Sweet
By Mike Glover
eventually losing out to Deta
Hedman.
the ladies during this years
Lakeside and we could have
Peters was not the only picked out many more. The
debutant to impress, Dutch ladies game is going from
debutant Tamara Schuur took strength to strength at the
out nine-times champion Trina moment and it is only set to get
Gulliver in the opening match better.
of the tournament, before
losing out to an impressive Lisa
Ashton in the quarter finals,
whilst 19-year-old rising star
Fallon Sherrock can feel a little
aggrieved that she did not
eliminate defending champion
Anastasia Dobromyslova in the
quarter finals.
Of course these are only a
few examples of the excellent
standard of play achieved by
Of those who made their
debuts at Lakeside this year
none impressed more than Ann
Louise Peters. A woman who,
despite her 22 international
caps for Denmark, many of you
will have never heard of before,
Peters grasped her moment in
the limelight with both hands
as she reached the semi-finals,
Photo: Tip Top Pics Ltd/Chris Sargent
There is a bigger strength
in depth to the ladies BDO
rankings than ever before, and
there is no better illustration of
this than the new Daily Mirror
World Trophy that will take
place in early February, where
one of the wildcard selections,
Paula Jacklin of Lincolnshire,
did enough on the county scene
Photo: Tip Top Pics Ltd/Chris Sargent
Photo: Tip Top Pics Ltd/Chris Sargent
Expanding the field of lady
players at the Lakeside
to a record breaking 16
may prove to be one of
the best decisions that the
BDO ever make. Indeed
the 2014 Lakeside Ladies
World Professional Darts
Championship has proven
to be the best to date, with
upsets, high class darts and
quality debutants all on
display in Frimley Green.