This year, Bobby fell at the first hurdle to Dutchman Raymond Barneveld, but 'The Dazzler' remained at Frimley Geen to provide expert analysis for the BBC.

This year's Championship was the most open in years, with outsider Tony David becoming the first Australian to win the Embassy World Darts title with a thrilling 6-4 victory over England's Mervyn King.

Bobby was happy to give his insights into the tournament, as well as answer questions on the overall state of darts, and his experiences in the game.

Bobby, What a week! Was this the one of the finest Embassy's you've ever seen?

I think they're all good, but this one was interesting because there were more overseas players than before. At the beginning of the week when I was asked to pick a winner, I struggled, because I hadn't seen most of the players in action. So this year was certainly different, it was fresher, and that can only be good for darts.

Graham Bridgewood, England

Like Tony David, I also suffer from haemophilia, and him gaining the world crown is a huge boost to all those that suffer from the illness.

That's right. Tony said to me that he's had huge problems, but he's worked at them. He realised that he was good at darts, so he put a lot of time and effort in studying the game, watching videos of all the top players and studying the out shots.

Because he can't bring his arm all the way back it's in the same position all the time, so for him it's like throwing in between two rails. He told me that he got into darts because he needed something to do, and darts gave him an interest. It's certainly paid off.

Do you think that Mervyn King threw it away?

To be honest, I though Mervyn played the best darts over the week. He had a lot of tough matches - especially against Ray Barneveld, which was a great game. He played very well in all his previous matches, but I was a bit disappointed with him in the final.

He started very badly, which may have been down to the occasion, but that shouldn't be the case because he's used to being in those situations. Tony just kept grinding away, and Mervyn's comeback came too late.

He just didn't perform in the opening four sets - he had chances to get the doubles but he was all over the shop. I must say that when he did start to come back I thought we could be in for something special, but by that point Tony had too much of a cushion. It turned out to be a good final in the end. If it had been 6-1 it wouldn't have been that entertaining, but king made a fight of it.

You've been there before Bobby. The nerves must be terrible.

I don't think it's the nerves; it's the fear of embarrassment if they don't play well. The guys don't get that nervous; they just want to make sure that they play proper darts. If you're in a world final you shouldn't hit 25's, 46's and 81's, you should be hitting tons, and 140's and 180's, and be finishing properly.

It's also important to get ahead quickly. With the current format, if you take a big lead early on you're unlikely to be caught. But it's a funny old game as they say.

James Wayton, England

I'm quite new to the game and was wondering how long I should be practising each day. I'm currently playing darts for two hours.

Some people practice for five or six hours a day if they've got the time. Personally I don't know how they do it. Practice is obviously helpful, but too much makes you stale. The best thing to do is probably to practice for an hour a day, and then go out to your club or pub and play someone.

There's nothing like playing a game of darts to give you that experience. And it's best to play against someone who's better than you. If you keep playing people who aren't as good you become a bully, and then lose as you as you play someone better.

Have you ever come across any naturally talented players who don't need to practice as much as others?

Of course, some people have just got the gift. I suppose it's like singing - if you can sing you can sing. You can improve your voice, but you've still got to have that gift at the beginning. It's the same with darts. If you've got the gift you need to work at it and make your game better.

You can't just pick up a set of darts and play - you've got to put something in, but there are a lot of natural players in pubs and clubs all over the world who can play as well as a professional over a certain distance. The difference comes when get onto the stage and start playing in front of audiences.

It's easy when you're in your pub or club - the difference shows when you're up on the stage. There are two words that muck all dart players up: "Game on."

Stephen Ashmore and Tracy Johnson, Leicestershire

Who does Bobby consider the best ever at heavy scoring and hitting doubles?

I've seen them all at some point, and on their day they're all the same really. A lot of people ask me who's the best player I've ever seen. When I first started the old News of the world champions were the best players. There were the like of Tommy O'Reagan and Tom Barrett.

Darts hasn't really changed that much since then. The only difference is that there are more people playing well now. Scoring wise, I suppose Phil Taylor must be one of the best scorers and finishers in the world, but the John Lowe was in his day, as were Jockey Wilson and Eric Bristow.

So you don't think the standard now is much better than it was when Bristow and Lowe were at their peaks?

No, the only difference is that are more people playing that well. There were probably five of us doing 11 and 12 dart finishes back then, where as now there's 35 of them.

Mark Walsh, UK

Do you think that with number of international players it now has, darts should now be in the Olympics, or at least the commonwealth games?

I think they say you have to have players from over 70 countries to compete in the Olympics, but I can't even think of that many countries! It would certainly be a good thing if darts was in the Olympics.

There are 55 countries now in the World Federation of Darts, but because it's a game from a pub, it doesn't get recognised as a sport. Snooker came from the British Army - that was played in clubs by officers and is seen as a sport.

Archery and shooting are all sports, but darts doesn't get the same recognition. Until that happens it will never be in the Olympics, but I think that any competitive game is a sport.

More countries probably play darts than, say, rugby.

Exactly. You get ballroom dancing in the Olympics and I don't know anyone who does that - but I do know a lot of people that play darts! Although I must say, the sequinned dresses that the ballroom dancers wear are very pretty!

Dave Robertson, Scotland

Are nine dart finishes common in practice? I know that snooker players can make 147's under no pressure.

Obviously they're a lot more common in practice than on television - we've only had one at the Embassy. In snooker there have been several televised 147's, but they're far less common in darts. It's easy to nine darters on your own, but when there's �52,000 riding on it the old bottle goes!

The two 180's aren't really that difficult, but the final three are very hard. If you can do that on television it's one of the greatest things you can do in darts. With �52,000 riding on it the old 'shaky Stevens' sets in a bit.

Jim Pritchard, Surrey

Over years of watching darts I've noticed that the players are predominantly right handed. Do us lefties suffer any disadvantages?

No, I don't think so - my brother's left-handed and he plays really good darts. Les Wallace is left-handed and he won the World Championship, as is Alan Glazier. I think it's just the case that there are fewer left-handed people, but they can play darts just the same.

Thanks for joining us Bobby. Will we be seeing you on the oche at Frimley Green next year?

I hope so, but I'll have to qualify to get there. I don't travel around the world competing in world ranking tournaments, but I do exhibitions and fun darts instead. But if I qualify, I'll be there. Lovely jubbly.