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Bob Sinnaeve
Robert "Bob" Sinnaeve (born October 10, 1949) is a Canadian former professional darts player. Early career Sinnaeve took up darts in 1973 as an alternative to bowling, as he felt the darts circuit would give him more time to spend with his wife, Judy. He first appeared at the World Masters in 1979 and made his World Professional Darts Championship debut in 1982, but lost in the first round to Alan Evans. World Championship record Sinnaeve appeared at the World Championship on ten occasions, but managed to win only three matches in that time. He lost in the first round on his first four attempts (1982, 1984, 1985 and 1986), and finally won a match in 1987, producing a major upset by beating Dave Whitcombe, who reached the final in the previous year. His only other match wins came in 1988 against Horrie Seden, and in 1991 against Eric Burden. His last appearance at the World Championship came in 1992, when he lost 1–3 to Paul Lim. Career record Sinnaeve once managed to reach nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilsonburg, Ontario
Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada with a population of 18,615 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, Ontario, London, on Ontario Highway 3, Highway 3 at the junction of Ontario Highway 19, Highway 19. History Prior to European settlement, the present site of Tillsonburg was home to Indigenous tribes. The Tillsonburg Village Site, a 14th century Iroquoian village, was excavated in 2001 and 2008, in the northwest corner of the town, and contained 15 longhouses. The area was settled in 1825 by George Tillson and other immigrants from Enfield, Massachusetts. A forge and sawmill were erected and roads built which led to the establishment of this small community, originally called Dereham Forge. The settlement was on the Big Otter Creek. In 1836 the village was renamed Tillsonburg in honour of its founder. It was also in this year that the main street, Broadway, was laid out to its full width. Because the village was predom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Laurens
Leo Laurens (born 30 July 1952) is a professional Belgian former darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. At the end of 1993, he was number one in the WDF world rankings after all of the BDO's top players broke away to form the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation, PDC). Despite his new accolade, Laurens never won a major title. Career Laurens made his World Championship debut in 1989, losing in the first round to American Rick Ney. He returned a year later, beating Canada's Bob Sinnaeve, before losing to Mike Gregory. His best performance came in 1997, where he reached the quarter-finals after beating Ritchie Davies and Richie Burnett. He lost to reigning champion Steve Beaton. Laurens also holds the record for most 180's scored in a first-round match at the World Championship, with nine, although John Henderson holds the record for a best of 5 sets match with 12. He also played in the Winmau World Masters in 1988, 1993, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MFI World Matchplay
The MFI World Matchplay championship was a major darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation. The tournament only lasted for five years but is historic in darts as it featured the first ever televised nine-dart finish on 13 October 1984 when John Lowe won £102,000 for the perfect game of darts against Keith Deller. Lowe went on to win the title that year. MFI World Matchplay finals The complete list of final results: Finalists Nine-dart finish John Lowe threw the first ever televised nine-dart finish on 13 October 1984 against Keith Deller. As well as for being the first, it stands out for the rarity of the final visit combination. Media coverage The tournament was broadcast on ITV and originally came from The Fulcrum Centre, Slough, before moving to Festival Hall, Basildon. The tournament ceased after the 1988 tournament due to ITV announcing that they were pulling out of darts coverage altogether. ITV broadcast the 1988 World Masters before leaving t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1992 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 3–11 January 1992 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey. With Eric Bristow and defending champion Dennis Priestley both going out in round two, the way was paved for the top two seeds, Phil Taylor and Mike Gregory, to make it to the final – notably, the first final since the inauguration of the World Championship in 1978 that featured neither Bristow nor John Lowe. In a titanic affair, full of big scores and high checkouts, it went to the final set and a tiebreak, where Gregory missed two chances each at double 8, double top and double 10 for the title. It also made Gregory the first player to miss darts at double to win a world championship and eventually lose; none would match this until Mark McGeeney in 2018. Taylor took full advantage and sent the match to a sudden-death leg, which he won to take his second World title. Seeds # Phil Taylor # Mike Gregory # Dennis Priestley # John Lowe # Bob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1991 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 4–12 January 1991. Phil Taylor was the reigning World Champion and started off well in the early rounds, before losing in the quarter-finals to Dennis Priestley who took the title. Seeds # Phil Taylor # Peter Evison # Eric Bristow # Alan Warriner # Bob Anderson # Dave Whitcombe # Jocky Wilson # Magnus Caris Prize money The prize fund was £108,200. :Champion: £26,000 :Runner-Up: £13,000 :Semi-Finalists (2): £6,500 :Quarter-Finalists (4): £3,250 :Last 16 (8): £2,400 :Last 32 (16): £1,500 There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,500. The Results Synopsis The Tournament ''Friday 4 January - evening'' There were three first round matches held on the first day of competition at the Lakeside. The opening match of the competition saw Tony Payne of the USA break his Lakeside duck by defeating Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 5–13 January 1990. It saw then-unknown Phil Taylor win the first of sixteen world titles, beating his mentor Eric Bristow 6-1 in sets in the final, with Taylor playing in his first ever World Championship at the age of 29. Taylor beat Russell Stewart, Dennis Hickling, Ronnie Sharp and Cliff Lazarenko en route to the final. Defending champion