
Beau Greaves has taken victory at the first Challenge Tour event of the 2025 season, defeating Swiss star Stefan Bellmont in the final 5-4 in Milton Keynes in a thrilling final that saw both have match winning opportunities.
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En route to the final, Greaves had overcome notable names such as the likes of Mike Warburton, Alexander Merkx and Michael Unterbuchner. Bellmont meanwhile had ended the hopes of players such as Brian Raman, Steve West and Tommy Lishman, notably defeating the latter with a 106 average to secure a spot in the final.
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The secondary tour sees those who miss out on a coveted Tour Card try to win themselves a spot on the PDC Tour. The top players will claim a Tour Card at the end of 2025 with PDC World Darts Championship spots also available for the top two. Fallon Sherrock, Mervyn King, Beau Greaves, Simon Whitlock and John Henderson are the big names involved in Milton Keynes this weekend.
The Challenge Tour ranking is based on prize money earned. At the end of the season, the numbers one and two receive an invitation to the World Darts Championship, plus a Tour Card for 2026 and 2027.
In addition, there is another reward for players who do well. The top of the standings have a chance to compete as a reserve player in the Players Championship tournaments on the PDC Pro Tour. If a Tour Card holder fails to register or cancels, the highest ranked player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit may fill in.
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# Final
Beau Greaves (94.49) 5 | 4 (88.85) Stefan Bellmont
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# Semi-Finals
Stefan Bellmont (106.25) 5 | 3 (95.78) Tommy Lishman
Beau Greaves (90.05) 5 | 3 (91.93) Michael Unterbuchner
# Quarter-Finals
Stefan Bellmont (85.39) 5 | 2 (84.99) Jarno Bottenberg
Tommy Lishman (94.15) 5 | 3 (93.79) Simon Whitlock
Beau Greaves (95.30) 5 | 1 (81.93) Henry Coates
Michael Unterbuchner (78.63) 5 | 4 (92.13) Mervyn King
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# Top 16
Jarno Bottenberg (94.84) 5 | 2 (83.07) Colin Osborne
Stefan Bellmont (96.07) 5 | 1 (78.84) Damian Mol
Simon Whitlock (86.89) 5 | 3 (86.15) Shane Turner
Tommy Lishman (90.84) 5 | 4 (90.36) Aden Kirk
Henry Coates (91.17) 5 | 3 (86.58) Tom Sykes
Beau Greaves (94.55) 5 | 4 (89.60) Keenan Thomas
Michael Unterbuchner (90.00) 5 | 2 (81.69) Marcel Walpen
Mervyn King (110.51) 5 | 0 (88.67) Graham Hall
# Top 32
Colin Osborne (89.16) 5 | 2 (87.06) Steve Hine
Jarno Bottenberg (84.12) 5 | 2 (77.44) Steve Haggerty
Damian Mol (90.38) 5 | 3 (90.36) Conor Heneghan
Stefan Bellmont (91.86) 5 | 4 (92.06) Lewis Pride
Shane Turner (86.79) 5 | 3 (83.36) Paul Mitchell
Simon Whitlock (83.08) 5 | 3 (81.63) Lee Barrow
Tommy Lishman (84.00) 5 | 2 (79.05) Nicholas Ellis
Aden Kirk (90.29) 5 | 2 (86.20) Adam Gawlas
Tom Sykes (104.96) 5 | 1 (94.59) John O'Shea
Henry Coates (88.01) 5 | 4 (89.49) Tommy Morris
Keenan Thomas (86.64) 5 | 4 (89.77) Jamai van den Herik
