Got to say very disappointed at how this was run!!! There is blatant cheating going on with the scores as apparently some people can score 200+ points on every single challenge!!! If they were that good they'd be in the PDC already.

The good news is I can hand on heart say that the Plymouth boys have played it down the middle and recorded honest 1 shot tries at each and every challenge. The upshot being that none of us have Qualified!!! Yes, I'm at 47th and Wayne is at 45th at the moment, but you can guarantee we'll slide out of that place next week.

The fact that we have 3 boys who have done Q-School for the last 2 years and "just" failed to Qualify from it and yet still be 700-800 behind the so called best in the UK is a joke!!!

There are some clubs who suddenly have appeared on the scoreboard from nowhere!! Scores of 200+ per challenge!! Get real, the pro's have tried these routines and not hit 200+ on each one!!!

You have the likes of 82 shot out, 100 shot out, shangers, but yet people apparently have been hitting a minimum of 10 out of twenty!!! 10 shangers in 20 goes??? Really??? Even Phil couldn't do that in 1 run!!! Maybe they're taking 10 runs of twenty shots and taking the combined total??

Spoonz has done it and not hit 200 in any of them as yet!!! But there's apparently 20 guys better than him with EVERY single challenge!!! They had pros attempt it and only got about 1500 as their best attempts, yet people are there with 1800 and they're not even known players???

Disgusted really as it's taken away any shot I ever had of at least attempting playing the pros.

If this sort of cheating is going on then I agree it is disgusting. I know it's no consolation to you but these guys will get found out once they get to the finals night.

As for yourself, I've read some of your scores and you sound a damned good player - why not try Q School anyway.

I can think of £1,000 of reasons why I can't try Q-School.

This was my shot at getting in to it and it's been taken away from me as far as I'm concerned.

Surely this kind of blatant cheating should be looked into? I would have thought alarm bells will be ringing with the organizers.

Well it has just made a mockery of the whole thing, I would be writing to Mr T if I were you and complain.

They've posted about 5 times on their Facebook page "Please don't cheat, as you are only hurting yourself". Yeh, that worked, didn't it!!

I think what they should have done was had independent adjudicators at each venue on one specific night if you were there then you get a score, if you're not there, then you get a score of zero for that night.

What they should also do is send in someone to the places were the high scores have been set and have them to do 4 or 5 of the challenges again and see if they get anywhere near the scores they have posted. If they don't then kick them out the competition.

My score that I have set is about 200 down on my best effort and I could have easily put my best effort down and qualified, but again, why should I bring myself to their level.

Hopefully if they do it again, they'll set more defined boundaries on it and have a much better set up for marking it. I'm not going to bother with the 2nd set of challenges as the same will probably happen again.

Well they should vet all these people with the high scores and make them take the tests again.

chrisbamb wrote:

They've posted about 5 times on their Facebook page "Please don't cheat, as you are only hurting yourself". Yeh, that worked, didn't it!!

I think what they should have done was had independent adjudicators at each venue on one specific night if you were there then you get a score, if you're not there, then you get a score of zero for that night.

What they should also do is send in someone to the places were the high scores have been set and have them to do 4 or 5 of the challenges again and see if they get anywhere near the scores they have posted. If they don't then kick them out the competition.

My score that I have set is about 200 down on my best effort and I could have easily put my best effort down and qualified, but again, why should I bring myself to their level.

Hopefully if they do it again, they'll set more defined boundaries on it and have a much better set up for marking it. I'm not going to bother with the 2nd set of challenges as the same will probably happen again.

You sound really pissed off mate, and if I was you I would be livid. It really annoys me when people who try hard and are honest lose out to cheats. Yes these people will get caught out when they get to the finals, but this is all at the expense of the people who have put the effort in, who would have given a better account of themselves in the final, but didn't get the chance.

What a joke!

At the end of the day, this competition will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of a lot of people, which will seriously dent itscredibility and I doubt that it will continue in the future as a successful event. What a shame. Really gutted for you mate!!

It could have been something great and given regular Joe's like myself a shot at the Q-School. I've no doubt in my mind that the ones that do Qualify for Q-School will be outstanding players and deserve to be there, but I would have just loved to have had a crack at it because as they say, "It's all on the day" and on my day I can compete with the Best of them.

Just have to believe that if the organizers were ever serious from the beginning and if the skewed scores are that obvious and prevalent, then the cheaters will get weeded out and the honest participants given a fair chance.

chrisbamb wrote:

They've posted about 5 times on their Facebook page "Please don't cheat, as you are only hurting yourself". Yeh, that worked, didn't it!!

I think what they should have done was had independent adjudicators at each venue on one specific night if you were there then you get a score, if you're not there, then you get a score of zero for that night.

What they should also do is send in someone to the places were the high scores have been set and have them to do 4 or 5 of the challenges again and see if they get anywhere near the scores they have posted. If they don't then kick them out the competition.

My score that I have set is about 200 down on my best effort and I could have easily put my best effort down and qualified, but again, why should I bring myself to their level.

Hopefully if they do it again, they'll set more defined boundaries on it and have a much better set up for marking it. I'm not going to bother with the 2nd set of challenges as the same will probably happen again.

I would be really upset too. There is nothing worse than being shot down from a chance to take your dart career to the next level because you are a dirty cheat. I think you should still do the second set. If for no other reason but to show yourself what you are capable of and if they unmask the cheaters before it is all over you will still stand a chance to be recognized.

Hang in there!

Cheers Lefty. I will probably still do it if nothing more than to improve on the score I've set this time.

givem hell bamber