#380: Ryan Joyce, Rashad Sweeting, Huw Ware, PDC World Darts Championship Preview, Lakeside Review
Release Date: 12/11/2024
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode after the Belgian Darts Open! The boys start off the show with a look back at the first European Tour event of 2025, and discuss the runner-up Mike De Decker's prospects of being the next player to break the world's top eight in the rankings, before assessing Belgium's chances of hosting a future Premier League Darts night. Finland's Kirsi Viinikainen (14:46) calls in to reflect on her history-making weekend on the PDC Women's Series. Kirsi looks back on winning Event 5 in Leicester on Saturday and becoming the first player from...
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode after the UK Open! Robert Owen Owen Bates *** This podcast is brought to you in association with Darts Corner - the number one online darts retailer! Darts Corner offers the widest selection of darts products from over 30 different manufacturers. Check out Darts Corner here: Check out Condor Darts here: *** The Weekly Dartscast is excited to announce it has agreed a new sponsorship deal with kwiff. A growing name in the sports betting sector, kwiff was an official sponsor of the 2023 WDF Lakeside World Championships and has...
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode ahead of the UK Open! Beau Greaves (14:07) Ross Montgomery (45:06) Tommy Morris (1:20:54) *** This podcast is brought to you in association with Darts Corner - the number one online darts retailer! Darts Corner offers the widest selection of darts products from over 30 different manufacturers. Check out Darts Corner here: Check out Condor Darts here: *** The Weekly Dartscast is excited to announce it has agreed a new sponsorship deal with kwiff. A growing name in the sports betting sector, kwiff was an official sponsor of...
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Alex Moss and Matthew Kiernan are back with a special 'Under The 128' episode of the podcast. The boys kick off the show with a look at the ADC's major announcement last week - their Global Championship expanding from 24 to 56 players and an increased prize fund of £150,000, with £60,000 going to the champion. Scott Hunt, the ADC's head of global operations, (13:53) joins the show to reflect on the last two years of the ADC. Scott chats about the rise of The Vault events from less than 30 weekly events at the start of 2023 to now approaching the 300 mark in the early months of 2025, as well...
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Alex Moss is back with a new episode after the opening week of the PDC ProTour! Alex kicks off the show with a look back at the action in Wigan this week, discussing Players Championship title wins for Rob Cross and Gerwyn Price and what their goals are for the rest of 2025. Tavis Dudeney (5:10) sits down with Alex at Mission HQ to look back on his first week as a PDC tour card holder. 'The Dude' reflects on his time in the sport so far, from picking up darts as a kid and rising through the ranks in the JDC, representing England, battles with Luke Littler on various circuits, winning his...
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode after the PDC World Masters! The boys kick off the show with a look back at the action in Milton Keynes last week, discussing Luke Humphries' run to a seventh career major title and whether he will be the next player to reach 10 PDC major titles, as well as Jonny Clayton's run to the final and what this could do for the rest of his 2025. The newly crowned Dutch Open women's singles champion Rhian O'Sullivan (15:59) calls in to reflect on a memorable weekend in Assen. The Welsh captain looks back on her run to a first Dutch Open title at...
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode ahead of the televised stages of the PDC World Masters! The boys kick off the show with a look ahead to the revamped tournament in Milton Keynes, discussing which of the key changes is their favourite, before picking out the confirmed last 32 ties they are most looking forward to. New PDC tour card holder Adam Paxton (15:42) calls in ahead of playing in his first tournament with a tour card at the World Masters this week. Adam chats about his time in the game so far, how he discovered darts after being forced to cut short a promising...
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode after Q-School! The boys kick off the ninth year of the podcast by reviewing the action at UK and European Q-School last week, discussing which of the 29 PDC tour card winners they are most looking forward to watching on the tour, as well as who they think will be top of the 2025 Q-School class in two years time. New PDC tour card holder Tom Bissell (14:51) calls in to reflect on a memorable Q-School debut. Tom chats about his previous forays in sport, including rugby and golf, and how he discovered darts and what persuaded him to enter...
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode after the PDC World Darts Championship! The boys start their review of the action at Alexandra Palace with a discussion around the history-making winner Luke Littler, who at 17 years of age became the youngest champion in the tournament's history, as well as what runner-up Michael van Gerwen can take away from his campaign. John Part (16:00) calls in to look back on the PDC World Darts Championship, including his role with Sky Sports, commentating on the entire final between Littler and van Gerwen, as well as his own plans as a player in...
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode during the PDC World Darts Championship! The boys start the show with a look back at the third and fourth round action at Ally Pally, discussing the now odds-on favourite Luke Littler's campaign so far, as well as look at Peter Wright's prospects of winning a third world title after knocking out the defending champion and top seed Luke Humphries. Glen Durrant (16:06) calls in from London to give his take on the action so far at Ally Pally, his growing role as a commentator and pundit for Sky Sports, calling nine-dart legs at the Premier...
info_outlineAlex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a bumper episode of the podcast as we preview the PDC World Darts Championship! The boys start the show with a look at the main storylines heading into this year's tournament at Alexandra Palace, before predicting who they think will lift the Sid Waddell Trophy on January 3 (1:52).
Rashad Sweeting (15:11) calls in from the Bahamas ahead of his debut in the PDC World Darts Championship next week. Rashad reflects on topping the CDLC Order of Merit this year to earn a spot at Ally Pally, making history as the first player from the Bahamas to play in the tournament, and his hopes for his debut World Championship campaign and beyond.
Alex and Burton continue their look ahead to Ally Pally and pick out their darkhorse for the tournament and which players they are looking forward to watching in the first round (38:03).
Ryan Joyce (47:03) stops by ahead of playing in his seventh consecutive PDC World Darts Championship next week. 'Relentless' looks back on his career since making the quarter-finals on his Ally Pally debut, winning a pair of Players Championship titles, reaching two major semi-finals and breaking into the world's top 32.
Alex and Burton finish up their Ally Pally preview by picking out the sessions before Christmas they would most like a ticket for (1:02:23).
PDC referee Huw Ware (1:10:03) joins the show ahead of refereeing at the PDC World Darts Championship. The Welshman looks back on his career as a referee so far and reveals some exciting plans as a Winmau Global Ambassador that are coming in 2025, as well as his involvement in the Rainbow Laces campaign and Out On The Oche group.
Alex and Burton finish up the show with a look back at the WDF Lakeside World Championships, which saw Ireland's Shane McGuirk beat Paul Lim in the men's final and Beau Greaves complete a hat-trick of women's world titles (1:34:09).
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