
The last two events of the first Development Tour double header of the season are coming up today with Nathan Rafferty and Wessel Nijman claiming the first and second events of the season yesterday.
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Both will be in actionin the PDC Development Tour today with Rafferty having a tough test against one of the shining lights so far in this years' Challenge Tour, Jarred Cole.
Nijman will face Frantisek Humpula in round 2 after receiving a bye through. Also in action today include Dawson Murschell, Ted Evetts, Ryan Meikle as well as the likes of Berry van Peer and George Killington.
Dimitri van den Bergh and Luke Humphries are two of the names that are not in action due to being involved in this weekends' European Tour.
The prize fund for this years' Development Tour is below:
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
Last 256
Lennon Cradock – | – Richie Ijzermans
Sam Chance – | – Aiden Cope
Jamie Banks – | – Declan Coles
Joseph Main – | – Sonny Johal
Daniel Thomas – | – Ayden Copson
Dawson Murschell – | – Troy Brown
Danny Van Trijp – | – Declan Salter
Andrew Ryan – | – Dean Birks
Reece Kirk – | – Justin Smith
Michael Artiss – | – Tom Lonsdale
Rob Hewson – | – Paul Reid
Adam Paxton – | – Ronnie Roberts
Robert Adnams BYE | –
Aaron Castagnette – | – Rihards Slisans
Adam Howard – | – Fred Box
Jack Male – | – Thomas King
Jakob Kelly BYE | –
Harry Forrest – | – George Hone
Arron Fairweather – | – Geert Nentjes
Lewis McGuigan – | – Jordan Singh
James Smith BYE | –
Daniel Perry – | – Luke Humphreys
Nicholas Ellis – | – Peter Fisher
William Blackwell – | – DJ Rouse
Matthew Shaw BYE | –
Chris Pick – | – Kai Haddock
Amit Gilitwala – | – Jack Fuller
Ben West – | – Joel Walker
Jordan Thomas BYE | –
Chris Tanner – | – Scott Baillie
Lars Fransen – | – Aaron Russell
Job ten Heuvel – | – Jaikob Selby
Sebastian Pohl 4 | 0 Niels Zonneveld
Joe Davis – | – Jamie Peetoom
Jarred Cole – | – Nathan Rafferty
William Borland – | – Liam Johnson
Matthew Holbrook – | – Jordan Boyce
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez – | – James Carroll
Jack Dickinson – | – Viani Van den Bergh
Frederick Evans – | – Callum Dudding
Liam Hill – | – Scott Leader
Joe Osman – | – Jack Warner
Viggo van der Kuijl – | – Lee Budgen
James Clark – | – Brian Raman
Jim Moston BYE | –
Arran Edwards – | – Ben Chance
Justin Mueller – | – James O’Toole
Tommy Wilson – | – Shaun Devonald
Jake Neale BYE | –
Jordan Inglut – | – Cameron Hinchcliffe
Greg Ritchie – | – Callum Goffin
Dan Ladley – | – George Penning
Jimmy Hendriks BYE | –
Jack Vincent – | – Tadhg Carroll
Aaron Ayres – | – Patrick Hendley Waite
Tom Sawford – | – Sam Tyas
Cameron Anderson BYE | –
Brad Burnett – | – Terry Webb
Ashleigh Morton – | – Lukas Wenig
Liam Gallagher – | – Nico Schlund
Frankie Horton BYE | –
Kieran Timmins – | – Conor Mayes
Curtis Turner – | – Patrick van den Boogaard
Josh Davies – | – Scott Dale
Aaron Holdstock – | – Ben Cheeseman
Callum Loose – | – Bradley Bayliss
Jordan Roof – | – Scott Jackson
Keelan Kay – | – Scott Hope
Christopher Haensch – | – Shaun Frowen
Eirwyn Evans – | – Rhys Griffin
Mark Baxter – | – Jamie Cassidy
