P134 Teletext 134 Dec30 04:44:20 Earls Court ——————————————————————————— SWEET REVENGE FOR DUTCHMAN SCHOLTEN Roland Scholten, a 30-year-old Dutch publican from The Hague, shrugged off a heavy cold to win the British Open by beating Bob Taylor of Scotland in two straight sets in the final. It was a question of sweet revenge for only last month Taylor had beaten his rival easily in the European Grand Masters in Scholten's home town. "Bob slaughtered me in Holland," said Scholten. "So I was anxious to beat him ——————————————————————————————————1/2—— Teletext Sporting Calendar for 1996 189 FOURTH TEST UPDATES 0891 881 455 T+ Cost/min: 39p cheap, 49p other Next Football Cricket PollP134 Teletext 134 Dec30 04:44:14 Purfleet —————————————————————————————— BUTLER SERVES UP NO JUSTICE FOR ROD Rod Harrington, the Chelmsford player who was runner-up last year, has been knocked out of the Vernons Pools World Championship without throwing a dart. After a 3-2 defeat by American Larry Butler he needed Nigel Justice to beat his conqueror of Wjdnjsday. But Butler finished on top again, beating Justice 3-2, so Harrington became the second seed to bow out, following Cambridge's Kevin Spiolek. ——————————————————————————————————2/2—— UK results 181 World results 180 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL WEATHER p102 Next Football Cricket Poll