Information on the Austrian Darts Open at Wiener Neustadt the first of the 5 EDT European Darts Tour events and all the other EDT events including Flights/Links/Travel/Taxis/Entries/Trains/Event Info/Etc is now on your PDPA Travel Page on your members ...

World Champion Lewis & Dutch Master van Barnaveld share the spoils at Aberdeen, super Scot Anderson gives the partizan crown what they wanted. But its Phil Taylor who steals the show with a '9' Darter in leg 10 against Kevin Painter. Painter...

PDC Europe 2012 EUROPEAN TOUR The 2012 European Darts Tour is a series of 5 European events with a 64 player main draw comprising: The top 32 entered players from the PDC Order of Merit on cut-off date, will be the 32 seeds for the event: The ot...

'Mighty Mike' Michael van Gerwen wins the Crawley UK Open with a fantastic 6-1 win in the Final against Dave Chisnall including a 9 Darter and a 170 Finish. This the second UK Open Qualifier of the weekend saw over 190 PDPA Members compete for the c...

Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier One 11 Feb 2012 Wesley Newton wins the first UK Open of the season with a 6-3 win over Belgiums Kim Huybrechts. Kevin Dowling enjoyed his best ever run in a PDC event with a Semi-Final place before bowing out t...

ADRIAN LEWIS and Phil Taylor kicked off the McCoy's Premier League Darts season with a thrilling draw at the Manchester Arena on Thursday night, as Andy Hamilton and Kevin Painter made winning debuts in the tournament. The opening night of the 2012 ...

THE 2012 McCoy's Premier League Darts season begins on Thursday night as the world's top two players, Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis, prepare to clash as the £450,000 tournament kicks off at the Manchester Arena. Stoke pair Taylor and Lewis, respec...

THE first two Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifiers of 2012 will feature a bumper field of over 190 players in Crawley on February 11 & 12, including reigning champion James Wade and World Champion Adrian Lewis. The two £35,000 tournaments are the fi...

England's Phil Taylor & Adrian Lewis powered to World Cup glory with a fantastic win in the Cash Converters World Cup of Darts defeating the Australian pairing of Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson in a sudden death decider. England led 3-0 wit...

ENGLAND END WALES DREAM AND AUSSIES BEAT REIGNING CHAMPIONS AS BIG GUNS REACH THE CASH CONVERTERS PDC WORLD CUP OF DARTS FINAL Results Semi-Finals: England 5-1 Wales / Netherlands 1-5 Australia ENGLISH pair Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis scrap...

St Helens Youth Star 'Michael Smith' won his first PDC Players Championship event and denied Justin Pipe a double header in the Sundays Spanish Darts Trophy. Smith who won a UK Open qualifier in 2011, won through 6-3 against Saturdays winner Pipe. ...

Justin Pipe continued where he left off last season by taking the first Players Championship event of 2012, with a 6-0 whitewash over Paul Nicholson in the Spanish Darts Trophy final. Pipe, beat welshman Mark Webster 6-4 in the last 16 before overco...

Info All PDPA Members:  Information on the PDC, PDPA, 2012 events hotels, travel etc If you are now a TOUR CARD holder make sure your ‘Full Membership’ upgrade is paid before the commencement of the first event i.e. Benidorm 28th January 20...

THE first Players Championships of 2012 will be held on January 28 &  29 at the Media Hotel Benidorm, as newcomers Ted Hankey, Dean Winstanley, Tony West and James Hubbard make their PDC ProTour debuts. Two £35,000 Players Championships will ...

THE 2012 Qualifying School comes to a close with Day Four at the Barnsley Metrodome on Sunday. Welsh youngster Jamie Lewis bt Andy Jenkins to win the first Tour Card of the day, Bernd Roith who made his debut at the European Championships a few yea...

DAY 3 PDC Q-School The field of 199 players returned for the third of four days' play in the event, with a further four Tour Cards on offer and ranking points. Andrew Gilding known as Goldfinger won the first Tour Card of the day, followed by forme...

DAY 2,  PDC Q-School Friday of the PDC ProTour Qualifying School in Barnsley. Steve West followed his brother Tony to win a coverted PDC Tour Card on the second day here at Barnsley, Belgian Kurt van der Rijck also won through after a last leg de...

DAY 1 PDC Q SCHOOL...Darren Whittingham, Richie Howson, Andy Cornwall 'Who was the first Q School entry' and Tony West gained the first 4 PDC Tour Cards The first of four days of the 2012 Qualifying School sees 213 players competing for the first...

Q School – January 19-22 2012 Venue: Barnsley Metrodome, Queen’s Rd, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S71 1AN Registration & Toe The Oche 9:00 Doors will open to players and their guests 09:30 -11:00 Registration – any player not regi...

Over 200 players will contest for the coverted PDC Tour Cards from this Thursday - Sunday at the Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley. Q-School Registration is now closed The PDC Q-School gets under way with 16 Tour Cards on offer for the semi-finalis...

It is with great regret we are informing our membership of the sudden passing of our secretary Audrey Bradshaw RIP. Audrey passed away suddenly at her home over the weekend, all of our condolences go to her family and loved ones. We thank everyo...

FIVE new countries will compete in the 2012 World Cup of Darts in Hamburg next month - including South Africa, the Philippines and Malaysia. The second PDC World Cup will be staged from February 3-5 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, featuri...

Since joining the PDC, and being given his chance to achieve his lifetime ambition, Rugeley based dart player Mark `Mile High’ Hylton has determined not to forget that the game is played first and foremost for social entertainment by millions of peop...

PHIL TAYLOR was named as the PDC Player of the Year on Tuesday night, as Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Justin Pipe and Dave Chisnall also picked up trophies at the PDC Annual Awards Dinner. The stars of the sport gathered at The Dorchester on London'...

THE McCoy's Premier League Darts will feature debutants Andy Hamilton and Kevin Painter in 2012 after the line-up for the eight-man tournament was announced on Tuesday. Hamilton is rewarded for his run to the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship final...

Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis won back to back World Championships with an amazing display to oust Andy 'The Hammer' Hamilton 7-3 at the Alexandra Palace tonight to be the Ladbrokes World Darts Champion 2012. The 26-year-old Stoke star creates history by b...

Ladbrokes World Darts Championship - Semi-Finals Sunday January 1 (7.30pm) Andy Hamilton 6-5 Simon Whitlock Adrian Lewis 6-5 James Wade ANDY HAMILTON 6-5 SIMON WHITLOCK (3-0, 2-3, 3-1, 3-1, 0-3, 2-3, 0-3, 0-3, 3-2, 3-1, 4-2) Andy Hamilton sec...

ANDY HAMILTON 6-5 SIMON WHITLOCK (3-0, 2-3, 3-1, 3-1, 0-3, 2-3, 0-3, 0-3, 3-2, 3-1, 4-2) Andy Hamilton secured a place in his first Ladbrokes World Darts Championship final, after overcoming Simon Whitlock 6-5 in a titanic semi-final, at Alexandra Pala...

Andy 'The Hammer' Hamilton put the nail in Kim Huybrechts coffin as the Belgian was dumped out of the Ladbrokes World Darts Championships at the hands of the Stoke ace. Hamilton took an early lead and never looked in danger as he wrapped up a 5-2 wi...

Ladbrokes World Darts Championship Schedule of Play - Preliminary (P) and First Round Thursday December 15 (7pm) Jamie Caven 1-3 Roland Scholten Paul Barham 2-4 Scott MacKenzie (P) Mark Webster 2-3 Richie Burnett Adrian Lewis 3-2 Nigel He...

The 2012 PDC World Cup will take place at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany The first PDC World Cup which was held in England was won by the Dutch team of Raymond van Barnaveld & Co Stompe. The event will commence on Friday 3r...

CASH CONVERTERS PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Kevin Painter wins his first PDC TV event with a 13-9 victory over Welshman Mark Webster in the final of the Players Championship Finals. FINAL Kevin Painter 13-9 Mark Webster KEVIN PAINTER won the first majo...

Ladbrokes World Darts Championship Schedule of Play LEWIS TO KICK OFF LADBROKES WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP - SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED THE schedule of play for the 2012 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship has been confirmed. The £1 million tourna...

Current PDC World Champion Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis, will start the defence of his crown against the dangerous Nigel 'The Undertaker' Heydon. 15 times World Champion Phil 'The Power' Taylor is drawn against the winner of the preliminary qualifier of...

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 ...

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 ...

Wigan's Robin Park Tennis Centre will host the PDPA World Championship Qualifier on Monday 28th November 2011. A host of top players are among the 91 entries who will be bidding to take one of two qualifying places that are up for grabs and play in...

PHIL TAYLOR won the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts title for a fourth time with a clinical demolition of Gary Anderson at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Sunday night. The Stoke great followed up his 16-9 semi-final triumph over Adrian Lewis earli...

The entry deadline for the Ladbrokes World Darts Championships Qualifier is fast approaching PDPA members have until 12.00 noon on Wednesday 23rd November 2012 to enter the event which is taking place following the conclusion of the 2012 PDC Tour E...

  CASH CONVERTERS will sponsor the PDC's Players Championship event, which will be held from December 8-11 at the Doncaster Dome and screened live on ITV4. The £250,000 tournament will feature the leading 32 players from the final 2011 Players...

  THE WAITE-ING ALMOST OVER AS WILLIAM HILL GRAND SLAM OF DARTS KICK-OFF NEARS THE William Hill Grand Slam of Darts begins on Saturday, as 32 players from the world of darts compete for the £100,000 first prize at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. ...

SIMON WHITLOCK has withdrawn from the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts following an operation on a broken bone in his ankle. The Australian was injured when he slipped last weekend during the Spanish Darts Trophy Players Championships in Benidorm. H...

St Helen's ace Dave Chisnall scooped his first PDC Pro Tour title at the K2 Centre in Crawley today when he defeated Justin Pipe in a high quality final 6-4. It was Chizzy's fourth tour final and this time he made no mistake in going that one step ...

Pipe Cleaner JUSTIN PIPE won his third Players Championship in a month with a 6-3 defeat of Vincent van der Voort in Saturday's PDC ProTour event at the K2 Centre in Crawley. The 39-year-old from Taunton won his maiden professional title at the ...

Swedens Magnus Caris and Nigel Heydon earned Grand Slam places in a highly competetive field of 256 players in tonights wild card qualifiers. Magnus Caris beat Irelands Keith Rooney to gain his place and Nigel Heydon ended Ian Whites chances. Both p...

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN and James Hubbard will contest the final of the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship next year after winning through from the Last 64 in Crawley on Friday afternoon. The pair will compete for the £10,000 first prize during the Pr...

Raymond van Barnaveld beats Phil Taylor for the second day running in the Players Championship event in Benidorm, but it is Mervyn King who is the King of Spain with a fantastic win against inform Wes Newton. van barnaveld who beat Taylor in the Se...

WADE REIGNS IN SPAIN James Wade took Players Championship glory for a second successive Saturday with a 6-2 win over Raymond van Barneveld in the Spanish Darts Trophy. The world number three took first blood in the double-header weekend in Benidorm ...

Walsh, van der Voort and Pipe earn places at the Grand Slam of Darts the trio were the highest on their respective tables. Wildcard Qualifier has now been reached for the event, which will be held on Friday November 4 at the K2 Centre in Crawley. ...

WILLIAM HILL GRAND SLAM OF DARTS WILLIAM HILL, Britain's biggest bookmaker, have been confirmed as the title sponsor of the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts, which will be held at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall from November 12-20. William Hill, who offer bet...

COLIN 'OZZY OSBORNE BEATS JAMES RICHARDSON IN THE SUNDAY PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS GLADBECK GERMANY Colin Osborne breaks James Richardsons dream with a 6-2 win in the Sunday Players Championships. Osborne who himself has been on a bad run consolidates h...

