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00:30Now then, and welcome once again to Indo League.
00:32We've now reached semi-final time in darts.
00:35The four men left, Charlie Ellix, Eric Bristow, Conrad Daniels and Leighton Rees.
00:41So who plays who?
00:42Let's join Olly Croft, the General Secretary of the British Darts Organisation
00:46and former News of the World champ, Barry Twomelo, for the draw.
00:54Number 16.
00:56Charlie Ellix from London.
01:00Number 3 plays Eric Bristow from London.
01:12So we're going to have a London finalist, the first semi-final between the long and the short of it there.
01:17Charlie Ellix on the left and Eric Bristow on the right.
01:21The two Londoners meet in the first semi-final.
01:25And in the other one, of course, we do have those two giants of the international dart scene.
01:29On the left there, Leighton Rees, who meets the reigning champion of Indo League, Conrad Daniels from America.
01:35Two great semi-finals surely in prospect.
01:37So the two newcomers are drawn against each other, while the reigning champ meets former champ Leighton Rees.
01:44We're joining the first semi-final, Ellix versus Bristow, and now it's the best of five legs, not three as in the previous rounds.
01:51Bristow won the toss and throws first.
01:53We now switch to the best of five legs, 5-0-1.
01:57And in this particular semi-final, we have got London's Pride.
02:00Eric Bristow against Charlie Ellix, another Londoner.
02:04That's Ellix now, the smaller round of the two, coming on to the hockey.
02:08Both of them in their first indoor league.
02:09Both of them obviously seeking their first ever place in the final of this competition.
02:14Well, Eric and Charlie, of course, are virtually next-door neighbours in London.
02:18And one wonders, Barry Tromlow, if the fact they're mates, they play exhibitions together, is going to make a difference.
02:25And also this switch to the best of five legs now.
02:28I think the five legs will help us both.
02:32The fact that the neighbours, I don't think, will affect the dart playing at all.
02:36I think the standard we're seeing, that two England players on their own merits, is entirely different.
02:41The fact that the Super League, the BDO, County League, it's producing players along this standard.
02:47Tremendous to see.
02:50So Eric Bristow then, 140 has scored in his last three darts now on the hockey.
02:5660.
02:56Recording a 60.
02:58He leads, of course, remember it's 5-0-1.
03:01You must subtract their totals and they must finish on a double.
03:04The ball does count as double 25, incidentally, for finishing purposes.
03:07And now we switch to best of five legs as we get to the semi-final stages of the Indoor League 76-77 series, the World Darts Championships.
03:19Bristow.
03:21Good player.
03:24140.
03:24It's 140, so he's going along at a rare gallop here and he wants 80 now after 12 darts and Charlie Alex needs 2-9-7.
03:33Charlie, of course, has beaten Willie Scott.
03:3759.
03:38And John Lowe on his way into this semi-final.
03:4180.
03:4280 going, so 80, it's all 16s really for Eric Bristow.
03:46He's down there, he's got a 7, is it?
03:48Yes, he wants 7-2-3.
03:49Stay there, looking for a triple 19s.
03:5324 score.
03:54Gets 24.
03:552-3-8, Charlie Alex needs.
04:04101.
04:06Gets 101.
04:0756 now you're going.
04:0856.
04:09For Eric Bristow.
04:1056, so 16 double top.
04:15Double top for the first leg.
04:162-10s now, 4 o'clock on the board.
04:1946 scored.
04:21137 going for Charlie Alex, so...
04:22Charlie requires 137.
04:24Very quiet opening from Charlie Alex, but there's a shot here for 137.
04:29He's gone up and got a single 20, 117, so no two-darts shot there.
04:3695.
04:37Gets 95.
04:39Eric now requires 10.
04:412-5s for Eric Bristow in this first leg of this first semi-final.
04:44Game on first leg to finish Bristow.
04:47No trouble at all.
04:49Bristow goes one up, but he did start first, so Alex has the arrows in the second.
04:55The horse in the stable, that's 60.
04:57That's 140.
04:59Can he do the magic 180?
05:00Not quite a bit.
05:01Not far off.
05:0121.
05:03Well, Charlie's done it a couple of times already.
05:06That's the magic.
05:07Maximum 180.
05:09Eric Bristow.
05:13In fact, both these players have recorded 180 twice in this tournament.
05:1755.
05:1855 scored.
05:19Very, very close now.
05:21Scores.
05:25Alex.
05:2660.
05:2960.
05:2960 scored.
05:33Eric Bristow.
