1999 BDO World Darts Championship 1999 BDO World Darts Championship The 1999 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 2–10 January 1999 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld retained his title with victory over Ronnie Baxter in another thrilling final which, like the previous year's decider against Richie Burnett, went to the final set and a tiebreak. Barneveld became the first player to retain the Embassy World Championship since Eric Bristow won it in three consecutive years in 1984, 1985 and 1986. The standout match of this championship, however, was the quarter-final between Chris Mason and
Jamie Hughes (darts player) Hughes reached the semi-finals for the second year in a row before been beaten 6–1 by eventual winner Glen Durrant. In the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship Hughes lost to German debutant Michael Unterbuchner 3–2 in the first round. Hughes switched to the PDC following the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship, entering the 2018 PDC Q-School. Jamie Hughes (darts player) Jamie Hughes (born 27 February 1986) is an English darts player. He competes for the Professional Darts Corporation. Hughes broke out in 2014 by entering the world's top ten and reaching the final of the prestigious Winmau World Masters. He