Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates7–15 January 2012
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Finals:
best of 13 (men's)
best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund£329,000
Winner's share£100,000 (men's)
£10,000 (women's)
High checkoutMen:
O'Shea (170) QF
Women:
Edwards (155) Rd 1
Champion(s)
Men: Netherlands Christian Kist
Women: Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
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The 2012 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 35th BDO World Darts Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 27th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. It took place from January 7th to January 15th.

The tournament was won by Christian Kist, an unseeded qualifier who was making his début at the event; Kist beat Tony O'Shea 7–5 in the final. Two-time defending champion Martin Adams lost in the quarter-finals against O'Shea.[1][2]

The defending women's champion Gulliver, a nine-time winner of the event, lost in the semi-finals to Anastasia Dobromyslova. Dobromyslova then beat Deta Hedman in the final to win her second world title.[3]

It was the first time that neither champion was from Great Britain (Christian Kist from the Netherlands and Anastasia Dobromyslova from Russia), despite both losing finalists coming from England (Tony O'Shea and Deta Hedman).

Both men's semi-finals were the subject of controversy. In the first, between Ted Hankey and Christian Kist, Hankey complained repeatedly about the air conditioning at the venue, claiming it was blowing his darts off course. Hankey later alleged that this was done deliberately, as he would be joining the PDC after the tournament.[4] This was days after a similar incident at the rival PDC World Championship, which led to Adrian Lewis and James Wade walking off the stage due to a draft. Referring to that incident, Martin Adams, a BDO board member, had said before the Lakeside event started: “I can promise there will be no gusts of wind blowing across the stage.” Then, in the second semi-final, between Tony O'Shea and Wesley Harms, the players left the stage so the board could be replaced following 23 bounce outs.[5]

Players from five countries including a record number of eight Dutch players took part in the tournament.

Format and qualifiers

Men's

The televised stages featured 32 players. The top 16 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2010/11 season were seeded for the tournament.[6]

The 32 players who qualified for invitation into the first round proper of the men's singles were:

Top 16
  1. England Martin Adams
  2. England Scott Waites
  3. England Dean Winstanley
  4. England Robbie Green
  5. England Gary Robson
  6. Netherlands Jan Dekker
  7. England John Walton
  8. England Tony O'Shea
  9. Scotland Ross Montgomery
  10. Netherlands Willy van de Wiel
  11. England Tony West
  12. England Paul Jennings
  13. Netherlands Wesley Harms
  14. Netherlands Benito van de Pas
  15. England Ted Hankey
  16. Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp
Other qualifiers
  1. Wales Martin Phillips
  2. Netherlands Joey ten Berge
  3. England Steve Douglas
  4. England Darryl Fitton
  5. England Scott Mitchell
  6. England Garry Thompson
  7. Netherlands Fabian Roosenbrand
  8. England Steve West
  9. England Alan Norris
  10. England Martin Atkins
  11. England Andy Boulton
  12. England Dave Prins
  13. Scotland Gary Stone
  14. Netherlands Christian Kist
  15. Belgium Geert De Vos
  16. England Clive Barden

Women's

The televised stages featured 8 players. The top 4 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2010/11 season were seeded for the tournament.[7]

The eight women qualified for invitation were:

Top 4
  1. England Deta Hedman
  2. Wales Julie Gore
  3. England Trina Gulliver
  4. England Lorraine Farlam
Other qualifiers
  1. England Karen Lawman
  2. Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
  3. England Lisa Ashton
  4. Wales Rhian Edwards

Prize money

The prize money was £258,000 for the men's event and £16,000 for the women's event.[8]

Men's Champion: £100,000
Runner-Up: £30,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £11,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £6,000
Last 16 (8): £4,250
Last 32 (16): £3,000
Women's Champion: £10,000[9]
Runner-Up: £2,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £1,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £500

There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £3,000 per event.

