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Episodes
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Ahead of his return to Lakeside as the World Champion, Wayne Warren caught up with Andrew.
The pair discuss a frustrating two years since winning the title, looking to put all his issues with the Jacklins behind him, struggling with the PDC environment, a six-month long battle with a shoulder injury that cost him at the World Seniors, and the return of close friend Nick Kenny to the WDF circuit. Wayne also answers the big question: Can he do it all again on April 10th?
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Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
In this episode, Andrew chats with 2017 WDF World Cup winner Vicky Pruim.
The pair discuss Vicky's excitement ahead of her third Lakeside appearance, being nagged by her brother to start playing, realising a lot of success early on, winning the 2001 Dutch Open, taking a 10-year break after her Lakeside debut, playing internationally for Belgium and Sweden, winning the World Cup, her current form and expectations for the World Championships.
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Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
In this episode, Andrew catches up with another player rapidly approaching their Lakeside debut, Jo Clements.
The pair discuss Jo's late call-up to the tournament and the circumstances surrounding it, not expecting a spot after also being a reserve in 2020, getting into playing darts because of some sexism, excitement for her opening game with Suzanne Smith, coming up through the ranks in Lancashire, early encouragement from Lisa Ashton, winning the Slovak Open days after being hospitalised, paying tribute to a mentor with her Lakeside walk-on and her next big goal in darts.
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Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
In this episode, Andrew catches up with a man who'll be making his Lakeside debut in just a couple of weeks, Mark Graham.
The pair discuss Mark being inspired by Welsh legend Martin Phillips, buying his first set of darts at 15, committing to the tour in recent years after bringing up his children, overcoming dartitis, good results in Slovakia and a mixed weekend in the Isle of Man, the importance of family, his first-round clash with Dave Prins and going into Lakeside with no pressure.
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
After a brief illness-induced hiatus, the podcast is back!
In this episode, Andrew catches up with a man who'll be making his WDF World Championship debut in just under three weeks, Johnny Haines. The pair discuss Johnny coming through December's qualifier, dealing with the three month delay to the tournament, getting in regular match practice before the tournament starts, a late change of opponent, using the same set of darts for almost 40 years, previous Ally Pally experience, his love of punk music and why he thinks he can go all the way in April.
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Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
In this episode, Andrew is joined by the 2022 Reykjavik International Games champions, John Scott and Margaret Sutton.
John (6:31) calls in to discuss winning his first WDF title in almost three years, having to beat three of Iceland's best to claim the RIG title, the importance of being seeded, missing out on Lakeside by one win, his reserve status for the 2022 World Championship and his plans for the rest of the year.
Maggie (35:30) then talks about winning a WDF event for the first time since 2007, what prompted her to go to Iceland in the first place, the quality of Iceland's venues, reaching 300 appearances for Middlesex, switching to darts from netball over 30 years ago, changes to the women's game during her career and much more.
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Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
In this week's episode, Andrew is joined by the new ADO national champion Kevin Luke and one of the men behind the Big 5 Sports Management Group, Paul Brown.
Kevin (7:20) discusses his recent ADO National victory, qualifying for the World Championships, returning to Lakeside for the first time since two World Youth Masters visits in the 1990s, losing the Seacoast Open final to Jules van Dongen, getting some more prep in before April and translatable experience from reaching a Soft Tip World Championship final.
Paul (29:23) then calls in to talk about how his team got on at Q-School, Alan Soutar's debut year in the PDC, learning from Deta Hedman, Shaun McDonald's analytical mind, the keys to John O'Shea and Josh Rock enjoying success in the PDC, Wayne Warren's level of prep for the World Seniors, Lakeside in April, and what goes into the process of player recruitment.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
In this episode, Andrew is joined by the newly-crowned Las Vegas Open champion, Jim Widmayer.
Jim discusses his Vegas victory, his battle with cancer over the last couple of years, playing Keith Deller in the inaugural World Matchplay, the standard of the US scene now compared to 30 years ago, catching COVID around Christmas and missing his planned Q-School debut, and chasing WDF points in 2022 for a 2023 Lakeside return.
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
In this bonus interview, Andrew chats with the new PDC Tour Card holder Josh Rock.
The pair discuss Josh's joy at winning the card, going into Q-School as an underdog, telling John O'Shea he was going to win the card outright on Saturday morning, growing up playing darts in Northern Ireland, mentoring from Neil Duff, his breakout weekend in Killarney, joining the Big 5 team and his goals for his first year in the PDC
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
In this bonus episode, Andrew chats exclusively with new PDC Tour Card holder John O'Shea.
The pair discuss John's journey through Q-School, when he realised he'd done enough to get through, overcoming disappointments on the WDF tour last year and his renewed sense of confidence, perfecting his equipment setup at the end of 2021, the support from Big 5 and Alan Soutar, his special bond with his daughter, not setting himself any goals for his return to the PDC and how he'll deal with there being two players nicknamed 'Joker' on the tour.