Decent game this evening between the two Scotts, Mitchell winning 5-4.
Our own Keane Barry contests the Youth Final tomorrow (Sat) afternoon.
Seems the prize money has been cut again:
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/4971185/skint-bdo-chiefs-slash-world-darts-championship-winning-prize-money-from-100k-to-just-23k-as-problems-mount/CHEQUE OUT Skint BDO chiefs slash World Darts Championship winning prize money from £100,000 to just £23,000 as problems mountRob Maul
9 Jan 2020, 15:59 Updated: 10 Jan 2020, 0:49
CASH-STRAPPED BDO chiefs are preparing to slash the Indigo champion’s prize money up to a whopping £77,000!
And this could open the door for a series of legal challenges from angry darts stars.
Glen Durrant, 49, earned £100,000 for lifting the BDO world darts trophy at Lakeside in January 2019.
However, several BDO players fear they will receive a minimum of just £23,000 for becoming the 2020 world champion on Sunday.
It is also believed the runner-up will get £10,000 – down by £25,000 from 12 months ago – and semi-finalists will pick up just £5,000.
SunSport has approached BDO chairman Des Jacklin for comment but these figures have been confirmed by a number of disillusioned stars.
Dean Winstanley, the 2011 BDO world finalist, wrote on Facebook that he had been told it would be £50,000 -- which is still a 50% reduction.
The women’s prize fund was supposed to be a world record £20,000 but it has been slashed to £8,000.
The BDO is struggling financially following poor tickets sales and rising TV production costs.
It is expected this will be the last world championship in its current guise.
A leading Dutch TV production company claims the BDO have not paid them for broadcasting the disastrous 2019 World Masters.
The 1:1 Producties company have started legal proceedings to reclaim more than £20,000 in unpaid money from the doomed BDO.
The Dutch firm organised the TV broadcast, presenters, make-up artists, sound directors and travel details for the event at Purfleet last October.
According to 1:1 Producties, Jacklin responded in writing to say he “hopes” to pay them after the Indigo World Darts championships.
Owner Erwin Beenhakker, who has worked in TV for 30 years, told SunSport: “This is unacceptable. This is a lot of money.
“The BDO are in financial difficulty. I’ve had clients in the past who were at a similar point but as long as you keep talking and be honest and open then I’m willing to find a way to help each other.
“I’m not abandoning the BDO but as long as Des Jacklin is chairman of the BDO I won’t do business with them again.”
The WDF withdrew its governing body support for the BDO after the chaotic World Masters, which involved a re-draw once the event had started.
