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Similarly, the final of [[2007 BDO World Darts Championship|2007]] was exceptionally nailbiting. [[Martin Adams]] was 6 sets up, and after the comfort break, [[Phill Nixon]] responded by winning the next 6 consecutive sets. Adams held on to take victory in the 13th and deciding set, to win the title that had eluded him for 14 years. |
Similarly, the final of [[2007 BDO World Darts Championship|2007]] was exceptionally nailbiting. [[Martin Adams]] was 6 sets up, and after the comfort break, [[Phill Nixon]] responded by winning the next 6 consecutive sets. Adams held on to take victory in the 13th and deciding set, to win the title that had eluded him for 14 years. |
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The standard of this tournament is significantly lower than that of the rival organisation, the [[PDC]]. Both in terms of averages and number of participants. |
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[[Ted Hankey]] of [[England]] is the current champion having beaten fellow Englishman [[Tony O'Shea]] 7-6 |
[[Ted Hankey]] of [[England]] is the current champion having beaten fellow Englishman [[Tony O'Shea]] 7-6 |
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in the [[2009 BDO World Darts Championship|2009 final]]. |
in the [[2009 BDO World Darts Championship|2009 final]]. |
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Revision as of 16:49, 28 February 2009
| Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship | |
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| Tournament information | |
| Venue | Lakeside Country Club |
| Location | Frimley Green, Surrey |
| Country | England |
| Established | 1978 |
| Organisation(s) | BDO |
| Format | Sets |
| Prize fund | £320,000 (2009) |
| Month(s) Played | January |
| Current champion(s) | |
 Ted Hankey Francis Hoenselaar | |
The BDO World Darts Championship is one version of the World Darts Championship having began as a unified World Championship for the game of darts in 1978. Since 1994, following a dispute with the BDO, a rival breakaway group was formed (now known as the Professional Darts Corporation) and it stages its own annual PDC World Championship, generally before the BDO version in late December and early January of each year.
The BDO version was inaugurated in 1978 when it was held at the Heart of the Midlands Nightclub in the English city of Nottingham. The following year it moved to the Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke, where it stayed until 1985. Since then it has been held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. The event has been organised by the British Darts Organisation, darts' governing body.
Many of darts' greatest moments have occurred at the BDO World Championship. In 1983, a 22 year-old qualifier from Ipswich, Keith Deller, beat the world's top 3 players including Eric Bristow in a memorable final to produce one of the greatest upsets in the sport's history.
In 1990 American player Paul Lim hit the tournament's only ever perfect 9-dart finish in the second round against Irishman Jack McKenna to win a bonus of £50,000 which was more than the eventual champion.
The finals of 1992, 1998 and 1999 all went into a deciding set play off, having reached 5 sets all and 2 legs all. In 1992, Phil Taylor defeated Mike Gregory in a sudden death leg, having reached 5 legs apiece. In 1998 Raymond van Barneveld beat Richie Burnett 4-2 in legs in the deciding set. Raymond van Barneveld then repeated the same final set scoreline the following year against Ronnie Baxter. These matches are often mentioned in a discussion of the greatest matches of all time.
Similarly, the final of 2007 was exceptionally nailbiting. Martin Adams was 6 sets up, and after the comfort break, Phill Nixon responded by winning the next 6 consecutive sets. Adams held on to take victory in the 13th and deciding set, to win the title that had eluded him for 14 years.
The standard of this tournament is significantly lower than that of the rival organisation, the PDC. Both in terms of averages and number of participants. Ted Hankey of England is the current champion having beaten fellow Englishman Tony O'Shea 7-6 in the 2009 final.
Sponsors
- 1978 to 2003 Embassy (Worldwide Promotions, Imperial Tobacco)
- 2004 to present Lakeside Country Club
Venues
- 1978 Heart of the Midlands Club, Nottingham
- 1979-1985 Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke-on-Trent
- 1986-present Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey
BBC Television Coverage
The tournament has been broadcast by BBC Television every year since its inception. Since 2001 Ray Stubbs has been hosting the coverage with twice world finalist Bobby George as a pundit. Former hosts have been Peter Purves, Tony Gubba, David Icke, Eamonn Holmes, Dougie Donnelly and John Inverdale.
The commentators are Tony Green who has been covering every year since the first ever championship and David Croft (commentator on Formula One for BBC Radio 5 Live). Previous commenators have included David Vine (1978) and Sid Waddell (1978-1994) and 1994 BDO world champion John Part (until 2007).
