According to the BDO's website Kong's 3-darts average was 90.21, Robson was 85.86. Although that's mediocre by PDC standards if Kong can stay at a shade over 90 he'll walk this tournament.
Adams 3-0 O'Shea, nine legs all won by Adams, O'Shea's average 74.96. 74.96!!
13 players in the recent PDC Worlds finished with tournament averages of 95.00+. So far in the BDO tournament the top average is Robbie Green with 94.29, only 2 other BDO men are in the 90s, and 13 of these BDO...
To be fair MVG came from the BDO and was pretty good then.
For comedy darts you can't beat Martin Adams vs. Anthony Fleet. I love going on YouTube and watching that, me and my 7 year old piss ourselves. World Champ Adams is shit in it too. The comedy starts 3m 15 secs in...
That's like saying there are still some top class players in League 1 that might be able to cut it at Premier League level.
And it's questionable as to whether the BDO can be regarded as the lifeblood of the sport. It used to be a conveyor belt of talent for the PDC but that seems to have...
I believe there were 72 competitors in the PDC Worlds, so 71 matches in total including 8 prelims. There will be 31 matches at the BDO, so the figure's about twice as many, not 4 times. But then there are also 15 ladies matches too. Whatever way you dice it, 24 years without a 9 darter is...
Proper darts? No 9 darters at the Lakeside BDO World Championship for 24 YEARS (!!) vs. two 9-darters in Round 1 of the PDC Worlds just this year. Jog on...