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European Darts Championships – Saturday results

I’ve not got much time for a proper review… those will have to come tomorrow morning.  Saturday afternoon has seen some good darts.  Ronnie Baxter probably the highlight of the play, with some great scoring and doubles (100+ average).  Wayne Jones continues his good run on TV (about time!), with a win over Robert Thornton.

UPDATE: I’m so happy for Jamie ‘Jabba’ Caven – a fantastic win today, and it’s about time we saw him having a great TV tournament.

Priestly and Whitlock at Euro champs 2010 - great new Bravo coverage

Saturday July 31
Second Round
Afternoon Session

Mark Walsh 10-6 Jelle Klaasen
Terry Jenkins 10-8 Simon Whitlock
Ronnie Baxter 10-9 Wes Newton
Wayne Jones 10-4 Robert Thornton

Evening Session

Barrie Bates 6-10 Jamie Caven
Raymond van Barneveld 10-7 Bernd Roith
Phil Taylor 10-5 Andy Smith
Colin Lloyd 10-6 Michael van Gerwen

All games the best of 19 legs

European Championships – Night 1 results and review

Phew what a night – as Bravo TV televised their very first ever darts tournament.  While there was some technical hitches (new hamsters needed on the computer scoreboard me thinks!!), the coverage overall was very good I thought.  Some experienced pundits and commentators, with a style that I thought was very good (a little less excitable than Sky’s coverage perhaps?).

Loved seeing Chris Mason back on the screens, and Alan WL always does a good job too.

The biggest surprise for me was when I received a text message from Bravo TV asking if I’d run their twitter account for the night, as they weren’t able to do it this evening (normal service should be back tomorrow).  So apologies if my constant score updates and player comments were not to your cup of tea    It was good fun anyway.

Bravo and PartyPoker bringing you the Euro Championships

Also I was jumping up and down as the first question put to a player was mine, and my name was read out by Dave Gorman – haha, fame at last!

Anyway – onto the evenings results, and remember it all carries on tomorrow night from 7pm on Bravo TV.  Follow their twitter if you can’t watch some/all of the games to keep track of the evenings games.

Thursday July 29
First Round
Paul Nicholson 3-6 Andy Smith
Mark Walsh 6-3 Antonio Alcinas
Terry Jenkins 6-4 Andree Welge
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Dennis Priestley
Gary Anderson 2-6 Jamie Caven
Phil Taylor 6-2 Co Stompe
Jelle Klaasen 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Mervyn King 3-6 Barrie Bates

Personal highlights for me is my mate Jamie Caven winning through to round 2 – although it was a shame to see Gary Anderson still suffering with a dodgy shoulder.

Final PDC UK Open Standings – all the qualifiers

A TOTAL of 96 professional players have qualified for the UK Open Finals, which will be held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton from June 3-6.

Mark Walsh, top seed, and top floor player!

Eight Qualifiers, each worth £31,600 in prize money, have been held over the past three months for professionals to earn their places in the tournament.

The top 96 players from the UK Open Order of Merit who have played in a minimum of three Qualifiers now win places in the Sky Sports-televised UK Open Finals.

Mark Walsh was the leading player from the eight qualifiers, earning £15,200 prize money which included two £6,000 event wins, while reigning UK Open champion Phil Taylor won £15,000 from three events played, having won two Qualifiers and lost in the final of the other.

The top 32 players enter the UK Open, nicknamed ‘The FA Cup of Darts’ at the Third Round stage on Friday June 4 at the Reebok Stadium.

However, the tournament - unique for the free draw format which means top players can be drawn together at any stage - begins on Thursday June 3 with the Preliminary Round, First Round and Second Round.

The Preliminary and First Rounds feature the players ranked from 65-96 in the UK Open Order of Merit, who are joined by the 32 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers and ten BDO County representatives.

The Second Round will feature the First Round’s 32 winners alongside the players ranked from 33-64 in the UK Open Order of Merit, who include 2004 UK Open champion Roland Scholten, Wayne Mardle, Peter Manley and the totesport.com Players Championship winner Paul Nicholson.

The players tied on £2,300 placed 31-34 in the UK Open Order of Merit were separated by a count-back of prize money won in the previous four tournaments, while Raymond van Barneveld did not qualify having not competed in the requisite three Qualifiers.

The 96 professionals are joined in the UK Open by 32 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers, who have won through knockout qualifiers held in Rileys Darts Zones around the UK, and the BDO County representatives.

The draw for the Preliminary Round, First Round & Second Round will be made on Thursday May 13 and published at www.pdc.tv. The Third Round draw will be made at the close of play in the Second Round on Thursday June 3 in Bolton.