WORLD No 3 JAMES WADE WINS HIS FIRST PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT FOR OVER A YEAR and denies Justin Pipe his third consequtive win on the tour with a 6-3 win in the Gladbeck Players Championships in Germany today. The world number three claimed his ...

TAYLOR REGAINS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE DARTS CROWN Phil Taylor claimed Championship League Darts glory for a second time, following up his earlier nine-darter with a 6-1 defeat of Paul Nicholson in the Winners Group Final. Taylor, the 2008 champion who ...

Phil Taylor wins his Championship League Darts League Trophy back. Full Report to follow. Phil Taylor hits another 9 dart leg, and a record 120.64 average against Mervyn King this one in Championship League Darts Finals 'DAY 9' from Crondon Park ...

2012 PDC Tour Cards Following the recent PDC Q-School below is now the full and entire list of all the PDC Tour Card holders for the forthcoming season (2012) These players are now available to enter any event on the PDC calendar: Top 64 in PD...

PIPE EDGES ANDERSON FOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE JUSTIN PIPE won his second successive Players Championship by edging out Gary Anderson in the John McEvoy Gold Dart Classic final in Killarney. The 39-year-old from Taunton had won his first pr...

TAYLOR REIGNS SUPREME, as he takes his 10th World Grand Prix Title with a resounding win over Irishman Brendan Dolan. Dolan who has the week of his life, found it a bridge too far in the final but the runners-up cheque of £40,000, a 9 Dart checkout...

The PDPA Ladbrokes WorldChampionship Qualifier 28th November 2011 Venue: Robin Park Tennis Centre, Loire Drive, Wigan, WN5 0UL Entries: The entry fee is £50, entries are required by Wednesday 23rd November at 12.00 Noon, entries will only be av...

The PDPA would like to announce 2 new board directors following the recent available places on the PDPA Board. Jacques Nieuwlaat, a former County level player in the 80s who played along side players such as Raymond van Barnaveld, Co Stompe and Rola...

THE 2012 PDC calendar of events has been announced, and will include the introduction of a European Tour next year. The 2012 Qualifying School will be held at the Barnsley Metrodome from January 19-22. Full details will be confirmed shortly of how t...

Justin Pipe, one of the ever present in the latter stages of recent years on the circuit, won his  first PDC Pro-Tour event in Saggart, Ireland with a resounding win over Phil Taylor in todays final. On a day with 2 nine darters 'Taylor & v...

Phil Taylor warmed up for next weeks World Grand Prix with a marvelous win against Michael van Gerwen in the Irish Players Championships The first of two Players Championships in the build up to the TV event was taken by 'The Power' against an in form ...

'The Prince of Wales' Richie Burnett, won his first PDC Pro-Tour Title with a fantastic win in Nuland, Hollland. The Players Championship win will also give the welshman a place in the forthcoming 'World Grand Prix' as well as guaranteed places in the ...

Gary Anderson continues his excellent Pro-Tour form, with yet another win this time in the Nuland Players Championships in Holland. His 6-2 win over Colin Lloyd is his 8th on the tour this season and Paul Barnam wins the Youth Tour event to send him i...

AMBITIOUS young darts players will have the chance to qualify for the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship through the Rileys Qualifiers, which will be held in 32 Rileys Darts Zones during October. The event, which was previously won by Arron Monk i...

The 'Grand Slam of Darts' qualifiers which takes place on Friday November 4th at the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley will feature a maximum field of 256. The qualifier which gives 2 wild card entries to darts players is open to PDPA members and Non-PDP...

Premier Inn Winter Sale. Premier Inn has today launched their £19 room winter sale! The sale is for one week only and ends on the 26th September. To Book go to the homepage and click on the Premier Inn Logo More Details There will be 200,...

The Professional Darts Corporation have issued the following statement on behalf of Sid Waddell. Dick Allix, manager of broadcaster Sid Waddell wishes to make the following statement: "Following recent tests, Sid has unfortunately been diagnosed ...

The Killarney Darts Festival, which takes place over the weekend of the 14th-16th October 2011 is one of the most popular darts events in Ireland. The event which features the John McEvoy PDC Players Championships also features the Irish Masters, the P...

THE international qualifiers for the 2012 Ladbrokes.com World Darts  Championship have been confirmed. The £1 million tournament, darts' biggest event, will see 72 players take part at Alexandra Palace in London from December 15 2011-January 2 201...

Darts in the Olympics. Yes, says fifteen-times World Darts champion Phil 'The Power' Taylor. By the summer of 2012 I am not sure if I will still be playing darts at a professional level, but I know I will be looking forward to the Olympic Games in Lond...

  ITV4 will broadcast the PDC Players Championship Finals live from 8th - 11th December 2011 from The Doncaster Dome. It follows on from the hugely successful coverage of The European Championships that were also screened live on ITV4 in late J...

THE 2011 Championship League Darts will begin on September 27 2011, as the nine-day internet-streamed tournament kicks off at Crondon Park GC in Essex. The fourth staging of Championship League Darts, which is shown exclusively live online, will fea...

GARY ANDERSON claimed his fifth PDC ProTour victory of 2011 with a 6-2 defeat of Peter Wright in the final of Sunday's Players Championship in Derby. The Scot continued his great form on the professional circuit with a brilliant display as he backed...

Barney takes the Derby Players Championships with a 6-2 win over in form John Part. In the Semi-Finals Barnaveld edged out Paul Nicholson 6-4, and Part overcame Aussie Simon Whitlock in a last leg decider 6-5 taking out 126 on the bull with Whitlock...

The annual Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Championship was held at the Green Isle Hotel, Dublin, on Sunday, August 28th, with 138 players battling for a place in the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in December. Players affiliated to the I.N...

Ronnie 'The Rocket' Baxter claimed the Canadian Masters at the London Ontario Hotel with a 6-2 win over 'The Artist' Kevin Painter. Its Baxters 2nd Pro-Tour win of the season following his win in January in the German Players Championships. He disposed...

Canadian Part gives the home crowd what they wanted by beating inform Wes Newton in the final of the Canadian Players Championships by 6 legs to 4. Part, who has himself been in great form wins his third tour title of 2011, he beat fellow canadian S...

The planned PDPA AGM during the Derby Players Championships has been moved, the PDPA AGM which was due to be held at the Moorways Leisure Centre on Saturday the 3rd September to give members a chance to attend the open forum has reverted back to its or...

GRAND SLAM OF DARTS INVITATIONS CONFIRMED THE qualification criteria for the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts has been confirmed, with John Part, Ted Hankey, Co Stompe and Barrie Bates invited to compete in Wolverhampton in November. The £400,000 tournamen...

All the PDC event information has been sent to all PDPA members, including, event information, hotels, flights, transfers and any other information required for all the remaining PDC events in 2011. Specific bookings are available for Killarney, Iri...

The Dublin Players Championships,  Youth Tour and The World Grand Prix will tale place from 1st October - October 2nd (Players Championships) and 3rd October - 9th October 2011. The PDC/PDPA rate for players this year at the Citywest is €80 bed a...

IMPERIOUS TAYLOR WINS HIS FOURTH EUROPEAN TITLE PHIL TAYLOR defeated Adrian Lewis 11-8 in the final of the PartyPoker.net European Championship to claim his fourth European title in a row. The Power saw off his protégé in a tense final thanks to ...

LEWIS THRILLS GERMAN CROWD AS HUYBRECHTS SHOCKS NEWTON ADRIAN LEWIS turned on the style at the PartyPoker.net European Championship in Dusseldorf, reaching the quarter-final with an electric 10-5 win over Dave Chisnall. The World Champion was tie...

 BATTLING BARNEY SEES OFF HAMILTON AS LEWIS & WADE PROGRESS RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD came from 3-1 down to defeat Andy Hamilton in a thriller at the PartyPoker.net European Championship, while World Champion Adrian Lewis and James Wade both progre...

PartyPoker.net European Championship - Night One Round-Up  TAYLOR OFF TO FLIER IN DUSSELDORF AS WHITLOCK, KING & ANDERSON IMPRESS PHIL TAYLOR overcame the brave challenge of Greek debutant John Michael to begin the defence of his PartyPoker...

Phil Taylor answered all his critics with a power-esc display against James Wade to win another World Matchplay Title 18-8. He retains his only major in style with a convincing win gainst the aldershot ace, Taylor who was odds on favorite never looked ...

           THE PARTYPOKER.NET EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.           The Maritim Hotel, Dusseldorf, Germany plays host to the 2011 PartyPoker.net European Darts Championships from July 28th - 31st 2011 and ITV4 will be screening all t...

CHAMPION TAYLOR DRAWS GREEK DEBUTANT FOR PARTYPOKER.NET EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP OPENER  PHIL TAYLOR will open the defence of his PartyPoker.net European Championship title against Greek debutant John Michael in Dusseldorf next Thursday. The world n...

James Wade and Phil Taylor won through their respective semi-finals to do battle tonight on the winter gardens stage for the World Matchplaty title, Taylor a multi Champion here at Blackpool and Wade a former Champion both won through against Andy Hami...

  TAYLOR BRILLIANCE ENDS NEWTON'S HOPES AS WADE BEATS BARNEY IN BLACKPOOL PHIL TAYLOR and James Wade moved into the semi-finals of the Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay on Friday night, defeating Wes Newton and Raymond van Barneveld in thrillin...

Andy 'The Hammer' Hamilton, came back from the depths of defeat to gain a semi-final spot tommorrow. ANDY HAMILTON produced the most remarkable comeback in the history of the Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay as he came from 15-8 down to defeat Simon W...

The SkyBET World Matchplay quarter finals line-up is now finalised after wins last night from Taylor, Whitlock Newton and Hamilton. The Blackpool crowds will arrive this afternoon in fancy dress to the empress ballroom at the winter gardens to watch th...

BIG NAMES PROGRESS AS SKY BET MOBILE WORLD MATCHPLAY HOTS UP FOR ALL THE EVENT, STATISTICS, AVERAGES, SCORES, RESULTS AND ODDS FOLLOW THE SkyBET MOBILE FEATURED POST BELOW BIG GUNS Raymond van Barneveld, Adrian Lewis and James Wade all booked th...

ANDERSON GETS A HAMMER-ING AS BAXTER & LLOYD ALSO DEFEATED IN BLACKPOOL ANDY HAMILTON produced the biggest upset of the Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay first round with victory over number four seed Gary Anderson on Tuesday night, as former ch...

LEWIS  GIVES  PAINTER  A  GLOSS  FINISH  &  PART HITS A 9 DARTER! In one of the greatest games ever seen on the Winter Gardens stage, World Champion Adrian Lewis clawed is way back against Kevin Painter to move into the second round. Painte...

Blackpool's impressive Winter Gardens will once again host the World Matchplay Darts Championships. Now in its 18th staging  this years event sponsored by SkyBet Mobile looks like being the most open in the events history. Defending champion P...

The new PDPA Fanzone in now up and running, everything that the dedicated Darts fan could want.  Want to win big prizes, read exclusive player interviews where you the fans ask the questions.  Have you ever wondered what the top players do on t...

THE PartyPoker.net European Championship will be televised live in the UK on ITV4 next month. The £200,000 tournament will be played from July 28-31 at the Maritim Hotel in Dusseldorf, Germany, as 32 players compete for the £50,000 title. The Eur...

Phil 'The Power' Taylor will begin his SKYBET World Matchplay defence against Mark 'Mile High' Hylton at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. Following the Dutch Darts Trophy, in Nuland, Holland the World Matchplay draw took place on Sunday evenin...

