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Grand Slam of Darts Wrap-up by Phill Catterick
The following article was submitted by Phill Catterick:
Phil Taylor clinched a third straight Grand Slam of Darts Championship on Sunday evening after obliterating Scott Waites 16-2 in the final at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
`The Power`, who has been in sensational form during the tournament was relentless in his pursuit of yet another televised competition, and Waites was left wondering what might have been, although he did collect £50,000 for his troubles.
Taylor Dominates Waite to take Third Successive Grand Slam of Darts Title
PHIL TAYLOR claimed a third successive PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts title with a 16-2 demolition of Scott Waites at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
Taylor followed up his 16-6 defeat of Raymond van Barneveld in Sunday afternoon’s semis with another brilliant display to take the £100,000 title.
Waites Defeats Terry Jenkins to set up Power Final
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SCOTT WAITES will attempt to deny Phil Taylor a third successive PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts title when the pair meet in the final at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Sunday night.
Yorkshireman Waites continued the greatest week of his darting career with a superb 16-11 semi-final win over Terry Jenkins, earning him a minimum £50,000 pay-day.
Phil Taylor Continues Grand Slam Title Bid with 16-7 Win over O’Shea
PHIL TAYLOR surged past Tony O’Shea 16-7 to set up a semi-final with Raymond van Barneveld at the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts.
Taylor’s bid for a third successive title at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall continued with his strongest performance of the week.
Waites Works Magic over Wizard, Moves into Semi-Final
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SCOTT WAITES produced the performance of his career to win through to the semi-finals of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts, where he will take on Terry Jenkins on Sunday.
Yorkshireman Waites, the 2008 World Masters runner-up, followed up Friday’s thrilling second round defeat of Gary Anderson by seeing off Simon Whitlock 16-13 in the quarter-finals.
Scott Waites Defeats Gary Anderson in Grand Slam Thriller
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SCOTT WAITES, Terry Jenkins and Robert Thornton all won through deciding leg battles to reach the quarter-finals of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts on Friday night.
The trio and Australian Simon Whitlock completed the last eight line-up at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in a dramatic night of darts.
Taylor Gets Comeback Victory Over Lloyd to set up Tony O’Shea Quarter-final Bout
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PHIL TAYLOR set up a clash with BDO number one Tony O’Shea in the quarter-finals of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts with a superb comeback against Colin Lloyd on Thursday night.
Taylor, the reigning champion and PDC number one, won seven successive legs with an average of 113 to come from 4-3 down and win 10-3 in his clash with Lloyd.
Wade Wins Dramatic Nine Dart Shootout to Book Place in Grand Slam Final Sixteen
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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.
Barneveld, Webster, Lloyd and Shepherd Claim last 16 Spots; Phil Taylor Suffers First Defeat
Groups A-D in the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts tournament played their final games of the round-robin phase, with reigning champion Phil Taylor suffering a shock 5-1 loss to Vincent van der Voort.
Taylor had failed to drop a single leg in previous wins over Anastasia Dobromyslova and Mark Webster, while van der Voort was defeated by the former Womens World Champion Dobromyslova on Sunday,
But the Dutchman bounced back with a thrilling display to defeat a below-par Taylor.
The Russians are Coming…and at least one of them is looking pretty in Pink!
The following article was graciously submitted by Phill Catterick:
Some people said including women in the Grand Slam of Darts was a pointless exercise. Others said they just weren’t good enough to deserve their place in the competition.
Admittedly I used to be one of them.
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