Gurney determined to bounce back and succeed after missing out on place in Premier League Darts

Waterside darts player Daryl Gurney just missed out in a place in the 10-man line-up for this year’s Premier League Darts.

Gurney, who was knocked out at the quarter-final stages of this year’s PDO World Darts Championships by eventual winner Michael van Gerwen, will be taking part in a number of World Series events.

PDC chairman Barry Hearn announced the 2017 Premier League line-up after an outstanding World Darts Championship final on Monday night. “The guy who got really close was Daryl Gurney,” admitted Hearn. “And we’ll be seeing him in some World Series events as he has another year to grow, but we have so much choice that not everybody can get included. “With the rewards on offer, £400,000 next year for the winners of the World Championships, these kids have got something to go for.”

Gurney is determined to bridge the gap however and having reached the quarterfinals he is focused on improving consistently over the coming months and years.

"I want to put the hard work and practice in,” he said. “I want to be dedicated, I want to make this my life.  "If I get my finishing right, working on that 80 to 120 range, I can be up there with James Wade, Michael, Phil Taylor, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright, Raymond van Barneveld - all of them. I will keep working. Until I do it as regularly as they do though, it will be tough."