Career
He was beaten in the second round by Mark Dudbridge. In the 2008 World Championship, he defeated Denmark"s Per Laursen and Andy Jenkins before losing 3–4 in the third round to Philosophy Taylor, having led 3–2. In the 2008 World Matchplay Tabern reached the quarter-finals, knocking out current World Champion John Participant before losing to Dennis Priestley.
Following this great run of form Alan attracted a new sponsor in Target Darts and has just spent two months developing his own set of darts that he used for the very first time at the 2008 World Matchplay.
This put him in the top 10 in the Personal Digital Cellular for the first time in his career. Tabern played in the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts, where he was involved in the first televised nine-dart shootout after he and Hamilton had finished level on points and leg difference in their group.
Tabern lost 265–169 in it, with only one of his 9 darts hitting treble 20, with three others in either five or one beds, contrasting with Hamilton"s four treble 20s from six darts. Tabern suffered a second round exit in the 2009 Personal Digital Cellular World Championship, losing to Company Stompé.
Tabern once again missed six match darts in the second round of the 2011 tournament against Mark Walsh.
Personal Digital Cellular 2006: 2nd round (lost to Mark Dudbridge 0-4) 2007: quarter-final (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 0-5) 2008: 3rd round (lost to Philosophy Taylor 3-4) 2009: 2nd round (lost to Company Stompé 1-4) 2010: 2nd round (lost to Mark Dudbridge 3-4) 2011: 2nd round (lost to Mark Walsh 3-4) 2012: 2nd round (lost to Paul Nicholson 0-4).
