Why the fuck is this on a week after the World's? Noone gives a shite. Bahrain gave enough of a shite to pay for it, and I can't see players wanting to go there in summer. That and removing an Australian event has also cleared a few weeks in summer, so the top players should get a mid-season break.

Black Velvet wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:54 pm Ashton averaging 76 and Sherrock 87. But, but, but she's the better player!

Ashton's been down since the middle of 2022. I wouldn't be surprised if the only PDC stage Ashton will play on again will be the Women's World Matchplay.

The current World Master will not be a tour card holder, for anyone who had him in the competition! Been a bit unlucky with the draws, but if he can't beat Lawrence, he's better off in the Challenge Tour and European Tour. Plus he gets to play at Lakeside in December and I'm sure he'll be getting S...

Rout wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:04 pm

Black Velvet wrote:https://www.dartsrankings.com/qschool-uk-first

James Hurrell is really struggling isn't he?

Tournament stats from Darts Connect:
#19 Hurrell, James 88.81
High class non-PDC jobbery there.

Cadby had a better 2nd day: Top 16 B5 96.47 Cadby, Corey 5 - 4 Henderyck, Stefaan 89.07 Top 32 B9 90.05 Cadby, Corey 5 - 3 Blom, Moreno 79.36 Top 64 B17 98.04 Cadby, Corey 5 - 1 Cyffka, Tobias 74.03 Top 128 B17 93.17 Cadby, Corey 5 - 3 Marquês, José 81.56 Top 256 B17 90.04 Cadby, Corey 5 - 4 Hilling...

Loses 5-4. Misses a few darts and Dennant checkouted 96 to win Looks like a dart to win in the 8th as well, with Dennant taking out 70. Her usual double-trouble. But, a good loss for the leg difference. On 3 +6 25. Cut-off is currently 2+4 to 2+2 (depending on who gets the 8 direct tomorrow), and w...

Fallon will be through to the next stage anyway. Playing well enough even defeat to add more points tomorrow. 4 should be enough anyway Currently 1-2 down to Dennant after Dennant missed 3 darts for a 2nd break. A whitewash would have be bad for Sherrock's points difference. Cut-off currently at 2 ...

Over in Germany:
- Plaisier well beaten by an on-form Van der Meer. Plaisier only on 1 point after 2 days.
- Cadby got his first point, has thrown 2 90+ averages and is 4-2 up against Marquês, averaging in the 90s again.

Q-School "failure" with likely enough points to get through, there. Especially with the 2 consecutive 5-1 wins to bump the leg difference to +7. Nice draw today after a tougher one yesterday. Next game should be a tougher one though: canonical Q-School failure Matt Dennant just won 5-0 ag...

BlueSpark wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:39 am Bennett drilled 5-1 with an average in the 60s

Not a surprise at all. His throw looked absolutely terrible at the Masters. He looks like he's not practising and needs to go away and come back later.

Ashton beaten 5-4 by someone chucking a 67 average She was throwing as badly as that, and 0-4 down, but in the end couldn't break in 18 in the decider. Meanwhile Winstanley gets her first point, and Sherrock her 2nd point with both into the Last 128. Winstanley 5-3 Ricky King Sherrock 5-1 Paul Milf...

I know he went to Q school in 2021, think he got knocked out early? He's has a decent run so far Won 1 game in 2021, but average was a few points lower then, and importantly below 83.5. Key win today was his highest average against McGeeney. UK qualifier averages: #2 96.01 Slevin, Dylan #61 85.89 J...

Smithy1412 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:37 pm Wow, haven't seen Palfreyman in donkeys years. He reached the semis in Las Vegas in 2002, losing to Taylor.

He went to 2021 Q School, but not 2022.

EU:
Poland - Tytus Kanik
Czechia - Tomas Houdek
Netherlands - Arjan Konterman
Netherlands - Benito van de Pas
Germany - Niko Springer
Germany - Daniel Zygla
Netherlands - Richard Veenstra
Netherlands - Jimmy van Schie

What’s Stage 2? The stage where most of the 40-60 average jobbers are removed. The 2 stage (First + Final) Q School is one of the good things that came from COVID. Not just to weed out the weaklings, but also reducing the field size to make it 128* like a PC, and only 1 winner. Not going to get a B...

BlueSpark wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:52 pm What’s Stage 2?

Properly called the Final Stage, it the stage that follows Stage 1, which is properly called the First Stage.

Meanwhile, in Germany, ...

Recent NDB losing finalist Konterman is the first player through to stage 2, coming back from 2-4 down to beat Mooijman.

Jacques 5 - 4 Richardson (Broke in 18)
Perez 5 - 1 Payne
Lee Palfreyman 5 -3 Scott Baker
Lewis 5- 2 Gilliland
Jim Walker 5 - 2 Hurrell (Jobber done. Ho, ho, ho.)
Gadsby 5 - 3 Quantock

The losers above are on 4 points and in an extremely good position to qualify for Stage 2 anyway.

Meanwhile, in the darts... Slevin and Pilgrim have won through to stage 2. The remaining games to play are ... Gadsby 2 v 1 Quantock Perez 3 v 0 Payne Jim Walker 3 v 2 Hurrell Scott Baker 3 v 4 Lee Palfreyman James Richardson 2 v 2 Jacques Lewis 0 v 0 Gilliland Not a surprise to see many of the name...

Jobber Hurrell wins 5-1. And again jobs his way 5-1 into the Last 32. He will play Hamilton, who's looking like he might skip some days, into the Last 32 with averages of 96.35, 91.86 and 99.67 Young Irishman Dylan "The Arm" Slevin the first player into the Last 16, with a 13-dart break b...