Klaasen springs world title shock
BBC SPORT | Darts | Klaasen springs world title shock
Rising Dutch star Jelle Klaasen caused a huge shock beating defending
champion Raymond van Barneveld 7-5 to win the Lakeside World Darts championship.
In a thrilling final, Klaasen made a whirlwind start, winning the first two sets before the four-time champion found his rhythm.
The 21-year-old Dutchman began to exert his authority and led 5-4 with some exciting darts against his compatriot.
He won the crucial 11th set to lead 6-5 and kept his cool for a famous win.
So there you go, the person I tipped to be the suprise package goes and wins it and boy do I regret now not putting a bet on. True it could be said that if I had put a bet on he probably wouldn’t have won but at 100/1 at the start of the Championship (though probably 80/1 or 60/1 after his first round match) a £3 flutter wouldn’t have mattered much. Still I’m happy he’s won I mean he was a qualifier, a wild card if you will, and he’s beaten everyone and no-one can say he played weak opposition. He’s beaten the World #1 in the Quarter Finals and the defending champion in the Final. So fair play to the guy though what is interesting is whether he said yes to his girlfriends marriage proposal as she said she would ask him to marry her if he were to win; so if you did say yes, best ‘o luck to you :)
In project news I’ve progressed. It now has a register page, login page and the beginnings of a treasure hunt create thingemy. My issue at the moment is that the uploaded image doesn’t display and I’m not quite sure at the moment so for now things have stumbled until I can figure this out.