Gary Anderson goes Double Dutch, by winning the Sunday Dutch Darts Trophy in Nuland with 6-3 win over 'Pie Man' Andy Smith, Justin Pipe hits 9 darter in round 3 Dutch Darts Trophy, Nuland, Holland; A last leg decider in the first round again...

Gary Anderson won the the Saturday Dutch Darts Trophy in Nuland, Holland, with a 6-5 win over Wesley Newton, and another 9 darter from Simon Whitlock. Joe Cullen wins Youth Tour event 10. Gary Anderson started the day with a 6-0 win over local q...

Andy Smith 'The Pie Man' has won the, Barnsley Players Championships (Sun) with a resounding win against Dave 'Chissy' Chisnall by 6 legs to 2. Smith with wins against, Wayne Atwood, James Richardson, Alan Tabern, Andy Hamilton, Gary Anderson 6-1 a...

Nicholson sinks Brown & Robinson beats Griffiths to take Barnsley titles. Paul Nicholson continues his fantastic form with another Players Championship victory at The Barnsley Players Championships on Saturday, he overcame Steve Brown in a fantasti...

All the statistics, results and fixtures for the SkyBET Mobile World Matchplay at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool. The Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool is ready for one of the biggest darts events on the PDC calendar 'The World Matchp...

James Wade and Mark Webster are the big movers in the PDC Order of Merit following their Speedy Hire UK Open exploits. Wade moves up one place back ahead of Gary Anderson into 3rd place, Wes Newton consolidates 8th place after his final appearance and...

James Wade wins his second UK Open title with an 11-8 win over Lancastrian Wes Newton.Wade the winner here 3 years ago adds to his PDC major tally with the win at Bolton. Wade took an early lead 3-2 at the break but Newton hit back to lead at the seco...

SEMI-FINAL places taken by Newton, Webster, Ovens and and Wade. Wes Newton continues his good form and earns himself a place in a PDC TV semi-final for the first time since his Desert Classic placings in 2005 and 2006. His 10-8 win over fellow La...

2011 SPEEDY HIRE UK OPEN DARTS TO ROCK THE REEBOK The Reebok Stadium is once again the venue for the 2011 Speedy Hire UK Open, the four day event known as 'The F.A Cup of Darts' with the winners being re-drawn after each round adds to the excitem...

FOLLOWING an article in Thursdays Sun newspaper, James Wade has releasd the following statement; 'Some of you may have read the stories published in Thursday's Sun newspaper and online about my bipolar affective disorder and ADHD' This is someth...

Paul Nicholson adds to his Players Championship tally by winning the Sunday Players Championship event in Crawley, he beat Terry Jenkins 6-3 with 5 consequetive legs to take the title and condem Jenkins to a second final defeat in 2 days. Earlier N...

Michael van Gerwen wins his second and the 8th PDC Youth Tour event with a 4-1 win over Co Stompe Jnr, this win puts van Gerwen well at the top of the merit table after these 2 wins. Full Report to follow

Anderson continues his success at Crawley. Only 2 days after lifting the Premier League Title, Scotlands Gary Anderson continued his good form with yet another win this time The Crawley Players Championships with a 6-3 win over Terry Jenkins. Af...

ANDERSON TAKES 888.com PREMIER LEAGUE GLORY AS LEWIS CUTS POWER GARY ANDERSON claimed his first televised PDC title with a glorious 10-4 victory over Adrian Lewis in the 888.com Premier League Darts, as Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld suff...

World Champion Adrian Lewis stunned World No 1 and current Premier League Champion Phil Taylor with a resounding win in the first semi-final. Lewis got off to a great start going 3-0 up but Taylor fought back and had 2 darts at double 10 to go in a...

ADRIAN LEWIS was forced to face the right foot of Phil Taylor ahead of their clash in the 888.com Premier League Darts Play-Offs, as he took part in the 888.com Team Challenge Forfeit. World Champion Lewis and his team-mates representing 888casi...

888.com Premier League Play-offs WEMBLEY READY FOR LEAGUE FINALE Thousands of darts fans will be making their way to the Wembley Arena on Thursday May 19th 2011 for the climax of the 888.com Premier League. Defending champion Phil Taylor, Wo...

The Speedy Hire UK Open commences on Thursday June 2nd, last year saw Phil Taylor take the title for the 4th time with a win against Scotlands Gary Anderson 11-5. Both these 2 players will be in action on the Friday, but James Wade will be one of the...

VAN DER VOORT EDGES OUT TAYLOR IN AUSTRIAN FINAL VINCENT VAN DER VOORT edged out Phil Taylor to win Sunday's Austrian Open Players Championship final. The Dutchman won his second tournament of the year with the £6,000 triumph, which takes ...

Joe Cullen wins youth event 7 with a 4-2 win over Paul Barham, the seventh youth tour event and the first abroad saw in form Cullen take the glory to fire him up the youth tour table and become the 7th different winner. In the final he beat Paul...

Former World Champion John Part beat Denis Ovens 6-0 in the Final of the Vienna, Players Championships to claim another title. The event at the Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt near Vienna saw Ovens come back from the brink of defeat in his semi-final...

The draw for the Speedy Hire UK Open has taken place. June 2nd - 5th Live on SKY Sports The Opening Night of the 4 day event at The Reebok Stadium, Bolton will feature 140 players including Rileys Amateur Qualifiers, Speedy Hire Qualifiers an...

'Lewis Makes It' Current PDC World Champion Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis made it through to the semi-finals of the Premier League after a 7-7 draw with Gary Anderson, only a loss would have opened the door for Simon Whitlock who would have then still ...

THE Players Championship events to be held in Nuland later this year will now be held on September 24 and 25.   The events will be the second PDC ProTour weekend to be held in Nuland this year, following the pair of Players Championships to ...

PHIL TAYLOR won his second Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier, defeating Colin Osborne 6-3 to claim victory in the last of eight events as players battled to win places in the televised finals in Bolton. Taylor bounced back from Saturday's loss to Gary A...

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN claimed his first PDC Unicorn Youth Tour victory, defeating Ash Khayat 4-0 in the final at Wigan's Robin Park Tennis Centre. Dutch ace Van Gerwen, who turned 22 last Monday, claimed the £600 first prize in his best showing yet in...

GARY ANDERSON completed a Speedy Hire UK Open double over Phil Taylor, claiming a 6-2 win when the pair met in the Qualifier Seven final at Wigan on Saturday. Anderson had defeated Taylor to win Qualifier Five a fortnight ago, and repeated the feat ...

PHIL TAYLOR eased to victory over Gary Anderson in the battle of the 888.com Premier League Darts' top two at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Thursday, but the race for places in next month's Play-Offs intensified as Adrian Lewis jumped back to fourth i...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil Taylor celebrated his 100th appearance in the 888.com Premier League Darts with a superb 8-3 win over Adrian Lewis at the NIA in Birmingham, avenging his defeat to the World Champion on the opening ...

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Since the inception of the PDC (WDC) there have been a total of 76 perfect 9 Dart Legs, Phil Taylor hit the first in the Primus Masters, Belgium 1996. Last weekend in the UK Open 6 & 7 at the Metrodome, Barnsley Welshman Wayne Atwood hi...

Ricky Evans defeated David Coyne 4-1 to win the fifth PDC Unicorn Youth Tour event, held at the Barnsley Metrodome on Saturday. Kettering's Evans, 20, claimed the £600 first prize with his best showing on the Youth Tour this year, defeat...

Photo courtesy of PDC. PHIL TAYLOR defeated Joe Cullen 6-1 to win the sixth Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier at the Barnsley Metrodome on Sunday. Taylor claimed his first PDC ProTour win of the year, and a £6,000 first prize, with a compre...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Gary Anderson won the fifth Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier, defeating Phil Taylor 6-4 in the final at the Barnsley Metrodome in an event which featured two nine-dart finishes. Scottish ace Anderson claimed...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil Taylor booked his place in the 888.com Premier League Darts play-offs with an 8-2 defeat of Terry Jenkins at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena on Thursday. The reigning Premier League Darts champi...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Gary Anderson, Simon Whitlock & Phil Taylor turned on the style to thrill a sell-out crowd for Thursday's 888.com Premier League Darts at the AECC in Aberdeen. Anderson delighted his Scottish ...

All Q School merit table associate members will now need to enter tournaments in advance and will no longer be contacted by the PDC or PDPA. If you are a Q School merit table associate member and want to be considered for future PDC Players...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil Taylor moved four points clear at the top of the 888.com Premier League Darts table with an 8-3 win over Raymond van Barneveld as Mark Webster's Welsh homecoming was ruined by an 8-1 loss to Adr...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Wes Newton hit back from 3-0 down to defeat Paul Nicholson 6-4 in Sunday's Players Championship final, denying the Geordie a PDC ProTour double in Crawley. Nicholson had claimed his first victory i...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Paul Nicholson won his first tournament since last January with a 6-4 defeat of World Champion Adrian Lewis at Crawley's K2 Centre on Saturday. Nicholson's last victory came in the televised Player...

Paul Barham defeated Chris Aubrey 4-2 to win the fourth PDC Unicorn Youth Tour event, held at the K2 Centre in Crawley on Saturday. The 21-year-old from Basildon became Essex's second successive winner on the Youth Tour, following Ryan H...

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Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil Taylor picked up his biggest victory of the 888.com Premier League Darts season with an 8-1 rout of James Wade at the Brighton Centre, as he prepared for next week's clash with in-form Raymond v...

Photo courtesy of Henk Westerdaal/BMAP PHIL TAYLOR defeated Raymond van Barneveld 8-3 to win the RTL7 International Masters final on Monday night, creating a further slice of history in the process of claiming another televised victory. ...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD'S bid to return to major honours in Holland was boosted when he reached the semi-finals of the RTL7 International Masters on Sunday night - and he is joined in the last four by ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld progressed unbeaten into the quarter-finals of the RTL7 International Masters on Saturday night, and will be joined in the last eight at the Hotel Zuiderduin in...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Co Stompe and Roland Scholten qualified for the quarter-finals of the RTL7 International Masters on Friday night, as Jelle Klaasen paid the price for missed doubles in Group A. Stompe roared into...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Adrian Lewis ruined Gary Anderson's Scottish homecoming, silencing a 6,500 crowd at the SECC in Glasgow by coming from 3-0 down to take an 8-3 victory in their 888.com Premier League Darts contest. ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. VINCENT VAN DER VOORT defeated Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 to win the fourth Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier in an all-Dutch final at Wigan's Robin Park Tennis Centre on Sunday. Van der Voort gained reve...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. WORLD CHAMPION Adrian Lewis hit back from 3-0 down to win the final of the third Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier 6-4 against Robert Thornton. Lewis claimed the £6,000 first prize at Wigan's Robin Park...

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Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil Taylor defeated Raymond van Barneveld 8-3 to set up a mouth-watering clash with unbeaten 888.com Premier League Darts leader Gary Anderson next week, as Mark Webster recorded a brilliant 110 aver...

SHAUN GRIFFITHS defeated nine-dart hero Michael Smith 4-2 to win the second PDC Unicorn Youth Tour event in Barnsley on Saturday. Manchester's Griffiths, 19, took the £600 title with a fine display at the Barnsley Metrodome, dropping only f...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. STEVE BROWN won his maiden PDC ProTour title with a 6-3 defeat of Ian White in the first UK Open Qualifier of the year at the Barnsley Metrodome on Saturday. The Bristolian picked up the £6,000 first...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. MICHAEL SMITH defeated St Helens rival Dave Chisnall 6-5 to win the second UK Open Qualifier at the Barnsley Metrodome on Sunday - dramatically claiming his maiden PDC ProTour victory. The 20-year-o...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil Taylor swept aside Terry Jenkins 8-2 in the 888.com Premier League Darts at Belfast's Odyssey Arena on Thursday night, before declaring: "I'm ready to rule the world again". Taylor lost his World...

