Terry Jenkins vows to win PDC title

Terry Jenkins has proclaimed he "believes" he will eventually win a major PDC title after seven rounds of hurt on the big stage.

That's how many times 'the Bull'- speaking from a darts exhibition at the Emerald Club in Wolverhampton – has fell at the last hurdle.

But Jenkins ran world champion Adrian Lewis close in the quarter-finals of this year's world championships, coming from 3-0 down to level at 3-3 before defeat.

And the 48-year-old from Ledbury from Herefordshire insists it's only a matter of time before his luck changes for the better.

He said: "I really believe I can win a competition and I feel keen again.

"I have bought a new house and I have put a practice room up in a log cabin in the garden and it's good.

"Now I can get back to my old self – and go one better. If the luck goes my way, I will win something."

While Jenkins plans to prove he belongs up there with the best, Andy Smith is looking to break through the glass ceiling to the PDC's top 16.

'The Pie Man'- from Studley in Warwickshire – was another attraction on the night and is another you write off at your peril in competitive darts.

Smith has, so far, done his best work on 'the floor' – the non-televised events - but holds victories on that stage over 15-time world champion Phil Taylor and reigning world title holder Lewis.

His big break has yet to come but the world No 20 is ready for the call and is on-form, as his performance in a recent big 'floor' show indicates.

Only former PDC and four-time BDO world champion Raymond van Barneveld could halt Smith in the final of a UK Open qualifier last month.

And the 44-year-old believes that sort of show proves he isn't a million miles away.

He said: "I know a couple of good results and I will be in that top 16, if I have a few good matches then I will be looking at top eight.

"I am doing it on the floor and I know I can do it, I just need a break and all I have got to do is play darts. I know I can beat anybody on my day.

"I am not worried, it's the players that have got to play me that are worried."