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In this article Phill Catterick, a long time contributor to TheOche.com, profiles the players of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League, and gives you his predictions for this year’s winners and losers.

Read his write up, then leave your comments on who YOU feel will walk away the winners!

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MERVYN KING produced a sensational comeback to send world number three James Wade crashing out of the totesport.com Players Championship on Friday night with a 6-5 victory.

King looked set to depart the Circus Tavern on the back of a hiding when left-hander Wade powered into a 5-2 lead in their clash.

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SIMON WHITLOCK produced the performance of his life to dump world number three James Wade from the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Friday afternoon, and is joined in the semi-finals by Mark Webster.

Whitlock booked his semi-final place with a sensational 5-3 win over Wade, hitting the second highest average of the tournament at 105.37 as well as landing 15 maximums and a 170 checkout.

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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 opened his challenge at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship with victory against Steve Brown as the tournament’s first round concluded on Wednesday night.

The world number three recorded his highest ever average in the World Championship of 96.65 in seeing off Bristol’s Brown 3-1 at Alexandra Palace.

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PHIL TAYLOR and James Wade led England to glory in the inaugural PartyPoker.com Jocky Wilson Cup with a whitewash of Scotland at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on Saturday night.

The duo defeated Scottish pair Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton as well as silencing 3,000 Glaswegians to take the trophy – named in honour of Kirkcaldy’s legendary former World Champion – home south of the border.

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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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RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD and James Wade were made to work as they progressed into the second round of the 2009 European Championship at the Claus Event Centre in Hoofddorp, Holland.

Van Barneveld survived a final-leg thriller with Dennis Priestley while Alan Tabern came from 5-1 down to within one leg of the Premier League champion before Wade sealed the win.

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JAMES WADE came from 2-0 down to defeat Brendan Dolan 6-2 and win Sunday’s Players Championship in Nuland.

Dolan hit a 180 and double four to win the opening leg, and doubled his lead with Wade waiting on 40 in the second.

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PHIL TAYLOR defeated James Wade 6-4 to take victory in the Virgin Atlantic South African Masters – while Mervyn King hit a nine-darter in the tournament.

Taylor claimed victory at the Emperors Palace Casino for a third successive year with a fine display in Johannesburg.

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