Ovens claimed the £6,000 title with a fine day of darts in the Tercentenary Sports Hall, picking up his first win in two-and-a-half years and reaching a final for the first time in 16 months.

The Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship finalist claimed victory in Saturday's Unanderra Hotel Open, and repeated the feat to take home the $1,000 first prize 24 hours later.

Whitlock claimed his second Australian Grand Prix title of the year with the triumph, as he warmed up in style for the start of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts on Thursday.

A range of themed t-shirts have been launched that will be sold at every leg of the tour that starts on Thursday 11th February at The O2 arena in London and will visit 15 of the biggest arenas in the

In October 2009, the PDC offered £1 million to purchase the BDO, with a further £1 million which would then have been invested in amateur darts.

Nicholson produced the greatest form of his life to claim the £60,000 first prize and mark his rise to 16th in the PDC Order of Merit with a superb finale to the Essex-based event.

Taylor had led 3-1 in the early stages but fell 6-4 and 9-7 down thanks to some superb finishing from his opponent.

Nicholson held the upper hand for most of the match but fell 7-6 down to the Stoke youngster, before producing three superb legs to secure victory.

There was never more than one leg between the two players throughout but Taylor managed to come through and set up a clash with Colin Lloyd, who the Stoke star defeated at the same stage of last year'