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8 unusual facts about BDO


Dalandanan, Valenzuela

It boasts of different business industries like publishing and printing (JO-ES Publishing House, Inc., Mega-Jesta Prints, Inc.), banking and finance (Bank of the Philippine Islands, BDO, Bank of Commerce, and Eastwest Bank), retail (Puregold Valenzuela, Wilcon Depot), pyrotechnic (Victory Fireworks), and biotech and pharmaceuticals (Scheele Laboratories).

Edwin Max

Max made his first World Championship debut in 2008 as a member of the BDO, losing in the first round to evantual finalist Simon Whitlock.

Fiscale Hogeschool

These prices are awarded by accounting firms such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young and BDO and by law firms like Tiberghien and Loyens & Loeff.

Irina Armstrong

She is currently one of the top ladies' dart players in the BDO circuit.

SM City Calamba

SM anchor stores and affiliates like SM Department Store, SM Supermarket, Ace Hardware, SM Appliance Center, SM Foodcourt, BDO, Watsons, Global Pinoy Center, SM Cinemas and SM Cyberzone have outlets in the mall.

Tony Green

In his capacity as a British Darts Organisation (BDO) official, he was a protagonist in the dispute which resulted in the formation of the rival governing body, the Professional Darts Corporation.

World Darts Federation

One of the member organisations is the British Darts Organisation (BDO), which is the official darts body for Britain, the leading darts country.

The leading ranked players in 1993/94 split from the BDO and they have their own world ranking system known as the Order of Merit.


Ayala Tower One

Other institutions headquartered at Ayala Tower One include the primary trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange and Banco de Oro Universal Bank (BDO).

BDO International

Founded by James M. Dunwoody (affectionately known as "The Colonel" by BDO's employees) it opened its first location in the 1920s in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

BDO Unibank

In late April 2005, United Overseas Bank sold 66 out of its Philippine subsidiary's 67 branches to BDO after UOB's Philippine subsidiary is set to rationalize its operations from retail to wholesale banking.

Frimley Green

Lakeside Country Club is in the north of the village, and has hosted the British Darts Organisation’s (BDO) World Professional Darts Championship each January since 1986.

Jimmy Hendriks

His parents are friends of professional players Tony O'Shea, Gary Robson and Darryl Fitton, who used to stay with them when playing in tournaments in Holland; his father is also a darts player, it was during these stays that they saw the promise in the young Jimmy and have mentored him during his success in breaking into the professional ranks in the WDF and BDO.

PDC Order of Merit

Mike Gregory and Chris Johns later went back to the BDO set up and Bobby George and many of the non-UK players never competed in the early days of the WDC.

PDC World Cup of Darts

In October 2009, PDC chairman Barry Hearn announced his intention to buy the British Darts Organisation and inject £2 million into amateur darts, but the BDO decided not to accept the offer.

Robbie Green

He followed this up with his best showing at the BDO World Championship, maintaining a 90+ tournament average in wins over Richie George (3-0), Gary Robson (4-1), and a 5-2 win over Tony Eccles in which he hit back-to-back checkouts of 125 and 164, to reach the semi-finals at Lakeside for the first time in his career, where he was defeated by top seed Stephen Bunting 1-6.

Ross Montgomery

In the 2012 BDO World Championship, Montgomery reached the second round for only the second time courtesy of a 3-1 win over Fabian Roosenbrand in the first round, but was subsequently defeated 4-1 by eventual runner-up Tony O'Shea.

Stacy Bromberg

In 2002, she qualified for the BDO Women's World Darts Championship but lost two sets to nil to Francis Hoenselaar of the Netherlands.

Winmau

A few years after signing a deal with the fledgling British Darts Organisation's (BDO) founder Olly Croft in 1973 which made H.A. Kicks dartboards the official boards of the organisation, Kicks changed the name of the company to Winmau.


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