Pipe Denied the Benidorm Double as Smith Takes Maiden PC Title
Posted on January 29th, 2012
MICHAEL SMITH won his second professional title with victory in Sunday’s Spanish Darts Classic Players Championship in Benidorm, denying Justin Pipe a weekend double with a 6-3 win in the final.
The 21-year-old from St Helens had won a UK Open Qualifier last February in Barnsley, and picked up the £6,000 first prize from the second PDC ProTour event of 2012.
Having missed double 12 for a nine-dart finish during a defeat to Pipe during Saturday’s Players Championship, Smith gained revenge against the Taunton ace with a 6-3 win in Sunday’s decider at Benidorm’s Melia Hotel.
After edging two of the first three legs in the final, Smith secured the first break of throw with a brilliant fourth leg, hitting a 180 and taking out a 130 checkout on double five. Read the rest of this entry »
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Pipe Wins Opening Players Championship in Benidorm
Posted on January 28th, 2012
Justin Pipe picked up where he left off in 2011, kicking off his 2012 players championship in style with a 6-0 whitewash over The Asset – Paul Nicholson in Benidorm. This ensures Pipe walks away with at least £6k for his weekends work.
This first Players Championship of the year saw debutant Ted Hankey fall at the first hurdle, The Count found himself on the wrong end of a 6-4 preliminarly round scoreline against Q School tour card winner Matthew Edgar in the preliminary round. Dean Winstanley another high profile BDO switcher also suffered an early exit, losing in the first round to Kim Huybrechts.
Elsewhere Ian White opened his 2012 campaign with a 9 dart leg in his first round victory over friend and stablemate Mark Hylton, and went on to reach the semi-final stage, eventually losing 6-4 to Justin Pipe. Young Michael Griffiths enjoyed a decent run to the quarter finals again losing to the days winner Pipe. The full PDC report can be found below. Read the rest of this entry »
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Players Championship Finals – Painter Wins
Posted on December 12th, 2011
The 2011 Cash Converters Players Championship, as a whole, offered something for even the most casual of tungsten observers, despite criticism of the crowd, both low in numbers and high in (play distracting) volume. 170 checkouts a plenty, including back to back ones from Wes Newton, thrilling final leg shootouts and Taylor toppled at only the second hurdle, with many other highly fancied and seeded players following him on the M18 home.
Scott Rand came of age in front of the TV cameras, the Coventry player certainly lived up to his ‘cool hand’ name, grabbed everyone’s attention and ruffled a few feathers along the way. Taking the notable scalps of van Barneveld and Wade before his eventual semi-final loss to a rejuvenated Kevin Painter.
This left us with a Mark Webster versus Painter final, following Websters defeat of Wes Newton in the evenings other semi-final. Painter went on to claim his maiden TV major title, which along with all the final days action is described in more detail in the PDC report below:
Final & Semi-finals – Evening Session
KEVIN PAINTER won the first major title of his career with a brilliant 13-9 defeat of Mark Webster in the Cash Converters Players Championship final at the Doncaster Dome on Sunday night. Read the rest of this entry »
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Players Championship Saturday – Last 16 Results
Posted on December 11th, 2011
Evening Session
MERVYN KING caused a sensation at the Cash Converters Players Championship by knocking out reigning champion Phil Taylor 8-5 in the second round on Saturday evening.
The 45-year-old from Norfolk claimed only his second televised victory over Taylor with a fine display to end the world number one’s hopes of a third Players Championship title in four stagings of the event.
King established an early 3-1 lead and managed to maintain his advantage to seal a place in Sunday’s quarter-finals, although he had missed nine match darts before finally hitting double five to inflict a first televised defeat since June for Taylor.
“It’s always an honour to play Phil and to beat him is special,” said King. “I got the win and that’s all that matters, but I did get nervous at the end.
“Most of the match darts which missed were good darts at a double that didn’t go in, but it was a big relief to see the double five go in.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Players Championship Night 2 – Two 170′s & a Whitewash
Posted on December 10th, 2011
PHIL TAYLOR had to come from 4-1 down to defeat Terry Jenkins 6-4 as he began the defence of his Cash Converters Players Championship title at the Doncaster Dome on Friday night.
The world number one looked on course to crash out of the event, which he has won twice in the previous three years, when Jenkins won four of the opening five legs in their contest and almost hit a nine-darter.
However, Stoke ace Taylor won five successive legs to set up a second round clash with Mervyn King on Saturday afternoon, sealing victory with a superb 11-dart leg.
“It was a real scrap and a fantastic game,” said Taylor. “I think Terry’s plan was to hit me as fast as he can.