05:3419 years old.
05:35Sussex Open singles champion.
05:37Suffolk Open singles champion.
05:39Walthamstow individual winner.
05:40Of course, and that's Tommy O'Regan country.
05:43One of the earlier winners of this tournament.
05:45Tommy not in the tournament this year.
05:48Still a good player, though.
05:49This is Alex playing beautifully.
05:53He's got 80.
05:56140.
05:57140.
05:58Charlie Alex needs this leg.
06:00He's now down to 80 after only 12 darts, and now Eric Bristow.
06:06We'll have to pile on a bit of coal here.
06:1185.
06:13Charlie requires 80.
06:1480.
06:14So he'll go for 16s.
06:16Will he?
06:16Yes, he does.
06:17He has got 116.
06:19He's gone across.
06:20That looks like 40 scored.
06:21I think it wants double top.
06:2340 scored.
06:24It is indeed.
06:24It was 3-8.
06:25Very clever shot there.
06:27Needs double top.
06:28Bristow needs 2-4-1 on the line.
06:30So Charlie, a little bit of breathing space.
06:35Don't think he'll let Bristow off the hook.
06:37Bristow has 2-4-1 less these.
06:4045.
06:40Scores 45.
06:41So double top.
06:42Charlie requires 40.
06:43And a little bit of time to get it.
06:45Game on.
06:45Game on.
06:45Game on.
06:46One of peace and a real tussle.
06:51Now let's join the third with Bristow to throw.
06:54Bristow, the young man from the East End of London.
06:57His ambition to win the New Zealand Royal and this title.
07:00So he is now just a couple of matches away from achieving his ambition here at Indoor League.
07:07But he's got a lot of opposition in the shape, first of all, of this brilliant little player.
07:12Also from London.
07:13Mill Hill.
07:14Charlie Ellix.
07:18Probably the most consistent player in the big league this year, Charlie.
07:25Eric Bristow.
07:26A shooting star.
07:27That's 60.
07:29Moves across.
07:30Is there room for another?
07:33Yes, there is.
07:34Is there room for three?
07:36140.
07:37No, not quite, but 140 is still good scoring.
07:41Alex.
07:45One way to annoy Charlie is to spell or pronounce his name incorrectly.
07:49It's Alex with an X.
07:56This is Eric Bristow.
07:59So he's four hours a day.
08:0360.
08:07Alex.
08:13That's another treble.
08:1420.
08:16140.
08:17140 he scores.
08:20They've both got two.
08:22Both have scored 140s in this third leg with the match absolutely poised on a tightrope.
08:28One apiece.
08:28That's just a single 20.
08:29It's another single one.
08:30My word, they're close on the wire.
08:32100.
08:33Gets a ton.
08:34And that so easily could have been 180.
08:36Just millimeters separating the arts there.
08:39Alex.
08:40Gets 20.
08:4697.
08:47Came down on the 19s there and made it work for him.
08:50It requires 158.
08:52158 going.
08:52So there is a shot here.
08:53Two 60s and two 19s.
08:56That's just a single 20.
08:57So we're not going to see a shot out this time.
09:00From Bristow.
09:01100 score.
09:02Gets a ton though.
09:04Charlie requires 120.
09:05120 for Charlie, Alex.
09:07And he wants the Shanghai on 20.
09:09He'll look for the treble.
09:10He hasn't got it.
09:11Oh, doesn't like it either.
09:13Slacks his thigh in frustration.
09:1544.
09:16That's 44.
09:17Eric Bristow.
09:18Now he's 58.
09:19So 18 double top.
09:22Must be the shot.
09:23There's the 18.
09:24Double top.
09:25Third leg.
09:26Very, very tight indeed.
09:3476 for Charlie, Alex.
09:3576.
09:36So let's see.
09:37He's got 16.
09:38He wants 60.
09:39He'll want a single 20.
09:40He's got it.
09:40He wants double top.
09:41Can he snatch his third leg?
09:4456 score.
09:45So this one really is a seesaw strike.
09:49Bristow now wants double top to go 2-1 up.
09:53Could be crucial.
09:54To 10s.
09:55Four o'clock on the board.
10:00Bristow.
10:01Once again, the game goes to the person who throws first.
10:04Will that be the case in the fourth?
10:06It's Alex to throw.
10:08Charlie Alex with his back to the wall.
10:09He's 2-1 down.
10:10He must win this leg to stay in this tournament and seek a place in the 70s.
10:16100.
10:21It's gone in the toss.
