the fourth round of the UK Open and 11–5 by Gary Anderson in the second round of the World Matchplay. Jenkins also met Anderson in the final of the 12th Players Championship and he was edged out 6–5. His first round match with James Wade at the World Grand Prix went to a deciding leg which Jenkins won, before losing 3–1 to Benito van de Pas in the second round. 2017 Jenkins announced that after the 2017 World Championship he would be semi-retiring from the PDC circuit, as travelling for the events like those on the European Tour was taking its toll on him and would instead do more exhibitions and practice sessions, as well as continuing his love of buying and selling antiques. In the second round he recovered from 3–1 down to Benito van de Pas to level at 3–3 and then missed one match dart at double 20 to seal the comeback win and was defeated 4–3. As a result of playing fewer tournaments, Jenkins did not qualify for the 2018 World Championship. As of November 2018, Jenkins has not participated in any professional darts tournament. World Championship performances Jenkins made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2005, losing his opening game to Ronnie Baxter. In 2006, he was seeded 15 and won his first match against Jimmy Mann before falling in the last 32 to Andy Hamilton, who also ended Jenkins hopes in the 2007 World Championship, this time at the quarter-final stage by 5 sets to 4. In 2008, Jenkins fell at the first hurdle to 21-year-old qualifier Kirk Shepherd who went on to reach the final of the competition (losing to John Part). Jenkins had led 2–1 in sets and had seven darts to win the match in the fourth set, but missed all of them. Jenkins suffered a second successive first round exit in the 2009 World Championship, losing to another qualifier in Dennis Smith. Jenkins managed to break his Alexandra Palace hoodoo (which included becoming the first player to ever be whitewashed in the 2007 Premier League Darts by Colin Lloyd), in the 2010 PDC World Championship by beating Paul Nicholson 3–2 in a tense affair. He then beat Darin Young in the 2nd round 4–0 before losing to eventual runner-up Simon Whitlock 4–2 in the 3rd round. In 2011, he made a tense start to his World Championship bid, beating