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About WDF World Cup Men Singles 1981
For this WDF World Cup, most countries had to fly halfway around the world to distant New Zealand. The venue was the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson and the tournament was played on 2 and 3 October. Still 16 countries showed up, which may be called a success on its own.
Amongst them, some notable countries such as Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, which made their debut, together with Singapore. Among the 64 participants, only one woman participated. Selly Tain, born on the Solomon Islands but playing for Papua New Guinea She is the first woman to ever play at a WDF World Cup.
In the singles event there were some nice surprises again and again they came from the host nation New Zealand. Alan Hill beat Eric Bristow 4-3 in the quarterfinals. Barry Templeton also made the semi-finals he had eliminated Cliff Lazarenko 4-1 on his way there. John Lowe and Jocky Wilson also managed to qualify for the semi-finals.
For both players from New Zealand the semi-final was the end. Barry Templeton lost 4-1 to John Lowe and Alan Hill 4-0 to Jocky Wilson.
The final was a nail-biter and went to a deciding leg. At 3-3 Jocky missed double 10 for the title, Lowe didn’t let that chance go by and finished the match on double 4. He added the WDF World Cup Singles title, which he had not yet won, to his already long list of achievements. During the final Jocky Wilson played on white gym shoes because his regular black shoes were broken and he had only taken one pair to New Zealand.
Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Singles 1981
Gordon Allpress
Michael Boaden
Steve Brennan
Eric Bristow-MBE
Tim Brown
Tony Brown
John Burnett
Per-Steen Byrgesen
Ricky Castro
Shing-Wai Chan
Verdan Crane
William Dalzell
Rinus Daniels
Bjørn Enqvist
Alan Evans
Takeyasu Ezaki
Alistair Forrester
George Foster
Dale Frampton
Avtar Gill
Peter Hamberg
Alan Hill
Bernard Hoong
Finn Jensen
Peter Kairus
James Kelly
Ray Kippari
Ian Koati
Hisao Komiya
Ted Kyle
Jan Larsen
Cliff Lazarenko
Richard Lee
Paul Lim
Wayne Locke
Stefan Lord
John Lowe
Boerge Madsen
Billy Mateer
Bruce Matthews
Wade McDonald
Patrick McGorrigan
Tokio Miyahara
Ceri Morgan
Daniel Morris
Malcolm Nolan
Nobua Okada
Christer Pilblad
Andrew Pringle
Dan Pucillo
Leighton Rees
Andy Robinson
Raymond Rogers
Angus Ross
Rab Smith
Selly Tain
Leung-Chiu Tang
Barry Templeton
Jerry Umberger
Nicky Virachkul
Jocky Wilson
Hildebrand de Jonge
Danny de la Cruz
Eddie de la Cruz
Callers Of WDF World Cup Men Singles 1981
WDF World Cup Men Singles 1981
Nelson, NZL