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Beau Greaves (93.95) 5 | 3 (92.98) Jamie Atkins
Marcel Walpen (86.16) 5 | 2 (80.11) James Bailey
Michael Unterbuchner (89.63) 5 | 3 (83.74) Nicolas Thuillier
Mervyn King (99.29) 5 | 2 (89.33) Danny Jansen
Graham Hall (102.39) 5 | 2 (92.47) Scott Taylor
# Top 64
Steve Hine (84.02) 5 | 3 (78.57) Charlie Symons
Colin Osborne (86.98) 5 | 3 (83.33) Chas Barstow
Jarno Bottenberg (92.78) 5 | 0 (87.38) Ieuan Halsall
Steve Haggerty (86.31) 5 | 2 (84.29) Scott Waites
Damian Mol (90.12) 5 | 1 (85.06) Danny Trueman
Conor Heneghan (90.67) 5 | 3 (84.36) Frankie Ansell
Lewis Pride (88.90) 5 | 4 (88.59) Romeo Grbavac
Stefan Bellmont (92.24) 5 | 2 (80.02) Steve West
Paul Mitchell (91.52) 5 | 4 (85.64) Martin Grearson
Shane Turner (95.30) 5 | 1 (87.63) Arron Monk
Simon Whitlock (92.37) 5 | 1 (93.84) Andy Hamilton
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Lee Barrow (86.29) 5 | 1 (69.28) Neil Parry
Nicholas Ellis (80.19) 5 | 3 (82.58) Kai Fan Leung
Tommy Lishman (89.27) 5 | 2 (87.29) Arno Merk
Adam Gawlas (86.46) 5 | 4 (92.57) Daniel Klose
Aden Kirk (84.09) 5 | 3 (76.03) Donny Scheurwater
Tom Sykes (110.15) 5 | 1 (92.19) Richie Burnett
John O'Shea (85.91) 5 | 4 (80.07) Jim Moston
Tommy Morris (92.22) 5 | 2 (79.78) Matt Gallett
Henry Coates (91.88) 5 | 2 (85.08) Davy Proosten
Jamai van den Herik (94.45) 5 | 1 (90.67) Gary Blades
Keenan Thomas (93.83) 5 | 2 (83.72) Ultan McDyer
Beau Greaves (91.09) 5 | 2 (87.10) Jurjen van der Velde
Jamie Atkins (100.10) 5 | 4 (89.72) Ted Evetts
Marcel Walpen (82.87) 5 | 3 (81.77) James Evans-Bradford
James Bailey (81.99) 5 | 3 (80.34) Danny van Trijp
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Nicolas Thuillier (85.06) 5 | 2 (85.15) Graham Usher
Michael Unterbuchner (90.88) 5 | 4 (79.35) Kevin Lane
Danny Jansen (82.58) 5 | 0 (78.37) Ashley Coleman
Mervyn King (90.54) 5 | 0 (79.07) Paul Rowley
Scott Taylor (85.45) 5 | 3 (92.71) Geert Nentjes
Graham Hall (87.44) 5 | 3 (79.99) Patrick Dekker
# Top 128
Charlie Symons (85.01) 5 | 1 (83.29) Charlie Martin
Steve Hine (81.45) 5 | 4 (84.78) Kevin Troppmann
Colin Osborne (78.43) 5 | 4 (77.69) Tim Scholz
Chas Barstow (89.02) 5 | 3 (82.81) Trevor Burkhill
Ieuan Halsall (80.62) 5 | 2 (76.96) Sergio Krassen
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Jarno Bottenberg (106.71) 5 | 1 (79.99) Danny Moore
Scott Waites (94.93) 5 | 2 (84.89) Rob Holroyd
Steve Haggerty (91.14) 5 | 2 (87.59) Mark Challenger
Damian Mol (93.14) 5 | 3 (85.83) James Parkin
Danny Trueman (88.96) 5 | 4 (79.68) Scott Baker
Conor Heneghan (90.37) 5 | 4 (90.22) Samuel Price
Frankie Ansell (79.74) 5 | 4 (77.83) Stefan Dees
Lewis Pride (81.20) 5 | 3 (77.78) Mark Dudbridge
Romeo Grbavac (79.96) 5 | 2 (82.26) Lee Grace
Steve West (83.58) 5 | 1 (73.15) Ryan Newton
Stefan Bellmont (92.94) 5 | 1 (80.30) Brian Raman
Paul Mitchell (87.38) 5 | 0 (83.26) David Sumner
Martin Grearson (90.49) 5 | 1 (86.37) Tom Lonsdale
Arron Monk (90.27) 5 | 2 (80.92) Sam Spivey
Shane Turner (79.45) 5 | 1 (73.68) Simon Stothart
Simon Whitlock (89.92) 5 | 2 (81.92) Stu Wilson
