RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD knows that he will have to continue his good form if he is to defeat Phil Taylor in the Holsten Premier League Darts next Thursday.

THE final Order of Merit for the 2006 Budweiser UK Open featuring the 96 players, plus ties, following the completion of the eight Regional Finals who will qualify for the televised finals.

KEITH DELLER defeated Barry Jouannet 6-3 when the pair met during an exhibition staged in Australia on Saturday.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD'S victory in the Budweiser UK Open Midlands Regional Final has moved him into the top 100 of the PDC World Rankings.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD won his first title since joining the Professional Darts Corporation in February when he defeated Ronnie Baxter 2-1 in the final of the Budweiser UK Open Midlands Regional Final.

Latest scores and reports from Day Two of the Budweiser UK Open Midlands Regional Final.

RESULTS from the first day of the Budweiser UK Open Midlands Regional Final.

THERE was double Dutch delight in Newport on Thursday as Raymond van Barneveld and Roland Scholten kept up the pressure on Phil Taylor at the top of the 2006 Holsten Premier League Darts.

PHIL TAYLOR and Wayne Mardle will join the world's leading jockeys ahead of the 2006 John Smith's Grand National when they attend the Alder Hey Darts Challenge on Friday.

COLIN LLOYD has fired a warning to his rivals in the Holsten Premier League: "I'm getting back to my best!"