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Grand Slam of Darts Wrap-up by Phill Catterick

The Oche — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:12:08 +0000

The following article was submitted by Phill Catterick: Phil Taylor clinched a third straight Grand Slam of Darts Championship on Sunday evening after obliterating Scott Waites 16-2 in the final at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. `The Power`, who has been in sensational form during the tournament was relentless in his pursuit of yet another televised competition, and [...]

Taylor Dominates Waite to take Third Successive Grand Slam of Darts Title

The Oche — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:58:39 +0000

PHIL TAYLOR claimed a third successive PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts title with a 16-2 demolition of Scott Waites at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Taylor followed up his 16-6 defeat of Raymond van Barneveld in Sunday afternoon’s semis with another brilliant display to take the £100,000 title. The win earned Taylor a 21st tournament victory of 2009 [...]

Waites Defeats Terry Jenkins to set up Power Final

The Oche — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:19:01 +0000

Photo Lustig/PDC SCOTT WAITES will attempt to deny Phil Taylor a third successive PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts title when the pair meet in the final at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Sunday night. Yorkshireman Waites continued the greatest week of his darting career with a superb 16-11 semi-final win over Terry Jenkins, earning him a minimum [...]

Phil Taylor Continues Grand Slam Title Bid with 16-7 Win over O’Shea

The Oche — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:08:19 +0000

PHIL TAYLOR surged past Tony O’Shea 16-7 to set up a semi-final with Raymond van Barneveld at the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts. Taylor’s bid for a third successive title at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall continued with his strongest performance of the week. O’Shea matched Taylor for the first eight legs, but Taylor took 12 of the [...]

Waites Works Magic over Wizard, Moves into Semi-Final

The Oche — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:22:18 +0000

Photo Lustig/PDC SCOTT WAITES produced the performance of his career to win through to the semi-finals of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts, where he will take on Terry Jenkins on Sunday. Yorkshireman Waites, the 2008 World Masters runner-up, followed up Friday’s thrilling second round defeat of Gary Anderson by seeing off Simon Whitlock 16-13 in the [...]

Scott Waites Defeats Gary Anderson in Grand Slam Thriller

The Oche — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:21:44 +0000

Photo Lustig/PDC SCOTT WAITES, Terry Jenkins and Robert Thornton all won through deciding leg battles to reach the quarter-finals of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts on Friday night. The trio and Australian Simon Whitlock completed the last eight line-up at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in a dramatic night of darts. Waites came from 9-7 down to defeat [...]

Taylor Gets Comeback Victory Over Lloyd to set up Tony O’Shea Quarter-final Bout

The Oche — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:02:53 +0000

Photo Lawrence Lustig/PDC PHIL TAYLOR set up a clash with BDO number one Tony O’Shea in the quarter-finals of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts with a superb comeback against Colin Lloyd on Thursday night. Taylor, the reigning champion and PDC number one, won seven successive legs with an average of 113 to come from 4-3 down [...]

Wade Wins Dramatic Nine Dart Shootout to Book Place in Grand Slam Final Sixteen

The Oche — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:47:29 +0000

Photo courtesy Lustig/PDC JAMES WADE won a nine-dart shoot-out with Andy Hamilton to progress to the last 16 of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts on Wednesday night, as Ted Hankey crashed out of the competition. The final night of matches for Groups E-H at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall proved a dramatic one, with all four groups [...]

Barneveld, Webster, Lloyd and Shepherd Claim last 16 Spots; Phil Taylor Suffers First Defeat

The Oche — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:08:56 +0000

Groups A-D in the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts tournament played their final games of the round-robin phase, with reigning champion Phil Taylor suffering a shock 5-1 loss to Vincent van der Voort. Taylor had failed to drop a single leg in previous wins over Anastasia Dobromyslova and Mark Webster, while van der Voort was defeated [...]

The Russians are Coming…and at least one of them is looking pretty in Pink!

The Oche — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:30:32 +0000

The following article was graciously submitted by Phill Catterick: Some people said including women in the Grand Slam of Darts was a pointless exercise. Others said they just weren’t good enough to deserve their place in the competition. Admittedly I used to be one of them. Against the likes of Phil Taylor and Raymond Van Barneveld then I [...]

Mardle Down For the Count as Hankey Wins 5-4 in Grand Slam

The Oche — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:14:51 +0000

Photo Lustig/PDC Ted Hankey bounced back to winning ways in the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts on Monday night, while James Wade turned up the heat at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall with a sensational display. Hankey, the current BDO World Champion, was jeered during a 5-3 loss to Scott Waites in Sunday’s opening fixture, but silenced any [...]

Anastasia Wins 5-4 Match Over van der Voort

The Oche — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:13:42 +0000

Photo Lustig/PDC ANASTASIA DOBROMYSLOVA injected Girl Power into the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts with a sensational victory over Vincent van der Voort last night. The 25-year-old Russian produced the biggest ever win by a woman in a televised contest, edging out van der Voort 5-4 in a nine-leg thriller. She hit back to level with a [...]

The Count Suffers Defeat to Scott Waites as Crowd Drives Stake Through His Heart

The Oche — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:05:37 +0000

Hankey, the current BDO World Champion and number two seed in the Grand Slam, slumped to a disappointing 5-3 loss to Waites in Wolverhampton in his first group game. He will now face a must-win clash with Wayne Mardle in Monday’s second phase of group games if he is to keep alive his hopes of progressing [...]

Beauty VS Beast: Phil Taylor Whitewashes Anastasia Dobromyslova for Grand Slam Win

The Oche — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:26:52 +0000

Photo Lustig/PDC PHIL TAYLOR began his bid for a third successive PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts title with a 5-0 whitewash of Anastasia Dobromyslova on Saturday night. Taylor, the reigning champion, proved imperious in averaging 105 in his opening group game at the Wolverhampton Civic, restricting the Russian to just one dart at a double in the [...]

Grand Slam of Darts Preview

The Oche — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:05:44 +0000

The 2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts begins on Saturday night, as 32 stars of the sport battle for the £100,000 title at the Wolverhampton Civic. Reigning champion Phil Taylor is bidding to claim a third successive title in the ITV-televised event, which begins with a group phase featuring eight four-player pools. Taylor will come up against [...]