Joshua Agger – | – Carl Batchelor
Danny Kronenberg – | – Adam Atkinson
Dean Jones – | – Declan Cox
George Gardner – | – Mikey Rees
Josh Clough – | – Kallum Graham
Robert Ludlow BYE | –
Samuel Harold – | – Joshua Habgood
Charlie Symons – | – Adam Watson
Andrew Kilburn – | – Lewis Williams
Kevin Doets BYE | –
Andrew Davidson – | – Henry Reddin
Kieran Spurdle – | – Callan Rydz
Danny Key – | – Brad Ellis
Daniel Bury BYE | –
Cian Fitzpatrick – | – Liam Fairclough
Stephen Rosney – | – Joshua Richardson
Shane Reidy – | – Chester Gardner
Robbie Lickiss BYE | –
Thomas Cromwell – | – Rhys Hayden
Lewis Gurney – | – Sean Johnson
Tommy Lishman – | – James Thompson
Thomas Lovely BYE | –
Jack Kerr – | – Dan Read
Samuel Kapur – | – Mike De Decker
Ben Adams – | – Andy Alker
Josh McCarthy – | – Bradley Brooks
Owen Emmett-Bowden – | – Joshua Church
Ryan O’Connor – | – Sam Cromwell
James Wilkinson – | – Reece Aitman
Nathan Richards BYE | – Logan Barnecut
Owen Maiden 4 | 0 Ryan Burns
William Thexton – | – Shaun Lovett
Alex Jacques – | – Liam Dobey
Josie Paterson BYE | –
Ethan Brooks – | – Jamie Britten
Dominik Steinmann – | – Lucas Richards
Berry van Peer – | – Jack Tweddell
Matt Parsons BYE | –
George Killington – | – James Evans
Bradley Kirk – | – Kieran Smith
Kieran Brignell – | – Marc Williams
Declan Fishwick BYE | –
John Brown – | – Morgan Smith
Jacob Gwynne – | – Ashley Upson
Hendrik Eggermann – | – Melvin de Fijter
Wessel Nijman BYE | –
Frantisek Humpula – | – Shane McGuirk
Kevin Troppmann – | – Cavan Philips
Damian Stokes – | – Jack Seymour
Alfie Lazar-Woodward BYE | –
Ryan Meikle – | – Ted Evetts
Dean Finn – | – Harry Ward
Thomas Dawson – | – Reece Colley
Thomas Callaghan BYE | –
George Collumb Jnr – | – Lewis Pride
Bradley Halls – | – Rory Jolly
Jack Main – | – Joshua Lightowler
Nijman will face Frantisek Humpula in round 2 after receiving a bye through. Also in action today include Dawson Murschell, Ted Evetts, Ryan Meikle as well as the likes of Berry van Peer and George Killington.
Dimitri van den Bergh and Luke Humphries are two of the names that are not in action due to being involved in this weekends' European Tour.
The prize fund for this years' Development Tour is below:
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
Last 256
Lennon Cradock – | – Richie Ijzermans
Sam Chance – | – Aiden Cope
Jamie Banks – | – Declan Coles
Joseph Main – | – Sonny Johal
Daniel Thomas – | – Ayden Copson
Dawson Murschell – | – Troy Brown
Danny Van Trijp – | – Declan Salter
Andrew Ryan – | – Dean Birks
Reece Kirk – | – Justin Smith
Michael Artiss – | – Tom Lonsdale
Rob Hewson – | – Paul Reid
Adam Paxton – | – Ronnie Roberts
Robert Adnams BYE | –
Aaron Castagnette – | – Rihards Slisans
Adam Howard – | – Fred Box
Jack Male – | – Thomas King
Jakob Kelly BYE | –
Harry Forrest – | – George Hone
Arron Fairweather – | – Geert Nentjes
Lewis McGuigan – | – Jordan Singh
James Smith BYE | –
Daniel Perry – | – Luke Humphreys
Nicholas Ellis – | – Peter Fisher
William Blackwell – | – DJ Rouse
Matthew Shaw BYE | –
Chris Pick – | – Kai Haddock
Amit Gilitwala – | – Jack Fuller
Ben West – | – Joel Walker
Jordan Thomas BYE | –
Chris Tanner – | – Scott Baillie
Lars Fransen – | – Aaron Russell
