Steve Douglas thankful of getting to play in World Professional Darts Championships
by Luke Cawdell
Steve Douglas crashed out of the World Professional Darts
Championships at the second round stage on Tuesday but was just
thankful to be there.
The 35-year-old from Gillingham suffered a heart attack three
weeks before the pinnacle of the BDO season at Lakeside.
Yet he was still able to claim a first round win over Gary Stone
on Sunday to set up a match with last year’s runner-up, Tony
O’Shea, which he lost 4-1.
Douglas said: "Even if I was healthy, I would have been the
underdog but he did a professional job. I didn’t have a lot of
energy and felt it by the end of Tuesday night.
"The first two sets I was feeling pretty good but then after the
break it as a bit ‘whoa’. It was just a game too far but I didn’t
think I would have even got past the first match."
Douglas suffered his heart attack while practising at the Strand
Social Club, where he works, and he thanked the "fantastic" work
done by medical staff.
10/01/13
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