Colin Lloyd Prevents Caven Double Header, Wins Canadian Masters
COLIN LLOYD picked up his third tournament win of 2010 with a 6-1 defeat of Jamie Caven in the final of the Canadian Masters Players Championship.
The Essex star denied Caven back-to-back PDC ProTour titles to take the £5,000 first prize – continuing the form which saw him reach the European Championship semi-finals a month ago.
He showed his best form throughout the day, having missed double 12 for a nine-darter in his opening game, a 6-1 defeat of Jim Long, and then saw off Matt Clark by the same scoreline and Martin Tremblay 6-4 to reach the last eight.
Jamie Caven Claims Third PDC Pro Tour Title
JAMIE CAVEN took victory in Saturday’s London Ontario Players Championship in Canada to claim his third PDC ProTour title.
The Derby ace defeated Michael van Gerwen 6-4 in the final to round off a fine day of darts, which included a 6-2 semi-final win over Dennis Priestley – last week’s Australian Open Players Championship winner and the champion in Canada for the past two years.
Ring in the New Year with BDO Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships
LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB, FRIMLEY GREEN, SURREY
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1ST to SUNDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 2011
The BDO Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships will start on New Year’s Day 2011 and be the first major sporting event of the New Year on terrestrial television.
Players – men and women – from over thirty countries around the globe will compete in the qualifying events for the opportunity to reach the most famous venue in World Darts.
Dennis Priestly Proves to be Menace Down Under
DENNIS PRIESTLEY defeated Mark Hylton 6-3 to win the Australian Open Players Championship in Sydney.
Priestley, who turned 60 last month, took the £5,000 title at the Revesby Workers Club in Sydney on Sunday – a triumph which will secure him a place in October’s World Grand Prix and edge him back towards the world’s top 16.
First Ever Under-21 World Darts Championship Announced by Rileys
£10k prize and road to pro career starts at Rileys where young darts players have the chance to be crowned the PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Champion and pick up the £10,000 first prize. Both finalists will get a wildcard invitation to the Grand Slam of Darts where they could face darts legend Phil “The Power” Taylor.
Great Package Deals Attract Participants from Both Canada and USA to the Barbados Darts Festival
A sizable contingent of participants from Canada and the USA will be joining the Brits, the Bajans and darts players from other countries in the Caribbean and South America at this year’s Barbados Darts Festival in November.
This signals a major breakthrough for Festival Director, Michael Heal, who has always felt that the ingredients that have made the Festival so attractive to darts players from the UK and the Caribbean for the last eight years would also appeal to darts players from the North American continent.
World Class Darts Aces Showcase Rileys Openings
Eight of the world’s best players are darting into Rileys clubs around the country to open 17 new Darts Zones.
BDO World Champion Martin Adams has been booked for the tour along with Adrian Lewis, Terry Jenkins, Tony O’Shea, Colin Lloyd, Kevin Painter and former ladies’ World Champion Anastasia Dobromyslova.
Taylor Takes Another Title, Defeats Wayne Jones to Win European Championship
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PHIL TAYLOR claimed a third successive PartyPoker.net European Championship with a super 11-1 defeat of Wayne Jones at the Stadthalle in Dinslaken on Sunday night.
The world number one followed up his 11-10 win over Terry Jenkins in the semi-finals with a superb display to see off Jones by dropping just one leg in the final.
Wayne Jones Wins Big over Barneveld to Progress to Semi-Final Round at European Championship
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WAYNE JONES took arguably the biggest win of his career with a 10-8 defeat of Raymond van Barneveld as he reached the semi-finals of the PartyPoker.net European Championship.
The Wolverhampton man will now meet Colin Lloyd in the last four in Dinslaken, having held his nerve to knock out the five-time World Champion and number two seed.
Barneveld Avoids Upset, Taylor Devours the Pieman, On Track for a World Matchplay Rematch
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RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD came close to one of darts’ greatest ever upsets before defeating Germany’s Bernd Roith 10-7 in the PartyPoker.net European Championship second round on Saturday, while Phil Taylor remains in the hunt for a third successive title in Dinslaken.
Roith, a caterer from Tuebingen in Germany who overcame Denis Ovens in the first round on his televised debut, set up the prospect of an incredible victory over the world number two when finishes of 101 and 141 helped him into a 7-5 lead.
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