Aspinall and Searle to contest Players Championship 18 Final as first time winner confirmed
NewsWednesday, 05 September 2018 at 17:19
There will be a new winner on the PDC tour shortly with Nathan Aspinall and Ryan Searle set to contest the final of Players Championship 18 at the Barnsley Metrodome.
Both had to do it the hard way with last leg shootouts in both semi-final clashes. Aspinall saw off Ian White mounting a comeback and surviving six match darts to win through to his first final. The emotion on his face afterwards showed exactly what it meant to him.
Searle is back in form and claimed the Champion of Champions, a News of the World type event ran by Red Dragon in Cardiff a few weeks back. He defeated another unseeded player in Ron Meulenkamp. ’The Bomb’ was left on 60 in the final leg but missed match darts giving Searle the chance to pounce with his last dart in hand.
Click here for more information about the Pro Tour and the prize fund breakdown.
Searle is back in form and claimed the Champion of Champions, a News of the World type event ran by Red Dragon in Cardiff a few weeks back. He defeated another unseeded player in Ron Meulenkamp. ’The Bomb’ was left on 60 in the final leg but missed match darts giving Searle the chance to pounce with his last dart in hand.
Click here for more information about the Pro Tour and the prize fund breakdown.
Players Championship 18
Last Eight
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 5 Steve Beaton
Ian White 6 | 5 Gerwyn Price
Ron Meulenkamp 6 | 3 John Henderson
Ryan Searle 6 | 4 Steve Lennon
Ian White 6 | 5 Gerwyn Price
Ron Meulenkamp 6 | 3 John Henderson
Ryan Searle 6 | 4 Steve Lennon
Last Four
Final
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