Guyana’s Norman Madhoo crashed out of the Ladbrooke.com World Darts Championship at the preliminary stage when he suffered a 2-4 defeat at the hands of Canadian qualifier Ken McNeil on Sunday, at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. However, McNeil’s progress was halted in the next round when he was eliminated by Englishman Alan Tabern in a closely fought contest, going down 2-3.
In Sunday’s results:
Ken MacNeil (Can) bt Norman Madhoo (Guy) 4-2
Osmann Kijamet (Slo) bt Phillip Hazel (Nzl) 4-2
1st rd: Brendan Dolan (NIrl) bt Tony Eccles (Eng) 3-1
Mark Dudbridge (Eng) bt Andree Welge (Ger) 3-0
Mark Webster (Wal) bt Mark Walsh (Eng) 3-2
Alan Tabern (Eng) bt Ken MacNeil (Can) 3-2
Kevin Painter (Eng) bt Mensur Suljovic (Aut) 3-1
Gary Anderson (Sco) bt Jamie Caven (Eng) 3-2
Raymond van Barneveld (Ned) bt Warren Parry (Nzl) 3-0 Andy Hamilton (Eng) bt Osmann Kijamet (Slo) 3-0
In Saturday’s results:
Preliminary rd:
Jarkko Komula (Fin) bt Roman Konchikov (Rus) 4-3
Aodhagan O’Neill (Irl) bt Les Francis (Irl) 4-2
1st rd: Steve Hine (Eng) bt Roland Scholten (Ned) 3-2
Co Stompe (Ned) bt Steve Maish (Eng) 3-1
Kirk Shepherd (Eng) bt Scott Burnett (USA) 3-0
Wes Newton (Eng) bt Jarkko Komula (Fin) 3-0
Mervyn King (Eng) bt Matt Clark (Eng) 3-0
Barrie Bates (Wal) bt Jelle Klaasen (Ned) 3-1
Adrian Lewis (Eng) bt Aodhagan O’Neill (Irl) 3-0
Peter Manley (Eng) bt Andy Jenkins (Eng) 3-2.