Tickets for the UK Open cost from £20 and are available by calling 0844 871 2932 or by visiting the Reebok Stadium Box Office.

Click ‘read more’ for the full lists (Pro tour, Amateur, and BDO County qualifiers)

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Whitlock wins back to back player championships in Derby

Back-to-back Players Championship wins for Whitlock today – quite an amazing feat, especially has he had to beat Phil Taylor on the way to the title!  Simon Whitlock really is now turning on the style – he clinched the day with an 11 darter against Colin Lloyd, who must be pleased with his days work.

130 players competed for the £31,600 prize fund at the Moorways Centre, Derby, with Co Stompe and Aodhagan O’Neill unable to travel due to the flight disruption caused by the ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Iceland – dust effecting darts, whatever next!?

Krispy special mentions today go to Paul Nicholson (who recently did an interview here), who beat Mark Walsh (one of THE consitent floor players), and then Kevin Painter 6-0 in the quarter finals!  Wayne Jones again reached another quarter final – another of the players you never want to meet in a tournament.

Simon Whitlock wins two in a row (Lawrence Lustig, PDC)

Fourth Round
Paul Nicholson 6-5 Mark Walsh
Kevin Painter 6-3 Dennis Priestley
Mark Frost 6-3 Tony Randell
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Vincent van der Voort
Phil Taylor 6-2 Mark Dudbridge
Wayne Jones 6-4 Steve Hine
Simon Whitlock 6-4 William O’Connor
Ronnie Baxter 6-4 Joe Cullen
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Paul Nicholson 6-0 Kevin Painter
Colin Lloyd 6-1 Mark Frost
Phil Taylor 6-1 Wayne Jones
Simon Whitlock 6-2 Ronnie Baxter
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Colin Lloyd 6-2 Paul Nicholson
Simon Whitlock 6-2 Phil Taylor
Losers £1,500

The Final – the details:

Lloyd 1-0 Whitlock – break of throw. 15 darter
Lloyd 1-1 Whitlock – rebreak, 180 & 116 finish. 12 darter
Lloyd 2-1 Whitlock – break. Whitlock missed D20 for the leg.
Lloyd 3-1 Whitlock – 2 dart 76 c/o.
Lloyd 3-2 Whitlock – Lloyd misses 1 dart at D20 for the leg.
Lloyd 4-2 Whitlock – 13 darter, Whitlock misses the bull for 164 finish.
Lloyd 4-3 Whitlock – 90 c/o
Lloyd 4-4 Whitlock – rebreak. 180′s for both, Lloyd misses 3 darts for the leg.
Lloyd 4-5 Whitlock – Lloyd misses D18 for 106 finish
Lloyd 4-6 Whitlock – Whitlock hits scores of 140, 180 and 149 to leave 32 after nine darts, and seals victory with an 11-darter

Result
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Colin Lloyd
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

UK Open Qualifier 5 – Mark Walsh Wins again

MARK WALSH won his second UK Open Qualifier of 2010 with a 6-3 defeat of John Part at the Barnsley Metrodome.  It’s also a good day for John Part, who has finally had a good day at the office in 2010.  I wasn’t surprised to see Jamie Caven in the semi’s – he’s having a great 2010, and another strong floor player, Wayne Jones was the other.

Walsh repeated his success of six weeks ago in Derby to claim a second £6,000 title of the year, overpowering the three-time World Champion in the decider to move back into the world’s top ten.

The Hertfordshire-based star overcame Patrick Pace, Colin Lloyd and Stuart Bousfield in the early rounds in Derby, before being pushed all the way to a deciding leg in his next three matches, against Mervyn King, Co Stompe and Wayne Jones.

His semi-final against Jones, in particular, proved hard work as Jones hit back from 5-2 down with finishes of 158 and 120 – as Walsh waited on a double – before levelling with a 13-darter, only for Walsh to prevail.

Third Round
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Jelle Klaasen
Denis Ovens 6-5 Steve Farmer
Arron Monk 6-3 Terry Jenkins
Wayne Jones 6-3 James Barton

Mark Walsh wins in Barnsley (Lawrence Lustig/PDC)

Mark Walsh 6-2 Stuart Bousfield
Mervyn King 6-3 Colin Osborne
Co Stompe 6-4 Paul Nicholson
Ronnie Baxter 6-5 Kevin McDine
Gary Anderson 6-4 Mark Webster
John Part 6-1 Chris Thompson
Mark Cox 6-2 Jason Clark
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Darren Johnson
Jamie Caven 6-3 Simon Whitlock
Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Kevin Painter
Steve Maish 6-4 Kirk Shepherd
Wes Newton 6-1 Kevin Dowling
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Denis Ovens 6-2 Adrian Lewis
Wayne Jones 6-2 Arron Monk
Mark Walsh 6-5 Mervyn King
Co Stompe 6-2 Ronnie Baxter
John Part 6-3 Gary Anderson
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Mark Cox
Jamie Caven 6-3 Michael van Gerwen
Wes Newton 6-2 Steve Maish
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Wayne Jones 6-4 Denis Ovens
Mark Walsh 6-5 Co Stompe
John Part 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Jamie Caven 6-2 Wes Newton
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Mark Walsh 6-5 Wayne Jones
John Part 6-3 Jamie Caven
Losers £1,500

