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The 2008 Championship League Darts is the inaugural edition of a darts

Darts

Darts is a form of throwing game where darts are thrown at a circular target fixed to a wall. Though various boards and games have been used in the past, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules...

competition - the Championship League Darts

Championship League Darts

Championship League Darts is a PDC darts tournament that uses a league and legs format similar to the Premier League but offers the top players outside of the top 8 in the PDC Order of Merit a chance to compete for the championship...

. The competition is organised and held by the Professional Darts Corporation

Professional Darts Corporation

The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...

and has a maximum prize fund of £189,000.

The format of the tournament is similar to the Premier League Darts

Premier League Darts

The 888.com Premier League Darts is a darts tournament which launched on January 20, 2005 on Sky Sports, and is currently the world's largest indoor sports event. The league is now played weekly from February to May, having originally started as a fortnightly fixture...

tournament, also organised by the PDC, except it is contested by a larger pool of players who are split up into a number of groups.

In a first for darts the tournament will be shown in its entirety on the internet. Every match can be watched in the UK on the Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes

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and bet365

Bet365

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websites. The tournament will also be available globally through the internet, except in the United States of America where it can't be shown for legal reasons.

Format

The first group will consist of the top 8 players from the PDC Order of Merit

PDC order of merit

The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation . Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.-Previous world...

who are available for the competition. These 8 players will play each other over the course of a day and receive points for their performance. A win will earn a player two points, whilst a draw will earn them 1 point. All matches will be contested over 10 legs with a player winning the match when the reach 6 legs or the match being declared a draw should the score reach 5-5. When all players have played each other, the four players with the most points will progress to the semi-finals with the winners of those matches progressing into the final.

The winner of the final will progress to the winners group which shall take place at the end of the competition. The runner-up, losing semi-finalists and the players finishing fifth and sixth will move into group two, where they will be joined by the next three players in the Order of Merit. The format of the second group will be the same as the first group with players moving into the third group. In total there will be 8 groups before the final group takes place.

This format ensures that all players who don't win the group or finish in the last two positions will have another chance to qualify fo the winners group.

Qualification

Players must have been in top 29 places in PDC Order of Merit following 2008 World Matchplay Darts

2008 World Matchplay Darts

The 2008 Stan James World Matchplay was the 15th annual staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from Sunday July 20 to Saturday July 26. It was staged at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool...

in order to qualify. 31 places used because of Raymond Van Barneveld and John Part withdrawing.

PDC Order of Merit following 2008 World Matchplay Darts

2008 World Matchplay Darts

Player omissions and delays

Raymond van Barneveld

Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...

, who is taking a two-month sabbatical from darts, and John Part

John Part

John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion...

, based in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, will not be competing in the tournament. Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

will also enter in group 3, not group 1 as his ranking would suggest, because he has been suspended from playing in any PDC tournaments for two months following an altercation with Kevin Painter

Kevin Painter

Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...

. Peter Manley

Peter Manley

Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...

is also entering the competition later than his ranking would suggest, for unknown reasons.

On the 1st of September it was announced that Dennis Priestley

Dennis Priestley

Dennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...

had withdrawn from group 2 due to his ongoing treatment for prostate cancer. As such he has been replaced in group 2 by Mervyn King. Subsequent group line-ups have also changed, with players from later groups being brought into earlier ones. Priestley

Dennis Priestley

hopes to return in time for group 7.

Prize money

The prize money for the tournament is a unique concept with players winning a set amount of money for each leg that they win.

Groups 1 - 8

In groups 1 - 8 the prize money will be as follows:

Group Matches - £50 per leg won
Play-off Matches - £100 per leg won

Winners Group

In the winners group the prize money will be as follows:

Group Matches - £100 per leg won
Play-off Matches - £200 per leg won

In addition the winners group will have separate prizes for the winner, runner-up and losing semi-finalists. These prizes will breakdown as follows:

Winner - £10,000 and a place in the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts
2008 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2008 Grand Slam of Darts was the second staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 15–23 November 2008 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall...
Runner-Up - £5,000
Losing Semi-finalists - £2,500 each

Prize money won

The following table shows the amount of prize money that has been won by each player.