Andy Hamilton (84.44) 5 | 4 (75.27) Adrian Gray
Lee Barrow (78.39) 5 | 4 (81.00) Kevin McDine
Neil Parry (86.80) 5 | 2 (84.52) Andreas Harrysson
Kai Fan Leung (82.97) 5 | 1 (81.40) Jimmy McKirdy
Nicholas Ellis (91.30) 5 | 2 (79.59) Deian Roberts
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Tommy Lishman (94.64) 5 | 2 (85.69) Dean Finn Forde
Arno Merk (89.62) 5 | 3 (83.88) Peter Burgoyne
Adam Gawlas (88.42) 5 | 3 (85.02) Franz Roetzsch
Daniel Klose (95.50) 5 | 2 (86.72) Danny Van Klompenburg
Donny Scheurwater (72.63) 5 | 3 (74.46) Remo Mandiau
Aden Kirk (87.48) 5 | 3 (83.07) Nathan Girvan
Tom Sykes (92.78) 5 | 0 (78.19) Matthew Hall
Richie Burnett (86.98) 5 | 2 (73.64) Kelvin O'Keefe
John O'Shea (86.38) 5 | 0 (67.85) David Jeske
Jim Moston (83.93) 5 | 3 (87.99) Christopher Wickenden
Tommy Morris (97.60) 5 | 0 (79.96) Liam Kelly
Matt Gallett (87.21) 5 | 3 (92.61) Christian Perez
Davy Proosten (86.66) 5 | 3 (78.25) Michael Busscher
Henry Coates (85.86) 5 | 4 (87.56) Michael Flynn
Gary Blades (87.05) 5 | 2 (78.68) Dmitriy Zhukov
Jamai van den Herik (83.47) 5 | 2 (86.87) Jack Tweddell
Keenan Thomas (80.59) 5 | 3 (74.23) Maximilian Nirschl
Ultan McDyer (78.25) 5 | 2 (72.19) Vitezslav Sedlak
Jurjen van der Velde (96.29) 5 | 4 (92.47) Daniel Perry
Beau Greaves (93.81) 5 | 1 (87.68) Alexander Merkx
Jamie Atkins (91.73) 5 | 1 (85.81) Jeremy Fagg
Ted Evetts (86.01) 5 | 1 (78.62) Sam Booth
Marcel Walpen (85.53) 5 | 2 (78.79) Charlie Kemp
James Evans-Bradford (84.36) 5 | 3 (81.90) Fallon Sherrock
James Bailey (90.19) 5 | 4 (86.83) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Danny van Trijp (90.00) 5 | 2 (83.11) Kenny Neyens
Graham Usher (88.05) 5 | 2 (84.00) Scott Walters
Nicolas Thuillier (88.74) 5 | 1 (81.89) Nathan Potter
Michael Unterbuchner (98.88) 5 | 0 (72.92) Tom Riding
Kevin Lane (82.34) 5 | 3 (82.20) Callum Francis
Danny Jansen (81.34) 5 | 2 (78.00) Tom Baughan
Ashley Coleman (81.14) 5 | 4 (84.73) Xanti Van den Bergh
Mervyn King (103.13) 5 | 2 (89.55) Gilbert van der Meijden
Paul Rowley (90.36) 5 | 2 (82.60) Darren Armstrong
Scott Taylor (91.45) 5 | 2 (83.92) Michael Rosenauer
Geert Nentjes (96.20) 5 | 1 (82.77) Kieran Evans
Graham Hall (87.30) 5 | 2 (81.55) Robin Smees
Patrick Dekker (85.56) 5 | 1 (81.11) Mark McGeeney
# Top 256
Charlie Martin (88.93) 5 | 2 (84.81) Pat Scurfield
Charlie Symons (78.28) 5 | 0 (72.74) Rohan Brouwers
Steve Hine (77.58) 5 | 1 (71.43) David Williams
Kevin Troppmann (82.58) 5 | 0 (63.87) Rubin de Veth
Colin Osborne (84.49) 5 | 1 (70.59) Josh Newton
Tim Scholz (80.25) 5 | 4 (74.58) Ben Goodger
Chas Barstow (82.51) 5 | 3 (76.74) David Schlichting
Trevor Burkhill (82.39) 5 | 1 (77.66) David Hill
Ieuan Halsall (77.44) 5 | 2 (74.08) Riccardo Castelli
Sergio Krassen (74.98) 5 | 3 (73.85) Karl Coleman
Danny Moore (68.49) 5 | 4 (75.31) Massimo Dante
Jarno Bottenberg (97.89) 5 | 1 (78.20) Bailey White
Rob Holroyd (75.49) 5 | 1 (71.37) Phil Coward
Scott Waites (84.97) 5 | 3 (79.48) James Vanbesien
Mark Challenger (86.34) 5 | 2 (78.26) Jason Heaver
Steve Haggerty (77.96) 5 | 4 (71.73) Jack Vincent
