2006 Premier League Darts


2006 Holsten Premier League Darts
Winner
Phil Taylor
Runner-up
Roland Scholten
Score
16–6
Date
16 February–29 May 2006
Edition
2nd
Number of players
7
Venues
11
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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.
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 by 11 legs to 3. Phil Taylor averaged 105.03 in his 11–3 semi-final win over Colin Lloyd.
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.

Results

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.

16 February – Week 1

King George's Hall, Blackburn
Score
Wayne Mardle
95.01
6 – 8 Phil Taylor
99.45
Peter Manley
86.38
4 – 8 Roland Scholten
90.15

98.66
8 – 1 Ronnie Baxter
92.03
Phil Taylor
106.79
8 – 1 Colin Lloyd
95.59

23 February – Week 2

Seaburn Leisure Centre, Sunderland
Score
Ronnie Baxter
87.22
4 – 8 Roland Scholten
89.23
Wayne Mardle
92.98
4 – 8
100.55
Colin Lloyd
92.16
8 – 6 Peter Manley
88.25
Roland Scholten
94.66
4 – 8 Phil Taylor
97.71

2 March – Week 3

AECC, Aberdeen
Score
Colin Lloyd
92.33
3 – 8 Ronnie Baxter
85.20
Peter Manley
87.21
8 – 5 Wayne Mardle
85.88

91.48
8 – 3 Roland Scholten
80.28
Ronnie Baxter
95.35
4 – 8 Phil Taylor
101.05

16 March – Week 4

Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Score
Phil Taylor
97.09
8 – 2 Wayne Mardle
85.20
Colin Lloyd
86.02
6 – 8 Peter Manley
89.89
Ronnie Baxter
98.95
8 – 3 Peter Manley
91.45
Roland Scholten
93.28
8 – 3 Wayne Mardle
88.62

23 March – Week 5

Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth
Score

100.69
8 – 3 Peter Manley
95.18
Roland Scholten
90.17
7 – 7 Ronnie Baxter
88.98
Colin Lloyd
87.82
7 – 7 Wayne Mardle
90.33
Phil Taylor
100.88
7 – 7
94.14
Nine dart finish
The Premier League's first nine-dart finish occurred, when Raymond van Barneveld hit one during the ninth leg of his match against Peter Manley, checking out with T20, T19 and D12.

30 March – Week 6

Sands Centre, Carlisle
Score
Phil Taylor
107.75
8 – 1 Peter Manley
100.35
Ronnie Baxter
97.02
4 – 8 Colin Lloyd
99.44
Wayne Mardle
88.47
7 – 7 Roland Scholten
89.38
Peter Manley
86.41
3 – 8
96.83

6 April – Week 7

Newport Centre, Newport
Score
Roland Scholten
86.97
8 – 5 Colin Lloyd
91.67
Ronnie Baxter
92.66
7 – 7 Wayne Mardle
86.87
Peter Manley
84.56
3 – 8 Phil Taylor
102.19

101.72
8 – 4 Colin Lloyd
90.35

20 April – Week 8

The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster
Score
Phil Taylor
93.24
8 – 5 Ronnie Baxter
97.64
Colin Lloyd
99.67
8 – 6 Roland Scholten
97.44
Wayne Mardle
86.44
3 – 8 Peter Manley
91.00

101.04
6 – 8 Phil Taylor
104.75

27 April – Week 9

Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage
Score
Roland Scholten
84.35
6 – 8 Peter Manley
86.36
Colin Lloyd
87.59
3 – 8 Phil Taylor
99.35
Wayne Mardle
94.60
8 – 5 Ronnie Baxter
89.41

83.89
3 – 8
92.98

4 May – Week 10

Rivermead Centre, Reading
Score
Peter Manley
86.71
3 – 8 Ronnie Baxter
86.39

103.44
8 – 5 Wayne Mardle
97.78

96.14
8 – 6 Colin Lloyd
92.11
Phil Taylor
93.48
8 – 3 Roland Scholten
86.26
Ronnie Baxter
101.33
2 – 8
104.35
Wayne Mardle
83.58
4 – 8 Colin Lloyd
91.07

Play-offs – 29 May

Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth

Table and streaks

Table

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

Streaks

NB: W = Won
D = Drawn
L = Lost
N/A = Did not play

Player statistics

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

Phil Taylor

Darts averages are based on the total number of points scored divided number of darts thrown. 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.