Players Championship 17-18 Entries

ProTour

THE entries for the Players Championship double-header on August 5-6 have been confirmed.

Emotional Cullen's Barnsley Joy

ProTour

JOE CULLEN won his second title of 2017 by defeating Zoran Lerchbacher in Players Championship 16 final.

Brilliant Webster's Barnsley Title

ProTour

DARREN WEBSTER won his first ranking title for 12 years at Players Championship 15.

ET9 UK Qualifier Round-Up

European Tour

ROUND-UP & results from the ET9 Dutch Darts Masters UK Qualifier in Barnsley.

All Eyes On Barnsley In Blackpool Race!

Betfred World Matchplay

THE eyes of the darting world will be locked on the Barnsley Metrodome this coming weekend.

Players Championship 15-16 Entries

ProTour

THE entries for the two Players Championship events on July 8-9 have been confirmed.

Anderson's Wigan Delight

ProTour

GARY ANDERSON took victory over Ian White in the Players Championship 14 final.

Brilliant Beaton Wins in Wigan

ProTour

STEVE BEATON rolled back the years to claim a third PDC ProTour win as he defeated Gary Anderson 6-3 in the final of Players Championship 13 in Wigan.

Players Championship 13-14 Entries

ProTour

THE entries have been confirmed for the Players Championship double-header on June 17-18 in Wigan.

Cross Edges White For Second Title

ProTour

ROB CROSS won his second Players Championship title of 2017 defeating Ian White 6-5 in the final.

Brendan Dolan continued his resurgence by winning Players Championship 29 in Barnsley on Monday, while Peter Wright set a new record for the highest ever recorded average in a live broadcast match.

Having ended his five-year wait for a PDC title at Players Championship 22 in August, Dolan made it two in just over months with a hard-fought 8-6 win over Ian White in the final.

The Northern Irishman fired in averages of 104.9 and 104.8 in victories over Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price respectively on his way to the semi-finals, before overcoming record-breaker Wright in a last-leg decider to reach the final.

"I can still do it, I played quality darts today at the right times and I think I deserved any luck I got," said Dolan, who now has six PDC titles to his name.

"The one in Hildesheim was more of a relief, whereas today I came into it with more belief that I could win having done it recently.

"When you've not been winning for five years your confidence is not so high and winning in Hildesheim has drastically changed that.

"In my head today I was determined to add money to my ranking to give me shot of qualifying for the 2020 World Matchplay and World Grand Prix.

"I've missed those two events for the last three years and it's killed me not being there, so hopefully next year I will be."

Former World Grand Prix runner-up Dolan produced checkouts of 136 and 161 to hold throw in two of the opening four legs of the final, before finding his way through to double three for the first break of the match in leg seven to take a 4-3 lead.

Another ton-plus finish, this time a 108, opened up a two-leg cushion for Dolan, an advantage which he soon doubled by taking the next two legs.

White then began a spirited comeback, and after Dolan squandered three match darts in leg 12, White found himself within a leg of Dolan at 6-7.

However, Dolan held firm and a strong leg on throw saw ended with him hitting the match-winning double at the fifth attempt.

Earlier in the day, Wright averaged 123.5 in his 6-0 quarter-final win against Krzysztof Ratajski, the highest ever recorded in a live broadcast darts match.

The previous record broadcast average was 123.4, set by Michael van Gerwen in a 7-1 defeat of Michael Smith in the 2016 Premier League.

Elsewhere, the day was also a significant one for Ron Meulenkamp who reached his sixth ProTour semi-final, but the Dutchman was unable to break his duck of never making it to a final.

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