He hadn’t picked a dart up for nearly a month but it’s back to business for James Wade!
The Unicorn star claimed a 4th ranking title of the year with an 8-5 Players Championship victory over Portugal’s Jose de Sousa in Wigan.
The win moves Wade to the top of the Players Championship Order of Merit.
In the final, ‘The Machine’ punished his opponent for missed doubles despite being 10 points behind in the averages. An 86 finish to break throw and lead 5-4 was the key moment in the final and Wade was clinical as he completed a convincing win.
After victories over the Dutch duo of Benito van de Pas and Yordi Meeuwisse, he won a last leg decider
Team Unicorn ace Chris Dobey will make his debut at the World Matchplay next month in Blackpool.
He secured his prized place at the Winter Gardens with a brilliant run to a first Euro Tour final.
Dobey may have lost the final of the Danish Darts Open to Dave Chisnall in Copenhagen, but his stock continued to rise over the weekend.
“Of course it is disappointing not to win my first big PDC title, but that will come I know. So many players have eyes on Blackpool and the Matchplay, so to achieve that goal means a lot to me,” he said.
Team Unicorn ace Gary Anderson is a World Cup winner.
Together with Peter Wright, the pair took Scotland to the pinnacle as they beat surprise finalists the Republic of Ireland in the final in Hamburg.
It marks the perfect return to big-time darts for Anderson, who of course has been plagued by injury problems during 2019.
“This is an amazing feeling,” Gary said. “To represent your country and win a World Cup is something you only dream about starting out in any sport. We’ve come close before, so this is very special.”
“I haven’t played much competitive darts this year because of my back and elbow problems and came here not really
Super Ted Evetts produced some super darts to claim two titles on the latest weekend of the PDC Unicorn Development Tour.
It takes Evetts tally of wins to FOUR this year on the Development Tour and he is a clear leader at the top of the order of merit.
The Team Unicorn starlet beat Irishman Shane McGuirk 5-3 in the final of event 10 on Saturday and Evetts then whitewashed Bradley Brooks to claim event 12 on Sunday at Milton Keynes.
His second victory saw Evetts in imperious form as he lost only two legs in five games en route to the quarter-finals. Then came a 5-2 win over Owen Roelofs, followed by a 5-1 success over Geert Nentjes in the semi-finals, before he didn’t give Brooks a
Highly talented Japanese player Toru Suzuki has signed for Unicorn Darts.
The 32 year old from Yamanashi is delighted to be on board with the World's leading darts manufacturer and follows in the footsteps of close friend and practise partner Seigo Asada in being the third Japanese star to represent the brand ''Unicorn is a very famous worldwide dart brand and I am so honoured to receive this opportunity.''
Masakazu Fukunaga and Yoshikazu Arai from Felix Corporation the Unicorn Distributor in Japan echoed those thoughts: “All of us at Felix Corporation are delighted that Unicorn have given Toru this opportunity. Their knowledge and help will play a crucial part in his darting development.”