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I don’t often sit down and watch darts, but last night I did and have to say that it was one of the best night’s sport I’ve seen for ages. 

The two most gripping games were good for completely different reasons.  Firstly, the local qualifier Anto McCracken took on and beat the 14th Seed Mark Walsh.  Not a game of high quality, with Walsh sadly out of sorts, and McCracken erratic, but what an atmosphere generated by the local partisan crowd!  Edge of the seat stuff right down to the end, because both were missing doubles and it was never over till it was over. 

Then a match of the highest quality when World No 1 Colin Llyod played veteran Bob Anderson.  Lloyd started like and express train and looked odds on to win, but Anderson came back hard and fast - either player would have won any other match that night easily with Anderson averaging 103 (with a double required to start).  The fact that he would have beaten anybody else last night will be small consolation for Lloyd having now lost on 3 televised tournaments in the first round.  But well played Bob and roll on Wednesday night when he plays McCracken, although Anto will have to play a lot better if he doesn’t want the dream to end!

Hats off to Sky for their coverage and no wonder the Premier League Darts league nights are sold out within hours with the atmosphere and excitement the events generate these days.