Planet Darts: Mervyn King Joins PDC

Mervyn King Joins PDC THE Professional Darts Corporation can announce that Mervyn King has joined the PDPA and will compete on the PDC Pro Tour circuit.

The move comes just weeks after top Dutch stars Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort joined the PDC.
Planet Darts: Mervyn King Joins PDC

British Darts Organisation threaten King with legal action 06/02/2007 - 15:29:33 Mervyn King was today threatened with legal action by the British Darts Organisation, after confirming he is switching to play on the rival Professional Darts Corporation circuit. The former World Masters champion is following three top Dutch players belonging to the same management company – Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort – who also contested this year’s Lakeside World Championship, before crossing the sport’s bitter divide.
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RTÉ Sport: King at the centre of darts controversy

King at the centre of darts controversy
Tuesday, 6 February 2007 20:46 Mervyn King was today threatened with legal action by the British Darts Organisation, after confirming he is switching to play on the rival Professional Darts Corporation circuit.

The former World Masters champion is following three top Dutch players belonging to the same management company - Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort - who also contested this year's Lakeside World Championship, before crossing the sport's bitter divide.

But the 40-year-old is bound to the BDO under the terms of a contract he signed, stating that any player who reached the semi-finals at the Lakeside this year would return to contest the event in 2008. King was beaten in the last four by eventual champion Martin Adams.

King departs BDO ranks

Former World Masters champion Mervyn King has left the British Darts Organisation to ply his trade in rival Professional Darts Corporation events.

The move, which mirrors the switches made by players such as Raymond van Barneveld and Jelle Klaasen in recent years, comes as a surprise after the player's own vehement denial that he would head for the lucrative PDC tour.

King even threatened to walk out of the recent BDO Lakeside World Championships at protest at the speculation that surrounded his future.

But it now seems that his semi-final defeat to eventual winner Martin Adams will be King's last appearance on the BDO oche.