Provisional entry list for UK Q School released: At least 15 Lakeside competitors confirm PDC Tour Card attempt
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The provisional entry list for the 2019 UK Q School has been released. During this event players have the chance to earn a PDC Tour Card for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
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Amongst the entries are a few players who lost their PDC Tour Card after 2018. Players like Jamie Caven, Andrew Gilding, Robbie Green, Kevin Painter and John Part are all trying to win their Tour Card back at the Q School.
There are also some BDO names on the list. Fifteen of the provisional participants at the UK Q School, played at Lakeside last week. They are trying to make a switch from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Dartsnews reported earlier this month that non-British Lakeside participants have received dispensation and can play at the UK Q School.
David Cameron, Daniel Day, Glen Durrant, Mark McGeeney, Mark McGrath, Kyle McKinstry, Wes Newton, Dean Reynolds, Scott Waites, Conan Whitehead and Jim Williams are all on the entry list. Female players Lisa Ashton, Fallon Sherrock, Deta Hedman en Corrine Hammond are also trying to win of the coveted PDC Tour Cards.
Entries close at 1400 GMT on Tuesday January 15 2019. Click here for more information on the PDC Q-School.
There are also some BDO names on the list. Fifteen of the provisional participants at the UK Q School, played at Lakeside last week. They are trying to make a switch from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Dartsnews reported earlier this month that non-British Lakeside participants have received dispensation and can play at the UK Q School.
David Cameron, Daniel Day, Glen Durrant, Mark McGeeney, Mark McGrath, Kyle McKinstry, Wes Newton, Dean Reynolds, Scott Waites, Conan Whitehead and Jim Williams are all on the entry list. Female players Lisa Ashton, Fallon Sherrock, Deta Hedman en Corrine Hammond are also trying to win of the coveted PDC Tour Cards.
Entries close at 1400 GMT on Tuesday January 15 2019. Click here for more information on the PDC Q-School.
Provisional entry list UK Q School:
Abbiss, Carl
Abbott, Jerry
Adams, Lance
Adshead, David
Airey, David
Ashton, Lisa
Askew, Dave
Askew, Jason
Atkins, Martin (Leeds)
Ayres, Daniel
Bacon, Matthew
Bain, Jamie
Barilli, Mark
Barstow, Chas
Barton, James
Bates, Barrie
Baughan, Tom
Baulcomb, Max
Baxter, Mark
Bell, Sean
Bent, Christopher
Beveridge, Darren
Boon, Nathan
Booth, Sam
Borland, William
Borthwick, Philip
Bradbury, Martin
Bramall, Kenneth
Brand, Derek
Bridle, Shaun
Brooks, Rachel
Broton, Justin
Brown, Anthony
Brown, Darron
Bryan, John
Bryant, Lee
Budgen, Lee
Bull, Adam
Burksfield, Joshua
Burnett, Richie
Burton, Ben
Burton, Stephen
Butler, Mitch
Cameron, David
Campbell, Aidan
Canham, Robert
Cankett, Sam
Canty, Phil
Careless, Nathan
Carlin, Gavin
Carragher, Francis
Carroll, Shaun
Carter, Keith
Caven, Jamie
Chalmers, Andy
Chapman, Spencer
Clark, Matt
Clarke, Ricky
Clayton, Rob
Clifford, Jake
Cockburn, John
Cole, Jarred
Collins, Robert
Collopy, Frankie
Comerford, Stuart
Cook, William
Corner, Richard
