2019 PDC Challenge Tour

[Zapp Brannigan]

Challenge tour Starts This weekend with 4 events, 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday

Going to be an interesting weekend for those that take it seriously as there will be at the very least 1 pro tour place up for grabs with Cadbys visa issues.

Tour is open to anyone who went to Qschool and failed to get a card.

Dates
Jan 26 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 1-2 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jan 27 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 3-4 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 5-6 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 12 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 7-8 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jul 13 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 9-10 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Jul 14 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 11-12 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Aug 10 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 13-14 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Aug 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 15-16 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Sep 28 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 17-18 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Sep 29 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 19-20 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan

Prize fund
Winner - £2,000
Runner-Up - £1,000
Semi-Finalists - £500
Quarter-Finalists - £300
Last 16 - £200
Last 32 - £100
Last 64 - £50
Total - £10,000
Total (Per Tour) - £200,000

[1205]

Challenge tour Starts This weekend with 4 events, 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday

Going to be an interesting weekend for those that take it seriously as there will be at the very least 1 pro tour place up for grabs with Cadbys visa issues.

Tour is open to anyone who went to Qschool and failed to get a card.

Dates
Jan 26 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 1-2 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jan 27 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 3-4 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 5-6 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 12 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 7-8 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jul 13 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 9-10 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Jul 14 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 11-12 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Aug 10 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 13-14 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Aug 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 15-16 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Sep 28 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 17-18 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Sep 29 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 19-20 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan

Prize fund
Winner - £2,000
Runner-Up - £1,000
Semi-Finalists - £500
Quarter-Finalists - £300
Last 16 - £200
Last 32 - £100
Last 64 - £50
Total - £10,000
Total (Per Tour) - £200,000

BDO Calendar:
Jan 26/27: Romanian Classic/International Open Cat C-B/C-C, KW Try City Open (Waterloo, Canada) - Cat D Men, Cat D Ladies
May 10 BDO World Darts Trophy 2018 Qualifiers
May 10 Welsh Classic Cat A Men, Cat B Women
May 12 Welsh Open Cat A+ Men, Cat A+ Women
May 10 - 12 Mill Rythe Spring Festival
May 11/12: Lithuanian Open/Winmau Vilnius Open Cat D
Jul 13/14: nothing
Aug 10: Antwerp Open - Cat B Men, Cat C Women
Aug 11: Nottinghamshire Darts Open
Sep 28/29: South of England Open

(EDITed to include the missing WDT qualifiers and Welsh Classic and Open. Oops. Thanks Addicks Fan)

There's only 13 miles from Bolton to Wigan...

[Addicks Fan]

Challenge tour Starts This weekend with 4 events, 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday

Going to be an interesting weekend for those that take it seriously as there will be at the very least 1 pro tour place up for grabs with Cadbys visa issues.

Tour is open to anyone who went to Qschool and failed to get a card.

Dates
Jan 26 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 1-2 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jan 27 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 3-4 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 5-6 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 12 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 7-8 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jul 13 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 9-10 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Jul 14 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 11-12 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Aug 10 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 13-14 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Aug 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 15-16 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Sep 28 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 17-18 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Sep 29 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 19-20 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan

Prize fund
Winner - £2,000
Runner-Up - £1,000
Semi-Finalists - £500
Quarter-Finalists - £300
Last 16 - £200
Last 32 - £100
Last 64 - £50
Total - £10,000
Total (Per Tour) - £200,000

BDO Calendar:
Jan 26/27: Romanian Classic/International Open Cat C-B/C-C, KW Try City Open (Waterloo, Canada) - Cat D Men, Cat D Ladies
May 11/12: Lithuanian Open/Winmau Vilnius Open Cat D
Jul 13/14: nothing
Aug 10: Antwerp Open - Cat B Men, Cat C Women
Aug 11: Nottinghamshire Darts Open
Sep 28/29: South of England Open

There's only 13 miles from Bolton to Wigan...

Missed out the biggest domestic weekend in the BDO calendar - Welsh Open and Classic on May 10-12

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[Mensur Suljovic Fan]

Can see this Challenge Tour season being even more crucial than last year's. Last year there were generally about 10-15 TC holders skipping, now looking through the current list, I can't see an awful lot of players deciding to put their feet up on PC weekends (apart from Cadby of course)

[1205]

Challenge tour Starts This weekend with 4 events, 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday

Going to be an interesting weekend for those that take it seriously as there will be at the very least 1 pro tour place up for grabs with Cadbys visa issues.