Between 1989 and 2001, the Championship was the only tournament shown on terrestrial television in the UK. However it wasn't until 2005 that viewers were able to see every dart live at the World Championship, when the BBC introduced interactive coverage on its BBC Red Button service.
In January 2007 the BBC extended their contract to 2010. [1]
UK viewing figures for World Championship final:
- 2008 3,010,000
- 2007 3,300,000
- 2006 3,620,000
- 2005 2,550,000
- 2004 3,410,000
- 2003 2,810,000
- 2002 2,460,000
- 2001 3,680,000
- 2000 3,700,000
- 1999 4,060,000
International Television Coverage
International coverage of the event has increased in recent years. Dutch television station SBS6 has broadcast the event since 1998, as Dutch players have become more prominent in the world game. SBS6's contract to cover the event runs until 2008.[2].
Final Results and statistics
| Year | Champion (average in final)[1] | Score | Runner-Up (average in final) | Total Prize Money |
Champion | Runner-Up |
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| 1978 |  Leighton Rees (92.40)
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11-7 legs | John Lowe (89.40)
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£10,500 | £3,000 | £1,700 |
| 1979 | John Lowe (87.42)
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5-0 sets | Leighton Rees (76.62)
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£15,000 | £4,500 | £2,000 |
| 1980 | Eric Bristow (88.10)
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5-3 | Bobby George (86.49)
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£15,000 | £4,500 | £2,000 |
| 1981 | Eric Bristow (86.10)
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5-3 | John Lowe (81.00)
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£23,300 | £5,500 | £2,500 |
| 1982 |  Jocky Wilson (88.10)
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5-3 | John Lowe (84.30)
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£28,000 | £6,500 | £3,000 |
| 1983 | Keith Deller (90.00)
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6-5 | Eric Bristow (93.90)
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£33,050 | £8,000 | £3,500 |
| 1984 | Eric Bristow (97.50)
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7-1 | Dave Whitcombe (90.60)
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£38,500 | £9,000 | £4,000 |
| 1985 | Eric Bristow (97.50)
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6-2 | John Lowe (93.12)
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£43,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 |
| 1986 | Eric Bristow (94.47)
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6-0 | Dave Whitcombe (90.45)
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£52,500 | £12,000 | £6,000 |
| 1987 | John Lowe (90.63)
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6-4 | Eric Bristow (94.29)
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£60,300 | £14,000 | £7,000 |
| 1988 | Bob Anderson (92.70)
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6-4 | John Lowe (92.07)
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£71,600 | £16,000 | £8,000 |
| 1989 | Jocky Wilson (94.32)
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6-4 | Eric Bristow (90.66)
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£86,900 | £20,000 | £10,000 |
| 1990 | Phil Taylor (97.47)
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6-1 | Eric Bristow (93.00)
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£153,200 [2] | £24,000 | £12,000 |
| 1991 | Dennis Priestley (92.57)
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6-0 | Eric Bristow (84.15)
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£110,500 | £26,000 | £13,000 |
| 1992 | Phil Taylor (97.59)
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6-5 | Mike Gregory (94.41)
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£119,500 | £28,000 | £14,000 |
| 1993 | John Lowe (83.97)
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6-3 | Alan Warriner (82.32)
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£128,500 | £30,000 | £15,000 |
| 1994 |  John Part (82.44)
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6-0 | Bobby George (80.31)
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£136,100 | £32,000 | £16,000 |
| 1995 | Richie Burnett (93.63)
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6-3 | Raymond van Barneveld (91.23)
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£143,000 | £34,000 | £17,000 |
| 1996 | Steve Beaton (90.27)
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6-3 | Richie Burnett (88.05)
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£150,000 | £36,000 | £18,000 |
| 1997 | Les Wallace (92.19)
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6-3 | Marshall James (92.01)
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£158,000 | £38,000 | £19,000 |
| 1998 | Raymond van Barneveld (93.96)
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6-5 | Richie Burnett (97.14)
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£166,000 | £40,000 | £20,000 |
| 1999 | Raymond van Barneveld (94.65)
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6-5 | Ronnie Baxter (94.65)
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£174,000 | £42,000 | £21,000 |
| 2000 | Ted Hankey (92.40)
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6-0 | Ronnie Baxter (88.35)
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£182,000 | £44,000 | £22,000 |
| 2001 | John Walton (95.55)
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6-2 | Ted Hankey (94.86)
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£189,000 | £46,000 | £23,000 |
| 2002 |  Tony David (93.57)
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6-4 | Mervyn King (89.67)
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£197,000 | £48,000 | £24,000 |
| 2003 | Raymond van Barneveld (94.86)
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6-3 | Ritchie Davies (90.66)
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£205,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 |
| 2004 | Andy Fordham (97.08)
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6-3 | Mervyn King (91.02)
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£201,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 |
| 2005 | Raymond van Barneveld (96.78)
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6-2 | Martin Adams (91.35)
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£201,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 |
| 2006 | Jelle Klaasen (90.42)
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7-5 | Raymond van Barneveld (93.06)
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£263,000 [3] | £60,000 | £25,000 |
| 2007 | Martin Adams (90.30)
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7-6 | Phill Nixon (87.09)
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£278,000 | £70,000 | £30,000 |
| 2008 | Mark Webster (92.07)
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7-5 | Simon Whitlock (93.92)
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£310,000 | £85,000 | £30,000 |
| 2009 | Ted Hankey (91.46)
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7-6 | Tony O'Shea (90.54)
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£320,000 | £95,000 | £30,000 |
Notes
- ^ Each player's average score is based on the average for each 3-dart visit to the board (ie total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3). see WDF archive pages
- ^ Prize fund included £52,000 bonus for Paul Lim's 9-dart finish.
