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BOBBY GEORGE and TONY O’SHEA leave the oche behind to join the casts of Holby City and Casualty, Olympic athletes, TV presenters, comedy stars and a host of celebrities in Let’s Dance For Sport Relief.

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The Professional Darts Corporation have released the following statement after the decision by the British Darts Organisation to reject its takeover offer:

In October 2009, the PDC offered £1 million to purchase the BDO, with a further £1 million which would then have been invested in amateur darts.

However, a meeting of the BDO Counties on Sunday voted by a majority to reject the offer.

PDC Chairman Barry Hearn said: “We are disappointed with their decision but while we acknowledge their right to make that decision, we are disappointed on two counts.

“Firstly, we wanted a meeting with the member counties and clearly the majority did not want that meeting.

“Secondly, we wanted due diligence on their records. They did not want us to look at their books.

“When you look at their decision, it shows the ineptitude of the amateur game.

“For us at the PDC, it saves us £2m which we can plough back into the development of our sport, but our door is always open to them.”

A BDO Media Release Reported the Following:

BDO REJECT OFFER

At a full Council meeting attended by 65 BDO counties on January 31st, 2010, a majority vote by county delegates instructed the BDO Board to reject an offer by the PDC to ‘buy’ the BDO.

At this time we have no further information. If you know which couties voted for and against the buyout offer, please email us.

(PDC Media Release) Barry Hearn has questioned the authority with which Olly Croft has turned down the PDC’s £1m offer to buy the British Darts Organisation and inject an additional £1m into the grass roots of the game.

The Professional Darts Corporation’s Chairman made the offer in an open letter to the BDO’s shareholders – its 66 member counties – and directors on Tuesday, but quotes from Croft, whose position within the BDO is described on its official website as ‘Founder’, reject the offer out of hand. Read more

PDC Media Release:

The Professional Darts Corporation have made a £1 million offer to purchase the British Darts Organisation, as well as offering to invest the same amount in to the grass roots side of the sport.

An open letter, detailed below, has been sent to the Board of Directors and Members of the British Darts Organisation, by PDC Chairman Barry Hearn.

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The England Women’s team of LISA ASHTON and KAREN LAWMAN were victorious in the WDF World Cup, played in Charlotte, USA.

England’s World No.1 TONY O’SHEA won the WDF Men’s Singles title with a single dart average of 35.77, and JAMIE LEWIS of Wales won the Boy’s Singles title.

Overall, the England Men’s team were runners-up to The Netherlands, with the Wales Youth teams taking second place behind Champions Finland.

by Phill Catterick:

FOR the spectator it was perhaps slightly disappointing that the first semi final wasn’t the game that concluded the championships in Bridlington, with Martin Adams and Tony O’Shea locking horns in a battle of the titans.

It seemed likely that the victor of that match would go onto win the competition, and that proved to be the case. However, the final was a classic which will live long in the memory and definitely provided a good advertisement for the BDO.

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MARTIN ‘Wolfie’ ADAMS successfully defended his Winmau World Masters crown with a stunning comeback in the BBC televised 2009 final against his England team-mate Robbie Green.

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Official Darts Results from the BDO:

BDO Winmau British Classic, Kettering Conference Center.

Men’s Singles:
Semi-Finals
Stephen Bunting 2-1 Dave Chisnall
Scott Waites 2-1 Tony West

Final
Stephen Bunting 2-1 Scott Waites

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BDO press statement:

BBC sports presenter Ray Stubbs, presenter of both the BDO World Professional Darts Championships and the Winmau World Masters for several years, is to leave the corporation to be the frontman for ESPN’s live Premier League coverage.

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