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Gerwyn Price sealed a third nightly win in this year's Premier League Darts in stunning fashion after obliterating Michael van Gerwen in a 6-1 win on Night Eight in Newcastle.

 

Price goes back-to-back with glory in Nottingham and produced an average of 115 in seeing off his rival in a match where he wired a match dart to even seal it in a whitewash. MVG still leaves Tyneside as top of the Premier League but with Price making a statement

Leonard Gates flew 6000 miles from his home in Dallas to take part in the one shot Golden Ticket Qualifier on Friday evening for the 2023 World Seniors Champion of Champions and is going back to the US with the title after a 13-10 win over Richie Howson in the final.

 

Gates saw off Phil Taylor, Martin Adams and Howson who has reached back-to-back WSDT finals and become a stalwart of the tournaments since their inception but his wait for a maiden title goes on as 'Soulger' went all the way to the title in Blackpool.

In-form Gerwyn Price won his second consecutive European Tour event, beating Michael van Gerwen to retain his International Darts Open title.

 

Wales' Price, who also enjoyed back-to-back Premier League wins in March, beat Van Gerwen 8-4 in the final in Riesa.

 

His fourth triumph in the last five editions of the International Darts Open comes a week after winning the European Tour in Leverkusen.

 

"I think I am half-German now," joked Price, who enjoyed crowd backing.

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The meteoric rise of one of darts' newest stars shows no signs of stopping any time soon as Josh Rock continues to move up the PDC Order of Merit following his run to the final of the Austrian Darts Open.

 

After reaching the first European Tour final of his career, the 22-year-old Northern Irishman has now reached a career-high ranking of 30th. The £12,000 won by Rock at the Austrian Darts Open has seen him rise above the experienced duo of Raymond van Barneveld and Mervyn King from 32nd to his current 30th.

Darting great, Phil Taylor is set to undergo surgery at the end of June as the 62-year-old requires a new hip.

 

The former sixteen-time champion of the world, regarded by many as the greatest darts player of all time, was set to take part in an exhibition event in Newcastle on the 29th of June however an official announcement has revealed that due to his surgery, Taylor has regrettably had to withdraw. Luckily for any fans that have plans to be in attendance at the Newcastle Masters X, Taylor has been replaced by none other than 'the Iceman' Gerwyn Price.

Jeffrey de Zwaan has been playing for the Netherlands for years, yet 'The Black Cobra' also has Thai roots and that could perhaps lead to a participation in the World Cup of Darts.

 

De Zwaan is currently not eligible for the Dutch team at the World Cup of Darts due to his poor ranking. "I do indeed have Thai roots, but if I wanted to play for that country I also need a Thai passport and I don't have that at the moment," De Zwaan told 433 Darts. "In addition, the rules in the Netherlands have changed and you are no longer allowed to have dual nationality. That is why I have opted for a Dutch passport for the time being.

After taking his second European Tour success of the season over the weekend at the Dutch Darts Championship in Leeuwarden, Dave Chisnall has moved back up in the PDC Order of Merit to 13th.

 

Chizzy defeated Humphries in the final on Sunday night to take the title and rose to the top of the European Tour Order of Merit in the process. In the overall world rankings however, Chisnall, who had previously been ranked 16th, has just edged in front of Ryan Searle to take 13th position by only £1,250.

Michael Smith has secured a hat-trick of Premier League Darts nightly wins and kept his hopes of finishing top of the table alive thanks to a brilliant win over Gerwyn Price in the night 15 final.

That's pretty good going! And it does indeed look rather close between Smith and Price at the top of the table.

The next trio of players through to the Last 16 at the Czech Darts Open are set with Ryan Searle, Damon Heta and Dave Chisnall finding their way into the Final Day in Prague on Saturday afternoon.

 

Searle completed a comeback in the process by seeing off Steve Beaton. He came from 3-0 down to see off 'The Bronzed Adonis' 6-4 in an up-and-down clash with 50% on the doubles in the end.

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Just a week after losing his second spot in the PDC Order of Merit to Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright has returned to world ranked number 2 following his victory at the Czech Darts Open.

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#PC11 Last 16 Results 📋

 

Joe Murnan 6-4 Dave Chisnall

Rob Cross 6-0 Lee Evans

Joe Cullen 6-5 Ryan Joyce

Radek Szaganski 6-2 Simon Whitlock

Mike De Decker 6-5 Jurjen van der Velde

Gerwyn Price (101) 6-1 Scott Williams

Niels Zonneveld 6-3 Kevin Doets

Jimmy Hendriks 6-3 James Wade

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Rob Cross has claimed his first title of 2023 after seeing off Mike de Decker in a superb final win 8-3 at Players Championship 11.

 

It was a 101.6 average, 8/13 on the doubles and a high checkout of 146 to win from Cross in a dominant success over the rising Belgian

Players Championship 12 Last 16 Draw

 

Chizzy vs Van den Bergh

De Decker/Rupprecht vs Jonny

 

Heta vs Bunting

Cross vs Dobey

 

Williams vs Krcmar

Rock vs Van Gerwen

 

Lennon vs Gilding

Price vs Cullen

The final is set at Players Championship 12 with Josh Rock set to face Jonny Clayton shortly as the latest ProTour double header comes to a conclusion in Leicester.

 

Andrew Gilding came from 5-2 down but couldn't stop the Rock who prevailed 7-5 with a 101 average and 7/12 on the doubles.

 

While for Clayton, after surviving multiple missed match darts from Damon Heta in the previous leg, he took out 147 to prevail 7-6 with a 103 average and they will rematch after their tie in Austria a few weeks ago.