Coulson, Derek
Cox, Daniel
Crabtree, Jordan
Cross, Zak
Crossley, John
Croucher, Paul
Cullen, Jason
Cullen, Mark
Davey, John
Davies, Ben (Crewe)
Davies, Darren
Davies, Rhys
Davis, Joe
Dawkins, Paul
Day, Daniel
Dennant, Matthew
Dickinson, Jack
Dowling, Kevin
Doyle, Cameron
Duo, Dylan
Durrant, Glen
Dutton, Stuart
Dyke, Tony
Edhouse, Ritchie
Edwards, Dafydd
Edwards, David
Edwards, Richie
Ellis, Brad
Evans, David
Evans, Kieran
Evans, Lee
Evans, Steve
Everett, Dale
Feasey, Michael
Finn, Dean
Fitzpatrick, Allan
Foster, Andrew
Francis, Callum
Fullwell, Nick
Gallimore, Stephen
Garcia, Kevin
Gardner, Barry
Gardner, Jonathan
Geraghty, Keith
Gibson, Glenn
Gibson, John
Gilding, Andrew
Glass, Kris
Glover, Andrew
Gray, Adrian
Green, Oliver
Green, Robbie
Gregory, Thomas
Griffin, Rhys
Guilfoyle, Jamie
Guy, John
Hall, Rees
Hallas, Brian
Hamilton, Carl
Hammond, Corrine
Hand, Dan
Harrison, Michael
Hart, Kelvin
Harvey, Christopher
Hayes, Lee
Hedman, Deta
Henry, Jamie
Herewini, Darren
Hewitt, Jonathan
Hewson, Sam
Hilditch, Ash
Hine, Steve
Holdstock, Aaron
Holgate, Ashley
Holloway, Paul
Hope, Ryan
Howson, Richie
Huckvale, Adam
Hudson, Brian
Hughes, Jamie
Hunter, Sam
Huntley, Michael
Hurley, Ian
Hutchings, Andy
Hyde, Dean
Jacques, Peter
Jenkins, Andy
Jenkinson, Paul
Jennings, Nick
Jiwa, Prakash
Johnson, Darren
Jones, Christopher Paul
Jones, Leighton
Jones, Ryan
Jopling, Ian
Jowers, Sean
Jukes, Jon
Kellett, Stuart
Kempster, James
King, Ricky
Kirk, Aden
Kumar, Nitin
Ladley, David
Lam, Ting Chi Royden
Landon, Jamie
Lane, Kevin
Large, John
Lauby, Daniel
Lawrence, Mark
Lawson, James
Lee, Daniel
Leung, Ka Ho
Lever, Ian
Lim, Teng Shia
Lishman, Tommy
Lovely, Eddie
Lovely, Thomas
Lukeman, Martin
Lynskey, Patrick
MacNeil, Kenneth
Main, Jack
Mansell, Jon
Matthews, Shaun
Maystone, Daniel
McBain, Michael
McGeeney, Mark
McGill, Andre Luke
McGrath, Mark
McGuirk, Shane
McKevitt, Jim
McKinstry, Kyle
McKirdy, Jimmy
McNally, Stephen
Mccloskey, Michael
Meaker, Ian
Meek, Liam
Mitchell, Peter
Mitchell, Tony
Morgan, Barry
Morgan, Craig
Murnan, Joe
Murphy, Jason
Murray, Ryan
Nagi, Coni
Nakanishi, Eikichi
Nash, Terry
Neate, Paul
Newton, Wes
Nixon, Kelvin Craig
Norman, Dean
Norton, Mike
O'Boyle, Martin
O'Neill, Keith
Osborne, Colin
Owen, Dean
Painter, Kevin
Pallett, David
Palmer, Ryan
Part, John
Penhall, Darren
Pick, Chris
Place, Darren
Portela, Diogo
Portela, Mario
Power, John
Poynton, Andrew
Pratt, Martin
Preston, Simon
Pride, Lewis
Prins, Dave
Puleo, Chuck
Quantock, Christopher
Quinn, Craig
Rabadia, Rohit
Rafferty, Nathan
Redfern, Paul
Reynolds, Dean
Rickwood, Robert
Robinson, Reece
Rooney, Keith
Rowley, Paul
Ryan, Sean
Scrivens, Roger
Seddon, Ronald
Selby-Rivas, Jaikob
Shanks, Adam
Shepherd, Kirk
Sherrock, Fallon
Simm, Kevin
Smith, Dennis
Smith, Gavin
Smith, Steven
Stella, Adam
Stevens, Aaron
Stevenson, Evander
Stokell, David
Stubbs, Stuart
Sutton, Scott
Tate, Simon
Taylor, David
Thexton, William
Thomas, Kevin
Thomas, Martin
Tipple, Vince
Tompkins, Stephen
Treadgold, Nathan
Turner, Martyn
Vaughan, Chris
Wadsworth, Wayne
Waites, Scott
Walker, Jim
Walker, Paul
Walsh, Brandon
Walsh, Darren
Walsh, Mark
Ward, Harry
Ware, Chris
Way, Kerry
White, Chris
Whitehead, Conan
Whitehead, Mike
Whittaker, Grant
