LEDBURY’S Terry Jenkins rounded off his 888.com Premier League darts campaign with an 8-4 defeat against James Wade at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle.
Wade, the 2009 champion entered the final week unable to qualify for the semi-finals, despite a run of four games unbeaten in the second half of the season, but produced a polished display in front of 7,000 Newcastle fans.
He began the game brilliantly, hitting two 180s in winning the opening leg before taking out the maximum 170 finish to break throw in the second.
After checking out double top to win the third, he missed one dart at the same bed in leg four as Jenkins posted double ten to get off the mark.
Wade added further check-outs of 142 and 104 in winning two of the next three legs as he moved 5-2 up - Jenkins finishing double top in between - before he also won the eighth leg to establish a four-leg cushion.
Jenkins started the ninth with a 177 and two 140s before winning the leg on double two, and double eight saw him pull back to 6-4 in the next.
Wade, though, regained top gear to hit his fourth 180 of the game in the next, finishing double ten to move a leg away from victory, which he sealed on double eight.
The Bull finished seventh in the eight-player league with three wins and two draws from his 14 matches.
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