2009 BDO World Darts Championship 2009 BDO World Darts Championship The 2009 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 32nd World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation. Mark Webster was the defending men's champion having won the title for the first time in the 2008 final against Simon Whitlock, but he was eliminated 4–0 by John Walton in the second round. The title was eventually won by 2000 champion Ted Hankey, who won 7–6 against Tony O'Shea, in a match which lasted just under two and a half hours. The defending women's champion, Anastasia Dobromyslova, was due to defend her championship, having beaten seven-time
Mark Salmon (darts player) Mark Salmon (darts player) Mark Salmon (born 23 February 1963 in Pontypridd) is a former Welsh professional darts player who competes in the British Darts Organisation events. Salmon was inspired to play darts by Leighton Rees, the very first World Champion and plays with flights bearing Leighton's face in his honour. Salmon played in the 1996 BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round 3-0 to Roland Scholten. Just a month later, Salmon won the Scottish Open, beating fellow Welshman Sean Palfrey in the final. Salmon though never progressed further in the BDO and in 2005 he began playing