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00:30Now then, and welcome to the Indoor League World Championships.
00:33Hope you're all sitting comfortably because we've some real action coming up.
00:36The world's new number one in darts, Derbyshire's John Lowe, is in action.
00:40Maureen Flowers, who has the looks of a model, will also be posing problems at the darts board.
00:44But we focus our attention first on the arm-wrestling rostrum for the final of the super-heavyweights,
00:49the fellas who make Charles Atlas look like a pocket map.
00:52It's between Buster Whitney, a former champion, and Bill Richardson, last year's left-handed champ.
00:57Neither have conceded a fall yet.
00:59In the first round, Whitney easily beat Peter McDermott.
01:03Ready? Go!
01:05So round two between, on the right, Whitney, on the left, there's Whitney.
01:09The first-ever champion.
01:11Giving away something like four stones here to his opponent, Peter McDermott,
01:15and he's got him on the go.
01:17It just goes to show it just isn't pure muscle power.
01:20You've got to have a bit of psychology.
01:23Elbow up. Elbow left there.
01:24And it looks like his elbow's up indeed. McDermott is disqualified.
01:28In the semi-finals, Whitney met Roger Jones, the surprise winner against last year's champion, Tony Fitton.
01:35Roger Jones from Sheffield.
01:36One fall down.
01:38There he is, a newcomer.
01:39Conqueror of Tony Fitton in the first round.
01:41One fall down to Buster Whitney.
01:43There's Whitney.
01:46You can see that skin pigmentation on his forearm there, which, of course, is here to go gray, so Don says.
01:52But remember, there it is very clearly on his forearm, a pigmentation trouble that has caused poor Don's hair to go gray.
01:59But it's very distinguished.
02:00It's a bit like a man in a suitcase.
02:01Jones is in trouble again.
02:04He's one fall down.
02:05Remember, of course, referee Bob Sweeney there bobbing and ducking and diving can adjudicate if the two-minute time limit runs out.
02:12It hasn't.
02:12No need for it.
02:14Don Buster Whitney goes into the final.
02:17His opponent, Bill Richardson from Leeds, is all smiles and strength.
02:21And his opponents just have to grin and bear it.
02:24In round one, John Alderson faded to black.
02:27Go!
02:27So, Bill Richardson on the left, he's the color boy in the blue vest there, the reigning left-handed champion and a big lad, 19-inch biceps,
02:38and the sort of guy that I'd like to have next to be in the trenches.
02:41His opponent is John Alderson, and no, honestly, it isn't the star of so many lightweight ITV comedy series.
02:48This is John Alderson of Marsh Cleveland, a newcomer to Indoor League, making a brave old battle against the absolutely fearsome power of Big Bill Richardson.
02:57In the semi-finals, he met the runner-up for the past two years, Yorkshire's Tony Leeds, but again, Richardson proved too strong.
03:11And so the second round, first one afforded to Big Bill Richardson, he is on the left, there's Big Bill, and what a magnificent specimen of manhood this man is.
03:235'10", 20 and a half inch biceps, 52 inch chest.
03:28Tony Leeds, there's Richardson again, won the left-handed title last season amongst the right-handed boys, and it looks like he is Tony Leeds on the rack.
03:38Colossal excitement in this world championship, Leeds has conceded it.
03:45So, the scene's set for the battle of the big boys.
03:48It's the best of three falls, the referees are Bob Sweeney and Frank Goddard, and the commentator, Dave Lanning.
03:54Super is in action, on the left of your picture, it's Buster Whitney from London, and his opponent, the imposing figure of Big Bill Richardson living in concentric,
04:04the Indoor League left-handed arm wrestling champion. This is the right-handed section.
04:10There's Whitney. Well, he won the first ever Indoor League title in 73 and semi-finals in 74 and 75, so a very consistent performer.
04:19Don takes his time, tries to work it out, a bit of a strained brain, but it hasn't worked that time.
04:23First fall, then, to Big Bill Richardson.
04:29So, Whitney, who, by the way, didn't go prematurely grey at the thought of meeting Richardson, loses the first. Here's the second.
04:37So, Big Bill Richardson there on the left of our picture, just one fall away from a gold medal in the right-handed section to accompany the one he won in the left-handed section last year.
