determined to succeed.”
encounter.
fellow Suffolk player’s footsteps.
After the injury cleared up Gilding
was playing the best darts of his
career getting to the semi-final of
the Players Championship in Dublin
beating players like Dave Chisnall
and the Welshman Mark Webster
before losing to the Dutchman
Raymond Van Barneveld.
Then at the second UK Open
Qualifier Gilding reached the final
to face Stephen Bunting after
getting Revenge on Barneveld,
whitewashing James Wade and
beating Phil Taylor. Unfortunately
Gilding lost to Bunting 6-5 in an
exciting final.
Can Gilding continue on his rise
and reach the dizzy heights of the
Premier League?
Gilding is now looking forward to
the rest of the year and is hoping
to perform well on the main
stage at the World Matchplay
Championships after
what has been a very
good year for the 43
year old: “since the
injury it has all just
clicked for me, it’s
been a good year.”
“It was a really tough time I just
couldn’t win, I couldn’t afford to
pay entry fees but that’s when
good old mum stepped in and
bailed me out”
Gilding also showed
what
he
could
do against Gary
Anderson at the
German
Masters
maintaining a 107
average and he hit
100% of his doubles,
against any other
player he would have won but
Gary Anderson played some of
his best darts and took the match
narrowly winning شԁ