“At 4-1 I had to take it one leg at a time and when my back was against the wall I relaxed, but that game will be good in getting me prepared for the rest of the tournament.”
King took a 6-4 victory over Colin Lloyd in their first round game, despite the former world number one hitting finishes of 102 and 170 in taking a 3-0 lead. Read the rest of this entry »
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Barneveld Believes Again – Players Championship Night 1
Posted on December 9th, 2011
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD believes that a change back to the darts which won him a fifth World Championship title can aid his Cash Converters Players Championship challenge, after he opened the event by hitting eight 180s in a defeat of Ronnie Baxter in Doncaster.
The Dutch ace has slipped to eighth in the PDC Order of Merit this year, but since losing out in the group stage of the Grand Slam of Darts last month has returned to using darts similar to those with which he defeated Phil Taylor for World Championship glory in 2007.
He made a huge impact at the Doncaster Dome, averaging over 104 and hitting eight 180s in seeing off Baxter 6-3 to power into the last 16 of the £250,000 Players Championship.
“I didn’t have a good Grand Slam but I’ve gone back to this set-up and I’ve practised well, and I know now what I can do on stage with these darts,” said van Barneveld. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Doncaster Dome, First Round, PDC Darts Results, PDC Players Championship, Raymond van Barneveld, steve brown
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Beat the Tipster – Free to Enter Prediction Competitions
Posted on December 4th, 2011
It’s silly season in the darting calendar, with 4 major tournaments in the space of a few weeks.
We will be running our regular Beat The Tipster competition in association with Bulls Darts and DartsCorner.co.uk, covering all these tournaments. In fact the Tipster has made his predictions for Lakeside, The Zuiderduin Masters and the PDC Players Championship already. So make haste over to the registration page to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes.
We have a mix of our usual, match score predictions and a chance for you to assemble a Fantasy League Darts squad for the Zuiderduin Masters.
Full details and prize breakdown information is detailed here, and thanks to Bulls and DartsCorner.co.uk you can expect to win Dart Boards, Electronic Scorers, Dart Board Cabinets, Dart Board Stands, Dart Sets. Remember though, you have to be in it to win it! Registration for the Players Champs and Zuiderduin Master ends very soon…so don’t delay and register today!
With hundreds of pounds of prizes on offer, why not try and bag yourself an extra Christmas present or two?
Tell your mates, get the wife to enter! Everyone is welcome to join in with the fun.
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Cash Converters Players Championship Schedule of Play
Posted on November 30th, 2011
DARTS’ top names will descend on South Yorkshire next weekend for the Cash Converters Players Championship, which will be held from December 8-11 at the Doncaster Dome.
The £250,000 tournament will feature stars including 15-time World Champion Phil Taylor, Holland’s five-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld, Premier League Darts champion Gary Anderson and world number three James Wade.
The tournament – screened live on ITV4 – will kick off on Thursday December 8, with the opening eight games from the first round being played.
Derby’s Jamie Caven will meet emerging star Scott Rand in the tournament’s opening game, with recent Grand Slam of Darts semi-finalist Mark Walsh facing Mark Hylton and Peter Wright playing Denis Ovens before three former World Champions enter the fray.
Dutch star van Barneveld clashes with Blackpool’s Ronnie Baxter, Canada’s three-time World Champion John Part meets Wolverhampton’s Wayne Jones and Wales’ former World Champion Richie Burnett plays UK Open runner-up Wes Newton.
2010 Players Championship Finals winner Paul Nicholson begins his bid for a second win in the event against Bristol’s Steve Brown, and June’s UK Open champion James Wade takes on Andy Smith.
Friday’s remaining eight first round games include reigning champion Taylor taking on Terry Jenkins, while Scotland’s world number four Anderson plays Michael van Gerwen.
Friday night opens with the all-St Helens battle befween debutant Dave Chisnall and Alan Tabern, with Colin Osborne playing Kevin Painter and Dutch pair Vincent van der Voort and Co Stompe then clashing.
Mervyn King, the 2010 runner-up, plays Colin Lloyd before number one seed Justin Pipe – the winner of three Players Championships in recent weeks – takes on John Henderson.
Former World Champions Mark Webster and Steve Beaton meet in the night’s other game, with the second round split across two sessions on Saturday December 10.
The tournament comes to a climax with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final split across two sessions on Sunday December 11 as players compete for the £60,000 title.
Players competed in 31 one-day Players Championship events during 2011 to qualify for the event, which features the leading 32 money earners from those tournaments.