Player	Group Legs won	Play-Off Legs won	Winners Group Legs won	Winners Play-Off Legs won	Final position money won*	Total money won
Phil Taylor	41	13	41	13	£10,000	£20,050
Mervyn King	72	18	31	11	£5,000	£15,700
Mark Walsh	111	25	38	5	£2,500	£15,350
Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...	219	43	0	0	0	£15,250
Andy Hamilton Andy Hamilton (darts player) Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....	137	21	30	0	0	£11,950
Alan Tabern Alan Tabern Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...	70	18	33	4	£2,500	£11,900
Mark Dudbridge Mark Dudbridge Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...	142	16	27	0	0	£10,900
Colin Osborne Colin Osborne Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...	104	14	30	0	0	£9,600
Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...	102	22	21	0	0	£9,400
Kevin Painter Kevin Painter Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...	96	12	0	0	0	£6,000
Andy Smith Andy Smith (darts player) Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...	92	3	0	0	0	£4,900
James Wade James Wade James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...	95	0	0	0	0	£4,750
Peter Manley Peter Manley Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...	88	2	0	0	0	£4,600
Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...	84	0	0	0	0	£4,200
Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...	63	10	0	0	0	£4,150
Wayne Jones Wayne Jones (darts player) Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....	65	4	0	0	0	£3,650
Barrie Bates Barrie Bates Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....	65	3	0	0	0	£3,550
Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...	57	6	0	0	0	£3,450
Denis Ovens Denis Ovens Denis Ovens is an English darts player currently ranked number 29 in the PDC Order of Merit. He is nicknamed The Heat and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he has as yet failed to convert his form from the circuit to...	45	4	0	0	0	£2,650
Kirk Shepherd Kirk Shepherd Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...	51	0	0	0	0	£2,550
Chris Mason Chris Mason (darts player) Christopher John Mason is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches.- BDO and first PDC spell :...	29	0	0	0	0	£1,450
Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...	28	0	0	0	0	£1,400
Alex Roy Alex Roy (darts player) Alex Roy is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Ace of Herts for this matches and is with Dave Holland Management....	28	0	0	0	0	£1,400
Wes Newton Wes Newton Wesley "Wes" Newton is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.-Darts career:...	27	0	0	0	0	£1,350
Mick McGowan Mick McGowan Mick McGowan is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is Ireland's top ranked player...	24	0	0	0	0	£1,200
Adrian Gray Adrian Gray Adrian Gray is an English darts player. Previously using the nickname '3 Styler', he is now known as 'The Conqueror'. Adrian made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open...	22	0	0	0	0	£1,100
Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches...	19	0	0	0	0	£950
Andy Jenkins Andy Jenkins Andy Jenkins is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.-BDO career:...	18	0	0	0	0	£900
Roland Scholten Roland Scholten Roland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC...	18	0	0	0	0	£900

*Final position money is awarded to the semi-finalists of the winners group (£2,500), the runner-up, (£5,000), and the overall winner (£10,000).

Tournament Dates

The tournament will take place over 9 days throughout September and October 2008. One group will be played on each day. The dates are as follows:

Group 1 - Tuesday 2 September 2008
Group 2 - Wednesday 3 September 2008
Group 3 - Monday 22 September 2008
Group 4 - Tuesday 23 September 2008
Group 5 - Wednesday 24 September 2008
Group 6 - Thursday 25 September 2008
Group 7 - Tuesday 21 October 2008
Group 8 - Wednesday 22 October 2008
Winners Group - Thursday 23 October 2008

The tournament will take place at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex.

Groups

The groups are as follows:

Note: Bold indicates group winner, italics indicate the eliminated players. In groups 1-7, players are eliminated for finishing in the bottom two of the league, in group 8 and the Winners Group players are eliminated for failing to win outright.

Group 1

Phil Taylor James Wade

James Wade

James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...

Terry Jenkins
Terry Jenkins
Terry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches...

Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...

Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton (darts player)

Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

Colin Lloyd

Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...

Roland Scholten
Roland Scholten
Roland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC...

Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...

Group 2

Colin Lloyd Andy Hamilton Alan Tabern James Wade Wayne Mardle Ronnie Baxter
Ronnie Baxter
Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...

Kevin Painter

Kevin Painter

Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...

