TERRY JENKINS ended Raymond van Barneveld's winning start to the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts with an 8-5 win in Coventry.

Jenkins, from Ledbury, followed up his win over Phil Taylor a week ago with another high-quality display, including a 156 finish in taking five of the final seven legs.

The pair were locked at 3-3 following an intriguing opening half to the contest before The Bull found an extra gear following the break.

Jenkins took out the 156 finish - the highest of the night to earn him a £1,000 bonus, edging out van Barneveld's 131 in leg eight - before three successive legs put him 7-4 up.

Van Barneveld landed a fourth 180 of the contest in the next to stay alive, but Jenkins sealed victory on his favourite double top.

"Beating Phil and Raymond in successive weeks is very pleasing for me," said Jenkins, who moves up to fourth in the table.

"We both struggled a bit, maybe we had too much respect for each other, and I made hard work of it but made my shots count in the second half."

Van Barneveld admitted: "I don't know what happened. I prepared really well and felt great going into the match, but I had an off-night.

"Terry played pretty well and that 156 he hit was a killer blow."