- ^ From 2006, the £52,000 bonus for a 9-dart finish was included as part of the published prize fund, regardless of whether any player managed to achieve the feat. As such, the total prize fund was £10,000 higher than the previous year.
Records
Since the split in darts two versions of the world championship have existed since 1994, this record section relates specifically to achievements in the BDO version.
- Most titles: Eric Bristow 5. Raymond van Barneveld has won four titles (plus one PDC world championship). Phil Taylor won this title twice, but has added twelve PDC World Championships to his haul.
- Most finals: Eric Bristow 10. John Lowe appeared in eight finals and Raymond van Barneveld reached the final six times. Phil Taylor has appeared in 16 world finals when combining PDC and BDO totals.
- Youngest champion: Jelle Klaasen 21 years 90 days (2006).
- Youngest competitor: Michael van Gerwen 17 years 257 days (2007).
- Oldest champion: Martin Adams 50 years 224 days (2007). Adams opponent in that final, Phill Nixon was three months older than Adams and would have been the oldest ever winner himself.
- Number of different winners: 20. Mark Webster became the 20th different name on the trophy when he won the 2008 world title. Despite the presence of the PDC World title, there are still only 20 world champions - no player has ever won the PDC World Championship without having won the BDO title previously.
- Unsuccessful title defences: Jelle Klaasen's first round defeat on the defence of his title was the sixth time in the history of the event that a defending champion had suffered a defeat in his first match after winning the title. The others were 1980 John Lowe (to Cliff Lazarenko in the 2nd round, having received a bye in 1st round), 1982 Eric Bristow (to Steve Brennan), 1984 Keith Deller (to Nicky Virachkul), 2000 Raymond van Barneveld (to Chris Mason), 2005 Andy Fordham (to Vincent van der Voort), 2007 Jelle Klaasen (to Co Stompe)
- Losing finalists: Only four players have appeared in two world finals without taking the title - Dave Whitcombe, Bobby George, Mervyn King and Ronnie Baxter. Mike Gregory, Alan Warriner, Marshall James, Ritchie Davies, Phill Nixon, Simon Whitlock and Tony O'Shea take the total to just eleven players who have reached the final without ever winning it.
- Top seed defeats: The number one seed has been dumped out in the first round of the championship on seven occasions, Steve Beaton suffered this fate two years in succession. 1978 Eric Bristow (to Conrad Daniels), :1980 John Lowe (to Cliff Lazarenko in the 2nd round, having received a bye in 1st round), 1982 Eric Bristow (to Steve Brennan), 1994 Steve Beaton (to Nick Gedney), 1995 Steve Beaton (to Dave Askew), 1997 Martin Adams (to Roger Carter), 2000 Raymond van Barneveld (to Chris Mason).
- Left handed champions: Les Wallace & Mark Webster are the only two left-handed players to have won the BDO title.
- Bespectacled champions: John Walton became the first player to win the title whilst wearing spectacles in 2001, Martin Adams was the second in 2007 and current champion Mark Webster was the third and second in succession.
Averages
Since the breakaway of the PDC players, there has been much debate about the relative merits of the players within each organisation. The debate often focuses on the three-dart averages of players in matches. The averages don't necessarily reflect the quality of the players, but the figures are often analysed.
