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JOHN PART hit a nine-dart finish in defeat to Mark Webster on the opening night of the Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay on Saturday, as World Champion Adrian Lewis edged past Kevin Painter in a classic at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

Canadian ace Part, a three-time World Champion, became only the third player behind Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld to achieve a nine-darter in the 18-year history of the World Matchplay.

Part is now in line to claim a £10,000 bonus should no other player hit a nine-darter during the remaining eight days of the tournament in Blackpool, although that would be double his prize money of £5,000 after he went on to lose 10-8 to Mark Webster.

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JOHN PART won his second Players Championship of 2011 with a whitewash of Denis Ovens in the Austrian Open decider on Saturday in Wiener Neustadt.

The Canadian had picked up a £6,000 title in Derby in February with a flawless 6-0 win over Mark Walsh, and repeated the scoreline in the final in Austria to see off Ovens.

Part also claimed the notable scalp of 15-time World Champion Phil Taylor in a brilliant day of darts, as the world number 30 ensured qualification for July’s World Matchplay, as well as the year’s other televised major championships.

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JOHN PART defeated Darin Young 6-4 to win the North American Darts Championship as the New Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival came to a close in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Part has endured a tough year after slipping to the edge of the PDC’s top 32, but emerged victorious from the 79-strong field of American and Canadian stars to pick up the £5,000 title at Las Vegas’ Tropicana Hotel.

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MARK WALSH won his second UK Open Qualifier of 2010 with a 6-3 defeat of John Part at the Barnsley Metrodome.

Walsh repeated his success of six weeks ago in Derby to claim a second £6,000 title of the year, overpowering the three-time World Champion in the decider

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KIRK SHEPHERD gained revenge for his 2008 final defeat to John Part by knocking the world number four out with a 4-1 victory in the second round of this year’s Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Monday afternoon.

Part won his third World title against Shepherd with a 7-2 win at Alexandra Palace but this time round on the same stage, the Canadian was not at the races and Shepherd was able to claim a place in the third round.

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THE world’s top four players will contest the semi-finals and final of the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic VIII on Sunday.

Phil Taylor, James Wade, Raymond van Barneveld and John Part progressed to the last four of the Desert Classic with victories in Saturday’s quarter-finals at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.

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PHIL TAYLOR broke his own record for the highest average in the history of televised darts with an 8-3 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts demolition of John Part.

Taylor produced a 116.01 average in powering back to the top of the table – breaking his own previous record of 114.53 set at last year’s Blue Square UK Open against Wes Newton.

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John Part picked up three points to jump back into the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-off places in his double-header in Exeter.

With Wayne Mardle sidelined by a virus, Part stepped onto the oche twice at the Westpoint Arena on Thursday night, taking a win over Mervyn King and a draw with Jelle Klaasen.

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JOHN PART admits his Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-off hopes could hinge on his double-header in Exeter on Thursday.

Three-time World Champion Part will play twice when the tournament visits the Westpoint Arena for the first time, after Wayne Mardle was forced to pull out of this week’s league night due to a virus.

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Dennis Priestley produced the comeback of his life to reach the quarter-finals of the coral.co.uk Players Championship on Saturday afternoon.

The two-time World Champion came from 5-0 down to defeat John Part 6-5 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, following up his fight back to see off Steve Maish in round one with an even greater display.

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