04:45He leads his final one fall against his opponent, Don Buster Whitney of Dartford Kent, a great competitor, aggressive character, nice guy, and the big power of Richardson.
04:58He has got the power. He's turning it on. The power really about turned up. Whitney's battling manfully.
05:06What a big-hearted guy this is. Tremendous stuff in this second fall. In-Ball League really jumping with excitement as Whitney fights back.
05:20I think he's going this time. The power and the glory is it going to be to Richardson. It's so close.
05:28Big Bill's biceps bulging magnificently in the foreground.
05:32Big Bill's biceps bulging at the top of the line. Poor old Don Whitney hanging off at the rim there.
05:37And it's so close. It must be a fall.
05:41Referee Bob Sweeney really getting close to the action.
05:44What a climax to this super-heavy tournament.
05:48His hand almost down.
05:51Surely no man can recover from this one.
05:54Whitney shakes his head.
05:56He still just fractures off that green beige.
05:59Remember, it's a two-minute round.
06:00And if the round goes,
06:04Referee Sweeney can still educate on aggression points.
06:07And now,
06:08we're back upright.
06:10Well, Whitney
06:11did a cold. It's there, okay.
06:14Really escaped
06:16tremendous pressure.
06:17And here goes Richardson again.
06:20Oh, a tremendous battle.
06:21What a great final this has been.
06:23Again, Whitney
06:24is in terrible trouble.
06:25Again, he holds on.
06:27I've got to keep going, lads.
06:35Whitney is refusing to buckle under.
06:39And there it is.
06:40After the most fantastic piece of muscular power,
06:46Big Bill Richardson wins the right-handed super-heavy title,
06:51a gold medal on the right hand
06:53to accompany the one he won for the left-handed title last year.
06:57One of the biggest men in Britain
06:59and a super-arm wrestler.
07:02So, Bill Richardson completes a unique double.
07:05Left-handed champ last year,
07:07right-handed this year.
07:08And another 150 pound
07:09and a gold medal goes to him.
07:11I've said it once
07:12and I'll say it again.
07:13Awesome ambidexterity.
07:15Well,
07:15from the bulging biceps of Big Bill,
07:17we're moving on
07:18to the feminine finesse
07:19of the female flighters.
07:20We've a quarter-final match
07:22between Maureen Flowers
07:23and former champion
07:24Loveday King from Cornwall.
07:26As we join Dave Lanning,
07:27it's Loveday to throw
07:28in the third and deciding leg.
07:30King to start.
07:33So, it's Mrs. Loveday King from Cornwall
07:35who starts this third and decisive leg.
07:3763.
07:38Getting 63.
07:39Match on, please.
07:40Come along.
07:41Maureen Flowers,
07:42this lady who hits these 20s
07:44with absolutely beautiful regularity.
07:48Poetry in motion.
07:4960.
07:5060 scored.
07:5160 scored.
07:53Loveday King.
07:5921.
08:0021.
08:02Very steady lady though,
08:03Mrs. King.
08:04Doesn't get ruffled,
08:05doesn't get flapped.
08:07Another 20.
08:08She has Maureen Flowers.
08:1260.
08:13Another 60.
08:15My word,
08:16she plays and throws like a man.
08:17She's ice cool.
08:20She knows her shots.
08:21Maybe
08:22one floor perhaps,
08:24just a little bit shaky
08:26when getting near those magic doubles,
08:27but what a beautiful player
08:29in every sense of the word.
08:32That's 60.
08:33100.
08:38So turn there and very near 140.
08:41Doesn't miss these 20s.
08:4260,
08:4360,
08:43100.
08:44Loveday King struggling,
08:46but by no means,
08:47oh,
08:47there's another one on the deck.
08:4823.
08:4923.
08:49I know means finished,
08:51but Loveday's not getting much luck
08:52with the wire this time.
08:53That's two that's bounced out.
08:54Maureen Flowers hasn't missed 20 yet.
08:57That's treble five.
08:59That's a single five.
09:0221.
09:03Only...
09:0421.
09:0421.
09:06Well,
09:06that's her lowest score in a long while,
09:07and the first time she's missed 20
09:08that I can recall in this game.
09:1041.
09:1341.
09:14Look at the scores there.
