2019 PDC Challenge Tour

[1205]

Isnt there room to fit in a few extra boards.

It'd make things more complicated.
To keep things simple you need a power of 2 boards so you can assign a group of players to a single board.

[1205]

Think of the fact that it's not the Pro Tour and they could be coming from all over.

It's not ideal for a qualifying system. Having to turn up 9-10 in the morning and maybe not leaving till past 10 at night

Simple answer is just have one event per day - why need to play two events on the same day??

More tournaments? Challenge tour only has 5 weekends, so it'd only be 10 tournaments if 1 per day.

They could do 2 on the Saturday and 1 on the Sunday, and start a bit later on the Sunday to allow more rest after a long Saturday.

Shortening games would save a bit of time.
Based on Event 4, best of 7 through the Last 128 would have knocked 7 1/2 legs per board, saving 15 to 20 minutes.

Can’t they spread the events out over the year or is it a case of logistics for the organisers?? Obviously no problems for the players involved.

But yes that’s a good idea ref two on Sat and one on Sun if they have to squeeze in the weekends as opposed to shortening matches as should be best of 11 anyway...

If you look at the Tournament calendar there really isn't much room.
Presumably they have the same crew doing the Pro Tour, Challenge Tour and Development Tour and that fills things up.
Challenge Tour and Development Tour weekends are during European Tour and World Series weekends.

[DavidB]

It's not ideal for a qualifying system. Having to turn up 9-10 in the morning and maybe not leaving till past 10 at night

Simple answer is just have one event per day - why need to play two events on the same day??

More tournaments? Challenge tour only has 5 weekends, so it'd only be 10 tournaments if 1 per day.

They could do 2 on the Saturday and 1 on the Sunday, and start a bit later on the Sunday to allow more rest after a long Saturday.

Shortening games would save a bit of time.
Based on Event 4, best of 7 through the Last 128 would have knocked 7 1/2 legs per board, saving 15 to 20 minutes.

Can’t they spread the events out over the year or is it a case of logistics for the organisers?? Obviously no problems for the players involved.

But yes that’s a good idea ref two on Sat and one on Sun if they have to squeeze in the weekends as opposed to shortening matches as should be best of 11 anyway...

If you look at the Tournament calendar there really isn't much room.
Presumably they have the same crew doing the Pro Tour, Challenge Tour and Development Tour and that fills things up.
Challenge Tour and Development Tour weekends are during European Tour and World Series weekends.

Yeah thanks, sort of what I thought about officials required.

[Wubbalubbadubdub]

8 practice boards ain't really enough for that amount of players, must be a real pain trying to get warm for a game.

[Maverick]

Not so bad after the first round but before that every board is 5/6 players minimum on them . Can use the match boards up until 5 mins before start time.