James Parkin (77.19) 5 | 2 (75.76) Joe Croft
Damian Mol (90.48) 5 | 2 (90.31) Sietse Lap
Danny Trueman (83.05) 5 | 3 (79.86) Damian Vetjens
Scott Baker (77.73) 5 | 4 (80.60) Brandon Weening
Conor Heneghan (79.59) 5 | 3 (85.16) Adam Smith-Neale
Samuel Price (77.65) 5 | 4 (73.55) Ashley Sutton
Stefan Dees (66.50) 5 | 0 (53.47) Andreas Houf
Frankie Ansell (88.63) 5 | 3 (96.00) Kurt Parry
Mark Dudbridge (83.49) 5 | 2 (83.20) Darius Labanauskas
Lewis Pride (88.00) 5 | 3 (87.24) Carl Wilson
Lee Grace (82.61) 5 | 2 (73.21) Gino Vermeersch
Romeo Grbavac (83.34) 5 | 2 (79.36) Brandon Richardson
Steve West (90.54) 5 | 0 (65.37) Ash Ling
Ryan Newton (89.48) 5 | 1 (81.48) Martin Tonks
Brian Raman (76.07) 5 | 4 (73.31) Joe Hunt
Stefan Bellmont (84.20) 5 | 2 (83.02) Patrick Klingelhoefer
Paul Mitchell (75.82) 5 | 4 (70.66) Tommie Coleman
David Sumner (81.68) 5 | 0 (56.60) Steven Harbert
Martin Grearson (94.00) 5 | 1 (85.99) Janek Hill
Tom Lonsdale (90.03) 5 | 1 (70.93) Steven Watts
Sam Spivey (85.91) 5 | 3 (79.37) Carlo van Peer
Arron Monk (79.12) 5 | 3 (86.98) Ryan Palmer
Simon Stothart (76.09) 5 | 4 (78.92) Joseph Bridle
Shane Turner (89.13) 5 | 3 (92.53) Ricardo Ulrich
Simon Whitlock (91.21) 5 | 3 (86.63) Sean Taylor
Stu Wilson (82.83) 5 | 2 (79.97) Maurice Gutgesell
Andy Hamilton (96.71) 5 | 1 (83.37) Jamie Durrant
Adrian Gray (77.19) 5 | 1 (69.32) Bruno Rangel
Kevin McDine (72.13) 5 | 2 (76.75) John Brown
Lee Barrow (79.17) 5 | 3 (73.55) Ryan Branley
Neil Parry (78.21) 5 | 4 (70.20) Craig Searle
Andreas Harrysson (81.29) 5 | 2 (79.62) Dan Hands
Jimmy McKirdy (65.98) 5 | 3 (70.00) Ryan Furness
Kai Fan Leung (80.23) 5 | 4 (82.52) Jurgen Nuijten
Nicholas Ellis (87.02) 5 | 4 (85.62) Jim Walker
Deian Roberts (78.35) 5 | 3 (79.18) Ricardo Ham
Tommy Lishman (88.06) 5 | 4 (83.42) Matthew Dicken
Dean Finn Forde (83.39) 5 | 3 (82.01) Ruben Mesters
Peter Burgoyne (94.43) 5 | 2 (87.74) Jarred Cole
Arno Merk (85.03) 5 | 1 (88.85) Jimmy van Schie
Adam Gawlas (79.54) 5 | 4 (69.73) Kyle Richardson
Franz Roetzsch (95.13) 5 | 0 (80.36) Liam Kitchen
Danny Van Klompenburg (79.11) 5 | 0 (53.45) Ronnie Rickner
Daniel Klose (83.15) 5 | 2 (79.78) Daniel Smith
Remo Mandiau (74.65) 5 | 2 (65.67) Matthias Dietrich
Donny Scheurwater (87.39) 5 | 1 (79.01) Bradley Aldous
Aden Kirk (98.88) 5 | 0 (88.84) Daniel Astbury
Nathan Girvan (94.12) 5 | 2 (84.51) Jeffrey De Zwaan
Tom Sykes (89.87) 5 | 2 (83.35) Derk Telnekes
Matthew Hall (86.59) 5 | 4 (80.01) Dylan Dowling
Richie Burnett (87.82) 5 | 1 (80.82) Danny Goddard
Kelvin O'Keefe (90.54) 5 | 0 (66.70) Karl Williams
John O'Shea (91.65) 5 | 0 (87.73) David Davies
David Jeske (71.59) 5 | 4 (71.31) Richard Wagenaar
Christopher Wickenden (80.81) 5 | 0 (65.48) Steven Paesschesoone
Jim Moston (81.63) 5 | 1 (72.11) Chris Hurds
Tommy Morris (78.52) 5 | 3 (75.95) Dave Bayton
Liam Kelly (70.78) 5 | 1 (66.79) Alfie Smith
Christian Perez (94.60) 5 | 2 (82.47) Aaron Beeney
Matt Gallett (83.30) 5 | 4 (85.16) Derek Maclean
Michael Busscher (85.47) 5 | 3 (78.09) Paul Higgins
Davy Proosten (94.55) 5 | 1 (82.31) Sean Fisher
Michael Flynn (88.57) 5 | 2 (84.80) Jeroen Mioch
