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2006 Premier League Darts

Darts competition

2006 Holsten Premier League Darts
Winner
ENG Phil Taylor
Runner-up
NED Roland Scholten
Score
16–6
Date
16 February–29 May 2006
Edition
2nd
Number of players
7
Venues
11
Nine-dart finish
NED Raymond van Barneveld
Premier League Darts
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The 2006 Holsten Premier League the second year of the Professional Darts Corporation's popular darts league. The 2006 league was launched with the top six players in the PDC world rankings and the addition of a wildcard player, Raymond van Barneveld who decided to switch from the British Darts Organisation just weeks after reaching their 2006 World Championship final.

Barneveld, a four-times BDO World Champion went on to achieve the perfect nine-dart finish on 23 March against Peter Manley, on the fifth night of the 2006 Premier League at the Bournemouth International Centre. It was the same night that he faced Phil Taylor for the first time since his switch, the match ended in a 7–7 draw.

Taylor and Barneveld dominated the league stages, with both players winning every match in the league phase against the other 5 players in the league. Taylor came out on top 8–6 in their other meeting in Doncaster.

Given the form of Taylor and Barneveld in the group matches, there was much anticipation of a clash between the two in the final. However, it failed to materialise as Roland Scholten averaged 104.13 in the semi-final to hammer Barneveld (average 91.79) by 11 legs to 3. Phil Taylor averaged 105.03 in his 11–3 semi-final win over Colin Lloyd (average 99.42).

Phil Taylor successfully defended his title by seeing off Scholten in the final by 16 legs to 6. Taylor's average in the final was 101.41 to Scholten's 92.01.

Barneveld and Taylor would ultimately have their next meeting in the finals of the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, with Barneveld ending Taylor's three-year reign as champion.

Format

The format had a slight change from 2005. Previously, all twelve legs of a match had to be completed – regardless of whether a winner had already been determined. From 2006, a match would finish when a player reached the 8 legs victory target, unless the match reached 7–7 when the points would be shared and the match drawn.

Venues

Like the inaugural Premier League Darts event, all 11 venues were used, but this time venues in Scotland (Aberdeen) and Wales (Newport) were also used.

Results

16 February – Week 1

ENG King George's Hall, Blackburn

Score
Wayne Mardle ENG
95.01
Peter Manley ENG
86.38
Raymond van Barneveld NED
98.66
Phil Taylor ENG
106.79

23 February – Week 2

ENG Seaburn Leisure Centre, Sunderland

Score
Ronnie Baxter ENG
87.22
Wayne Mardle ENG
92.98
Colin Lloyd ENG
92.16
Roland Scholten NED
94.66

2 March – Week 3

SCO AECC, Aberdeen

Score
Colin Lloyd ENG
92.33
Peter Manley ENG
87.21
Raymond van Barneveld NED
91.48
Ronnie Baxter ENG
95.35

16 March – Week 4

ENG Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

Score
Phil Taylor ENG
97.09
Colin Lloyd ENG
86.02
Ronnie Baxter ENG
98.95
Roland Scholten NED
93.28

23 March – Week 5

ENG Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth

Score
Raymond van Barneveld NED
100.69
Roland Scholten NED
90.17
Colin Lloyd ENG
87.82
Phil Taylor ENG
100.88

Nine-dart finish

The Premier League's first nine-dart finish occurred, when Raymond van Barneveld hit one during the ninth leg of his match against Peter Manley, checking out with T20, T19 and D12.

30 March – Week 6

ENG Sands Centre, Carlisle

Score
Phil Taylor ENG
107.75
Ronnie Baxter ENG
97.02
Wayne Mardle ENG
88.47
Peter Manley ENG
86.41

6 April – Week 7

WAL Newport Centre, Newport

Score
Roland Scholten NED
86.97
Ronnie Baxter ENG
92.66
Peter Manley ENG
84.56
Raymond van Barneveld NED
101.72

20 April – Week 8

ENG The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster

Score
Phil Taylor ENG
93.24
Colin Lloyd ENG
99.67
Wayne Mardle ENG
86.44
Raymond van Barneveld NED
101.04

27 April – Week 9

ENG Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage

Score
Roland Scholten NED
84.35
Colin Lloyd ENG
87.59
Wayne Mardle ENG
94.60
Roland Scholten NED
83.89

4 May – Week 10

ENG Rivermead Centre, Reading

Score
Peter Manley ENG
86.71
Raymond van Barneveld NED
103.44
Raymond van Barneveld NED
96.14
Phil Taylor ENG
93.48
Ronnie Baxter ENG
101.33
Wayne Mardle ENG
83.58

Play-offs – 29 May

ENG Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth

Score
Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
Roland Scholten NED
104.13
Phil Taylor ENG
105.03
Final (best of 31 legs)
Phil Taylor ENG
101.41

