PDC World Championship Semi Final Roundup
Qualifier Kirk Shepherd will face John Part in the final of the 2008 Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship on New Year’s Day following a stunning 6-4 semi-final win over Wayne Mardle.
The 21-year-old from Ramsgate came through five matches in the PDPA Qualifiers at Wolverhampton in November, and has battled through another five contests at Alexandra Palace.
Terry Jenkins, Mick McGowan and Peter Manley all missed darts to defeat Shepherd earlier in the event, and the Second Dan Black Belt karate star showed his fighting qualities against Mardle.
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PDC World Championship Quarter Final Evening Action
Wayne Mardle denied Phil Taylor a 15th successive Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship with a sensational 5-4 quarter-final win at Alexandra Palace on Saturday night.
In an incredible day of last eight action, Taylor saw Mardle come from three sets down to level their game, and then take victory in an enthralling decider.
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PDC World Championship Quarter Final
KIRK SHEPHERD produced a sensational performance to knock Peter Manley out of the 2008 Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship in a nine-set thriller.
The youngster was 4-3 down and faced darts for the match in the third leg of the deciding set, but came through to reach the semi-finals at his first attempt.
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PDC World Championship Friday Evening Roundup
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Ladbrokes.com World Darts Champion Raymond van Barneveld was sent crashing out of the 2008 tournament with a 4-2 defeat to Kevin Painter at London’s Alexandra Palace on Friday.
The Dutchman had battled past a bout of ‘flu to reach the last 16, but saw the defense of his title come to a halt against Painter.
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Van Barneveld Brushed Aside by Painter
Source: Daily Mail by Richard Lewis.
Kevin Painter gave the performance of his life to end the reign of darts world champion Raymond van Barneveld at the Alexandra Palace last night.
The player known as The Artist triumphed 4-2 to reach today’s quarter-finals ? and almost won the match with a nine-dart leg.
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PDC World Championship Friday Afternoon Session
Young stars James Wade, Adrian Lewis and Kirk Shepherd booked places in the quarter-finals of the 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on a dramatic afternoon at Alexandra Palace.
The trio have been hailed in some quarters as the future of the sport, and showed their qualities with battling displays.
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PDC World Championship Thursday Evening Roundup
Phil Taylor came back from the brink of defeat for a third successive game to keep alive his Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship hopes with a tie-break defeat of Alan Tabern.
The 13-time World Champion has been pushed to a final set in his opening two matches at Alexandra Palace, against Michael van Gerwen and Mark Walsh, and again rode his luck against the world number 18.
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Barneveld Moves Into Third Round, Defeats Clark 4-1
Source: RTE Sport.
Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld raced into the third round of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship with a 4-1 victory over Jason Clark.
Despite reportedly suffering from the flu, van Barneveld was never in any real danger at London’s Alexandra Palace.
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PDC World Championship Thursday Afternoon Roundup
World number five Andy Hamilton slumped to defeat against Alex Roy at the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship on Thursday afternoon.
Hamilton, the runner-up in last month’s Grand Slam of Darts and a semi-finalist at the World Championship 12 months ago, failed to find his spark as the world number 27 progressed to the last 16.
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PDC World Championship: Boxing Day Roundup
James Wade was forced to dig deep to book his place in the last 16 of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship on Boxing Day.
The world number three saw Steve Beaton come from two sets down to level in their round two contest at Alexandra Palace, with the 1996 World Champion also taking the lead in the deciding set.
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