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Adam Hunt won the inaugural PDC Unicorn Youth Tour event, defeating Josh Jones 4-2 in the final at Derby's Moorways Leisure Centre. Chester-le-Street's Hunt, 18, picked up the £600 first prize after winning through a 120-player field in the f...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Jamie Caven defeated World Champion Adrian Lewis 6-2 in the final of Saturday's Players Championship to claim the £6,000 prize on home soil in Derby. The world number 18 picked up his first ranking t...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Phil Taylor returned to top form with a brilliant 8-5 win over Mark Webster in one of the highest-quality nights in the history of the 888.com Premier League Darts at Nottingham's Capital FM Arena on Th...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Reigning Champion Phil Taylor suffered his heaviest ever defeat in the 888.com Premier League Darts as World Champion Adrian Lewis powered to an 8-2 victory in their opener at The O2 in London. Taylor h...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR took out 128 to defeat Gary Anderson 13-12 and claim his first major title since August at the Players Championship Finals at the Doncaster Dome on Sunday. The 15-time World Champion has e...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Results from Saturday's second round of the 2011 Players Championship Finals from the Doncaster Dome - with the eight games in round two being played across two sessions. Coverage of the four-day tour...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. World Champion Adrian Lewis crashed out of the Players Championship Finals in the first round on Friday night, losing 6-4 to Steve Beaton as Phil Taylor made a winning start to his challenge at the Donca...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Kevin Painter led 5-3 at one stage in his clash with last year's European Championship finalist, but Jones hit back to force a deciding leg only to see his opponent finish 90 on the bull to take victor...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Ronnie Baxter edged out Antonio Alcinas to claim Sunday's German Players Championship title at the Gerry Weber Centre in Halle. The Blackpool ace took a 6-4 win over rising Spanish star Alcinas in a hig...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Mervyn King won the opening Players Championship of 2011, defeating Vincent van der Voort 6-1 at the Gerry Weber Centre in Halle. King ended an 11-month gap between titles by claiming victory in the fi...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. The Professional Darts Corporation are delighted to announce that agreement has been reached for the Grand Slam of Darts to be shown live on Sky Sports HD for the next three years. The 32-player tour...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Five players have been fined following the latest meeting of the DRA's Disciplinary Committee. The players include recent Ladbrokes.com World Darts Champion Adrian Lewis and PDC Unicorn Under-21 World ...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. PDPA member William O'Connor created a new record in Irish Darts when he captured the O'Shea Cup for the third year in succession at the Winter Gala at O'Shea's Hotel in Tramore, County Waterford, on ...

The future stars of darts will be able to play in 15 tournaments in 2011 on the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour, which will offer £30,000 prize money plus an additional £30,000 for the World Youth Championship. Each Youth Tour event - to be played ...

The entry deadline for PDPA members to enter the Players Championships in Germany later in January has been extended. The first two Players Championship events of 2011 will be held at the Gerry Weber Centre in Halle on January 29 and 30. The en...

Photo courtesy of PDC. The final qualifiers for the 2011 PDC ProTour were discovered on Sunday's fourth day of the Qualifying School in Wigan. Ian Jopling, Peter Hudson, Prakash Jiwa and Mick Todd were the four final Tour Card winners, joini...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. John Henderson, Michael Mansell, Dyson Parody and Matt Jackson were the Tour Card winners on Day Three of the PDC ProTour Qualifying School on Saturday. Scottish star Henderson, who qualified for the D...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. SOUTH AFRICA'S Devon Petersen, Sweden's Magnus Caris, Germany's Michael Rosenauer and Englishman Brian Woods won PDC ProTour Cards on Friday's second day of Qualifying School. Both Petersen and Caris c...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. DAVE CHISNALL, Shaun Griffiths, Shane O'Connor and James Richardson were the first four players to win a PDC ProTour Card at Qualifying School on Thursday. The first of four days in the PDC's inaugural ...

The inaugural PDC ProTour Qualifying School will feature 119 players in Wigan from Thursday-Sunday. The 2011 PDC ProTour has seen the introduction of a Tour Card system, with 103 players earning a Tour Card by rights following the completion o...

Phil Taylor was named as the PDC Player of the Year and inducted into the PDC's Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, while Adrian Lewis, Simon Whitlock, Mark Hylton and Arron Monk also picked up trophies at the PDC Awards Dinner. Taylor was prese...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Adrian Lewis hit an amazing nine-dart finish in winning the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship with a 7-5 defeat of Gary Anderson at Alexandra Palace on Monday night. The 25-year-old from Stoke p...

Arron Monk became the inaugural PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Champion with a 6-4 triumph over Dutchman Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace. The 20-year-old took the £10,000 title, a silver salver and a sponsorship from Rileys as well as...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis will contest the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Monday night, having royally entertained Prince Harry amongst a sell-out semi-final crowd at Alexa...

The Professional Darts Corporation are delighted to announce a PDC Unicorn Youth Tour to be launched in 2011, while both the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship and 2011 Premier League Darts have passed £1 million each in ticket sales. ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld were sensationally knocked out of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship in Saturday's quarter-finals, as Mark Webster and Gary Anderson ensured that there wil...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD and Vincent van der Voort enjoyed double Dutch delight at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Thursday, as 2010 runner-up Simon Whitlock crashed out of the competition. ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR'S bid to win a 16th World Championship title will continue into the New Year after he set up a quarter-final with Mark Webster at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. Reigning cham...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. World number two James Wade was sensationally dumped from the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship by Mensur Suljovic on Tuesday night, as the Austrian took a 4-2 win in their second round contest. W...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor bounced back to top form at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, sweeping past Denmark's Per Laursen in straight sets to move into the third round at Alexandra Palace. The 15-time Wo...

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Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. TWO-TIME World Champion Dennis Priestley swept aside Germany's Bernd Roith in straight sets to win through to the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Thursday night. The vet...

THE schedule of PDC tournaments in Europe next year has been amended. The German Darts Championship in January will be changed from a three-day tournament to be a pair of Players Championship events staged on the weekend of January 29 &...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD overcame a scare against Steve Hine before powering into the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Wednesday night. The five-time World Champion lost the...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. World number seven Terry Jenkins, Bristol's Steve Brown, Austrian Mensur Suljovic and Holland's Vincent van der Voort won through to the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Tuesd...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. JAMES WADE powered into the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, sweeping aside Spanish debutant Antonio Alcinas in straight sets at Alexandra Palace on Monday. Wade, the world ...

PHIL TAYLOR was the runner-up in the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards on Sunday night. The 15-time World Champion joined the other nine nominees for the awards at Birmingham's LG Arena on Sunday night for the televised ceremony. ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. THREE-TIME World Champion John Part was sent crashing out of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship by Denmark's Per Laursen on Sunday night. Part, who had been laid low by an ear infection in th...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. SIMON WHITLOCK began his challenge for Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship glory with a straight sets win over Steve Evans at Alexandra Palace on Saturday night. Australian ace Whitlock, along wit...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Reports from Thursday's opening night of the 2011 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. The £1 million event opens at Alexandra Palace with the first four games from round one, including reigning cha...

PROFESSIONAL DARTS CORPORATION tournaments will be screened in Holland from next January through RTL 7. The PDC and RTL7 have agreed a contract until 2013 for the Dutch broadcaster to screen PDC events exclusively in the Netherlands from 2011 ...

For many years darts has been seen as a hobby and derided as being merely a pub based pastime rather than a sport played by dedicated professionals. The truth is that there was a time when this was arguably an accurate reflection of the game, but...

Please find below the information you will need to know for becoming a PDPA member for 2011. PDPA membership is valid for a whole season or calendar year i.e. 1st January – 31st December of that year. NOTE; Cut off dates for membership entry can...

Here is a list of the current players invited to the PDC Pro-Tour 2011. Top 96 Taylor, Phil * Wade, James * Barneveld, Raymond van * Whitlock, Simon * Lewis, Adrian * King, Mervyn * Jenkins, Terry * Baxter, Ronnie * Lloyd, Colin * Walsh, M...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA The inaugural Cash Converters World Cup of Darts was won by the Netherlands, as Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompe took a 4-2 victory against Welshmen Mark Webster and Barrie Bates in Sunday's final. T...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA SPAIN'S dream run in the Cash Converters World Cup of Darts has continued after they qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament, where they will compete alongside the Netherlands, Australia and Wales ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC PHIL TAYLOR and James Wade were sensationally dumped from the Cash Converters World Cup by Spanish assassins Carlos Rodriguez and Antonio Alcinas at the Rainton Meadows Arena on Friday night. Spain had...

Following consultation with the PDPA, the PDC has decided to award an additional five ProTour cards for the 2011 calendar year. Originally, the cut-off date for Tour Card qualification had been set as after the 2011 Ladbrokes.com World Champion...

Phil Taylor will begin the defence of his Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship title against Gary Mawson or Juanito Gionzon on Thursday December 16. Taylor - the 15-time World Champion - drew the winner of the preliminary round clash betw...

Photo courtesy of PDC. Alex Roy and Matt Padgett have won the final two places in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship at Monday's PDPA Qualifier in Derby. The pair will join 70 other players at Alexandra Palace next month to compe...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Mark Walsh gained revenge for Saturday's defeat to Phil Taylor with a 6-4 victory in Sunday's Players Championship final in Derby - while Wayne Mardle narrowly missed out on snatching an automatic place ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR won his first tournament since the summer with defeat of Mark Walsh in a Players Championship in Derby on Saturday. Since claiming the PartyPoker.net European Championship title on August 1, ...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Steve Beaton sensationally ended Phil Taylor's reign as the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts champion, coming from 14-11 down to take a 16-14 quarter-final win at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Saturday...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Former World Champions Keith Deller and Andy Fordham will be amongst the 112 entries received who will be attending the PDPA Ladbrokes.com World Championship Qualifier, which will take place following ...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Scott Waites defeated James Wade 16-12 to win an incredible Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts final, coming from 8-0 down in claiming the £100,000 title at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Waites made up...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor returned to his ruthless best to power into the quarter-finals of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts, defeating Ronnie Baxter 10-1 at the Wolves Civic. Taylor had ditched his new-look gl...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. James Wade won a nail-biting deciding leg against Mervyn King to progress to the last eight of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts for the first time in four attempts at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Reports from the fifth night of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts at the Wolves Civic. The final session of first round actions sees the players from Groups E-H play their final group matches. Daily M...

THE PDC's rules for 2011 tournaments have been revised following talks between the PDC and the Board of the PDPA. The full guidelines are available below. PROFESSIONAL DARTS CORPORATION 2011 RULES 1. Eligibility 1.1 All players must be...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Number two seed James Wade and Wolverhampton favourite Wayne Jones edged into the last 16 of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts on Tuesday night, but there was heartbreak for Mark Webster as he narrowl...

The inaugural PDC World Cup of Darts will be sponsored by Cash Converters. The tournament, which will be known as The Cash Converters World Cup of Darts, will be held at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-Le-Spring, Tyne & Wear from D...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Reports from the third day of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts at the Wolves Civic. The players in Groups E-H play their second matches in the round-robin phase. Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts Mon...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Results from the second day of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts at the Wolves Civic. The afternoon session sees the players from Groups E-H play their opening matches before the players in Groups A...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Results from the opening night of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts at the Wolves Civic. The opening night sees the players from Groups A-D play their opening matches. Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts...

