PDC Development Tour 2018

[Paulefan]

Dean Reynolds (DT), Colin Fowler (CT), Mark Frost (CT)

[Ginge]

Christopher Kempf
@ochepedia

Today, Martin Schindler became only the fourth person to win two PDC titles in a single day.

Was asked on Twitter, who were the other 3.

Personally don't have a clue., but would be interested to know the answer.

Dean Reynolds won 2 in the same day on the Development Tour in 2016
Colin Fowler won 2 in the same day on the Challenge Tour in 2014, as did Mark Frost.

But I see I was beaten to it

[ssjsa]

Both of you answered quicker than the person on Twitter.

Well done.Just goes to show the level of knowledge we have on the forum.

[Ginge]

Both of you answered quicker than the person on Twitter.

Well done.Just goes to show the level of knowledge we have on the forum.

Or how quick I found the Wiki pages and scrolled back to 2014 until I had 3 names

[ssjsa]

Both of you answered quicker than the person on Twitter.

Well done.Just goes to show the level of knowledge we have on the forum.

Or how quick I found the Wiki pages and scrolled back to 2014 until I had 3 names

And here was me thinking that you came up with those dates, thanks to your great memory.

[ssjsa]

Ryan Meikle wins Development Tour 11

Last 128 - Tadhg Carroll 4-2
Last 64 - George Killington 4-0
Last 32 - Matthew Holbrook 4-0
Last 16 - Rhys Griffin 4-1
Last 8 - Rusty J Rodriguez 5-4
Semi - Ted Evetts 5-0
Final - Rowby J Rodriguez 5-3

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Last 64

Sebastian Pohl4|1Niels Zonneveld

Melvin de Fijter4|3Rhys Julian

Viani Van den Bergh4|3Sean Johnson

Scott Dale4|0Aaron Holdstock

Joshua Richardson4|0Justin Smith

Stephen Rosney4|1Kevin Doets

Rob Hewson4|0Adam Howard

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez4|1Wessel Nijman

Martin Schindler4|3Callan Rydz

Hendrik Eggermann4|0Conor Mayes

Jarred Cole4|0Jordan Boyce

Rhys Griffin4|3Bradley Brooks

Ted Evetts4|3Brian Raman

Adam Watson4|3Daniel Bury

Christian Bunse4|0William Blackwell

Luke Humphries4|1Scott Jackson

Berry van Peer4|0Nicholas Ellis

Josh McCarthy4|1Robbie Lickiss

Tommy Wilson4|1Frantisek Humpula

Mike van Duivenbode4|1Connor Scutt

Christopher Haensch4|0Matthew Holbrook

Lewis Pride4|1Lucas Richards

Jack Kerr4|1Chris Pick

Nico Schlund4|0Kai Haddock

Danny Key4|2Rory Jolly

Dimitri Van den Bergh4|2Shaun Brown

Greg Ritchie4|3Cameron Anderson

Rhys Hayden4|0Joe Davis

Declan Cox4|3Jim Moston

William Borland4|3Robert Adnams

Carl Batchelor4|2Peter Fisher

Geert Nentjes4|3George Gardner

Last 32

Melvin de Fijter4|3Sebastian Pohl

Scott Dale4|2Viani Van den Bergh

Joshua Richardson4|2Stephen Rosney

Rob Hewson4|0Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Martin Schindler4|3Hendrik Eggermann

Rhys Griffin4|2Jarred Cole

Ted Evetts4|3Adam Watson

Christian Bunse4|2Luke Humphries

Josh McCarthy4|2Berry van Peer

Mike van Duivenbode4|3Tommy Wilson

Christopher Haensch4|1Lewis Pride

Nico Schlund4|1Jack Kerr

Dimitri Van den Bergh4|1Danny Key

Greg Ritchie4|1Rhys Hayden

William Borland4|1Declan Cox

Geert Nentjes4|2Carl Batchelor

Last 16

Melvin de Fijter4|1Scott Dale

Rob Hewson4|2Joshua Richardson

Martin Schindler4|3Rhys Griffin

Ted Evetts4|2Christian Bunse

Mike van Duivenbode4|1Josh McCarthy

Christopher Haensch4|2Nico Schlund

Dimitri Van den Bergh4|2Greg Ritchie

William Borland4|0Geert Nentjes

Last Eight

Melvin de Fijter-|-Rob Hewson

Martin Schindler-|-Ted Evetts

Mike van Duivenbode-|-Christopher Haensch

Dimitri Van den Bergh-|-William Borland

[ssjsa]

Good to see Scotland's William Borland following up his good form in the WDT by reaching the Last 8 of Development Tour Event 12.

[ssjsa]

Dimitri ends William's run with a 5-3 victory in the Quarter Finals.

[ssjsa]

Updated table following today's event from Erik Middelkoop.

[ssjsa]

TEN more international qualifiers have secured their place in the 2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship.

The event has expanded to 96 players with a prize fund of £60,000 this year, providing greater opportunities for young players from across the globe.

There will be up to 72 qualifiers from the PDC Unicorn Development Tour Order of Merit, alongside any age-qualified players inside the top 32 on the main PDC Order of Merit.

They will be joined by 24 international qualifiers from across the world to compete in the early rounds on Monday November 5 at Wigan's Robin Park Tennis Centre.

Heading the latest list of ten international qualifiers is China's Xiaochen Zong, who starred in the 2018 World Darts Championship and represented his country in June's World Cup of Darts.

Zong (main image) is joined by Paolo Nebrida (Asia, pictured above) Sean Coohill (USA), Logan Crooks (Canada), Nicolai Rasmussen and Hampus Norrstrom (both Nordic & Baltic), Jack Faragher and Keane Barry (both Ireland/NI) and Maxim Aldoshin (Russia).

