Darts Legend Jocky Wilson Dies
Taken from the Telegraph - see here for full article
John Thomas Wilson, known to all as Jocky, was born at Kirkcaldy, Fife, on March 22 1950. Educated locally, he took what jobs he could while developing his darting skills, mainly at the Lister Bar in the Lang Toun. When not there he worked in a fish processing plant and as a miner at the Seafield Colliery.He was jobless when, in 1979, he won ....
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2012 Qualifying School Day Four
LEWIS JOINS PROFESSIONAL RANKS AS ROITH, HAINES & SMITH WIN TOUR CARDS
JAMIE LEWIS, Bernd Roith, Johnny Haines and Dave Smith were the winners of the last four automatic Tour Cards on Day Four of the PDC's Qualifying School on Sunday.
Welsh ace Lewis, 20, will become a full-time professional in 2012 after his success at the Barnsley Metrodome - as he defeated former World Championship ....
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2012 Qualifying School Day Three
JOY FOR WINSTANLEY AS HE WINS TOUR CARD ALONGSIDE GRAY, GILDING & SMITH
DEAN WINSTANLEY joined Adrian Gray, Andrew Gilding and Canada's Jeff Smith in winning a PDC Tour Card on Saturday.
The 30-year-old, who reached the 2011 Lakeside Championship and World Masters finals, secured his place on the PDC's £5 million circuit with a 6-1 win over Matt Clark at the Barnsley ....
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2012 Qualifying School Day Two
BELGIAN DELIGHT AS VAN DE RIJCK WINS TOUR CARD ALONGSIDE KELLETT, BARNARD & ANOTHER WEST!
KURT VAN DE RIJCK, Steve West, Stuart Kellett and Michael Barnard were the Tour Card winners on the second day of the PDC's Qualifying School at the Barnsley Metrodome on Friday.
Belgian ace Van De Rijck, 39, followed up his recent qualification for the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship by earning a ....
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2012 Qualifying School Day One
WEST, WHITTINGHAM, HOWSON & CORNWALL WIN FIRST TOUR CARDS
TONY WEST, Darren Whittingham, Richie Howson and Andrew Cornwall were the first winners of Tour Cards as over 200 players took part in the opening day of the PDC's Qualifying School.
West, the 2003 World Masters champion, will join the PDC circuit full-time after taking victory over Isle of Wight youngster Keegan Brown in their ....
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Pdc Media Release - Hankey Accepts Tour Card & Over 200 Enter Q School
HANKEY JOINS PDC AS OVER 200 ENTER QUALIFYING SCHOOL
TWO-TIME World Champion Ted Hankey has accepted his offer of a Tour Card to join the PDC circuit - while over 200 players will attempt to join him on the £5 million professional tour at Qualifying School this weekend.
Hankey, along with the other semi-finalists from the recent Lakeside Championship, has been offered a two-year Tour Card ....
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January 2012 Pdc Calender
3rd Jan 2012, Dorchester Hotel, Awards Dinner
19-22 Jan 2012, Barnsley, Qualifying School
28 Jan 2012, Melia Benidorm, Spain, Players Championship 1
29 Jan 2012, Melia Benidorm, Spain, Players Championship 2....
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Taylor Named Player Of The Year
TAYLOR NAMED AS PDC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
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's Park Lane for the annual ceremony to celebrate the achivements of the last year.
World number 1 Taylor saw ....
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August Pdc Fixtures 2011
AUGUST
27
Ontario, Canada
Players Championship 15
28
Ontario, Canada
Players Championship 16
....
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July Pdc Fixtures
16 - 24
Blackpool
Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay
28 - 31
Dűsseldorf, Germany
PartyPoker.net European Championship
....
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Itv4 To Broadcast Partypoker.net European Championship
ITV4 TO BROADCAST PARTYPOKER.NET EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
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 European Championship has been won in each of the past three years since its inception ....
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Double Dutch For Anderson!
DOUBLE DUTCH FOR ANDERSON!
GARY ANDERSON completed a Dutch Darts Trophy double with a 6-3 win over Andy Smith in Sunday's final at the Van Der Valk Hotel in Nuland, as he joined the elite group of players to win back-to-back Players Championship.
The Scot had picked up the £6,000 first prize in Saturday's event in Holland, and repeated the achievement 24 hours later, putting himself ....
