CANADA'S Dave Richardson has won the PDC Spectacular in Kingston, Ontario to book his place in the 2015 William Hill World Darts Championship, defeating Shaun Narain in Sunday's final.
The tournament featured 32 players from North America, with four qualifying events each providing eight players who progressed to compete in the knockout main event on Sunday at the Ambassador Hotel & Conference Center.
Richardson, from Ontario, claimed a 3-0 sets win over Dave Switzer in the first round before seeing off Guy Connelly 3-1 and Andre Carman 3-2 to reach the semi-finals.
There, he saw off fellow Canadian Ken MacNeil 3-0 before seeing off top young star Narain 3-1 in the final as he claimed the $3,200 first prize and his place in the William Hill World Darts Championship to represent North America at Alexandra Palace.
Narain - who represented Canada in the 2014 World Cup of Darts and is a former PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship qualifier - was left to settle for the $1,600 runner-up prize as he lost out in the decider.
His run to the final included 3-0 victories over Gord Mills, Ryan Vander Weit and John Part, his World Cup team-mate and the three-time World Champion, before overcoming Dan Olson 3-1 in the semi-finals.
Chris White, Paul Carlsen and Andre Carman joined Part in the quarter-finals of the event, but leading American Darin Young suffered a first round defeat to Guy Connelly to see his hopes of another Alexandra Palace appearance dashed.
The weekend also featured the Canadian Qualifier for the 2015 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship, with Dawson Murschell defeating Zack Long 4-0 in the final.
PDC Spectacular
Last 32
John Part 3-0 Tom Smith
Gary Broomhead 3-2 Terry Hayhurst
Shaun Narain 3-0 Gord Mills
Ryan Vander Weit 3-0 Bernie Miller
Larry Butler 3-2 Doug Boehm
Paul Carlsen 3-1 Gordon Dixon
Dan Olson 3-0 jason Barlow
Martin Tremblay 3-1 Bob Sinnaeve
Ken McNeil 3-0 Mike Holt
Steve Warnock 3-1 Dan Lauby
Chris White 3-0 Lorne Langlais
Jim Long 3-1 Norm Tremblay
Guy Connelly 3-2 Darin Young
Dave Richardson 3-0 Dave Switzer
Andre Carman 3-0 Ron Smith
Gary Mawson 3-2 DJ Sayre
Last 32 $150
Last 16
John Part 3-0 Gary Broomhead
Shaun Narain 3-0 Ryan Vander Weit
Paul Carlsen 3-1 Larry Butler
Dan Olson 3-2 Martin Tremblay
Ken McNeil 3-1 Steve Warnock
Chris White 3-2 Jim Long
Dave Richardson 3-1 Guy Connelly
Andre Carman 3-0 Gary Mawson
Last 16 $300
Quarter-Finals
Shaun Narain 3-0 John Part
Dan Olson 3-0 Paul Carlsen
Ken McNeil 3-0 Chris White
Dave Richardson 3-2 Andre Carman
Quarter-Finalists $500
Semi-Finals
Shaun Narain 3-1 Dan Olson
Dave Richardson 3-0 Ken MacNeil
Semi-Finalists $900
Final
Dave Richardson 3-1 Shaun Narain
Winner $3,200 plus place in William Hill World Darts Championship
Runner-Up $1,600