Darts - World sport?

[Basil Fawlty]

Jelle Klaasen

This young 21 year old lad from Holland will soon be taking the world by storm in the darts.

Mark my words!

I've got to admit he was pretty quick, I still think BDO is absolutely shit.

 

[Goodfella]

This 'sport' could grow on me,the concentration and fast mental arithmetic needed qualifies it as one.

Oh and dont forget the 15 pints of lager and a packet of pork scratchings.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

great sport darts, though they dont really do mental arithmetic more a case of remembering and having favoured outshots

course we do the mental arithmatic thing. we do know our favoured out shots, but youve got to know without hesitation what youre left with if you miss what youre going for

 

[Trigger]

I've got to admit he was pretty quick, I still think BDO is absolutely shit.

Can see him over in the PDC in the next year or two.

 

[Jello]

Jelle Klaasen

This young 21 year old lad from Holland will soon be taking the world by storm in the darts.

Mark my words!

He was klaass last night, was a great game. I've had a couple of sickies so far this week and have enjoyed the darts. Think I'll go to work tomorrow as I'm feeling better and had enough of shite TV but will miss the darts

 

[Trigger]

Jelle is 3 sets to 1 up against the BDO world number 1 at the mo

 

[Trigger]

He's only gone and knocked out the world number 1

Good job i put my bet on him to win the title before this match, that 33/1 i got will more than half now.

 

[Normal Rob]

He's only gone and knocked out the world number 1

Good job i put my bet on him to win the title before this match, that 33/1 i got will more than half now.

4/1 on betdirect. you may feel justly smug.

not sure about this though. These two are as thick as theives. Bumped into them at Frimley station 2 years ago as they were travelling back ooop north together...

Players cleared of match-fixing

Lakeside BBC coverage schedule
Gary Anderson and Gary Robson have been cleared of wrong-doing after irregular betting patterns preceded their Lakeside World Championship match.
Bookmakers said Anderson, who won the first-round tie 3-1, had been backed to the near exclusion of Robson, costing the industry a possible six-figure sum.

The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) will not launch an inquiry.

And both players have been cleared by the British Darts Organisation (BDO) after interviews uncovered nothing.

ABB spokesman John Johnson said: "I understand the BDO has interviewed both players and given the situation a clean bill of health, so there's not really anything more we can do."

Bookmaker William Hill was forced to suspend its market on the match within two hours of opening it last Thursday, having been inundated with support for Anderson.

"We saw some of the strangest ever betting patterns on an early-round darts match in a major competition," said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.

The players were told about the betting activity and were distraught - they are the most honest people in the world

Olly Croft
BDO managing director

"We thought it was a flip-of-a-coin type of match and opened up with both players at 5-6. We were knocked over by people wanting to back Gary Anderson.

"In normal circumstances you would maybe take a couple of thousand pounds. But in this case it was well into five figures within two hours, and the interest was only in one of the two players.

"We therefore took the almost unprecedented step of closing the book, but we will stand by those bets and pay up."

Coral spokesman Simon Clare added: "Nobody wanted to back Gary Robson - we hardly took a bet on him.

"We are paying out through gritted teeth but we have serious concerns about the betting patterns and would welcome an inquiry."

But the BDO and the International Darts Players' Association (IDPA) were united in insisting nothing untoward had occurred.

IDPA chief executive Martin Fitzmaurice said: "We have spoken to both players today. They categorically deny any involvement in the betting activity, and we would know if they were lying."

BDO managing director Olly Croft added: "The players were told about the betting activity and were distraught. They are the most honest people in the world."

 

[Trigger]

33/1 or 4/1, yes i'm feeling smug

He's still got to win though.

 

[Tooting Gull]

4/1 on betdirect. you may feel justly smug.

IDPA chief executive Martin Fitzmaurice said: "We have spoken to both players today. They categorically deny any involvement in the betting activity, and we would know if they were lying."

'We would know if they were lying'. This guy should clearly be in the Serious Fraud Squad. What a dickhead.

 

[Trigger]

Good job i put my bet on him to win the title before this match, that 33/1 i got will more than half now.

Got my each way money, Jelle Klaasen has made the final!!!

Now all he has to do is beat Raymond Van Barneveld and i could be looking at a 33/1 winner!

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Can see him over in the PDC in the next year or two.

I will have to agree with that, I can see him giving The Power a run for his money.

 

[Trigger]

I am very happy tonight.