The Embassy
World Professional Darts Championship
This is a year of change for the biggest tournament in the darts world. After many successful championships from the stage of Jollees,
Stoke-on-Trent, the contest moves not only to the south of England, but to the beautiful setting of the Lakeside Country Club,
Camberley. Also, the format alters with the first round being the best-of-five-sets, five legs per set, for the first time in the championship. The top 32 players from 12 countries start a nine-day marathon this afternoon, with the ultimate prize of E12,000 for the winner.
The present holder, ERIC BRISTOW , commences his defence of the title today and will be aiming for his fifth championship win. His opponent this afternoon is
ALAN EVANS from Wales, with RUSSELL STEWART from
Australia against MALCOLM DAVIES of Wales, and PETER LOCKE , Wales's No 1 playing BILL STEINKE from Canada forming the rest of the afternoon programme.
Introduced by TONY GUBBA
Commentator SID WADDELL
TONY GREEN