Group One Success For Taylor #darts

PHIL TAYLOR began the 2010 Championship League Darts with victory in Group One, defeating Colin Lloyd 6-2 in the final of the internet-streamed tournament.

Taylor, the 2008 champion who was the runner-up in last year's Championship League Darts, booked his place in October's big-money Winners Group and claimed £3,100 prize money for his day's work at Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex.  -  07 Sep 2010

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#darts CLD Countdown Begins

THE third Championship League Darts tournament will begin on Tuesday September 7, as the stars of the PDC battle for £200,000 in prize money across nine days in the internet-streamed event.

Championship League Darts began in 2008, and sees eight players per group compete in eight league days of the event, with each of the group winners returning on the final day to compete in the Winners Group.
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 06 Aug 2010

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The Championship League Darts is streaming live and FREE on the net right now. This is a round robin format that has been going on for almost 2 months. Today’s group is:

Mark Walsh

Dennis Priestley

Mick McGowan

Wayne Jones

Adrian Lewis

Alex Roy

Andy Smith

Wes Newton

You go to http://www.bet365.com/home/ and sign up for an account. You do NOT have to put in a credit card. Just sign up with a name and password. You will have to create a fictitious address as it won’t allow US people. Just pick some random country and throw in some random address. Just fill in the required fields and then log on. There are 2 matches going on at all times and you can switch back and forth between them.

http://www.livescorehunter.com/Live-Streaming-Video/P2P-Links

TAYLOR POWERS TO VICTORY

Phil Taylor claimed victory in the inaugural Championship League Darts final with a 7-5 win over Mervyn King.

The 13-time World Champion swept through the eight-man field at Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex in the Winners Group, sitting unbeaten after seven league games and winning through the play-offs.

Only Mark Dudbridge took a point from Taylor in the league phase with a draw in the final round of matches, before the Stoke legend defeated Alan Tabern 6-4 in the semi-finals and came from 3-2 down to defeat King 7-5 in the final.

Taylor claimed a total of £20,050 in the tournament, having won £3,350 in taking victory in Group One, £6,700 in prize money in the Winners Group and an additional £10,000 as the champion.

"I'm over the moon," said Taylor. "It's a fantastic competition and will get bigger and bigger.

"The players have loved it, it's good money for everyone and has been exciting to play in - as today showed.

"I let Mervyn in a bit in the final and he's a great player, who has climbed fast up the rankings and earned his place in the final.

"He missed a couple of doubles and I managed to step in and hit some crucial finishes at the right time."

King picked up £5,000 as runner-up, in addition to £5,300 in winning legs during the day to take his tournament earnings to £15,700.

Walsh finished second in the league phase with four wins and two draws from his seven matches, but went down to King 6-5 in a thrilling semi-final.

Walsh took his earnings to £15,350 in the event, which was played over nine days and screened exclusively live on the internet through www.bet365.com and www.ladbrokes.com.

Adrian Lewis failed to reach the Winners Group despite six successful league days which earned him £15,250, whilst the total prize money paid out in the event was more than £175,000.

Andy Hamilton, who finished seventh in the Winners Group, won £11,950 in five days competing in the event, while Tabern (£11,900) and Mark Dudbridge (£10,900) also topped £10,000.

Taylor's win meant that there would be no new qualifier from Championship League Darts for the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts, giving ITV Wildcard Qualifier runner-up Colin McGarry a place in the tournament.

Darts legend Taylor powers up in Stock

PHIL "The Power" Taylor overcame seven of the world's top darts players and, ironically, a power cut to win the inaugural PDC Championship League Darts title at Stock's Crondon Park Golf Club.

The 13-times world champion held off Mervyn King 7-5 in a thrilling final to lift the trophy and secure the £5,000 first prize.

The competition, which was exclusively screened on the websites of bookmakers Ladbrokes and Bet365, saw 29 of the world's top 31 players battle for the title.

Competing players won prize money for every leg won, with the winners of eight group stages qualifying for Thursday's finals day.

Taylor, who has won an unprecedented 13 titles this season, was again in imperious form, winning six and drawing one of his final group matches.

Only former World Championship finalist Mark Dudbridge could hold Taylor to a 5-5 draw, while King, Colin Osborne, Mark Walsh, Vincent van der Voort, Andy Hamilton and Alan Tabern were all beaten.

However, Taylor's 6-0 thrashing of Osborne was interrupted midway through the opening leg by a power cut that stopped play for nearly an hour.

But the Stoke-on-Trent star held his nerve to continue his superb run of form, beating Tabern 6-4 in the semi-finals before holding off King in the final.

Afterwards, Taylor was delighted with a display that earned him a total of £20,050 from the tournament.

"I'm over the moon. It's a fantastic tournament and will get bigger and bigger," he said.

"The players have loved it. It's good money for everyone and has been exciting to play in - as today showed."

The PDC circuit continues with the German Players Championship in Dinslaken this weekend.

There, Southend-based Steve Maish is seeded 32 and faces either Czech Miroslav Navrotil or German Holger Kauf in round one.

Should "Mr Magic" prevail, he is likely to face number one seed and world number five Terry Jenkins in the second round.

*FOR an in-depth look at darts' new south Essex event, see next week's Echo.

(story source)

11:16pm Thursday 23rd October 2008

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