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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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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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SIMON WHITLOCK will attempt to take Phil Taylor’s Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship crown on Sunday night when the pair clash in the final at London’s Alexandra Palace.

Whitlock won through to the decider in the £1 million event with a brilliant 6-5 win over Raymond van Barneveld, the Australian coming from 4-2 down to take victory.

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PHIL TAYLOR and Raymond van Barneveld romped into the semi-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship without dropping a set to kick off 2010 in style at Alexandra Palace.

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RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD hit a magical nine-dart finish during his 4-0 victory over Brendan Dolan in the second round of the 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Monday night.

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RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD began his Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship challenge with a whitewash of New Zealand’s Warren Parry at Alexandra Palace on Sunday night.

The Dutch five-time World Champion, who lost to Phil Taylor in the decider a year ago, was never in trouble against the Oceanic Masters champion.

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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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PHIL TAYLOR battled from two sets down to win a ninth Skybet World Grand Prix title with a 6-3 defeat of Raymond van Barneveld.

Van Barneveld stunned Taylor to edge the opening two sets of a thrilling final at the Citywest Hotel IECC, with the Dutchman taking advantage of a slow start from the Stoke great.

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By Phill Catterick, who may be reached at phillcatterick@hotmail.com

PHIL TAYLOR has finally achieved the pinnacle in the darting calendar by winning all five major televised events after beating Raymond Barneveld 6-3 in yesterday’s Grand Prix final in Dublin.

Taylor was aiming to secure his ninth title and the elusive Grand Slam which would mean `The Power` would hold all five majors, excluding the Premier League which James Wade won back in May.

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PHIL TAYLOR and Raymond van Barneveld will meet in the final of the Skybet World Grand Prix for a second successive year on Sunday night.

Taylor’s challenge for a ninth title in the double-start format continued with a stylish 5-2 semi-final win against Jenkins, where he averaged 99.76 in a strong display.

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