SEARLE SWEEPS ASIDE MENZIES TO SECURE PC4 SUCCESS

Ryan Searle celebrated his sixth ProTour title courtesy of an emphatic 8-3 victory against Cameron Menzies in Tuesday’s Players Championship 4 decider in Rosmalen.

Searle has won a PDC ranking title in each of the last five years, and the Somerset star extended that streak with a host of top-quality displays at the Autotron.

The 37-year-old averaged just shy of 105 in a first round whitewash of Florian Hempel, and after easing past Mensur Suljovic in round two, he averaged 109 in a third round thumping of Owen Bates.

Searle continued his charge with hard-fought wins over Mickey Mansell and William O’Connor, before producing a clinical 120 checkout to topple Stefan Bellmont 7-6 in the semi-finals.

The man nicknamed ‘Heavy Metal’ delivered more heavy artillery in Tuesday’s showpiece against Menzies, converting eight of his 12 attempts at double to triumph with a 100.7 average.

Menzies kicked off proceedings with a brilliant 145 outshot – sparking a sequence of four consecutive holds – before Searle registered legs of 13 and 12 darts to establish a 4-2 buffer.

Following back-to-back holds, Searle then followed up a crucial 110 kill with a brilliant tops-tops 100 finish to move to the brink of victory, which he sealed via his trusted tops in leg 11.