Mervyn King

Group 3

Kevin Painter Andy Hamilton Mervyn King James Wade Wayne Mardle Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

Colin Osborne

Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...

Denis Ovens

Denis Ovens is an English darts player currently ranked number 29 in the PDC Order of Merit. He is nicknamed The Heat and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he has as yet failed to convert his form from the circuit to...

Group 4

Adrian Lewis Colin Osborne Denis Ovens Kevin Painter Andy Hamilton Peter Manley

Peter Manley

Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...

Vincent van der Voort

Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...

Mark Dudbridge

Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

Group 5

Vincent van der Voort Adrian Lewis Mark Dudbridge Colin Osborne Peter Manley Andy Jenkins
Andy Jenkins
Andy Jenkins is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.-BDO career:...

Chris Mason
Chris Mason (darts player)
Christopher John Mason is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches.- BDO and first PDC spell :...

Kirk Shepherd

Kirk Shepherd

Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...

Group 6

Adrian Lewis Mark Dudbridge Peter Manley Vincent van der Voort Kirk Shepherd Mark Walsh Barrie Bates

Barrie Bates

Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....

Andy Smith

Andy Smith (darts player)

Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...

Group 7

Mark Walsh Adrian Lewis Barrie Bates Andy Smith Mark Dudbridge Dennis Priestley

Dennis Priestley

Adrian Gray
Adrian Gray
Adrian Gray is an English darts player. Previously using the nickname '3 Styler', he is now known as 'The Conqueror'. Adrian made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open...

Wayne Jones

Wayne Jones (darts player)

Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....

Group 8

Adrian Lewis Mark Walsh Andy Smith Wayne Jones Dennis Priestley Mick McGowan
Mick McGowan
Mick McGowan is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is Ireland's top ranked player...

Alex Roy
Alex Roy (darts player)
Alex Roy is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Ace of Herts for this matches and is with Dave Holland Management....

Wes Newton
Wes Newton
Wesley "Wes" Newton is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.-Darts career:...

Winners Group
Phil Taylor Alan Tabern
Alan Tabern
Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...

Mervyn King Andy Hamilton
Andy Hamilton (darts player)
Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

Colin Osborne
Colin Osborne
Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...

Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...

Mark Dudbridge
Mark Dudbridge
Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

Mark Walsh

Group One

Played Tuesday 2 September, results as follows:

League stages

Phil Taylor 5-5 James Wade

James Wade

Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...

6-2 Roland Scholten

Roland Scholten

Roland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC...

Colin Lloyd

6-0 Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton (darts player)

Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...

6-2 Terry Jenkins

Terry Jenkins

Terry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches...

Phil Taylor 6-4 Alan Tabern

Colin Lloyd 6-4 Terry Jenkins

Andy Hamilton 6-3 Wayne Mardle

James Wade 5-5 Roland Scholten

Alan Tabern 6-2 Terry Jenkins

Phil Taylor 6-2 Colin Lloyd

Wayne Mardle 6-3 Roland Scholten

James Wade 5-5 Andy Hamilton

Phil Taylor 6-1 Terry Jenkins

Alan Tabern 5-5 Colin Lloyd

James Wade 5-5 Wayne Mardle

Andy Hamilton 6-3 Roland Scholten

Terry Jenkins 6-1 Roland Scholten

Phil Taylor 6-1 Andy Hamilton

Colin Lloyd 5-5 James Wade

Wayne Mardle 6-3 Alan Tabern

Andy Hamilton 5-5 Alan Tabern

James Wade 6-1 Terry Jenkins

Colin Lloyd 6-4 Roland Scholten

Phil Taylor 6-1 Wayne Mardle

Phil Taylor 6-0 Roland Scholten

Andy Hamilton 6-3 Terry Jenkins

Colin Lloyd 6-4 Wayne Mardle

Alan Tabern 6-3 James Wade

Final league table

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Phil Taylor	7	6	1	0	+27	13
2	Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...	7	4	2	1	+8	10
3	Alan Tabern Alan Tabern Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...	7	3	2	2	+6	8
4	Andy Hamilton Andy Hamilton (darts player) Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....	7	3	2	2	-2	8
5	James Wade James Wade James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...	7	1	5	1	+2	7
6	Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...	7	3	1	3	0	7
7	Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches...	7	1	0	6	-18	2
8	Roland Scholten Roland Scholten Roland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC...	7	0	1	6	-23	1

Andy Hamilton (darts player)

Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

Colin Lloyd
Colin Lloyd
Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...

