By Paul Jones ‘The Ferret’ Jonny Clayton is expecting Alexandra Palace to be rocking on Thursday night when the he tackles young darting sensation Josh Rock for a spot in the quarter-finals of the World Darts Championship. Rock showed why he is among the favourites to win the title after sensationally knocking out 10th seed […]

The PDC World Darts Championship will have added Welsh six appeal this year – thanks to a record number of Welsh entrants. Forget Christmas songs on the radio or cheap tinsel and wrapping paper in the market stalls, you really know you’re feeling the winter warmth of the yuletide spirit when the world’s best step up on the oche and there’s wall-to-wall darts into the New Year. Former world champion Gerwyn Price  – The Iceman – and last year’s Premier League winner Jonny Clayton will lead the Welsh challenge, but there are four other members of the darting dragonhood.

Gerwyn Price has warned his world title rivals he has plenty of room for improvement as he bids to defend his crown this week. The Welsh world No.1 is preparing to start his title defence on Wednesday, aiming to brush aside all challengers as he did 12 months ago in an empty Alexandra Palace. Price’s stunning triumph last year – when he captured his first world title – capped a remarkable seven-year rise from winning his PDC Tour Card.

By Tom Prosser Welsh darts star Jonny Clayton says he is “one really, really happy geezer” after claiming victory at the World Series Finals in Amsterdam on Sunday evening. This is Clayton’s fourth “TV major win” of the year which is astonishing considering he had never won one before the start of the year. “I’m on cloud nine and smiling from ear to ear,” said Clayton, who away from darts works as a plasterer for Carmarthenshire County Council.

The Ferret has burrowed his way upwards to seventh in the world after Jonny Clayton’s victory over Gerwyn Price in the all-Welsh battle for the World Grand Prix title. Clayton – who continued his remarkable rise with a 5-1 victory over defending champion and good friend Price in Leicester – has gone up seven places from 14th to seventh in the new PDC Order of Merit. The new champion picked up a cheque for £110,000 after securing a third Professional Darts Corporation title of 2021, his first in a major ranking event.

By Paul Jones Defending champion Gerwyn Price set up an all-Welsh final at the World Grand Prix with a stunning 4-2 comeback victory over Stephen Bunting. World number one Price will meet compatriot Jonny Clayton in Saturday’s final in Leicester, but only after battling past Bunting in dramatic fashion. The 36-year-old reigning world champion trailed by two sets and returned to the oche late, complaining of twinges in his throwing arm.

By Tom Prosser Welsh darts stars Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton were both victorious in their World Grand Prix Quarter-finals on Thursday evening and are now just one game away from potentially meeting each other in what would be the first ever all Welsh PDC major final. Price is now the only remaining seeded player in the tournament after beating the out of sorts Dave Chisnall 3-0. But, the world number one who hails from Markham, was far from happy with the boos he received from the crowd in Leicester.

By Tom Prosser Premier League champion Jonny Clayton has joined his Welsh darting colleague Gerwyn Price in the Quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix. The former World Cup winning duo are now on a potential collision course to meet in the final. “I’m not thinking too much about that yet,” explained Clayton.

By Tom Prosser Welsh duo Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton won the World Cup of Darts as a team last year but tonight they are set to do battle in the last 16 of the prestigious World Matchplay tournament in Blackpool. This match not only brings two Welshman together but two of the most in-form players in the world on current form. Price is the world number one and current world champion whilst Clayton has won both the Masters and the Premier League within the last six months.

Wales’ Jonny Clayton could hardly contain his pride after he claimed to have put Pontyberem on the map by being crowned Premier League champion. Clayton beat fellow debutant Jose De Sousa 11-5 in the final on Friday night to claim the biggest prize of his career so far, including a cheque for £250,000. The Ferret, already a World Cup winner and Masters champion, became the first man to win the title from fourth place in the group stage.

Jonny Clayton says he will go into the Ladbrokes UK Open full of confidence after continuing his stunning start to 2021. The Pontyberem thrower is in the form of his life after following up last month’s Ladbrokes Maters success – his first TV title – with a superb four days at the Players Championship.

Despite winning the World Cup for Wales and enjoying his biggest individual career win so far, Pontyberem darts player Jonny Clayton says he plans to hold onto his full-time job for the time being. Having lifted the World Cup of Darts alongside fellow Welshman Gerwyn Price last year, Clayton, continued his remarkable rise by winning his first televised PDC event, the Ladbrokes Masters, last month. The victory saw Clayton pocket the £60,000 top prize and gain entry into the 2021 Premier League – a competition pitting 10 of the world’s best players.