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Nuland Wins For Anderson & Cullen
DUTCH TRIUMPH FOR ANDERSON
GARY ANDERSON picked up his fifth tournament victory of 2011 with a narrow 6-5 defeat of Wes Newton in Saturday's Dutch Darts Trophy Players Championship.
The Scot added to his success this year, which already includes the 888.com Premier League Darts victory he claimed a month ago, by winning the £6,000 event at the Van Der Valk Hotel in Nuland, ....
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June Pdc Fixtures
2 - 5
Bolton
UK Open Finals
11
Barnsley
Eddie Cox Memorial Players Championship (PC11)
11
Barnsley
PDC Unicorn Youth Tour 9
12
Barnsley
Bobby Bourn Memorial Players Championship (PC12)
18
Nuland, Holland
Players Championship 13
18
Nuland, Holland
PDC Unicorn Youth Tour 10
19
Nuland, Holland
Players Championship 14
....
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April Pdc Fixtures
Courtesy of PDC
APRIL
7
Aberdeen
Premier League Darts 9
14
Sheffield
Premier League Darts 10
16
Barnsley
UK Open Qualifier 5
16
Barnsley
PDC Unicorn Youth Tour 5
17
Barnsley
UK Open Qualifier 6
21
Birmingham
Premier League Darts 11
28
Liverpool
Premier League Darts 12
30
Wigan
UK Open Qualifier 7
....
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Week Three Premier League Review: The Crowd, The Force Of Will, And Disco.
Courtesy of Tectonic Tungsten (written by Lenny Boyle)
Pos
Name
F
A
Dif
Pts
1
Gary Anderson
24
10
14
6
2
Raymond van Barneveld
22
17
5
4
3
Phil Taylor
18
15
3
4
4
Adrian Lewis
20
18
2
2
5
Simon Whitlock
16
21
-5
2
6
Mark Webster
14
19
-5
2
7
James Wade
16
22
-6
2
8
Terry ....
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World Championship Qualifying Spots
From Planet Darts...
THE field of qualifiers for the 2011 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship has been confirmed, with 16 competitors to take part in the preliminary round of the £1 million tournament in December.The World Championship, to be staged from December 16-January 3 at Alexandra Palace in London, will see 72 players from around the world competing for the ....
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Grand Slam Of Darts
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 Wolverhampton Civic Hall from November 14-22.
Taylor will headline the show in the 32-player event, which features champions of major darts tournaments over the past two years and is screened ....
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Jenkins Blew Away By The Power
photo by 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 continued with an incredible performance, averaging 106.05 to ease past Jenkins.He also hit a ten-dart finish and checkouts of 144, 121, 116 and a 104 ....
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Taylor Waltzes To Matchplay Victory By Phill Catterick
photo by Lawrence Lustig/PDC
PHIL `THE POWER` Taylor continued his dominance of the 2009 PDC Darting calendar by winning the stanjames.com World Matchplay Championship by beating Terry Jenkins 18-3 in Blackpool last night.
It’s the tenth time the man from Stoke has won the tournament, and he will now be looking towards the Grand Slam and the World Championship to complete his ....
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Taylor And Jenkins In Final Countdown
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 remaining on course for an unmatched tenth World Matchplay crown.
The defending champion saw off Mervyn King 17-6 in another superb display to reach the final, averaging almost ....
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Taylor Rampant As Barney And Wade Crash
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 Barneveld 16-12 in one of his finest televised displays to earn a place against either James Wade or Ronnie Baxter in the last ....
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Wade Cruises As Barneveld Struggles
Photo by 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 reached the final in his three previous World Matchplay campaigns, and remains on course for another appearance after a high-quality win over ....
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Jenkins Wins In Extra Time
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 to power into the last eight when he led 5-1 and 10-5 against Ovens.
But the Stevenage player battled back with four successive legs and levelled at 12-all to send the match ....
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The Battle For A Premier League Spot By Phil Catterick
WITH the Stan James World Matchplay now in full swing, players won't just be thinking about immediate success in the tournament, but about gaining the ranking points required to gain a Premier League spot when the competition kicks off again in February next year.
The top six in the PDC order of merit gain automatic places, with the corporation then granting two `wildcard` entries to the ....
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