ADRIAN LEWIS reclaimed the Scottish PDPA Players Championship title with a 3-1 win over Mick McGowan at the Magnum Centre, Irvine.

In a repeat of the 2005 final, Lewis took the £5,000 first prize with a superb display.

He trailed McGowan following a superb set, but reeled off six legs from eight to win the match.

Lewis opened by breaking the Irishman's throw with a superb 121 finish on the bull for a 12 dart leg, before McGowan responded with a maximum and a 125 checkout to level the set.

McGowan - who won the Ireland Open Classic recently - took the first set with a 13-dart leg on double top in the decider.

Lewis landed his first maximum on the way to the opening leg of the second set, but McGowan responded with six perfect darts in the next - with Lewis landing one of his own - to set up another decider.

Stoke star Lewis hit another maximum to open the third leg, and a second 180 of the leg helped him on the way to a 13-darter to square the match.

Lewis again broke McGowan's throw with a 14-darter to begin the third set, and landed double four to take the set despite yet another maximum from his opponent.

A Lewis 180 and 68 checkout left him within a leg of the match before McGowan scrambled to stay alive with double seven.

However, Lewis' heavy scoring was too much in the deciding leg of the fourth set, and he took out double five to clinch the victory.

"I'm delighted," said Lewis. "This means I'm unbeaten for over a year in Scotland - after winning both events last time around

"The final was a really high standard and full credit to Mick for getting through again. He played superbly but I'm glad I pulled it out in the final."

Lewis also overcame three players from the world's top 16 - Colin Lloyd, Ronnie Baxter and Kevin Painter - on his way to the final.

McGowan failed to drop a leg in an impressive win over Dennis Priestley, and then won 3-1 against in-form Terry Jenkins in the semis.

Baxter came from a set down against Roland Scholten to win in a deciding set, while Priestley held off a fightback from Raymond van Barneveld to win in the final leg of their last 16 clash.

PDPA Players Championship - Scotland

Final

Adrian Lewis 3-1 Mick McGowan

Winner £5,000, 20 ranking points

Runner-Up £2,500, 16 ranking points

Semi-Finals

Adrian Lewis 3-2 Ronnie Baxter

Mick McGowan 3-1 Terry Jenkins

Losers £1,250, 12 ranking points

Quarter-Finals

Adrian Lewis 3-0 Colin Lloyd

Ronnie Baxter 3-2 Roland Scholten

Mick McGowan 3-0 Dennis Priestley

Terry Jenkins 3-1 Peter Manley

Losers £600, 10 ranking points

Round Four

Colin Lloyd 3-0 John Part

Adrian Lewis 3-1 Kevin Painter

Roland Scholten 3-2 Wayne Atwood

Ronnie Baxter 3-1 James Wade

Dennis Priestley 3-2 Raymond van Barneveld

Mick McGowan 3-1 Dennis Smith

Terry Jenkins 3-1 Steve Beaton

Peter Manley 3-0 Chris Mason

Losers £300, 8 ranking points

Round Three

Colin Lloyd 3-0 Colin Osborne

John Part 3-0 Andy Smith

Adrian Lewis 3-0 Peter Allen

Kevin Painter 3-0 Steve Maish

Roland Scholten 3-1 Kevin Dowling

Wayne Atwood 3-2 Mark Dudbridge

Ronnie Baxter 3-0 Wayne Jones

James Wade 3-0 Robert Watson-Lang

Dennis Priestley 3-0 Michael Barnard

Raymond van Barneveld 3-0 Andy Hamilton

Dennis Smith 3-2 Wayne Mardle

Mick McGowan 3-1 Denis Ovens

Steve Beaton 3-2 Andy Jenkins

Terry Jenkins 3-2 Dave Askew

Peter Manley 3-1 Gary Noonan

Chris Mason 3-0 Ken Dobson

Losers £150, 6 ranking points

Round Two

Colin Lloyd 3-1 Owen Caffrey

Colin Osborne 3-1 Mark Lawrence

John Part 3-0 Geoff Wylie

Andy Smith 3-1 Shane Passey

Adrian Lewis 3-0 Andrew Davies

Peter Allen 3-2 Bob Anderson

Kevin Painter 3-1 Adrian Gray

Steve Maish 3-0 Lee White

Roland Scholten 3-1 Andy Callaby

Kevin Dowling 3-1 Paul Williams

Mark Dudbridge Bye (Jan van der Rassel)

