Copyright Hans WillinkThe two Semi-Finals could best be described as a ‘hangover’ from the night before! All four players had played terrific darts and enjoyed a great IDL, but the scorelines of 9-1 in each Semi-Final mirrored the way the games panned out.
Tony O’Shea had performed so brilliantly against Raymond Barneveld on the previous evening, but he came up against an unbeaten Mark Webster, who had a deadly night on double-tops. Admitting that he felt ‘shattered’ after his Barney win, O’Shea only won 7 legs.
Webster, the 23 year-old left-hander is the new ‘Prince Of Wales’ and went through to the final with a 32.39 single darts average, boosted by a 12 dart leg and a 129 checkout in the last set.
Gary Anderson also remained unbeaten after his 9-1 victory over Adrian Lewis. Once again he had a 100+ three-dart average and hit another nine maximums on route to an all BDO final.
Lewis started well by breaking Anderson in the opening leg, but Gary won the next two with a superb 118 and tops to take the set. In the next, Lewis again took the lead with the aid of a 112 checkout. But once again it spurred Gary to bounce back and, with the aid of a 155 checkout he went 2-0 up in sets.
The plucky Lewis did win one set and was gracious to heap praise on the Scot afterwards: ‘Gary has been the best player all week’ he said, ‘and deserves his place in the final’.
The first final was the conclusion of the excellent Junior IDL between 17 year-old Richie George (youngest son of Bobby) and Dutch youngster Pascal van Mourik (16). Both played extremely well and it went all the way to the 11th leg decider, in which Richie’s doubles let him down. He had two clear chances on tops and then d-0, but he missed and Van Mourik took the final 6-5 with double 8.
All the youngsters played well during the week, and the two finalists in particular have a great future in darts at the highest level.
The Scotland v Wales 25 set final between Gary Anderson and Mark Webster (both unbeaten) began with a superb 11 dart first leg from Anderson and a 164 checkout as he raced to a 2-0 lead in sets. Not to be outdone, Webster hit a 164 on his way to taking the third set, and soon levelled at 2-2 in sets. Anderson then won the 5th with a stunning 161 checkout to go ahead 3-2. Webby started the 6th by breaking Gary in the 1st leg, but opening the 2nd leg with a 180, Anderson broke back and then won the set to go into the first break 4-2 up.
Webster hit a 180 with his first throw after break and a 15 dart leg helped him back to 4-3 after Anderson missed crucial doubles. Another Webby 180 in the 8th set didn’t stop Anderson getting a 2 set lead back at 5-3. Gary hit a 180 in 1st leg of the 9th set, but Mark hit back with one of his own in the 2nd leg and got back to 5-4.
It was nip and tuck all the way with never more than 2 sets in it. Gary checked on 112 to return to a 6-4 lead, only to see Mark come back again to 6-5. With the second break looming, Mark was keen to go in 6-6, and almost did so with a 180 in the deciding leg, but Gary hit a crucial 95 to go to the break 7-5 ahead.
Anderson hit another 180 after the break, but it was Webster who found the 13th set to be ucky as he clawed the score back to 7-6. With a 14 dart leg from Webster followed by a 13 darter from Anderson, the Scot pounced back to make it 8-6. Then Webby came back again and with a 90 checkout the scoreline was 8-7. Anderson just couldn’t shake him off!
The Welshman hit another 180 in the 1st leg of the 16th set to break the Scot. But it was missed doubles by Webster that allowed Gary to level 1-1 in legs, with a 91 checkout in the decider taking Anderson back to a 2 set lead at 9-7.
Gary hit another 180 in the 2nd leg of the 17th set, but there was lots of double trouble from both players with Gary finally hitting double-3 for a10-7 lead. He then hit a 180 in the 2nd leg of the 18th set, but Webster levelled and then went on to take the set and go into the final break at 10-8.
In the 19th set Webster continued to prosper on the 19 bed hitting numerous 134s, but missed 120 in the 1st leg and Anderson checked out on 65. The Scot then won the set with a 122 checkout and was 11-8 up. He then won the next and suddenly the gap was 4 sets for the first time in the match and Gary was one set away from a famous victory at 12-8.
Typically, Mark had his say and took the 1st leg of the 21st leg with a superb 11-darter (his second of the final to equal two from Gary). Although Gary levelled, Mark won the set to make it 12-9. Gary opened the 22nd set with yet another 180 in the 1st leg, but Mark won it, only to see Gary level yet again to be that crucial one leg from victory.
This time he made sure that his magnificent unbeaten run remained intact to win the 2007 IDL with double 4. The final scoreline being 13-9.
Afterwards he said: “This is my best ever win because I have not been beaten once in a tournament that has so many big names in it. It is unbelievable and Mark has played a great part in making it so special – that was his first defeat tonight!”
