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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.
Euro Champs: Baxter Defeats Newton to Progress to Quarter Final Round
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RONNIE BAXTER progressed to the PartyPoker.net European Championship quarter-finals with a second successive deciding leg victory, as he defeated Wes Newton 10-9 in Dinslaken.
Baxter took out 126 in the 11th leg to edge past Alan Tabern in Friday’s first round, and was pushed all the way by local rival Newton in a thriller.
Barneveld Wins Battle with Hamilton in European Championship
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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.
Euro Champs: Taylor Defeats Co Stompe
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REIGNING PartyPoker.net European Championship winner Phil Taylor made a winning start to the defence of his title with a 6-2 win over Co Stompe on Thursday night.
Taylor has won the previous two stagings of the European Championship and was in clinical mood at the Stadthalle in Dinslaken as he bids to claim Sunday’s £50,000 first prize.
Phil Taylor Prepares to Defend European Championship Title in Dinslaken Germany
PHIL TAYLOR opens his challenge for a third successive PartyPoker.net European Championship title on Thursday, when he takes on Co Stompe as the £200,000 tournament begins in Dinslaken, Germany.
Taylor has lifted the European Championship trophy in each of the past two years since the tournament was launched in 2008.
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The Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) top 16 players at the start of July will automatically qualify for the European Championship, headed up by the current champion Phil “The Power” Taylor, who has won the title in both 2008 and 2009 since the tournament’s launch.
Emotions will be running high as they will be joined by eight European-based players from the PDC’s European Order of Merit, comprised from events held in Gibraltar, Germany, Holland and Austria, which is likely to include former Lakeside Champion Jelle Klaasen, Dutch stars Vincent van der Voort, Michael Van Gerwen and Co Stompe and German pair Tomas Seyler and Andree Welge.
The final eight players will come from the Players Championship Order of Merit, which could include former World Championship runner-up Mark Dudbridge, Scottish star Gary Anderson and the 2009 European Championship finalist, Steve Beaton.
Taylor Retains European Championship Title with Victory over Steve Beaton
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PHIL TAYLOR’S record breaking year continued with an 11-3 victory over Steve Beaton in the European Championship final at the Claus Event Centre in Hoofddorp, Holland.
Taylor has now claimed all the PDC’s major ranking titles and the £50,000 winner’s cheque means he has won over £600,000 in prize money in 2009 alone – and he almost capped his latest win in perfect style, missing a dart at double 12 to win the final leg with a nine-darter before taking it out for his second 11-dart leg of the final to defend the title he won last year in Frankfurt.
Euro Champs: Taylor Moves to Semi-finals, Defeating Anderson and Setting Average Record
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PHIL TAYLOR produced the highest ever average in a major tournament to knock Gary Anderson out of the 2009 European Championship in Hoofddorp, Holland to reach Sunday evening’s semi-finals.
Defending champion Taylor fired ten 180s as he compiled a 118.14 average in a devastating display against the Scotsman – who average 106.12 – and faces Jelle Klaasen in the first semi-final.
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