Fader

Brand new season of Championship League. It starts today with the following 2 groups :
Group 7
Walden
Bond
Taylor
Brown

Group 8
Williams
Jak Jones
P.Lines
Miah
not a whole lot of time for these and not much we know about form with a brand new season so I'll go with these two. 
2pts Jak Jones to win Group 8 9/2 bet365
1pt Oliver Brown to win Group 7 18/1 bet365

2/1 winner on Peter Wright, which was offered up at 3/1 just before the match. So I went in again. The 5/2 also comes in on the treble. Easy wins for Wright and De Sousa. The 24/1 is let down by Cullen, who won, but without the 180s. Tomorrow it's just an evening session, which will complete Round 1.
+10pts for the night
Matchplay bets -5pts

let down by Wade. I've said that plenty of times in the past. Humphries was pretty good  to be fair. Evening session :
Cullen Vs Dobey
M.Smith Vs Searle
Wright Vs Noppert
De Sousa Vs Clemens
Still searching for that first winner. Cullen Vs Dobey is such a 50/50. I would fancy Smith against Searle but Searle has really had some quite excellent performances at the super series. You would favour Wright and Se Sousa and that's where I'll be betting.
3pts P.Wright to win, hit the most 180s and highest checkout 2/1 paddypower 
2pts Wright, Smith & De Sousa all to win 5/2 paddypower
1pt Cullen, Smith, Wright and De Sousa ALL to win AND most 180s 24/1 paddypower
 

Van Der Voort certainly had his chances but Chizzy got through. A full day of Darts today. 2 sessions, one starting at 1pm and another in the evening (7pm) Here's the line up for the afternoon :
Ratajski Vs Dolan
Durrant Vs Rydz
Cross Vs RSmith
Wade Vs Humphries 
First up, I'm going to take on Ratajski, who hasn't had the same impact as of late. We can only really go on form at the Super Series and Dolan has been excellent in them, winning one and making a final, also. I think he is worth a punt. It's mad to see Rydz such a big favourite against a player that has won the Premier League not long ago. Durrant has absolutely lost it and his form has nosedived. I have Rydz and RSmith on outrights and so I can't go too big on big outsider prices but I also think Smith has a good chance against Cross (if he turns up) perhaps the experience will see Cross through. 
Wade would have won this event about 6 times if wasn't for Phil Taylor and comes into this event with a solid chance. I like Humphries alot but I think he will have to be consistent to win here. Wade will only get beaten to a player who plays well.
5pts B.Dolan to beat K.Ratajski 13/10 boylesports
3pts Cross, Wade and Rydz to win 10/3 paddypower
1pt Dolan, Cross, Wade and Rydz (to win, most 180, highest checkout) 16/1 paddypower
World Matchplay -6pts
 

Tonight's action : 
Chisnall Vs Van Der Voort
Clayton Vs Van Duijvenbode
Price Vs Wattimena
Van Den Bergh Vs Petersen
A couple of interesting ones in there. I'm intrigued to see how Chizzy plays, as he went out to Van Der Voort last year. Chizzy has never gone past the Quarter finals, despite hitting decent averages. He has gone out to MVG 3 times but His last 4 exits have been Norris, De Zwaan, Hopp & Van Der Voort. He should be beating all of those 4. That makes me think that De Voort has a chance. As I say, he beat him last year and his form has actually been decent recently, at the Super Series. Quite the opposite for Chizzy. 
Van Den Bergh must produce with the crowds. He has a nice 1st round match against Petersen, who is bang out of form. Devon could easily step his form up with some crowds in the place, although not at full capacity. Same goes with Van Duijvenbode. His form has let him down recently, but he is a big event player.
4pts Van Der Voort to beat D.Chisnall 7/4 betway
2pts Van Der Voort, Clayton & Price 9/2 paddypower
 