Williams, Darren
Williams, Jim
Williams, Lee (Lincoln)
Williams, Marc
Williams, Paul
Williams, Ricky
Wilson, David
Wilson, Jason
Wilson, Stu
Withers, Ian
Witty, Gary
Wood, Terry
Woodhouse, James
Woods, Brian
Worsley, Jonathan
Source: DartConnect
Abbott, Jerry
Adams, Lance
Adshead, David
Airey, David
Ashton, Lisa
Askew, Dave
Askew, Jason
Atkins, Martin (Leeds)
Ayres, Daniel
Bacon, Matthew
Bain, Jamie
Barilli, Mark
Barstow, Chas
Barton, James
Bates, Barrie
Baughan, Tom
Baulcomb, Max
Baxter, Mark
Bell, Sean
Bent, Christopher
Beveridge, Darren
Boon, Nathan
Booth, Sam
Borland, William
Borthwick, Philip
Bradbury, Martin
Bramall, Kenneth
Brand, Derek
Bridle, Shaun
Brooks, Rachel
Broton, Justin
Brown, Anthony
Brown, Darron
Bryan, John
Bryant, Lee
Budgen, Lee
Bull, Adam
Burksfield, Joshua
Burnett, Richie
Burton, Ben
Burton, Stephen
Butler, Mitch
Cameron, David
Campbell, Aidan
Canham, Robert
Cankett, Sam
Canty, Phil
Careless, Nathan
Carlin, Gavin
Carragher, Francis
Carroll, Shaun
Carter, Keith
Caven, Jamie
Chalmers, Andy
Chapman, Spencer
Clark, Matt
Clarke, Ricky
Clayton, Rob
Clifford, Jake
Cockburn, John
Cole, Jarred
Collins, Robert
Collopy, Frankie
Comerford, Stuart
Cook, William
Corner, Richard
Coulson, Derek
Cox, Daniel
Crabtree, Jordan
Cross, Zak
Crossley, John
Croucher, Paul
Cullen, Jason
Cullen, Mark
Davey, John
Davies, Ben (Crewe)
Davies, Darren
Davies, Rhys
Davis, Joe
Dawkins, Paul
Day, Daniel
Dennant, Matthew
Dickinson, Jack
Dowling, Kevin
Doyle, Cameron
Duo, Dylan
Durrant, Glen
Dutton, Stuart
Dyke, Tony
Edhouse, Ritchie
Edwards, Dafydd
Edwards, David
Edwards, Richie
Ellis, Brad
Evans, David
Evans, Kieran
Evans, Lee
Evans, Steve
Everett, Dale
Feasey, Michael
Finn, Dean
Fitzpatrick, Allan
Foster, Andrew
Francis, Callum
Fullwell, Nick
Gallimore, Stephen
Garcia, Kevin
Gardner, Barry
Gardner, Jonathan
Geraghty, Keith
Gibson, Glenn
Gibson, John
Gilding, Andrew
Glass, Kris
Glover, Andrew
Gray, Adrian
Green, Oliver
Green, Robbie
Gregory, Thomas
Griffin, Rhys
Guilfoyle, Jamie
Guy, John
Hall, Rees
Hallas, Brian
Hamilton, Carl
Hammond, Corrine
Hand, Dan
Harrison, Michael
Hart, Kelvin
Harvey, Christopher
Hayes, Lee
Hedman, Deta
Henry, Jamie
Herewini, Darren
Hewitt, Jonathan
Hewson, Sam
Hilditch, Ash
Hine, Steve
Holdstock, Aaron
Holgate, Ashley
Holloway, Paul
Hope, Ryan
Howson, Richie
Huckvale, Adam
Hudson, Brian
Hughes, Jamie
Hunter, Sam
Huntley, Michael
Hurley, Ian
Hutchings, Andy
Hyde, Dean
Jacques, Peter
Jenkins, Andy
Jenkinson, Paul
Jennings, Nick
Jiwa, Prakash
Johnson, Darren
Jones, Christopher Paul
Jones, Leighton
Jones, Ryan
Jopling, Ian
Jowers, Sean
Jukes, Jon
Kellett, Stuart
Kempster, James
King, Ricky
Kirk, Aden
Kumar, Nitin
Ladley, David
Lam, Ting Chi Royden
Landon, Jamie
Lane, Kevin
Large, John
Lauby, Daniel
Lawrence, Mark
Lawson, James
Lee, Daniel
Leung, Ka Ho
Lever, Ian
Lim, Teng Shia
Lishman, Tommy
Lovely, Eddie
Lovely, Thomas
Lukeman, Martin
Lynskey, Patrick
MacNeil, Kenneth
Main, Jack
Mansell, Jon
Matthews, Shaun
Maystone, Daniel
McBain, Michael
McGeeney, Mark
McGill, Andre Luke
McGrath, Mark
McGuirk, Shane
McKevitt, Jim
McKinstry, Kyle
McKirdy, Jimmy
McNally, Stephen
Mccloskey, Michael
Meaker, Ian
Meek, Liam
Mitchell, Peter
Mitchell, Tony
