Johnny Haines became the 11th weekly winner in the second season of the MODUS Super Series on Saturday night in Portsmouth.
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The best six players from the first five days of play met Saturday divided into two groups during the final day of this week of play.
Haines was first assigned to Group A with Mark Lawrence and Paul Linwood. 'The Punk' won both group matches, while Lawrence claimed victory in the match against Linwood to advance to the knockout stage as number two.
In Group B, Neil Duff, Kevin Edwards and Mark McGeeney all won one match. Based on leg balance, Duff and Edwards advanced to the semi-finals.
Haines then beat Edwards 4-1 in the first semi-final, while Duff was too strong for Lawrence 4-1. Haines then took the weekly title by beating Duff 4-1 in the final.
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.