Results bracket

The draw for the tournament was made on 7 November 2011 live on ESPN.[10][11]

Men's

The results are:[12]

First Round (best of 5 sets)
7–9 January 		Second round (best of 7)
10–11 January 		Quarter-finals (best of 9)
12–13 January 		Semi-finals (best of 11)
14 January 		Final (best of 13)
15 January
               
1 England Martin Adams 90.12 3
England Scott Mitchell 79.47 0
1 England Martin Adams 90.78 4
Scotland Gary Stone 86.97 0
16 Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 82.98 0
Scotland Gary Stone 88.68 3
1 England Martin Adams 92.49 2
8 England Tony O'Shea 94.02 5
8 England Tony O'Shea 88.80 3
England Steve West 75.63 0
8 England Tony O'Shea 90.48 4
9 Scotland Ross Montgomery 87.63 1
9 Scotland Ross Montgomery 87.99 3
Netherlands Fabian Roosenbrand 80.10 1
8 England Tony O'Shea 85.35 6
13 Netherlands Wesley Harms 88.38 5
4 England Robbie Green 87.42 3
England Darryl Fitton 81.60 1
4 England Robbie Green 84.99 1
13 Netherlands Wesley Harms 90.72 4
13 Netherlands Wesley Harms 82.32 3
Wales Martin Phillips 79.38 1
13 Netherlands Wesley Harms 87.39 5
12 England Paul Jennings 85.86 3
5 England Gary Robson 75.33 0
England Steve Douglas 83.76 3
England Steve Douglas 82.23 2
12 England Paul Jennings 82.86 4
12 England Paul Jennings 83.94 3
England Garry Thompson 84.30 1
8 England Tony O'Shea 87.78 5
Netherlands Christian Kist 90.00 7
2 England Scott Waites 89.52 3
England Andy Boulton 88.74 1
2 England Scott Waites 86.73 3
15 England Ted Hankey 85.14 4
15 England Ted Hankey 88.08 3
England Clive Barden 79.85 2
15 England Ted Hankey 85.08 5
England Martin Atkins 87.00 1
7 England John Walton 86.94 1
England Martin Atkins 87.42 3
England Martin Atkins 89.73 4
10 Netherlands Willy van de Wiel 87.02 2
10 Netherlands Willy van de Wiel 83.01 3
England Dave Prins 78.24 0
15 England Ted Hankey 87.54 5
Netherlands Christian Kist 89.73 6
3 England Dean Winstanley 88.74 3
Netherlands Joey ten Berge 86.70 1
3 England Dean Winstanley 91.92 3
England Alan Norris 89.28 4
14 Netherlands Benito van de Pas 90.18 2
England Alan Norris 91.95 3
  England Alan Norris 90.19 1
Netherlands Christian Kist 93.67 5
6 Netherlands Jan Dekker 96.33 2
Netherlands Christian Kist 97.77 3
  Netherlands Christian Kist 96.51 4
Belgium Geert De Vos 87.21 2
11 England Tony West 83.94 1
Belgium Geert De Vos 84.09 3

Women's

The results are:[13]

Quarter-finals
7–9 January 		Semi-finals
12 January 		Final
13 January
         
1 England Deta Hedman 73.20 2
Wales Rhian Edwards 73.71 1
1 England Deta Hedman 79.11 2
4 England Lorraine Farlam 74.61 1
4 England Lorraine Farlam 67.35 2
England Karen Lawman 67.35 1
1 England Deta Hedman 74.13 1
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.95 2
2 Wales Julie Gore 63.39 0
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.92 2
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 69.75 2
3 England Trina Gulliver 72.88 0
3 England Trina Gulliver 73.80 2
England Lisa Ashton 71.97 0