In a change for the Australian qualifiers, Ryan Lynch has replaced Corey Cadby for the 2018 event.

Further qualifying events will be held over the next month ahead of the early rounds on November 5 at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.

Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh will defend his title in November, having claimed the honour in 2017 by defeating Josh Payne in the final.

Also among the players to have secured qualification is Canada's Dawson Murschell has qualified as the best-performing eligible player at the recent William Hill North American Championship.

Lynch joins Steve Fitzpatrick in qualifying from the DartPlayers Australia rankings, while Kiwi talent Tahuna Irwin won the DartPlayers New Zealand qualifier.

German duo Sven Hesse and Lukas Wenig are further qualifiers, alongside Gibraltar's Jarvis Bautista, America's Sean Coohill, Canada's Logan Crooks and South Africa's Alexander Faddel.

Further qualifying events will be held in the USA, Canada, China, Asia, Russia, Ireland, across Europe and through PDC Nordic and Baltic, while two players will represent the Junior Darts Corporation.

One further weekend remains on the PDC Unicorn Development Tour for players to qualify, on November 3-4 in Wigan.

The first round will be a group stage featuring 32 groups of three players, with the group winners progressing to compete in a knockout format from the last 32 onwards.

The final will then take place on Sunday November 25 at the Butlin's Minehead Resort between the semi-finals and final of the Players Championship Finals, live on ITV4.

An additional £10,000 has been added to the prize fund for the World Youth Championship, with the winner also securing a place in the 2018/2019 World Championship and the finalists qualifying for the 2019 Grand Slam of Darts.

Prize Fund
Winner - £10,000, Place in 2018/2019 World Championship, Place in 2019 Grand Slam of Darts
Runner-Up - £5,000, Place in 2019 Grand Slam of Darts
Semi-Finalists - £2,500
Quarter-Finalists - £1,600
Last 16 - £1,000
Last 32 - £500
Second in Group - £300
Third in Group - £250
Total - £60,000

Early Rounds: November 5 2018 – Robin Park Tennis CentreFormat
The group stage will be the best of nine legs per match, with two points awarded per win.
In the event of a tie, players are separated by head-to-head, or in the case of a three-way tie by leg difference, then head-to-head and, if needed, a three-way nine-dart shoot-out.
The knockout stage will be the best of 11 legs.

Final: November 25 2018 – Butlin’s Minehead Resort

Field
Invitations will be issued to the following players:
Players aged 23 or under from the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit
Up to 72 players from the final 2018 PDC Unicorn Development Tour Order of Merit
24 Invitations, as follows:
USA, Canada, Best-performing player from 2018 North American Championship, China, Asia x2, Australia x2, New Zealand, Nordic & Baltic x2, Germany x2, Gibraltar, Ireland x2, Russia, JDC x2, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, South Africa. Once place TBC.

Confirmed International Qualifiers:
Sean Coohill (USA)
Logan Crooks (Canada)
Dawson Murschell (NADC Best Age-Qualified Player)
Xiaochen Zong (China)
Paolo Nebrida (Asia)
Steve Fitzpatrick (Australia)
Ryan Lynch (Australia)
Tahuna Irwin (New Zealand)
Nicolai Rasmussen (Nordic & Baltic)
Hampus Norrstrom (Nordic & Baltic)
Sven Hesse (Germany)
Lukas Wenig (Germany)
Jarvis Bautista (Gibraltar)
Jack Faragher (Ireland/NI)
Keane Barry (Ireland/NI)
Maxim Aldoshin (Russia)

TBC:
Japan
Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Southern Europe
South Africa
JDC X2

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Courtesy of Erik Middelkoop.

*UPDATE* Next weekend the Development Tour continues. Just two more weekends before the World Youth Championship. Like the main World Championship, this event has expand to 96 players, 72 from the DT and 24 international qualifiers. These are the players currently on a spot:

[The Jolly Man]

Wonder how many will turn up for the final two weekends of events. With so many qualifying to the finals you can have skipped everything up to now and still have a good chance.

[ssjsa]

Courtesy of Erik Middelkoop.

Luke Humphries wins his second Development Tour event of this year and his 7th DT ever. Justin van Tergouw missed a couple of matchdarts to win his first.

[ssjsa]

Results from Development tour 13 and 14.

https://www.pdc.tv/node/7722

[ssjsa]

Christopher Kempf
@Ochepedia

Meanwhile on the Development Tour...
Kenny Neyens (age 23) and Justin van Tergouw (age 18) finish all 9 legs of their match in 15 darts or less, combining for an average of 103.71.

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Christopher Kempf
@Ochepedia

Meanwhile on the Development Tour...
Kenny Neyens (age 23) and Justin van Tergouw (age 18) finish all 9 legs of their match in 15 darts or less, combining for an average of 103.71.

Just great. A combined average.
Any chance of the individual averages?

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Christopher Kempf
@Ochepedia

Meanwhile on the Development Tour...
Kenny Neyens (age 23) and Justin van Tergouw (age 18) finish all 9 legs of their match in 15 darts or less, combining for an average of 103.71.

Just great. A combined average.
Any chance of the individual averages?

Yes.

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Christopher Kempf
@Ochepedia

Meanwhile on the Development Tour...
Kenny Neyens (age 23) and Justin van Tergouw (age 18) finish all 9 legs of their match in 15 darts or less, combining for an average of 103.71.

Just great. A combined average.
Any chance of the individual averages?

Yes.

Lovely stuff!

[mik252]

Dimitri van den Bergh wins event 15 beating Lee Budgen.

9 darter for Rowby-John Rodriguez in the early stages of the last event of the weekend.