Whitlock Looking For Back to Back Victories in New Zealand
Simon Whitlock will be looking for back to back victories when he travels to New Zealand this weekend to compete in the Otahuhu Club Las Vegas Qualifier beginning Friday evening. Whitlock from Brisbane will travel with fellow Queenslander Shane Tichowitsh who is hoping to join Whitlock in Vegas in 7 weeks time for the PDC Las Vegas Desert Classic.
Also making the trip across the Tasman is fellow Queenslander Steve Macarthur who holds a narrow 4 point lead in the Grand Slam of Darts Ranking table over NSW,s Barry Jouannet.
Phill’s Premier League Darts Review and Roundup

by Phill Catterick, phillcatterick@hotmail.com
James Wade moved back to the top of the Whyte and Mackay Premier League on Thursday evening after a convincing 8-4 victory over Dutchman Jelle Klaasen.
`The Machine` has to be considered as the main threat now to Phil Taylor’s league crown, and he will definitely be tough to beat on finals night next month.

Terry Jenkins Says Talk of Retirement is Nothing but Bull
Putting away rumors that he is retiring from the darts scene, Jenkins denyed National press reports that suggested it saying “I never said I was going to finish with darts in the next two years at all.”
We’ve implemented some of your poll suggestions!
Well, we already had a few of them, namely the Twitter updates for our darts news postings, and our RSS feed. Several of you, well eleven in total, voted for these two items, and we already had them in place at the time of the poll. You may follow our Twitter updates by signing up for twitter and then following us (http://twitter.com/theoche). Each and every news post here on the main page generates a twitter “tweet” so you’ll automatically know when we have posted new news items. We currently have close to 400 followers on Twitter, and hope to count you among them!
Dartoid Looks Back to Darts One Year Ago
Brushing his senility aside, the infamous Dartoid takes us back in time to the state of darts one year ago…the journey begins…

James Wade Defeats Klaasen, Returns to Top of Premier League Darts Table

Photo PDC/Lustig
James Wade returned to the top of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts table with an 8-4 win over Jelle Klaasen at the Sheffield Arena – piling the pressure on Phil Taylor.
Wade completed his league fixtures for the 2009 season in impressive style in Yorkshire, taking out a 170 checkout to seal victory against the Dutchman.
PDC Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts Preview
PDC Media Release: James Wade is looking to increase the pressure on Phil Taylor at the head of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts when the tournament visits the Sheffield Arena on Thursday.
Wade will complete his league fixtures for 2009 when he takes on Jelle Klaasen in Sheffield, in the penultimate league night of the season.
While a place in the play-offs is assured for world number two, a win over the Dutchman would see him move back to the top of the table ahead of Taylor, who plays Mervyn King next week in his final match.
Phill’s Premier League Predictions and Preview, Week 13

Article by Phill Catterick, original photos PDC/Lustig:
The Whyte and Mackay Premier League is beginning to reach the closing stages now as we enter the penultimate week before the top four players advance to finals night at Wembley next month.
These four players have already been decided with Phil Taylor, Mervyn King, James Wade and Raymond Barneveld all having booked their places in the capital, but it remains to be seen in what order they will file in to make up the semi finals.

Adrian Lewis and Dennis Priestley Return to the Premier League!

Original Photos PDC/Lustig, Article by Phill Catterick
As a result of Wayne Mardle’s withdrawal from the Whyte and Mackay Premier League, the organisers of the competition have decided to put in place five challenge matches in order for a full quota of games to take place on the remaining Thursday evenings.
Robert Thornton was the man chosen last week to take on the then league leader James Wade in Aberdeen and visually seemed to enjoy his time in the spotlight, but his darts didn’t quite match up to the expectation and he went down 7-2.
Holsten Qualifiers Regional Finals Send Experienced Players and Newcomers to Bolton
A MIXTURE of experienced players and debutants won through the Holsten Qualifiers Regional Finals to earn places at the Blue Square UK Open in Bolton.
Four Regional Finals were held across the weekend to give players the chance to win one of 32 places alongside the sport’s top names at the Reebok Stadium in June.



