Anderson Powers To Barnsley Win

GARY ANDERSON won his second PDC ProTour event of 2010 with a 6-1 victory over Mark Walsh on Saturday in Barnsley.

The Scot followed up March^s UK Open Qualifier win with a fine display at the Barnsley Metrodome, backing up a run to the final of the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open last weekend to take the £6,000 title.

Anderson^s form was dominant from the start of the event, when he whitewashed Colin Monk and dropped only three legs in defeats of Jamie Atkins and Alan Tabern.

He then defeated Jamie Caven 6-2 in the last 16, dropped just one leg against Mervyn King in the quarter-finals before coming from behind to beat Justin Pipe 6-4 in the semis.

Anderson kicked off the final with a maximum in taking the opening leg in 13 darts, and finished 100 with two double tops for a 12-darter in taking the second leg.

He added another 180 in winning the third leg, and also won the next two for a 5-0 lead before Walsh finally got off the mark by winning the sixth.

Anderson, though, hit a third 180 of the final in leg seven, and double top for a 13-darter sealed the win.

Walsh had been bidding for his third PDC ProTour win of the year, with his run to the final including a comeback from 3-2 down to win 6-3 against world number three James Wade in the semis.

He also overcame Andy Hamilton - taking out a 137 finish of treble 19 and two double tops to seal victory - Denis Ovens, Tony Eccles and Steve Musson in reaching his fourth final of the year and a £3,000 prize.

Wade edged a high-quality quarter-final with Colin Lloyd to reach the last four, while Hamilton missed double 18 for a third nine-darter of 2010 in a victory over Dennis Priestley on his way to the last eight.

Pipe^s run to the semis was his best-ever run on the PDC ProTour, surpassing a quarter-final appearance he had in March, while Tony Ayres followed up last weekend^s semi-final appearance in the UK Open with a run to the last 16.

Jamie Caven won through to the last 16 with a 170 checkout in defeating Brendan Dolan 6-5, while Northern Ireland^s veteran star John MaGowan reached the last 32 in his first appearance since his wife Maggie passed away last month.