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The 2010 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 33rd World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 25th staging at the
Lakeside Country Club at
Frimley Green
Frimley Green is a large village and ward of in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is south of the town of Frimley.
Lakeside Country Club was the national venue for the BDO int ...
.
Ted Hankey
Edward Hankey (born 20 February 1968) is an English former professional darts player and convicted sex offender. Nicknamed "The Count", he won the BDO World Darts Championship in 2000, was runner-up in 2001, and won the title for a second time ...
was the defending men's champion having won the title for the second time in
the previous year's final against
Tony O'Shea
Tony O'Shea (born 9 May 1961) is an English professional darts player. His squat figure has resulted in the nickname "Silverback". O'Shea has reached the finals of seven British Darts Organisation (BDO) major darts tournaments, but to date h ...
. The defending women's champion was
Francis Hoenselaar
Francisca ("Francis") Hoenselaar (born 15 January 1965 in Rotterdam, South Holland) is a retired Dutch professional darts player from the Netherlands. She was nicknamed ''The Dutch Crown''.
A leading player in the women's game, Hoenselaar wa ...
, having beaten seven-time champion
Trina Gulliver
Catrina Elizabeth Gulliver (born 30 November 1969) is an English professional darts player. She is the 10-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Her nickname is Golden Girl and in 2003, she was n ...
in the 2009 final.
Players from 32 countries around the globe competed to reach the
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televised finals, which ran from 2–10 January at Frimley Green. The men's top seed was O'Shea.
Julie Gore
Julie Robin Gore (born 5 August 1958) is a former Welsh professional female darts player.
Career
Gore made her World Championship in 2008, losing in the quarter finals to Trina Gulliver. She later reached the semi finals of the Women's Winmau ...
was top women's seed, ahead of Gulliver. There were 11 debutants at the world championships. Also for the first time two brothers, Tony and Steve West, were playing in the same world championship.
Martin Adams
Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Nicknamed "Wolfie", he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridgesh ...
was the winner of the men's championship beating unseeded
Dave Chisnall
Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champions ...
7–5 in the final.
Trina Gulliver
Catrina Elizabeth Gulliver (born 30 November 1969) is an English professional darts player. She is the 10-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Her nickname is Golden Girl and in 2003, she was n ...
won the Women's Championship for the eighth time beating
Rhian Edwards
Rhian O'Sullivan ( née Edwards; 20 January 1981) is a Welsh female professional darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF).
Darts career
O'Sullivan was a quarter finalist in the 2009 Women's World Masters. She qualifi ...
2–0.
Format and qualifiers
Men's
The televised stages featured 32 players. The top 16 players in the
WDF/BDO rankings over the 2008/09 season were seeded for the tournament.
An unusually high total of 11 of the seeded players were knocked out in the first round.
The 32 players who qualified for invitation into the first round proper of the men's singles were:
Women's
The televised stages featured 8 players. The top 4 players in the
WDF/BDO rankings over the 2008/09 season were seeded for the tournament.
The eight women qualified for invitation were:
Prize money
The 2010 World Championship had a prize fund of £325,000 - a rise of £5,000 on the previous year.
£100K top prize for men's champion
Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship, 27 October 2009
:Men's Champion: £100,000 (up from £95,000)
:Runner-up: £30,000
:Semi-Finalists (2): £11,000
:Quarter-Finalists (4): £6,000
:Second Round (8): £4,250
:First Round (16): £3,000
:Women's Champion: £6,000
:Runner-up: £2,000
:Semi-Finalists (2): £1,000
:Quarter-Finalists (4): £500
:Nine dart finish
A nine-dart finish, also known as a nine-darter, is a perfect leg or single game in the sport of darts. The object of the game is to score a set number of points, most commonly 501; in order to win, a player must reach the target total exactly an ...
: £52,000
:Highest checkout: £3,000
Draw
Men's
* Match distances in sets are quoted in brackets at the top of each round. All sets best of five legs, unless there is a final set tie-break
Women's
* All matches best of three sets, best of five legs
Television coverage
The tournament has been broadcast by BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flag ...
every year since its inception. Having fronted their coverage since 2001, Ray Stubbs
Raymond J. Stubbs (born 24 May 1956) is an English broadcaster and former footballer. He worked as a presenter for the BBC, ESPN and BT Sport, and now works for Talksport radio.
His most recent role is presenting the coverage of the World Seni ...
did not host their broadcasts in 2010 following his decision to join ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
the previous summer. He was replaced by BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcast ...
and ''Football on Five'' presenter Colin Murray
Colin Murray (born Luke Wright on 10 March 1977) is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter. In 2010, he became host of BBC Television's ''Match of the Day 2'' on BBC Two, while still anchoring shows on BBC Radio 5 Live, including '' 5 ...
. Rob Walker, the Master of Ceremonies at BBC's snooker events and host of the BBC's 2009 Winmau World Masters coverage presented the late night highlights and ''Darts Extra'' through the night on BBC2. Walker was also the roaming reporter during BBC2's live coverage. Bobby George
Robert Francis George (born 16 December 1945) is an English television presenter and former professional darts player. He is widely recognised as one of the game's biggest personalities, known for his flamboyant entrances in which the "King ...
once again was the pundit.
The commentary team was David Croft, Tony Green
Anthony John "Tony" Green (born 29 January 1939) is an English sports commentator and television presenter.
Darts career
A former amateur player, who played county darts for Lancashire, he was the BBC's lead commentator when they showed t ...
and the tournament's number 1 seed Tony O'Shea
Tony O'Shea (born 9 May 1961) is an English professional darts player. His squat figure has resulted in the nickname "Silverback". O'Shea has reached the finals of seven British Darts Organisation (BDO) major darts tournaments, but to date h ...
. Again, every dart was shown live, via the BBC's interactive coverage on its Red Button Red button may refer to:
*Red Button (digital television), a button on the remote control for certain digital television set top boxes in the United Kingdom and Australia, and used to access interactive television services
**BBC Red Button, a digit ...
service – with the semi-finals and final both broadcast live on BBC1/BBC2 on the last weekend.
In Germany the tournament was broadcast by Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through Warner Bros. Discovery Sports#Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe properties, its international sports unit, it operates two ...
. There was no coverage on SBS in the Netherlands, for the first time in several years as they chose to follow the majority of their players who featured in the PDC World Championship instead.
References
External links
The official site of the Lakeside BDO World Professional Darts Championship
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BDO World Darts Championships
BDO World Darts Championship
The WDF World Darts Championship is a world championship competition in darts, organised by the World Darts Federation. It would previously organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO), who held it 43 times from 1978 to 2020.
The champio ...
BDO World Darts Championship
The WDF World Darts Championship is a world championship competition in darts, organised by the World Darts Federation. It would previously organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO), who held it 43 times from 1978 to 2020.
The champio ...
BDO World Darts Championship
The WDF World Darts Championship is a world championship competition in darts, organised by the World Darts Federation. It would previously organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO), who held it 43 times from 1978 to 2020.
The champio ...
Sport in Surrey
Frimley Green