of 11
Final: Best of 13


Some Betting

Betting

Any Player to throw a 9 dart leg during the tournament 12/1

Phil Taylor to throw a 9 dart leg during the tournament 25/1

A Player to win the PDC World Championships without losing a set in the competition 10/1

Phil Taylor to be knocked out of the PDC World Championships in his first match 6/1

Phil Taylor to score 38 or more 180’s during the tournament and beat his own PDC World Championship record 5/1

Any player to score 43 or more 180’s during the tournament beating Dennis Priestley's 1997 record 10/1

The Howlers thread should be good

Players ranked 25 to 32 who Oche has left out.

Mark Holden
Steve Brown (USA)
Cliff Lazarenko
Mark Walsh
Lionel Sams
Mick Manning
Mark Dudbridge
Simon Whatley

thegentle wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:27 pm The Howlers thread should be good

Flash Mark Dudbridge aiming for double 16 winds up in treble 8
Russ Bray has a hacking fit mid call ONEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACOUGHCOUGHCOUGH

Deadshot wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:26 pm

thegentle wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:27 pm The Howlers thread should be good

Flash Mark Dudbridge aiming for double 16 winds up in treble 8
Russ Bray has a hacking fit mid call ONEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACOUGHCOUGHCOUGH

One of the random international qualifiers starts on 19s, not because he's discovered a new way to game the system, but because he's too short to reach T20

Nice one. I will contribute.

Captain Hobo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:09 pm Players ranked 25 to 32 who Oche has left out.

Mark Holden
Steve Brown (USA)
Cliff Lazarenko
Mark Walsh
Lionel Sams
Mick Manning
Mark Dudbridge
Simon Whatley

Thanks Captain. Have added them into the list

A Small John Part Interview

This started today and the results are


Ritchie Buckle 3-2 Jan van der Rassel
Erik Clarys 3-0 Dan Lauby
Wayne Atwood 3-2 Toru Sano
Colin McGarry 3-0 Rory Orvis
Robbie Widdows 3-2 Henry O'Neil
Alex MacKay 3-2 Barry Jouannet

Action from the Opening match of the World Championship

There were another 2 games in the evening session on the first day.

Steve Maish 3-0 Tony Payne
Steven Smith 3-1 Norman Madhoo

Atwood wins



Picture of Dan Lauby Senior



Far away shot of Clays vs Lauby



Rory Orvis



Mackay and Jouannet

Rogg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:28 pm There were another 2 games in the evening session on the first day.

Steve Maish 3-0 Tony Payne
Steven Smith 3-1 Norman Madhoo

Ah cheers not listed in the Sunday Telegraph

oche balboa wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:32 pm

Rogg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:28 pm There were another 2 games in the evening session on the first day.

Steve Maish 3-0 Tony Payne
Steven Smith 3-1 Norman Madhoo

Ah cheers not listed in the Sunday Telegraph

I used to print the schedules and fill in the results. I still have all the sheets from the PDC Worlds going back to I think 2000.

Probably what happened is that the final two matches hadn't finished (or started) before the newspaper went to print.

The six games you posted were in the correct order, then followed by the two I posted. Two sessions of four games.

Steve Smith celebrates beating Norman Madhoo




Norman Madhoo




Tony Payne