10:23So far, I do.
10:23It's come with the darts.
10:24But Charlie did have a chance that time.
10:27Well, of course, in this standard of play, the man who wins the toss and has first arrows
10:33has honestly got a terrific psychological advantage, Barry, haven't they?
10:37Because you get a tonne and you've got to get two tonne to get back in front.
10:43And when these boys, of course, get down to a double, they don't normally mess around
10:46too long, do they?
10:47Yes, it means the second throw is 100.
10:49But he's scoring 10 golfer.
10:52Well, we can see case in point this time.
10:54Charlie Alex, who started, is now on 2-6-1.
10:56And Bristow, though he's scored a tonne first time, is on 4-0-1.
10:59So he's got to reply with a tonne really to stay in contact.
11:04Looks like he's going to do it at all.
11:05There it is.
11:07140.
11:09Well, it is really brilliant darts here.
11:12Absolutely level.
11:13Matching blow for blow.
11:1460 for 60.
11:16That's bad luck for Charlie.
11:17Hit the wire.
11:17Bounce down.
11:19120.
11:20120.
11:21Two darts.
11:23Now, they're pulling no punches now.
11:25He wants 141.
11:26Bristow, again, you see, having scored 240 in his first six darts, is still over a tonne adrift.
11:33One hundred.
11:38Another tonne all.
11:39This is now, they've had nine darts each and haven't scored below a tonne.
11:44141 going for Charlie Alex.
11:46He's gone up for the 60.
11:48Hasn't got it.
11:49He's going to stay there, will he?
11:50Or maybe, yes, he's going to, I think, looking for the treble.
11:5360.
11:53Unlucky.
11:5460, he scores.
11:55161.
11:56Eric repars 161.
11:57Yes, there is a shot, too.
11:58Treble, 20, 17, and ball.
12:02No, I think that's a five.
12:03It is.
12:0565.
12:0885.
12:09Well, that leaves him now 76.
12:11Charlie requires 81.
12:1281.
12:1381.
12:1345, two 18s.
12:15That's 45.
12:16Two 18s he wants.
12:17Two nines.
12:21And he's missed it.
12:21Could that be the turning point?
12:24We wonder.
12:25Bristow needs 76.
12:27Did it all right, but just missed that double.
12:29Bristow now, 2-1 up, wants 76.
12:3420.
12:34He wants 56.
12:36Comes down, gets to 16.
12:38Double top now to wrap it up.
12:4056 scored.
12:41I'm not sure.
12:43Alex lives again.
12:46He wants nine to rip.
12:48One scored.
12:49Two fours now.
12:5010 o'clock.
12:50Two o'clock.
12:51Four.
12:52Four.
12:5311.
12:54Two of these.
12:55We go in.
12:56Well, it couldn't be any closer.
12:57We've got to take a break, but back in a couple of minutes with the fifth and final leg between
13:02Alex and Bristow.
13:03I'll say they.
13:18Hey up, and welcome back to part two.
13:20And without further ado, we're going back to the hockey to see the fifth and deciding
13:23leg of the semi-final between Charlie Alex and Eric Bristow.
13:28Beautiful flag.
13:29Last leg.
13:30Match on.
13:30Now it's Charlie Alex, but indeed must have won the toss.
13:33And he starts now.
13:35Now a big score.
13:36So crucial.
13:4445.
13:4445.
13:45And that isn't, by indoor league standards, a big score by any stretch of imagination.
13:52This is Bristow.
13:53The youngest competitor at 18 years old.
13:56Playing like a champion.
14:0060.
14:00Score's 60.
14:02Remember, it's 2-2.
14:04A place in the indoor league final at stake on this leg.
14:08This 5-0-1.
14:09The one that's going to take one of these Londoners.
14:1260.
14:13Into his first ever indoor league final.
14:15Will it be Eric Bristow, the young man?
14:24Pindrop atmosphere.
14:25Everybody knows this one is so far.
14:2855.
14:28Just next door into the treble 5 instead of the treble 20.
14:32So now Charlie Alex here is now just 10 separating the two lads.
14:37Charlie Alex needs 3-9-6.
14:39Eric Bristow, 3-8-6.
14:4081.
14:4181 score.
14:42Alex just noses him into a little bit of authority.
14:47Bristow needs a big score.
14:50Not at all advisable to let your opponent get clear of you at this level with so much at stake.
14:5845.
14:5845.
14:59And Bristow seems to have lost a little bit of his touch.
15:03Surprisingly, Alex has come down for 19s.
