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MATTHEW Evans continued his fine form in the PGA EuroPro Tour as he shot the best round of the day for an early lead.
Audley Harrison has told David Haye to "man up and sign" to fight for the World Heavyweight title in a Battle of Britain bout in November.
MATTHEW Evans will be playing on the Challenge Tour next season after he won his second PGA EuroPro Tour event of the year.
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Brilliant Barney hits a nine-darter in Aberdeen
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD hit a sensational nine-darter in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts during a win over Terry Jenkins in Aberdeen on Thursday night.
The Dutchman has endured a nightmare year in the Premier League, sinking to the foot of the table with eight defeats - including five in a row ahead of the visit to Scotland.
But he brought 4,000 Scottish fans to their feet with a brilliant nine-darter in the second leg of his clash with Jenkins.
Using a brand new set of darts, he hit back-to-back 180s and then finished 141 on double 12 to complete his fourth televised nine-darter and second in the Premier League.
He went on to lead 4-0 and 7-2 before Jenkins won four legs in a row to force a decider, but the English star missed one dart to claim a draw before van Barneveld finished double 16 to edge only his third win of the campaign.
"It's unbelievable," said van Barneveld, who hit the Premier League's only previous nine-darter during the 2006 season in Bournemouth.
"I've had a nightmare season in the Premier League but I was determined to finish well and hopefully avoid finishing at the bottom of the table, so to hit a nine-darter is incredible."
The defeat ended any outside hopes Jenkins had of making the play-offs, with four rivals in the hunt for places in the top four drawing, when James Wade faced Ronnie Baxter and Simon Whitlock met Adrian Lewis.
Reigning champion Wade missed five match darts in the deciding leg of his stalemate with Baxter, while Lewis battled from 7-4 down to claim a point against Whitlock.
That moved Wade, Baxter and Whitlock onto 12 points, two ahead of Lewis and one behind second-placed Mervyn King, who suffered a potentially damaging 8-1 reverse to Phil Taylor.
Taylor averaged a record 116 in defeating John Part in Aberdeen last year, and was again in superb form in Scotland to produce the heaviest defeat of the season in romping to victory.
"Mervyn has been the player to beat and been very consistent this season but he was a little off his game tonight and I took advantage," said Taylor.
"I'm loving the Premier League this season and I've got a new lease of life. I really want this title back because the Premier League is special and I'm setting myself up nicely for the play-offs."
Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts
Week 12 - AECC, Aberdeen
Ronnie Baxter 7-7 James Wade
Mervyn King 1-8 Phil Taylor
Raymond van Barneveld 8-6 Terry Jenkins - including nine-darter from Raymond van Barneveld
Simon Whitlock 7-7 Adrian Lewis
Date posted: April 30, 2010
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