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2006 Premier League Darts

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The 2006 Holsten Premier League the second year of the Professional Darts Corporation's popular darts league. The 2006 league was launched with the top six players in the PDC world rankings and the addition of a wildcard player, Raymond van Barneveld who decided to switch from the British Darts Organisation just weeks after reaching their 2006 World Championship final.

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Barneveld, a four-times BDO World Champion went on to achieve the perfect nine-dart finish on 23 March against Peter Manley, on the fifth night of the 2006 Premier League at the Bournemouth International Centre. It was the same night that he faced Phil Taylor for the first time since his switch, the match ended in a 7–7 draw.

Taylor and Barneveld dominated the league stages, with both players winning every match in the league phase against the other 5 players in the league. Taylor came out on top 8–6 in their other meeting in Doncaster.

Given the form of Taylor and Barneveld in the group matches, there was much anticipation of a clash between the two in the final. However, it failed to materialise as Roland Scholten averaged 104.13 in the semi final to hammer Barneveld (average 91.79) by 11 legs to 3. Phil Taylor averaged 105.03 in his 11–3 semi-final win over Colin Lloyd (average 99.42).

Phil Taylor successfully defended his title by seeing off Scholten in the final by 16 legs to 6. Taylor's average in the final was 101.41 to Scholten's 92.01.

League Stage

The format had a slight change from 2005. Previously, all twelve legs of a match had to be completed – regardless of whether a winner had already been determined. From 2006, a match would finish when a player reached the 8 legs victory target, unless the match reached 7–7 when the points would be shared and the match drawn.

Playoffs

Pavilions, Plymouth

Table

NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost DNP = Did not play

Player Statistics

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor

  • Longest unbeaten run: 12
  • Most consecutive wins: 6
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 0
  • Longest without a win: 1
  • Biggest victory: 8-1 (v. Colin Lloyd and v. Peter Manley)
  • Biggest defeat: Player Undefeated
  • Raymond van Barneveld

  • Longest unbeaten run: 7
  • Most consecutive wins: 4
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 1
  • Longest without a win: 1
  • Biggest victory: 8-1 (v. Ronnie Baxter)
  • Biggest defeat: 6-8 (v. Phil Taylor)
  • Roland Scholten

  • Longest unbeaten run: 4
  • Most consecutive wins: 2
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 4
  • Longest without a win: 4
  • Biggest victory: 8-3 (v. Wayne Mardle)
  • Biggest defeat: 3-8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld (twice) and v. Phil Taylor)
  • Colin Lloyd

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8-4 (v. Ronnie Baxter and v. Wayne Mardle)
  • Biggest defeat: 1-8 (v. Phil Taylor)
  • Ronnie Baxter

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 5
  • Biggest victory: 8-3 (v. Colin Lloyd and v. Peter Manley)
  • Biggest defeat: 1-8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld)
  • Peter Manley

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 2
  • Most consecutive draws: 0
  • Most consecutive losses: 5
  • Longest without a win: 5
  • Biggest victory: 8-3 (v. Wayne Mardle)
  • Biggest defeat: 1-8 (v. Phil Taylor)
  • Wayne Mardle

  • Longest unbeaten run: 3
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 3
  • Most consecutive losses: 5
  • Longest without a win: 9
  • Biggest victory: 8-5 (v. Ronnie Baxter)
  • Biggest defeat: 2-8 (v. Phil Taylor)
  • Top Match Averages

    Darts averages are based on the total number of points scored divided number of darts thrown (multiplied by 3 in this case to give a "3 dart average"). There were 16 matches where a player managed an average in excess of 100 per visit to the board. Phil Taylor achieved this during seven matches, Raymond van Barneveld six times. Roland Scholten, Ronnie Baxter and Peter Manley each averaged over 100 during one match in the competition. [1]

  • 107.75Phil Taylor v Peter Manley (week 6)
  • 106.79Phil Taylor v Colin Lloyd (week 1)
  • 105.03Phil Taylor v Roland Scholten (final)
  • 104.75Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld (week 8)
  • 104.35Raymond van Barneveld v Ronnie Baxter (week 10)
  • 104.13Roland Scholten v Raymond van Barneveld (semi-final)
  • 103.44Raymond van Barneveld v Wayne Mardle (week 10)
  • 102.19Phil Taylor v Peter Manley (week 7)
  • 101.33Ronnie Baxter v Raymond van Barneveld (week 10, Baxter lost match 2–8)
  • 101.72Raymond van Barneveld v Colin Lloyd (week 7)
  • 101.05Phil Taylor v Ronnie Baxter (week 3)
  • 101.04Raymond van Barneveld v Phil Taylor (week 8, Barneveld lost match 6–8)
  • 100.88Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld (week 5)
  • 100.69Raymond van Barneveld v Peter Manley (week 5)
  • 100.55Raymond van Barneveld v Wayne Mardle (week 2)
  • 100.35Peter Manley v Phil Taylor (week 6, Manley lost match 1–8)
  • References

    2006 Premier League Darts Wikipedia