09:15You can see 260 required by Maureen Flowers
09:18against 312,
09:19and Maureen Flowers has the board to herself
09:21with three darts,
09:23and she's got 40.
09:2560.
09:25And she's got 60.
09:29She wants two turn,
09:30and Loveday King needs 312,
09:32so 105 behind,
09:34taking off.
09:3526.
09:3626.
09:38Maureen now stretched.
09:40She reaches away.
09:40She wants 200.
09:42There's 60.
09:45That looks like 120.
09:47140.
09:48That's 140.
09:49And she really is.
09:51Just different class.
09:53Different class.
09:54She wants 60.
09:55Loveday King,
09:56a super little player,
09:57doesn't really know what's hit with this leg.
09:59Let's just watch Maureen's one floor
10:01seems to be this double shot out.
10:04That's 20.
10:05She wants double top.
10:10Game time!
10:11That is it.
10:12That is a super leg.
10:1326, 5, 12, 15, 18, 21 darts
10:17to finish a game of 5-0-1.
10:20In the ladies' standard,
10:21that is supersonic.
10:24So flowers continues to bloom.
10:26We've another quarterfinal now
10:27between hot favourite
10:28Brenda Simpson from Derbyshire
10:30and Sandra Gibb of Wales.
10:32Sandra won the first leg.
10:33We join the second
10:34with Brenda to throw.
10:36There's 40.
10:38Hey, means business,
10:39this leg.
10:4080.
10:4180 scored.
10:42Sandra Gibb from Wales.
10:49Neat little player.
10:50That's only three ones.
10:51That's unlucky.
10:52Right up on the wire there
10:53for the 60.
10:5443.
10:5543, she scores.
10:58Big Bren.
11:0260.
11:04She really is angry with herself.
11:05100.
11:06Gets a ton there.
11:08Barry Tromlow.
11:09Well, Brenda Simpson,
11:11by far the most experienced player,
11:12really did everything wrong
11:13in that first leg
11:14when it came to a double,
11:15didn't she?
11:15Yes.
11:16Brenda, that's de facto
11:17when things are not going
11:18quite to...
11:1993.
11:20She means business now,
11:23Barry, by the looks of things.
11:25It's developing
11:26to a very good game.
11:30Oh, 30.
11:3130 scored,
11:32so quick look at the scoreboard.
11:34There's the difference.
11:342-9-1 for Brenda
11:36against 365
11:37for Sandra Gibb,
11:39less these.
11:4020.
11:4225.
11:4385.
11:4485.
11:44Good third duck.
11:5445.
11:5645 scored
11:57for Brenda Simpson.
11:58She moves down
11:59to 2-4-6,
12:00so Sandra Gibb
12:01on 2-80.
12:02There's now
12:0334 adrift,
12:04but not any longer.
12:05That's a lovely 60.
12:07Can't seem to compose
12:08this second dart.
12:0981.
12:09So well,
12:10Sandra Gibb.
12:12Opens up strongly,
12:13then just seems
12:14to lose a bit of concentration
12:15on the second dart,
12:16perhaps.
12:17Brenda Simpson.
12:176 scored.
12:186 scored,
12:21unlucky, Brenda.
12:23Another one on the deck there.
12:24Only 6 scored.
12:27Well,
12:27Brenda,
12:28with
12:29already
12:30a losing leg
12:31in this quarterfinal.
12:3581.
12:3581.
12:37Yes.
12:3881.
12:39So Sandra now
12:40really has played
12:41very well
12:41in this leg.
12:4293, 85,
12:4281, 81.
12:43Those are her last
12:44four throws.
12:45And Brenda Simpson
12:46is beginning to fade.
12:48She is looking to feed
12:50very much in the face now.
12:51118 now
12:52going for Sandra Gibb.
12:54118.
12:55That's 20.
12:5698 she wants.
12:57She'll stay there
12:58and has missed
12:59the 60,
12:59which would have
13:00left her a double.
13:0258 scored.
13:0258.
13:05Brenda Simpson
13:05needs 180
13:06on 360s,
13:07but of course
13:08you've got to
13:08finish this game
13:09on a double.
13:09So she wants it
13:10very large,
13:12even total.
13:13100.
13:14And that's pretty large
13:15and very even.