The schedule of play for the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts has been announced, confirming the fixtures for the opening two sessions of the tournament. The £400,000 Grand Slam of Darts will begin on Saturday November 13 at the Wolverhamp...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. WES NEWTON completed a magical weekend by claiming back-to-back Players Championship wins in Barnsley, defeating Mark Webster 6-1 in Sunday's final. The Fleetwood ace had qualified for the Daily Mirro...

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN and Arron Monk will contest the final of the PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Championship after winning through Saturday's qualifying stages in Barnsley. Dutchman van Gerwen, the 21-year-old who burst onto the scene as a 16-ye...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. WES NEWTON won his third Players Championship title with a 6-3 win over Colin Lloyd at Barnsley on Saturday. The Fleetwood ace's dream weekend continued at the Barnsley Metrodome, as he followed up quali...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. WES NEWTON, Justin Pipe, Mark Hylton and John Henderson won places in the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts at the ITV Wildcard Qualifier on Friday night. The quartet battled through a field of 269 pla...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. ADRIAN LEWIS has slammed accusations of him putting off rivals on the oche as "bull****". The Stoke thrower is one of the world's most in-form players after reaching the final of the Bodog.com Grand Pri...

Calling All Darts Players! Linda Duffy, former Ladies World No 1 is undertaking a Darts survey on thrill seeking in sport. If you would  like to help please take a look at the survey it should only take 5 minutes of your time. http://www.su...

The 2010 Grand Slam of Darts will be sponsored by the Daily Mirror. The Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts will be held from November 13-21 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, with 32 stars competing for £400,000 in prize money live on I...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Simon Whitlock won his sixth Players Championship of the year with a 6-4 defeat of Richie Burnett in Sunday's German Darts Championship at the Dolce Bad Nauheim. The Australian continued his remarkab...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Mark Webster won his maiden PDC title with a 6-4 victory over Richie Burnett in an all-Welsh final of Saturday's German Darts Trophy Players Championship. The left-hander won his first event since joi...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. GARY ANDERSON won his fourth title of 2010 with victory a 6-1 victory over Dennis Smith in the final of the John McEvoy Gold Dart Classic Players Championship. The Scot bounced back impressively from ...

JAMES WADE claimed his second major title inside a week with a stunning 6-5 win over Phil Taylor in the final of Championship League Darts. Wade followed up Sunday's Bodog.com World Grand Prix victory in Dublin by becoming the third Champio...

Wayne Jones took victory in Group Eight of Championship League Darts, defeating debutant Mark Webster 6-2 to earn a place in Thursday's Winners Group. Jones was competing for a fourth successive day in the internet-streamed event and atone...

Andy Smith came from the brink of defeat to edge out Jelle Klaasen 6-5 and win Group Seven of Championship League Darts. Smith did show some early nerves on the doubles, missing two darts for the opening leg as Klaasen held on double eight before...

The PDPA are pleased to announce that Jon Archer has now joined the PDPA as a Board Director. Click Here to read more Regards, The PDPA

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA JAMES WADE claimed his fifth major title with a 6-3 victory over Adrian Lewis in the final of the Bodog.com World Grand Prix. The left-hander from Aldershot picked up his second Dublin title, following ...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA RESULTS and reports from the semi-finals of the Bodog.com World Grand Prix. The £350,000 tournament rides towards its conclusion with the semi-finals being played at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin. Bodog.c...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil Taylor powered home six straight legs to battle from behind and defeat Gary Anderson 4-3 in a sensational semi-final at the Bodog.com World Grand Prix on Friday night. Taylor produced a sensationa...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Results and reports from Thursday's second round games at the Bodog.com World Grand Prix. The £350,000 tournament continues with the remaining second round matches being played at the Citywest Hotel in Dubl...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor brutally dispatched Andy Smith in straight sets to remain on course for a tenth Bodog.com World Grand Prix title at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin on Wednesday night. Taylor followed up Mond...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Raymond Van Barneveld and James Wade ended the hopes of crowd favourites John MaGowan and Mick McGowan with convincing wins in the first round of the Bodog.com World Grand Prix on Tuesday night. Dutch...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR made a flawless start to the defence of his Bodog.com World Grand Prix title with a whitewash of Brendan Dolan at the Citywest Hotel on Monday night. The nine-time winner of the double-sta...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Jamie Caven won his second Players Championship of the year, edging out Ronnie Baxter 6-5 in Sunday's final at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin. The Derby ace followed up his victory in Canada in August wi...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. SIMON WHITLOCK won his fifth Players Championship title of 2010 with a 6-1 defeat of Dennis Priestley in Saturday's event at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin. The Australian, who picked up four wins in ju...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Steve Beaton took debut glory in Group Six of Championship League Darts, defeating Vincent van der Voort 6-3 to book his place in October's Winners Group in the internet-streamed event. The former Wor...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Wes Newton booked his place in the Winners Group of Championship League Darts with a comprehensive 6-1 win over Co Stompe in the Group Five final on Wednesday. Newton, the world number 20, entered the...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. JAMES WADE won Group Four of the 2010 Championship League Darts, dramatically edging out Dennis Priestley 6-5 in the final, as reigning champion Colin Osborne crashed out of the event. The world numbe...

Phil Taylor will begin the defence of his Bodog.com World Grand Prix against Brendan Dolan, while Raymond van Barneveld and James Wade also face 'home' opposition in John MaGowan and Mick McGowan at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin next month. ...

THE 2011 PDC Calendar has been announced, with over £5 million on offer for the sport's leading players across 128 days of darts action next year. Prize funds in PDC ProTour events will increase to £35,000 per event following the introduc...

STEVE FARMER won his maiden career title with a 6-4 defeat of Kevin Painter in Sunday's Dutch Players Championship final - and dramatically booked a place in the Bodog.com World Grand Prix with the triumph. The 45-year-old from Church Stretton...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. JAMES WADE picked up his first Players Championship win of 2010 with a 6-4 defeat of Terry Jenkins in Saturday's final in Nuland. The world number three, whose only other victory this year came in a U...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Alan Tabern staged a sensational comeback from 5-3 down to defeat Gary Anderson in a deciding leg and win Group Three of Championship League Darts. The left-hander entered the tournament on Thursday a...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Simon Whitlock defeated Gary Anderson 6-2 to win Group Two of Championship League Darts in only his second day in the internet-streamed tournament. The Australian star booked his place in October's bi...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor began the 2010 Championship League Darts with victory in Group One, defeating Colin Lloyd 6-2 in the final of the internet-streamed tournament. Taylor, the 2008 champion who was the runner...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Colin Lloyd claimed Players Championship glory for a second successive weekend, defeating Simon Whitlock 6-4 to win Sunday's PDC ProTour event in Crawley. The Essex star took the Canadian Masters titl...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Adrian Lewis won his second PDC ProTour title of the year after defeating Steve Farmer 6-4 at the K2 Centre in Crawley to win Saturday's Players Championship. Lewis bounced back from a disappointing ...

The PDPA has now updated the Fanzone for September. This includes a new interview for September, this time with Andy Fordham! It also includes the results from last months quiz as well as a brand new quiz for September! CLICK HERE TO SEE THE...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. COLIN LLOYD picked up his third tournament win of 2010 with a 6-1 defeat of Jamie Caven in the final of the Canadian Masters Players Championship. The Essex star denied Caven back-to-back PDC ProTou...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. JAMIE CAVEN took victory in Saturday's London Ontario Players Championship in Canada to claim his third PDC ProTour title. The Derby ace defeated Michael van Gerwen 6-4 in the final to round off a fine...

Players can still reserve hotel rooms for the Killarney Darts Festival in October. The fourth Killarney Darts Festival will be played from October 15-17 at Ireland's National Events Centre in Killarney, culminating in the John McEvoy Gold Dart ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Nigel 'The Undertaker' Heydon has finally killed off The Butcher - with a little help from Barry Hearn. Heydon, who is enjoying an encouraging debut season in the pro ranks, has until now been using the...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. DENNIS PRIESTLEY wins the Australian Open Players Championship, defeating Mark Hylton 6-3 in the final. Priestley, who turned 60 last month, took the £5,000 title at the Revesby Workers Club in Sydney...

QUALIFICATION information for the PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Championship has now been confirmed. The £30,000 tournament will take place for the first time this autumn, with the winner taking home £10,000 plus a place in the 2010 Grand Slam o...

Darren Mawer (pictured right) who joined the PDPA this year was on his way to Turkey on holiday when unfortunately he suffered a brain haemorrhage on the plane going over. He has since had an operation and is now in intensive care. Darren who...

PDPA members arrange a charity darts night in aid of cancer research. On Friday 29th October 2010, The Harley's Sky Bar in Rutherglen, Glasgow will host the charity event Back to the Future head to head. Already confirmed is one of the legen...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Photos from the 2010 European Championship can now be seen in the fanzone. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE GALLERY NOW

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Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. PartyPoker.net European Championship Afternoon Session Quarter-Finals Terry Jenkins 10-6 Jamie Caven Colin Lloyd 10-7 Ronnie Baxter Phil Taylor 10-4 Mark Walsh Raymond van Barneveld 8-10 Wayne Jones...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. REPORTS from Saturday's second round play at the PartyPoker.net European Championship. Results will be updated below throughout the event, alongside links to match reports. The PartyPoker.net European ...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Raymond Van Barneveld edged out Andy Hamilton in an 11-leg thriller at the PartyPoker.net European Championship on Friday night, but seeds James Wade and Adrian Lewis crashed out of the event in Dinslake...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Reigning PartyPoker.net European Championship winner Phil Taylor made a winning start to the defence of his title with a 6-2 win over Co Stompe on Thursday night. Taylor has won the previous two stagings ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Reports from Tuesday's final first round games at the StanJames.com World Matchplay. The first round concludes with the last four matches, which include reigning champion Phil Taylor up against Barrie B...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Phil Taylor claimed his 11th StanJames.com World Matchplay title with an 18-12 win over Raymond van Barneveld at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on Sunday night. Taylor picked up his third successive Bl...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Stacy Bromberg staged a superb fightback to defeat Tricia Wright 6-5 and win the inaugural PDC Unicorn Women's World Championship Final. The American found herself 5-3 down in a race to six legs at the ...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Reports from the quarter-finals of the StanJames.com World Matchplay in Blackpool. The quarter-finals will take place across two sessions at the Winter Gardens. StanJames.com World Matchplay Quarter-Fin...

Radio Interviews with Steve Beaton, Trina Gulliver, Steve Hine & Nigel Haydon Interviews on Darts with the current stars in the Coventry & Warwickshire area, follow this link the show is for an hour so follow from 18.15 Minutes http:...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Phil Taylor powered into the quarter-finals of the StanJames.com World Matchplay, turning on the style with a 13-4 win over Steve Beaton in Blackpool Taylor, the ten-time World Matchplay winner, followe...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Raymond van Barneveld's brilliant start to the StanJames.com World Matchplay continued with a 13-5 demolition of Alan Tabern at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. The Dutch star hit a nine-darter in Sat...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Gary Anderson produced the first whitewash for six years at the StanJames.com World Matchplay with a 10-0 thumping of fellow Scot Robert Thornton on Monday night. Anderson, the UK Open runner-up a mon...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA REPORTS from Sunday's second night of play at the StanJames.com World Matchplay. Schedule of Play Sunday July 18 First Round Andy Hamilton 10-12 Co Stompe Adrian Lewis 9-11 Mark Webster James ...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD produced another piece of history with a sensational nine-darter at the StanJames.com World Matchplay on Saturday night. The Dutchman fired in a perfect leg during his 10-1 victo...

The PDPA has launched its new ‘Fanzone’ which includes: - Tip from the Top - Monthly interview with one of the top PDC Pro’s - Fans Gallery - Discussion Board - Monthly Quiz - Nostalgia Corner - Darts Snippets - Rileys Darts Centre...

