overall AGP winner will receive a place at the 2008 PDC World Championship and Whitlock (currently a BDO star) admitted "That's my goal". He followed it up by claiming the second event title on March 18. 18 – James Wade wins the North-West Regional Final UK Open title with a victory over Terry Jenkins in the final in Manchester. Wade had earlier beat Phil Taylor in the quarter-finals. 22 – The second half of the Premier League season got underway with the top two players Phil Taylor and Dennis Priestley both held to a draw by Roland Scholten and Terry Jenkins respectively. It allowed Raymond van Barneveld to close the gap slightly at the top. 24 – Raymond van Barneveld wins the Partypoker.net Players Championship, a PDC Pro Tour event in Frankfurt. Barneveld beat Ronnie Baxter by 3 sets to 1 in the final. 26 – Scott Waites maintains his excellent form in 2007 by winning the £2,000 top prize at the Welsh Masters in Rhyl. Waites added to his Dutch Open title (and Scottish Open runner-up cheque) by beating Phil Evans in the final. 29 – The top of the table clash in the Premier League ends with a comfortable 8–2 victory for Phil Taylor over Dennis Priestley. World Champion Raymond van Barneveld suffered his third defeat of the season with a 6–8 reverse to Colin Lloyd April 1 – Andy Hamilton wins the Midlands Final of the UK Open – the last regional event before the televised finals in June. He beats James Wade 2–0 in sets in the final. 3 – After 14 years at the Circus Tavern the PDC announce that their World Championship will move the Alexandra Palace from 2008. The "Ally Pally" will host 2,500 spectators per session compared to 800–900 in Purfleet. 5 – Phil Taylor destroys Terry Jenkins 8–1 in the Premier League to stay top and qualify for the semi-finals of the event. Adrian Lewis ended his losing streak against Colin Lloyd and the other two matches were drawn. 6 – Ron Meulenkamp becomes the latest Dutch player to confirm a switch to play for the PDC – following the likes of Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen, Toon Grebe and Vincent van der Voort. 8 – In a friendly international match at the Lakeside Country Club England's men, women and youth teams (WDF eligible players) defeated their Netherlands counterparts 26–16. 12