Good....

From DN:

For the third year in a row, Michael van Gerwen won an exhibition tournament at Lakeside. The Dutchman is on a exhibition tour through England together with some compatriots such as Vincent van der Voort and other top foreign top darters.

After his victory in Preston on Thursday, ‘Mighty Mike’ was too strong in Frimley Green on Friday night. Van Gerwen was the boss with a 4-3 victory in an exciting finale Danny Noppert.

Noppert had previously knocked Raymond van Barneveld (4-3) and James Wade (4-3) out of the tournament. Van Barneveld defeated Vincent van der Voort in the quarterfinals after playing a deciding leg. Van Gerwen had victories over Wayne Mardle (4-3) and Justin van Tergouw (4-1) on his way to the final.

On Saturday evening Van Gerwen also won in Bristol in an exhibition together with Van der Voort, Mardle, Van Tergouw and Phil Taylor. Peter Wright was also booked for this event, but has had to sign out due to health problems.

Quarter final
Justin van Tergouw 4-1 Matt Hepburn
Michael van Gerwen 4-3 Wayne Mardle
Danny Noppert 4-3 James Wade
Raymond van Barneveld 4-3 Vincent van der Voort

Semi finals
Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Justin van Tergouw
Danny Noppert 4-3 Raymond van Barneveld

Final
Michael van Gerwen 4-3 Danny Noppert

Video of MVG v Tergouw: http://dartsnews.com/michael-van-gerwen ... -lakeside/

http://dartsnews.com/jeff-smith-interview-part-1/

Jeff Smith is one of the best players to come out of Canada with multiple appearances at Lakeside including a semi-final and final and he now has the opportunity to play in the PDC World Championship in a few weeks and recently Dartsnews had the opportunity to speak to the Silencer on a variety of topics including his Ally Pally debut, Finder Darts Masters and Lakeside.

http://dartsnews.com/peter-jacques-inte ... e-journey/

Dartsnews.com recently caught up with a host of players who will be playing in the World’s, the next is Peter Jacques.

Zweeler wrote: http://dartsnews.com/michael-van-gerwen ... taylor-121


Michael van Gerwen has won an exhibition tournament in the United Kingdom for the third day in a row defeating Phil Taylor in the final 4-0.

MvG averaged 120.24 and not 120.77!
Just saying...

http://dartsnews.com/jeff-smith-interview-part-2/

In the run up to the World Championship, Dartsnews has spoken to various players and after part 1, here’s part 2 of the interview with Jeff Smith. In this part we speak about Q-School, World Series events coming back to America, Winmau and finally his nickname.

http://dartsnews.com/pdc-world-darts-ch ... iew-day-1/

Our preview for day 1

http://dartsnews.com/van-der-voort-stri ... that-down/

VAN DER VOORT STRIKES BACK AT CO STOMPÉ AFTER ACCUSATION: ‘HE’S A COCK, YOU CAN WRITE THAT DOWN’

http://dartsnews.com/lorraine-winstanle ... ew-part-1/

Ahead of Lakeside starting next month, Dartsnews.com caught up with Lorraine Winstanley for an interview that will be released in two parts before Lakeside.

http://dartsnews.com/toon-greebe-intens ... amputated/

Toon Greebe was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday. The 29-year-old darter who has competed in both the PDC and most recently the BDO from Den Bosch had an infection in his foot.

Zweeler wrote:http://dartsnews.com/toon-greebe-intens ... amputated/

Toon Greebe was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday. The 29-year-old darter who has competed in both the PDC and most recently the BDO from Den Bosch had an infection in his foot.

Pretty slow for a journo

http://dartsnews.com/jim-williams-pre-l ... interview/

Dartsnews.com has caught up with multiple players who will be competing at Lakeside next month, the next is Jim Williams.

WCDPA wrote:

Zweeler wrote:http://dartsnews.com/toon-greebe-intens ... amputated/

Toon Greebe was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday. The 29-year-old darter who has competed in both the PDC and most recently the BDO from Den Bosch had an infection in his foot.

Pretty slow for a journo

The poster is not a journo

http://dartsnews.com/video-anderson-cal ... hip-clash/

Gary Anderson was not amused on Friday night with a dismissive gesture made by Phil Taylor during the Scot’s turn. The incident happened at the end of the World Championship quarter-final meeting between the two, which 16-time world champion Taylor won 5-3.

I'm no lip reader but doesn't look like prick to me.

http://dartsnews.com/lorraine-winstanley-part-2/

Ahead of Lakeside starting in a few days time, Dartsnews.com caught up with Lorraine Winstanley for an interview that has been released in two parts before Lakeside.

http://dartsnews.com/jelle-klaasen-leav ... ufacturer/

Jelle Klaasen has released news on Facebook this morning of him leaving both his management stable and manufacturer of his darts to start 2018 and with scrapping of entry fees for this season, other darts players will be joining Jelle in potentially switching to better management deals.

http://dartsnews.com/richard-veenstra-interview/

Dartsnews.com has done another interview ahead of Lakeside, Richard Veenstra known as ‘Flyers’ is currently ranked 11th by the BDO and will compete in his third World Championship starting in a few days time at Frimley Green.

http://dartsnews.com/nick-kenny-pre-lakeside-interview/

Dartsnews.com has another pre-Lakeside interview today with Welshman Nick Kenny who starts his campaign against Willem Mandigers at the BDO World Darts Championships starting this weekend.

http://dartsnews.com/van-gerwen-bdo-ext ... urnaments/

Michael van Gerwen has questioned the ability of BDO players to participate in PDC tournaments. The BDO now provides eight participants for the Grand Slam of Darts, while BDO players can also compete in the UK Open through Riley’s Qualifiers.