Phil Taylor has thrown his weight behind an initiative to encourage West Midlands darters to sharpen up their game with a view to becoming a PDC pro.

Wolverhampton’s Ash Khayat reached the fourth round of the PDC’s latest Youth Tour events at the weekend – twice in the same day!

Tipton’s Ian Jones missed a spot at ‘the FA Cup of darts’ by one dart as the Black Country lost to Shropshire in Wolverhampton’s UK Open regional qualifier.

Terry Jenkins has proclaimed he “believes” he will eventually win a major PDC title after seven rounds of hurt on the big stage.

Phil Taylor today revealed he’s dropped the best part of three stones in his quest to claim a 16th world championship before it calls it a day.

Rugeley’s Mark Hylton popped into a Wolverhampton pub to win a leg against 15-time world champion Phil Taylor – and then donated it to charity.

Wolverhampton’s Wayne Jones today went out at the first hurdle in the first game of the PDC’s Austrian Open at the Arena Nova.

Black Country duo Matthew Dicken and Ash Khayat both competed in the opening events of the PDC Youth Tour at the weekend.

The UK Open qualifiers ‘kept up with the Joneses’ at the weekend but it was Brierley Hill’s Mark who prevailed in his battle with Wolverhampton’s Wayne.

Phil ‘the Power’ Taylor will be back at Rileys Sports Bar in Wolverhampton as the star attraction of a darts exhibition for the second year in a row.

Wolverhampton’s Emerald Club will host PDC darts stars Terry Jenkins and Andy Smith for an exhibition at the start of next month.

Brierley Hill’s Mark Jones reached his first professional semi-final in the UK Open qualifiers in Barnsley.