I was watching the darts last night on BBC 2. Oh what a come down from the PDC World Championships that was shown on Sky Sports! Sunday night saw the final that most people wanted, Phil Taylor vs Raymond van Barneveld. Unfortunately it was all over a little quicker than I would have liked, Taylor racing to the 7 sets required for victory. In the process Phil Taylor set a new PDC record averaging over 110 with 3 darts for the final.
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Forget the Olmpyics, the Champions League final or anything else.  My sporting highlight for 2008 has come right at the end of the year.  The PDC World Darts Championship 2009 has already thrown up a few classic games but there hasn’t been anything to rival the Raymond van Barneveld v Ronnie Baxter game in this sport for quite some time.  It’s not like they were both scoring perfectly either, it’s just that as they both took turns to miss the game just went on and on all the way down the the deciding leg in the 7th set.  Awesome crowd, awesome darts and one of those rare moments in sport where you really don’t have a fucking clue whose going to win!  All in all a classic!
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