The darts is not over for the weekend with the next Development Tour events taking place over the weekend in Hildesheim. We will see Event Five and Six today with previous winners this year including Wessel Nijman, Rob Hewson & Niels Zonneveld.
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Among the players involved today in the PDC Development Tour 5 they include Dimitri van den Bergh, Max Hopp & Jeffrey de Zwaan. Van den Bergh of course started his career on the Development Tour and comes off the back of reaching the final of the German Darts Masters yesterday.
Hopp lost in the first round of that tournament yesterday but put in a good showing against Michael van Gerwen who was defeated by Van den Bergh. De Zwaan is of course a ranking winner this year but like many of the players including Ryan Meikle, Jimmy Hendriks & Rowby-John Rodriguez this weekend will be used to get into some form and get some consistency.
Also involved is last year's Development Tour winner, Luke Humphries. Humphries had a good start to the year but has been losing a lot of close games recently so will hope to get that winning feeling back this weekend. As a result he will be a massive danger in the hunt for a title this weekend.
Click here to read all about how the Development Tour works and the prize fund.
Hopp lost in the first round of that tournament yesterday but put in a good showing against Michael van Gerwen who was defeated by Van den Bergh. De Zwaan is of course a ranking winner this year but like many of the players including Ryan Meikle, Jimmy Hendriks & Rowby-John Rodriguez this weekend will be used to get into some form and get some consistency.
Also involved is last year's Development Tour winner, Luke Humphries. Humphries had a good start to the year but has been losing a lot of close games recently so will hope to get that winning feeling back this weekend. As a result he will be a massive danger in the hunt for a title this weekend.
Click here to read all about how the Development Tour works and the prize fund.
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Callum Loose BYE | -
Justin Mueller BYE | -
James O'Toole - | - Owen Maiden
David Carr - | - Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Thomas Lovely BYE | -
Jeffrey de Zwaan BYE | -
Levy Frauenfelder - | - Christian Bunse
Ole Holtkamp - | - Scott Dale
Marko Kewitsch BYE | -
Seppe Giebens BYE | -
Tom Lonsdale BYE | -
Conor Mayes - | - Dimitri Van den Bergh
Danny Kronenberg BYE | -
Jim Moston BYE | -
Noel Oumard BYE | -
Dominik Gruellich - | - Jacob Gwynne
Danielle Fry BYE | -
Geert Nentjes BYE | -
Jimmy Hendriks BYE | -
Dean Finn - | - Jonas Maack
George Killington BYE | -
Jordan Boyce BYE | -
Scott Leader BYE | -
Janis Blank - | - Nico Schlund
Lars Fransen BYE | -
Thomas King BYE | -
Marc Legant BYE | -
Terry Webb - | - Felix Franz
Daniel Jensen BYE | -
Nathan Rafferty BYE | -
Jack Bewsher BYE | -
Nico Blum - | - Dan Read
