For some time Darren Beveridge has been seen as one of the best players not to have a PDC Tour Card and he has lived up to that moniker in the first event of the PDC UK
Challenge Tour.
Beveridge saw off Martin Thomas in the final despite averaging five less points average wise with a 5-2 victory for 'Ice Cold' in the end.
This came after latter stages wins over over Conan Whitehead (5-4) and Keelan Kay (5-4) in a high quality line-up to end the first event of the UK edition of the Challenge Tour.
But it is the Scot who adds to his 2019 triumph with victory in the first of 2021 with another tournament to come to end the opening day.
Results PDC UK Challenge Tour 1
Quarter-Finals
Conan Whitehead (89.02) 5-2 (85.79) Nick Fullwell
Darren Beveridge (78.80) 5-4 (76.33) Keelan Kay
Connor Scutt (80.07) 5-3 (79.89) Matthew Dennant
Martin Thomas (86.81) 5-3 (81.09) Richard North
Semi-Finals
Darren Beveridge (93.42) 5-4 (89.74) Conan Whitehead
Martin Thomas (92.40) 5-1 (82.11) Connor Scutt
Final
Darren Beveridge (87.76) 5-2 (92.83) Martin Thomas