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
1993 BDO World Darts Championship in the quarter finals. John Lowe went on to beat Alan Warriner in the final and claim this last ever unified world title in the sports of darts - the third world title of Lowe's career. With his previous victories in 1979 and 1987, he became the first player to win the World title in three different decades. This was Raymond van Barneveld's second world championship appearance (debut 1991), and he landed the highest checkout of the tournament, 170. Total Prize fund was £128,500 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish - not won) 1993 BDO World Darts Championship