Statistics

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Men

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Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout Average
Netherlands Christian Kist 5 25 15 93 67 179 133 33 129 92.45
England Tony O'Shea 5 23 15 86 65 217 111 23 170 88.52
Netherlands Wesley Harms 4 17 11 63 50 178 79 11 120 87.46
England Ted Hankey 4 17 12 62 54 137 89 23 145 86.47
England Martin Atkins 3 8 8 33 33 76 42 11 136 88.05
England Alan Norris 3 8 10 27 40 91 42 22 130 90.33
England Martin Adams 3 9 5 31 26 95 40 11 161 91.36
England Paul Jennings 3 10 8 38 37 94 53 9 120 84.38
England Scott Waites 2 6 5 25 22 68 26 5 156 87.73
England Dean Winstanley 2 6 5 25 22 59 32 12 160 90.68
England Robbie Green 2 4 5 16 19 41 18 9 76 86.20
Scotland Ross Montgomery 2 4 5 16 21 63 20 7 120 87.79
Netherlands Willy van de Wiel 2 5 4 17 17 45 25 5 101 85.58
Belgium Geert De Vos 2 5 5 21 22 44 24 10 121 85.89
England Steve Douglas 2 5 4 20 18 45 23 6 121 82.71
Scotland Gary Stone 2 3 4 15 16 36 23 7 120 88.23
England Gary Robson 1 0 3 3 9 17 4 1 68 75.33
Netherlands Jan Dekker 1 2 3 10 12 22 15 5 81 96.33
England John Walton 1 1 3 9 9 19 13 3 97 86.94
England Tony West 1 1 3 6 11 22 6 2 80 83.94
Netherlands Benito van de Pas 1 2 3 9 12 26 11 3 119 90.18
Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 1 0 3 4 9 19 5 1 71 82.98
England Clive Barden 1 2 3 8 12 20 11 2 160 79.86
England Andy Boulton 1 1 3 6 11 22 11 1 65 88.74
England Darryl Fitton 1 1 3 7 10 16 10 7 72 81.60
England Scott Mitchell 1 0 3 4 9 18 10 0 16 79.48
Wales Martin Phillips 1 1 3 6 11 27 6 2 65 79.38
England Dave Prins 1 0 3 2 9 14 2 1 74 78.24
Netherlands Fabian Roosenbrand 1 1 3 7 9 15 7 2 83 80.10
Netherlands Joey ten Berge 1 1 3 7 11 21 8 4 92 86.70
England Garry Thompson 1 1 3 7 9 18 10 4 118 84.30
England Steve West 1 0 3 2 9 15 4 1 40 75.63

Last updated: 13 January 2011
Source: Match reports from the main draw

[14]

Women

Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout Average
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 3 6 1 20 8 45 13 0 90 72.71
England Deta Hedman 3 5 4 19 20 47 12 3 119 75.71
England Lorraine Farlam 2 3 3 14 14 37 11 1 125 70.92
England Trina Gulliver 2 2 2 8 7 24 2 2 95 72.76
England Karen Lawman 1 1 2 6 7 21 7 1 88 67.34
Wales Rhian Edwards 1 1 2 5 6 9 9 0 155 73.70
England Lisa Ashton 1 0 2 1 6 4 5 0 16 71.96
Wales Julie Gore 1 0 2 1 6 8 0 0 50 63.39

Last updated: 13 January 2011
Source: Match reports from the main draw

[15]

Broadcasting

The tournament was broadcast jointly in the UK by the BBC and ESPN. The BBC broadcast the afternoon session of the opening weekend, afternoon highlights from 9 to 13 January, the first semi final and the final. ESPN broadcast the evening session of the opening weekend, round two matches, the quarter-finals, the second semi final and highlights of the final. The BBC's coverage was presented by Colin Murray with Bobby George being the pundit. ESPN's coverage was presented by Ray Stubbs and Nat Coombs. Commentary on both channels came from David Croft, Tony Green and Vassos Alexander.[16] The tournament was also screened on Eurosport and Eurosport Asia in 99 other countries.[17]

References

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  2. ^ "BDO World Championships: Tony O'Shea beats Martin Adams". BBC. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  3. ^ "BDO World Championships: Dobromyslova claims world title". BBC. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  4. ^ "BDO World Championship : Ted Hankey quits BDO after Kist defeat". BBC. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Ted Hankey's switch from BDO to PDC is just the latest in a long line of defections in darts' cold war". The Telegraph. 15 January 2012.
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  7. ^ "BDO women's rankings". British Darts Organisation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Information for the media – prize money". lakesideworlddarts.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Anastasia crowned world champ after comeback against Deta". lakesideworlddarts.co.uk. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012. ...and the £10,000 first prize.
  10. ^ "2012 Lakeside Pro Draw". dartswdf.com. 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Martin Adams faces Scott Mitchell in BDO World Championship opener". BBC. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  12. ^ "2012 World Championship results". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  13. ^ "2012 Women's World Championship results". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Men: Match results and reports (www.bdodarts.com)". Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Women: Match results and reports (www.bdodarts.com)". Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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  17. ^ "Global TV Audiences For Lakeside 2012". BDO. 2 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

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