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Crisp77
17 Dec 19 23:07
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The main place in the country where men and women compete as equals.

Not bad for a pub game.
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Report Angoose December 17, 2019 11:09 PM GMT
Superted on toast
Report Pokermonster December 18, 2019 12:16 AM GMT
That was a great performance by Fallon Sherrock. Ninety-something average, was it not?
Report CLYDEBANK29 December 18, 2019 12:26 AM GMT
Great performance indeed. Ted Evetts was one of the toughest opponents she could have faced in the draw
Report saddo December 18, 2019 10:03 AM GMT
I don't watch sport and this is the first I'd heard of this, I can't think why it's taken so long. Why can women not compete with men at snooker also? They should get to aim at big pots if good enough.
Report CLYDEBANK29 December 18, 2019 10:46 AM GMT
They have saddo.  They just haven't been good enough.  The difference with darts is the top girls are good enough.  There's a young 15 year old girl called Beau Greaves who is 4th favourite for the Women's World Championships.  She's arguably as good as any 15 yo boy and she's the one that could really break through

There is a qualifying school for the main PDC circuit in January and women certainly entered that last year.  Lisa Ashton won 13 games out of 17 in that but didn't qualify.  I suspect she got very close.

The BDO is in a right mess atm. They wanted to charge the Dutch to hold ranking tournaments and the Dutch quite rightly told them to feck off and didn't hold their showpiece event in December.  Whilst the WDF has also told them to feck off.  It wouldn't surprise me if this was the last BDO World Championship.  BDO = Socialism PDC = Capitalism

It's time for the PDC to step in and hold a women's circuit.
Report Angoose December 18, 2019 10:48 AM GMT
Ted averaged 91.50, Fallon averaged 91.12
Ted 33.33% (10/30) on the doubles, Fallon 41.38% (12/29)
Report CLYDEBANK29 December 18, 2019 10:48 AM GMT
And no better place for a new PDC WWC than The Lakeside.
Report SontaranStratagem December 18, 2019 10:54 AM GMT
The dart boards used today are a joke

They've widened the treble and double beds and the wiring is like tinfoil bedded underneath the treble and double beds Plain

Check out the boards from say 1987/88/89, the wiring is thick and the beds look a lot smaller
Report CLYDEBANK29 December 18, 2019 10:58 AM GMT
You are right.  John Lowe's 9 darter back in the day was so much harder.  I think the new dart board is better.  Less bounce outs, a better spectacle, and easier for your pub players and newbies to actually get a double, or a treble.
Report SontaranStratagem December 18, 2019 11:01 AM GMT
Clyde

It shouldn't be easy though, these averages are only what they are because of the pathetic design

None of this lot could play on the 1980s boards. Can't follow darts nowadays its been overtaken by beta males and their girlfriends
Report CLYDEBANK29 December 18, 2019 11:02 AM GMT
Also modern day players don't have 10 stone of overweight around their girth!  Best not to go back to the old days imo, although the characters were great.  RIP Eric and JockySad
Report CLYDEBANK29 December 18, 2019 11:03 AM GMT
All of this lot could play on 1980s boards.  Their averages would just be lower.
Report SontaranStratagem December 18, 2019 11:06 AM GMT
You said it

Their averages would be a lot lower and they'd be struggling to compete because they've had it so easy
Report SontaranStratagem December 18, 2019 11:07 AM GMT
I suppose they need to make it easy so they can push women into the game

Money money money
Report CLYDEBANK29 December 18, 2019 11:18 AM GMT
It's great that they are pushing women's darts.  The thing that I'll miss is that political correctness will prevent colourful characters like Eric and Jocky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGQj9JzrME0

Old footage of Jocky v Big Cliff there.  Both playing with a **** in their left hand Laugh
Report alun2005 December 18, 2019 11:22 AM GMT
Well done Fallon. You really rocked us.
Report Crisp77 December 18, 2019 11:31 AM GMT
Have the heads of the FA resigned yet? All the money and publicty they have put behind the game and a women's team still haven't beat a mens team.
Report alun2005 December 18, 2019 11:52 AM GMT
Ted's a decent lad with a bright future, but he had a futile task intruding to beat my beloved PANTHERISSIMUS BUMBAKISSIMUS.
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