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PHIL TAYLOR booked his place in the 888.com Premier League Darts play-offs with an 8-2 defeat of Terry Jenkins at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena on Thursday.

The reigning Premier League Darts champion completed a ninth straight victory since his opening-day defeat to Adrian Lewis with a stylish display – and warned the World Champion that he is out for revenge when they meet in Birmingham next week.

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ADRIAN LEWIS and Terry Jenkins won places in the semi-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Saturday afternoon, defeated Vincent van der Voort and Wes Newton in thrillers at Alexandra Palace.

Lewis welcomed in the New Year with 13 180s in a superb 5-2 win over Dutchman van der Voort, who had overcome last year’s runner-up Simon Whitlock in the third round but was punished for missed doubles early in the contest.

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WORLD number seven Terry Jenkins, Bristol’s Steve Brown, Austrian Mensur Suljovic and Holland’s Vincent van der Voort won through to the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Tuesday night.

Jenkins and Brown will now clash in the last 32 of the £1 million tournament after Christmas following their victories at Alexandra Palace.

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JAMES WADE picked up his first Players Championship win of 2010 with a 6-4 defeat of Terry Jenkins in Saturday’s final in Nuland.

The world number three, whose only other victory this year came in a UK Open Qualifier in May, took the £6,000 title with a consistently high quality day of darts in Holland.

Wade dropped only three legs in his opening three games, defeating Robert-Jan Bartels, Sam Allen and Jelle Klaasen, before producing strong finishes to see off Mark Walsh 6-5 and Alan Tabern 6-4.

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Eight of the world’s best players are darting into Rileys clubs around the country to open 17 new Darts Zones.

BDO World Champion Martin Adams has been booked for the tour along with Adrian Lewis, Terry Jenkins, Tony O’Shea, Colin Lloyd, Kevin Painter and former ladies’ World Champion Anastasia Dobromyslova.

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REIGNING champion James Wade qualified for the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-offs and denied Ronnie Baxter a tilt at the title as the league phase of the tournament ended in Nottingham on Thursday.

Wade had lost his first three games, but his 8-5 victory over Terry Jenkins at the Trent FM Arena saw him jump into the top four.

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PHIL TAYLOR powered past Terry Jenkins 6-1 to claim Saturday’s Players Championship in Derby in his first PDC ProTour appearance of 2010.

The world number one confirmed his return to top form following a virus at the Moorways Centre in Derby, backing up a third successive Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts victory on Thursday with a devastating Players Championship win.

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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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Phil Taylor avoided a major scare from Terry Jenkins to earn his place in the quarter-finals of the totesport.com Players Championship on Saturday night.

Taylor, the reigning champion in the £250,000 event, was pushed to deciding leg by Jenkins before prevailing 8-7 to set up a quarter-final with Colin Lloyd on Sunday.

Jenkins led Taylor 4-3 midway through the contest, but a 160 finish helped the world number one to regain the lead, and he proved too strong as the game went to a deciding leg.

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SIMON WHITLOCK dumped world number six Terry Jenkins out of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship with a 4-2 win to reach the quarter-finals.

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