WORLD number six Terry Jenkins insists he has got what it takes to win the World Darts Championship and just needs more television experience to achieve his goal.

The Ledbury thrower, whose performances earned him £71,234 during 2006, is hoping to gain that experience by taking part in the televised Premier League of Darts, which begins next month.

Jenkins, who has only been playing the sport full-time for three-and-a-half years, reached the quarter-finals at the recent PDC World Championships at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet and has his sights set on 2007 being a massive year for him.

Sports reporter Tom Guest - arrows in hand - travelled to the Full Pitcher in Ledbury to step up to the oche and take on the man known as The Bull.

In between visits to the board, Jenkins outlined his ambitions for the coming year.

He said: "I hope to win my first televised tournament in 2007. I feel confident I can do that, as long as I put in the proper practice from now on.

"I will also be playing in the Premier League for the first time this year, which will give me lots more experience of playing in front of the cameras.

"I qualified for the Premier League by finishing sixth in the rankings. The top six automatically qualify and there are two wild card selections - Raymond van Barneveld and 17-year-old Michael van Gerwen. It should be a good league and I'll have to be on form to do well.

"It starts on February 1 and goes on for 14 weeks on a more-or-less weekly basis.

"Playing in front of the cameras 14 times in the space of three months has got to be a good experience and it can only help me get better.

"Once I settle into it and get a bit more experience, you'll see what I can do and hopefully I can get to the top of the rankings.

"But now they have changed the ranking system from points to money-earnings, you pretty much need to win the World Championship because whoever wins that picks up £100,000, although Phil Taylor was number one last year even though he lost to Barney in the final.

"As far as I'm concerned, I've always said I am good enough to win the World Championship, so we'll have to wait and see."

Despite his impressive showing at the Circus Tavern, Jenkins insists he hasn't yet done himself justice in front of the cameras.

He added: "I haven't played my best darts on the television yet - in practice I really hammer the 60 and hit loads of ton-80s.

"In fact, I even had a nine-darter in pracitce this morning. I always set myself the target of hitting 50 180s in each practice session."

As if to prove his point, Jenkins took his tally of maximums to 51 for the day as he seized the initiative in our game of 501.

To be fair, he was always in the ascendancy after my opening three darts yeilded a score of just seven.

And by the time Jenkins nailed a double 10 to win our clash, I had only managed to lower my score to around 250 - probably not the stiffest test he will face this year!

Reflecting back on his Purfleet outing, Jenkins said: "I'm getting used to playing in the World Championships now because I've been there a few times, so I knew what to expect.

"The first couple of times were nerve-racking, but it is getting to be like an ordinary league game for me now, which makes it a bit easier.

"It was a very tough game against Andy Hamilton, who knocked me out in the quarter-final. He has always played well against me in the past, but I didn't expect him to play as well as he did, because he hasn't been doing that well on the circuit.

"I wasn't disappointed to go out, because I've had a good 18 months. I think I am one of the more consistent players on the circuit and that is why I got to number six in the world.

"I think Barney beating Taylor in the final will be good for the game. It will encourage others that he can be beaten.

"I've always said that if you get in front of Phil, he can crack just like anyone else and Barney proved that.

"It was a great final - it looked like Phil was going to steam-roller him at the start, but Barney came back brilliantly."