Since the BDO Championship started in 1978, there have been 19 occasions where a player has achieved a three-dart average in excess of 100 during a match. Keith Deller was the first player to achieve an average of 100, in the quarter-final of 1985 against John Lowe. Surprisingly he lost the match. It wasn't until Phil Taylor's semi-final of 1990 that another player managed a 100 average. Raymond van Barneveld has achieved the feat six times.
- 103.83 Raymond van Barneveld (2004, Quarter-Final) v John Walton
- 102.63 Dennis Priestley (1993, 1st Round) v Jocky Wilson
- 101.67 Mervyn King (2002, Quarter-Final) v Raymond Barneveld
- 101.55 Ted Hankey (1998, 1st Round) v Wayne Weening
- 101.40 Marko Pusa (2001, 2nd Round) v Jez Porter
- 101.28 Martin Adams (2002, Quarter-Final) v Wayne Jones
- 101.10 Raymond van Barneveld (2002, Quarter-Final) v Mervyn King (lost match)
- 100.92 Raymond van Barneveld (2005, 2nd Round) v Mike Veitch
- 100.83 Raymond van Barneveld (2003, Quarter-Final) v Eric Clarys
- 100.83 Raymond van Barneveld (2002, 1st Round) v Bobby George
- 100.80 Phil Taylor (1990, Semi-Final) v Cliff Lazarenko
- 100.71 Raymond van Barneveld (2002, 2nd Round) v Eric Clarys
- 100.71 Darryl Fitton (2008, 2nd Round) v Gary Robson
- 100.62 Martin Adams (1999, 2nd Round) v Graham Hunt
- 100.62 John Walton (2001, 1st Round) v Ritchie Davies
- 100.38 Ted Hankey (1999, 1st Round) v Roger Carter
- 100.29 Keith Deller (1985, Quarter-Final) v John Lowe (lost match)
- 100.07 Martin Adams (2007, 1st Round) v Tony O'Shea
- 100.02 Chris Mason (2000, 1st Round) v Raymond Barneveld
There have also been three players who have averaged over 99.50, just missing the 100 barrier.
- 99.99 Phil Taylor (1991, 2nd Round) v Tony Payne
- 99.96 Bob Anderson (1989, 2nd Round) v Wayne Weening
- 99.66 Eric Bristow (1985, Semi-Final) v Dave Whitcombe
Women's Championship
The women's World Championship started at Lakeside in 2001 and Trina Gulliver has won seven championships. Her seventh title in 2007 took her overall record at the Lakeside to 20 match wins and having only dropped four sets in the history of the championship - one each in the finals of 2001, 2002 and 2007 and one in the quarter final of 2003. She managed a long run of 13 consecutive matches without dropping a single set, which started the semi-final of 2003 and ended in the final of 2007.
Gulliver has topped 90 for match averages on three occasions at the World Championships
- 95.97 (2006 Semi-Final v Claire Bywaters)
- 94.92 (2001 Semi-Final v Crissy Manley)
- 90.24 (2004 Semi-Final v Karin Krappen)
In 2008, Anastasia Dobromyslova won the World Championship, becoming the first player other than Trina Gulliver to take the title. Following her appearance at the Grand Slam of Darts in November 2008, Anastasia Dobromyslova joined the Professional Darts Corporation, hence leaving the BDO and will not defend her title. She gained a wildcard into the 2009 PDC World Championship event (which with the exception of Anastasia contains only Male players). 2009 saw five-time runner-up Francis Hoenselaar complete the Masters/World Championship double by beating Gulliver 2-1 in the final.
| Year | Champion (average in final) | Score (sets) | Runner-Up (average in final) |
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| 2001 | Trina Gulliver (83.97)
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2-1 | Mandy Solomons (79.11)
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| 2002 | Trina Gulliver (84.36)
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2-1 | Francis Hoenselaar (82.95)
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| 2003 | Trina Gulliver (84.93)
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2-0 | Anne Kirk (70.20)
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| 2004 | Trina Gulliver (87.03)
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2-0 | Francis Hoenselaar (85.44)
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| 2005 | Trina Gulliver (79.68)
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2-0 | Francis Hoenselaar (73.89)
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| 2006 | Trina Gulliver (73.80)
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2-0 | Francis Hoenselaar (70.26)
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| 2007 | Trina Gulliver (80.61)
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2-1 | Francis Hoenselaar (79.23)
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| 2008 |  Anastasia Dobromyslova (81.54)
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2-0 | Trina Gulliver (71.64)
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| 2009 | Francis Hoenselaar (77.39)
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2-1 | Trina Gulliver (75.19)
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