Count Out For Barney

Raymond van Barneveld saw his hopes of glory at the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts come to an early end as he was knocked out in the group stages.

The Dutchman went down 5-2 at the hands of Ted Hankey in a match that neither man could afford to lose after both suffered opening defeats.

And it was Hankey, whitewashed by Dean Winstanley on Saturday, who comfortably came out on top in the battle of the two former BDO world champions.
After splitting the opening four legs, 'The Count' took the next three on the spin to boost his hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages from group B.
He hit double 10 at the third time of asking to move 3-2 ahead and after a 121 checkout put him two clear, ended matters at the third time of asking, landing double 10 again before turning and celebrating to the booing crowd.

Wound up

"Last night it just didn't happen for me, you get days when it doesn't happen. Dean played well and I missed a lot of doubles," Hankey told Sky Sports.
"Ray played well but didn't seem to be his normal self.
"I just kept going and going, these lot (the crowd) kept winding me up to keep me going, so I was quite happy. I've just got to win my next game and keep going."
Winstanley is top of the pile, though, after making it two wins from two with a nervy 5-4 result against Ian White, the Lakeside finalist needing to come back from 3-1 and then 4-3 down to prevail.
Scott Waites is another big name to suffer an early exit from the event, the reigning champion going down 5-4 to Tony O'Shea to leave himself bottom of group A without a point to his name.
His exit was later confirmed when Mark Walsh beat Michael van Gerwen in the final match, a result that means the former is now certain to progress.
While van Barneveld and Waites may have fallen at the first, James Wade put one foot in the next round with a 5-4 triumph over group D rival Justin Pipe.
'The Machine' held his nerve to win a deciding leg for the second successive outing.
Pipe, who had also won his first match, had fought back impressively from 2-0 down to get on level terms and after then losing the fifth, took out 160 to make it three legs apiece.
He had one chance to win it in the last too, missing bull by a distance having been left needing 83. Wade would not give him another sniff as he repeated his win over the same opponent in the group stages of last year's tournament.

Lucky

"I really couldn't get going, and Justin couldn't get going either," Wade said. "It was a big scrap. I went into the corner and came out punching.
"I was really lucky, but I think that might give me the little kick up the backside now that I need to move onto my next game and get on with things."
Terry Jenkins kept himself in the running in group D with a 5-3 win over Dave Chisnall, the match being decided by the superior finishing of 'The Bull'.
Meanwhile, Gary Anderson got his Grand Slam campaign back on track with a 5-2 thrashing of Northern Ireland's Brendan Dolan.
The Scotsman, beaten by Nigel Haydon in his first match on Saturday, landed a superb 138 finish to go 3-0 ahead and then rounded things off with an 11-dart leg.
He will next face the unbeaten Wayne Jones, the man from Wolverhampton having moved on to four points with a comfortable 5-2 triumph over Heydon.