The Student Room Group
Competition - post a photo you've taken of nature >>
Competition - post a photo you've taken of nature >>
Competition - post a photo you've taken of nature >>

TSR Darts Society Thread

Scroll to see replies

I'm going on Friday! Can't wait to see Taylor.
Original post by Mackay
I'm going on Friday! Can't wait to see Taylor.


I thought he was playing Saturday but realised we open up on Thursday
What first round matches are people liking the looks of?

I'm liking Klaasen vs. Kist, Part vs. Brown and Whitlock vs Darren Webster.
Here we go again


Thursday sees the 2015 WilliamHill.com PDC World Darts Championship kick off at the Alexandra Palace. 72 Players are competing from twenty-one countries, all aiming to win the 22nd edition of the tournament since the first PDC event was held in Purfleet in 1993/94.

Michael van Gerwen, is the number one seed and is the reigning champion will be back to try and become only the third man in the History of the PDC World Championship (and fifth in the history of the World Championships going back to 1978) to successfully defend the title and he is one of ten world darts championships in the field. Phil Taylor seeded second will be looking to regain the crown he first won 25 years ago and a 17th world title in all. Adrian Lewis will also be competing for a third World Championship, whilst Raymond Barneveld will also be hoping to add to his tally. Simon Whitlock and James Wade will be among many others all hoping to lift that trophy

The tournament runs until Sunday January 4th 2015 with breaks for Christmas and New Year with seventy-one matches to be played to decide the champion.

PRELIMINARY ROUND - BEST OF 7 LEGS - 18th-23rd December
Christian Perez (Philippines) 0-4 Cristo Reyes (Spain)
Jani Haavisto (Finland) 1-4 John Michael (Greece)
Nolan Arendse (South Africa) 4-0 Alex Hon (Hong Kong)
Boris Koltsov (Russia) 4-2 Haruki Muramatsu (Japan)
Kim Viljanen (Finland) 1-4 Sascha Stein (Germany)
Mark McGrath (New Zealand) 0-4 Scott Kirchner (USA)
Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands) 3-4 Robert Marijanovic (Croatia)
Scott Mackenzie (Hong Kong) 3-4 Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)

FIRST ROUND - BEST OF 5 SETS - 18th-23rd December
[1] Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) 3-1 Joe Cullen (England)
[32] Stuart Kellett (England) 1-3 V Stein
[16] Terry Jenkins (England) 3-1 John Weber (Australia)
[17] Justin Pipe (England) 2-3 Lawrence Ryder (Australia)
[8] Dave Chisnall (England) 3-0 Ryan De Vreede (Netherlands)
[25] Paul Nicholson (Australia) 2-3 Benito van de Pas (Netherlands)
[9] Robert Thornton (Scotland) 3-0 Andrew Gilding (England)
[24] Ronnie Baxter (England) 3-1 Gurney
_____________________________________________
[5] Peter Wright (Scotland) 3-0 Gerwyn Price (Wales)
[28] Andy Smith (England) 0-3 Ronny Huybrechts (Belgium)
[12] Andy Hamilton (England) 3-2 Dave Richardson (Canada)
[21] Steve Beaton (England) 0-3 Kyle Anderson (Australia)
[4] Gary Anderson (Scotland) 3-1 Kirchner
[29] Jelle Klaasen (Netherlands) 3-1 Christian Kist (Netherlands)
[13] Wes Newton (England) 2-3 (5-6 S/D) Reyes
[20]Kevin Painter (England) 3-1 Koltsov
_____________________________________________
[2] Phil Taylor (England) 3-0 Jyhan Artut (Germany)
[31] Mark Webster (Wales) 3-1 Ron Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
[15] Ian White (England) 3-1 Michael
[18] Kim Huybrechts (Belgium) 3-0 Mickey Mansell (Northern Ireland
[7] Simon Whitlock (Australia) 1-3 Darren Webster (England)
[26] Dean Winstanley (England) 3-2 Wayne Jones (England)
[10] Mervyn King (England) 2-3 (3-5 T/B) Max Hopp (Germany)
[23] Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands) 3-2 (4-2 T/B) John Henderson (Scotland)
___________________________________________________________
[6] James Wade (England) 3-1 Jamie Lewis (Wales)
[27] Stephen Bunting (England) 3-1 Marijanovic
[11] Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland) 3-0 Arendse
[22] Michael Smith (England) 3-1 Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
[3] Adrian Lewis (England) 3-0 David Pallett (England)
[30] John Part (Canada) 2-3 Keegan Brown (England)
[14] Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands) 3-0 Rowby-John Rodriguez (Austria)
[19] Jamie Caven (England) 3-2 Jason Hogg (Scotland)