However, world number five Simon Whitlock withdrew as he continues his recovery from a broken bone in his ankle, paving the way for John Henderson to compete in Doncaster, while Adrian Lewis missed out on qualification by one place in the Players Championship Order of Merit.
Tickets are available all sessions of the Cash Converters Players Championship, either in person from the Doncaster Dome Box Office or by calling 01302 370 777, with a buy one, get one free offer available for tickets for the opening night on Thursday December 8.
Cash Converters Players Championship
Schedule of Play
Thursday December 8 (7pm-11pm)
First Round
7.05pm Jamie Caven v Scott Rand
7.35pm Mark Walsh v Mark Hylton
8.05pm Peter Wright v Denis Ovens
8.35pm John Part v Wayne Jones
9.05pm Wes Newton v Richie Burnett
9.35pm Ronnie Baxter v Raymond van Barneveld
10.05pm James Wade v Andy Smith
10.35pm Paul Nicholson v Steve Brown
Friday December 9 (7pm-11pm)
First Round
7.05pm Dave Chisnall v Alan Tabern
7.35pm Colin Osborne v Kevin Painter
8.05pm Vincent van der Voort v Co Stompe
8.35pm Mervyn King v Colin Lloyd
9.05pm Justin Pipe v John Henderson
9.35pm Phil Taylor v Terry Jenkins
10.05pm Mark Webster v Steve Beaton
10.35pm Gary Anderson v Michael van Gerwen
Saturday December 10
Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm)
Second Round
1.05pm Newton/Burnett v Wright/Ovens
2.05pm Part/Jones v Walsh/Hylton
3.05pm Nicholson/Brown v Wade/Smith
4.05pm Baxter/Barneveld v Caven/Rand
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Second Round
7.05pm van der Voort/Stompe v Chisnall/Tabern
8.05pm Pipe/Henderson v Webster/Beaton
9.05pm Taylor/Jenkins v King/Lloyd
10.05pm Anderson/van Gerwen v Osborne/Painter
Sunday December 11
Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm)
Quarter-Finals
1.05pm Part/Jones/Walsh/Hylton v Newton/Burnett/Wright/Ovens
2.05pm Baxter/van Barneveld/Caven/Rand v Nicholson/Brown/Wade/Smith
3.05pm Anderson/van Gerwen/Osborne/Painter v Taylor/Jenkins/King/Lloyd
4.05pm Pipe/Henderson/Webster/Beaton v van der Voort/Stompe/Chisnall/Tabern
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Semi-Finals
7.05pm
8.15pm
Order to be decided by coin toss
Final
9.45pm
Format
First Round Best of 11 legs
Second Round Best of 15 legs
Quarter-Finals Best of 17 legs
Semi-Finals Best of 19 legs
Final Best of 25 legs
Source – PDC/Lawrence Lustig
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Taylor Completes Wigan Double
Posted on November 27th, 2011
PHIL TAYLOR completed a clean sweep of Players Championship events in Wigan with a hard-fought 6-4 win over Justin Pipe to take Sunday’s title at the Robin Park Tennis Centre.
Taylor backed up Saturday’s Players Championship with another excellent display to take the £6,000 first prize for the second day running, coming from 4-2 down against Pipe in the final.
He began the event with 6-3 victories over Stephen Hardy and Brendan Dolan before defeating Wayne Jones by a 6-1 scoreline to reach the last eight.
Taylor then knocked out Steve Beaton with a 6-2 win and a 6-1 triumph against Wes Newton in the semi-finals set-up a clash against Pipe. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Power Picks up Wigan Win
Posted on November 26th, 2011
PHIL TAYLOR powered to his fourth Pro Tour title of the year with a 6-1 victory over Ronnie Baxter in Wigan on Saturday to collect the £6,000 first prize.
The world number one continued the fantastic form that he showed in Wolverhampton a week ago, where he captured his fourth Grand Slam title.
Taylor began the final by breaking Baxter’s throw with a 121 checkout and then converted a 77 finish to lead 2-0 and establish control.
The Stoke star continued that form in the third leg when he hit a maximum to reach a finish first. But unusually for Taylor, he was off-target with several attempts at doubles for a 3-0 lead and Baxter took the opportunity to nick the leg. Read the rest of this entry »
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Both poker and darts are highly popular pursuits. The games are available online, in fact, that there are organizations dedicated to making sure the rules of video poker and online darts are conformed. Similar to darts having the World Darts Federation, among others, and poker has the Tournament Directors Association. These rules are put into place in highly competitive tournaments, in which as many as hundreds or even thousands of people compete for cash prizes as well as prestige.