Tour is open to anyone who went to Qschool and failed to get a card.

Dates
Jan 26 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 1-2 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jan 27 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 3-4 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 5-6 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 12 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 7-8 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jul 13 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 9-10 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Jul 14 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 11-12 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Aug 10 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 13-14 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Aug 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 15-16 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Sep 28 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 17-18 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Sep 29 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 19-20 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan

Prize fund
Winner - £2,000
Runner-Up - £1,000
Semi-Finalists - £500
Quarter-Finalists - £300
Last 16 - £200
Last 32 - £100
Last 64 - £50
Total - £10,000
Total (Per Tour) - £200,000

BDO Calendar:
Jan 26/27: Romanian Classic/International Open Cat C-B/C-C, KW Try City Open (Waterloo, Canada) - Cat D Men, Cat D Ladies
May 11/12: Lithuanian Open/Winmau Vilnius Open Cat D
Jul 13/14: nothing
Aug 10: Antwerp Open - Cat B Men, Cat C Women
Aug 11: Nottinghamshire Darts Open
Sep 28/29: South of England Open

There's only 13 miles from Bolton to Wigan...

Missed out the biggest domestic weekend in the BDO calendar - Welsh Open and Classic on May 10-12

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Sorry, yes, I completely skipped over them.

May 10 BDO World Darts Trophy 2018 Qualifiers
May 10 Welsh Classic Cat A Men, Cat B Women
May 12 Welsh Open Cat A+ Men, Cat A+ Women
May 10 - 12 Mill Rythe Spring Festival

So, a BDO player could play Challenge Tour but miss 5-8 to do the WDT Qualifiers and Welsh Open.

[trotter01]

Rob Cross has said he will probably miss a few Pro tours this year to take more breaks..Barney may be more committed..well see ..but I can see a lot playing most so you'd probably have to be right at the top of the Challenge tour rankings after the first weekend to get in the first few Pro Tour weekends

[MancheStar]

What’s the ruling if a challenge tour player qualifies for the pro tour and plays on it can they play in BDO events aswell? Or are they technically a PDC then?

[Mensur Suljovic Fan]

Rob Cross has said he will probably miss a few Pro tours this year to take more breaks..Barney may be more committed..well see ..but I can see a lot playing most so you'd probably have to be right at the top of the Challenge tour rankings after the first weekend to get in the first few Pro Tour weekends

We shall see with Barney. He didn’t look great at an exbo I went to last Friday (yes I know it’s only an exbo but still). I honestly think he has just had enough of the whole thing TBH. But we shall see if he does truly commit himself to his final year. Interestingly enough for anyone wanting to back an outsider. Clayton was averaging 105+ in his matches at that exbo so if he can produce even close to that he might give MvG a very good game at the masters.

Not that exbos mean much, but Clayton hit some absolutely superb form in patches last year, and is jacking in his job to become a full-time pro now. I definitely think he'll have another good year

[Mensur Suljovic Fan]

Rob Cross has said he will probably miss a few Pro tours this year to take more breaks..Barney may be more committed..well see ..but I can see a lot playing most so you'd probably have to be right at the top of the Challenge tour rankings after the first weekend to get in the first few Pro Tour weekends

Peter Wright started to miss a few events last year after years or playing just about every tournament going, so he might miss some as the season wears on. Can't see many, if any (Cadby aside of course) who might miss the first event of the season though

[Zapp Brannigan]

What’s the ruling if a challenge tour player qualifies for the pro tour and plays on it can they play in BDO events aswell? Or are they technically a PDC then?

BDO - No rules now

PDC - Havent really made anything clear especially when the challenge tour now gives pro tour places (which pro tour players arnt allowed to play other events) and world championship places.

Me thinks either nothing is going to get said until something happens that makes it get said or the PDC are going to clamp down this year (which was the rumor coming from the ladies)

[oche balboa]

Challenge tour Starts This weekend with 4 events, 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday

Going to be an interesting weekend for those that take it seriously as there will be at the very least 1 pro tour place up for grabs with Cadbys visa issues.

