2008 BDO World Darts Championship previous seven titles. The prize fund for the 2008 event is £310,000 Men Women The tournament was covered by the BBC in the UK, SBS6 in the Netherlands and Eurosport across continental Europe. 2008 BDO World Darts Championship The 2008 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 31st World Championship staged by the British Darts Organisation and was held between 5–13 January 2008 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey. Martin Adams attempted to defend the title that he won at the 14th attempt in 2007 but he lost in the Semi-Finals to Mark Webster. Webster won the World
Martin Atkins (darts player) in the first round, and lost 3-2 having missed two match darts in the fourth set. Atkins finally progressed past the second-round stage of the World Championship when, in 2012, he defeated 7th seed John Walton and 10th seed Willy van de Wiel en route to a quarter-final match against Ted Hankey where he lost 5-1. In 2012, Atkins won the biggest title of his career so far by winning the BDO British Open, beating Robbie Green in the final. However, his season ended in disappointment when he lost in the first round of the World Championship to Jason Cullen.