Barneveld Takes Place in Premier League Playoffs
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD secured a place in the 888.com Premier League Darts Play-Offs with an 8-4 win over Gary Anderson at the BIC in Bournemouth, as Adrian Lewis put one foot into the top four.
Dutch ace van Barneveld had missed out on a top-four finish in last year’s Premier League for the first time since he joined the PDC in 2006, but a seventh win of this season means he will compete for the £125,000 title at the Wembley Arena.
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MICHAEL VAN GERWEN claimed his first PDC Unicorn Youth Tour victory, defeating Ash Khayat 4-0 in the final at Wigan’s Robin Park Tennis Centre.
Dutch ace Van Gerwen, who turned 22 last Monday, claimed the £600 first prize in his best showing yet in the sixth Youth Tour events this year, claiming some fine wins along the way.
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Taylor Bounces Back from Anderson Loss to win Final UK Open Qualifier
PHIL TAYLOR won his second Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier, defeating Colin Osborne 6-3 to claim victory in the last of eight events as players battled to win places in the televised finals in Bolton.
Taylor bounced back from Saturday’s loss to Gary Anderson in the final by claiming the £6,000 first prize 24 hours later at Wigan’s Robin Park Tennis Centre – copying his achievements a fortnight ago in Wigan.
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GARY ANDERSON completed a Speedy Hire UK Open double over Phil Taylor, claiming a 6-2 win when the pair met in the Qualifier Seven final at Wigan on Saturday.
Anderson had defeated Taylor to win Qualifier Five a fortnight ago, and repeated the feat with a fine display to take the £6,000 title, also avenging Thursday’s 888.com Premier League Darts loss to the Stoke legend at the same time.
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PHIL TAYLOR eased to victory over Gary Anderson in the battle of the 888.com Premier League Darts’ top two at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Thursday, but the race for places in next month’s Play-Offs intensified as Adrian Lewis jumped back to fourth in the table.
Taylor picked up his 11th straight win this season with a comfortable 8-3 defeat of second-placed Anderson, who is now assured of a top-four finish despite his loss.
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Andy Philip sent in this great wrap up of last week’s Premier league darts. Andy’s roundups and blog can be found at www.sportshack.moonfruit.com.
Phil Taylor avenged his only defeat in this seasons Premier League with an 8-3 victory over World Champion Adrian Lewis in his 100th Premier League game. Both players averaged over 100 but Taylors 107.45 comfortably trumped Lewis 100.89. The result guaranteed that Taylor will finish in one of the top two spots in the league while Lewis is in the fight for a play-off spot in sixth place.
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PHIL TAYLOR defeated Joe Cullen 6-1 to win the sixth Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier at the Barnsley Metrodome on Sunday.
Taylor claimed his first PDC ProTour win of the year, and a £6,000 first prize, with a comprehensive win in the final, going one better than he had in Saturday’s event when he was defeated by Gary Anderson.
Bradford youngster Cullen had won through to his first professional final with some brilliant displays on home ground in Yorkshire, but saw Taylor gain revenge for a Players Championship defeat in Killarney last October in the decider.
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RICKY EVANS defeated David Coyne 4-1 to win the fifth PDC Unicorn Youth Tour event, held at the Barnsley Metrodome on Saturday.
Kettering’s Evans, 20, claimed the £600 first prize with his best showing on the Youth Tour this year, defeating some high-profile names along the way.
Having defeated Steve Kirkby, Matt Gallett and Damian Smith to win his first three matches, Evans then whitewashed Hull prospect Reece Robinson in the quarter-finals and defeated Youth Tour Order of Merit leader Shaun Griffiths 4-1 in the semis.
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Anderson Puts Taylor Away at UK Open Qualifier
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GARY ANDERSON won the fifth Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier, defeating Phil Taylor 6-4 in the final at the Barnsley Metrodome in an event which featured two nine-dart finishes.
Scottish ace Anderson claimed his first victory over Taylor since the 2007 World Darts Trophy final with the triumph, averaging almost 108 in a brilliant display in the decider.
Anderson – last year’s UK Open runner-up in Bolton to Taylor – enjoyed three whitewash victories during the day, against Simon Craven, Mark Stephenson and Colin Osborne.
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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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