6-5 Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...

Final

Phil Taylor 7-0 Colin Lloyd

Group Two

Played Wednesday 3 September, results as follows:

League stages

James Wade

6-4 Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...

Kevin Painter

Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...

5-5 Mervyn King

Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...

6-4 Ronnie Baxter

Ronnie Baxter

Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...

Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton (darts player)

Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

6-4 Colin Lloyd

Colin Lloyd

Mervyn King 6-4 James Wade

Andy Hamilton 6-2 Ronnie Baxter

Colin Lloyd 5-5 Alan Tabern

Wayne Mardle 5-5 Kevin Painter

Mervyn King 5-5 Andy Hamilton

Ronnie Baxter 6-3 James Wade

Kevin Painter 6-3 Colin Lloyd

Wayne Mardle 6-4 Alan Tabern

Andy Hamilton 6-4 James Wade

Mervyn King 6-4 Ronnie Baxter

Colin Lloyd 6-0 Wayne Mardle

Kevin Painter 6-4 Alan Tabern

Kevin Painter 5-5 Andy Hamilton

Alan Tabern 5-5 James Wade

Wayne Mardle 6-2 Ronnie Baxter

Mervyn King 6-3 Colin Lloyd

Alan Tabern 6-4 Mervyn King

Andy Hamilton 6-3 Wayne Mardle

Kevin Painter 6-4 Ronnie Baxter

James Wade 6-0 Colin Lloyd

Kevin Painter 5-5 James Wade

Andy Hamilton 5-5 Alan Tabern

Ronnie Baxter 6-0 Colin Lloyd

Mervyn King 6-4 Wayne Mardle

Final league table

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Andy Hamilton Andy Hamilton (darts player) Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....	7	4	3	0	+11	11
2	Mervyn King	7	4	2	1	+7	10
3	Kevin Painter Kevin Painter Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...	7	3	4	0	+7	10
4	Alan Tabern Alan Tabern Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...	7	2	3	2	0	7
5	James Wade James Wade James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...	7	2	2	3	+1	6
6	Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...	7	2	1	4	-8	5
7	Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...	7	2	0	5	-5	4
8	Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...	7	1	1	5	-14	3

NB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Green - Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold - Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red - Out of the tournament

Semi-Finals

Alan Tabern
Alan Tabern
Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...

6-5 Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton (darts player)

Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...

6-5 Mervyn King

Final

Alan Tabern 7-6 Kevin Painter

Group Three

Played Monday 22 September, results as follows:

League stages

James Wade

5-5 Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...

Mervyn King 5-5 Denis Ovens

Denis Ovens

Colin Osborne

6-3 Kevin Painter

Kevin Painter

Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

6-2 Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton (darts player)

Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

James Wade 6-2 Denis Ovens

Kevin Painter 6-4 Adrian Lewis

Andy Hamilton 5-5 Colin Osborne

Wayne Mardle 5-5 Mervyn King

Adrian Lewis 6-1 Denis Ovens

Kevin Painter 6-3 James Wade

Mervyn King 6-4 Andy Hamilton

Colin Osborne 6-4 Wayne Mardle

Adrian Lewis* 6-2 James Wade

Denis Ovens 6-4 Kevin Painter

Andy Hamilton 6-4 Wayne Mardle

Colin Osborne 6-1 Mervyn King

Mervyn King 6-4 Adrian Lewis

Colin Osborne 6-2 James Wade

Kevin Painter 6-1 Wayne Mardle

Denis Ovens 6-3 Andy Hamilton

Denis Ovens 6-3 Colin Osborne

Wayne Mardle 5-5 Adrian Lewis

Mervyn King 6-1 Kevin Painter

James Wade 5-5 Andy Hamilton

Mervyn King 5-5 James Wade

Adrian Lewis 6-4 Colin Osborne

Andy Hamilton 6-4 Kevin Painter

Denis Ovens 6-1 Wayne Mardle

*Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

hit a nine dart finish

Nine dart finish

A nine-dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of darts, constituting a perfect game. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals...

