Berry van Peer is all the way back: Grand Slam spot, qualified for World Darts Championship and PDC Tour Card for 2 years
PDCMonday, 30 October 2023 at 11:30
Berry van Peer has definitely secured first place on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit. With this, 'Bionic' has re-entered the PDC Pro Tour, where the best players in the world compete.
ADVERTISEMENT
Van Peer previously had a PDC Tour Card in 2016-2017 and 2021-2022, but each time he failed to secure a spot in the top-64 of the world rankings. As a result, the dart player from Sprundel lost his Tour Card again.
At this year's Q-School, Van Peer nearly grabbed a Tour Card, giving him access to the Challenge Tour. This circuit was set up by the PDC for players who did not win a Tour Card at the Q-School. There is still nice money to be earned for the best players on this tour. There are 24 tournaments organized and the winner of each tournament receives 2,500 pounds. Van Peer ended up winning four of these tournaments.
Through the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, there are still several prizes to be distributed and thus all of them fall into the hands of the 27-year-old Dutchman. First of all, Van Peer may compete at the Grand Slam of Darts in November. That is the tournament where much of the darts world became acquainted with him in 2017. At the time, Van Peer was struggling with a severe form of dartitis, and it was easy to see during his matches. Despite all the drama that took place on stage, Van Peer managed to qualify for the knockout stage of the Grand Slam of Darts. After that, "Bionic" disappeared from the picture somewhat for some time, until he was awarded another Tour Card in 2021.
After a disappointing first year in 2021, Van Peer focused somewhat in 2022, but it was insufficient to retain his Tour Card. In 2023, Van Peer was also allowed to compete on the WDF circuit, where he managed to win the Dutch Open in Assen in late January.
As a result, Van Peer qualified for Lakeside, but he will not be in action there. Because in addition to an invitation to the Grand Slam of Darts, Van Peer also gets to compete in the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace. To top it off, Van Peer will also receive a PDC Tour Card for two seasons, giving him a third chance to prove himself on the Pro Tour.
ADVERTISEMENT
Kieran WoodDarts Journalist
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
He is also one of the leading voices of the English-language Dartsnews Podcast, contributing regular analysis and discussion on developments across the professional darts circuit.
In his reporting, Kieran places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles when new, verified information becomes available.
claps 10visitors 1
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- I loved Jan and loved his walk on music "Explode" by Jordan & Baker. I think if he stuck around the BDO he definitely would have been World Champion, should have won in 2014, he never really showed any of his talent in the PDC. I remembered he worked in a bank or in finance and maybe that was his priority, he was also a fan and interested in magic. Definitely should have achieved much more in darts than he did. Wherever you are nowadays Jan, hope all is well and I was always a fan.richieburnettrocks11-09-2026
- Not much of a tournament really,is it? Now they've all pulled out,it's open for everyone. I'm sure if you bought tickets,you'd be disappointed. Doesn't that seem to bother the withdrawals? Not at all!!rick6710-09-2026
- Need to see her take part in the womens tour. She'll break the inernet.medinabello08-09-2026
- If he can be bothered? He won't play darts in Germany yet he'll go over and get an award!??rick6702-09-2026
- Why is this the main story? He chose not to compete in loads of tournaments,yes he's number 1 in the world,but he does have to turn up at tournaments! Play the next world championship in Dortmund and see if he turns up!!rick6727-08-2026
- This is exactly what I mean,littler survives the 1st round,I think you'll find a lot of other players did. Can you just report on the real sport,and not just 1 person. I like Luke,but this is getting boring now,as Kevin painter once said to Taylor!! The sport is about every player,not 1 who everyone seems to have put the sport on the map.,which he hasn't,he's just got in when the money is massive. Great as he is,it seems like what's the point in anyone trying,he's going to win everything,unless it's in Germany or Australia!!!rick6726-08-2026
- I mean look, Littler's picture is first,wattimena is second and he won! Level it up. I know littler is fantastic,but the sport was here before him,and will be when he's retired. Any player in the top 64/128 can beat each other,it's not big news. Poor Jermaine,wins it,and not even the headline!!rick6726-08-2026
- I appreciate that littler is a fantastic player,but the top 3 articles are about him. Before he'd thrown a dart in the tournament. Level it out a bit, Taylor and van gerwen soon got disliked as the media could only see them,and nobody else seemed to matterrick6725-08-2026
- The two-point Lucky Loser qualifiers are Ross Smith, Robb, Whitlock, Sakai, Ilagan and Toylo. Jermaine is not on the entries list on Dartconnect for the TCH qualifier so the four from the main OoM are probably Searle, Nijman, Dobey, Wattimena.Scoobedybop24-08-2026
- The two-point Lucky Loser qualifiers are Ross Smith, Robb, Whitlock, Sakai, Ilagan and Toylo. Jermaine is not on the entries list on Dartconnect for the TCH qualifier so the four from the main OoM are probably Searle, Nijman, Dobey, Wattimena.Scoobedybop24-08-2026
Loading
