The Merthyr man went through a horrible spell with gout and arthritis, which left him unable to walk at times. The tournament was televised by ITV. The first afternoon session on 17 November, the Sunday afternoon session on 18 November, the semi-finals, and the final were all broadcast live on ITV1. The rest of the tournament was shown live on ITV4. It was ITV's first televised darts tournament since they ceased coverage of the Winmau World Masters in 1988 – although they did show the first Clash of Champions match between Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld in 1999. [7]

Brilliant Barney's Grand Slam Triumph!". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012 . Retrieved 19 November 2012. Kirk Shepherd 5–4 Peter Manley (3–0, 2–3, 3–2, 2–3, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3, 3–1, 4–2) John Part 5-4 James Wade (3–2, 3–0, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3, 1–3, 3–1, 0–3, 4–2) Wayne Mardle 5–4 Phil Taylor (0–3, 1–3, 0–3, 3–0, 3–1, 3–2, 2–3, 3–1, 6–4) Kevin Painter 5–2 Adrian Lewis (3–0, 2–3, 3–0, 1–3, 3–0, 3–1, 3–2) Day Eleven, Semi-finals, Sunday 30 December [ edit ] I was winding him up saying, “My job’s done now so I’m going to put some effort in and I’m coming for you!” He had initially been in pain with his ankle and foot during the qualifiers for the Las Vegas Desert Classic at the start of July, with doctors diagnosing the symptoms of gout on his return to the UK.BDO players Gary Anderson, Mark Webster, Shaun Greatbatch, Niels de Ruiter, Phill Nixon and Scott Waites all accepted invites to the event leaving Martin Adams (the BDO World Champion) as the only player to have rejected the opportunity to play. [4] He participated in the 2007 Winmau World Masters instead, losing at the quarter-final stage. Kirk Shepherd 6–4 Wayne Mardle (0–3, 3–0, 3–2, 3–2, 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 3–2, 3–1, 3–2) John Part 6-2 Kevin Painter (3–2, 3–2, 0–3, 3–1, 3–2, 3–2, 0–3, 3–2) Day Twelve, Final, Tuesday 1 January 2008 [ edit ] Kevin Painter maintained his position at the top of the table on Tuesday, after winning four of his five matches on Day 2 and looks set to secure his place in Saturday’s finale, going into the final day of Group A on Wednesday. Cullen had to dig deep in his clash with Barrie Bates, he ran out a 6-4 winner with an 89 average to move through to yet another final day of action. Ovens made a fine start with two breaks of throw in the opening three legs to lead 3-0, including an 11-dart finish, before Bates landed double 16 to get off the mark and double 12 to reduce the gap to one.

a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam – Monday". PDC. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012 . Retrieved 13 November 2012. He shouts a lot, but he’s like that with everyone, he does it to get himself going, it’s not to put anyone off. If he played me, one of his best friends, he’d be exactly the same against me as he would against his enemy. I know I’m never going to be world champion because of my age, although you never know… But I just want to have a good go. My aim is to be on TV for one more time. It started around the time of the Desert Classic and I went to the hospital afterwards, and they thought it was gout.Phil Taylor 4–2 Alan Tabern 0–3 2–3 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–2 Wayne Mardle 4–1 Mervyn King 1–3 3–1 3–2 3–2 3–2 Day nine, Friday 28 December [ edit ] Ovens edged two of the next three to move a leg away from victory at 5-3, but missed two darts for the match in leg nine and a further one dart for victory in the tenth as Bates forced a decider. That photo at the end, Gezzy’s mother passed away a couple of years ago. I know what he’s been going through, fair play for him to keep him going, when that happened to me, the first year I was all over the shop,’ said Barrie. O’Connor is a European Tour finalist this year and he will have a repeat of that match in round two as he takes on Michael van Gerwen. The Irishman comprehensively came through against debutant Karel Sedlacek. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but was beaten in the Last 16 by Michael van Gerwen, who went on to make the final, but lost 16–14 to Raymond van Barneveld.