SECOND ROUND - BEST OF 7 SETS - 27th-29th December
[1] Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) 4-1 Sacha Stein (Germany)
[16] Terry Jenkins (England) 4-0 Laurence Ryder (Australia)
[9] Robert Thornton (Scotland) 4-0 [24] Ronnie Baxter (England)
[8] Dave Chisnall (England) 2-4 Benito van de Pas (Netherlands)
[5] Peter Wright (Scotland) 4-1 Ronny Huybrechts (Belgium)
[12] Andy Hamilton (England) 4-2 Kyle Anderson (Australia)
[20] Kevin Painter (England) 3-4 Cristo Reyes (Spain)
[4] Gary Anderson (Scotland) 4-3 [29] Jelle Klassen (Netherlands)
______________________________________________________________________
[2] Phil Taylor (England) 4-0 [31] Mark Webster (Wales)
[15] Ian White (England) 3-4 [18] Kim Huybrechts (Belgium)
[26] Dean Winstanley (England) 4-3 (4-2 T/B) Darren Webster (England)
[23] Vincent van der Voort 4-0 Max Hopp (Germany)
[6] James Wade (England) 1-4 [27] Stephen Bunting (England)
[11] Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland) 2-4 [22] Michael Smith (England)
[3] Adrian Lewis (England) 4-2 Keegan Brown (England)
[14] Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands) 4-3 Jamie Caven (England)

THIRD ROUND - BEST OF 7 SETS - 29th-30th December
[1] Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) 4-1 [16] Terry Jenkins (England)
[9] Robert Thornton (Scotland) 4-0 Benito van de Pas (Netherlands)
[5] Peter Wright (Scotland) 4-0 [12] Andy Hamilton (England)
[4] Gary Anderson (Scotland) 4-1 Cristo Reyes (Spain)
[2] Phil Taylor (England) 4-3 [18] Kim Huybrechts (Belgium)
[23] Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands) 4-2 [26] Dean Winstanley (England)
[22] Michael Smith (England) 2-4 [27] Stephen Bunting (England)
[3] Adrian Lewis (England) 3-4 [14] Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)

QUARTER-FINALS - BEST OF 9 SETS - 1st-2nd January
[1] Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) 5-2 [9] Robert Thornton (Scotland)
[4] Gary Anderson (Scotland) 5-1 [5] Peter Wright (Scotland)
[2] Phil Taylor (England) 5-3 [23] Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands)
[14] Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands) 5-4 [27] Stephen Bunting (England)

SEMI-FINALS - BEST OF 11 SETS - 3rd January
[1] Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) 3-6 [4] Gary Anderson (Scotland)
[2] Phil Taylor (England) 6-2 [14] Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)

2015 WILLIAMHILL PDC WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
BEST OF 13 SETS - Sunday 4th January
[2] PHIL TAYLOR (ENGLAND) v [4] GARY ANDERSON (SCOTLAND)

So then, who are your tips to win?


(edited 9 years ago)
Anybody catch Mighty Michael van Gerwen on Sky Sports?

What an athlete.
Original post by TheMagicRat
What first round matches are people liking the looks of?

I'm liking Klaasen vs. Kist, Part vs. Brown and Whitlock vs Darren Webster.


I think there are some great first round games in story, Roby-John against Barneveld, amongst them, Taylor's up against someone who knows his trade as well in Artut

I think it's when you look at the second and third round potential match ups where things get very exciting, Lewis has got probably one of the toughest potential championship routes going: Part, Barneveld, Wade, Taylor and van Gerwen to lift the trophy

Looking at that first round draw I think you can make a case for several of the unseeded players to cause some upsets particularly over the best of five sets, and I reckon we'll lose at least six seeds in the first round but it could well be more
Today's the day!
The bottom half of the draw is ridiculous. I can't see past MVG in the top half but you can make a good case for five or six in the bottom half.
Gone through my match by match predictions for round one

Seeds to lose (In my book) Baxter, Andy Smith, Beaton, Klassen, and van der Voort - with Paul Nicholson, Dean Winstanley and John Part to all have very narrow wins

Just saying so you can lump on them to win their games now
How have Sky just done a hour long preview show and not mentioned Wade once?

Come on Part!!! I'd love to see him roll back the years.
Now predicted the rest of the draw and I reckon it will be Taylor who defeats Van Gerwen in a 13th set in the Final.

Shocks? Could be plenty but I think we'll see a quarter-final line up without Wade, Wright or Whitlock
Doubt Wright will reach the QFs either.
I'm glad Part showed some fight and didn't get destroyed. I like Brown though, so not that disappointed to see Part lose.
MvG didn't look on form. He'll get better as the tournament progresses, though.
Already had the first shock with Wes Newton knocked out.
Stand up if you love the darts.
The two preliminary round winners safely through to the second round and I particularly think that Gurney if he gets through can beat Baxter

Three seeds gone already.

Just watched what happened in the Newton v Reyes match in terms of the match reaching 5-5. Shows you how easily odd things can happen
Bye bye Whitlock.
Goodbye Paul Nicholson as well
I was stuck between Nicholson and van de Pas as to who would win. Not overly surprised Nicholson's gone. In 18 matches we've lost 8 seeds

Quick Reply

Related discussions

Latest

Trending

Trending

Articles for you