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Warm congratulations to Simon Whitlock. I had kept an eye on his return to Australia and fantastic efforts in winning the new ANZ Premier League. Getting his place back at Ally Pally is such a fabulous effort from a player in my age bracket. Gives us all a fine example and no little hope ...

Needless to say that my return to a previously preferred flight style went exactly as they are named - pear shaped!

On a playing note I popped over to the Charlie Piches Memorial event in Burton and had a very nice spell indeed. In 5 games until the final I didn’t drop more than a single leg....

Once you hit a certain age it can be counter productive to just play as much as possible and it’s even true of practice ...

However elite sport may be the very exception that proves the rule...

It is easy to overlook just how intense and how personally consuming professional darts can be. Since prior to Christmas I had barely stopped playing, practising or travelling...

Frustratingly it was a similar story each day. I was paying better than I have, in the PDC environment for quite a while, but could not quite kick on after two or three wins....

Stephen Bunting has had decent tournaments at the palace previously, a couple of years back he had chances against Gerwyn Price in a semi final? The Bullet has been playing very well again...

it is difficult to see past Beau Greaves to defend her crown and join a small club of women’s world champions to replicate their effort. But, if it's to be a fairytale year, don't write off Aileen De Graaf...