#380: Ryan Joyce, Rashad Sweeting, Huw Ware, PDC World Darts Championship Preview, Lakeside Review

Alex 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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