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Day One - The 2012 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships has begun. The first round of competition has taken three days to complete with several seeds falling.
Other winners:
Clinical Adams sweeps aside promising Mitchell
O Shea into second round
Ross the boss lays down the law
Kong scales new heights
Gillingham giant-killer Douglas
Day Two - Martin “The Assassin” Atkins produced a giant-killing display in the all-Yorkshire clash to gun down former world champ John Walton 3-1.
It took Leeds-based Atkins 44-minutes to bid seventh seed John Boy “good night”
Other winners:
Debutant Jennings tames The Cougar
Joint favourite Scott Waites calls the tune
Kist shows vroom vroom to motor into last 16
Willy brushes aside former warehouseman Prins
Day Three - Former double winner Ted “The Count” Hankey eased into the last 16 after burying impressive debutante Clive Barden 3-2 remaining cool in soaring temperatures on stage.
Other winners:
Sparky short circuits Welshman Phillips
De Vos out sprints speedy West
Maximan Norris topples rookie
Deadly Dean brushes aside Dutch painter Ten Berg
Ladies Quarter Finals - Top seed Deta Hedman dished out the medicine to topple nursery nurse Rhian Edwards 2-1 and reach the last four.
Other winners:
Fourth seed Farlam guns down Lawman
Brave Trina dedicates victory to Mum Muriel
Russian Anastasia melts the Ice Cube
Day Four - Debutante Paul Jennings surged into the quarter finals toppling speedy Steve Douglas 4-2 in a gripping 74-minute clash.
Other winners:
Flying Dutchman Harms topples Kong
Wolfie gallops into last eight
Day Five - Ted Hankey staked his claim for a third world title, burying second seed Scott Waites 4-3 in a gripping 74-minute encounter.
Other winners:
Assassin Martin Atkins shoots down Flying Dutchman
Rampant O'Shea rocks Ross to reach last eight
Day Six - End of an era as Silverback slays Wolfie
Stockport’s eight seed Tony O’Shea ended defending champion Martin Adams’ hopes of a record-equalling third successive world title, dumping him out 5-2.
Other winners:
Top seed Deta is deadly as she topples Farlam
Anastasia fells giant of darts Gulliver to reach final
Lucky 13th seeding steers Harms to victory over Paul Jennings
Day Seven - Super Ted Hankey edged into the last four after toppling Martin Atkins 5-1 in a scrappy 58-minute quarter final encounter.
Other winners:
Anastasia is crowned 2012 Womens World Champion
Norris thrown to the Christian
Day Eight - New kid on the block Christian Kist staked his claim for the world championship, burying former double champ Ted “The Count” Hankey in a thrilling two hour encounter 6-5.
Tony O’Shea justified his 13/8 favourite’s tag, scrambling through a tense 11-set clash to win through to the final, shocking Dutch electrician Wesley Harms into a 6-5 submission.
Day Nine - The Final - Silent man Christian Kist let his darts do the talking as he toppled favourite Tony O’Shea 7-5 to lift the Lakeside world championship at his first attempt.
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The Greatest Darts Show on Earth starts this Saturday
The BDO’s Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships start this Saturday (Jan 7th) with the live opening match between defending Champion Martin Adams and Scott Mitchell at 2.30PM.
Global television coverage of the 2012 Darts Games
BBC ESPNBBC and ESPN will be screening over 60 hours of live and recorded coverage of the 2012 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships from Saturday 7 January to Sunday 15 January.
This includes live darts on the first weekend from both BBC (starting with defending Champion Martin Adams v Scott Mitchell on BBC One at 2.30PM on Saturday 7 January) and ESPN opening up with two hours of live darts on the evening of 7 January.
MARTIN ADAMS is the reigning Men’s Champion and has now won the title three times: 2007, 2010 and 2011. He will set a new record as he makes his 19th consecutive Lakeside appearance. In addition to his World titles, his Lakeside record is
Coral Latest Betting Odds
Coral, the official on-site bookmakers for the Lakeside World Championships, report that Dean Winstanley has attracted by far the most number of bets, and the most money in the run up tp Lakeside.
His odds have been cut from 8/1 to 5/1, while Ted Hankey and Martin Phillips have been steadily supported.
The latest outright betting odds are read more ...
BBC and ESPN COLLABORATE FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE 2012 LAKESIDE WORLD PROFESSIONAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The BDO and BBC Sport have reached an agreement with ESPN to provide live coverage of the 2012 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships.
ESPN will broadcast both evening sessions of the opening weekend of January 7th and 8th, plus every weekday evening session from January 9th to 13th live and exclusively.
