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LIVE INTERNATIONAL TELEVISED DARTS! SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH & SUNDAY, APRIL 9th, 2006: RHYDYCAR LEISURE CENTRE, MERTHYR TYDFIL, SOUTH WALES The 2006 BDO BRITISH INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, the fiercely competitive annual clash between the home team darts rivals of ENGLAND (Captained by Martin Adams), WALES (Captained by Martin Phillips) and SCOTLAND (Captained by Mike Veitch) will be televised on Eurosport 2 over the weekend of April 8th and 9th . It is the latest leg of the exclusive 2006 Eurosport series of WDF/BDO tournaments, promoted by Dutch businessman Rob van Toor, manager of Dutch International Karin Krappen, the current Dutch No.1 and WDF Women’s World No.2. England Men have been triumphant for five consecutive years, so there will be an extra edge to the combative attitudes of the host nation Wales, and the ‘old enemy’ Scotland – both of whom will be keen to end the England run. Coverage starts on Saturday (8th) with WALES v SCOTLAND, which will be screened from 4PM to 6.30PM GMT approx. On Sunday (9th) it is the always keenly anticipated battle between SCOTLAND and ENGLAND from 12.30PM to 2PM GMT approx. The climax of the weekend will be ENGLAND v WALES, with the host nation closing the weekend of British Internationals from 4PM to 7.30PM GMT approx.. The majority of Eurosport’s coverage will be live, but where scheduling dictates recorded highlights will be shown. The closing England v Wales match will be shown until its conclusion. Players competing in the British Internationals include England’s MARTIN ATKINS, winner of the recent FINNISH OPEN, Eurosport’s opening WDF tournament of 2006. Scotland’s GARY ANDERSON is the man currently in great form. He recently won the Isle Of Man Open and had the best overall single dart average of 45.62 in the Six Nations Cup. Another recent winner is WAYNE DAVIES of Wales, who won the recent BDO Torremolinos Open. “This is great news for WDF/BDO darts because the British Internationals have not been seen on TV for a very long time”, says Olly Croft, Secretary General of the WDF. “Needless to say, we are delighted that Eurosport is featuring this wonderful weekend of Internationals which always produces great games and electrifying excitement. National pride is at stake and as well as making great viewing, the televising of the 2006 BDO British International Championships is a terrific bonus for our international teams”. The Eurosport 2 coverage will feature player interviews and the closing ceremonies. EUROSPORT 2 is available on Sky Channel 411, NTL Channel 811 and Telewest Channel 525. Press Release issued: 23/3/06 by ROBERT HOLMES on behalf of THE BRITISH DARTS ORGANISATION email: [email protected]
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