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I'm with you there Naitch, Tabern just doesn't seem to have any kind of personality at all, he can be a really decent thrower but he just seems to come accross as a dull b*****d.

Great display from Beaton, Jenkins never really looked at the races

Jenkins is showing his Premier league form so far tonight, he will have to step it up right after the break or he is going home.

Beaton you bellend

Great 118 from Jenkins, that could really turn the match.

Beaton has one of the most effortless throws in the game, a bit like Hankey when he is on form, really good to watch.

I wish SKY would f**k off with this Taylor wankfest.

This first match could really go either way, if Beaton is on his game and builds up confidence he could easily take care of Jenks. Not sure how Beatons recent form is though? Should be a superb week.

Nah, don't agree with that. The guys who work hard getting sponsorship to help with the huge cost of staging these opens deserve the chance to attract the top players to make the competition more attractive to the average punter. Take the Portland open for instance, Gordy (the owner) spends shedfuls of cash attracting so many of these top players so far north, he is for ever organising events and exhibitions to co-incide with the main event to make it worth their while coming up for a few days, and with the result the place was rammed on Saturday and he had a great success with the £20.00 a head entrance fee and the bar takings. If these guys were playing yet another PDC run event there would be no-where near as much interest in the local open.

semi finals just decided.... paul nicholson john henderson robert thornton mark webster 3rd round exit for me, happy with that!! Edited; Final Mark Webster 5 Robert Thornton 3 The final / presentation did'nt finish until nearly 1.00 in the morning! Very sore head today.

just heading along to the Portland open in Inverness. Quite a strong turnout with the likes of Colin Lloyd Mark Webster Simon Whitlock (the holder) Ted Hankey , etc I dont hold out many hopes at getting very far, if i get past the first round i will be delighted!

That's why you really can't get going on the circuit without a really generous sponsor to cover all the outlay's of competing, travelling, hotels etc so that you can just concentrate on playing the game without the extra pressure of not breaking even.

So it's a Wade v Newton final then.........

So much for it being game of the day, this is pretty poor by these guys standards.

Decent game that, Newton will need to up his game a bit if he wants to win the title though.

Go on Chis! If only for the post match interview.

Why in the name of christ did Thornton leave himself 32 when he is having a nightmare at that side of the board?

I reckon 4 away wins from that lot.

Oocha fucker, that will have hurt Barney boy!

Barry Hearn, barely shook Andersons hand there! When it's Taylor he more or less has his tongue down his throat! GIRFUY Barry boy!

Break came at a good time i think, hope Anderson doesn't let those missed doubles prey on his mind.

You've got no idea just how happy i would be, up there playing the best of 15 legs for a share in a £90,000 pot!! Zebedee on speed would be a good comparison.

Could van Barneveld look any less interested? Why does he even bother with the sport if it means that little to him, he looks like a bairn that's had his playstation confiscated. The crowd have paid good money to be entertained by these guys, the least he could do is pretend to look as if he cares, dick.

Fair play to you Lewis, that was pretty damned impressive! Hopefully a repeat of the world final lineup now.

Yeah, he still has a major problem keeping his concentration when the darts are not hitting the target the way he wants. He is fine when the 60's are going in no problem but as soon as a few go a stray you can see in his body language that it is getting to him. He may have already qualified, but he needs to get that sorted out if he is going to win this thing.