RESULTS from the first day of the Budweiser UK Open Midlands Regional Final.

THERE was double Dutch delight in Newport on Thursday as Raymond van Barneveld and Roland Scholten kept up the pressure on Phil Taylor at the top of the 2006 Holsten Premier League Darts.

PHIL TAYLOR and Wayne Mardle will join the world's leading jockeys ahead of the 2006 John Smith's Grand National when they attend the Alder Hey Darts Challenge on Friday.

COLIN LLOYD has fired a warning to his rivals in the Holsten Premier League: "I'm getting back to my best!"

DETAILS of accommodation rates for the weekend of PDC tournaments at Lakeside Holiday Village, Hayling Island in June - Limited Accommodation available.

QUALIFIERS from Day Two of the Greene King Regional Finals for the 2006 Budweiser UK Open.

THE first 16 Greene King Qualifiers for the 2006 Budweiser UK Open won their places at the Reebok Stadium in Saturday's West and South Regional Finals.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD remains hot on the heels of Phil Taylor at the top of the Holsten Premier League Darts table after the pair defeated Peter Manley at Carlisle's Sands Centre on Thursday.

BOARD ASSIGNMENTS for the Budweiser UK Open Midlands Regional Final, which takes place at four venues on 8 and 9 April.

PETER MANLEY will appear in front of his home-town crowd when the Holsten Premier League Darts returns to Carlisle's Sands Centre on Thursday.