Michael Florian BYE | -
William Borland BYE | -
Daniel Bury - | - Patrick van den Boogaard
Viggo van der Kuijl - | - Anton Salge
Tom Schiller BYE | -
Sebastian Pohl BYE | -
Jordan Inglut - | - Simon Trommler
Martin Schindler - | - William Thexton
Robin Weber BYE | -
Berry van Peer BYE | -
Jan Reuther BYE | -
Dawson Murschell - | - Lukas Wenig
Aaron Russell BYE | -
Rhys Griffin BYE | -
Timo Thomczik BYE | -
Ryan Meikle - | - Lewis Williams
Sam Cromwell BYE | -
Rex Cole BYE | -
Ted Evetts BYE | -
Baki Kasniqi - | - Keelan Kay
Jaikob Selby BYE | -
Jack Fuller BYE | -
Manuel Jennerjahn BYE | -
Jakob Kelly - | - Harry Ward
Sven Groen BYE | -
Daniel Riedel BYE | -
Dylan Powell BYE | -
Bradley Kirk - | - Jeremy Jendrzejewski
Arron Fairweather BYE | -
Sean Johnson BYE | -
Max Hopp BYE | -
Lukas Weingessl - | - Greg Ritchie
Morgan Smith BYE | -
Julian Volmerhaus BYE | -
Ben Cheeseman - | - Clark Bradley
Kevin Grebe - | - Luke Humphries
Ronnie Roberts BYE | -
John Brown BYE | -
Jasper Rademaker - | - Jordan Rawlings
Robbin Seubring - | - Wessel Nijman
Rory Jolly BYE | -
Robin Hyna BYE | -
Rhys Hayden BYE | -
Jonas Gufler - | - Adam Watson
Kevin Troppmann BYE | -
Viani Van den Bergh BYE | -
Shane McGuirk BYE | -
Dominik Steinmann - | - Jack Kerr
Bradley Brooks BYE | -
Mike De Decker BYE | -
Thomas Cromwell BYE | -
Ben West - | - James Wilkinson
Hendrik Eggermann BYE | -
Reece Colley BYE | -
Markus Kirchmann BYE | -
Wesley van Trijp - | - Kieran Spurdle
Jack Main BYE | -
Danny Van Trijp BYE | -
Josh Davies BYE | -
Lewis Pride - | - Justin van Tergouw
Connor Scutt BYE | -
Aaron Ayres BYE | -
Andrew Davidson BYE | -
Callan Rydz - | - Richie Ijzermans
Shane Reidy BYE | -
Mike van Duivenbode BYE | -
Kevin Doets - | - Carl Batchelor
Rob Hewson - | - Joshua Lightowler
Kieran Brignell BYE | -
Niels Zonneveld BYE | -
Danny Key - | - Melvin de Fijter
Tommy Wilson - | - Mikkel Knudsen
Nigel Dikhoff BYE | -
Christopher Haensch BYE | -
Joe Davis BYE | -
Marvin van Velzen - | - Tadhg Carroll
Roman Loeffel BYE | -
Nicolai Rasmussen BYE | -
William Blackwell BYE | -
Max Rocco Gorny - | - Jarred Cole
Kenny Neyens BYE | -
Joshua Richardson BYE | -
Robin Beger BYE | -
Mike de Kruijff - | - Owen Emmett-Bowden
Mike Wedler BYE | -
Chester Gardner BYE | -
Mark Baxter BYE | -
Jack Vincent - | - Josh McCarthy
Jack Dickinson BYE | -
Kyan Proksch BYE | -
Harley Gregory BYE | -
Niklas Hofer - | - Sven Hesse
George Gardner BYE | -
Kevin Knopf BYE | -
Rowby-John Rodriguez BYE | -
Brian Raman - | - Eren Kilic
Callum Loose BYE | -
Justin Mueller BYE | -
James O'Toole - | - Owen Maiden
David Carr - | - Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Thomas Lovely BYE | -
Jeffrey de Zwaan BYE | -
Levy Frauenfelder - | - Christian Bunse
Ole Holtkamp - | - Scott Dale
Marko Kewitsch BYE | -
Seppe Giebens BYE | -
Tom Lonsdale BYE | -
Conor Mayes - | - Dimitri Van den Bergh
Danny Kronenberg BYE | -
Jim Moston BYE | -
Noel Oumard BYE | -
Dominik Gruellich - | - Jacob Gwynne