Wayne Atwood 3-1 Alan Reynolds

Ronnie Baxter 3-0 Darren Johnson

Wayne Jones 3-0 Dale Newton

James Wade 3-1 Marcus Knapman

Robert Watson-Lang 3-2 Kevin Spiolek

Dennis Priestley 3-0 Jamie Harvey

Michael Barnard 3-2 Martin Burchell

Raymond van Barneveld 3-0 Alan Caves

Andy Hamilton 3-1 Jason Clark

Wayne Mardle 3-0 Harry Anderson

Dennis Smith 3-2 Ben Burton

Denis Ovens 3-1 Gary Spedding

Mick McGowan 3-1 Wes Newton

Andy Jenkins 3-1 Darren Williams

Steve Beaton 3-2 Henry O'Neill

Terry Jenkins 3-0 Mick Rodgers

Dave Askew 3-0 Chris Hook

Peter Manley 3-1 Lee Palfreyman

Gary Noonan 3-0 Alex Roy

Chris Mason 3-0 Brian Whybrow

Ken Dobson 3-2 Steve Smith

Losers £75, 4 ranking points

Round One

Owen Caffrey 3-0 Steve Hine

Colin Lloyd 3-1 Alan Tabern

Mark Lawrence 3-2 Andrew Coulter

Colin Osborne 3-1 Michael Kendrick

Geoff Wylie 3-1 Ian Critchett

John Part 3-1 Steve Grubb

Shane Passey 3-0 John Kiernan

Andy Smith 3-0 Steve Evans

Adrian Lewis 3-0 Jim Leighton

Peter Allen 3-1 Ian Lever

Bob Anderson Bye (Yves Cottenge)

Adrian Gray 3-1 Nigel Langton

Kevin Painter 3-2 Gary Blades

Lee White 3-2 Paul Dillon

Steve Maish 3-1 Stuart Dutton

Andy Callaby 3-1 Ray Farrell

Roland Scholten 3-1 Sean Palfrey

Paul Williams 3-1 Steve Brown

Kevin Dowling 3-2 Matt Clark

Mark Dudbridge Bye (Josephus Schenk)

Alan Reynolds 3-0 Matt Sheehan

Wayne Atwood 3-1 Barrie Bates

Ronnie Baxter 3-0 Mark Pooke

Dale Newton 3-2 Jimmy Mann

Wayne Jones 3-2 Paul Watton

Marcus Knapman Bye (Rocco Maes)

James Wade 3-2 Gary Welding

Kevin Spiolek 3-0 Peter Evison

Robert Watson-Lang 3-0 Lionel Sams

Jamie Harvey 3-1 Bill Davis

Dennis Priestley 3-0 Jason Crawley

Michael Barnard 3-1 Graeme Stoddart

Martin Burchell 3-1 Colin Monk

Alan Caves 3-1 Mark Walsh

Jason Clark 3-1 Robert Heard

Andy Hamilton 3-0 Tony Randell

Wayne Mardle 3-0 John MaGowan

Ben Burton 3-0 Jon Archer

Dennis Smith 3-0 Chris Sargeant

Gary Spedding 3-2 Matt Chapman

Denis Ovens 3-0 Chris Allen

Mick McGowan 3-0 Simon Craven

Wes Newton 3-0 Nigel Peden

Darren Williams 3-2 Ian Eames

Andy Jenkins 3-1 Bruce Terrett

Henry O'Neill 3-1 Deta Hedman

Steve Beaton 3-2 Kirk Shepherd

Terry Jenkins 3-1 Barry MacLean

Chris Hook 3-2 Martyn Turner

Dave Askew 3-0 Bob Crawley

Peter Manley 3-1 Jason Lowe

Gary Noonan 3-1 John Scott

Alex Roy 3-1 Michael Knapman

Brian Whybrow 3-2 Steve Cusick

Chris Mason 3-1 John Quantock

Ken Dobson 3-0 Tony Smith

Steve Smith 3-2 Alan Warriner-Little

Photo by Chris Sargeant