Final league table

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...	7	4	1	2	+11	9
2	Colin Osborne Colin Osborne Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...	7	4	1	2	+9	9
3	Mervyn King	7	3	3	1	+4	9
4	Denis Ovens Denis Ovens Denis Ovens is an English darts player currently ranked number 29 in the PDC Order of Merit. He is nicknamed The Heat and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he has as yet failed to convert his form from the circuit to...	7	4	1	2	+2	9
5	Kevin Painter Kevin Painter Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...	7	3	0	4	0	6
6	Andy Hamilton Andy Hamilton (darts player) Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....	7	2	2	3	-5	6
7	James Wade James Wade James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...	7	1	3	3	-7	5
8	Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...	7	0	3	4	-14	3

NB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Green - Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold - Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red - Out of the tournament

Semi-Finals

Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

6-4 Denis Ovens

Denis Ovens

Mervyn King 6-1 Colin Osborne

Colin Osborne

Final

Mervyn King 7-5 Adrian Lewis

Group Four

Played Tuesday 23 September, results as follows:

League stages

Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton (darts player)

Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

6-4 Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

Mark Dudbridge

Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

6-2 Vincent van der Voort

Vincent van der Voort

Kevin Painter

Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...

5-5 Denis Ovens

Denis Ovens

Colin Osborne

6-2 Peter Manley

Peter Manley

Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...

Vincent van der Voort 5-5 Adrian Lewis

Peter Manley 6-1 Denis Ovens

Colin Osborne 6-3 Kevin Painter

Andy Hamilton 5-5 Mark Dudbridge

Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Peter Manley

Adrian Lewis 6-1 Denis Ovens

Colin Osborne 6-1 Mark Dudbridge

Andy Hamilton 6-4 Kevin Painter

Adrian Lewis 6-4 Peter Manley

Vincent van der Voort 6-0 Denis Ovens

Andy Hamilton 6-4 Colin Osborne

Mark Dudbridge 6-4 Kevin Painter

Mark Dudbridge 6-2 Peter Manley

Kevin Painter 5-5 Adrian Lewis

Andy Hamilton 6-2 Denis Ovens

Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Colin Osborne

Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Kevin Painter

Peter Manley 6-3 Andy Hamilton

Mark Dudbridge 6-3 Denis Ovens

Adrian Lewis 6-2 Colin Osborne

Adrian Lewis 6-4 Mark Dudbridge

Peter Manley 6-4 Kevin Painter

Colin Osborne 6-1 Denis Ovens

Andy Hamilton 6-4 Vincent van der Voort

Final league table

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Andy Hamilton Andy Hamilton (darts player) Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....	7	5	1	1	+9	11
2	Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...	7	4	2	1	+11	10
3	Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...	7	4	1	2	+9	9
4	Mark Dudbridge Mark Dudbridge Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...	7	4	1	2	+6	9
5	Colin Osborne Colin Osborne Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...	7	4	0	3	+9	8
6	Peter Manley Peter Manley Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...	7	3	0	4	-4	6
7	Kevin Painter Kevin Painter Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...	7	0	2	5	-12	2
8	Denis Ovens Denis Ovens Denis Ovens is an English darts player currently ranked number 29 in the PDC Order of Merit. He is nicknamed The Heat and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he has as yet failed to convert his form from the circuit to...	7	0	1	6	-28	1

NB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Green - Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold - Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red - Out of the tournament

Semi-Finals

Andy Hamilton
Andy Hamilton (darts player)
Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

6-0 Mark Dudbridge

Mark Dudbridge

Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...

6-3 Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

Final

Andy Hamilton 7-3 Vincent van der Voort

Group Five

Played Wednesday 24 September, results as follows:

League stages

Peter Manley

Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...

6-2 Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

Kirk Shepherd

6-4 Andy Jenkins

Andy Jenkins

Andy Jenkins is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.-BDO career:...

Vincent van der Voort

6-1 Chris Mason

Chris Mason (darts player)

Christopher John Mason is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches.- BDO and first PDC spell :...

