Managed to get Richard to cover the Christmas Day shift at the Kettering petrol station so says Ricky; I don't want to prepare for my Boxing Day clash by working in a garage.

So, game on. Extra ordinary darts, is like this. Four and half million teamed up in the UK, 60 world-wide.

Rapid Ricky won one of the final two places out of the qualifier, and then this (three minutes of him ‘super-fast scoring and doubles’ from the match).

Will update and ‘twit’ today’s result.