Nearly all players during opening night of 2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship are making their debut
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In Frimley Green, the third edition of the WDF World Championship gets underway Friday night. During the opening night of the tournament at Lakeside, the first four matches of the tournament will be played.
For nearly all the players who will be in action Friday night, it will be their first experience on the iconic stage in Frimley Green. As many as seven of the eight players in the first session were not previously competing at Lakeside.
Only in the opening match we see someone we have seen before at the WDF World Championship. That is Brian Raman, who will face Dutch debutant Corné Groeneveld in the first match.
Raman's compatriot Francois Schweyen does face his debut at Lakeside. The Belgian will take on fellow debutant Michael Cassar from Australia. The other two matches also consist entirely of debutants. Scott Walters makes his appearance against Craig Brown, while the opening night closes with an encounter between Carl Wilkinson and Jacob Taylor.
Players making their WDF Lakeside World Championship debut today
— Weekly Dartscast (@WeeklyDartscast) November 29, 2024
🇳🇱 Corné Groeneveld
🏴 Scott Walters
🇳🇿 Craig Brown
🇧🇪 François Schweyen
🇦🇺 Michael Cassar
🏴 Carl Wilkinson
🇨🇦 Jacob Taylor
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- It's not tennis, snooker or golf, nobody mentioned Fallon,great as she is. Beau beats her week in,week out. But she isn't interested. If you want to include crowd pleasers,get Les Wallace back!!! He was a world champion,and wore a kilt!!!rick6707-01-2025
- I'm glad wright and van Ben bergh were overlooked. Too much dancing,not enough darting. Bunting is always quality,as for price,he's a crowd pleaser(!!?) too. Aspinall has had his problems,but it's nice to see him back,he's a decent chap. Dobey is a top player,big hitter,so I won't complain. Cross will finish bottom,much as I like him,he seems to be off lately. I'm glad they didn't pick a Belgian just for the audience. But I don't agree with the tournament or format,so I guess it's immaterial to me. They might as well turn up at a random pub and play for the beers!!!rick6707-01-2025
- I think the PDC's choice is too conservative. EIther or both of Damon Heta and Mike de Dekker should have been in, at the expense of Aspinall and possibly Price. I guess the PDC's reasoning is that they do not want too much turnover from year to year, and so having already rejected Smith and Wright, they have kept Price and Aspinall, but I guess those two are "on probation".
UndartedWaters06-01-2025 - Two from the three of Price, Aspinall and Dobey should have been excluded, De Decker and Edhouse should have been in. I would have offered a place to Beau Greaves though i doubt she would have accepted it and probably not really ready for it confidence wise.Mysstree06-01-2025
- Tennis has a protected ranking system for injuries and Golf has a system that as a Major winner you get invited back of a number of years regardless of your ranking. Barry Hearn gave Stephen Hendry a wildcard for some tournaments though he still had to enter at the qualification stage. Doubt the PDC would give Burnett an exemption as he has never won a PDC Major, same would apply to Steve Beaton. It’s a slippery slope to abandoning a meritocratic system, if the PDC did do so they could then (for example) award a place to Fallon Sherrock even though she has yet to qualify at any level for a tour card.Mysstree06-01-2025
- I'd have said the same about Ady Lewis,but the PDC is indeed a law unto itself,so sorry bud,get your leg kicking and do it for the good lads!!rick6705-01-2025
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