Colin Osborne

6-4 Mark Dudbridge

Mark Dudbridge

Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

Adrian Lewis 6-0 Andy Jenkins

Colin Osborne 6-4 Chris Mason

Mark Dudbridge 6-4 Vincent van der Voort

Peter Manley 5-5 Kirk Shepherd

Colin Osborne 6-1 Andy Jenkins

Adrian Lewis 6-4 Chris Mason

Kirk Shepherd 6-4 Mark Dudbridge

Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Peter Manley

Adrian Lewis 6-2 Colin Osborne

Andy Jenkins 5-5 Chris Mason

Mark Dudbridge 6-3 Peter Manley

Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Kirk Shepherd

Colin Osborne 6-1 Kirk Shepherd

Adrian Lewis 6-2 Vincent van der Voort

Chris Mason 6-4 Peter Manley

Mark Dudbridge 6-0 Andy Jenkins

Vincent van der Voort 5-5 Andy Jenkins

Peter Manley 6-2 Colin Osborne

Chris Mason 5-5 Kirk Shepherd

Adrian Lewis 6-1 Mark Dudbridge

Kirk Shepherd 5-5 Adrian Lewis

Colin Osborne 6-2 Vincent van der Voort

Mark Dudbridge 6-4 Chris Mason

Peter Manley 6-3 Andy Jenkins

Final league table

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...	7	5	1	1	+17	11
2	Colin Osborne Colin Osborne Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...	7	5	0	2	+10	10
3	Mark Dudbridge Mark Dudbridge Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...	7	4	0	3	+4	8
4	Peter Manley Peter Manley Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...	7	3	1	3	+3	7
5	Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...	7	3	1	3	0	7
6	Kirk Shepherd Kirk Shepherd Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...	7	2	3	2	-3	7
7	Chris Mason Chris Mason (darts player) Christopher John Mason is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches.- BDO and first PDC spell :...	7	1	2	4	-9	4
8	Andy Jenkins Andy Jenkins Andy Jenkins is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.-BDO career:...	7	0	2	5	-22	2

NB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Green - Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold - Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red - Out of the tournament

Semi-Finals

Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

6-2 Peter Manley

Peter Manley

Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...

Colin Osborne
Colin Osborne
Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...

6-3 Mark Dudbridge

Mark Dudbridge

Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

Final

Colin Osborne 7-5 Adrian Lewis

Group Six

Played Thursday 25 September, results as follows:

League stages

Barrie Bates

Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....

6-2 Kirk Shepherd

Kirk Shepherd

Mark Walsh 6-1 Andy Smith

Andy Smith (darts player)

Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

6-4 Peter Manley

Peter Manley

Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...

Vincent van der Voort

6-2 Mark Dudbridge

Mark Dudbridge

Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

Mark Walsh 5-5 Adrian Lewis

Barrie Bates 6-4 Mark Dudbridge

Vincent van der Voort 5-5 Kirk Shepherd

Andy Smith 6-3 Peter Manley

Mark Walsh 6-4 Mark Dudbridge

Adrian Lewis 5-5 Barrie Bates

Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Andy Smith

Peter Manley 6-1 Kirk Shepherd

Adrian Lewis 6-4 Mark Dudbridge

Mark Walsh 5-5 Barrie Bates

Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Peter Manley

Andy Smith 6-3 Kirk Shepherd

Mark Dudbridge 6-2 Andy Smith

Adrian Lewis 6-2 Kirk Shepherd

Barrie Bates 5-5 Peter Manley

Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Mark Walsh

Mark Walsh 6-0 Kirk Shepherd

Mark Dudbridge 6-4 Peter Manley

Andy Smith 6-3 Barrie Bates

Adrian Lewis 6-3 Vincent van der Voort

Andy Smith 6-4 Adrian Lewis

Kirk Shepherd 6-4 Mark Dudbridge

Barrie Bates 6-4 Vincent van der Voort

Mark Walsh 6-2 Peter Manley

Final league table

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Mark Walsh	7	4	2	1	+14	10
2	Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...	7	4	2	1	+9	10
3	Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...	7	4	1	2	+8	9
4	Barrie Bates Barrie Bates Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....	7	3	3	1	+5	9
5	Andy Smith Andy Smith (darts player) Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...	7	4	0	3	-1	8
6	Mark Dudbridge Mark Dudbridge Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...	7	2	0	5	-6	4
7	Peter Manley Peter Manley Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...	7	1	1	5	-9	3
8	Kirk Shepherd Kirk Shepherd Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...	7	1	1	5	-20	3

Barrie Bates

Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

Final

Vincent van der Voort 7-2 Mark Walsh

Group Seven

Played Tuesday 21 October, results as follows:

League stages

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

6-3 Dennis Priestley

Dennis Priestley

Wayne Jones

Wayne Jones (darts player)

Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....

