Durrant’s world title delight
Glen Durrant secured his first BDO World Championship title with a 7-3 victory over Danny Noppert at Lakeside.
Number one seed Durrant started with two consecutive 180s to help secure a break in the very first leg and he won the set with little trouble.
Dutchman Noppert responded well to take the second and third sets but Durrant – from Middlesbrough – took the next two for a 3-2 lead.
Noppert held firm to wrap up the sixth set before Durrant took out 74 to move 4-3 in front and it proved to be decisive. Durrant then sealed a two-set cushion and easily took the ninth set as Noppert’s confidence visibly waned.
Despite being broken twice in the 10th set, Durrant battled back and held his throw to seal a comprehensive victory.
He said: “In 1989, I watched a match between Eric Bristow and Jocky Wilson that inspired me to pick up a set of darts.
“Now, thanks to hard work, determination and Teesside steel, I am world champion.”