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28 July 2007 -

Wade, 24, picked up the £50,000 winners’ cheque with a sensational performance at the Winter Gardens to see off the in-form number five seed.

Wade produced a stunning display of finishing to defeat Adrian Lewis in the semi-finals, and took out three ton-plus finishes in the decider.

Jenkins never recovered from finding himself 6-1 down early on in the contest as Wade bettered last year's run to the final by claiming the trophy this time around.

"It's a dream come true," said Wade, who moves up to third in the world behind Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld as a result of this win.

"I've worked so hard for this day throughout my career. It's unbelievable."

Wade made a stunning start, winning six of the first seven legs and taking out 134 and 121 finishes.

Jenkins had won leg two, after Wade missed a dart at double top, and took two out of three to move into the second break of the game just 7-3 down.

Wade, though, restored his advantage with back-to-back legs, and then reeled off four in a row to move 13-4 up.

Jenkins - who knocked out Phil Taylor in the semi-finals - kept battling and produced a 120 finish in pulling back to 15-7.

But Wade was not in the mood to allow his lead to slip any further, with double ten and double two moving him to within a leg of victory.

He then landed three ton-plus scores in the next to set up a 13-darter, and landed double top for the title.

"I was nervous for the first ten legs but then I went into auto-pilot - I went into my Wadey World, which is quite a fun place at the moment!

"It still hasn't sunk in. To win a TV tournament was a dream of mine, and this is the second biggest one of them all.

"My aim this year was to win a place in next year's Premier League, and now I'm up to third in the world I should be there, so it's the icing on the cake in many ways."

Jenkins praised Wade's superb finishing throughout the tournament, saying: "I've never seen anybody finish like that in my life.

"I felt I played quite well, although I started off quite slowly and let him get a bit of a lead.

"Then I started scoring and thought maybe that would slow him down, but it didn't! I can't take anything away from him, he played brilliantly.

"It was a bit frustrating, everybody I seem to play performs like that but, at the end of the day, it will make me a better player and one day I will win a major title.

"I'm pleased with this week, how could you not be after reaching four televised finals within a year? There's a lot of players who would love to swap places with me."

The Aldershot player has risen to the top of his profession within ten years. He collected many junior honours on the climb before progressing to success in important senior events playing for both England Juniors and Seniors before finally arriving at his first television win.

In ten matches on the famous Winter Gardens stage, only Phil Taylor, in last year's final has managed to better him.

Men: Darren Andrews, Danny Ballard, Steve Ballard, Jon Bramble, Roy Brown, Troy Butler, Jason Cook, Mick Cookman, Kev Ede, Andy Elvin, Steve Hayter, Paul Hogan, Graham Huggett, Rick Lowther, Andy Mitchell, Dennis Murrell, Arron Monk, Sean Morrissey, Neill Neat, Steve Phillips, Colin Philpott, Nillson Pritchard, Danny Smith, Mark Smith, Tony Whitcher and Rikki Williams.

Ladies: Maria Agozzino, Lisa Bramble, Jill Field, Elaine Harty, Angela Hogan, Mandy Keith, Pennie Lewis, Sue Lowther, Jane Monaghan, Wendy Reinstadtler, Jo Senior, Dawn Simmonds, Stephanie Smee and Nikki Stevens.

The opening match of the season is an away clash with Cambridgeshire on 1st and 2nd September at the March United Services Club.

26 July 2007 -

James will now face either Raymond van Barneveld or Adrian Lewis in Friday evening's semi-final.

25 July 2007 -

Mervyn now meets James Wade on Thursday afternoon for a place in Friday's semi final.

25 July 2007 -

In a battle of some amazing brinkmanship, Priestley refused to lie down and survived almost a dozen match points before James finally made his way into the quarter finals by 16-14 in the most dramatic match of the week so far.

The winner of the Andy Jenkins v Mervyn King clash awaits James in the quarter finals.

