The 2007 World Matchplay winner looked set to suffer an early defeat when Smith, aided by checkouts of 151 and 116, took leads of 7-5 and 8-7.

Whitlock depsite missing more than a dozen events on the calendar due to overseas commitments still held onto 4th position in the DPA Rankings to hold his spot in the team

Todays event will see the top 10 players known for qualification to the Oceanic masters main round along with the finalisation of the australian Team to meet NZ in August.

The Dutchman fired in a perfect leg during his 10-1 victory over Denis Ovens on the opening night of the £400,000 tournament - emulating Phil Taylor's achievement in landing the event's only previous

Simon was in the Team Darts along Side Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis and Joe Taylor....

The Darts Combination won the event with a total of 18.40 kg, Simon picking up 6.10kg towards the haul

The 42 year-old Australian (who is now based in the UK), capped a stunning week of darts by defeating the World's number 2 ,3 and 4 seeds on his way to the PDC World Championship final on his first at

Bill Aitken defeated Barry Jouannet 6 - 5 to take out day one of the Warilla Bowls and Recreation club Darts Open

Last 16 (Losers $50)
Aaron Petty 6-3 Mark Anderson

G'Day Australia.... Alan Warriner here.... Hope your well, if you get the chance have a go at the Darts quiz I did for the PDPA fanzone area it’s pretty hard.

Warilla Bowls club will host this weekends round of the Puma Australian Grand Prix where the top 10 in the DPA Rankings will be finalised for the oceanic masters qualification