PHIL TAYLOR will begin the defence of his Stan James World Matchplay against Blackpool's Wes Newton next month.

JOHN PART won Sunday's Players Championship at Hayling Island with a 3-1 victory over Mervyn King in the final.

TERRY JENKINS won his second Pro Tour title of 2007 with a 3-0 defeat of Wes Newton in the final of Saturday's Players Championship at Hayling Island.

VINCENT VAN DER VOORT'S run in the Blue Square UK Open has won him a place in the PartyPoker.net Grand Slam of Darts and also moved him into the world's top 50.

FOLLOWING Phil Taylor's perfect leg at the Blue Square UK Open, the PDC's nine-dart jackpot will start again at £5,000 for the Las Vegas Desert Classic.

THE final four places in the Stan James World Matchplay will be decided this weekend in two of the most important events of the year.

SIMON WHITLOCK moved a step closer to qualifying for the 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship by winning the two AGP events this weekend.

THE Blue Square UK Open saw the effects of competing on the biggest stages monitored for the first time with leading players.

THE automatic qualifiers for the Las Vegas Desert Classic and Stan James World Matchplay are now confirmed following the Blue Square UK Open.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD retained the Blue Square UK Open title with a 16-8 win over fellow Dutchman Vincent van der Voort at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton.