Archive for the 'UK Open' Category
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
PHIL TAYLOR won his fourth PDC ProTour title of 2010 with a 6-2 defeat of Peter Wright in the final of the sixth UK Open Qualifier.
World Champion Taylor responded in style to a rare semi-final loss, to Simon Whitlock in Saturday’s Players Championship, by powering through the field at the Moorways Leisure Centre in Derby […]
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
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MARK WALSH won his second UK Open Qualifier of 2010 with a 6-3 defeat of John Part at the Barnsley Metrodome.
Walsh repeated his success of six weeks ago in Derby to claim a second £6,000 title of the year, overpowering the three-time World Champion in the decider
The Hertfordshire-based star overcame Patrick Pace, Colin […]
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Sunday, March 21st, 2010
GARY ANDERSON won his second PDC ProTour title with victory over Wes Newton in the fourth UK Open Qualifier of 2010, taking out a 135 finish to win the final.
The Scot claimed a Players Championship win in Newport last May, and matched that with the £6,000 title at Crawley’s K2 Centre with a high-quality […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
MARK WALSH celebrated victory in a UK Open Qualifier in Derby for a second successive year with a 6-2 defeat of Phil Taylor in Sunday’s final.
Walsh had defeated Raymond van Barneveld to take the £6,000 title at the Moorways Centre in 2009, and this time overcame the World Champion in the decider.
He had held off […]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
MERVYN KING completed a clean sweep of the PDC ProTour events in Swindon with a 6-1 defeat of Simon Whitlock to win Sunday’s UK Open Qualifier at the Oasis Leisure Centre.
King backed up Saturday’s Players Championship victory with another classy display to claim the £6,000 top prize from the first of eight UK Open Qualifiers […]
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
by Phill Catterick
AFTER three days of continuous competition and a number of tremendous upsets and shocks, only one out of 129 players could hold aloft the Blue Square UK Open trophy, and to no-ones amazement it was Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor.
The man from Stoke overcame Colin Osbourne (otherwise known as ‘The Wizard’) 11-6 in […]
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
by Phill Catterick
PHIL TAYLOR is the new name on the Blue Square UK Open Championship trophy after beating Colin Osbourne in the final yesterday evening at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton.
`The Power` recorded an 11-6 win over `The Wizard` to add yet another major to his ever growing list of achievements, and has definitely […]
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
PHIL TAYLOR claimed a Blue Square UK Open hat-trick with an 11-6 victory over Colin Osborne in the final at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Sunday night.
Taylor followed up his wins in the 2003 and 2005 events with a third victory, claiming the £40,000 winner’s cheque in bouncing back strongly from his Whyte & Mackay Premier […]
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
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PHIL TAYLOR claimed a Blue Square UK Open hat-trick with an 11-6 victory over Colin Osborne in the final at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Sunday night.
Taylor followed up his wins in the 2003 and 2005 events with a third victory, claiming the £40,000 winner’s cheque in bouncing back strongly from his Whyte & Mackay […]
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Both Colin Osborne and Phil Taylor won their matches with a decisive victory, with Osborne defeating Kevin Painter 10-7, and with Taylor winning over Ronnie Baxter 10-6.
Painter was disappointed after having reached his first UK Open Semi as he never recovered from an early 5-1 lead by Osborne.
Taylor also survived a comeback scare from […]
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