Ronnie bows out at Round 3

15/06/2009

Ronnie lost to Toone Greebe 6-5 in the 3rd round of The Players Championship day 2 at Barnsley's Metrodome.

The days play was eventually won by Colin Osborne who defeated Gary Anderson 6-2 in the final.

Ronnie started well beating John Quantock 6-0 in round 1, then going on to beat Colin Monk in Round 2, who hit a 9-darter in the previous round 6-4.

Full Results are:

First Round
Board One
Mark Walsh (1) Bye
Geoff Whitworth 6-1 Mark Stephenson
Wayne Mardle (32) 6-5 Kevin Dowling
Mark Lawrence 6-4 Steve Cupitt

Board Two
Adrian Lewis (16) 6-3 Steve Brown
Dylan Duo 6-5 Dyson Parody
Vincent van der Voort (17) 6-5 Nick Fullwell
Chris Thompson 6-2 Steve Perkins

Board Three
Colin Lloyd (8) 6-1 Jim Leighton
Stuart Bousfield 6-2 Roland Scholten
Jelle Klaasen (25) 6-4 Joe Cullen
Mark Frost 6-3 Lee Holden

Board Four
Mervyn King (9) 6-2 Chris Loudon
Darren Latham 6-3 John Part
Steve Maish (24) 6-4 Geoff Wylie
Lionel Sams 6-0 Dave Smith

Board Five
Alan Tabern (5) 6-4 Richard Foster
Mark Webster 6-1 Paul Gudgeon
Wes Newton (28) 6-0 Norman Fletcher
Kevin McDine 6-0 Andy Fulton

Board Six
Gary Anderson (12) 6-1 Anastasia Dobromyslova
Jan van der Rassel 6-5 Stuart Dutton
Andy Jenkins (21) 6-5 Chris Cooper
Dave Honey 6-3 Russell Mason

Board Seven
Ronnie Baxter (4) 6-0 John Quantock
Colin Monk 6-1 Ray Farrell - Nine-dart finish from Colin Monk
Toon Greebe 6-5 Co Stompe (29)
Richie Burnett 6-0 Paul Hodkin

Board Eight
Michael van Gerwen (13) 6-0 Steve Watts
Peter Wright 6-3 Alex Tinsley
Steve Beaton (20) 6-1 Rick Lowther
Arron Monk 6-5 Gary Welding

Board Nine
Dennis Priestley (2) Bye
Justin Pipe 6-3 Adrian Gray
Barrie Bates (31) 6-3 Mark Jodrill
Par Riihonen 6-4 Gary Blades

Board Ten
Mark Dudbridge (15) 6-2 Ian Jopling
Paul Nicholson 6-2 Gary Mawson
Nigel Birch 6-5 Jamie Caven (18)
John MaGowan 6-1 Stephen Hardy

Board 11
Terry Jenkins (7) 6-3 Jonathan Overton
Lee Williams 6-3 Stuart Holden
Mark Cox 6-5 Peter Manley (26)
Michael Barnard 6-4 Tony Ayres

Board 12
Denis Ovens (10) 6-0 Andy Pearson
Jon Archer 6-0 Mike Roberts
Tony Eccles (23) 6-1 Mick McGowan
Michael Smith 6-2 Robbie Parker

Board 13
Colin Osborne (6) 6-3 Brendan Dolan
Kirk Shepherd 6-4 Steve Hine
Andy Smith (27) 6-1 Matt Gallett
James Barton 6-3 Jason Clark

Board 14
Martyn Turner 6-4 Andy Hamilton (11)
Kevin Harris 6-4 Pete Allen
Alex Roy (22) 6-1 Ian Lever
Sean White 6-3 Chris Mason

Board 15
Robert Thornton (3) 6-0 Simon Craven
Louis Blundell 6-1 Dennis Smith
Darren Johnson 6-1 Matt Clark (30)
Dave Ladley 6-1 Kevin Hill

Board 16
Kevin Painter (14) 6-4 Steve Evans
Steve Grubb 6-4 Andy Relf
Wayne Jones (19) 6-2 Ken Dobson
Les Fitton 6-1 Ian McFarlane

Second Round
Mark Walsh 6-2 Geoff Whitworth
Wayne Mardle 6-5 Mark Lawrence
Adrian Lewis 6-1 Dylan Duo
Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Chris Thompson
Colin Lloyd 6-2 Stuart Bousfield
Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Mark Frost
Mervyn King 6-2 Darren Latham
Lionel Sams 6-5 Steve Maish
Alan Tabern 6-3 Mark Webster
Kevin McDine 6-5 Wes Newton
Gary Anderson 6-3 Jan van der Rassel
Andy Jenkins 6-3 Dave Honey
Ronnie Baxter 6-4 Colin Monk
Toon Greebe 6-2 Richie Burnett
Peter Wright 6-4 Michael van Gerwen
Steve Beaton 6-1 Arron Monk
Justin Pipe 6-1 Dennis Priestley
Par Riihonen 6-3 Barrie Bates
Paul Nicholson 6-4 Mark Dudbridge
John MaGowan 6-1 Nigel Birch
Terry Jenkins 6-0 Lee Williams
Michael Barnard 6-2 Mark Cox
Denis Ovens 6-2 Jon Archer
Michael Smith 6-5 Tony Eccles
Colin Osborne 6-4 Kirk Shepherd
Andy Smith 6-2 James Barton
Martyn Turner 6-3 Kevin Harris
Alex Roy 6-1 Sean White
Robert Thornton 6-2 Louis Blundell
Dave Ladley 6-4 Darren Johnson
Steve Grubb 6-4 Kevin Painter
Wayne Jones 6-2 Les Fitton

Third Round
Wayne Mardle 6-5 Mark Walsh
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Adrian Lewis
Jelle Klaasen 6-5 Colin Lloyd
Mervyn King 6-0 Lionel Sams
Alan Tabern 6-2 Kevin McDine
Gary Anderson 6-2 Andy Jenkins
Toon Greebe 6-5 Ronnie Baxter
Steve Beaton 6-1 Peter Wright
Justin Pipe 6-2 Par Riihonen
Paul Nicholson 6-2 John MaGowan
Michael Barnard 6-5 Terry Jenkins
Denis Ovens 6-3 Michael Smith
Colin Osborne 6-4 Andy Smith
Martyn Turner 6-5 Alex Roy
Robert Thornton 6-2 Dave Ladley
Wayne Jones 6-2 Steve Grubb

Fourth Round
Wayne Mardle 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Mervyn King 6-3 Jelle Klaasen
Gary Anderson 6-2 Alan Tabern
Steve Beaton 6-2 Toon Greebe
Paul Nicholson 6-3 Justin Pipe
Denis Ovens 6-5 Michael Barnard
Colin Osborne 6-3 Martyn Turner
Robert Thornton 6-4 Wayne Jones

Quarter-Finals
Wayne Mardle 6-2 Mervyn King
Gary Anderson 6-2 Steve Beaton
Paul Nicholson 6-4 Denis Ovens
Colin Osborne 6-3 Robert Thornton

Semi-Finals
Gary Anderson 6-4 Wayne Mardle
Colin Osborne 6-2 Paul Nicholson

Final
Colin Osborne 6-2 Gary Anderson