The Darts returns tomorrow (horray!) and it's live on Sky Sports. A mention of sad passing of Andy Fordham. yesterday. RIP.
This event was won last year by Van Den Bergh on debut and it's Van Den Bergh who comes into this in the best form in my opinion. Also, he has a nice draw, away from the likes of Peter Wright and MVG. Other than Van Den Bergh, I thought about De Sousa, but at just 7/1 he would need to beat MVG and alot of other players and 7s seems skinny.
Outside of Van Den bergh, I'll be taking big prices as usual. I can't decide who wins out of Dobey/Cullen. Normally, I would have Cullen but his form at the last super series was shocking and Dobey finally got his maiden win (tipped by myself at 100/1) and that's only going to give confidence to the fella. That also goes for Bunting (tipped by myself at 80/1) and Ross Smith (tipped by myself at 150/1)
None of these boys can be completely written off nowadays and it's only the sense of the occasion that, in my opinion, stops them going deep.
3pts Van Den Bergh to win World Matchplay 12/1 betway
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1pt e/w J.Cullen to win World Matchplay 50/1 bet365
1pt e/w Van Duijvenbode to win World Matchplay 50/1 betvictor
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0.5pts e/w R.Smith to win World Matchplay 80/1 bet365
0.5pts e/w C.Dobey to win World Matchplay 100/1 bet365
0.5pts e/w C.Rydz to win World Matchplay 125/1 bet365

The Darts returns tomorrow (horray!) and it's live on Sky Sports. A mention of sad passing of Andy Fordham. yesterday. RIP.
This event was won last year by Van Den Bergh on debut and it's Van Den Bergh who comes into this in the best form in my opinion. Also, he has a nice draw, away from the likes of Peter Wright and MVG. Other than Van Den Bergh, I thought about De Sousa, but at just 7/1 he would need to beat MVG and alot of other players and 7s seems skinny.
Outside of Van Den bergh, I'll be taking big prices as usual. I can't decide who wins out of Dobey/Cullen. Normally, I would have Cullen but his form at the last super series was shocking and Dobey finally got his maiden win (tipped by myself at 100/1) and that's only going to give confidence to the fella. That also goes for Bunting (tipped by myself at 80/1) and Ross Smith (tipped by myself at 150/1)
None of these boys can be completely written off nowadays and it's only the sense of the occasion that, in my opinion, stops them going deep.
3pts Van Den Bergh to win World Matchplay 12/1 betway
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1pt e/w J.Cullen to win World Matchplay 50/1 bet365
1pt e/w Van Duijvenbode to win World Matchplay 50/1 betvictor
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0.5pts e/w R.Smith to win World Matchplay 80/1 bet365
0.5pts e/w C.Dobey to win World Matchplay 100/1 bet365
0.5pts e/w C.Rydz to win World Matchplay 125/1 bet365

A massive 12 places with PP for this, but at 1/6th of the odds. You can get 11 places at 1/5th though, also. You want a good putter here and somebody who can play in the wind, with accurate driving.
2pts B.Koepka to win Open Championship 16/1 bet365
1pt e/w D.Berger to win Open Championship 50/1 skybet (11 places, 1/5th)
1pt e/w R.Fowler to win Open Championship 66/1 willhill (9 places, 1/5th)
1pt e/w H.English to win Open Championship 66/1 willhill (9 places, 1/5th)
1pt e/w I.Poulter to win Open Championship 75/1 bet365 (8 places, 1/5th)  
 

Congratulations to Johnrobertson. There was lots of change on final match. 2nd through 4th is decided on how many correct scores each player got. Congrats to the top 4. I've put the top 10 (top 12) up. Hard luck on TheMagicDaps who only lost out on the top 4 with choosing Turkey to get through.
I'm sure we will be back for the World Cup with a similar format 
top 4 if you could PM me your Paypal details, I will sort out payment. 

 

Thank you, all. In summary :
Johnrobertson    1st £80 jockprop             2nd £60 chris353             3rd £40 stuboy43             4th £20 I will get those sent to your paypal details that you have all given me. Well done again.

Congratulations to Johnrobertson. There was lots of change on final match. 2nd through 4th is decided on how many correct scores each player got. Congrats to the top 4. I've put the top 10 (top 12) up. Hard luck on TheMagicDaps who only lost out on the top 4 with choosing Turkey to get through.
I'm sure we will be back for the World Cup with a similar format 
top 4 if you could PM me your Paypal details, I will sort out payment. 

 

Well it is over.  Overall I am disappointed, not just by England's overall performance. 
For the record, England have won 3 out of 10 penalty shootouts in major(ish) tournaments.  It is probably:
1) that we dwell so much on the losses that we remember them so much more
2) we create so much hoo-haa before the game (football is coming home, bank holiday, likely knoghthoods) that the fall is a long way.
 