As football's World Cup draws to a close, the Professional Darts Corporation can now confirm details of the inaugural PDC World Cup, to be held from December 3-5 at the Rainton Meadows Arena with £150,000 prize money on offer. A total of 2...

Prize money for PDC ProTour events in 2011 will increase to £35,000 per event, while details for the Tour Card system and PDC Qualifying School have been confirmed. The Professional Darts Corporation will adopt a Tour Card system from next...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor will begin the defence of his PartyPoker.net European Championship title against Co Stompe in Germany next month. The third staging of the European Championship will be held at the StadtHa...

John Part defeated Darin Young 6-4 to win the North American Darts Championship as the New Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival came to a close in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Part has endured a tough year after slipping to the edge of the P...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Darts Legend, Jamie Harvey recently spoke to The Scottish Sun exclusively about being diagnosed with Cancer. Now he wants to hit the oche big time again. Read the interview in full here: http://www.th...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor will begin the defence of his StanJames.com World Matchplay title against Barrie Bates at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on Tuesday July 20. Taylor's bid for an 11th World Matchplay title ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Co Stompe claimed his maiden PDC title with a 6-3 defeat of James Wade in Tuesday's Las Vegas Players Championship. The Dutch star picked up the £6,000 victory during the New Tropicana World Series of...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Gary Anderson won his third tournament of 2010 with a 6-4 victory over Simon Whitlock in Monday's Las Vegas Players Championship. Anderson followed up a quarter-final appearance in Sunday's PDC US Ope...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor's success in Las Vegas continued with victory over Denis Ovens in the final of Sunday's PDC US Open Players Championship. Taylor followed up Saturday's World Cricket Championship win by ta...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor kicked off the New Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival with victory in the World Cricket Championship, coming from 2-0 down to defeat Mark Walsh in the final. The event, held in the c...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld will contest the final of the StanJames.com World Matchplay on Sunday following resounding semi-final defeats of Simon Whitlock and James Wade in Blackpool. Reignin...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Andy Smith won his first Players Championship for a year with a 6-4 defeat of Alan Tabern at the Van Der Valk Hotel in Haarlem on Sunday. Smith had been victorious on the corresponding weekend last yea...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Vincent van der Voort won his second Players Championship of the year with a deciding leg defeat of Wayne Jones in Haarlem on Saturday. The Dutchman saw off Jones to claim his maiden PDC title in March...

Anthony Urmston-Toft is a professional dart player on the PDC circuit. You can find out more about Anthony and his `different` approach to his dart playing at the website inthemadhouse.com. An auction has been set up to raise £2,000 to sen...

PREMIER INN The UK’s biggest budget hotel chain, Premier Inn has announced the release of half a million rooms available at just £29 throughout autumn. The rooms will be available from June 1st and are even available during the Octob...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Ronnie Baxter picked up his first Players Championship victory for almost 12 months with a narrow 6-5 defeat of Denis Ovens, sealing the win in Barnsley with an 11-dart finish. Baxter has not reached ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Gary Anderson won his second PDC ProTour event of 2010 with a 6-1 victory over Mark Walsh on Saturday in Barnsley. The Scot followed up March's UK Open Qualifier win with a fine display at the Barnsl...

Stacy Bromberg and Tricia Wright will contest the final of the inaugural PDC Unicorn Women's World Championship next month. American star Bromberg and Surrey-based Wright will contest for the £10,000 winner's cheque at the Winter Gardens in ...

The PDPA are pleased to announce that betfred is now part of our partnership team, we will be running poker events for members (You will need an account) and you can also receive a FREE bet of up to £50 on the World Cup which starts on Fri...

Watch England in their World Cup opener v USA on the Big Screen at the Sportsman’s evening Saturday evening at the Holiday Inn (Brooklands) Barnsley, all proceeds go to the Weston Park Cancer Charity. The event is arranged by our own De...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Rileys Darts Zones UK Open Quarter-Finals Tony Ayres 10-9 James Wade Gary Anderson 10-6 Andy Hamilton Wes Newton 3-10 Denis Ovens Phil Taylor 10-2 Adrian Lewis Best of 19 legs Rileys Darts Zones U...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Afternoon Session Phil Taylor created a new world record average in a televised game, whitewashing Kevin Painter to set up a fifth round clash with Simon Whitlock in the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open. T...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor eased past Wayne Mardle 9-2 to open his bid for a fourth Rileys Darts Zones UK Open title at the Reebok Stadium. Taylor, fresh from hitting two nine-darters in winning the Whyte & Mack...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Wayne Mardle will take on reigning Rileys Darts Zones UK Open champion Phil Taylor at the Reebok Stadium on Friday night, as the world's top players enter the tournament at the third round stage. Mard...

Specialist bed retailer and one of The PDPA’s official partners Bensons for Beds have made it ‘three in a bed’!  The company is to sponsor three of the top British professional darts players for the next year. PDPA members Colin Lloyd, C...

The Doublefinish Open Sponsored by Rileys will be held at Rileys Bolton on the 28th and 29th August. Prizes: Winner - £2,000 Runner up - £500 Semi Finalists - £250 Quarter Finalists £50 All Prizes Guaranteed There will be a maximu...

The PDPA send their condolences to the family of Rick Lowther, who passed away following a heart attack on Sunday. Rick, from Waterlooville in Hampshire, joined the PDPA in June 2009 and had been a regular on the PDC ProTour since last Octob...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA PHIL TAYLOR smashed apart the record books with TWO nine-dart finishes in claiming glory in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts, defeating James Wade 10-8 to reclaim the £125,000 title. Taylor ...

THE Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-offs were cancelled at the Wembley Arena on Sunday night following a power cut in north London. The £410,000 event was due to conclude on Sunday night with the semi-finals, third place play-...

Former finalist Gary Mawson will kick off the 2010 UK Open when he takes on Rileys Amateur Qualifier Ashley Whisker on the main stage at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton on Thursday June 3. American ace Mawson, whose family hail from Bolton, enjo...

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Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Simon Whitlock won his fourth Pro Tour title of 2010 in the space of six weeks with a thrilling 6-4 victory over Steve Beaton on Saturday in Salzburg. Whitlock opened up the day with victories over ...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Reigning champion James Wade qualified for the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-offs and denied Ronnie Baxter a tilt at the title as the league phase of the tournament ended in Nottingham on ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. THE draw for the opening night of the 2010 UK Open, on Thursday June 3, has been made. The first two rounds of the tournament, plus a preliminary round featuring ten matches, will be played as the fou...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Raymond van Barneveld has been presented with a commemorative bottle of Whyte & Mackay whisky to recognise his nine-dart finish in Aberdeen. The achievement was his second nine-darter in the Prem...

The PDC and The PDPA can confirm that the Austrian Players Championships which is due to be played this weekend in Salzburg will definitely go ahead. The recent Volcanic Ash Cloud which has caused travel chaos for many months now may cau...

The PDPA supported The Christie Charitable fund by attending the charity dinner at Lancashire CCC, the 10 top PDPA professionals in attendance James Wade, Terry Jenkins, Adrian Lewis, Dennis Priestley, Alan Warriner, Mark Dudbridge, Kevin Painte...

Maggie MaGowan, one of our loved friends passed away over the weekend. Maggie, who’s partner John has been a PDPA professional for many years hasn’t travelled recently to PDC events Maggie was a well loved lady who will be sadly missed, ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. James Wade picked up his first tournament victory since last October with victory over Gary Anderson in the final of the eighth UK Open Qualifier, held at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. Th...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Simon Whitlock whitewashed Andy Hamilton to win his third Players Championship title inside a month at Wigan on Saturday. The Australian had picked up tournament victories in Barnsley and Derby recently,...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA The three remaining places alongside Phil Taylor in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-offs will be decided on the final league night after a dramatic 13th round in Newcastle saw five players ...

PDPA MEMBERS can now download a full list of current Egencia flights to PDC events from the link below. CLICK HERE FOR FULL LIST OF FLIGHT DETAILS

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA Raymond Van Barneveld hit a sensational nine-darter in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts during a win over Terry Jenkins in Aberdeen on Thursday night. The Dutchman has endured a nightmare year...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. COLIN LLOYD won his second tournament of 2010 with a 6-3 victory over Colin Osborne in the seventh UK Open Qualifier. Lloyd followed up February's Players Championship win in Gibraltar by taking the £6,...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Wes Newton claimed his second PDC ProTour win by defeating Andy Smith 6-2 in the final of Saturday's Players Championship in Wigan. The Fleetwood ace followed up last November's victory in a Players Ch...

Every flight or hotel booked with Egencia between now and the 30th August is one entry into the prize draw: winner of an iPod nano (any colour) to be announced 31st August 2010! GOOD LUCK! T’s and C’s You must have a profile set up on ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Peter ‘One Dart’ Manley returns to the oche this Saturday 24th April at the Robin Park Tennis Center, Wigan after a month off the pro-tour circuit due to his recent health problem. Carlisle based â€...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Reigning Champion James Wade moved into the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-off places for the first time this season with victory over Raymond van Barneveld at the Liverpool Echo Arena. Wade...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor won his fourth PDC ProTour title of 2010 with a 6-2 defeat of Peter Wright in the final of the sixth UK Open Qualifier. World Champion Taylor responded in style to a rare semi-final loss, to...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Simon Whitlock picked up a Players Championship victory for the second successive Saturday, defeating Colin Lloyd 6-4 in the final in Derby. Whitlock won his maiden PDC ProTour title in Barnsley a week ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor bounced back from Saturday's semi-final defeat by overcoming the strong challenge of Simon Whitlock 6-4 in the final at the Renaissance Hotel, in Salzburg. The World number one suffered ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Reigning Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts champion James Wade narrowly missed out on ending Phil Taylor's unbeaten streak this season on a dramatic night at the Sheffield Arena. Wade continued his ...

On Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th April there will be a representative from Egencia (official travel partner of the PDPA) present at the above event to  answer any of your questions, queries etc. concerning flights, hotels or any other tr...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Mark Walsh won his second UK Open Qualifier of 2010 with a 6-3 defeat of John Part at the Barnsley Metrodome. Walsh repeated his success of six weeks ago in Derby to claim a second £6,000 title of the y...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Simon Whitlock claimed his first PDC ProTour win with a 6-4 defeat of Gary Anderson to take victory in the Bobby Bourn Memorial Players Championship. Whitlock, the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championshi...

Photo courtesy of Hannah Bonsell, PDPA Reports from Glasgow from night nine of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts. A sold-out S.E.C.C. hosted the world's top players, as the Premier League returned to Scotland for the first of two vis...

All passes (currently 3 for each player) at all pro tour events are the responsibility of the player who issues them, these passes are to be used in a professional manner by the players concerned and their guests. We expect them to be used for pa...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Reports from the eighth league night of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts in Cardiff. The second half of the league season kicked off with four matches at a sold-out Cardiff International Arena. Wh...

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Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor swept to a second successive Players Championship victory, whitewashing Mark Dudbridge in the final of Saturday's event in Wigan. Taylor was victorious in a Players Championship two weeks a...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil taylor moved five points clear at the top of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts by defeating Adrian Lewis 8-4 at the NIA in Birmingham. Taylor extended his unbeaten run in the tournament to ...

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Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Gary Andersonwon his second PDC ProTour title with victory over Wes Newton in the fourth UK Open Qualifier of 2010, taking out a 135 finish to win the final. The Scot claimed a Players Championship win ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Barrie Bates won his first tournament since 2006 with a narrow 6-5 defeat of Denis Ovens in Saturday's Players Championship final. The Welshman picked up three titles and reached the UK Open four years ...

