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"PDC Year of Darts 2008"

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL (Jan 1)

John Part 7 V 2 Kirk Shepherd

2007 Champion - Raymond Van Barneveld

PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS TABLE - FINAL TABLE

1 Taylor 21pts (+46) - QUALIFIED
2 Wade 20pts (+22) - QUALIFIED
3 Barneveld 18pts (+16) - QUALIFIED
4 Lewis 12pts (-12) - QUALIFIED
5 Mardle 12pts (-14)
6 Manley 11pts (-12)
7 Jenkins 9pts (-18)
8 Part 9pts (-28)

US OPEN (May 18)

Phil Taylor 3 v 0 Colin Lloyd

2007 Champion - Phil Taylor

PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS SEMI FINAL AND FINAL (May 26)

Phil Taylor 11 V 1 Adrian Lewis
Raymond Van Barneveld 8 V 11 James Wade

Phil Taylor 16 V 8 James Wade

2007 Champion - Phil Taylor

UK OPEN (June 8)

James Wade 11 V 7 Gary Mawson

2007 Champion - Raymond Van Barneveld

LAS VEGAS DESERT CLASSIC (July 6)

Phil Taylor 13 V 7 James Wade

2007 Champion - Raymond Van Barneveld

WORLD MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Phil Taylor 18 V 9 James Wade

2007 Champion - James Wade

SOUTH AFRICAN MASTERS

Phil Taylor 5 V 2 John Part

2007 Champion - Phil Taylor

WORLD GRAND PRIX

James Wade 6 V 3 Terry Jenkins

GRAND SLAM OF DARTS

Phil Taylor 18 V 11 Andy Hamilton

The name rings a bell (probably because of Eccles cakes or something stupid like that!) but I don't recall him being consistently in the later stages of tournaments.

Looking forward to the UK Open it gives lots more players the chance to shine on the big stage against the big guns.

The UK Open starts Thursday and there has been another 'defector' from the BDO. Tony Eccles has joined the PDC. I don't remember him doing much in the BDO World Championship.

Taylors streak continues having never lost in the Premier League. He was his usual awesome self and I was glad it was Jenkins in the final as everyone was expecting Barney to beat Jenkins.

Looking forward to the UK Open.

Jenkins would be very relieved to have beaten Barneveld, especially at 10-7 up and missing 10 darts to win the match. He stole the decider.

Taylor was missing doubles all night but had patches of form which were mesmorising. He surged away from Priestley and booked his place in the final.

Taylor let Jenkins back in early after racing to 3-0. At 3-3, it looked close but Taylor just kept pulling away and Jenkins didn't look like getting back in the match and it turned into a bit of a walk for Taylor.

The UK Open in a couple of weeks should be interesting. It'll be good to see everyone in tournaments again.

Semi final and final tonight at 6pm on Sky Sports.

Heh, the coverage was still a bit screwy but it's to be expected.

Barneveld was just fading in that semi final and Hamilton should have punished him and Taylor had just that little bit more to take the win.

My main problem with the coverage last night was they would take an ad break right at the critical moment of the match they were showing and just decided to end their programme at the drop of a hat.

It seems okay so far today though.

I watched it last night and really enjoyed it looking forward to tonight as well.

The Barney match was great with him averaging around 117 until he lost the 4th set before taking it 3-1.

I found out that it was due to illness in Lewis' case.

Big surprise to see Lloyd go out so quickly. I didn't get to see the start but did they explain why Adrian Lewis and Richie Burnett withdrew?