Final
Mark Walsh 6-3 John Part
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

Players championship 6 – Lewis hits the Jackpot

Another new winner for this years Players championship – as tournament 6 was dominated by Adrian Lewis, with a 6-4 win over Mark Walsh in the final of Sunday’s German Darts Classic Players Championship.  Some people doubt Adrian’s bottle when he’s gone behind, but he proved he’s made of stern stuff these days, coming from 4-3 down to take three successive legs in winning the final against the tough Mark Walsh.

It just goes to show that form can change overnight, as Saturday’s champion Vincent van der Voort was a last 32 loser to fellow Dutchman Co Stompe, and Wayne Jones – the runner-up 24 hours earlier – was a first round casualty to German Bernd Roith.  Mervyn King, one of the form players of 2010, had a fine win 6-2 against Kevin Painter, but went out 4th round 6-0 to the Scot Gary Anderson – who then went on to beat James wade 6-0 too.

Well done to all the players – onto Wigan for next weeks round.

Fourth Round
Mark Walsh 6-0 Andy Smith

Adrian Lewis & Mark Walsh - German Darts Classic Players Championship (courtesy Thomas Schroeer)

Steve Brown 6-4 Steve Beaton
James Wade 6-4 Co Stompe
Gary Anderson 6-0 Mervyn King
Mark Webster 6-5 Alan Tabern
Brendan Dolan 6-1 Kirk Shepherd
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Steve Hine
Robert Thornton 6-1 Andree Welge
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Mark Walsh 6-5 Steve Brown
Gary Anderson 6-0 James Wade
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Mark Webster
Adrian Lewis 6-5 Robert Thornton
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Mark Walsh 6-3 Gary Anderson
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Brendan Dolan
Losers £1,500

Final
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Mark Walsh
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

UK Open qualifier 2 – Walsh cuts the Power!

Day two in Derby, and this time the two weekend events have been shared between two players rather than last weeks domination by Mervyn King.    Congratulations go to Mark Walsh, who beats Phil Taylor 6-2 in the UK Open qualifier final.   Phil beat a string of players 6-1 on the way to the final – including Andy Hamilton in the semi, but he came unstuck against Walsh.

My special mention today goes to Co Stompe – who made it to the last 4.  Co is hard not to like when I’ve seen him on TV – a real gentleman of the sport, who appears to believe the paying fans are just as important to darts as the players.  Co had a great win against James Wade 6-1 – but didn’t have enough to beat Mark Walsh – who took him 6-4 (after losing a 4-1 lead).

Mark Walsh beats the Power in Derby (Lawrence Lustig/PDC)

Third Round
Stuart Dutton 6-2 Wayne Atwood
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Mark Frost
Andy Hamilton 6-3 Darren Webster
Gary Anderson 6-4 Stephen Hardy
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Tony Eccles
Jelle Klaasen 6-1 Mark Cox
Phil Taylor 6-1 Kevin Painter
Nick Fullwell 6-4 Terry Jenkins
Co Stompe 6-2 Wes Newton
Jamie Caven 6-1 Peter Manley
James Wade 6-3 Andy Smith
Paul Nicholson 6-1 Arron Monk
Chris Thompson 6-3 Jyhan Artut
Colin Monk 6-4 Brendan Dolan
Mark Walsh 6-4 Mark Webster
Dennis Priestley 6-1 Peter Hudson
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Adrian Lewis 6-5 Stuart Dutton
Andy Hamilton 6-1 Gary Anderson
Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Vincent van der Voort
Phil Taylor 6-1 Nick Fullwell
Co Stompe 6-2 Jamie Caven
James Wade 6-2 Paul Nicholson
Colin Monk 6-3 Chris Thompson
Mark Walsh 6-5 Dennis Priestley
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Andy Hamilton 6-4 Adrian Lewis
Phil Taylor 6-1 Jelle Klaasen
Co Stompe 6-1 James Wade
Mark Walsh 6-1 Colin Monk
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals – latest
Phil Taylor 6-1 Andy Hamilton
Mark Walsh 6-4 Co Stompe
Losers £1,500

Final
Mark Walsh 6-2 Phil Taylor

Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

For full round by round results go to the official PDC website here.