LAS VEGAS' Tropicana Hotel will host the The New Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival from June 26-30 2010. Darts will return to Las Vegas for a week of five events to be staged in the newly-refurbished Tropicana Ballroom, with a total prize ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Defending Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts champion James Wade picked up his first win of the 2010 season with an 8-4 defeat Simon Whitlock as Phil Taylor hit top gear at The Brighton Centre on Thur...

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Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor completed a weekend double in Wigan with a stunning whitewash of Jamie Caven in the final of Sunday's UK Open Qualifier. Taylor had won Saturday's Players Championship in imperious fashion, ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Raymond van Barneveld ignited his Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts campaign with the best performance of the season on Thursday night, while leaders Phil Taylor & Mervyn King scrapped out a draw ...

For all information regarding The Players Championships in Salzburg, Austria. Please use the link below to access the details from the Members Area. Hotel Details for Salzburg....here Flight Details for Salzburg.....here

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Adrian Lewis claimed his first PDC ProTour win of 2010 with a 6-4 win over Mark Walsh in the final of Sunday's German Darts Classic Players Championship. The 25-year-old from Stoke picked up the £6,000...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Vincent van der Voort won his first PDC title with a 6-2 defeat of Wayne Jones in the final of Saturday's German Darts Classic Players Championship in Gladbeck. Van der Voort celebrated three years on t...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Reports from the fourth night of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts in Exeter. The Westpoint Arena welcomed back the world's top players, with the four games on the night featuring the clash of th...

New rates for all your Premier Inns at all PDC events as from 2nd March 2010. These rates change all the time so the sooner you book the cheaper it is, for all the rates check out your travel page. And to book go direct to the Members Benefit...

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Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Mark Walsh celebrated victory in a UK Open Qualifier in Derby for a second successive year with a 6-2 defeat of Phil Taylor in Sunday's final. Walsh had defeated Raymond van Barneveld to take the £6,00...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Phil Taylor powered past Terry Jenkins 6-1 to claim Saturday's Players Championship in Derby in his first PDC ProTour appearance of 2010. The world number one confirmed his return to top form following...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Phil Taylor returned to top form in condemning reigning Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts champion James Wade to a third successive defeat this season with an 8-3 triumph in Belfast. Wade's slow sta...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Mervyn King completed a clean sweep of the PDC ProTour events in Swindon with a 6-1 defeat of Simon Whitlock to win Sunday's UK Open Qualifier at the Oasis Leisure Centre. King backed up Saturday's Play...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Mervyn King won his first tournament since 2008 with 6-3 victory over Andy Hamilton in the final of Saturday's Players Championship. The world number four ended a 15-month gap between victories to claim...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC Reports from the second night of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts in Bournemouth. The tournament continue with a return to the BIC in Bournemouth, with the four games including a rematch of the ...

Following the decision, by a majority vote, of the BDO County Associations not to agree to discuss the detail of the PDC's offer to acquire the British Darts Organisation nor to grant the PDC access to its books of accounts in order for normal du...

The German Darts Classic takes place on the 6th & 7th March 2010, at the hotel Van der Valk, Gladbeck, Germany Players looking to arrange transfers from Düsseldorf Airport to the Hotel Van Der Valk in Gladbeck can use the Mister Taxi Compan...

THE amateur qualifiers for the 2010 UK Open will be held in Rileys Darts Zones around the country in April and May. The UK Open - nicknamed "The FA Cup of Darts" for its unique format - gives amateur players the chance to challenge the biggest na...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC PHIL TAYLOR climbed out of his sickbed to begin the 2010 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts with an 8-3 win over Australian Simon Whitlock at The O2 in London. Taylor had spent much of the week in be...

Premier Inn is now an official partner of The PDPA. You can book via your members area/members benefits Book any Premier Inn hotel via this link, which will take you directly to the Premier Inn website we will have all the current prices adve...

Rooms Open to 10th February for The Menzies Hotel, Swindon, Wiltshire, after this date the rooms will revert to the higher rates, this is the official PDPA hotel for ‘The Players Championships’ and UK Open (Q) 1, in Swindon on the 20th & ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. DENIS OVENS won his first PDC Pro tour event since 2007 with victory over Gary Anderson in the final of Sunday's Gibraltar Players Championship. Ovens claimed the £6,000 title with a fine day of darts ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. COLIN LLOYD claimed victory in the opening Players Championship of 2010, defeating Wayne Jones 6-2 to win the StanJames.com Eddie Cox Memorial Trophy. The world number eight claimed the £6,000 title in...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PDPA member Jason Clark known as 'The Cockney Jock' is to donate 50% of his prize money for the whole of the 2010 season to the 'help for heroes' charity, floor fitter clark who manages his own floor supply an...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. GIANT-KILLER Paul Nicholson claimed his first major title with victory at the totesport.com Players Championship, dethroning Phil Taylor before overcoming Mervyn King 13-11 in the final at the Circus Tave...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. COLIN LLOYD made a thrilling comeback to defeat Kevin Painter 8-4 with an impressive performance in the totesport.com Players Championship on Saturday afternoon. Lloyd hit back from 4-2 down to win six ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. MERVYN KING produced a sensational comeback to send world number three James Wade crashing out of the totesport.com Players Championship on Friday night with a 6-5 victory. King looked set to depart the...

PHIL TAYLOR began the defence of his totesport.com Players Championship title with victory over Peter Manley as the £250,000 event began on Thursday night. Taylor returned to the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex - the scene of 11 of his 15 Wo...

Reminder Closing Date for entries 3rd February at 12.00 Noon Gibraltar For Flights to Gibraltar log on to the members area, for Egencia. Swindon Swindon Players Championships official hotel, Swindon Menzies to book go to the member...

The second player’s championship finals get underway on Thursday 28th January, the four days of darts now sponsored by totesport.com comes from the spiritual home of the PDC ‘The Circus Tavern’ in Purfleet which held 14 PDC World Championsh...

Prize money in PDC events will be close to the £5 million mark in 2010, with £1,023,600 on offer at the 33 players championships throughout the year, and a further £252,800 at the 8 UK Open regionals along with a cool £1 Million at the...

Current WDF World No 8 Mareno Michels switches to The PDC, the 26 year old from Dordrecht, Netherlands gained sponsorship from international company Finder and Dutch company Controlin who are at present his current employers to realise his dream of ...

Phil Taylor and Simon Whitlock will meet on the opening night of the 2010 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts at The O2 on Thursday February 11. The duo clash in a repeat of their recent meeting in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championshi...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. Adrian Lewis is the second Sky Sports Wildcard for the 2010 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts. The announcement of Lewis' return to Premier League Darts sees the 24-year-old, recently named as the P...

Phil Taylor will face Peter Manley in the first round of the totesport.com Players Championship on Thursday January 28. World number one Taylor, the reigning champion in the £250,000 event, will take on his long-time rival at the Circus Tavern i...

What was your favourite Darts moment of 2009, Barneys World Championship '9' Darter, or Mervyn Kings win over Phil Taylor in the Premier League Semi-Final, Anastasia beating Vincent van der Voort in the Grand Slam or something else? All the m...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR scooped four awards at the Professional Darts Corporation's Annual Awards Dinner on Monday night, including the prestigious Player of the Year title. Taylor capped an incredible 12 months of ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. SIMON WHITLOCK has been named as the first Sky Sports Wildcard selection for the 2010 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts. The Australian has been rewarded for his superb run to the final of the Ladb...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. REPORTS from the final and third-fourth place play-off at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship. Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship Third-Fourth Place Play-Off Mark Webster 10-8 Raymond van Barneveld...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR and Raymond van Barneveld romped into the semi-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship without dropping a set to kick off 2010 in style at Alexandra Palace. The pair, who compet...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. REPORTS from Wednesday's play at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. The remaining third round matches will be contested at London's Alexandra Palace which include Terry Jenkins against Simon W...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR and Adrian Lewis set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with scintillating second round wins on Tuesday night at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. Taylor averaged 104 as he saw...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. Raymond van Barneveld fired a spectacular nine-dart finish during his 4-0 second round win over Brendan Dolan - replicating the feat he achieved in last year's tournament against Jelle Klaasen. The last ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. REPORTS from Sunday's second round games at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. Play resumes following the Christmas break with six games from the second round at Alexandra Palace in London. Lad...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. COLIN LLOYD picked up his first win since the World Championship moved to Alexandra Palace with a 3-1 victory over Sweden's Magnus Caris, who had whitewashed Spanish qualifier Francisco Ruiz in the prelim...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. REPORTS from Tuesday's play at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. The first round continues at Alexandra Palace with four matches, while Tomas Seyler faces Jan van der Rassel in the preliminary r...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. TERRY JENKINS ended his Alexandra Palace hoodoo with a 3-2 victory over Paul Nicholson in the first round of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Monday night. Jenkins had never won a game on t...

The Membership Subscription for 2010 is now due. If you haven't paid your annual subscription of £250.00 by 31st December 2009 as was stated in the letter that the PDPA sent to you in October, your membership will be terminated. After that dat...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. REPORTS from Sunday's play at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, including Mark Websters 3-2 win over Mark Walsh. Play continues at Alexandra Palace with a further two sessions on Sunday, featuri...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. REPORTS from Saturday's play at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, including Steve Hine's 3-2 victory over Roland Scholten. Play continues at Alexandra Palace with two sessions on Saturday. La...

Photo courtesy of Chris Sargeant/PDPA. REPORTS from the opening night of the 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. The £1 million event kicked off at Alexandra Palace in London with five matches, including reigning champion Phil Taylor...

The amount of Nations competing in this year’s Ladbrokes.com World Championships has increased to 24, which is a new record and of the 72 qualifiers England lead the way with 32, with Netherlands on 8 in second place. England (32) Nether...

CHINESE qualifier Shi Yongsheng has withdrawn from the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. Yongsheng, 39, recently qualified for a fourth successive World Championship via the Chinese National Championships. However, he has been unable to r...

PHIL TAYLOR will begin the defence of his Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship against Colin Monk. Taylor will take on the Basingstoke qualifier on the opening night of this year's tournament on Friday December 18 at Alexandra Palace in Londo...

PHIL TAYLOR and James Wade led England to glory in the inaugural PartyPoker.com Jocky Wilson Cup with a whitewash of Scotland at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on Saturday night. The duo defeated Scottish pair Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton a...

THE field for the 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship has now been confirmed, with a record 25 countries competing for £1 million prize money at Alexandra Palace from December 18-January 3. The world's biggest darts tournament, shown li...

