In the countdown to the 2012 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships, the BDO Board of Directors send their best wishes to all players, officials, sponsors, broadcast partners and colleagues for a Happy and Successful New Year.
Players from over thirty countries around the globe have competed for the right to be in the final field of 32 men and 8 women in the 2012 Lakeside World Championships from Saturday, January 7th to Sunday, January 15th.
In addition to extensive coverage on BBC (for the 35th consecutive year) Eurosport and Eurosport Asia, the 2012 World Pro will be seen on satellite channel ESPN for the very first time.
There will be EIGHT new faces making their debuts in the Men’s First Round – four of whom are Seeds:
12 SEED: PAUL JENNINGS (ENG)
13 SEED: WESLEY HARMS (NETH)
14 SEED: BENITO van de PAS (NETH)
16 SEED: RON MEULENKAMP (NETH)
Completing the 2012 debutants are: Gary Stone (Scotland) and Christian Kist (Neth) who both came through the tough International Play-Offs in Hull, and Geert De Vos, the only Belgium representative, and England’s Clive Barden, who occupied the final two places in the BDO Invitation Table on the cut-off date.
Of the total of eight Dutch players (the most ever competing at Lakeside) five are Seeds and Benito van de Pas is the youngest competitor at just 18.
The Men’s First Round Draw and match times, and the Women’s Quarter-Finals are as follows:
MEN 1st Round x 5 Sets
SAT JAN 7 (16 )RON MEULENKAMP (NETH)
1.00PM GARY STONE (SCOT)
SAT JAN 7 (1 )MARTIN ADAMS (ENG)
2.30PM SCOTT MITCHELL (ENG)
SAT JAN 7 (9) ROSS MONTGOMERY (SCOT)
4.30PM FABIAN ROOSENBRAND (NETH)
SAT JAN 7 (8) TONY ‘O’SHEA (ENG)
3.30PM STEVE WEST (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (12) PAUL JENNINGS (ENG)
3.30PM GARRY THOMPSON (ENG)
SAT JAN 7 (5) GARY ROBSON (ENG)
9.00PM STEVE DOUGLAS (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (13 WESLEY HARMS (NETH)
8.30PM MARTIN PHILLIPS (WALES)
SAT JAN 7 (4) ROBBIE GREEN (ENG)
8.00PM DARRYL FITTON (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (15) TED HANKEY (ENG)
7.30PM CLIVE BARDEN (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (2) SCOTT WAITES (ENG)
2.40PM ANDY BOULTON (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (10) WILLY van de WIEL (NETH)
1.50PM DAVE PRINS (ENG)
SUN JAN 8 (7) JOHN WALTON (ENG)
1.00PM MARTIN ATKINS (ENG)
MON JAN 9 (11) TONY WEST (ENG)
6.30PM GEERT De VOS (BELG)
SUN JAN 8 (6) JAN DEKKER (NETH)
6.30PM CHRISTIAN KIST (NETH)
MON JAN 9 (14) BENITO van de PAS (NETH)
7.30PM ALAN NORRIS (ENG)
MON JAN 9 (3) DEAN WINSTANLEY (ENG)
8.30PM JOEY ten BERGE (NETH)
WOMEN: QUARTER-FINALS x 3 SETS
SAT JAN 7 (4) LORRAINE FARLAM (ENG)
6.00PM KAREN LAWMAN (ENG)
SATJAN 7 (1)
6.30PM DETA HEDMAN (ENG)
RHIAN EDWARDS (WALES)
SUN JAN 8
5.30PM (3) TRINA GULLIVER (ENG)
LISA ASHTON (ENG)
MON JAN 9
5.30 (2) JULIE GORE (WALES)
ANASTASIA DOBROMYSLOVA (RUSS)
Note: All times are subject to change
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