Posts under ‘World Match Play’

Tonight sees the final of the 2009 Stan James World Matchplay in Blackpool.  Phil Taylor takes on Terry the “Bull” Jenkins at 7pm tonight.  Its Jenkins second Matchplay final, but he will have to be in irresistible form to defeat Taylor who scarily seems to be getting better and better.  We will have live leg [...]

Afternoon Session 
 Mervyn King 13 - 8  Steve Beaton
 Vincent van der Voort 13 - 5 Wayne Mardle
 Terry Jenkins 14 - 12 Denis Ovens
 
 Evening Session (7pm start)
 Ronnie Baxter 16 - 14 Alan Tabern
 Raymond van Barneveld 13 - 11  Mark Walsh
 James Wade 13 - 7  Gary Anderson

Afternoon Session
Alan Tabern 10 - 5 Andy Smith
Terry Jenkins 10 - 4 Peter Wright
Dennis Priestley 5 - 10 Denis Ovens
Mark Walsh 10 - 5 Andy Jenkins
Evening Session
Raymond van Barneveld 10 - 3  Michael van Gerwen

Andy Hamilton 6 - 10 Gary Anderson
John Part 6 - 10 Vincent van der Voort
James Wade 10-3 Jamie Caven
Ronnie Baxter 10-8 Jelle Klaasen

Monday July 20 (7pm start)
Kevin Painter 10 v 3 Wes Newton
Colin Osborne 10 v 7 Steve Beaton
Phil Taylor 10 v 3 Robert Thornton
Wayne Mardle 10 v 1 Tony Eccles

Tonight in Blackpool sees the start of this years World Matchplay. Live score updates will happen throughout the evening.
Sunday July 19 (7pm start)
Adrian Lewis 10  v 7Co Stompe
Colin Lloyd  10 v 7 Wayne Jones
Mervyn King 10  v 7Mark Dudbridge

The draw for the World Matchplay took place before the final in Las Vegas on Sunday.  The full draw is below and the first match taking place on Sunday the 19th July.  It pottentially could  be one of the best Matchplays ever as the best 32 players in the world at the moment will be going [...]

Sid Waddell and Dave Lanning have named Phil Taylor’s winning Bulls-eye shot at the World Match
Play ‘The Greatest Dart Ever Thrown’. Taylor hit the amazing shot on a 132 checkout, hitting the 25
and treble leaving the bull to finish. However the earlier shot at the 25 covered the passage to the
bull, so amazingly Phil moved [...]

Tonight we may witness the best final held at such a prestigious arena as The Winter Gardens.. Heck, go one further, the greatest final ever! The potential is there. If both players play to their ability, this will be greatest final ever witnessed!
The performance from Wade last night was phenomenal, not giving Mardle a centimetre, [...]

Semi Finals:
Dennis Priestley 8-17 Phil Taylor
Wayne Mardle 5-17 James Wade