Deeping St James darts star Martin 'Wolfie' Adams was beaten in the semi-finals of World Darts Championships over the weekend. But he tells the Peterborough Evening Telegraph he'll be back for another try at regaining his World Darts title next year...
Hopefully by then, the local papers will have learned that Wolfie lives in Deeping St James - not Market Deeping as they wrongly insist!
UPDATE: Wolfie was knocked out in the semi-finals, not the finals, as I originally posted a few minutes ago...
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Our local world champ Wolfie goes for tops...
Deepings darts star Martin Wolfie Adams is back on stage tonight in the next round of his attempt to win back his World Darts Champion title.
He got off to a shaky start on Monday night in an edge of the seat early rounds battle that literally went right down to the wire when he kept missing the doubles.
Wolfie is the oldest player on the world darts circuit and as world champion a couple of years ago, has been around long enough for our local media at least to know where he lives.
But the Peterborough Evening Telegraph the
Stamford Mercury and even the Bourne Local - all insist he's from Market Deeping!
He's not. And whether they haven't checked their facts, or think it's ok to describe DSJ as part of MD, its sloppy journalism.
The truth is that Martin lives right here in the village of Deeping St James, which as residents will tell you, is not part of the town of Market Deeping. Fortunately, we've moved on from the days of 'territorial' punch-ups on the border between rival teenagers from the two parishes.
But local papers should be well aware that while the town of MD is our friendly neighbour, DSJ is a community proud of its own identity. And we have a bigger population than MD to boot!
Here endeth the whinge (for now).
Tonight's BBC2 coverage starts after Newsnight at 11.20.
Good Luck Wolfie.
If you missed Monday night's thriller, you can see highlights HERE, and the post-match interview where a relieved Wolfie praises his opponent HERE
both courtesy of BBC2.
He got off to a shaky start on Monday night in an edge of the seat early rounds battle that literally went right down to the wire when he kept missing the doubles.
Wolfie is the oldest player on the world darts circuit and as world champion a couple of years ago, has been around long enough for our local media at least to know where he lives.
But the Peterborough Evening Telegraph the
Stamford Mercury and even the Bourne Local - all insist he's from Market Deeping!
He's not. And whether they haven't checked their facts, or think it's ok to describe DSJ as part of MD, its sloppy journalism.
The truth is that Martin lives right here in the village of Deeping St James, which as residents will tell you, is not part of the town of Market Deeping. Fortunately, we've moved on from the days of 'territorial' punch-ups on the border between rival teenagers from the two parishes.
But local papers should be well aware that while the town of MD is our friendly neighbour, DSJ is a community proud of its own identity. And we have a bigger population than MD to boot!
Here endeth the whinge (for now).
Tonight's BBC2 coverage starts after Newsnight at 11.20.
Good Luck Wolfie.
If you missed Monday night's thriller, you can see highlights HERE, and the post-match interview where a relieved Wolfie praises his opponent HERE
both courtesy of BBC2.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Big weekend for our Woolfie...
Deeping St James own defending world darts champ Martin 'Wolfie' Adams came close to losing his title in the quarter-finals.
But, as reported in the Peterborough Evening Telegraph our Woolfie eventually won his match 5-4 to claim a place in the semi-finals for the fourth successive year.
You can see Woolfie's match on Saturday at the Lakeside on BBC TV (coverage starts at 2.30pm) with the final on Sunday.
Go Woolfie...!
But, as reported in the Peterborough Evening Telegraph our Woolfie eventually won his match 5-4 to claim a place in the semi-finals for the fourth successive year.
You can see Woolfie's match on Saturday at the Lakeside on BBC TV (coverage starts at 2.30pm) with the final on Sunday.
Go Woolfie...!
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