Job ten Heuvel – | – Jaikob Selby
Sebastian Pohl 4 | 0 Niels Zonneveld
Joe Davis – | – Jamie Peetoom
Jarred Cole – | – Nathan Rafferty
William Borland – | – Liam Johnson
Matthew Holbrook – | – Jordan Boyce
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez – | – James Carroll
Jack Dickinson – | – Viani Van den Bergh
Frederick Evans – | – Callum Dudding
Liam Hill – | – Scott Leader
Joe Osman – | – Jack Warner
Viggo van der Kuijl – | – Lee Budgen
James Clark – | – Brian Raman
Jim Moston BYE | –
Arran Edwards – | – Ben Chance
Justin Mueller – | – James O’Toole
Tommy Wilson – | – Shaun Devonald
Jake Neale BYE | –
Jordan Inglut – | – Cameron Hinchcliffe
Greg Ritchie – | – Callum Goffin
Dan Ladley – | – George Penning
Jimmy Hendriks BYE | –
Jack Vincent – | – Tadhg Carroll
Aaron Ayres – | – Patrick Hendley Waite
Tom Sawford – | – Sam Tyas
Cameron Anderson BYE | –
Brad Burnett – | – Terry Webb
Ashleigh Morton – | – Lukas Wenig
Liam Gallagher – | – Nico Schlund
Frankie Horton BYE | –
Kieran Timmins – | – Conor Mayes
Curtis Turner – | – Patrick van den Boogaard
Josh Davies – | – Scott Dale
Aaron Holdstock – | – Ben Cheeseman
Callum Loose – | – Bradley Bayliss
Jordan Roof – | – Scott Jackson
Keelan Kay – | – Scott Hope
Christopher Haensch – | – Shaun Frowen
Eirwyn Evans – | – Rhys Griffin
Mark Baxter – | – Jamie Cassidy
Joshua Agger – | – Carl Batchelor
Danny Kronenberg – | – Adam Atkinson
Dean Jones – | – Declan Cox
George Gardner – | – Mikey Rees
Josh Clough – | – Kallum Graham
Robert Ludlow BYE | –
Samuel Harold – | – Joshua Habgood
Charlie Symons – | – Adam Watson
Andrew Kilburn – | – Lewis Williams
Kevin Doets BYE | –
Andrew Davidson – | – Henry Reddin
Kieran Spurdle – | – Callan Rydz
Danny Key – | – Brad Ellis
Daniel Bury BYE | –
Cian Fitzpatrick – | – Liam Fairclough
Stephen Rosney – | – Joshua Richardson
Shane Reidy – | – Chester Gardner
Robbie Lickiss BYE | –
Thomas Cromwell – | – Rhys Hayden
Lewis Gurney – | – Sean Johnson
Tommy Lishman – | – James Thompson
Thomas Lovely BYE | –
Jack Kerr – | – Dan Read
Samuel Kapur – | – Mike De Decker
Ben Adams – | – Andy Alker
Josh McCarthy – | – Bradley Brooks
Owen Emmett-Bowden – | – Joshua Church
Ryan O’Connor – | – Sam Cromwell
James Wilkinson – | – Reece Aitman
Nathan Richards BYE | – Logan Barnecut
Owen Maiden 4 | 0 Ryan Burns
William Thexton – | – Shaun Lovett
Alex Jacques – | – Liam Dobey
Josie Paterson BYE | –
Ethan Brooks – | – Jamie Britten
Dominik Steinmann – | – Lucas Richards
Berry van Peer – | – Jack Tweddell
Matt Parsons BYE | –
George Killington – | – James Evans
Bradley Kirk – | – Kieran Smith
Kieran Brignell – | – Marc Williams
Declan Fishwick BYE | –
John Brown – | – Morgan Smith
Jacob Gwynne – | – Ashley Upson
Hendrik Eggermann – | – Melvin de Fijter
Wessel Nijman BYE | –
Frantisek Humpula – | – Shane McGuirk
Kevin Troppmann – | – Cavan Philips
Damian Stokes – | – Jack Seymour
Alfie Lazar-Woodward BYE | –
Ryan Meikle – | – Ted Evetts
Dean Finn – | – Harry Ward
Thomas Dawson – | – Reece Colley
Thomas Callaghan BYE | –
George Collumb Jnr – | – Lewis Pride
Bradley Halls – | – Rory Jolly
Jack Main – | – Joshua Lightowler

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