Tour is open to anyone who went to Qschool and failed to get a card.

Dates
Jan 26 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 1-2 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jan 27 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 3-4 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 5-6 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 12 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 7-8 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jul 13 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 9-10 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Jul 14 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 11-12 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Aug 10 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 13-14 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Aug 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 15-16 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Sep 28 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 17-18 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Sep 29 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 19-20 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan

Prize fund
Winner - £2,000
Runner-Up - £1,000
Semi-Finalists - £500
Quarter-Finalists - £300
Last 16 - £200
Last 32 - £100
Last 64 - £50
Total - £10,000
Total (Per Tour) - £200,000

BDO Calendar:
Jan 26/27: Romanian Classic/International Open Cat C-B/C-C, KW Try City Open (Waterloo, Canada) - Cat D Men, Cat D Ladies
May 11/12: Lithuanian Open/Winmau Vilnius Open Cat D
Jul 13/14: nothing
Aug 10: Antwerp Open - Cat B Men, Cat C Women
Aug 11: Nottinghamshire Darts Open
Sep 28/29: South of England Open

There's only 13 miles from Bolton to Wigan...

Missed out the biggest domestic weekend in the BDO calendar - Welsh Open and Classic on May 10-12

Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Sorry, yes, I completely skipped over them.

May 10 BDO World Darts Trophy 2018 Qualifiers
May 10 Welsh Classic Cat A Men, Cat B Women
May 12 Welsh Open Cat A+ Men, Cat A+ Women
May 10 - 12 Mill Rythe Spring Festival

So, a BDO player could play Challenge Tour but miss 5-8 to do the WDT Qualifiers and Welsh Open.

World Trophy is on August 30-September 1

Not sure when the Qualifiers are.

But the Welsh Open will be hit a little by the Challenge Tour held at the same time.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Challenge tour Starts This weekend with 4 events, 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday

Going to be an interesting weekend for those that take it seriously as there will be at the very least 1 pro tour place up for grabs with Cadbys visa issues.

Tour is open to anyone who went to Qschool and failed to get a card.

Dates
Jan 26 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 1-2 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jan 27 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 3-4 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 5-6 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
May 12 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 7-8 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Jul 13 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 9-10 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Jul 14 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 11-12 - East of England Arena, Peterborough
Aug 10 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 13-14 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Aug 11 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 15-16 - Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton
Sep 28 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 17-18 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Sep 29 2019 - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 19-20 - Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan

Prize fund
Winner - £2,000
Runner-Up - £1,000
Semi-Finalists - £500
Quarter-Finalists - £300
Last 16 - £200
Last 32 - £100
Last 64 - £50
Total - £10,000
Total (Per Tour) - £200,000

BDO Calendar:
Jan 26/27: Romanian Classic/International Open Cat C-B/C-C, KW Try City Open (Waterloo, Canada) - Cat D Men, Cat D Ladies
May 11/12: Lithuanian Open/Winmau Vilnius Open Cat D
Jul 13/14: nothing
Aug 10: Antwerp Open - Cat B Men, Cat C Women
Aug 11: Nottinghamshire Darts Open
Sep 28/29: South of England Open

There's only 13 miles from Bolton to Wigan...

Missed out the biggest domestic weekend in the BDO calendar - Welsh Open and Classic on May 10-12

Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Sorry, yes, I completely skipped over them.

May 10 BDO World Darts Trophy 2018 Qualifiers
May 10 Welsh Classic Cat A Men, Cat B Women
May 12 Welsh Open Cat A+ Men, Cat A+ Women
May 10 - 12 Mill Rythe Spring Festival

So, a BDO player could play Challenge Tour but miss 5-8 to do the WDT Qualifiers and Welsh Open.

World Trophy is on August 30-September 1

Not sure when the Qualifiers are.

But the Welsh Open will be hit a little by the Challenge Tour held at the same time.

I doubt it will effect either.

I really dont see many challenge tour players doing the full tour, didnt happen last year.

The only people i see coming and going are the people that think they have a genuine chance at lakeside (Hamilton, Reynolds, WIlliams ect)

[oche balboa]

What’s the ruling if a challenge tour player qualifies for the pro tour and plays on it can they play in BDO events aswell? Or are they technically a PDC then?