PHIL TAYLOR won the PartyPoker.net German Darts Championship title for a second time with an 11-4 win over Mervyn King in Halle. Taylor, the 2007 champion, atoned for his loss to Co Stompe in last year's decider by claiming his 22nd tournament w...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR is seeking to win a second German Darts Championship on Sunday, after being amongst the eight players to progress to the quarter-finals in Halle. Taylor, the 2007 champion at the Gerry Weber...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR claimed a third successive PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts title with a 16-2 demolition of Scott Waites at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Taylor followed up his 16-6 defeat of Raymond van B...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. SCOTT WAITES produced the performance of his career to win through to the semi-finals of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts, where he will take on Terry Jenkins on Sunday. Yorkshireman Waites, the...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. SCOTT WAITES, Terry Jenkins and Robert Thornton all won through deciding leg battles to reach the quarter-finals of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts on Friday night. The trio and Australian Simo...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR set up a clash with BDO number one Tony O'Shea in the quarter-finals of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts with a superb comeback against Colin Lloyd on Thursday night. Taylor, the rei...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. JAMES WADE won a nine-dart shoot-out with Andy Hamilton to progress to the last 16 of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts on Wednesday night, as Ted Hankey crashed out of the competition. The final...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD, Mark Webster, Colin Lloyd and Kirk Shepherd all claimed places in the last 16 of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts in a dramatic Monday night at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. TED HANKEY bounced back to winning ways in the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts on Monday night, while James Wade turned up the heat at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall with a sensational display. Hanke...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR began his bid for a third successive PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts title with a 5-0 whitewash of Anastasia Dobromyslova on Saturday night. Taylor, the reigning champion, proved imperious...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. TED HANKEY suffered defeat to Scott Waites on his debut in the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts on Sunday afternoon. Hankey, the current BDO World Champion and number two seed in the Grand Slam, s...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. COLIN OSBORNE won his third tournament of 2009 with a 6-4 defeat of Michael van Gerwen in the final of Sunday's Players Championship at the Magnum Centre in Irvine. Osborne added to his wins in a Players ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. WES NEWTON claimed his first ranking title with a narrow victory over Steve Beaton in Saturday's Scottish Players Championship. Newton has reached three PDC Pro Tour finals since the summer without victory...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. STEVE MAISH won a place in the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts with a 5-3 victory over Arron Monk in the ITV Wildcard Qualifier on Friday night. Maish, ranked 42 in the PDC Order of Merit, completes th...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR’S record breaking year continued with an 11-3 victory over in the European Championship final at the Claus Event Centre in Hoofddorp, Holland. Taylor has now claimed all the PDC’s major ra...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. AFTERNOON SESSION JELLE KLAASEN edged a thrilling second round clash with Jamie Caven to reach the quarter-finals of the 2009 European Championships at the Claus Event Centre in Hoofddorp, Holland. Kla...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD and James Wade were made to work as they progressed into the second round of the 2009 European Championship at the Claus Event Centre in Hoofddorp, Holland. Van Barneveld survived a ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR began the defence of his European Championship title with a 6-2 win over Toon Greebe at the Claus Event Centre in Holland. The defending champion faces Robert Thornton in the second round in a ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. JAMES WADE came from 2-0 down to defeat Brendan Dolan 6-2 and win Sunday's Players Championship in Nuland. Dolan hit a 180 and double four to win the opening leg, and doubled his lead with Wade waiting on 4...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. STEVE BEATON claimed his first tournament win since 2001 with a 6-1 defeat of Wes Newton in Saturday's Players Championship in Nuland. The former Embassy Champion's last title came at the JR & Vauxhall...

COLIN OSBORNE claimed his first major title with a 6-4 victory over Phil Taylor to win the 2009 Championship League Darts. Osborne avenged his loss to Taylor in the final of June's UK Open with an accomplished performance to see off the world numbe...

BARRY Hearn has questioned the authority with which Olly Croft has turned down the PDC's £1m offer to buy the British Darts Organisation and inject an additional £1m into the grass roots of the game. The Professional Darts Corporation's Chairman...

The head of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) has rebuffed a takeover bid from rival body the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). PDC chief Barry Hearn has offered £1m for the BDO, but Olly Croft said it "is not for sale" at any price. The...

Photo courtesy of Bryan Haraway/PDC. ADRIAN LEWIS ended two years of disappointment in Championship League Darts by winning Group Eight of the tournament on Wednesday. Lewis competed in five groups last year without winning one, and had missed...

THE Professional Darts Corporation have made a £1 million offer to purchase the British Darts Organisation, as well as offering to invest the same amount in to the grass roots side of the sport. An open letter, detailed below, has been sent to th...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. JELLE KLAASEN defeated Kirk Shepherd 6-1 to win Group Seven of Championship League Darts. In arguably the tournament's most dramatic day yet, Klaasen came from fourth in the league table following the eigh...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR won a third successive tournament with a whitewash victory over Paul Nicholson in the final of the John McEvoy Gold Dart Classic in Killarney. Taylor followed up his wins in Dublin in a Player...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR battled from two sets down to win a ninth Skybet World Grand Prix title with a 6-3 defeat of Raymond van Barneveld. Van Barneveld stunned Taylor to edge the opening two sets of a thrilling fina...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR and Raymond van Barneveld will meet in the final of the Skybet World Grand Prix for a second successive year on Sunday night. Taylor's challenge for a ninth title in the double-start format co...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR remains on course for a ninth Skybet World Grand Prix title following a 4-0 win over Adrian Lewis on Friday night, as Raymond van Barneveld, Terry Jenkins and Andy Hamilton also progress to the ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. IRELAND'S Jacko Barry delighted his home fans with a final-leg thriller against Steve Beaton to reach the quarter-finals of the Skybet World Grand Prix on Thursday. Barry, who lives only 35 miles from the...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR almost hit the first nine-darter in the history of the Skybet World Grand Prix in winning through to the quarter-finals of the event on Wednesday night. Taylor defeated Wayne Jones 3-0 to prog...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD dramatically defeated Alan Tabern in the Skybet World Grand Prix on Tuesday night, as world number two James Wade crashed out of the tournament. Dutch ace van Barneveld returned from...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR began his challenge for a ninth Skybet World Grand Prix title with a 2-0 win over Brendan Dolan on the opening night of this year's £350,000 event. The defending champion dropped just two leg...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR claimed the Irish Players Championship with a 6-1 victory over Wes Newton at the Citywest Hotel. The world number one picked up his 11th PDC Pro Tour win of the year with a top-class display in...

Photo courtesy of Bryan Haraway/PDC. ADRIAN LEWIS came from 4-1 down to defeat Andy Hamilton in the final of Saturday's Irish Players Championship at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin. Lewis followed up last month's Austrian Open victory by taking t...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. LES FRANCIS has won the Emperors Palace South African Open, defeating Devon Petersen 4-3 to win a place in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. Gauteng's Francis, 53, emerged the champion in the fo...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. COLIN OSBORNE defeated nine-dart hero Jelle Klaasen 6-3 to win the final of Group Six in Championship League Darts. Osborne had competed for the previous three days in the internet-televised tournament, bu...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. WAYNE MARDLE took Group Five glory in Championship League Darts with a 6-3 final victory over Colin Osborne. Mardle lost out in the third group of last year's tournament, but ensured a spot in October's Wi...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. 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 follow...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. 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 o...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. 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-s...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. 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 hi...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. 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 i...

Photo courtesy of Bryan Haraway/PDC. ADRIAN LEWIS claimed his first tournament victory in almost three years and also hit a nine-darter in winning Saturday's Austrian Open Players Championship. Lewis has not taken home the first prize in a tou...

SCOTLAND and England will do battle on the oche in darts' inaugural Jocky Wilson Cup at Glasgow’s Braehead Arena on Saturday December 5. The Jocky Wilson Cup, named in honour of the Scottish two-time World Champion, will see the two famous inter...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PLAYERS can now enter the ITV Wildcard Qualifier for the 2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts. The ITV Wildcard Qualifiers gives the chance for ANY darts player to win a spot in November's PartyPoker.co...

EIGHT of the world's top ten players will compete in Group One of 2009 Championship League Darts on Tuesday September 15. Championship League Darts is a unique event, streamed solely on the internet via a series of bookmakers' websites and offering...

AODHAGAN O'NEILL has won a Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship place following his victory in Sunday's Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay. Cavan-based O'Neill overcame Limerick's William O'Connor 7-3 in the final of the event, held at the Green...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. DENNIS PRIESTLEY claimed a second tournament win in a week with a 6-3 victory over Andy Hamilton in the final of the PDC US Open. Priestley followed up last Sunday's Canadian Players Championship triumph b...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. COLIN LLOYD won the Atlanta Players Championship, defeating James Wade in the final. Lloyd claimed his first tournament win since January with the £5,000 success in the first of two PDC ranked events in G...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. THE Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts, Britain's biggest indoor sporting event, will make its debut at the O2 Arena in London for the 2010 tournament in one of 15 thrilling nights of darts staged acros...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. DENNIS PRIESTLEY has retained the Canadian Players Championship title with a 6-4 defeat of Wes Newton. Priestley claimed the £5,000 title in Canada for a second successive year with an impressive return to...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PAUL NICHOLSON has won the Australian Open Players Championship, defeating Robert Thornton in the final. Nicholson claimed the £5,000 winner's cheque for the first time in a PDC Pro Tour event with the vi...

DARTS FANS have been racing in record numbers to secure tickets for the 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. The world's richest darts tournament will be held from December 18-January 3 at Alexandra Palace in London, with 70 players competi...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. DARTS fans in Wolverhampton are being warned to 'catch Phil Taylor while you can!' That's the message from PDC Chairman Barry Hearn ahead of November's PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts, to be held at the...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR claimed the stanjames.com World Matchplay title for a tenth time with an 18-4 win over Terry Jenkins at Blackpool's Winter Gardens. Taylor's unmatched run in the summer's biggest tournament con...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR will face Terry Jenkins in the final of the 2009 stanjames.com World Matchplay on Sunday night. The duo won through exciting semi-finals at Blackpool's Winter Gardens on Saturday, with Taylor r...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. TERRY JENKINS and Mervyn King produced sensational performances to book semi-final spots at the stanjames.com World Matchplay on Friday afternoon. Jenkins overcame five-time World Champion Raymond van Bar...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR dropped only three legs in a quarter-final hammering of Adrian Lewis to remain on course for a tenth stanjames.com World Matchplay title. The sport's greatest ever player produced another mast...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. JAMES WADE continued his stanjames.com World Matchplay love affair with a superb 13-7 win over Gary Anderson as he progressed to the quarter-finals at Blackpool's Winter Gardens. The 2007 champion has rea...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. TERRY JENKINS held off the challenge of Denis Ovens to secure a narrow 14-12 stanjames.com World Matchplay victory on Thursday afternoon. The world number six and 2007 World Matchplay runner-up looked set ...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR bulldozed his way into the quarter-finals of the stanjames.com World Matchplay with a 13-3 demolition of Kevin Painter at the Winter Gardens. Taylor, sporting shaved lightning strikes in his h...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. FORMER runner-up Terry Jenkins began his bid to win the 2009 stanjames.com World Matchplay with a stylish 10-4 win over qualifier Peter Wright on Wednesday afternoon. Jenkins hit seven 180s and averaged a...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. JAMES WADE and Gary Anderson set up a mouth-watering second round clash at the stanjames.com World Matchplay with victories at the Winter Gardens on Tuesday night. Wade, the 2007 champion and a finalist i...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR began his bid for a tenth stanjames.com World Matchplay title with a 10-4 win over Robert Thornton on Monday. The defending champion overcame early nerves to see off the Scot, who wasted chance...

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDC. COLIN LLOYD banished his Winter Gardens demons as he began the 2009 stanjames.com World Matchplay with a 10-7 victory over Wayne Jones. Lloyd has failed to win a game in Blackpool since winning the tournam...

Photo courtesy of Bryan Haraway/PDC. THE world's top four players will contest the semi-finals and final of the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic VIII on Sunday. Phil Taylor, James Wade, Raymond van Barneveld and John Part progressed to ...

Photo courtesy of Bryan Haraway/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR defeated Raymond van Barneveld 13-11 to win the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic for a fifth time. Taylor followed up last month's UK Open victory with the £30,000 triumph at the Mandalay...

Photo courtesy of Bryan Haraway/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR produced the first whitewash of the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic, defeating Dennis Priestley in booking a quarter-final spot at the Mandalay Bay Resort. Defending champion Taylor show...

Photo courtesy of Bryan Haraway/PDC. RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD and James Wade began their PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic campaigns with victories on Thursday, while Adrian Lewis edged an epic against Vincent van der Voort. Van Barneve...

Photo courtesy of Bryan Haraway/PDC. PHIL TAYLOR began the defence of his PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic title with a 6-3 victory over Jamie Caven at the Mandalay Bay Resort. Taylor headed to Las Vegas struggling with a back problem, but sh...