10.01.2005	ROYAL CONGRATULATIONS FOR BARNEY Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands sent a personal letter of congratulation to RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD within minutes of his fourth Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship victory. The faxed letter bearing the royal crown arrived at the British Darts Organisation press office at Lakeside and was immediately translated by the large contingent of Dutch media present for the final. But that wasn’t the only official gesture by The Netherlands.  The Dutch Ambassador in London arrived in the official embassy car, registration NL 1, and brought with him the Dutch Sports Minister, Clemence van Dorp, who flew over to attend the Champions dinner and congratulate Raymond personally. A strong supporter of darts, she read Queen Beatrix’s message to Raymond, and then delivered an inspiring and wonderfully supportive speech on behalf of darts.   Chelsea superstar and Dutch International ARJEN ROBBEN was also in the Lakeside audience to cheer Raymond to victory. It was the perfect end to a perfect day for the Dutchman dubbed ‘The Man’. He has now been in five World finals at Lakeside and won four of them. He’s already planning to make it five in 2006.
09.01.2005	LAKESIDE 2005 FINAL: BARNEY MAKES IT NUMBER FOUR   Raymond van Barneveld won his 4th. World Pro Title at Lakeside today beating a gallant Martin Adams in a Final of the highest quality. It was "Wolfie" who surprised the packed Lakeside audience by taking the first set against the throw. This stung "Barney" into raising his game, and he proceeded to take the the next four sets, two of them against the throw. At this stage there was very little to choose between them score-wise, but barney was hitting the doubles with a vengence. After the break "Barney" continued where he had left off and broke Martin twice to take the set 3 - 0. With "Barney" throwing for the match in the 7th. set "Wolfie promptly won the first and third legs against the darts to take the set 3 - 0 and reduce the match arrears to 5 sets to two. The 8th set saw some magnificent darts with Martin applying tremendous pressure. "Barney" was, however, equal to the task and secured his fourth World Championship.
08.01.2005	Press Release:  DARTS HITS £180,000 FOR TSUNAMI APPEAL The magical darts figure of 180 – this time £180,000 – has been raised for the Tsunami Appeal Fund by darts players and darts fans during the British Darts Organisation’s World Professional Darts Championships at Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green this week.  Principally, the money has been raised by BBC TV and Dutch TV company SBS-6 through on-screen competitions, and auctions of various items (autographed shirts, dartboards, sets of darts, etc)  donated by players competing at ‘the home of world darts’.  “The generosity of those within the BDO family of darts knows no bounds, and we are extremely proud of the fantastic amount of money raised at the World Professional this week”, says Olly Croft of the British Darts Organisation.  The premier Championships in World Darts commenced with a perfectly observed one-minute silence to respect the victims of the Asian disaster.  -ends- Issued by ROBERT HOLMES on behalf of THE BRITISH DARTS ORGANISATION 8/1/05
03.01.2005	LAKESIDE 2005: TRINA MAKES IT FIVE IN A ROW Trina Gulliver, the World Nr. 1 and undefeated defending Lakeside Champion won a straight sets victory over compatriot Crissy Manley. Neither player produced their best darts but Trina hit all the doubles that mattered and will now meet either Francisca Hoenselaar or Jan Robbins in tomorrows final.
02.01.2005	LAKESIDE WORLD PRO 2005. OFFICIAL SOUVENIR BROCHURE With the kind permission of the BDO, The Lakeside Complex, Mr. Bob Potter OBE, editor Robert G Holmes, and photographer Hans Willink we have uploaded the entire 2005 Lakeside World Pro Official Souvenir Brochure. (minus the ads!!) For those of you who can only dream of attending the real World Championships here is an unique opportunity to see this excellent publication. You can click..."HERE" or gain access in the future through our "Features" section in the main menu.

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