Henry Coates (85.97) 5 | 3 (81.63) Tom Parradine
Gary Blades (83.34) 5 | 3 (79.88) Luke Smith
Dmitriy Zhukov (79.99) 5 | 4 (80.01) Nick Cocks
Jamai van den Herik (81.63) 5 | 1 (74.65) Andrew Callary
Jack Tweddell (91.65) 5 | 0 (80.92) Travis Baur
Keenan Thomas (92.91) 5 | 4 (88.15) Daniel Ayres
Maximilian Nirschl (70.49) 5 | 4 (71.88) Robert Nelson
Vitezslav Sedlak (75.65) 5 | 2 (74.77) Conor Roberts
Ultan McDyer (75.34) 5 | 3 (68.38) Max Baulcomb
Jurjen van der Velde (90.58) 5 | 3 (82.11) Shaun Carroll
Daniel Perry (88.99) 5 | 1 (76.53) Luis Camacho
Alexander Merkx (67.70) 5 | 0 (59.44) Erik Meulenmeesters
Beau Greaves (90.54) 5 | 0 (78.56) Mike Warburton
Jamie Atkins (82.94) 5 | 4 (74.83) Kirk De Ruyter
Jeremy Fagg (81.94) 5 | 2 (76.39) Mat Caste
Sam Booth (73.58) 5 | 4 (81.82) Lee Williams
Ted Evetts (79.02) 5 | 3 (86.77) Jan Dueckers
Charlie Kemp (77.32) 5 | 1 (70.98) Davy Robijns
Marcel Walpen (76.46) 5 | 2 (70.08) Sebastian Fey
James Evans-Bradford (75.82) 5 | 3 (69.55) Vinay Ramnath
Fallon Sherrock (94.65) 5 | 4 (93.60) Kevin Burness
James Bailey (76.68) 5 | 0 (58.91) Andrew Sanderson
Jeffrey Sparidaans (89.86) 5 | 3 (84.34) Kevin Leadenham
Danny van Trijp (76.68) 5 | 0 (49.84) Ross Baines
Kenny Neyens (83.82) 5 | 2 (84.34) Scott Mitchell
Graham Usher (104.38) 5 | 0 (90.50) Ryan O'Connor
Scott Walters (72.07) 5 | 2 (72.63) Geoffrey Heath
Nathan Potter (82.58) 5 | 0 (73.21) Keelan Kay
Nicolas Thuillier (83.40) 5 | 2 (72.17) Boris Nowak
Tom Riding (75.14) 5 | 4 (74.93) Ryan Harrington
Michael Unterbuchner (84.30) 5 | 3 (83.39) Scott Campbell
Kevin Lane (80.57) 5 | 1 (66.76) George Whyte
Callum Francis (79.05) 5 | 2 (79.04) Michael Huntley
Tom Baughan (81.77) 5 | 3 (80.63) Mason Whitlock
Danny Jansen (74.73) 5 | 4 (73.71) Jamie Rollinson
Xanti Van den Bergh (77.20) 5 | 4 (70.48) Mark Boardman
Ashley Coleman (85.99) 5 | 2 (88.22) Gabriel Rollo
Gilbert van der Meijden (90.88) 5 | 3 (92.10) Charlie Manby
Mervyn King (81.68) 5 | 0 (70.43) Steven Beasley
Darren Armstrong (79.86) 5 | 4 (75.32) Louis Lucas-Carter
Paul Rowley (79.11) 5 | 0 (46.31) Helena Rubes
Michael Rosenauer (66.71) 5 | 3 (57.36) Stephen Castle
Scott Taylor (79.95) 5 | 0 (63.34) Justin Giles
Geert Nentjes (85.43) 5 | 4 (82.81) Carl Sneyd
Kieran Evans (81.85) 5 | 4 (79.29) Thomas Banks
Robin Smees (82.70) 5 | 2 (72.15) Jonas Graversen
Graham Hall (91.03) 5 | 4 (84.15) Lee Cocks
Patrick Dekker (75.92) 5 | 1 (69.49) David Carr
Mark McGeeney (91.98) 5 | 3 (88.05) Pal Szekely
# Top 512
Kevin Troppmann (83.80) 5 | 2 (81.21) Eddie Lovely
David Hill (80.69) 5 | 2 (75.20) Arjan Konterman
Jarno Bottenberg (86.11) 5 | 4 (83.21) Patrick Tringler
Steve Haggerty (82.91) 5 | 3 (86.00) Anton Ostlund
Jack Vincent (90.80) 5 | 1 (72.77) Kristian Barker
Scott Baker (81.72) 5 | 1 (71.38) Jeroen Caron
Frankie Ansell (80.81) 5 | 1 (72.39) Callum Goffin
Romeo Grbavac (73.30) 5 | 1 (59.65) Kevin Knopf
Patrick Klingelhoefer (72.45) 5 | 4 (73.89) Nick Hijmans
Stefan Bellmont (81.45) 5 | 2 (75.18) Maikel Kustermans
Tom Lonsdale (87.54) 5 | 2 (83.53) Reece Colley
Shane Turner (85.66) 5 | 3 (70.93) Ian Lever
