Darts


Third Round Draw & Order of Play (7pm Friday)
Board One
Michael van Gerwen v Andy Hamilton
Adrian Lewis v Robert Thornton
Lee Williams v Phil Taylor
Peter Manley v James Wade

Board Two
Denis Ovens v Alan Tabern
Mark Walsh v Wayne Mardle
Colin Lloyd v John Part
Raymond van Barneveld v Ken Dobson

Board Three
Ronnie Baxter v Tony Eccles
Barrie Bates v Steve Grubb
Roland Scholten v Darren Johnson
Andy Roberts v Louis Blundell

Board Four
Gary Welding v Steve Hine
Ken Mather v Paul Nicholson
Kevin Painter v Dave Askew
Dennis Priestley v Colin Monk

Board Five
Mark Dudbridge v Johnny Haines
Co Stompe v Mark Frost
Dave Honey v Wes Newton
Mark Webster v Peter Wright

Board Six
Colin Osborne v Jason Clark
Alex Roy v Lionel Sams
Jan van der Rassel v Jelle Klaasen
Andy Smith v Chris Cooper

Board Seven
Steve Dolan v Jamie Caven
Andy Jenkins v Justin Pipe
Brendan Dolan v Kevin McDine
Mervyn King v Michael Barnard



Board Eight
Vincent van der Voort v Wayne Jones
Steve Brown v Mark Lawrence
Paul Rowley v Chris Thompson
Glen Durrant v Terry Jenkins



No complaints at all with the draws my 3 bets have got.

Wade could be vunerable against Manley, who will not like having been out of the spotlight by missing out on the Grand Slam of Darts and the Premier League. A few quid at 250/1 outright might look a decent prospect if he can get past Wade.


Colin Lloyd is like Gary Anderson in he gets knocked out in his first match of a tournament far too often and John Part looked in decent form last night (plus he is desperate to do well to protect his ranking points from 2007/08 ). 6/5 priced up so far if theres is any 6/4 when the rest go up that would be a decent bet.

That's probably what I should do but with it being on TV, I'll end up having a go but it'll be to a smaller stake than on Featherstone.

40/1 is the top price this morning.

Gary Welding v Steve Hine

Steve Hine is from Coventry so I think he will come through this one, my heart is ruling my head, and seeing as Welding is from St Helens, and I'm a Wigan fan...

Come on Steve!

Adrian Lewis v Robert Thornton
Ronnie Baxter v Tony Eccles
Mark Walsh v Wayne Mardle
Gary Welding v Steve Hine
Michael van Gerwen v Andy Hamilton
Andy Jenkins v Justin Pipe

Ive gone for the ones in bold in an accumulator.

Lots of toss of the coin games so if they all come in you will get a nice return.

DUNCAN

Yes, me too.

Beaten only a length by the winner and still not in the first three.

I had Ask at 5/1 on my lucky 15.

I'd love to see the print because I couldn't split them!

Must admit I thought that Ask had won based on the BBC photos.

Lake Poet in the next (3:25)

I've backed Dream Desert.

Not entirely sure why as it's in shocking form, I just didn't really fancy anything in the race.

Sariska in the Oaks.

Wouldn't put anyone off Wadaat each way at a big price though.

Got Rainbow View and Black Bear Island at 3 pound double.
Pays around 121