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‘The Artist’ is determined that the darts world will see him back to his very best in 2007 and this title will be a massive confidence boost to Painter, who has slipped out of the world’s top ten.

The event was dominated by Team Unicorn.

Painter beat Wes Newton 5 legs to 4 in the final to pocket a winner’s cheque of £2,000. He was 4-2 up before Newton came back to take the final into a deciding leg, which Painter won against the throw in just 14 darts.

“This will set me up nicely,” said Painter. “There were only a dozen or so PDC players at the event because it is not on the Pro Tour any more, so doesn’t count towards the Order of Merit but I was pleased with the way I played – especially in the last leg of the final against Wes.”

He added: “I only really went down to get in some tournament practice but it turned out to be a great day!”

Painter, who’d earlier beaten Chris Mason 4-0, beat Kent County player Jim Withers in the quarter-finals and then disposed of Team Unicorn new boy Kirk Shepherd in the semi-finals – again by 4 legs to nil.

The other semi-final was also an all Unicorn affair, with Newton beating Welsh star Barrie Bates 4-2.

Painter will now be hoping to take this form into this weekend’s UK Open Regional in Bristol.

BY STUART PYKE