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By Phill Catterick:

The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham played host to the latest round of Premier League matches on Thursday Evening, with Phil Taylor taking on Adrian Lewis in a battle of the Stokeys.

Taylor used to practice with Lewis before the protégée decided to go it alone, and has now recruited the services of 1983 World Champion Keith Dellar to improve his game. However the youngster failed to live up to hi words and was beaten 8-4 by `The Power.`

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by Phill Catterick:

Phil Taylor remains top of the Whyte and Mackay Premier League after securing a hard fought point against Mervyn King at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Thursday evening.

The fifteen times World Champion struggled to get a foothold on the match until after the commercial break, but King also failed to produce his best form and so the 2008 champion was lucky to walk off the stage halfway through at 3-3.

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Phil Taylor maintained his position at the top of the Whyte and Mackay Premier League following an impressive 8-2 win over Dutch rival Raymond Van Barneveld at the Westpoint Arena in Exeter on Thursday evening.

`The Power` went 2-0 down after struggling to get a foothold on the game, and perhaps should have lost the third leg too, but Barneveld missed the bull and Taylor cleaned up to reduce the deficit. He took the remaining three legs before the break to go 4-2 up, and then rounded off proceedings by clinching every leg after returning to the stage to maintain his unbeaten run.

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By Phill Catterick

Adrian Lewis produced a darting masterclass on Thursday evening to overcome five times World Champion Raymond Van Barneveld 8-3 to record his first win in the 2010 Whyte and Mackay Premier League in Bournemouth.

Lewis, from Stoke-on-Trent, was at one stage recording a three dart average of 113.5 over the former Postman, and at the break it seemed possible he would record a whitewash as he walked off stage for the commercial break 6-0 up.

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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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By Phill Catterick:

Well it’s that time of year again; eight of the very finest players from the Professional Darts Corporation will battle it out over a period of fifteen weeks to compete for the 2010 Whyte and Mackay Premier League title.

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By Phill Catterick:

Martin Adams has clinched his second BDO World Darts Championship title after a thrilling 7-5 win over Dave Chisnall at the Lakeside.

`Wolfie` was pushed all the way by the underdog and he really had to dig deep and use his vast experience to overcome the man who beat Ted Hankey and Tony O’Shea to reach his first World Final.

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by Phill Catterick:

Never have I looked forward to the semi finals of a Darts World Championship so much; with four different nations being represented and three previous title winners still in the frame, it makes for some very exciting play.

The likes of Mervyn King, James Wade, John Part, Gary Anderson and Wayne Mardle may have all fallen at earlier hurdles, but as we reach the latter stages I am genuinely excited by what’s coming up.

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Long time TheOche.com correspondant Phill Catterick posed a few questions to Wayne ‘Hawaii 501′ Mardle. Sit back and read the interview as sent in by Mr. Catterick….Book’em Phill’o!

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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.

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