Jocky Wilson fell at the quarter-final stage, losing to Mike Gregory. The event also saw America's Paul Lim hit the first nine-dart finish at the World Championship in his second round match with Ireland's Jack McKenna, receiving £52,000 for his efforts. It was the only nine-dart finish ever thrown in the BDO World Championship. Seeds # Eric Bristow # Bob Anderson # John Lowe # Mike Gregory # Jocky Wilson # Russell Stewart # Peter Evison # Brian Cairns Brian Cairns (13 June 1940 – 1 October 1993) was a Welsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1989 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 12th World Professional Championships, and was staged at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey, England for the fourth successive year. The tournament was organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Following the 1988 Winmau World Masters ITV pulled all their coverage of darts and the BBC decided to withdraw their coverage of the 1988 British Professional Championship, meaning that this World Championship was the only televised darts tournament in 1989. The World Championship would remain the only annual televised event for the next four years. In an attempt to improve the image of the game (which contributed to the loss of television coverage and sponsors), the BDO decided that players would no longer be allowed to drink alcohol during matches - allowing just water on the stage. The tournament itself saw old rivals Jocky Wilson and Eric Bristow meet in the final after Wilson had beaten defending champion B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1988 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1988. The tournament was won by the number 1 seed, Bob Anderson, who played to a high level throughout the week. Seeds # Bob Anderson # John Lowe # Eric Bristow # Bob Sinnaeve # Mike Gregory # Jocky Wilson # Cliff Lazarenko # Dave Whitcombe Prize money The prize fund was £85,600. :Champion: £16,000 :Runner-Up: £8,000 :Semi-Finalists (2): £4,000 :Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,200 :Last 16 (8): £1,600 :Last 32 (16): £1,000 There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000. The results Malcolm Davies of Wales who broke his hand was replaced by Terry O'Dea of Australia in the first round References {{DEFAULTSORT:1988 Bdo World Darts Championship BDO World Darts Championships Bdo World Darts Championship, 1988 Bdo World Darts Championship The WDF World Darts Championship is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1987 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1987. John Lowe, the 1979 champion and four-time runner-up in the event, beat three-time defending champion Eric Bristow in a repeat of the 1981 and 1985 finals. Seeds # Eric Bristow # John Lowe # Mike Gregory # Bob Anderson # Dave Whitcombe # Jocky Wilson # Cliff Lazarenko # Keith Deller Prize money The prize fund was £62,000. :Champion: £14,000 :Runner-Up: £7,000 :Semi-finalists (2): £3,500 :Quarter-finalists (4): £2,900 :Last 16 (8): £1,400 :Last 32 (16): £700 There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000. The results 1987 BDO World Youth Championship Seeds # Mark Day # Shaun Greatbatch # Rowan Barry # Harith Lim ;Semi-finals (best of 3 sets) * Mark Day 1–2 Harith Lim * Rowan Barry 2–1 Shaun Greatbatch ;Final (best of 5 sets) * Harith Lim 2–3 Rowan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship was held between 4–11 January 1986. For the first time, the tournament was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, having been held at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent for the previous seven years. The Lakeside became the third venue in the history of the World Championship. Eric Bristow completed a hat-trick of World titles to bring his overall tally to five. He would appear in four more finals – but this was to be his last World title. Prize money Total Prize fund rose by £9,500 to £52,500 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish – not won) *Champion £12,000 *Runner-up £6,000 *Semi-finalists £3,000 *Quarter-finalists £1,700 *2nd round losers £1,200 *1st round losers £650 *Non-qualifiers £175 *Highest checkout £1,000 Seeds # Eric Bristow # John Lowe # Dave Whitcombe # Cliff Lazarenko # Keith Deller # Jocky Wilson # Bob Anderson # Steve Brennan The results First round draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1985 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 8th World Professional Championships. The tournament was held between 5 and 12 January. It was the seventh and final time that the tournament was held at the Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent, as the tournament organisers, the British Darts Organisation, decided to move the event to the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, from 1986. The Jollees Cabaret Club closed in 1992, due to losing money, not reopening until 2016. Eric Bristow went into the tournament as defending champion and was almost beaten in the first round by Ken Summers. Summers had won the first set and was two legs to nil in front and left on 68 to pull off a major surprise. After hitting single 20 and single 16, he threw a potential match-winning dart at double sixteen just inside the wire of the single. Bristow then came back to win the match. Bristow went on to win his fourth World Title, extending his own record for victories. John Lowe suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1984 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 31 December 1983 to 7 January 1984 at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent. Eric Bristow made up for his defeat against Keith Deller in the previous year's final by winning his third world title having dropped just one set in the entire tournament. He beat Finn Jensen, Rick Ney, Peter Locke and John Lowe before defeating Dave Whitcombe in the final by 7 sets to 1. Deller suffered a shock first-round defeat to 1978 semi-finalist Nicky Virachkul, who eventually lost to Whitcombe in the quarter-finals. Whitcombe then came from 4–2 down to beat Jocky Wilson 6–5 in the semi-finals. In a famous moment at the end of the match, Wilson drunkenly fell down on the stage before congratulating Whitcombe. Seeds # Eric Bristow # Jocky Wilson # Dave Whitcombe # Cliff Lazarenko # John Lowe # Keith Deller # Stefan Lord # Bobby George Prize money The prize fund was £36,200. :Champion: £9,000 :Runner-Up: £4,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |