Home double for Thornton

Home double for Thornton

SkySports - ‎7 hours ago‎

By Paul Higham Last updated: 9th March 2009 Robert Thornton announced himself as a real PDC challenger as he claimed back-to-back victories in Saturday's ...

Thornton's Double Delight

FansOnLine.net - ‎4 hours ago‎

Robert Thornton claimed back-to-back PDC Pro Tour titles with a 6-2 victory over Dennis Priestley in the Blue Square UK Open Scottish Regional Final on ...

My proudest moment in darts

The Sun - ‎17 hours ago‎

RED-HOT Robert Thornton won a historic Scottish title double on home soil and admitted: “It’s my proudest moment in darts”. The Thorn won the Scottish ...

Home Comforts For Thornton

Yahoo! Eurosport - ‎Mar 7, 2009‎

The local star took the £6000 first prize in Irvine with a resilient display in the final to edge out the two-time World Champion. Thornton ended the hopes ...

Darts: Russian beauty Anastasia Dobromyslova prepares to take flight in men's game

ANASTASIA DOBROMYSLOVA is heading for Irvine - hoping to become darts' first Queen of Scotland.

The Russian beauty will be at the Magnum Centre tomorrow to take part in the Scottish Players' Championship.

Eyemouth ace Gary Anderson will make his PDC debut in the event and Premier League stars James Wade, Mervyn King, Terry Jenkins, Wayne Mardle, John Part and Jelle Klaasen will all be in Ayrshire. (full article...)

Ovens is hot stuff in Scotland

Stevenage darts ace Denis Ovens was beaten by Alex Roy in the final leg of the Scottish Players Championship.

Roy claimed a dramatic victory at the Magnum Centre in Irvine to win the £5,000 title - and a Players Championship qualifying place in the European Championship at the end of the month - while Ovens had to settle for £2,500.

The eventual winner took the final's first set before Ovens won four of the next five legs to lead 2-1 in the game.

Roy won set four without reply, but an 11-darter saw Ovens lead in the deciding set.

Watford-based Roy levelled with a 101 finish to send the match all the way, and a brilliant 161 checkout earned him victory.

Ovens reached his third final of the year with a 3-1 win over Steve Maish in the semi-final, and narrow five-set wins over Wayne Jones, Dave Smith and Mark Dudbridge.

And Ovens followed up Saturday's appearance in the final with a run to the quarter-final of Sunday's competition 24 hours later, where he lost 3-1 to the eventual beaten finalist Mark Walsh.

Walsh edged the final two sets of the match 2-1 against Saturday's runner-up who hit seven perfect darts in one leg.

08:28 - 23 October 2008

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Wade Ends Drought In Scotland

JAMES WADE bounced back to top form to win Sunday's Scottish Players Championship with a 3-1 defeat of Mark Walsh.

The world number three has struggled for form over the past month and crashed out of the Sky Poker World Grand Prix in the first round recently. (full report...)

Scottish Players Championship Updates

UPDATES and results from Saturday's Scottish Players Championship at the Magnum Centre, Irvine. (full report...)

Scottish Players Championship Draws

THE draws for the two Scottish Players Championships, to be held at the Magnum Centre, Irvine on Saturday October 18 and Sunday October 19.

The two events offer £20,000 prize money each, and are two of the remaining three before the cut-off for Players Championship qualification spots for the European Championship.

(click here for details)