Review of the Year

 

  • May 2010 MAY 2010 6. Newcastle for week 13 with further wins for Barney, Whitlock and Taylor but Lewis and Baxter draw to leave both players needing points in the final week. 8. Andy Hamilton hits a 9 darter in his 6-4 win over Denis Priestley but he loses o...
  • April 2010 APRIL 2010 1. Cardiff is next on the agenda for week 8 of the Premier League. 6. Tony Hutchinson wins the Hampshire UK Open qualifier and is the first player to qualify for the UK Open in June, via a BDO county play-off. 8. The Premier League mov...
  • March 2010 MARCH 2010 3. SKYbet launch The Super Six bet where punters can predict 6 results in the Premier League including all 4 results, the highest finish and the player who gets the highest finish, £25,000 on offer 4. The Premier League moves to Exeter fo...
  • February 2010 FEBRUARY 2010 1. Paul Nicholson moves up 25 places up to No 16 in the Order of Merit after his victory in yesterday’s player’s championship finals. 5. Simon Whitlock beats Rod Modra to win The Australian singles title. 6. Colin ‘JAWS’ Lloyd wins ...
  • January 2010 JANUARY 2010 1. A Happy New Year for Mark Webster and Simon Whitlock who edge through into the semi-finals with 5-3 wins against Co Stompe and James Wade respectively and in the evening session the 2 favourites Phil Taylor and Raymond van-Barnaveld whi...
  • December 2009 DECEMBER 09 1. In the PDC Order of Merit Vincent van der Voort becomes the 18th player to reach the £100,000 prize money milestone in the Order of Merit season after the German Open, his position in the table of 18th on £101,912. 3. PDC stars Mark D...
  • November 2009 NOVERMBER 2009 1. Jelle Klaasen gets to his first PDC major semi-final with a 10-5 win over Colin Lloyd, winning five legs on the trot from 5-5, Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor breaks the World average record in his resounding 10-3 win against Scot Gary Anders...
  • October 2009 OCTOBER 2009 3. Adrian Lewis came from 4-1 down to defeat Andy Hamilton in the final of Saturday's Irish Players Championship, Hamilton had previously brought Phil Taylor’s winning streak to an end in the semi-final. 4. Phil Taylor claimed Sundays I...
  • September 2009 SEPTEMBER 2009 5. Adrian Lewis takes the Austrian Players Championships, with a 6-4 win over Spain’s Carlos Rodrigues, he also hit that magical ‘9’ Dart checkout in the 8th leg earning an extra £1,600 bonus. Germany’s Michael Rosenauer has a good run t...
  • August 2009 AUGUST 2009 9. The 2nd Australia Open Players Championships gets under way in the Coogee Bay Hotel, Perth. A number of British players make the long trip but World No 5 Terry Jenkins goes out in the first round to former PDC World Championship Australi...
  • July 2009 JULY 2009 1. The Las Vegas Desert Classic gets under way with 1st Round exits from Baxter, Mardle, Tabern, Whitlock, Walsh, Osborne and van-der Voort. 3. In the second round former champion Peter Manley goes out 8-1 to Lewis, Hamilton, Priestley, Kl...
  • June 2009 JUNE 2009 4. The Blue Square UK Open gets under way at The Reebok, Bolton; the FA Cup of Darts will feature pub qualifiers against the top players in the World. Notable Preliminary exits by former BDO World Champion Ritchie Burnett, and Chris Mason. In...