13:16One count.
13:16Sandra requires 60.
13:1860 going for Sandra Gibb.
13:2060 for this.
13:22That's the single.
13:23She wants a double.
13:24Game!
13:29A real upset
13:30as Brenda Simpson
13:31goes out.
13:32Can John Lowell
13:33lives near
13:34Brendan Darby
13:34should do any better.
13:35He meets
13:36London's
13:36Charlie Alex
13:37in the men's
13:38darts quarterfinals.
13:39Lowell must be
13:40favoured.
13:40He's the world
13:41masters champion
13:42and the Watneys
13:42open kingpin.
13:44We'll get the full
13:44lowdown in a couple
13:45of minutes.
13:46I'll see there.
14:04Heya.
14:05It's time now
14:06for another quarterfinal
14:07match.
14:07This one should be
14:08a classic.
14:09John Lowell,
14:09the new world number
14:10one, meets Charlie
14:12Alex, his England
14:12international colleague.
14:14We're going to see
14:14the whole match
14:15as we join Dave
14:16Lanning for the
14:17first leg.
14:17It's Alex to throw.
14:21Alex then from
14:22Mill Hill in
14:22North London
14:23in his first
14:25indoor league
14:25playing quite
14:27beautiful darts.
14:28He's beaten
14:28Scotland's
14:29Willie Scott
14:29to make this
14:30quarterfinal.
14:31one hundred.
14:32A very, very
14:33neatly acquired
14:34tonne there.
14:35Opposition from
14:36John Lowe
14:37from Derbyshire
14:38plays for Yorkshire
14:39though in the
14:39Intercounties
14:40Championship.
14:41He's already
14:42accounted for one
14:43London player
14:43in this 76-77
14:46series of
14:46indoor league
14:47beating Peter
14:47Chapman
14:48in his
14:50preliminary round.
14:51So they both
14:51start off with a
14:52tonne apiece.
14:52This could well
14:53be quite some
14:54game of darts.
14:55Charlie Alex.
14:57He's got
14:5880.
14:59That's just below
15:00the second out
15:00below the
15:01treble wire.
15:0185.
15:0285 scored.
15:04Remember it's
15:045-0-1
15:05straight in
15:06double-eight.
15:07John Lowe
15:07just led
15:10Yorkshire to
15:11victory indeed
15:12in the British
15:13Darts organisation
15:14Intercounties
15:14Championship.
15:15John Lowe,
15:15good player too.
15:16beautiful style.
15:17It has emerged
15:18really into the
15:21spotlight in
15:21recent years.
15:23Charlie Alex.
15:25Been around
15:25quite a while
15:25in London.
15:28Been playing
15:2819 years.
15:30But one of the
15:30top players in
15:31London hasn't
15:32really had many
15:33of the glamour
15:34telly tournaments.
15:36But holding his
15:37end up very well
15:38in this series
15:40of indoor league.
15:40John Lowe.
15:41Two tonnes
15:42to his credit
15:43so far.
15:44He needs 3-0-1.
15:45Charlie Alex
15:46needs 2-6-2.
15:48Balanced on a
15:49tight road
15:49this game.
15:5160.
15:52Yes, 60.
15:54Alex, of course,
15:55that's him just
15:56measuring up now.
15:57There's Charlie.
15:59Has won five titles
16:00already in 76.
16:03Five titles
16:03chasing the
16:04indoor league.
16:05It's one he would
16:05really like to win too.
16:09John Lowe
16:09possibly could claim
16:11to be the best
16:12all-round dart player
16:13in Britain
16:13having just won
16:14the British
16:14pentathlon
16:15which involved
16:16501s,
16:161,0001s,
16:173,0001s,
16:18round the board,
16:19Shanghai,
16:20all these sort of
16:21games.
16:21Different styles.
16:22John Lowe won it,
16:22beat a class field
16:23in Kent this year.
16:27Charlie Alex
16:27needs 2-0-2 now
16:29so there's only
16:30still 21 in it.
16:31Not so many now.
16:33Charlie Alex
16:33gets 60.
16:34Looks across
16:35at the board.
16:36Got a one.
16:37We'll need an odd one.
16:38Yes, gets it.
16:3980 scored.