Right - some positives.  England went further than I expected.  And regardless, a Final is pretty good.  Not there are the likes of Spain, France, Belgium, Germany.  Englands has some kids who could become excellent seasoned professionals at internatinal and club level.  So look forward is worth it.  Some players out-performed my expectations too.
I was pleased that Scotland and Wales qualified.  Wales showed great spirit. Scotland continue with some their fair share of misfortunes and with players with less multi-leagues experiences at club level.  Perhaps Northern Ireland can make a play next tournament?
I was impressed by a couple of non-Home Nations strikers. I liked seeing perfect execution as a result of combining years of prectice, top technique and intelligence.
 
Here's hoping for the next banter thread at the World Cup.  I hope there can be more to say / discuss / debate from more players.

Congratulations to Johnrobertson. There was lots of change on final match. 2nd through 4th is decided on how many correct scores each player got. Congrats to the top 4. I've put the top 10 (top 12) up. Hard luck on TheMagicDaps who only lost out on the top 4 with choosing Turkey to get through.
I'm sure we will be back for the World Cup with a similar format 
top 4 if you could PM me your Paypal details, I will sort out payment. 

 

A big thanks to fader for all the work in running the competition, well done to jockprop, chris353 and stuboy43.
 
 

Congratulations Johnrobertson on winning the competition.
Many thanks to Fader on such a well run competition.

Well that would be noble of you.  SO a thanks in advance.  Can be no easy feat to organise and then score a competition.

It was a great competition, I really enjoyed it, thank you.

Congratulations to Johnrobertson. There was lots of change on final match. 2nd through 4th is decided on how many correct scores each player got. Congrats to the top 4. I've put the top 10 (top 12) up. Hard luck on TheMagicDaps who only lost out on the top 4 with choosing Turkey to get through.
I'm sure we will be back for the World Cup with a similar format 
top 4 if you could PM me your Paypal details, I will sort out payment. 

 

Congratulations to Johnrobertson. There was lots of change on final match. 2nd through 4th is decided on how many correct scores each player got. Congrats to the top 4. I've put the top 10 (top 12) up. Hard luck on TheMagicDaps who only lost out on the top 4 with choosing Turkey to get through.
I'm sure we will be back for the World Cup with a similar format 
top 4 if you could PM me your Paypal details, I will sort out payment. 

 

Congratulations to Johnrobertson. There was lots of change on final match. 2nd through 4th is decided on how many correct scores each player got. Congrats to the top 4. I've put the top 10 (top 12) up. Hard luck on TheMagicDaps who only lost out on the top 4 with choosing Turkey to get through.
I'm sure we will be back for the World Cup with a similar format 
top 4 if you could PM me your Paypal details, I will sort out payment. 

 

Congratulations to Johnrobertson. There was lots of change on final match. 2nd through 4th is decided on how many correct scores each player got. Congrats to the top 4. I've put the top 10 (top 12) up. Hard luck on TheMagicDaps who only lost out on the top 4 with choosing Turkey to get through.
I'm sure we will be back for the World Cup with a similar format 
top 4 if you could PM me your Paypal details, I will sort out payment. 

 

Congratulations to Johnrobertson. There was lots of change on final match. 2nd through 4th is decided on how many correct scores each player got. Congrats to the top 4. I've put the top 10 (top 12) up. Hard luck on TheMagicDaps who only lost out on the top 4 with choosing Turkey to get through.
I'm sure we will be back for the World Cup with a similar format 
top 4 if you could PM me your Paypal details, I will sort out payment. 

 

nothing on Day 4. Boo!! Noppert made the quarter finals but lost to eventual winner, Peter Wright. It was by far the best quality final 8 with MVG, Price, Wade, De Sousa and Michael Smith all in the Quarter finals with Noppert.
-12pts for friday but a 4-day event plus of +350 for these Summer Series events now. I hope they keep the format running after covid.
Super Series bets +350.75pts
Darts 2021 +356.75pts

Day 4 picks :

2pts Van Den Bergh to win Day 4 14/1 paddypower
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1pt e/w A.Lewis to win Day 4 66/1 paddypower
1pt e/w R Van Barneveld to win Day 4 66/1 paddypower
1pt e/w D.Noppert to win Day 4 55/1 paddypower
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0.5pts G.Clemens to win Day 4 80/1 paddypower
0.5pts C.Rydz to win Day 4 100/1 paddypower
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0.25pts R.Meulenkamp to win Day 4 250/1 paddypower
0.25pts F.Hempel to win Day 4 400/1 paddypower
0.25pts J.Wilson to win Day 4 400/1 paddypower
0.25pts K.Doets to win Day 4 500/1 paddypower
 

Just 2 people can win now. It's quite simple. If England win, Astleavista wins. If Italy, Johnrobertson