Table and streaks

Table

Pos	Name	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	LF	LA	+/-	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	A	HC
ENG Phil Taylor W	12	11	1	0	23	95	45	+50	35	173	113	44	100.31	148
NED Raymond van Barneveld	12	10	1	1	21	93	49	+44	37	190	114	45	98.50	164
NED Roland Scholten RU	12	4	2	6	10	71	78	−7	25	178	98	40	88.84	137
ENG Colin Lloyd	12	4	1	7	9	67	83	−16	20	174	96	29	92.15	161
5	ENG Ronnie Baxter	12	3	2	7	8	63	79	−16	21	174	85	26	92.68	158
6	ENG Peter Manley	12	4	0	8	8	58	84	−26	19	214	112	13	89.48	160
7	ENG Wayne Mardle	12	1	3	8	5	61	90	−29	16	201	98	24	89.65	140

NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks

Player	Week	Play-offs	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	SF
ENG			colspan=2	colspan=2	colspan=2	res=D}}	colspan=2	colspan=2			colspan=2	colspan=6
NED Raymond van Barneveld	colspan=2	colspan=2	colspan=2	colspan=2			colspan=2	colspan=2	res=L}}	colspan=2	colspan=2	colspan=2	colspan=2
NED Roland Scholten	colspan=2			res=L}}	colspan=2	res=D}}	res=D}}	colspan=2	res=L}}			res=L}}
ENG Colin Lloyd	res=L}}	colspan=2	res=L}}	res=L}}	res=D}}	colspan=2			colspan=2	res=L}}	res=L}}	colspan=3
ENG Ronnie Baxter	res=L}}	res=L}}			colspan=2	res=D}}	res=L}}	res=D}}	res=L}}	res=L}}	colspan=3	res=L}}	rowspan=3 colspan=2
ENG Peter Manley	res=L}}	res=L}}	colspan=2			res=L}}			res=L}}	colspan=2	colspan=2	res=L}}
ENG Wayne Mardle	res=L}}	res=L}}	res=L}}			res=D}}	res=D}}	res=D}}	res=L}}	colspan=2	res=L}}	res=L}}

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost N/A = Did not play

Player statistics

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor

Longest unbeaten run: 12
Most consecutive wins: 6
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 0
Longest without a win: 1
Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Colin Lloyd and v. Peter Manley)
Biggest defeat: Player Undefeated

Raymond van Barneveld

Longest unbeaten run: 7
Most consecutive wins: 4
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 1
Longest without a win: 1
Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Ronnie Baxter)
Biggest defeat: 6–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Roland Scholten

Longest unbeaten run: 4
Most consecutive wins: 2
Most consecutive draws: 2
Most consecutive losses: 4
Longest without a win: 4
Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. Wayne Mardle)
Biggest defeat: 3–8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld (twice) and v. Phil Taylor)

Colin Lloyd

Longest unbeaten run: 2
Most consecutive wins: 1
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 2
Longest without a win: 3
Biggest victory: 8–4 (v. Ronnie Baxter and v. Wayne Mardle)
Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Ronnie Baxter

Longest unbeaten run: 2
Most consecutive wins: 1
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 2
Longest without a win: 5
Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. Colin Lloyd and v. Peter Manley)
Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld)

Peter Manley

Longest unbeaten run: 2
Most consecutive wins: 2
Most consecutive draws: 0
Most consecutive losses: 5
Longest without a win: 5
Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. Wayne Mardle)
Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Wayne Mardle

Longest unbeaten run: 3
Most consecutive wins: 1
Most consecutive draws: 3
Most consecutive losses: 5
Longest without a win: 9
Biggest victory: 8–5 (v. Ronnie Baxter)
Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Top match Averages

Darts averages are based on the total number of points scored divided number of darts thrown (multiplied by 3 in this case to give a "3 dart average"). There were 16 matches where a player managed an average in excess of 100 per visit to the board. Phil Taylor achieved this during seven matches, Raymond van Barneveld six times. Roland Scholten, Ronnie Baxter and Peter Manley each averaged over 100 during one match in the competition.

107.75 – Phil Taylor v Peter Manley (week 6)
106.79 – Phil Taylor v Colin Lloyd (week 1)
105.03 – Phil Taylor v Roland Scholten (final)
104.75 – Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld (week 8)
104.35 – Raymond van Barneveld v Ronnie Baxter (week 10)
104.13 – Roland Scholten v Raymond van Barneveld (semi-final)
103.44 – Raymond van Barneveld v Wayne Mardle (week 10)
102.19 – Phil Taylor v Peter Manley (week 7)
101.33 – Ronnie Baxter v Raymond van Barneveld (week 10, Baxter lost match 2–8)
101.72 – Raymond van Barneveld v Colin Lloyd (week 7)
101.05 – Phil Taylor v Ronnie Baxter (week 3)
101.04 – Raymond van Barneveld v Phil Taylor (week 8, Barneveld lost match 6–8)
100.88 – Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld (week 5)
100.69 – Raymond van Barneveld v Peter Manley (week 5)
100.55 – Raymond van Barneveld v Wayne Mardle (week 2)
100.35 – Peter Manley v Phil Taylor (week 6, Manley lost match 1–8)

References

"Holsten Premier League Scores & Stats". Planet Dats.
"Results of Premier League 2006". Mastercaller.
"Holsten Premier League Darts - Night Five". Planet Darts.

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