{"id":5623,"date":"2016-01-06T19:22:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2016\/01\/column-hr155-the-world-championships\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:23:22","slug":"column-hr155-the-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2016\/01\/column-hr155-the-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR155 The World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, January 6,\u00a02016<\/span><\/span>
\nColumn HR155
\nThe World Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Dart Coach was saddled up and\u00a0ready for 2016. He bid adieu to 2015 on a high note.\u00a0 Living in Hog Heaven as an old college roommate liked to say.\u00a0 He made his farewell with wall-to-wall college football bowl games, the PDC World Championships on the telly and\u00a0with a move into the modern world by purchasing a laptop case on wheels. Attired in a Mickey Mouse sweatshirt and stocking cap he was disappointed not to find a Hello Kitty case at Walmart. Regardless, the holiday season drew enough wood to open a Lumber Liquidators.<\/p>\n

Then, just hours into 2016, the Dart Coach violated one of his New Year\u2019s resolutions. He went off like the New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks above the Las Vegas Strip, railing against those who take credit for things they had no part in accomplishing. He equates that action to the \u201ccrowing rooster taking credit for the sun rising.\u201d<\/p>\n

His anger is understandable. Al Gore stole credit for inventing the Internet. Then, to top it off\u00a0 Zuckerberg absconded with Facebook. Enough is enough!<\/p>\n

Anderson – World Champion Again<\/strong><\/p>\n

The PDC World Championship went to Gary Anderson as he defeated Adrian Lewis\u00a07 sets to 5. The\u00a0match was pedantic.\u00a0 Maybe unfair, but the final\u00a0was overshadowed by the absence and drama of Phil Taylor or Michael van Gerwen. Both players exited in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n

Taylor went out to Jelle Klaasen 4-3. It was a typical Taylor performance of late where he looked great, not so great and then ordinary.\u00a0 Klaasen is fun to watch as he wastes little time launching his darts while using his own unique out chart. With 78 and two darts he went \u00a0d19, d19.\u00a0\u00a0 Prior to the match, with van Gerwen out the day before, it looked like clear sailing into the finals for Taylor.<\/p>\n

Van Gerwen went out 4-3 to Raymond van Barneveld in what the experts called the \u201cgreatest match ever.\u201d\u00a0 The Dart Coach – he has jettisoned the \u201cOld\u201d for 2016 – would dispute this claim. He would place it third all-time behind his win at the Mayo Clinic in Chattanooga, Tennessee over Darting Queen Melanie Rice and his 1-0 win over the late Barry Twomlow at Twomlow\u2019s local on a rainy night Chesterfield, England.\u00a0\u00a0The van Gerwen-Barney match was immediately preceded by one of the worst performances in history.<\/p>\n

Gary Anderson beat Dutchman Vincent Van der Voort 4-0\u00a0where the wooden shoe guy could garner only one leg from 12. The announcers correctly pointed out that van der Voort was throwing rubbish.<\/p>\n

That raised the ire of one mentally challenged dart fan. \u201cVan der Voort was sweating like a person or thing (can\u2019t leave sheep out) engaged in the world\u2019s oldest profession in a house of worship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another Facebook guy posted\u00a0 to Van der Voort, \u201cThanks for stopping by.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another took issue, \u201cThe commentators SUCK! 99.999999% of male players would sacrifice both testicles to play as well as van der Voort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe Bruce Jenner, although Jenner (according to Ms. Tasha), kept his equipment \u201cbecause he still likes to do the horizontal mambo.\u201d \u00a0What this clown ignores is that 99.99999% of dart players don’t claim to be professional and are not\u00a0in the World Championship.<\/p>\n

ADO-endorsed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For darting excellence, is having the ultimate equipment change farfetched? Well maybe not. There’s \u201dapparently a man in the New York area who is making the transition to female but who, however, still has ‘original’ equipment.'” Allegedly, he demanded that the Dart Players of New York (DPNY) allow him to enter the women\u2019s events – or he would sue. \u201cAllegedly, he played in ladies’ events at the Long Island Open and will be playing in the Las Vegas Open later this month.” The DPNY ladies’ events have been cancelled. The ADO, again – allegedly – has cleared this person to compete in ladies’ events (at least at the Las Vegas Open).<\/p>\n

