MICHAEL VAN GERWEN defeated James Wilson 8-6 in the final of the German Darts Championship in Hildesheim.

DAVE CHISNALL smashed the record European Tour average in his emphatic 6-0 whitewash win over Mark Webster.

BROTHERS Rowby-John & Rusty-Jake Rodriguez were amongst the eight European Qualifiers for the Dutch Darts Championship.

ADRIAN LEWIS survived three match darts to edge past Toni Alcinas 6-5 in round one of the German Darts Championship.

MAX HOPP, Vincent van der Voort and Martin Schindler headed the final qualifiers for the German Darts Championship on Thursday night.

ENTRIES have been confirmed for September's Dutch Darts Championship and International Darts Open.

THE German Darts Championship begins on Friday, with Terry Jenkins set to face Ross Smith in the first round.

THE race is on to qualify for the 2018 Unibet European Championship in Dortmund as the European Tour returns this weekend.

KYZYSZTOF RATAJSKI was joined by Karel Sedlacek and Patrik Kovacs in securing places in the year's remaining European Tour events.

JOE CULLEN is craving further success on the back of his impressive run to the quarter-finals of the BetVictor World Matchplay last month.