2018 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour

[The Jolly Man]

Challenge Tour to kick off same weekend as Q-school. So any European players won't be there as they will have just been in Germany for there q-school. PDC can't be expecting them to all travel over in time for it.

So will there be something for Europeans to go to?

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/10/21/2018 ... our-update

[ssjsa]

THE opening PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour weekend of 2018 will now be held on January 27-28 at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.

The year will see five double-header weekends take place on the Challenge Tour, which is open to PDPA Associate Members.

The opening weekend of the season will be held on January 27-28 in Wigan to follow a week after the 2018 PDC Qualifying School.

Further weekends will be held in Milton Keynes in March, in Wigan in May and September and in Peterborough in November, with each weekend featuring four events across the two days.

2018 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour
Saturday January 27 - Events One & Two, Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Sunday January 28 - Events Three & Four, Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Saturday March 24 - Events Five & Six, Arena MK, Milton Keynes
Sunday March 25 - Events Seven & Eight, Arena MK, Milton Keynes
Saturday May 5 - Events Nine & Ten, Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Sunday May 6 - Events 11 & 12, Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Saturday September 8 - Events 13 & 14, Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Sunday September 9 - Events 15 & 16, Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Saturday November 10 - Events 17 & 18, East of England Showground, Peterborough
Sunday November 11 - Events 19 & 20, East of England Showground, Peterborough

[ifm]

Challenge Tour to kick off same weekend as Q-school. So any European players won't be there as they will have just been in Germany for there q-school. PDC can't be expecting them to all travel over in time for it.

So will there be something for Europeans to go to?

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/10/21/2018 ... our-update

Q school is the week before so they have four full days to get to Wigan.

[Bag Carrier]

Challenge Tour to kick off same weekend as Q-school. So any European players won't be there as they will have just been in Germany for there q-school. PDC can't be expecting them to all travel over in time for it.

So will there be something for Europeans to go to?

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/10/21/2018 ... our-update

Q school is the week before so they have four full days to get to Wigan.

Come on, We’re talking about PDC players now. 4 days rest travelling around Europe ain’t very fair on them.

[ifm]

Challenge Tour to kick off same weekend as Q-school. So any European players won't be there as they will have just been in Germany for there q-school. PDC can't be expecting them to all travel over in time for it.

So will there be something for Europeans to go to?

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/10/21/2018 ... our-update

Q school is the week before so they have four full days to get to Wigan.

Come on, We’re talking about PDC players now. 4 days rest travelling around Europe ain’t very fair on them.

It's less than Anderson got TBF

[Zapp Brannigan]

I guesss they are using it as an incentive for more people to turn up.

[ChrisW]

I guesss they are using it as an incentive for more people to turn up.

Probably and logistics.

[The Jolly Man]

Challenge Tour to kick off same weekend as Q-school. So any European players won't be there as they will have just been in Germany for there q-school. PDC can't be expecting them to all travel over in time for it.

So will there be something for Europeans to go to?

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/10/21/2018 ... our-update

Q school is the week before so they have four full days to get to Wigan.

Aah. Trying to read it on my phone. Got the host of it but missed the bit where they said it was following week. Must have just read following.

It's still a lot to ask say a Dutch player to go from Germany to Uk in a week when they don't know if they are eligible or not.

There is however neve that many Europeans at the challenge tour but I don't think having it the following weekend really helps them.

What's the point of having a European q-school to attract Europeans in then make it difficult for the players to get to a challenge tour weekend

[Dannyboy]

Because they should be aiming to be playing on the Main Tour?

Another carrot being dangled for the next Q School as entry fees are likely to be scrapped for the ProTour from either 2018 or 2019.

[The Jolly Man]

Because they should be aiming to be playing on the Main Tour?

Another carrot being dangled for the next Q School as entry fees are likely to be scrapped for the ProTour from either 2018 or 2019.

But they have to have a platform to develop. Rob Cross will be someone that is a great example already.

The best Europeans already come across and qualify through q-school. There aren't many others out there who can't do that that would be of a high enough standard to get onto the tour.

If they don't develop the pool of players that will be attracted by q-school think they will be missing a trick. Expecting them to come across to the uk is to much