24 July 2007 -

The Cosham star, seeded 14th, now takes on Mervyn King on Wednesday afternoon.

24 July 2007 -

Aldershot based Wade, last year's finalist, broke away from five legs all to finally shake off the challenge from the stubborn Midlander.

Colin Monk and James Wade both also reached the last 32 going out to John Part and Kevin Dowling respectively.

Andy Jenkins was beaten by rising star Kevin McDine in the last 64.

Jason Crawley won his preliminary round against Gary Blades before going down to Darren Latham and Ian Eames hit a great 142 finish to take the third set against Michael van Gerwen before missing out by 3-1.

There was an early defeat for Aaron Turner at the hands of Steve Smith.

Phil Taylor maintained his unbeaten record in the event by taking his fifth consecutive title.

A number of the Hampshire players had not had ideal preparation for the event due to the traffic problems caused by flooding in the midlands leading to trips of eighteen to nineteen hours.

There is further action all week from Blackpool as the £200,000 Stan James World Matchplay gets underway on Sunday.

21 July 2007 -

The four boys are pictured left. The other three are Ricky Evans, David Pallett and James Jennings.

All other executive council positions remain as for last season.

They will both face opposition from Avon, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and the Isle of Wight.

Gary Barnett landed a nine dart leg in his first match in a PDC event.

Bob Anderson, Dennis Ovens, Andy Smith, Mark Walsh, Peter Allen, Alan Caves, Garry Spedding and Wayne Atwood all qualified for a 32 man play off from which 8 players will join the 24 exempt players in the TV stages.

None of the Hampshire players who compete on the rival WDF circuit were able to place high enough to gain one of the 28 places available to them.

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Paul Hogan made the last sixteen before going down to Ted Hankey.

Quarter-finalists won £200 and players in the last sixteen took £100.

Wendy Reinstadtler made the last eight in the ladies' event losing out to eventual winner Karen Lawman. Wendy also collected £100 for her efforts.

Arron makes his England Junior debut during the week in the European Cup at Folkestone.

Sue Lowther is edged out in her preliminary round match and Andy Mitchell only survives until the first round proper in the Ladies' and Men's Singles. Andy is however beaten by Dave Chisnall who goes on to win the event.

In the Ladies' Pairs Pennie Lewis and Rhoda Harby win their opening game but then lose out in the first round proper and Danny Ballard and Rick Lowther meet with the same fate in the Men's Pairs.

Spare a thought however for Surrey qualifier Mark Richmond. After taking out a shot to go 1-0 up against Mike Veitch his opponent complained when he indulged in a soft drink which resulted in his disqualification.

Jo Sibley won the ladies title going one better than her runners up spot last year.

Jane Monaghan and Jo Senior made the quarter finals of the Ladies Doubles.

Paul Hogan and Paul Gibbs, and Roy Brown and Dave Prins could get no further than the last sixteen of the Men's Doubles.

Both Men's and Ladies' Singles take place on Sunday.

Colin Monk survives until the group quarter finals where Joseph Swick halts his run.

Robbie Newland, Steve Musson and Ged Harrop are beaten in the previous round and there are first round defeats for Ian Critchett and Sam Rooney.

James Wade will open the event tomorrow evening against Colin Osborne.

Andy Jenkins, Ian Critchett and Steve Musson each reach the group quarter finals. Andy is edged out by Tony Eccles, Ian goes down to Steve Maish and Steve loses out to Alex Roy.

Sam Rooney and Colin Monk both go down in the previous round to American opponents and former England International Ged Harrop and Robbie Newland are first round casualties.

A further qualifying round is held on Tuesday with the last eight places up for grabs.

Colin Monk makes the last 64 losing to Dennis Priestley while Andy Jenkins reaches the last 32 before Mark Dudbridge beats him by the odd set in five.

Incidentally, Rhoda reached the semi-finals of the first ever Ladies' World Masters, twenty five years ago.