2010 BDO World Darts.

[bennydorano]

You've a suspiciously impressive knowledge of BDO goings-on. An elaborate O'Neill creation?

Watching bits & pieces on the Red button here, the quality is intermittent & sporadic. Kist v Wilson is decent so far. It's no high end PDC game to be fair.

[Sidney]

Darts doesn't get much better than that match between James Wilson and Christian Kist. Both players averaged 96, which, given that the trebles on a pdc board are 30% bigger, would translate to around 125 on a Unicorn as opposed to the official, BDO/WDF-approved Winmau board.

The title could well be heading back to Yorkshire - there was certainly nothing jammy about that win for the "Jammy Dodger" - and Kist played as well as he has since he won the world title two years ago.

[Linkbox]

Darts doesn't get much better than that match between James Wilson and Christian Kist. Both players averaged 96, which, given that the trebles on a pdc board are 30% bigger, would translate to around 125 on a Unicorn as opposed to the official, BDO/WDF-approved Winmau board.

The title could well be heading back to Yorkshire - there was certainly nothing jammy about that win for the "Jammy Dodger" - and Kist played as well as he has since he won the world title two years ago.

Never heard that stat about the dart board before Sid. Why is that? 

[Syferus]

Darts doesn't get much better than that match between James Wilson and Christian Kist. Both players averaged 96, which, given that the trebles on a pdc board are 30% bigger, would translate to around 125 on a Unicorn as opposed to the official, BDO/WDF-approved Winmau board.

The title could well be heading back to Yorkshire - there was certainly nothing jammy about that win for the "Jammy Dodger" - and Kist played as well as he has since he won the world title two years ago.

Never heard that stat about the dart board before Sid. Why is that?

The only difference is PDC boards use razor thin wire rather than the motorway crash barrier 'wire' used on BDO boards.

PDC players play at a far higher level than BDO players and to try and reduce a big average score differential down to a difference in wire width is like Kilkenny saying if the goals were 30% bigger they'd definitely have beaten Kerry in the football.

[Archie Mitchell]

 

Keep her lit Sid, getting a good laugh here.

BDO = pure scrap

[muppet]

Darts doesn't get much better than that match between James Wilson and Christian Kist. Both players averaged 96, which, given that the trebles on a pdc board are 30% bigger, would translate to around 125 on a Unicorn as opposed to the official, BDO/WDF-approved Winmau board.

The title could well be heading back to Yorkshire - there was certainly nothing jammy about that win for the "Jammy Dodger" - and Kist played as well as he has since he won the world title two years ago.

Never heard that stat about the dart board before Sid. Why is that?

The only difference is PDC boards use razor thin wire rather than the motorway crash barrier 'wire' used on BDO boards.

PDC players play at a far hiring level than BDO players and to try and reduce a big average score differential down to a difference in wire width is like Kilkenny saying if the goals were 30% bigger that'd definitely have beaten Kerry in the football.

Do they sign contracts with very long pens?

[Syferus]

Darts doesn't get much better than that match between James Wilson and Christian Kist. Both players averaged 96, which, given that the trebles on a pdc board are 30% bigger, would translate to around 125 on a Unicorn as opposed to the official, BDO/WDF-approved Winmau board.

The title could well be heading back to Yorkshire - there was certainly nothing jammy about that win for the "Jammy Dodger" - and Kist played as well as he has since he won the world title two years ago.

Never heard that stat about the dart board before Sid. Why is that?

The only difference is PDC boards use razor thin wire rather than the motorway crash barrier 'wire' used on BDO boards.

PDC players play at a far hiring level than BDO players and to try and reduce a big average score differential down to a difference in wire width is like Kilkenny saying if the goals were 30% bigger that'd definitely have beaten Kerry in the football.

Do they sign contracts with very long pens?

Why'd you go editing my post you big Rhubarb 

[Sidney]

The only difference is PDC boards use razor thin wire rather than the motorway crash barrier 'wire' used on BDO boards.

PDC players play at a far higher level than BDO players and to try and reduce a big average score differential down to a difference in wire width is like Kilkenny saying if the goals were 30% bigger they'd definitely have beaten Kerry in the football.

That's not a valid comparison as Kerry would have 30% bigger goals to shoot into as well. BDO players don't get to shoot at the generously sized trebles on a Unicorn.

Do they sign contracts with very long pens?

Phil Taylor has certainly been known to attempt to dip his wick where its not wanted in the past, although how long it is I don't know, in fact I don't want to know.

[Hound]

Darts doesn't get much better than that match between James Wilson and Christian Kist. Both players averaged 96, which, given that the trebles on a pdc board are 30% bigger, would translate to around 125 on a Unicorn as opposed to the official, BDO/WDF-approved Winmau board.

The title could well be heading back to Yorkshire - there was certainly nothing jammy about that win for the "Jammy Dodger" - and Kist played as well as he has since he won the world title two years ago.

Never heard that stat about the dart board before Sid. Why is that?

You never heard it, because its a gross exaggeration!

Unicorn have always been ahead of Winmau in technology/innovation stakes, they got rid of the staples on the board first, they moved from fat round wires to thin triangular wires first, so down through the years there would be a marginally bigger  scoring area and significantly fewer bounceouts in PDC events compared to BDO events (although oddly the Winmau bull has generally been marginally bigger than the Unicorn bull).

But now Winmau claim their new Blade IV dartboard is finally the equal of the Unicorn Eclipse, so there should be no difference now between boards in PDC and BDO.


Martin Adams seems to be back in form, taking all 9 legs v Tony O'Shea yesterday. Hadnt realised Adams had got divorced from the wife. She was nearly as famous as him for her reactions!
I'd like to see Bunting win it though.

[bennydorano]

Bunting in some form last night 100.3 average on a night of good quality darts. See Bunting would be due to meet Kong in Semi

[Sidney]

pdc boards having 30% bigger trebles may be a conservative estimate, if anything.



Wolfie back in the quarter-finals where he'll take on Jan Dekker, after the England captain beat the Scotland captain Ross Montgomery this afternoon. It's as strong a quarter-final line-up as I can remember - and look at the list of players that have already gone out - Waites, O'Shea, Kist, Harms, Big Robbo etc.

Lovely darts.

[bennydorano]

Green has no chance V Bunting if he has another dose of the Yips on his doubles like he did last night.

Wolfie looks in trouble v Dekker on the red button

[bennydorano]

Adams out.

[Syferus]

Why does Bunting have that strange smirk on his gob the whole time?

[bennydorano]

He's an awful sight trying to play to the crowd.