16:40Lowe needs 181
16:42so obviously no
16:43shot out here
16:44in three darts
16:45but he can
16:46make life a bit
16:47easier for himself.
16:48Next throw
16:49with a good big
16:50odd total.
16:5340 scored.
16:5560.
16:5660.
16:57122 going
16:57for Charlie Alex.
16:58122.
16:59Not a good shot.
17:0060, 32, 16
17:01is his shot.
17:03102.
17:05Well,
17:06he's not going
17:06to get out this time.
17:0890 scored.
17:0890 scored.
17:09Good start.
17:10John requires
17:11121.
17:12121.
17:13Well,
17:13lots of ways
17:14for going
17:14for this as well.
17:16Ah,
17:17that's a 15.
17:19Can't finish.
17:20Can't do a
17:20two-dark finish
17:21on 106.
17:22Indeed,
17:23he's struggling a bit
17:24but gets himself
17:24out of trouble
17:25brilliantly.
17:26Alex,
17:27though,
17:28has his chance
17:29now.
17:292-16 is he lost.
17:30Game and
17:30push left
17:31in the challenge.
17:33That's it.
17:33Alex finishes
17:34to go one ahead.
17:35It's John Lowe
17:36to throw first
17:37in the second.
17:38The second leg,
17:39John Lowe
17:39wondering a little bit
17:40what hit him.
17:41Never missed a 20
17:41there until he was
17:42chasing a double
17:43in the first leg
17:44and still lost it.
17:46And lost a dart
17:47out of the board.
17:49First start
17:49in the second leg
17:50and taught
17:50psychologically
17:51to get off
17:52to a flying start.
17:5325,
17:54so Alex now,
17:55one leg
17:55successfully garnered in.
17:58Starts
17:59the second leg
18:00looking for a place
18:02in the semi.
18:02The score is 40.
18:0360.
18:0460 scored.
18:06Low then.
18:10Joyner Builder,
18:11self-employed.
18:12Three children.
18:15Seating last year
18:16in this tournament,
18:17he's got 80.
18:1981.
18:1981.
18:23Alex,
18:24little man
18:24from London.
18:26Big in stature
18:27at darts,
18:28though.
18:2980 scored.
18:31100.
18:31Gets a tap.
18:35This is
18:36John Lowe.
18:39Derbyshire singles champion,
18:40Yorkshire Super League champion.
18:43Lives on the borders
18:44of Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
18:47206.
18:48And it seems like
18:48he may have lost
18:49his cool.
18:50Barry Twomlow,
18:50you are indeed
18:51a next-door neighbour
18:52of John Lowe.
18:53Do you think
18:53he's lost his bottle now?
18:56Yes.
18:58180!
18:59Well,
18:59Charlie Ellis gets
19:02180 there
19:03while we were
19:03trying to sum up
19:04what's happened
19:05to John Lowe.
19:07Great.
19:07Maximum score there.
19:09Yes,
19:09he's just lost
19:09the rhythm somewhat.
19:11On the last occasion,
19:12these two met
19:12on a match play game
19:14of 3,001 best of five.
19:16Johnny,
19:16in fact,
19:17won.
19:17161.
19:18Well,
19:19161 he wants,
19:2060-51 ball
19:21was his shot.
19:21Is that 60?
19:22No,
19:22it isn't.
19:22It's quite close,
19:23though.
19:23He's got 80.
19:24You want something odd.
19:26110 score.
19:27110.
19:28Well,
19:29I don't think
19:30he quite wanted
19:30to do that,
19:31but nonetheless,
19:32he's down to 51
19:32after only 12 darts,
19:33and John Lowe
19:34struggling very,
19:36very much.
19:37He must
19:37now start to believe
19:40that Charlie Ellis
19:41can't possibly
19:41let him off the hook.
19:42Now it requires 51.
19:4351.
19:44So 19 is his shot.
19:46He's got two of them.
19:48He wants 13.
19:4913,
19:50so he wants something odd.
19:51One,
19:51perhaps.
19:52Five,
19:53he gets.
19:53Two fours he wants.
19:54Two fours up there.
19:55Clock on the board
19:56and just misses it.
19:57Still he's got time.
19:58He's got time on his side
19:59because Lowe
20:00still wants two to eight.
