Bull succumbs to hot-shot Barney (From Worcester News)

Bull succumbs to hot-shot Barney

10:37am Friday 12th March 2010 in

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RAYMOND Van Barneveld stormed back to form with the highest average so far in the 2010 Whyte and Mackay Premier League Darts in seeing off Terry Jenkins 8-4 at the MEN Arena in Manchester.

The Dutchman had slipped to second-from-bottom in the Premier League table following three successive defeats but claimed a much-needed victory against 2007 runner-up Jenkins last night.

Van Barneveld raced into a 4-0 lead and also led 7-1 before Ledbury's Jenkins took three successive legs to threaten a comeback, which was killed off by the five-time world champion, whose end average of 106.92 is the highest of the event so far.

He began the game in superb fashion, breaking the Bull's throw in the opening leg before hitting a 180 in a 14-darter to double his lead.

He then posted legs of 13 and 11 darts to move 4-0 up before Jenkins hit a maximum of his own in a 13-dart finish to get off the mark.

However, he could do little in the next three legs to prevent van Barneveld, who had allowed a 2-0 lead to slip in an 8-2 loss to Phil Taylor last week, to move 7-1 ahead.

Jenkins took out double 11 to stay in the game before a bullseye finish and a 14-darter gave him three in a row in pulling back to 7-4.

However, van Barneveld was quick to seal victory, rounding off a clinical display with three 140s and an 81 finish for an 11-darter.