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I hope im wrong but its not on tv tomorrow is it ?

Correct - we'll have to keep up via the BDO website. The BBC's coverage starts at 1pm so if they're doing live stuff from the start then they might be able to show the remaining matches from the last 16 before doing the quarter finals.

What's more likely is that they'll spend the first hour or so showing highlights from the early rounds before starting the live coverage with the QF matches.

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Gonna have to be keeping an eye on Mick Malone and Mark Barilli of Greenock in the draw tomorrow. If Malone plays like he did at the end of the season in the league, he's going to be a tough draw for anyone. 180s and finished most legs in quick fashion.

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I have to say this looks very poor in quite a few aspects. Steve West, Joey Ten Berge and Ross Montgomery would be lucky to get into the top 75 of the PDC. 750 quid I see for the last 16 and only 2 grand for the runner-up in one of the BDO's major tournaments which is chump change for a good darts player these days. You can bet the BBC and the BDO will combine to create one hell of an amateur production too.

The top 5 guys on the list will make it watchable at about the semi final stage though as they are just about the only genuinely world class players in the BDO. Other than Martin Adams though I can't get my head around why some of these better players stay for buttons especially Fitton, O'Shea and Hankey who don't have other jobs. These guys will get more for turning upto the Grand Slam than they would for finishing as runners-up in the Masters.

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World Masters 5th Round Draw

Joey ten Berge (8) vs Steve Douglas

Ross Montgomery (6) vs Robbie Green

Scott Waites (2) vs Lourence Ilagan

Darryl Fitton (3) vs Connie Finnan

Tony O'Shea (1) vs Dave Prins

Steve West (7) vs Kim Huybrechts

Martin Adams (5) vs Magnus Caris

Ted Hankey (4) vs Gino Vos

The last two matches start at 1pm and 1.30pm respectively so could be shown live, as suggested in a previous post. Quarter Finals are scheduled to start at 2.30pm.

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Gonna have to be keeping an eye on Mick Malone and Mark Barilli of Greenock in the draw tomorrow. If Malone plays like he did at the end of the season in the league, he's going to be a tough draw for anyone. 180s and finished most legs in quick fashion.

See he got beat 3-0 in his first game, mind the Danish guy who beat him went on to the last 16 so he was no mug. Barilli got beat in his second match, cant see him making Lakeside this year sadly.

Anyone see that wee Dutch boy Vos beat Hankey? Played great darts! Hankey didnt show up really but still.

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See he got beat 3-0 in his first game, mind the Danish guy who beat him went on to the last 16 so he was no mug. Barilli got beat in his second match, cant see him making Lakeside this year sadly.

Anyone see that wee Dutch boy Vos beat Hankey? Played great darts! Hankey didnt show up really but still.

I watched the first three sets of that match and you could tell right away that Hankey was rattled. Gino Vos does look like a really good prospect, mind.

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Semi-finals start at 12pm behind the red button and here's the line-up...

Tony O'Shea v Martin Adams

Lourence Ilagen v Robbie Green

EDIT: Semi-finals have actually started 30 mins early with O'Shea vs Adams up first.

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It's like watching SFL 2 standard teams playing in the Champions League,just shows why the guys broke away from the blazers all those years ago.

The final being played on a Sunday is apt as it's like a church at collection time.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Just read that Sky are considering test driving David 'Bumble' Lloyd on some of the darts coverage - probably for the World Grand Prix next month. That could be good. :)

Oh, and for those around tomorrow (I won't be, thanks to work) the Championship League of Darts gets underway tomorrow which you can watch on most betting websites. The action starts at 11am, but they're also showing the draw for the Grand Prix at 10.30am through the same method.

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Right, firstly, the draw for the Grand Prix. Stuff I'm looking forward to in bold.

Phil Taylor vs. Brendan Dolan

Wayne Jones vs. Paul Nicholson

Adrian Lewis vs. Robert Thornton

John MaGowan vs. Gary Anderson

Terry Jenkins vs. Wayne Mardle

Denis Ovens vs. Mark Dudbridge

John Part vs. Colin Lloyd

Andy Smith vs. Vincent Van Der Voort

James Wade vs. Dennis Priestley

Kevin Painter vs. Michael Van Gerwen

Mervyn King vs. Colin Osborne

Andy Hamilton vs. Mark Walsh

Ronnie Baxter vs. Steve Beaton

Jacko Barry vs. Mick McGowan

Raymond Van Barneveld vs. Alan Tabern

Wes Newton vs. Jamie Caven

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James Wade beat Phil Taylor 6-4 in the Final of today's CLD Group 1. Taylor had a nine-darter during the group stage as well.

Here's the line up for Group 2 tomorrow:

Phil Taylor

Mervyn King

Adrian Lewis

Colin Lloyd

Alan Tabern

Dennis Priestley*

Andy Hamilton*

Mark Walsh*

*New Entrants

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Taylor won every match in the Group 2 Qualifier yesterday and seals his place in the Grand Final next month. Robert Thornton enters the competition today, so it'll be interesting to see how he measures up.

He went out of the competition on legs difference, finishing 2nd bottom behind Colin Lloyd and Adrian Lewis with all three getting 6pts from the league stage.

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Mervyn King won Group 3 today and the Grand Final is just beginning to take shape with Wade, Taylor and King already there.

Play resumes on Tuesday with Group 4:

Mark Walsh

Colin Osborne

Vincent van der Voort

Colin Lloyd

Adrian Lewis

Terry Jenkins*

Kevin Painter*

Denis Ovens*

*New Entrants

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