Parkinson's UK are the official charity partner of the PDC for 2016, with the aim of raising £100,000 towards research into a cure for Parkinson's through the "Targeting Parkinson's" initiative.

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HOME Hopes in the Dutch Darts Masters were ended in the second round in Nuland on Saturday.

KYLE ANDERSON denied nine-dart hero Gordon Mathers an AGP double in Canberra.

SHANE TICHOWITSCH has sealed his place in the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship.

RESULTS & round-up from Friday's first round at the Dutch Darts Masters European Tour event.