LEDBURY ace Terry Jenkins will face American number one Darin Young in the first round of the William Hill World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace in London.

The Bull is seeded 11th for the PDC showpiece event, featuring 72 players from all corners of the globe competing for a record £1.5million in prize money and the Sid Waddell trophy.

Jenkins reached the third round of last year’s event before crashing to a 4-1 defeat against world number one Michael van Gerwen.

His best performance in the tournament was in 2011 when he reached the semi-finals before bowing out 6-2 to Gary Anderson, the current reigning champion.

Jenkins has been runner-up in nine major PDC finals – he is yet to win a televised tournament.

He will be hoping for a solid display at the World Championship which runs from December 17 to January 3, 2016.

Jenkins’ record at the World Darts Championship:

2005: Third round (lost to Ronnie Baxter 4-2).

2006: Second round (lost to Andy Hamilton 4-1).

2007: Quarter-finals (lost to Andy Hamilton 5-4).

2008: First round (lost to Kirk Shepherd 3-2).

2009: First round (lost to Dennis Smith 3-1).

2010: Third round (lost to Simon Whitlock 4-2).

2011: Semi-finals (lost to Gary Anderson 6-2).

2012: Quarter-finals (lost to Adrian Lewis 5-3).

2013: Third round (lost to Andy Hamilton 4-1).

2014: First round (lost to Per Laursen 3-2).

2015: Third round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 4-1).

 

William Hill 2016 World Championship draw

Preliminary round draw:

Michael Rasztovits (Austria) v Rob Szabo (New Zealand).

Keita Ono (Japan) v Alex Tagarao (Philippines).

Warrick Scheffer (South Africa) v John Michael (Greece).

Qiang Sun (China) v Mick McGowan (Ireland).

Aleksandr Oreshkin (Russia) v Paul Lim (Singapore).

Kim Viljanen (Finland) v Sven Groen (Netherlands).

PDPA Qualifier Runner-Up v Per Laursen (Denmark).

Thanawat Gaweenuntawong (Thailand) v Rene Eidams (Germany).

 

First round draw:

Michael van Gerwen v Gaweenuntawong/Eidams.

Gary Anderson v PDPA Qualifier Runner-Up/Laursen .

Phil Taylor v Ono/Tagarao.

Peter Wright v Keegan Brown.

Adrian Lewis v Jan Dekker.

Robert Thornton v Alan Norris.

James Wade v Scheffer/Michael.

Michael Smith v Jeffrey de Zwaan.

Ian White v Dimitri van den Bergh.

Simon Whitlock v PDPA Qualifier.

Terry Jenkins v Darin Young.

Kim Huybrechts v David Pallett.

Dave Chisnall v Rowby-John Rodriguez.

Mervyn King v Oreshkin/Lim.

Vincent van der Voort v Loz Ryder.

Raymond van Barneveld v Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Stephen Bunting v Jyhan Artut.

Brendan Dolan v Kyle Anderson.

Jelle Klaasen v Joe Cullen.

Justin Pipe v Christian Kist.

Mensur Suljovic v Jermaine Wattimena.

Mark Webster v Sun/McGowan.

Jamie Caven v Rasztovits/Szabo.

Benito van de Pas v Max Hopp.

Steve Beaton v Koha Kokri.

Wes Newton v Cristo Reyes.

Andy Hamilton v Joe Murnan.

Andrew Gilding v Gerwyn Price.

Dean Winstanley v Ronny Huybrechts.

Kevin Painter v Viljanen/Groen.

Jamie Lewis v Daryl Gurney.

John Henderson v Darren Webster.