Expect darts academies to flourish in the next 18 months all over the shop
Given Beaton has retired and Bennett and Taylor will lose their TCs, should be a fair few up for grabs.
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 4 hours ago
Expect darts academies to flourish in the next 18 months all over the shop
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It's already happening Sheriff, which is great to see. And you have the ADC running regional tournaments (The Vault) all over the country. Luke winning last night will no doubt turbocharge it.
Over 800 players will compete in the 2025 PDC Qualifying Schools next week, with 29 Tour Cards on offer for players to secure a spot on the PDC circuit.
Following a sensational Paddy Power World Darts Championship, the focus now switches to Milton Keynes' Marshall Arena and Wunderland in Kalkar, as players from around the globe set their sights on a coveted two-year Tour Card.
Qualifying School will again feature concurrent events being staged in the UK and Germany, and is split into First Stage and Final Stage across seven days.
A total of 29 PDC Tour Cards will be on offer in Final Stage from January 9-12, with each of the daily winners in the UK and Europe receiving an automatic Tour Card.
The remaining 21 Tour Cards will be allocated to players from the UK and European Q School Final Stage Orders of Merit, and split on a pro-rata basis of total participants in each region.
First Stage will be held across three days, with the last eight players from each day qualifying automatically for Final Stage, while the remaining places in Final Stage - featuring 128 players at each venue – are decided from an Order of Merit.
There will be 474 players in First Stage action at European Qualifying School, with 354 players making the trip to the Marshall Arena for the opening three days of UK Qualifying School.
Players who lost their Tour Card at the end of 2024 will be exempt through to Final Stage in either the UK or European Qualifying School.
They will be joined at Final Stage by players in the top 16 from the respective 2024 Winmau Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit who do not already have Tour Cards for 2025.
Three-time World Champion John Part will headline the high-profile names in action during First Stage of UK Qualifying School, alongside South African star Devon Petersen.
Former Grand Slam champion Scott Waites will also be in action, as 2022 Women’s World Matchplay winner Fallon Sherrock makes her return to home soil in Milton Keynes.
Germany's former World Youth Champion Max Hopp - a winner of two PDC ranking titles - will headline First Stage at European Qualifying School, as he targets a return to the professional circuit.
Women’s Series star Noa-Lynn van Leuven will also feature in Kalkar, as will Belgium’s Brian Raman, New Zealand’s Ben Robb and Poland’s Krzysztof Kciuk.
Australian icon Simon Whitlock will headline the list of Final Stage entries in UK Qualifying School, where he will be joined by fellow veteran star Mervyn King and two-time Women's World Matchplay winner Beau Greaves.
Dutch star Jeffrey de Zwaan and Austria's World Cup runner-up Rowby-John Rodriguez will compete in Final Stage at European Qualifying School, with Czech World Cup duo Karel Sedlacek and Adam Gawlas also eyeing an instant ProTour return.
Matches in the First Stage will be played over the best of nine legs, while the Final Stage encounters will be contested over the best of 11 legs.
First shocking average of the week...
Benjamin Allen - 47.85.
£500 well spent
Ooohh, over in Germany
Marco Bout - 38.25
The player who beat Bout only averaged 40 ffs.
Fallon Sherrock falls at first hurdle today.
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 hour, 1 minute ago
The player who beat Bout only averaged 40 ffs.
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comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 24 minutes ago
Fallon Sherrock falls at first hurdle today.
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Yeah, I was following it on Dart Connect.
Was 3-1 down and then 4-3 up, but facked it.
She took out 121 for a 12 dart leg at one point.
Scott Waites won his opening game 5-0 with a 108.91 average.
Bradley Brooks is looking decent too.
Alan Norris won 5-0.
John Part lost 2-5.
Noa-Lynn won 5-0 in her opening game in Europe.
Devon Petersen safely through to the last 128.
Thomas Banks averaged 91.26 and still lost 0-5
2 of the 3 who play in my league are still going today - Conan Whitehead and Harry Lane.
Nice. I went to Modus a few months back and watched Adrian Gray with a bloke called Simon Stothart. They're both at Q School. Simon lost 5-1 in his opening game.
Adrian lost 5-3 to Jon Worsley.
Brandon Lewis Richardson averaged 94.59 and lost 5-1 to Cam Crabtree (99.17).
Some standard.
Lane and Whitehead both fall.
WDF Champion Shane McGuirk going well.
The European event is going really slowly in comparison to UK. It used to be the other way round, with more UK entrants. A top 512 in Germany, 256 in MK.
"There will be 474 players in First Stage action at European Qualifying School, with 354 players making the trip to the Marshall Arena for the opening three days of UK Qualifying School."
David Pallett is going well, a name from the past. Only 34 years old
Bradley Brooks and Shane McGuirk are the first into the last 16. So close to progression now.
Tommy Morris is the first player to reach the finals.
107 average for Brooks as he progresses to the second stage in an impressive manner.
Jack Tweddell and Tommy Morris also into Thursdays action.
