Wes Newton won again on Sunday to claim back-to-back Players Championships and a Grand Slam spot in Barnsley.
Newton takes three wins from three events in Barnsley weekend of darts
Wes Newton enjoyed his best ever weekend in darts in Barnsley, as he won again on Sunday for back-to-back Players Championship to add to the Grand Slam spot he earned on Friday.
Newton defeated Mark Webster 6-1 in Sunday's final to cap what has been a astonishing weekend for the Fleetwood thrower, who won Saturday's Players Championship event and also qualified for the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts through Friday's ITV Wildcard Qualifier.
Sunday's £31,600 victory saw Newton join the elite band of players to complete a PDC ProTour weekend double - with only Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis, Robert Thornton and Mervyn King having picked up back-to-back wins previously.
The 33-year-old defeated Ron Atwill, Steve Grubb and Chris Iedema in his first three games, before picking up wins over Wayne Jones and Colin Osborne in progressing to the semis.
He then overcame Blackpool rival Ronnie Baxter 6-3 in the last four to set up a final against in-form Webster, who was brushed aside 6-1.
Delighted
"I'm happy, amazed and delighted," said Newton, who now moves up to a career-high 16th in the PDC Order of Merit. "It's the best weekend of my career and one I'll never forget.
"I don't think I played my best darts on Sunday and a few players missed doubles against me, but I was in the right place to take advantage and I did that.
"It has been very tiring, more mentally than physically, to play three events but doing so well makes it all worthwhile.
"Not many players have won two events in a weekend so it's an honour to do that - in fact I class winning through to the Grand Slam on Friday night as a victory too so it's a treble for me!"
Webster's run to the final followed a semi-final appearance in Saturday's Players Championship and comes only a fortnight after he had claimed his maiden PDC title in Germany.
The Welshman included Andy Smith, Paul Nicholson and Dennis Priestley amongst his victims in reaching the final, while he capitalised in a deciding leg of his semi-final with Mark Walsh after the Hertfordshire man missed the bull for a 121 game shot.