Adrian Gray (88.21) 5 | 2 (88.53) Jack Male
Andreas Harrysson (87.77) 5 | 2 (75.50) John Henderson
Dan Hands (82.95) 5 | 3 (78.00) Sebastian Steyer
Ricardo Ham (80.81) 5 | 0 (75.10) Steven Inkpen
Arno Merk (77.88) 5 | 3 (76.44) Lukasz Waclawski
Daniel Klose (97.79) 5 | 1 (89.59) David Evans
Jeffrey De Zwaan (86.64) 5 | 4 (79.82) Oliver Mitchell
Nathan Girvan (90.54) 5 | 4 (94.27) Adam Beck
Kelvin O'Keefe (76.97) 5 | 4 (76.32) Joshua Hermann
Jim Moston (84.86) 5 | 2 (75.98) Michael Barnard
Matt Gallett (73.10) 5 | 4 (65.83) Calvin Nicolai
Tom Parradine (70.81) 5 | 3 (68.01) Craig Watkins
Henry Coates (102.55) 5 | 1 (87.21) Adam Mould
Jack Tweddell (100.20) 5 | 0 (81.70) Ellis Radford
Max Baulcomb (70.22) 5 | 3 (72.39) Jaikob Selby-Rivas
Beau Greaves (90.00) 5 | 1 (72.52) Patrick Quinn
Jan Dueckers (80.72) 5 | 3 (77.46) David Pallett
Ted Evetts (87.94) 5 | 4 (87.55) Ricky Palmer
Kevin Burness (77.56) 5 | 1 (68.34) Lee Andrews
Kenny Neyens (74.08) 5 | 1 (72.54) Nathan Care
Boris Nowak (71.76) 5 | 1 (68.78) Daniel Humphries
Michael Huntley (81.00) 5 | 2 (67.50) Ciaran Teehan
Callum Francis (84.84) 5 | 3 (77.15) Daniel Nicholls
Ashley Coleman (71.57) 5 | 0 (39.73) Benjamin Allen
Paul Rowley (91.65) 5 | 0 (72.04) Owen Maiden
Thomas Banks (81.38) 5 | 3 (72.86) Ashley Blankley
Mark McGeeney (85.75) 5 | 2 (74.74) Niels Aagaard Nielsen
Pal Szekely (83.83) 5 | 2 (83.62) Sean McKeon

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- And why should he listen to you?Deduce635807-11-2026
- Ultimately it is a bye for whoever draws Barney. It will be another stroppy and sulky performance once he goes behind. Barney was excellent but really must completely call it a day now.richieburnettrocks07-11-2026
- I'm disappointed he was not able to secure a spot at the Grand Slam. With Carl Sneyd taking care of Daryl Gurney, he would have had to beat Andy Boulton before facing the winner of Sneyd vs Mensur Suljović for a Grand Slam spot. Unfortunately, after beating Filip Bereza comfortably, he succumbed to Boulton, and the board would ultimately be won by the highly inconsistent Carl Sneyd. Since he could instead have been drawn against the likes of Cristo Reyes, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Stephen Bunting, I think once Gurney was out of the picture he would have been favourite to win his board, and it seems like a massive missed opportunity to put 5 grand on his ranking and seal another major TV appearance ahead of the Worlds. The highs and lows of following Raymond van Barneveld!Deduce635806-11-2026
- Probably i will receive a lot of backlash and hate for this reaction, but well, so be it. I am more than sick and tired of those lies of you Barry Hearn. How dare you defend yourself over the back of Fallon’s son! He has a disability and not an illness, so let me correct that for you! I know because I have the exact same disability. I have tried to reach out to Fallon in the past, and offered her to help her and her son, because I was struggling with the same problems, and I understood the boy. I wanted him to have