Rising north-west star Gurney into quarter-finals of World Darts Championship

A north-west darts player is through to the quarter-finals of the William Hill World Darts Championship.

Derry's Daryl Gurney moved into the last eight after edging past Mark Webster 4-3 in the third round at London's Alexandra Palace.

Gurney reached the quarter-finals for the first time in his career after coming through a nail-biting encounter with two-time semi-finalist Webster.

Nicknamed Daryl 'Super Chin' Gurney, the rising star (who is ranked in the top 25) was understandably delighted afterwards.

"I'm just really relieved," Gurney said. "I should've won it earlier but my doubles for the match were dreadful. In the end I won, I'm through and that's the most important thing."

The quality of play was poor early on but Gurney picked up and hit seven 180s.

He squandered six match darts -including five for a 4-2 triumph - before finally prevailing in a deciding set.

He will face the winner of the third round tie between Michael van Gerwen and Darren Webster.