15:06And he's got the treble.
15:0895.
15:10Unexpected.
15:11What can Charlie be doing there, Barry Schwamble, who's going OK on 20s, switch to 19s?
15:16Yes, they seem to be doing, I don't know, just certainly even the scorer.
15:21Well, I want attention on this one.
15:2360.
15:2460 scored.
15:25We haven't had a ton this time, the last leg.
15:27I don't think we missed one.
15:29220 going there.
15:30Alex is back up top on his 20s.
15:33That looks like 80.
15:35It is.
15:36100.
15:36That's a ton.
15:37He wants 120, so now Bristow has pressure.
15:40Bristow needs a big score.
15:43He just cannot find it this time.
15:47He's got six.
15:49Has he gone?
15:50Has he gone?
15:50That's the question, though.
15:51Come on, Charlie.
15:52He comes back with his third dart.
15:55Shanghai on 20s in for Alex.
15:56He's got the treble.
15:59He's got the single.
16:00Can he get out?
16:01Can he get out on double top?
16:02This is a dart.
16:03Yeah!
16:04Yeah!
16:05Great finish.
16:07So Alex makes the final.
16:09We'll know who he'll meet after the second semifinal next week.
16:12Now it's time for the first of the ladies' semifinals.
16:15It's between reigning champion Jean Dickinson and the lovely Maureen Flowers.
16:19We join the first leg with Jean to throw.
16:22Treble this time.
16:24But she's very close.
16:24198 Jean Dickinson needs.
16:27Oh, lovely shot.
16:2960.
16:3280.
16:34118 she wants.
16:35100.
16:35Takes a ton.
16:36A lot of time now Jean Dickinson if he goes on like this.
16:40Very steady ladies' flare.
16:41Maureen wants 256.
16:4320.
16:46That's the magic treble.
16:47100.
16:48Takes a ton.
16:50Jean requires 98.
16:5198.
16:52Well, let's see what she does.
16:55She has got 20, leaving 78.
16:57She has got, that's 54.
17:02She down once.
17:05212 is 24.
17:0724 shortly.
17:08She's got 20.
17:1074 scored.
17:12318 there.
17:13She wasn't really too sure.
17:14156.
17:15156 for Maureen.
17:16She can do it.
17:17There is a shot here, but not now.
17:1916.
17:20Good darts, but will Jean Dickinson allow the time to have a go at a double?
17:2924, 212s for Jean Dickinson.
17:35Tremendous tension here.
17:37She's missed it.
17:3896 going.
17:39Really no required.
17:4096.
17:40So 60, 218s is the two dart shot.
17:44That's 20.
17:4576.
17:4756.
17:50Well, it's good steady darts, but she's down to a double, but Jean Dickinson really misses
17:55a double twice.
17:57Two 12s.
17:58She wants two sixes.
17:59That's a single.
18:00Over there at 3 o'clock.
18:01She wants two threes.
18:04And she's missed it.
18:06So now Maureen, so popular, this dishy character from Stoke.
18:10Wants double top.
18:15Two 10s.
18:16That's a single.
18:1626 score.
18:21Maureen's finishing has not been as cool as her scoring.
18:26Two threes in for...
18:27Game on first leg.
18:30Jean wins the first leg, but it was close.
18:33Here's the second with Maureen to throw.
18:3520 scored for Maureen Flowers.
18:4160.
18:4260, she gets.
18:43So that's six darts without missing 20.
18:46Jean Dickinson.
18:50This is 60.
18:55100.
18:5610 scored.
18:57Well, most of the big star men will be pleased at this sort of scoring.
19:0860.
19:09That's now nine darts, and Maureen hasn't missed 20 yet.
19:12But of course, Jean has managed to get the magic treble.
19:15Ah, there's the odd one.
19:20First time.
19:2241.
19:22Gone arrived.
19:2341.
19:24So that keeps it pretty tight.
19:26Just 20 in it.
19:2821 in it.
19:29Maureen behind.
19:30And has these.
19:31She's missed 20.
19:34She's got 21 there.
19:3581.
19:3681.
19:36Gets the trouble when it mattered, though.
19:37She's got 21.
19:41Jean Dickinson.
19:421971.
19:43Won the national pairs with her husband.
19:44Eight-time Stockport individual winner.
19:46Six-time Cheshire champion.
19:47Twice Northwest champion.
19:48Member of the Cheshire BDO Ladies Inter-County Championship team in 74.
19:52Great player.
19:53Gets a ton there.