20:02John's opinion,
20:02Dave,
20:03that Charlie
20:04is one of the most
20:06consistent players
20:07he's met,
20:07but darts.
20:08He's certainly consistent
20:09in this game.
20:11Only 100.
20:1315 darts so far
20:14and he's down
20:15to two twos.
20:16Two twos he wants.
20:20That's just too high.
20:21Two ones.
20:24No score.
20:24He's missed it.
20:25128.
20:26So can
20:26John Lowe do the impossible?
20:29128 he wants,
20:30so 60 with his first dart
20:32absolutely imperative.
20:33Hasn't got it.
20:34What's 108?
20:34No shot on this
20:35and two darts.
20:36Stays where he is.
20:4056 scored.
20:4056 scored
20:41and Charlie
20:42now has wasted
20:44six darts
20:45to the double.
20:46He wants two twos
20:47for replacing the semis.
20:49Two ones.
20:52Two scored.
20:54Missed again.
20:55John Lowe requires
20:5672.
20:5772 then
20:58for John Lowe
20:59who must have thought
21:00his chance had gone.
21:02That's
21:0260 now.
21:05He wants double top.
21:06Can he pull it off
21:06from the back?
21:0752 scored.
21:11Charlie requires
21:12two.
21:12Tremendous tension
21:13there.
21:13Charlie Alex
21:14looking for two
21:15ones and he's missed it
21:16again.
21:16He really must be
21:17saying something.
21:19Extraordinary ball.
21:20Is he really?
21:2020.
21:24Must now surely
21:25have let
21:25John Lowe back in.
21:26poor finishing by Alex.
21:31Let's Lowe get back
21:32on level terms.
21:33Now the third
21:34and deciding leg
21:35with Alex to start.
21:37Now he's back in
21:37with a real fighting chance
21:39and he's got the arrows
21:41and he's got the skill
21:42and ability
21:43to make him tell.
21:4460 scored.
21:45Alex must be kicking
21:47himself.
21:47Must be caressing.
21:5160.
21:53Another one.
21:54Can he do three?
21:55180.
21:57Yes he can.
21:59Well
21:59that's the way
22:00to reply
22:01when you really
22:03have made a bit
22:04of a mug of yourself.
22:05What better
22:05than to come in
22:06with 180.
22:07Now the pressure's
22:08on low.
22:11100.
22:11That was a turn.
22:12Here's Alex.
22:2281.
22:2481.
22:24Well
22:24that last 60
22:25got him out of trouble
22:26there.
22:27So he only wants
22:27240 now
22:28after six starts.
22:29Lowe's a tonne adrift.
22:32So he's been playing badly.
22:37100.
22:38That's another tonne.
22:39They're still level
22:39but Alex has
22:41these vital arrows
22:42240 he needs.
22:44Wham bam
22:45into the 60.
22:47There's another one.
22:48Can he do it twice?
22:50140.
22:52Terrific darts.
22:53There he is.
22:54Perfection.
22:56Total artistry.
22:59Alex needs a tonne.
23:00John Lowe
23:01once again
23:02finds himself training.
23:0460.
23:0560 scored.
23:06He wants a tonne.
23:079 darts so far
23:08so he can do it
23:09in 11 darts.
23:10Has he got a 60?
23:11Yes he has.
23:12Double top.
23:13He wants
23:13two tens.
23:18He's missed it again.
23:23Well 181.
23:25John Lowe
23:25he came from the back
23:26the last time.
23:27He's got 60.
23:28121.
23:29Give this boy credit.
23:30He certainly hasn't given up.
23:32Charlie Alex has played
23:33so brilliantly
23:34he's kept going.
23:36Hasn't given up the ghost.
23:36131.
23:37Yes 131.
23:38He's left a double.
23:40Alex can't afford to miss again.
23:41Two fives.
23:45Game.
23:45That is the end
23:47of a perfect match.
23:49So Alex in great form
23:51goes through to join
23:52Conrad Daniels
23:53in the semi-finals.
23:54Next week
23:55more quarter-final action
23:56in the ladies
23:57in the men's darts competition
23:58and we're featuring
23:59the new Cockney wonder
24:00Eric Bristow.
24:02Till then
24:02I'll say thee.