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RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD edged out Andy Hamilton in an 11-leg thriller at the PartyPoker.net European Championship on Friday night, but seeds James Wade and Adrian Lewis crashed out of the event in Dinslaken, Germany.

Dutch star van Barneveld followed up last week’s run to the final of the World Matchplay in Blackpool with a gritty display in his opener in Dinslaken.

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SIMON WHITLOCK whitewashed Andy Hamilton to win his third Players Championship title inside a month at Wigan on Saturday.

The Australian had picked up tournament victories in Barnsley and Derby recently, and claimed a further £6,000 title in style at the Robin Park Tennis Centre.

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MERVYN KING won his first tournament since 2008 with 6-3 victory over Andy Hamilton in the final of Saturday’s Players Championship.

The world number four ended a 15-month gap between victories to claim the £6,000 winner’s cheque at the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon.

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JAMES WADE edged a thrilling seven-set battle against Andy Hamilton to reach the quarter-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship.

The world number three was on the brink of exiting the tournament in the fourth leg of the final set when Hamilton missed double 18 to take out 156 for the match. Wade took out 64 to make it two-apiece in the set then edged in front by breaking Hamilton’s throw, before taking out 121 to clinch a breathless match and a last eight clash with Simon Whitlock on New Year’s Day.

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JAMES WADE won a nine-dart shoot-out with Andy Hamilton to progress to the last 16 of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts on Wednesday night, as Ted Hankey crashed out of the competition.

The final night of matches for Groups E-H at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall proved a dramatic one, with all four groups going to the wire.

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ADRIAN LEWIS came from 4-1 down to defeat Andy Hamilton in the final of Saturday’s Irish Players Championship at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.

Lewis followed up last month’s Austrian Open victory by taking the £6,000 winner’s cheque in Ireland, in the first of two PDC Pro Tour events being held over the weekend ahead of the Skybet World Grand Prix.

The 24-year-old produced some superb darts on the day, whitewashing Matt Clark in his opening match and also defeating Tony Ayres, Colin Lloyd, Peter Manley and Wayne Jones to reach the final.

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DENNIS PRIESTLEY claimed a second tournament win in a week with a 6-3 victory over Andy Hamilton in the final of the PDC US Open.

Priestley followed up last Sunday’s Canadian Players Championship triumph by taking the $12,000 title in Atlanta.

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MARK WALSH tasted Players Championship victory for a second successive weekend with a final-leg defeat of Andy Hamilton in Sunday’s German Darts Trophy.

Walsh won a third title of 2009 with triumph in Barnsley last weekend, and picked up a further £6,000 in Dinslaken with a narrow win against Hamilton.

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Phil Taylor claimed yet another title with a 6-0 victory over Andy Hamilton in Sunday’s Blue Square UK Open South-West Regional Final.

Taylor picked up a 12th tournament win of 2009 with the success, having sat out Saturday’s Players Championship before returning to win a third successive Regional Final.

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Andy Hamilton overcame a scare against qualifier Tony Ayres before keeping his Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship bid on track on Sunday afternoon.
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