Van Barneveld defeats Taylor in a spectacular duel in the living room | Darts

The withdrawn darts mainly wanted to raise money for charity. For example, Van Barneveld played for the Food Bank in the Netherlands and Taylor for the British healthcare system. The game was created by the betting agency Paddy Power and can be seen on a live stream with exuberant English commentary. The betting agency had previously linked a fixed amount to the maximum score of 180, i.e. 1,000 British pounds (around 1,100 euros). Former world champions released an electronic bullseye with plastic-tipped arrows (soft tips, ed.). She did very well. Van Barneveld threw five 180s and Taylor scored no less than ten maximum scores.

With high average scores of 119.27 and 118.09 and beautiful finishes of 161 and 151, Van Barneveld and Taylor served online viewers mostly with high quality darts. The former postman was 2-0 and then also 3-2. But then “The Power” showed its class. The 59-year-old Briton held a 6-3 lead and only needed one more leg to win the match (best of 13 legs, ed.), But “Barney” didn’t win. He went back to 5-6 and even had a great chance of a nine dart in the next at bat. He only threw the ninth and last arrow right next to the double 12. He still managed to get the leg: 6-6.

In the decisive stage, Van Barneveld even defeated his British opponent. Via Diana Hagenaar, 52, threw the game to win 7-6 in the legs. At least about 16,500 euros were raised for charity. So, more than 5000 euros of this goes to the Food Bank. Therefore, the vast majority of the total amount goes to healthcare in England. Both the Netherlands and Great Britain have been severely affected by the corona virus.

Van Barneveld enjoyed his duel in the living room with his archrival Taylor, he said later. “I could have thrown that 180 6 or 7 times, but I’m satisfied. I think it was fun to watch,” said The Hague, 52. “It was different. Without concurrence, without cheers or boos. But for the man who hit me so many times, I think 61 times. So I took it very seriously. For me it was a real competition that I wanted to win. “

He continues: “I was very disappointed not to have thrown that ‘nin darter’. The arrow on the double 12 opened up quite a bit. We played on an electronic board with slightly different rules. It was tempting to hit the target often, since the entire target It was worth 50 points and you could hit it. But Phil and I agreed that we wouldn’t do that too often. Then it would get boring. So we played as normally as possible. “

Van Barneveld sees the bread from this form of darts, as he told De Telegraaf earlier. “It was clearly visible on my shirt and the darts are ideal for playing online during this crown period. Those dishes are quite expensive, 289 euros, but people want to do something at home. I am already active in the Dart Icons, in I play a competition with five other darts being broadcast, but I see opportunities to expand that. It can also be attractive to sponsors. It is only difficult to get PDC players from the professional federation. These are set with contracts. Then they make a lot of fuss for a logo, you get so tired of it. “