PDC v BDO . Game on

The Grand Slam sees the PDC and the BDO going head to head and that always leads to a bit of niggle.

Both codes want to get the bragging rights and while the PDC is clearly the best, it didn't go our way last year as the BDO took the spoils in amazing fashion.
Scott Waites came back from 8-0 down to beat James Wade (he must have been 1000/1 on the in-running betting) and they were able to get one over the big boys. That stung the eyes a bit, to be honest.

Waites: shock winner in 2010

I can't see that happening this year because the PDC has so many great players on form - Phil Taylor, James Wade and Gary Anderson to name a few - but the rivalry makes this competition especially exciting.
The BDO champion Martin Adams doesn't get invited any more after turning down two invitations in the past, but I get on with the likes of Tony O'Shea and Ted Hankey. There's no animosity there, but there's bragging rights to be had and that's what makes professional sport so thrilling.

After what happened last year, there's a bit of extra spice. We want to make sure one of our boys wins it, but they want to double up and rub our faces in it.