6-1 Adrian Gray

Adrian Gray

Adrian Gray is an English darts player. Previously using the nickname '3 Styler', he is now known as 'The Conqueror'. Adrian made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open...

Mark Walsh 6-3 Andy Smith

Andy Smith (darts player)

Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...

Barrie Bates

Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....

6-3 Mark Dudbridge

Mark Dudbridge

Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

Adrian Lewis 6-4 Wayne Jones

Mark Walsh 5-5 Mark Dudbridge

Andy Smith 6-3 Barrie Bates

Dennis Priestley 6-4 Adrian Gray

Mark Dudbridge 6-3 Wayne Jones

Adrian Lewis 6-3 Mark Walsh

Barrie Bates 6-3 Adrian Gray

Dennis Priestley 6-4 Andy Smith

Adrian Lewis 6-3 Mark Dudbridge

Mark Walsh 6-3 Wayne Jones

Dennis Priestley 6-0 Barrie Bates

Adrian Gray 6-4 Andy Smith

Mark Dudbridge 6-3 Adrian Gray

Andy Smith 6-3 Adrian Lewis

Mark Walsh 6-3 Dennis Priestley

Wayne Jones 6-4 Barrie Bates

Andy Smith 6-3 Wayne Jones

Mark Dudbridge 6-2 Dennis Priestley

Mark Walsh 6-1 Adrian Gray

Adrian Lewis 6-4 Barrie Bates

Adrian Lewis 6-4 Adrian Gray

Mark Dudbridge 6-4 Andy Smith

Barrie Bates 6-4 Mark Walsh

Wayne Jones 6-3 Dennis Priestley

Final league table

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...	7	6	0	1	+12	12
2	Mark Walsh	7	4	1	2	+9	9
3	Mark Dudbridge Mark Dudbridge Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...	7	4	1	2	+6	9
4	Andy Smith Andy Smith (darts player) Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...	7	3	0	4	0	6
5	Wayne Jones Wayne Jones (darts player) Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....	7	3	0	4	-1	6
6	Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...	7	3	0	4	-3	6
7	Barrie Bates Barrie Bates Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....	7	3	0	4	-5	6
8	Adrian Gray Adrian Gray Adrian Gray is an English darts player. Previously using the nickname '3 Styler', he is now known as 'The Conqueror'. Adrian made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open...	7	1	0	6	-18	2

NB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Green - Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold - Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red - Out of the tournament

Semi-Finals

Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

6-3 Andy Smith

Andy Smith (darts player)

Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...

Mark Dudbridge
Mark Dudbridge
Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

6-4 Mark Walsh

Final

Mark Dudbridge 7-4 Adrian Lewis

Group Eight

Played Wednesday 22 October, results as follows:

League stages

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

5-5 Dennis Priestley

Dennis Priestley

Wes Newton

Wesley "Wes" Newton is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.-Darts career:...

6-3 Alex Roy

Alex Roy (darts player)

Alex Roy is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Ace of Herts for this matches and is with Dave Holland Management....

Wayne Jones

Wayne Jones (darts player)

Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....

6-3 Mick McGowan

Mick McGowan

Mick McGowan is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is Ireland's top ranked player...

Mark Walsh 6-4 Andy Smith

Andy Smith (darts player)

Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...

Adrian Lewis 6-1 Wes Newton

Andy Smith 6-1 Mick McGowan

Mark Walsh 6-4 Wayne Jones

Alex Roy 6-4 Dennis Priestley

Andy Smith 6-4 Wes Newton

Mick McGowan 6-2 Adrian Lewis

Mark Walsh 6-0 Alex Roy

Wayne Jones 6-2 Dennis Priestley

Adrian Lewis 6-3 Andy Smith

Wes Newton 6-4 Mick McGowan

Dennis Priestley 6-2 Mark Walsh

Wayne Jones 6-3 Alex Roy

Alex Roy 6-3 Andy Smith

Wayne Jones 6-3 Adrian Lewis

Dennis Priestley 6-3 Mick McGowan

Mark Walsh 6-2 Wes Newton

Wes Newton 6-0 Wayne Jones

Dennis Priestley 5-5 Andy Smith

Alex Roy 6-4 Mick McGowan

Mark Walsh 6-2 Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis 6-4 Alex Roy