BDO - No rules now

PDC - Havent really made anything clear especially when the challenge tour now gives pro tour places (which pro tour players arnt allowed to play other events) and world championship places.

Me thinks either nothing is going to get said until something happens that makes it get said or the PDC are going to clamp down this year (which was the rumor coming from the ladies)

There was a situation where a player played on the PDC Pro tour who tried to qualify for Lakeside the week before.

Now the BDO have get rid of all rules it makes sense if the PDC do nothing. Let people make choices, There isnt a split anymore

[Zapp Brannigan]

What’s the ruling if a challenge tour player qualifies for the pro tour and plays on it can they play in BDO events aswell? Or are they technically a PDC then?

BDO - No rules now

PDC - Havent really made anything clear especially when the challenge tour now gives pro tour places (which pro tour players arnt allowed to play other events) and world championship places.

Me thinks either nothing is going to get said until something happens that makes it get said or the PDC are going to clamp down this year (which was the rumor coming from the ladies)

There was a situation where a player played on the PDC Pro tour who tried to qualify for Lakeside the week before.

Now the BDO have get rid of all rules it makes sense if the PDC do nothing. Let people make choices, There isnt a split anymore

Doing nothing plays a risky game because it only takes one person to push his look with what he can and cant do any then it will kick off like it has in the past with players dropping out of tournaments when a live stream starts.

I think the PDC may release some kind of official clarification, IE Tour Card holders can only play PDC affiliated tournaments, Challenge tour players who have played in pro tour events cant try to qualify for lakeside, everyone else is free to do as they wish.

[Maverick]

Just putting this up , will update as and when I can, not involved in CT1 due to finishing work at 6:45am it was gonna be too tight for registration so felt it best to leave that one.

[mrsj180]

Just putting this up , will update as and when I can, not involved in CT1 due to finishing work at 6:45am it was gonna be too tight for registration so felt it best to leave that one.

Are you planning on attending them all this year? just did my entries for the first 4, Im looking at playing in them all for a bit of experience.

[Maverick]

Just putting this up , will update as and when I can, not involved in CT1 due to finishing work at 6:45am it was gonna be too tight for registration so felt it best to leave that one.

Are you planning on attending them all this year? just did my entries for the first 4, Im looking at playing in them all for a bit of experience.

I’ll be at as many as I can be , missing the first through work only because i’m Out of holidays until June

[Maverick]

Just putting this up , will update as and when I can, not involved in CT1 due to finishing work at 6:45am it was gonna be too tight for registration so felt it best to leave that one.

Are you planning on attending them all this year? just did my entries for the first 4, Im looking at playing in them all for a bit of experience.

How did you get on at Q School? Did you take any positives from it?

Day 1 for me was awful , hadn’t played in such an oppressive atmosphere and it really got to me , Adam Bull played ok but I made him look like a world beater.

Day 2 scrappy start but had some nice moments against Brian Hallas with a 161 out and a 13 darter to win the decider, then playing Dan Lauby hitting a 170 out and getting a chance to win the match but sadly throwing two bloody awful darts at D16

Day 3 No idea what happened , played a muppet and just couldn’t get my arm to go where it was supposed to, snatching , pushing, pulling , you name it, anything you can do to a dart to fuck up, I did it! Worst 27 mins of my darting life.

Day 4 Started with great apprehension because of day 3, wasn’t pushed or troubled at all in the first two games , knew I had to improve hugely against Carl Wilkinson who already had his card in the bag. Again some good moments in the match without being able to say I played really well, last leg was dogshit ! But managed to Nick it.
Rees Hall was sadly there for the taking but my doubles deserted me , missing tops for a 125 in the first, two at D8 in the second , a lovely 141 out in the fourth but another missed chance at D18/D9 in Leg 6, on the whole a lot of positives for me but I can’t point to one game and say “bloody hell I played well there” work to do

[MancheStar]

Gonna be interesting to see whether the usual BDO tourers pick the challenge tour or the Romanian open this week could set there paths for the whole season. Looking at the entry list for the Romania not many of the q school players on it.

[oche balboa]

The Romanian list has been up for a week