Walsh eyeing big payday

Mark Walsh took a 6-2 victory over Mervyn King to win Group Four of Championship League Darts.

World No 13 through to Thursday showdown

Mark Walsh took a 6-2 victory over Mervyn King to win Group Four of Championship League Darts. The £200,000 tournament resumed following the PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix with the fourth of eight groups, with Walsh emerging victorious to secure his spot in next Thursday's big-money Winners Group. Walsh finished the round-robin league phase as one of four players with three victories, but showed his stamina to defeat Australian Simon Whitlock and English star Mervyn King in the play-offs. He first defeated Whitlock 6-2 to book his place in the final, before seeing off King by the same scoreline to win through to the Winners Group for the third time in four years. King shared the first two legs but paid for missed doubles as Walsh established a 3-1 lead. King took the fifth following a 180, but missed the bull for a 121 finish which would have levelled the game, as Walsh capitalised on double four before winning the next two legs to seal victory. "I'm very happy with that," said Walsh. "The aim for all of us is to get into the Winners Group and now I've done that I'll prepare for next Thursday . "It was a really hard group so to win through it is a great moment. I could have found myself eliminated if one or two results had been different, but fortunately I made the top four and did well from there."