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Taylor was awesome in the Aberdeen segment of the Premiere League tournament. The Power recorded a 116 average which breaks the record for the highest ever 3-dart average seen on television.

The man from the Potteries played John Part in the final match of the evening in Scotland, and he claimed an impressive 8-3 win to move back to the top of the Whyte and Mackay Premier League table.

 The record was of course his own to break and he absolutely smashed it to guarantee himself a place at Wembley for finals night next month, where he is likely to meet Raymond Van Barneveld in the semi finals.

 After a few weeks of lacklustre performance (for him anyway!) , the reigning champion pulled out all the stops to send out a clear message to the rest of the field that he is still the man to beat in this competition, and if he keeps playing like he did last night then it will be near impossible for anybody to do so.

Phil will now be looking to secure his position at the top of the table by beating Mervyn King in Cardiff in two weeks time, and after their `slight` disagreement last time they played, it could be a very tense encounter.

 Just to re-iterate Wayne Mardle has been removed from the competition due to his poor health, and the rules of the competition state that in this scenario that player’s results are removed from the records, therefore anybody that gained points against him loses them.

 This wasn’t a problem for James Wade though. He went into the evening still top of the table, but his match wouldn’t count towards his Premier League campaign as he has played one game more than all of the other players.

 His opponent came in the form of Scotsman Robert Thornton who had been drafted in to compete in a `challenge match`, which was a best of thirteen legs encounter.

 Although he looked delighted to be part of the occasion, his darts weren’t quite as good as many would have expected, and he slumped to a 7-2 defeat.

 One would have to say in the circumstances that he did very well considering it was the first time that he would have played in front of such a large fan base, and perhaps the crowd in Aberdeen will see him back one day as a competitor in the league.

The first meaningful action of the night took place between Mervyn King and Terry Jenkins, the former having lost four points and thirteen legs from his records due to the withdrawal of Wayne Mardle, and this meant he could still have missed out on a play off position should he have been beaten.

 However, he looked very calm and composed and played very well, as did Jenkins who had an awful lot to play for having been placed right at the bottom of the table, again due to the illness of Mardle.

 Players matched each other dart for dart and both seemed to be more comfortable on their own throw, so it was no real surprise that it was only broken twice in the first twelve legs.

Both were averaging over a ton and a point for both seemed likely until King broke Jenkins in the thirteenth leg, and his reaction to the crowd was certainly one which he would have enjoyed, expressing his traditional growl towards the fans.

 However, his celebrations would be short lived as he let Jenkins get back into it during the final leg, and King missed double 16 to claim victory allowing `The Bull` to hit double four to earn himself a draw. It wasn’t enough for Terry though as he is now out of the running for a play off position.

 Jelle Klaasen too has missed out on being in the final four after his defeat to fellow countryman Raymond Van Barneveld, although yet again it took him a while to finish off the match!

 The game ended 8-5, but Jelle certainly put up a good fight, clawing back from 5-2 down to stay in it at 5-4, but Barneveld wasn’t going to be beaten on this occasion and he eventually prevailed by hitting double four to secure the win, and a final four slot.

 All that will need to be decided now is who plays who in the semis. At the moment Taylor will play Barney and Wade will take on King, but with one game remaining for each player this could, and probably will change.

 With Taylor taking on King and Raymond playing Terry Jenkins, it is very possible for both semis to change completely, but we will know for sure what will be happening at Wembley after the meeting at Cardiff in two weeks time.

 The final game of the night produced a record breaking occasion with Phil Taylor putting together a 116 average to beat his own record of 114 which was set at the UK Open last year against Wes Newton.

 In all honesty it was possibly the best I’ve seen Part play in the competition but he just didn’t get enough shots at a double in order to make the difference. 

 He should have known it wasn’t going to be his night when Phil checked out 161 in the very first leg to earn himself a thousand pounds for the highest one of the evening, and then set out to embarrass Part who has beaten `The Power` on a number of memorable occasions, not least the World Final of 2003 where he won 7-6 at the Circus Tavern.

 Part did his best to stay in the contest, and was only 4-2 down at the break, but Taylor was awesome in the second half of the match and produced some 12 and 13 dart legs to roar into a 7-3 lead, before checking out to secure the highest ever average recorded in televised darts history.

 He has therefore broken the best average of the competition which was set by James Wade last week when he recorded a 108 against Terry Jenkins, but Taylor seems to have set the bar even higher, and his victory leaves the Whyte and Mackay table looking like this:

There will be just two premier league fixtures taking place in the next couple of weeks due to the absence of `Hawaii 501`, so this is what will happen next week in Sheffield:

 Raymond van Barneveld v Adrian Lewis (Challenge Match)
Phil Taylor v Dennis Priestley (Challenge Match)
Terry Jenkins v John Part
James Wade v Jelle Klaasen

 The challenge matches do not count towards the players’ points totals, but it definitely adds some freshness to the Premier League outings with players next week who have contested the league before in Adrian Lewis and Dennis Priestley, who takes on his old nemesis Phil Taylor.

 With the top four now decided, it’s now up to those players to build some momentum and confidence which could give them the edge when they visit Wembley, where they will be out to claim the 2009 Whyte and Mackay Premier League Darts Championship.

These two have been picked as the two wildcard selections for the £400,000 tournament and join the top six players from the PDC Order of Merit - Phil Taylor, James Wade, Raymond van Barneveld, John Part, Terry Jenkins and Mervyn King.

Last year’s Premier League proved to be a major hit, with Liverpool attracting the biggest attendance for a darts match in the UK for over 25 years.

Another capacity 8,000 crowd is expected at the ECHO arena for the opening night on Thursday, February 5.

Klaasen, the 2006 Lakeside champion and a quarter-finalist in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship recently, is a newcomer to the Premier League.

The 24-year-old Dutchman celebrated his second year in the PDC by moving up to 25th in the Order of Merit, qualifying for the Blue Square UK Open, Las Vegas Desert Classic and European Championship before starring at Alexandra Palace.

He dropped only one set in wins over Colin Lloyd, Jan van der Rassel and Andy Hamilton before van Barneveld ended his hopes in the last eight.

Mardle, ranked eighth in the PDC Order of Merit, returned to the Premier League in 2008 and narrowly missing out on a play-off place on the final league night.

The Premier League will tour 14 cities around the country before the play-offs are held at Wembley arena on Monday, May 25.

World champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor will be looking to defend his title and is a big favourite to claim the £125,000 first prize.

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