GARY ANDERSON also set a new tournament record of 59 x 180s, which beat Raymond Barneveld’s previous record of 55.
Tony O’Shea had performed so brilliantly against Raymond Barneveld on the previous evening, but he came up against an unbeaten Mark Webster, who had a deadly night on double-tops. Admitting that he felt ‘shattered’ after his Barney win, O’Shea only won 7 legs.
Webster, the 23 year-old left-hander is the new ‘Prince Of Wales’ and went through to the final with a 32.39 single darts average, boosted by a 12 dart leg and a 129 checkout in the last set.
Gary Anderson also remained unbeaten after his 9-1 victory over Adrian Lewis. Once again he had a 100+ three-dart average and hit another nine maximums on route to an all BDO final.
Lewis started well by breaking Anderson in the opening leg, but Gary won the next two with a superb 118 and tops to take the set. In the next, Lewis again took the lead with the aid of a 112 checkout. But once again it spurred Gary to bounce back and, with the aid of a 155 checkout he went 2-0 up in sets.
The plucky Lewis did win one set and was gracious to heap praise on the Scot afterwards: ‘Gary has been the best player all week’ he said, ‘and deserves his place in the final’.
The first final was the conclusion of the excellent Junior IDL between 17 year-old Richie George (youngest son of Bobby) and Dutch youngster Pascal van Mourik (16). Both played extremely well and it went all the way to the 11th leg decider, in which Richie’s doubles let him down. He had two clear chances on tops and then d-0, but he missed and Van Mourik took the final 6-5 with double 8.
All the youngsters played well during the week, and the two finalists in particular have a great future in darts at the highest level.
The Scotland v Wales 25 set final between Gary Anderson and Mark Webster (both unbeaten) began with a superb 11 dart first leg from Anderson and a 164 checkout as he raced to a 2-0 lead in sets. Not to be outdone, Webster hit a 164 on his way to taking the third set, and soon levelled at 2-2 in sets. Anderson then won the 5th with a stunning 161 checkout to go ahead 3-2. Webby started the 6th by breaking Gary in the 1st leg, but opening the 2nd leg with a 180, Anderson broke back and then won the set to go into the first break 4-2 up.
Webster hit a 180 with his first throw after break and a 15 dart leg helped him back to 4-3 after Anderson missed crucial doubles. Another Webby 180 in the 8th set didn’t stop Anderson getting a 2 set lead back at 5-3. Gary hit a 180 in 1st leg of the 9th set, but Mark hit back with one of his own in the 2nd leg and got back to 5-4.
It was nip and tuck all the way with never more than 2 sets in it. Gary checked on 112 to return to a 6-4 lead, only to see Mark come back again to 6-5. With the second break looming, Mark was keen to go in 6-6, and almost did so with a 180 in the deciding leg, but Gary hit a crucial 95 to go to the break 7-5 ahead.
Anderson hit another 180 after the break, but it was Webster who found the 13th set to be ucky as he clawed the score back to 7-6. With a 14 dart leg from Webster followed by a 13 darter from Anderson, the Scot pounced back to make it 8-6. Then Webby came back again and with a 90 checkout the scoreline was 8-7. Anderson just couldn’t shake him off!
The Welshman hit another 180 in the 1st leg of the 16th set to break the Scot. But it was missed doubles by Webster that allowed Gary to level 1-1 in legs, with a 91 checkout in the decider taking Anderson back to a 2 set lead at 9-7.
Gary hit another 180 in the 2nd leg of the 17th set, but there was lots of double trouble from both players with Gary finally hitting double-3 for a10-7 lead. He then hit a 180 in the 2nd leg of the 18th set, but Webster levelled and then went on to take the set and go into the final break at 10-8.
In the 19th set Webster continued to prosper on the 19 bed hitting numerous 134s, but missed 120 in the 1st leg and Anderson checked out on 65. The Scot then won the set with a 122 checkout and was 11-8 up. He then won the next and suddenly the gap was 4 sets for the first time in the match and Gary was one set away from a famous victory at 12-8.
Typically, Mark had his say and took the 1st leg of the 21st leg with a superb 11-darter (his second of the final to equal two from Gary). Although Gary levelled, Mark won the set to make it 12-9. Gary opened the 22nd set with yet another 180 in the 1st leg, but Mark won it, only to see Gary level yet again to be that crucial one leg from victory.
This time he made sure that his magnificent unbeaten run remained intact to win the 2007 IDL with double 4. The final scoreline being 13-9.
Afterwards he said: “This is my best ever win because I have not been beaten once in a tournament that has so many big names in it. It is unbelievable and Mark has played a great part in making it so special – that was his first defeat tonight!”
GARY ANDERSON also set a new tournament record of 59 x 180s, which beat Raymond Barneveld’s previous record of 55.
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