THE second half of the 2007 Holsten Premier League Darts begins on Thursday night as the event makes its first visit to Glasgow.
The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre will host the eighth league night of this year's event, as the race towards the play-offs begins in earnest.
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The night's opening game sees two top-four players competing, with second placed Dennis Priestley facing Terry Jenkins - who moved above Raymond van Barneveld and into third place with an 8-1 rout of Adrian Lewis last week.
The contest will pit the power scoring of Jenkins, who has a 96.46 average so far in the Premier League and is the second highest scorer behind van Barneveld, against the precision finishing of Priestley.
The Yorkshireman has landed ten ton-plus finishes so far in this year's competition, including checkouts of 124 and 120 in defeating van Barneveld 8-4 last week.
The Dutchman gets his chance to bounce back when he takes on Adrian Lewis, who has now lost his last four games.
Van Barneveld was an 8-5 winner when the pair met previously on the opening night of this year's event, but Lewis said: "I'll be giving it my all.
"I enjoy playing in Scotland - I've won three Pro Tour events near Glasgow so hopefully the crowd will be behind me and I can get the win."
Colin Lloyd is another player needing a win to boost his chances of a top-four finish in May, having lost his last three matches.
He takes on Peter Manley, who currently has the lowest three-dart average in the tournament but edged out Lloyd in Plymouth with some of his typical, "One Dart" finishing - checking out 90 in the final two legs to win 8-6.
The final game of the evening sees Roland Scholten take on unbeaten league leader Phil Taylor in a repeat of the 2006 Premier League final.
The pair tied seven-all on the opening night, with a 71 checkout in the final leg seeing Taylor preserve his incredible Premier League record of never being defeated in the competition.
Holsten Premier League Darts
Stats After Seven Weeks
|
League Pos |
Name |
Three-Dart Ave |
100+ Scores |
140+ Scores |
180 |
|
1 |
Phil Taylor |
98.53 |
111 |
54 |
22 |
|
2 |
Dennis Priestley |
91.05 |
121 |
61 |
19 |
|
3 |
Terry Jenkins |
96.46 |
125 |
73 |
24 |
|
4 |
R van Barneveld |
97.29 |
113 |
59 |
39 |
|
5 |
Roland Scholten |
94.15 |
92 |
79 |
25 |
|
6 |
Peter Manley |
87.43 |
113 |
48 |
8 |
|
7 |
Adrian Lewis |
92.06 |
93 |
61 |
17 |
|
8 |
Colin Lloyd |
93.35 |
100 |
63 |
22 |
Holsten Premier League Darts
Week Eight - 22 March
SECC, Glasgow
Terry Jenkins v Dennis Priestley
Adrian Lewis v Raymond van Barneveld
Colin Lloyd v Peter Manley
Roland Scholten v Phil Taylor
Live on Sky Sports, 7.30pm
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