One propionate female player posted, \u201cI support women dart players and for me that includes transgender women. I have been very saddened lately to see some very mean spirited and ugly things posted by women dart players about other women dart players.\u201d\"Ms_<\/p>\n

Now the Dart Coach knows “ladymen” as anyone whose traveled to Thailand would.\u00a0 In fact, Ms. Tu has played on his various teams over the years in Land of Smiles. She is a lady. The guy in New York? Maybe a guy that wants to play dress up but only while keeping his factory accessories.<\/p>\n

The battle of the Van\u2019s – Gerwen and Barneveld – had high drama, great darts with enough twists and turns to make a 20-foot snake proud. \u00a0Tied at three sets, Barney had the throw looking like a man ready for his last rites (as van Gerwen stole the 6th set with 135-check). Barney went up 2-0 when van Gerwen answered with a 10-darter, which Barney answered with a 96-check after van Gerwen missed a dart at tops.\u00a0 When the final dart went in Barney raised his arms looking skyward probably thinking \u201cThank you Tungsten God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis match made me fall in love with this game all over again,\u201d posted one fan.<\/p>\n

America’s hopes ended when Darin Young went out to Terry Jenkins 3-1 after coping the first set 3 to 1.<\/p>\n

America’s Player of the Year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

At press time, Larry Butler was still alive at the BDO event at the Lakeside. He advanced to the round of 16 with a scintillating 3-2 win over Dutchman Ryan de Vreede.\u00a0 Tied at two sets and two legs each, Butler tossed a nifty 11-darter (140-140-180, then 41-out) to move one leg from the \u201cW.\u201d Then, up jumped that pesky old Dart God.<\/p>\n

Larry, going first, managed only 405 after 18 darts from a start of 100.\u00a0 After 15 darts, de Vreede was sitting at 55. His next three yielded only 15 which included two at tops.\u00a0 From tops, three more got de Vreede to 10 when Butler finished with a 96-check (20, T20, d8) to advance.<\/p>\n

#1 seed\u00a0Glen Durant awaited Butler.<\/p>\n

Butler would fall to Durant 4-0. Still, is there any argument that Butler should be the USA\u2019s player of the year?<\/p>\n

Maple Leaf bearer Jeff Smith took out the #2 seed Martin Adams 3-0 to move on. Way to go Jeff.\u00a0 Adams lost to Butler in the semi finals at last year\u2019s World Masters.<\/p>\n

Back to the PDC…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calling Gary Anderson\u2019s win \u201cpedantic\u201d\u00a0discounts the fact that Anderson joins only three other players who have won back-to-back\u00a0titles – Eric Bristow, Raymond van Barneveld and Adrian Lewis. The win added\u00a0\u00a3300,000 to his bank account plus \u00a315,000 for his 9-darter against Jelle Klaasen.<\/p>\n

Lewis would lead 3-2 but would fall victim to an Anderson run that resulted in a 5-3 lead, which Anderson would never relinquish. Lewis got it to 6-5, helped when Anderson for the second time miscounted. After losing the set, Anderson complained to match referee George Noble, Jr. that he couldn\u2019t see. Commentator Wayne Mardle \u201ccommentated, \u201dWhat do his eyes got to do with counting?\u201d<\/p>\n

At 5-6 down, Lewis hit a pair of T80s and a d16 to break for a 1-nil lead. Lewis wasted a T80, his 19th,\u00a0when Anderson checked 64 to level with a break of his own. With Lewis in double range, Anderson made 170 disappear, which he followed by starting the next leg with T80. The Fat Lady was licking her lips getting ready to sing and did\u00a0when Anderson landed d12 for the win.<\/p>\n

The twit who stated that 99.999999% of male darters would give up their \u201cball bearings and tallywackers\u201d to play like van der Voort was really upset with the play…<\/p>\n

\u201cBull crap darts. I\u2019m dusting of (probably means off) the arrows and coming out of retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe first he\u2019ll be shopping at \u201cDress for Success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stay thirsty my friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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