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The PDC World Grand Prix is held in Dublin each October. Its original venue was the Casino Rooms in Rochester, Kent in 1998 and 1999 and then for one year only in 2000 at the Crosbie Cedars Hotel in Rosslare, County Wexford. In 2001 the tournament moved to its current home at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.

The Grand Prix was originally sponsored by bookmakers Paddy Power before Sky Bet took over in 2004. The subsidiary Sky Poker followed as the tournament's sponsor in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, online gambling company Bodog became the event's title sponsor and in 2011 PartyPoker.com took over as sponsor. You can bet on this year’s Grand Prix easily on william hill sports betting online

Although he has dominated the event with ten title wins, Phil Taylor has been knocked out of the World Grand Prix three times in the first round. In 2001, he lost 2–1 to qualifier Kevin Painter, in 2004 by 2 sets to 0 to Andy Callaby, and in 2007 he went down 2–0 in sets to Adrian Gray.

The current Champion is Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands, who defeated Mervyn King 6–4 in the final on 14 October 2012.

The tournament is unusual in that it is the only televised event in which players must commence and finish each leg on a double including the bullseye.

There have been several different formats for the tournament. The first event in 1998 event was a straight knock-out tournament played in a set play format with each set being contested over the best of three legs.

The following year this changed to the best of five legs per set. Furthermore, a group stage was introduced in 1999, with their only being four seeded players for the event, all of whom reached the semi-finals. In 2000 the tournament reverted to being a straight knock-out and has remained so ever since.

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Final

Campbell Jackson 6 Charlie Grant 1

Semi Finals

Campbell Jackson 5 Adrian Byrne 0

Charlie Grant 5 Colin Maxwell 3

Quarter Finals

Campbell Jackson 4 John Murray 3

Adrian Byrne 4 Hugh Doherty Jnr 3

Charlie Grant 4 John McGinley 2

Colin Maxwell 4 Kieran Carr 1

Second Round

Campbell Jackson 4 Noel Kennedy 0

John Murray 4 Martin McGinley 0

Adrian Byrne 4 Michael Molloy 2

Hugh Doherty Jnr 4 James Byrne (Bracken) 1

Charlie Grant 4 Kenneth Kennedy 2

John McGinley 4 Peter Savage 2

Colin Maxwell 4 Joe Flood 1

Kieran Carr 4 Mark Boyle 0

First Round

Campbell Jackson 4 James Byrne 1

John Murray 4 Antony Gallagher 3

Martin McGinley 4 John Porter 2

Hugh Doherty Jnr 4 Colm Carr 2

James Byrne (Bracken) 4 Cormac Cunningham 1

Charlie Grant 4 Joe Gallagher 2

John McGinley 4 John Gallagher 2

Peter Savage 4 Scott McBrearty 2

Colin Maxwell 4 JP Byrne 1

Kieran Carr 4 Paul McNern 0

Mark Boyle 4 John McHugh 3

2013 Leo Molloy runner up Charlie Grant

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Roartys complete treble with 5-2 win over Big Francies

Roartys completed the treble for the second year running with this 5-2 win over Big Francies. John McGinley/Kieran Carr opened their account with a 2-0 win over John D Gallagher/John Murphy with John finishing tops and Kieran finishing eighteens. Dermot McGuire/Antony Gallagher also won 2-0 by beating Mike Naulty/Antony Gallagher double five by Dermot and double ten by Antony were the game winners. Michael Naulty/Kieran Gallagher put Big Francies on the board with a 2-0 victory over JP Byrne/Michael Byrne double sixteen in the first and 118 in the second by Michael where the finishes.

John McGinley put Roartys 3-1 up after a battle with John Murphy, Murphy won the first on double four, John Con also hit double four followed by a 75 outshot to go 2-1 up, Murphy took the game to a tie breaker with a 78 checkout and in the decider a double eighteen finish won it for the Roartys. Dermot McGuire had a 3-0 win over John Damien Gallagher to put Roartys 4-1 up double eight, tops and five were the doubles he took out. Michael Naulty got the Ardara sides second and last game of the night following his 3-1 win over Kieran Carr double tops and a 120 finish put him 2-0 up a double five finish got Kieran back in the match but a double ten finish won the match for Michael. Anthony Gallagher overcame Mike Naulty 3-1 to get the match winning point for Roartys double tops and a 180 in the first and a double eight in the second put him 2-0 up, Mike hit back with a double ten finish but the final darts of the league season where from Anthony as he hit tops to seal the treble. The remaining games were Michael Byrne v Kieran Gallagher and JP Byrne v Anthony Gallagher.

