Kevin Burness made the best start on Monday in the final week of the fourth season in the Online Darts Live League. 'Iron Man' started the week by winning four of his five matches.
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Burness only went down in his final match against Richie Burnett (4-0). Before that, the Northern Irishman had beaten Martin Adams (4-0), Gary Stone (4-2), Robert Owen (4-0) and Jarred Cole (4-2).
Each player will play three times against the other players in the group until Wednesday. The winner of this group goes directly to the final group on Saturday.
The numbers two, three and four of the league table play a new group against two new players on Thursday night and Friday night. These are Chas Barstow and Nick Fullwell.
The numbers five and six of the standings on Wednesday, also play a new group against new participants. In this group Rob Collins, Connor Scutt, Johnny Haines and Chris Gilliand are the new entrants. They will play on Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon. From the evening group, three players will go to the final and from the morning group, two players will go to the final, making the final group consisting of six players.
Unlike the first edition of the Modus League in 2020, the games are not played online via a webcam connection, but at a location in Southampton. The matches can be followed via the YouTube channel of Online Darts.
Schedule Online Darts Live League (Phase 4, Champions Week)
I stumbled into the world of darts quite by accident back in 2013. For a Journalism School assignment, I had to produce a live sports report and as it happened, the European Tour event in Veldhoven was the only available option. That weekend, I caught the darts bug. The post-match interviews especially appealed to me, as darts players tend to be much more open and approachable than what you usually see with footballers on television.
After a few detours, I joined Dartsnieuws.com in 2017 as editor-in-chief. I don’t have much competitive experience myself, although I once entered a PDC Development Tour weekend just to experience what it’s like from a player’s perspective. I even managed to win a leg against a Tour Card holder and, quite by accident, earned £50 in prize money.
In 2022, I was also involved in the founding of the TOTO Dart Kings, a commercial darts team, where I worked as media manager for three years. Unfortunately, due to new legislation in the Netherlands, that project came to an end in 2025.
Through my work in darts, I’ve been fortunate to travel to some incredible events, from Premier League nights at Ahoy Rotterdam, to several World Championships, and even the US Darts Masters at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Beyond darts, I’m a passionate sports fan in general. You can always wake me up for a game of tennis or padel, and I love following football, tennis, padel, cycling, Formula 1, and ice skating.