It seems the events the PDC have taken off ITV according to rumours circulating that the events will most likely end up on channel 5, and if true this is a backward step, as the other channels of channel 5 are not High Definition, and channel 5 have even longer adverts than ITV and in the past after lengthy ad breaks whilst showing snooker, often returned and missed the start of frames, the idea of missing large amounts of darts can not be a good thing.
The premier league this week was given a miss, and read there was a 9 darter by Price, and Aspinall won the night and put himself in the qualifying spot at the expense of MvG. I will only watch this boring meaningless glorified exbo on the final night. Kim Huybrects in an interview this week spoke about the PL and according to the article:
During his time in the Premier League, the format required each player to contest one match per night. Huybrechts admitted he is not a fan of the current system. "I don’t really like this format — it’s lost some of its charm compared to before. Who wants to watch the twentieth meeting between Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen in just half a year? Back then, it was one blockbuster like Phil Taylor versus Raymond van Barneveld — that was something you’d switch your TV on for. Now, I don’t watch much when I’m home. I see these guys more often than I see my own family," he said with a smile.
DEVELOPMENT TOUR
EVENT #13
Greaves went out to Cam Crabtree in the last 8, with Cam Crabtree winning the event,as was now in third place just 25 quid behind Owen Bates who was around 2200 behind Beau.
EVENT #14
Bates went in the last 128, Greaves went out in the last 64, whilst Crabtree went out in the last 32. Greaves was still top 2150 quid clear. Van den Velde won the event and moved up to 4th.
EVENT #15
Crabtree beat Greaves in the last 8 averaging almost 100, and then went on to win the event beating Jenson Walker.He moved to 150 quid of top spot. Greaves and Crabtree were opening a huge gap over third place of over 2 and a half grand with the top 2 getting a tourcard.
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
EVENT #14
MvG was the only PL player to participate.
Got home Monday from work at half 6 so missed all the darts so only saw the results.
LAST 128: The seeds exiting included Mvg (thanks for coming) Wright, Heta, Edhouse and the match fixing prick. The highest average of the round was 108.62 by James Wade...that's not a typo.
LAST 64: Out went Searle, Wade, Barney, Woodlouse, Doets, Soutar and Clemens. The highest average 108.16 by Chizzy.Woodlouse hit a 9 darter against Dragt, and Chizzy hit one against Darius.
LAST 32: Schindler, Dirk, Bellyboy, Magpie, Lukeman and Pikachu went, and highest average of the round was 107.17 by Ando.
LAST 16: Out went Ando, Fattimena, Cullen, Joyce, Zonneveld and Rydz, with Ratajski hitting the highest average of 102.48
LAST 8: Smudger, Van Veen, De Decker and Dom Taylor exited, highest average was Chizzy 104.28.
SEMIS: #28 seed Ratajski beat Scott Williams and Chizzy dumped out Noppert in a last leg decider
FINAL: It was Ratajski that took the win over Chizzy with a score of 8-4. Amazing result when you consider prior to his victory he lost first round in the last 7 consecutive floor champs
EVENT #15
LAST 128: Seeds leaving early were Wade, Heta, Bellyboy, De Decker, Joyce, Gilding, Edhouse, Rydz, Magpie and the match fixing cunt. Highest average was 106.47 by Fattimena. Smudger hit a 9 darter.
LAST 64: Out went Wright, Ratajski, Zonneveld, Soutar, Lukeman and Dom Taylor.Highest average was 107.53 by Dirk.
LAST 32: This saw the exit of Chizzy, Van Veen, Cullen, Wattimena, Pikachu and Razma. Ando had the highest average of the round with an 111.43.
LAST 16: Schindler, Searle, Ando and Barney were the seeds to go, and the highest average only 99.56 by Woodlouse. Smudger hit his second 9 darter of the day.
LAST 8: Smudger walloped Noppert 6 zip, and the highest average of the round with 98.02. Clemens beat Doets, Woodlouse beat Evans, and Dolan dumped out Dirk.
SEMIS : Smudger again failed to drop a leg as he trounced Woodlouse 7-0 averaging 105.21. Dolan averaging 93.80 beat Clemens 7-5. Clemens averaged 99.81 in the defeat.
FINAL: Smudger followed up his 6-0 win in the quarters, 7-0 in the semis, and 8-0 in the final, and counting the last 3 legs he won against Landman in the last 16, he made it 24 consecutive legs, to go with 2 nine darters earlier in the day. His average in the final was 104.56.
RANKINGS
Smudger's win moved him up 3 places to world #14 and is currently a seed in the Matchplay. Wright dropped 3 places to world #16. Despite only only 1 win over the 2 day Wade moved up to #9, with Stutters Aspinall dropping to #10. Ratajski moved up 2 spots to #31. Bellyboy is now 6k outside a Matchplay spot, with Ratajski climbing to be in the last qualifying spot currently.
EURO QUALIFIERS
EVENT #7
The 10 qualifiers included 3 Germans, Hopp Wenig and Springer, 2 Belgians in super Mario and Huybrechts, 2 Dutch in Kuivenhoven and Plaiser, along with Meikle, Mansell and Evil charie.
EVENT #8
Of the 10 players that qualified for event 7, only 4 managed to do the double, those being Huybrechts, Mansell, Srpinger and Wenig. The other six qualifiers were, Dolan, Veenstra, Brooks, Pilgrim, Evans and Soutar.
MODUS MATCH FIXING SERIES
I totally enjoyed the International Pairs finals night, and it even made me look forward to the PDC World Cup.
