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Darts legends Phil Taylor and John Part will meet in the quarter-finals of the PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts on Friday.

The duo booked their places in the last eight of the ?300,000 tournament at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall with second round victories over Gary Mawson and Colin Lloyd on Thursday.

They have met in five major finals down the years, but will clash in a best-of-19 leg contest on Friday night for a place in the semis.
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…writes Giles Smith in an article from Timesonline.co.uk. He goes on to say:

Odd in the extreme. To adapt P. J. O?Rourke, darts without Sid Waddell is like Disney World without Disney. And without the world. Yet here were ITV and the BBC, locked into the first all-terrestrial tungsten-based broadcasting face-off of our time, and the one true voice of the sport was nowhere to be heard ? at home, presumably, twiddling his thumbs and gargling a thesaurus.
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WorthPlaying.com has issued a Q & A (don’t get excited Dartoid, it’s not like T and A!) column about the lastest release of the popular darts game. Simon Callaghan, from Johnny Atom Productions provides the answers…
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Top seeds Raymond van Barneveld and James Wade were knocked out of the PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts in a thrilling start to round two on Wednesday night.

The first four last 16 games at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall produced four sensational contests, with underdogs Kevin McDine and Terry Jenkins knocking out two of darts’ biggest names.
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ITV WILDCARD QUALIFIER Kevin McDine dumped PDC world number three James Wade out of the PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts with a 10-7 victory at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
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From Stockport Express online:

Stockport favourite Darryl Fitton is hoping that his superb effort in reaching the Winmau World Masters final in Bridlington last weekend can provide a timely lift he may need now that the Lakeside World Championships are just seven weeks away.
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BDO Media Release, Courtesy Robert Holmes:

The 2007 WINMAU WORLD MASTERS had everything, from excellent BBC viewing figures to a televised 9-Dart 501checkout from John Boy Walton, and an unseeded 2007 Men?s Master in Scotland?s Robert Thornton, who has now gained automatic entry into the 2008 Lakeside World Professional ? in which he has been drawn to play John Walton in the First Round on Saturday, January 5th.
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Gary Anderson, John Part, Colin Lloyd and Mervyn King secured their places in the second round of the PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts as the group stage concluded on Tuesday night.

The quartet all won through must-win battles to progress to the last 16 of the competition.
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It seems clear from his article that Patrick Hill of The News and Star online doesn’t really care for the BDO and doesn’t mind voicing his opinion on the matter. From the News and Star online article:

“Master promoter Barry Hearn has injected glitz, glamour and an air of boxing-like cool to the PDC circuit ? but the amateur BDO equivalent is still as unfashionable and embarrassing as ever. One browse of Saturday?s event on the BBC was rammed full of balding obesity, Wayne and Waynettas galore and enough gold-plated jewellery to make Mr T jealous.”
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Australia’s Pat Orreal will join Raymond van Barneveld and James Wade in the last 16 of the PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts on Wednesday.

The Queenslander was a late replacement for Australian Open champion Glenn Power for the tournament a week ago, but has taken his chance with both hands to qualify through the group stage at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

He found himself 4-0 down in his winner-takes-all contest with Phill Nixon, the runner-up in this year’s BDO World Championship Final.

Orreal managed to claw his way back into the game, and then punished eight missed darts for the match from Nixon to take the deciding leg.
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