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posted on 4/1/25
Expect darts academies to flourish in the next 18 months all over the shop
posted on 4/1/25
Given Beaton has retired and Bennett and Taylor will lose their TCs, should be a fair few up for grabs.
posted on 4/1/25
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 4 hours ago
Expect darts academies to flourish in the next 18 months all over the shop
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It's already happening Sheriff, which is great to see. And you have the ADC running regional tournaments (The Vault) all over the country. Luke winning last night will no doubt turbocharge it.
posted on 4/1/25
Over 800 players will compete in the 2025 PDC Qualifying Schools next week, with 29 Tour Cards on offer for players to secure a spot on the PDC circuit.
Following a sensational Paddy Power World Darts Championship, the focus now switches to Milton Keynes' Marshall Arena and Wunderland in Kalkar, as players from around the globe set their sights on a coveted two-year Tour Card.
Qualifying School will again feature concurrent events being staged in the UK and Germany, and is split into First Stage and Final Stage across seven days.
A total of 29 PDC Tour Cards will be on offer in Final Stage from January 9-12, with each of the daily winners in the UK and Europe receiving an automatic Tour Card.
The remaining 21 Tour Cards will be allocated to players from the UK and European Q School Final Stage Orders of Merit, and split on a pro-rata basis of total participants in each region.
First Stage will be held across three days, with the last eight players from each day qualifying automatically for Final Stage, while the remaining places in Final Stage - featuring 128 players at each venue – are decided from an Order of Merit.
There will be 474 players in First Stage action at European Qualifying School, with 354 players making the trip to the Marshall Arena for the opening three days of UK Qualifying School.
Players who lost their Tour Card at the end of 2024 will be exempt through to Final Stage in either the UK or European Qualifying School.
They will be joined at Final Stage by players in the top 16 from the respective 2024 Winmau Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit who do not already have Tour Cards for 2025.
Three-time World Champion John Part will headline the high-profile names in action during First Stage of UK Qualifying School, alongside South African star Devon Petersen.
Former Grand Slam champion Scott Waites will also be in action, as 2022 Women’s World Matchplay winner Fallon Sherrock makes her return to home soil in Milton Keynes.
Germany's former World Youth Champion Max Hopp - a winner of two PDC ranking titles - will headline First Stage at European Qualifying School, as he targets a return to the professional circuit.
Women’s Series star Noa-Lynn van Leuven will also feature in Kalkar, as will Belgium’s Brian Raman, New Zealand’s Ben Robb and Poland’s Krzysztof Kciuk.
Australian icon Simon Whitlock will headline the list of Final Stage entries in UK Qualifying School, where he will be joined by fellow veteran star Mervyn King and two-time Women's World Matchplay winner Beau Greaves.
Dutch star Jeffrey de Zwaan and Austria's World Cup runner-up Rowby-John Rodriguez will compete in Final Stage at European Qualifying School, with Czech World Cup duo Karel Sedlacek and Adam Gawlas also eyeing an instant ProTour return.
Matches in the First Stage will be played over the best of nine legs, while the Final Stage encounters will be contested over the best of 11 legs.
posted on 6/1/25
First shocking average of the week...
Benjamin Allen - 47.85.
£500 well spent
posted on 6/1/25
Ooohh, over in Germany
Marco Bout - 38.25
posted on 6/1/25
The player who beat Bout only averaged 40 ffs.
posted on 6/1/25
Fallon Sherrock falls at first hurdle today.
posted on 6/1/25
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 hour, 1 minute ago
The player who beat Bout only averaged 40 ffs.
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posted on 6/1/25
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 24 minutes ago
Fallon Sherrock falls at first hurdle today.
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Yeah, I was following it on Dart Connect.
Was 3-1 down and then 4-3 up, but facked it.
She took out 121 for a 12 dart leg at one point.
posted on 6/1/25
Scott Waites won his opening game 5-0 with a 108.91 average.
Bradley Brooks is looking decent too.
Alan Norris won 5-0.
John Part lost 2-5.
Noa-Lynn won 5-0 in her opening game in Europe.
posted on 6/1/25
Devon Petersen safely through to the last 128.
posted on 6/1/25
Thomas Banks averaged 91.26 and still lost 0-5
posted on 6/1/25
2 of the 3 who play in my league are still going today - Conan Whitehead and Harry Lane.
posted on 6/1/25
Nice. I went to Modus a few months back and watched Adrian Gray with a bloke called Simon Stothart. They're both at Q School. Simon lost 5-1 in his opening game.
posted on 6/1/25
Adrian lost 5-3 to Jon Worsley.
posted on 6/1/25
Brandon Lewis Richardson averaged 94.59 and lost 5-1 to Cam Crabtree (99.17).
Some standard.
posted on 6/1/25
Lane and Whitehead both fall.
posted on 6/1/25
WDF Champion Shane McGuirk going well.
posted on 6/1/25
The European event is going really slowly in comparison to UK. It used to be the other way round, with more UK entrants. A top 512 in Germany, 256 in MK.
posted on 6/1/25
"There will be 474 players in First Stage action at European Qualifying School, with 354 players making the trip to the Marshall Arena for the opening three days of UK Qualifying School."
posted on 6/1/25
David Pallett is going well, a name from the past. Only 34 years old
posted on 6/1/25
Bradley Brooks and Shane McGuirk are the first into the last 16. So close to progression now.
posted on 6/1/25
Tommy Morris is the first player to reach the finals.
posted on 6/1/25
107 average for Brooks as he progresses to the second stage in an impressive manner.
Jack Tweddell and Tommy Morris also into Thursdays action.
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