finally someone who understood him. However she told me that she did not want my help, and I have respected Fallon’s choice. I have never asked Fallon for money. They don’t need money in that case. I only ever wanted the best for Fallon and Rory, but I have to be honest about the situation. Fallon should tell the true story and not be forced to tell lies. I don’t hate Fallon, and I don’t begrudge or envy a single penny that she gets, but this situation/case is just not fair. I hate the lies and the dishonesty and injustice. I don’t want Fallon to be hated because there is an unfair disadvantage created. Don’t proclaim your false lies over the back of Rory! I only stand for integrity and justice. I am precisely the one who always sticks up for Fallon. And you don't, you don't give a damn about them. You were never there for them, and now you only want to save your own position! You are just trying to talk your way out of your own bad behavior at the expense of someone with a disability. And to Fallon, I don’t know if this may ever reach you, and you read it, but I want you to know I love you and I love your son Rory very much, I am sorry how things developed and went. I hope you and Harriet are still friends. I am sorry if I were too persistent to you, or you experienced it that way, but it was never my intention. Please understand I have autism as well. As Barry Hearn would say, I am only just a human being too, and I also make mistakes and misjudge things sometimes. I promise you I did everything out of the deepest love and care for you and Rory. If I were you, I should just keep all the money, only please never be dishonest or tell lies anymore for Barry Hearn, or anyone else. I hope you have the best life, and I wish nothing more than the best for you. I have always loved the two of you. Farewell.Hiddo05-11-2026
- She is a professional. If darts is her income, she is a professional. Same as Adrian Lewis, Martin Adams. A tour card just means someone can play on the PDC tour. You could even make a case that Clayton wasn't a professional (until recently I believe) because he had employment elsewhere.BandB04-11-2026
- She's technically not a professional though as she doesn't hold a pro tour card.mr-pablo04-11-2026
- Such a shame that lakeside has been reduced to this. Fantastic venue,and previously a great tournament. Not any morerick6703-11-2026
- Seems to me that the top 16 players pick and choose whatever they want to play. Good,all the money will get spread out more. They get more money from exhibitions than tournaments so let them all withdrawrick6703-11-2026
- 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
