The Perth thrower defeated Ben Smith of Gwynedd 6 – 2 in the final to claim the £1,200.00 top prize, after he survived a semi-final scare when he had to fight back from 3 – 0 down for his 5 – 4 victory over last year’s Champion Eirig Rowlands (Gwynedd).
It was a perfect start for ‘The Quiff’, recording just shy of a ton average as he bounded into a two set
lead early on. Warren remained in contention going into the interval as he smashed out a superb set
of his own to set the seed of doubt in Williams’ mind.
The 58-year-old Welshman would make it 2-2 as the momentum continued to shift in his direction.
That advantage would be increased as Warren got his nose ahead for the first time as he went 3-2 to
the good.
Williams would return the favour with a whitewash set of his own, meaning the two would go into
the half time interval at 3-3. Warren would return from the break reinvigorated, finding the heavy
scoring game that had got him to this stage.
‘The Quiff’ would steal one more set before Warren unleashed his best darts. Williams has been a
front-runner throughout the tournament and for much of his career, but the chase was a hard graft
and Warren appeared to have too much in the latter stages.
Warren began to pull away after the nine-set mark, firing in 11 and 12 darts legs in front of the
packed Indigo at the o2. As they entered the final set, Warren took a two-leg advantage, a slack leg
then let Williams in with a chance.
But that would be the end of the story for Williams as Warren nailed tops to claim his first BDO
World Championship title at 57 years of age, a truly magnificent achievement.
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A strong performance from Jim Williams saw him overcome a late charge from the Belgian Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-4 to setup a spectacular all Welsh Final with Wayne Warren.
After further victories over Andy Hamilton in the last 16 and Chris Landman of the Netherlands in the quarter finals, Wayne came up against the 2015 World Champion Scott Mitchell in the semi finals. After a bit of a slow start going two sets down Wayne pulled back to 2 sets all before taking the next set for 3-2 lead. Scott took the 6th set to tie the match up at 3 sets all but from here Wayne's continued high scoring and accuracy on the doubles saw him take the next 3 sets and win the match 6-3 to make his first World Professional Final
The afternoon session opened with a marathon contest, Wayne Warren and Justin Thompson taking us all the way into a deciding set. Welshman Warren was a quarter-finalist in 2018 and will be looking to replicate that run after a disjointed year on the tour. After an up and down match, ‘The Yank’ sealed glory with a spectacular 120 checkout.
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A very close game between the Welshman Jim Williams and Scottish international Gary Stone who pushed Jim all the way into overtime, with Jim finally coming away victorious with a 3-2 win.
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The W.D.O. offers sincere condolences to his family at this sad time. Ken’s funeral will take place on Wednesday 18th December 2019 at St Paul’s Church Newbrige NP11 4FW at 12.15pm followed by cremation at Gwent Crematorium NP44 2BZ time 1.30pm. Followed by a celebration of Ken’s life at Crumlin Rugby Club NP11 4PN. Family Flowers Only with donations being taken by Morgan T Vowles Funeral Directors for The Neville Hall Hospital. Rest in Peace Ken as you join the Darts Club in the Sky.
For information and entry forms for the 2020 Gwynedd Open please use the link below.
The Welsh team for the 2019 World Cup in Cluj Napoca Romania between 7th and 12th October has been selected.
Mark Layton of (Breconshire) (27.98) captured the 2019 Mens Red Dragon Welsh Individual title beating David Rogers of (Glamorgan) (20.88) in the final 6-0. Rhian O'Sullivan of (Glamorgan) (21.97) lifted the 2019 Ladies Red Dragon Welsh Individual trophy beating Rhian Griffiths of (Gwent) (18.72) 5-3 in the final.
