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The ‘Fire Kills’ campaign and
the British Darts Organisation (BDO) successfully joined forces for all
five tournaments in the Setanta televised BDO International Grand Prix
Series from May to September this year.
The unique liaison has helped
raise awareness of the important issue of fire safety in the home
environment, and those who attended the events were able to meet members
of the fire and rescue service.
At each venue, local FRS
personnel were on hand to offer fire safety advice and take requests for
the free Home Fire Risk Check (for more information, and to request a
Check, please visit
www.direct.gov.uk/firekills).
Over five hundred BDO darts fans
signed up to improve fire safety in their homes, and were entered into a
prize draw to win a V.I.P package for two at the BDO World Professional
Darts Championships at the famous Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green,
Surrey in January 2009.
The prize includes tickets to the
Final of the 2009 Championship on January 11th, 2009 and V.I.P passes
to the players lounge and Champions Dinner.
The lucky winner is Jason Knibbs
from Wilmslow, Bucks, who will be taking his brother Chris to the BBC
televised Lakeside Final.
He said: “I’ve been playing
darts for 13 years and I’m really looking forward to going to Lakeside for the first time. I’m also getting my
Home Fire Risk Check booked because I now know how important fire safety
is.”
Runners up Alan Taylor (London),
Brian Furse (Cornwall),
Karen Bellenger (Cornwall)
and Becki Emerson (Doncaster) will be
honing their skills with a Winmau Dartboard Cabinet set.
Martin Adams, England’s longest
serving England
darts captain and Fire Kills ambassador added: “Working together with
the Fire Kills campaign has allowed the BDO and its players to take the
vital fire safety message across the
UK. I’m a huge believer in the
message that the campaign is getting across and look forward to meeting
Jason and his brother Chris at Lakeside
in January.”
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