UK Darts Issue 8 - November 2013 | Page 46

Players Championships 13 Photo: PDC With the World’s top sixteen players away at the Coral Masters Quarter-Finals Saturday November 2nd was a perfect opportunity for those outside the top 16 to make a mark on the darting world as the Ricky Evans 6-5 Jamie Caven Players Championship moved on to it’s thirteenth event of the Ian White 6-0 Mark Frost year in Wigan. Mensur Suljovic 6-0 Jamie Lewis It was Brendan Dolan who seized the opportunity with both hands, as the Northern Irishman claimed a maiden PDC title with a 6-3 victory over Ricky Evans in the final. Brendan Dolan 6-5 Kevin McDine Semi-Finals Dolan dropped only three legs in his opening three encounters of the event as he overcame Dan Russell, Dean Winstanley and Vincent van der Voort to reach the quarter finals, where he was a 6-5 winner over Kevin McDine. Ricky Evans 6-1 Ian White The Northern Irishman then set about demolishing Austria’s Mensur Suljovic 6-1 in the semi-finals, setting up a final encounter with Kettering-based youngster Ricky Evans. Brendan Dolan 6-3 Ricky Evans Evans produced some clinical finishing in the early stages of the final, racing into a 3-1 lead, before experience allowed Dolan to fight back and level the match. Dolan then produced legs of 14, 14 and 11 darts to run away with the encounter, the 6-3 victory securing his maiden PDC victory and the £10,000 first prize. “I’m really happy and it means a lot to win one of these tournaments,” said Dolan. “It’s my seventh final on the floor and eighth in total and it feels so good to win something.” Brendan Dolan 6-1 Mensur Suljovic Final