19:54Maureen Flowers, the new star from Stoke-on-Trent.
19:56Runner-up in the national ladies final.
19:58She's got 40.
20:0160.
20:0160.
20:01She's a good player, this girl.
20:05Jean Dickinson.
20:05Two children.
20:06Married and housewife.
20:07But also part-time barmaid.
20:11And a good player.
20:12She really has been putting the scores together in this particular game.
20:15She's had to.
20:15Maureen Flowers, one of the steadiest scorers we've seen in Lady Starts in a long, long while.
20:2220.
20:22She wants 180.
20:23So she's got to keep them there.
20:25That's a five.
20:2745.
20:2745.
20:28So 155 going for Jean Dickinson.
20:30155.
20:32155, rather.
20:3360 she was looking for.
20:34She's got the 15.
20:35She wants 140.
20:36She wants to stay in the 20s.
20:37That's one on the deck.
20:40That's another one on the deck.
20:4113 unlucky, Jean.
20:42Well, she could do that again all night and not do two darts on a turn like that.
20:443 require 135.
20:46135, then.
20:47Yeah.
20:48Is that a 20 or two?
20:50It's 115.
20:50That looks like she wants 55, so she'll come over looking for a 15 and gets it.
20:57None she scored.
20:58Does she?
20:59No, it's a 10.
21:01Jean requires 140.
21:03140 going then for Jean Dickinson.
21:07That's 20 of them.
21:1040 needs to keep them even.
21:11Needs to keep them there.
21:1255 scored.
21:1345 going.
21:15Lorena requires 45.
21:18She's got 13.
21:21She wants two 16s.
21:2529 scored.
21:26Too high.
21:26Moved across, perhaps going out of vision.
21:2885 going for Jean Dickinson.
21:30315s double.
21:31Top is the shot.
21:32And Jean requires 85.
21:35That's 15.
21:36She wants 17.
21:38Yeah, she wants 60.
21:43It's a single one.
21:4445 scored.
21:45She wants a double.
21:46So now, Maureen Flowers.
21:4829, flowers.
21:4816.
21:49Want 2-8 to stay alive.
21:51Game of success.
21:5224.
21:55One apiece, and it's still anybody's match.
21:58Once again, it's Maureen to throw.
22:01Maureen Flowers.
22:022-4-1.
22:03She needs.
22:03Ah, that's a 5.
22:0725.
22:0945.
22:1045.
22:12So there's absolutely nothing in it.
22:15It's 196.
22:16Maureen needs.
22:16Jean wants 2-1-5, and has these three hours to score.
22:2140 scored.
22:2260.
22:2360.
22:24196 going for Maureen Flowers.
22:27So she really needs a big score.
22:30That's 20 of them.
22:32One's in when the flight's come out.
22:3543.
22:3643.
22:36She switched downstairs there.
22:38Obviously a bit worried about knocking the other one out up top.
22:42Jean requires 155.
22:44155.
22:45So she has got 5.
22:47150.
22:49She's got 20.
22:50That means a 130.
22:5285 score.
22:5385.
22:53Good last start.
22:54Good last start.
22:55Jean Dickinson showing champions quality.
22:58153 going.
23:00That's a 1.
23:04That's 2.
23:0522 score.
23:0622 score.
23:0622.
23:06Well, Maureen.
23:07Perhaps the nerves just show.
23:09It's a bit as the pressure comes on.
23:1170.
23:12She wants.
23:1270.
23:13Yes, it's a single.
23:15She wants 60.
23:17She's missed the single.
23:1920.
23:19She's got 30 score.
23:2030 score.
23:21She wants double.
23:2130 now requires.
23:2231.
23:22Well, there is a shot here.
23:2460.
23:2539.
23:25Two 16s.
23:27Is that 60?
23:28That's 60.
23:28She wants three 13s.
23:30Three 13s is her shot.
23:3139.
23:33And she's got it.
23:35She's got it.
23:36She wants two 16s.
23:38Oh, she's missed it.
23:39What a fantastic try, though.
23:42That really was quite a try.
23:46That hasn't come too late.
23:48Oti.
23:48Jay Dickinson wants tops.
23:53Yes!
23:54Yes!
23:54Yes!
23:57What a great third leg.
24:01Maureen Flowers gets down to a double,
24:02but Jean hits hers first to enter the final
24:05for the second year running.
24:06We'll know who she meets in the final next week
24:08when we'll have the men's and ladies
24:10at the second semifinals.
24:12Till then, I'll see thee.
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