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Post by gazz on Jan 17, 2015 13:02:51 GMT
Alan Norris, James Wilson, Robbie Green, Jan Dekker eye PDC cards: Not sure about Jan Dekker, and I've not seen enough of James Wilson, but Robbie Green and Alan Norris should breeze through Q-School and be good additions to the PDC. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/darts/30816775
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Post by gazz on Jan 17, 2015 13:04:35 GMT
Johnny Depp, tractors and titles - Scott Mitchell's wonderful world: It is hard to imagine a scenario where a landscape gardener who grew up on a farm in the New Forest and a group of world-famous movie stars would interact. Yet Scott Mitchell, the newly-crowned BDO world darts champion, has been mixing with Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton and others on the set of an upcoming film.
The 44-year-old from Bransgore has been involved in the making of 'London Fields', a movie adaptation of the Martin Amis novel of the same name. One of the main characters, Keith Talent, is an aspiring darts player and Mitchell was brought in to offer his expert advice to the cast.Read more
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Post by sirroger on Jan 21, 2015 18:42:11 GMT
Looking forward to The 'Masters' which takes place over the weekend 31st January & 1st February.
Eight great games to start it off on Saturday.
ITV4 have this one and their coverage is excellent.
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Post by gazz on Jan 21, 2015 19:01:41 GMT
Looking forward to The 'Masters' which takes place over the weekend 31st January & 1st February. Eight great games to start it off on Saturday. ITV4 have this one and their coverage is excellent. 100%  on all counts Chris Mason knocks the spots off all but Eric and John Part from the Sky team, the rest are poor in comparison. You only have to look back at ITV4's coverage of the Grand Slam before Hearn snatched it back to see the difference in class. |
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Post by gazz on Jan 27, 2015 19:26:21 GMT
PDC Order of Merit as of Jan 5 2015
Player/Prize money
1 Michael VAN GERWEN - £878,100
2 Phil TAYLOR - £618,350
3 Gary ANDERSON - £565,800
4 Adrian LEWIS - £380,400
5 Peter WRIGHT - £328,900
6 James WADE - £254,700
7 Simon WHITLOCK - £248,200
8 Robert THORNTON - £229,150
9 Dave CHISNALL - £224,650
10 Raymond VAN BARNEVELD - £200,150
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Post by gazz on Jan 27, 2015 19:33:50 GMT
Betway Premier League - night one.Kicks off in Leeds next Thursday night on Sky Sports. Fixtures: Dave Chisnall v Peter Wright Raymond van Barneveld v Adrian Lewis Kim Huybrechts v Michael van Gerwen Gary Anderson v Phil Taylor Stephen Bunting v James Wade Phil kicking off against World Champ Gary Anderson, should be a belting night! Full venue/fixture list here
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Post by gazz on May 21, 2015 22:56:22 GMT
Gary Anderson is Premier League Darts champ for the second time after beating van Gerwen tonight 11-7, stunning performance from the Scotsman after first coming from behind to snatch his semi-final v Dave Chisnall in the final leg to win 10-9, then coming back after a shaky start that saw him go 2-0 down in the final, winning three legs on the spin to take the lead and he never looked back from there.
Top bloke, and a top player who has worked really hard to get to where he is, proof that nice guys do win sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2015 23:35:33 GMT
Thought van Gerwen was going to win the final after the way he came back and finished Barney. All credit to Anderson. He put MVG under a lot of pressure in the final and MVG couldn't handle it.
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Post by gazz on May 21, 2015 23:49:01 GMT
Thought van Gerwen was going to win the final after the way he came back and finished Barney. All credit to Anderson. He put MVG under a lot of pressure in the final and MVG couldn't handle it. He is probably the only one who isn't rattled by van Gerwen's obvious gamesmanship. Those animated celebrations after almost every visit are way way too much, but he knows full well what he's doing, it's for the purposes of unsettling his opponents. I don't know how he gets away with it. Gary's got the measure of him now though, and the Dutchman knows it. Well played, Gary Anderson. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2015 23:53:35 GMT
I don't know if it's deliberate gamesmanship, I just think that's how MVG is. He throws his darts quickly and scores heavily, and when he gets 4, 5, 6 perfect darts in a row he gets himself pumped up. I think the excitable celebrations are genuine, and either way, I like it - makes for great viewing!
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Post by gazz on May 22, 2015 0:09:19 GMT
I don't know if it's deliberate gamesmanship, I just think that's how MVG is It is, matey, he stopped doing it so much against Phil because he told him to get on with it during a major match once, he was really going OTT and Taylor tore him off a strip and told him to get his darts out of the board and get on with it. He's super-talented, but he lacks class as a sportsman. You watch how close he gets to his opponents when they're about to throw their third dart, a big hefty lad like van Gerwen is bound to make his presence felt when moving towards you the way he does before the third dart is released. I rate him as a talent, but I don't like him as a player. |
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Post by dudleyhatter on May 22, 2015 6:34:05 GMT
Well done Gary Anderson.
Still have an irrational dislike of you.
As I say totally irrational as everything I've seen and read about him is positive.
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Post by gazz on May 28, 2015 17:18:09 GMT
PDC Dubai Darts Masters 2015 starts today, delayed coverage starts on ITV4 this evening from 9pm - 1am. In case anyone is interested.  |
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Post by gazz on Oct 10, 2015 21:24:20 GMT
Well played, Robert Thornton, shoving it to van Gerwen 5-4 in the World Grand Prix in Dublin!
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Post by gazz on Oct 10, 2015 21:31:50 GMT
Grand Slam next, with Martin Adams finally accepting his invitation to appear, and the best news of all, Andy Fordham has also qualified for his first Grand Slam.
After all his health problems it really is a fantastic achievement for the Viking.
Bring it on!
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