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Taylor dropped just two sets in the entire tournament and pocketed another £5,000 for his day’s work, as he continued what is turning out to be the perfect build-up to the defence of his SkyBet World Grand Prix crown.

He beat Denis Ovens in the final at The City West Hotel, after earlier dispatching Jason Clark, Alan Caves, Alex Roy, Chris Mason, Roland Scholten and Andy Jenkins.

Unicorn stablemate James Wade reached yet another semi-final but yet again stumbled – failing to win a set against Ovens. Wade had earlier beaten John Part in the 3rd Round, Unicorn’s World No.1 Colin Lloyd in round four, and Kevin Painter in the quarter-finals.

Painter will be happy with his form recently but will be the first to admit that he is still lacking the knock-out blow when it gets to the latter stages of tournaments.

Adrian Lewis reached the last 16, losing to Wade…..Andy Hamilton was beaten in the 3rd Round by Andy Jenkins…..Peter Manley fell at the same stage to Steve Beaton, while American Ray Carver lost to Wayne Mardle in round two.

There was disappointment for the other Team Unicorn members….West Newton and Michael Barnard were beaten in the 1st round by Alan Green and Chris Hook respectively.

Raymond Van Barneveld enjoyed a good run to the quarter-finals, before losing a close match to Ovens, while elsewhere the race is really hotting up for those prized places in the 2007 Premier League.

Andy Jenkins collected 12 ranking points with his run to the semi’s…..Roland Scholten reached the last eight, while Terry Jenkins and Dennis Priestley were beaten in the last 16.

Colin Lloyd and Phil Taylor are already guaranteed their spots but the battle for the other four automatic places will not be settled until after the World Grand Prix.

PDPA Players Championship (Ireland) results:

Round Three:

Colin Lloyd 3-1 Wayne Jones
James Wade 3-1 John Part
Adrian Lewis 3-0 Alan Tabern
Kevin Painter 3-2 Tom Wilson
Steve Beaton 3-2 Peter Manley
Raymond Van Barneveld 3-0 Mark Dudbridge
Dennis Priestley 3-2 Dennis Smith
Denis Ovens 3-2 Lionel Sams
Phil Taylor 3-0 Alex Roy
Chris Mason 3-1 Alan Warriner
Roland Scholten 3-1 Andy Callaby
Terry Jenkins 3-0 Barrie Bates
Matt Clark 3-1 Wayne Mardle
Andy Jenkins 3-0 Andy Hamilton
Gary Spedding 3-1 Ronnie Baxter
Mick McGowan 3-1 Andy Smith

Losers £150 + 6 ranking points

Round Four:

James Wade 3-2 Colin Lloyd
Kevin Painter 3-1 Adrian Lewis
Raymond Van Barneveld 3-1 Steve Beaton
Denis Ovens 3-2 Dennis Priestley
Phil Taylor 3-1 Chris Mason
Roland Scholten 3-2 Terry Jenkins
Andy Jenkins 3-2 Matt Clark
Mick McGowan 3-1 Gary Spedding

Losers £300 + 8 ranking points

Quarter-Finals:

James Wade 3-0 Kevin Painter
Denis Ovens 3-2 Raymond Van Barneveld
Phil Taylor 3-1 Roland Scholten
Andy Jenkins 3-0 Mick McGowan

Losers £600 + 10 ranking points

Semi-finals:

Denis Ovens 3-0 James Wade
Phil Taylor 3-0 Andy Jenkins

Losers £1,250 + 12 ranking points

Final:

Phil Taylor 3-0 Denis Ovens

Winner £5,000 + 20 ranking points
Runner-up £2,500 + 16 ranking points

BY STUART PYKE