Full list of season stats HERE

John and Anthony lift the league cup

John Con and Anthony lift the league cup

Mike Naulty of Big Francies

Runners up captain Mike Naulty

League cup and trophies

2013 Player of the year Michael Naulty

2013 Player of the year Michael Naulty with John McGinley

Least darts Dermot McGuire

Least darts finish 12 by Dermot McGuire with Declan McGettigan SWDDL

Most 180s Andrew Gillespie

Most 180's Andrew Gillespie with James Byrne SWDDL

Highest checkout Anthony Gallagher

Highest checkout 157 Anthony Gallagher with Declan McGettigan SWDDL

JP Speech

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O’Donnell’s clinch B Cup in a 5-4 thriller!

O’Donnell’s are the B cup champions for the third time following this hard fought win over The Glenhead in the curtain raiser to the league final in The Cope House. Rory’s won the first two doubles with Andrew Gillespie/David Kennedy beating Jason Cunnea/Jamie McNern 2-0 with David finishing the two legs on double ten. Josie Gillespie/Jamesie Boyle beat Barr Carr and Ryan McNern 2-1, Josie finished double three and tops while Barry took out double seven in the first leg. Hugh Doherty/Kenneth Byrne had a 2-0 win over John Gallagher/Damien McBrearty double four and double two checkouts by Hugh put the Glenhead on the board.

Andrew Gillespie had a hard fought win over Ryan McNern who came from 2-0 down in a very entertaining match, 118 and double eight checkouts put Andrew 2-0 the first in 15 darts up but 58 and double four checkouts forced a deciding match and Andrew took out on tops to win it, Ryan missed darts to tie up the match. Barry Carr won the next match for the Cashel side with a 3-1 win against Damien McBrearty, double six, eight and four where the checkouts for Barry while tops was Damien’s finish. On paper the next game was billed the match of the night and did not disappoint with John Gallagher beating Hugh Doherty 3-1, Hugh won the first with a 72 checkout but some great darts in the next legs won the match for Menchia, double eight, four and 97 checkouts and a 17 dart final leg put O’Donnell’s 4-2 up.

Jason Cunnea started the Glenhead comeback with a 3-0 win over Josie Gillespie, two double two and a double ten finish sealed a steady performance by Jason. Jamie McNern set up a deciding match who he also had a 3-0 win his opponent was David Kennedy, double seven, two and tops where his finishes. In the winner takes all match Jamesie Boyle was the match winner with a 3-2 win against Kenneth Byrne in a match that could have went either way, Kenneth won the first leg on double fourteen, Boyle made it 1-1 with a double eight, a 180 helped Kenneth to win the third leg with Jamesie tying it up with a double fifteen followed by a double eight to seal the win for O’Donnell’s in a very entertaining match!

B Cup Runners up Glenhead

B Runners up Glenhead

B Trophies

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Roartys 4 Cope House 0 (in Glenhead)

Roartys wade it three in a row of knockout cups with this 4-0 win over The Cope House in a repeat of last year’s final. John McGinley opened the holders account with a 5-0 win over Paul Gillespie he had 15 and 16 dart finishes and a 180 in this game. Anthony Gallagher beat Niall Cunningham by the same score line he had a 72 check out in the third a 17 dart leg as well.

The next match was much closer Irwin Muirhead went 2-0 up with a 19 dart leg in the second; Michael Byrne made it 2-2 with the help of a 180 before Irwin went back in the lead hitting double 7. Michael then took the next three legs to win the match by taking advantage of Iriwns missed doubles to but Roartys 3-0 up.

It was Dermot McGuire in his first year with Roartys who was the match winner with a 5-2 win against Declan Cunningham, Dermot went 3-0 up winning the second leg in 13 darts finishing with a 157. Declan got off the mark with a 70 checkout, while a double 10 finish but Dermot 4-1 up another 70 out show by Declan made it 4-2 but Dermot won the cup in style with a 91 finish. The Cope were dealt a blow before the match with the unavailability of Philip Gallagher and Gerry McBrearty due to work commitments, while Roartys will try to make a clean sweep for the second year running next Friday against Big Francies.