Wayne Jones 6-3 Andy Smith

Mark Walsh 6-3 Mick McGowan

Dennis Priestley 6-2 Wes Newton

Final league table

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Mark Walsh	7	6	0	1	+17	12
2	Wayne Jones Wayne Jones (darts player) Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....	7	5	0	2	+8	10
3	Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...	7	3	2	2	+5	8
4	Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...	7	3	1	3	-1	7
5	Wes Newton Wes Newton Wesley "Wes" Newton is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.-Darts career:...	7	3	0	4	-4	6
6	Alex Roy Alex Roy (darts player) Alex Roy is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Ace of Herts for this matches and is with Dave Holland Management....	7	3	0	4	-6	6
7	Andy Smith Andy Smith (darts player) Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...	7	2	1	4	-5	5
8	Mick McGowan Mick McGowan Mick McGowan is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is Ireland's top ranked player...	7	1	0	6	-14	2

NB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Green - Qualified for the semi-finals, Red - Out of the tournament

Semi-Finals

Mark Walsh 6-3 Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

Dennis Priestley
Dennis Priestley
Dennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...

6-4 Wayne Jones

Wayne Jones (darts player)

Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....

Final

Mark Walsh 7-4 Dennis Priestley

Winners Group

Played Thursday 23 October, results as follows:

League stages

Phil Taylor 6-2 Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...

Mark Walsh 6-1 Mark Dudbridge

Mark Dudbridge

Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

Colin Osborne

6-3 Vincent van der Voort

Vincent van der Voort

Mervyn King 5-5 Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton (darts player)

Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

Phil Taylor 6-4 Mark Walsh

Mervyn King 6-1 Vincent van der Voort

Andy Hamilton 5-5 Colin Osborne

Alan Tabern 5-5 Mark Dudbridge

Mark Walsh 6-2 Mervyn King

Phil Taylor 6-4 Vincent van der Voort

Mark Dudbridge 6-3 Andy Hamilton

Alan Tabern 5-5 Colin Osborne

Phil Taylor 6-1 Mervyn King

Mark Walsh 6-2 Vincent van der Voort

Alan Tabern 5-5 Andy Hamilton

Mark Dudbridge 5-5 Colin Osborne

Mervyn King 6-3 Mark Dudbridge

Phil Taylor 6-0 Colin Osborne

Alan Tabern 6-0 Vincent van der Voort

Mark Walsh 6-3 Andy Hamilton

Colin Osborne 5-5 Mark Walsh

Alan Tabern 5-5 Mervyn King

Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Mark Dudbridge

Phil Taylor 6-4 Andy Hamilton

Mark Dudbridge 5-5 Phil Taylor

Mervyn King 6-4 Colin Osborne

Andy Hamilton 5-5 Vincent van der Voort

Mark Walsh 5-5 Alan Tabern

Final league table

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Phil Taylor	7	6	1	0	+21	13
2	Mark Walsh	7	4	2	1	+14	10
3	Mervyn King	7	3	2	2	+1	8
4	Alan Tabern Alan Tabern Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...	7	1	5	1	+2	7
5	Colin Osborne Colin Osborne Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...	7	1	4	2	-5	6
6	Mark Dudbridge Mark Dudbridge Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...	7	1	3	3	-9	5
7	Andy Hamilton Andy Hamilton (darts player) Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....	7	0	4	3	-8	4
8	Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...	7	1	1	5	-16	3

NB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Green - Qualified for the semi-finals, Red - Out of the tournament

Semi Finals £2,500 each

Phil Taylor 6-4 Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern

Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...

Mervyn King 6-5 Mark Walsh

Final Winner: £10,000 & 2008 Grand Slam of Darts

2008 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2008 Grand Slam of Darts was the second staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 15–23 November 2008 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall...

place, Runner-up: £5,000

Phil Taylor 7-5 Mervyn King

External links

Championship League Darts page on the PDC website

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