Walsh Wins Group Four With Painter Victory
MARK WALSH defeated Kevin Painter 6-4 to win Group Four of Championship League Darts on Tuesday.
The Hertfordshire ace booked his place in the tournament’s Winners Group for a second successive year following a consistent day at Crondon Park GC in Essex.
King Trumps van der Voort in Championship League Darts
MERVYN KING claimed victory in Group Three of Championship League Darts with a 6-2 defeat of Vincent van der Voort.
King bounced back from the disappointment of semi-final defeats on the opening two days of the tournament by booking his place in October’s Winners Group in a strong finish to Group Three.
Taylor Bounces Back from Wade Loss to take Group Two
Phil Taylor ruthlessly whitewashed Mark Walsh to win Group Two of Championship League Darts.
Taylor bounced back from defeat to James Wade in the Group One final with a flawless second day in the internet-streamed tournament at Crondon Park GC in Essex.
Wade Takes Championship League Victory, Taylor Hits Another 9 Darter
JAMES WADE defeated Phil Taylor 6-4 to win Group One of the Championship League Darts – despite the reigning champion hitting a nine-darter on the 2009 event’s opening day.
World number two Wade booked his place in the Winners Group of the internet-televised tournament in style at Crondon Park GC in Essex, claiming two wins in a highly profitable day.
Skybet World Grand Prix Will See Brendan Dolan taking on Phil Taylor
PHIL TAYLOR will begin the defence of his Skybet World Grand Prix title against Northern Ireland’s Brendan Dolan on Monday October 5, while Dublin duo Jacko Barry and Mick McGowan will clash in the tournament’s first round.
The £350,000 tournament – unique for having to start and finish a leg with a double – will be held in the Citywest Hotel IECC from October 5-11, offering £100,000 to the champion.
Championship League Darts Opening Round Features Wade-Taylor Matchup
PHIL TAYLOR and James Wade will meet in the opening round of the 2009 Championship League Darts next Tuesday.
The fixtures for Group One of the tournament, to be screened solely on the internet via a series of ten bookmakers’ websites, have now been confirmed.
The opening day’s action, starting at 11am on Tuesday September 15, will see eight of the world’s top ten players compete in Group One at Crondon Park GC in Essex.
World Grand Prix Has New Venue
Dublin’s Jacko Barry,2008 Sky Poker World Grand Prix
THE 2009 Skybet World Grand Prix will now be staged in the brand new Citywest International Event & Convention Centre – doubling the capacity for October’s event – while the field of 32 competitors is now confirmed.
Dublin’s Citywest Hotel has hosted the World Grand Prix since 2001, with the Sky Sports-televised event being played in the unique format where players need to both begin and end a leg with a double.
One Viking’s Journey, the Andy Fordham Autobiography
Not all Vikings blaze trails into the wilderness of new frontiers. This doesn’t mean that the journey is any easier though, as you can find out in Andy Fordham’s soon to be released autobiography. The scheduled release date is 1st October 2009.
Reflections on the Winmau World Masters
by Phill Catterick:
FOR the spectator it was perhaps slightly disappointing that the first semi final wasn’t the game that concluded the championships in Bridlington, with Martin Adams and Tony O’Shea locking horns in a battle of the titans.
It seemed likely that the victor of that match would go onto win the competition, and that proved to be the case. However, the final was a classic which will live long in the memory and definitely provided a good advertisement for the BDO.
Jamie Caven Beats Steve Beaton for Austrian Open Win
JAMIE CAVEN won his second tournament of 2009 with a 6-2 victory over Steve Beaton in the final of Sunday’s Austrian Open Players Championship.
Caven, the Blue Square UK Open Welsh Regional Final winner in May, added a further £6,000 to his ever-improving position in the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit with a resilient display in Salzburg.
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