Danielle Fry BYE | -
Geert Nentjes BYE | -
Jimmy Hendriks BYE | -
Dean Finn - | - Jonas Maack
George Killington BYE | -
Jordan Boyce BYE | -
Scott Leader BYE | -
Janis Blank - | - Nico Schlund
Lars Fransen BYE | -
Thomas King BYE | -
Marc Legant BYE | -
Terry Webb - | - Felix Franz
Daniel Jensen BYE | -
Nathan Rafferty BYE | -
Jack Bewsher BYE | -
Nico Blum - | - Dan Read
Michael Florian BYE | -
William Borland BYE | -
Daniel Bury - | - Patrick van den Boogaard
Viggo van der Kuijl - | - Anton Salge
Tom Schiller BYE | -
Sebastian Pohl BYE | -
Jordan Inglut - | - Simon Trommler
Martin Schindler - | - William Thexton
Robin Weber BYE | -
Berry van Peer BYE | -
Jan Reuther BYE | -
Dawson Murschell - | - Lukas Wenig
Aaron Russell BYE | -
Rhys Griffin BYE | -
Timo Thomczik BYE | -
Ryan Meikle - | - Lewis Williams
Sam Cromwell BYE | -
Rex Cole BYE | -
Ted Evetts BYE | -
Baki Kasniqi - | - Keelan Kay
Jaikob Selby BYE | -
Jack Fuller BYE | -
Manuel Jennerjahn BYE | -
Jakob Kelly - | - Harry Ward
Sven Groen BYE | -
Daniel Riedel BYE | -
Dylan Powell BYE | -
Bradley Kirk - | - Jeremy Jendrzejewski
Arron Fairweather BYE | -
Sean Johnson BYE | -
Max Hopp BYE | -
Lukas Weingessl - | - Greg Ritchie
Morgan Smith BYE | -
Julian Volmerhaus BYE | -
Ben Cheeseman - | - Clark Bradley
Kevin Grebe - | - Luke Humphries
Ronnie Roberts BYE | -
John Brown BYE | -
Jasper Rademaker - | - Jordan Rawlings
Robbin Seubring - | - Wessel Nijman
Rory Jolly BYE | -
Robin Hyna BYE | -
Rhys Hayden BYE | -
Jonas Gufler - | - Adam Watson
Kevin Troppmann BYE | -
Viani Van den Bergh BYE | -
Shane McGuirk BYE | -
Dominik Steinmann - | - Jack Kerr
Bradley Brooks BYE | -
Mike De Decker BYE | -
Thomas Cromwell BYE | -
Ben West - | - James Wilkinson
Hendrik Eggermann BYE | -
Reece Colley BYE | -
Markus Kirchmann BYE | -
Wesley van Trijp - | - Kieran Spurdle
Jack Main BYE | -
Danny Van Trijp BYE | -
Josh Davies BYE | -
Lewis Pride - | - Justin van Tergouw
Connor Scutt BYE | -
Aaron Ayres BYE | -
Andrew Davidson BYE | -
Callan Rydz - | - Richie Ijzermans
Shane Reidy BYE | -
Mike van Duivenbode BYE | -
Kevin Doets - | - Carl Batchelor
Rob Hewson - | - Joshua Lightowler
Kieran Brignell BYE | -
Niels Zonneveld BYE | -
Danny Key - | - Melvin de Fijter
Tommy Wilson - | - Mikkel Knudsen
Nigel Dikhoff BYE | -
Christopher Haensch BYE | -
Joe Davis BYE | -
Marvin van Velzen - | - Tadhg Carroll
Roman Loeffel BYE | -
Nicolai Rasmussen BYE | -
William Blackwell BYE | -
Max Rocco Gorny - | - Jarred Cole
Kenny Neyens BYE | -
Joshua Richardson BYE | -
Robin Beger BYE | -
Mike de Kruijff - | - Owen Emmett-Bowden
Mike Wedler BYE | -
Chester Gardner BYE | -
Mark Baxter BYE | -
Jack Vincent - | - Josh McCarthy
Jack Dickinson BYE | -
Kyan Proksch BYE | -
Harley Gregory BYE | -
Niklas Hofer - | - Sven Hesse
George Gardner BYE | -
Kevin Knopf BYE | -
Rowby-John Rodriguez BYE | -
Brian Raman - | - Eren Kilic
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