Morgan, Barry
Morgan, Craig
Murnan, Joe
Murphy, Jason
Murray, Ryan
Nagi, Coni
Nakanishi, Eikichi
Nash, Terry
Neate, Paul
Newton, Wes
Nixon, Kelvin Craig
Norman, Dean
Norton, Mike
O'Boyle, Martin
O'Neill, Keith
Osborne, Colin
Owen, Dean
Painter, Kevin
Pallett, David
Palmer, Ryan
Part, John
Penhall, Darren
Pick, Chris
Place, Darren
Portela, Diogo
Portela, Mario
Power, John
Poynton, Andrew
Pratt, Martin
Preston, Simon
Pride, Lewis
Prins, Dave
Puleo, Chuck
Quantock, Christopher
Quinn, Craig
Rabadia, Rohit
Rafferty, Nathan
Redfern, Paul
Reynolds, Dean
Rickwood, Robert
Robinson, Reece
Rooney, Keith
Rowley, Paul
Ryan, Sean
Scrivens, Roger
Seddon, Ronald
Selby-Rivas, Jaikob
Shanks, Adam
Shepherd, Kirk
Sherrock, Fallon
Simm, Kevin
Smith, Dennis
Smith, Gavin
Smith, Steven
Stella, Adam
Stevens, Aaron
Stevenson, Evander
Stokell, David
Stubbs, Stuart
Sutton, Scott
Tate, Simon
Taylor, David
Thexton, William
Thomas, Kevin
Thomas, Martin
Tipple, Vince
Tompkins, Stephen
Treadgold, Nathan
Turner, Martyn
Vaughan, Chris
Wadsworth, Wayne
Waites, Scott
Walker, Jim
Walker, Paul
Walsh, Brandon
Walsh, Darren
Walsh, Mark
Ward, Harry
Ware, Chris
Way, Kerry
White, Chris
Whitehead, Conan
Whitehead, Mike
Whittaker, Grant
Williams, Darren
Williams, Jim
Williams, Lee (Lincoln)
Williams, Marc
Williams, Paul
Williams, Ricky
Wilson, David
Wilson, Jason
Wilson, Stu
Withers, Ian
Witty, Gary
Wood, Terry
Woodhouse, James
Woods, Brian
Worsley, Jonathan
Source: DartConnect
I stumbled into the world of darts quite by accident back in 2013. For a Journalism School assignment, I had to produce a live sports report and as it happened, the European Tour event in Veldhoven was the only available option. That weekend, I caught the darts bug. The post-match interviews especially appealed to me, as darts players tend to be much more open and approachable than what you usually see with footballers on television.
After a few detours, I joined Dartsnieuws.com in 2017 as editor-in-chief. I don’t have much competitive experience myself, although I once entered a PDC Development Tour weekend just to experience what it’s like from a player’s perspective. I even managed to win a leg against a Tour Card holder and, quite by accident, earned £50 in prize money.
In 2022, I was also involved in the founding of the TOTO Dart Kings, a commercial darts team, where I worked as media manager for three years. Unfortunately, due to new legislation in the Netherlands, that project came to an end in 2025.
Through my work in darts, I’ve been fortunate to travel to some incredible events, from Premier League nights at Ahoy Rotterdam, to several World Championships, and even the US Darts Masters at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Beyond darts, I’m a passionate sports fan in general. You can always wake me up for a game of tennis or padel, and I love following football, tennis, padel, cycling, Formula 1, and ice skating.
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- Play all legs and the winners split the pot. Luke gets the lot of he wins them all. If your occupation is darts player you can't enter, regardless of ability.BandB01-11-2026
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