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New Zealand's Mark (Cowboy) McGrath just went down in his Simi Final against England's Stephen Bunting by 3 sets to 2. Mark had wins over France's Yannick Geay and Scotland's Bob Taylor. Stephen Bunting went on to win Group 7 but went out in the first round of the finals to Tournament Ranked No 4 England's Mervyn King.

Australia's Tony David won his Group and he also won his first round match over Denmark's Brian Sørensen 3 sets to nil. Tony's next opponent is Netherlands Rick Hofstra.

(Results supplied by World Darts Federation)

Group 7
Board: Time:		Board: Time:		Board: Time:		Board: Time:
3	Benny Grace (Rep. Ire)	3	Bill Davis (USA)	NA	Yannick Geay (Fra)	WO	Wayne Morrissey (Can)
0	Antonio Munoz (Esp)	1	Søren Behrendsen (Den)		Mark McGrath (NZ)
Board: Time:		Board: Time:		Board: Time:		Board: Time:
3	Albertino Essers (Neth)	3	Andy Gudgeon (Eng)	1	Bob Taylor (Scot)	3	(13) Stephen Bunting (Eng)
0	Benny Grace (Rep. Ire)	2	Bill Davis (USA)	3	Mark McGrath (NZ)	0	Wayne Morrissey (Can)
GROUP SEMI-FINAL				GROUP SEMI-FINAL
3	Albertino Essers (Neth)			2	Mark McGrath (NZ)
1	Andy Gudgeon (Eng)			3	(13) Stephen Bunting (Eng)
GROUP FINAL				Group Winner: (13) Stephen Bunting (Eng)
2	Albertino Essers (Neth)
3	(13) Stephen Bunting (Eng)

LAST 16		QUARTERFINALS		SEMIFINALS		THE FINAL		THE CHAMPION
5 Sets 3 x 501		5 Sets 3 x 501		11 Sets 3 x 501		13 Sets 3 x 501

Rick Hofstra (Neth) 29.83	3
(1) Ray Barneveld (Neth) 31.07	2	Rick Hofstra (Neth) 29.87	1

Tony David (Aus) 31.33	3	Tony David (Aus) 31.54	3
Brian Sørensen (Den) 28.02	0			Tony David (Aus) 31.03	2

Martin Atkins (Eng) 29.60	3			(4) Mervyn King (Eng) 30.88	6
Marko Kantele (Fin) 28.51	1	Martin Atkins (Eng) 26.57	0

(13) Stephen Bunting (E) 25.05	0	(4) Mervyn King (Eng) 32.24	3
(4) Mervyn King (Eng) 28.45	3					(4) Mervyn King (Eng) 32.62	7
						AFTER TIEBREAK		(4) Mervyn King (Eng)
(15) Co Stompe (Neth) 26.78	2					(6) Tony O`Shea (Eng) 32.73	6
(2) Ted Hankey (Eng) 30.01	3	(2) Ted Hankey (Eng) 31.05	3

(10) Martin Adams (Eng) 32.24	3	(10) Martin Adams (Eng) 30.96	1
Steve Farmer (Eng) 32.17	2			(2) Ted Hankey (Eng) 30.69	4

(11) John Walton (Eng) 29.66	1			(6) Tony O`Shea (Eng) 30.55	6
(6) Tony O`Shea (Eng) 29.38	3	(6) Tony O`Shea (Eng) 33.90	3

Davy Richardson (Eng) 32.40	3	Davy Richardson (Eng) 31.10	1
(3) Tony West (Eng) 29.46	0

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