- I'm quite a jaded person all things considered, but to be honest I found Beat Luke Littler to be pretty entertaining. It certainly wasn't seamless, which is to be expected given the lack of precedence, but I actually think the pacing was pretty good, the production was impressive, and there was a good sense of humour and levity to it. I think it was a very ambitious undertaking but one that, for the most part, paid off. I liked the system with the four pots and I think it added to the drama and intrigue. I enjoyed seeing the diverse range of entrants and learning about their backstories. I think the interactivity was pretty clever and well-integrated. The panel was a little incoherent at times; Lee Mack shone however, and his improvisational skills were appreciated during some more awkward interstitial moments. As far as the darts is concerned, it was a shame that the format didn't allow Littler to get into full flow. You obviously don't want him to steamroll everyone but you want to feel like you're getting the full Littler package rather than seeing him struggling to get out of first gear. I will say that his leg against Jayden Walker was very impressive, but it was mostly downhill from there. The attraction revolves around Littler being this untouchable, indomitable force, yet the format doesn't really allow him to fulfil that characterisation. As for Fallon Sherrock, she was mightily impressive and deserved the victory. It is a testament to her unshakeable character that she was able to bang in a 14-darter under such mind-bending pressure. Everything that has been said about the misleading marketing is valid, though they were clear about their eligibility criteria and were able to offload the responsibility somewhat by bringing the viewers into the decision-making process in real time. What is clear though, is that Fallon played the game according to the rules, and she should not be criticised for that, much less abused. I will admit though that it is a kick in the teeth for those true amateurs who committed time and money to the course, and I would also question those who think pub players would have no chance, given that some of Littler's winning legs were dispatched in 7 visits to the board! The great thing about darts is that it isn't so much that amateurs cannot replicate the feats of brilliance pulled off by professionals of the sport, than it is that they simply cannot replicate the consistency of their output, something that this format almost entirely removes from the equation. It should also be noted that, financially, Fallon certainly stands to benefit much less in relative terms from the paycheque than would your average pub thrower, as I'm sure she nets a fair income from the lucrative exhibition circuit alone. What I do hope is that she might use this as an opportunity to really build up a head of steam heading into the new season, as it seems long overdue that she come through Q-School and really take it to the pros on a week-in week-out basis, but whatever she chooses to do, she has certainly achieved enough already for one if not several lifetimes, so who am I to dictate terms? To conclude though, I will state once again that I found Beat Luke Littler to be a pretty enjoyable evening of entertainment. I do feel for the contestants who never actually had the chance to try their luck against the world #1, although I suppose it comes with the format, but all which inevitably raises the question: will Netflix be tempted to do it all again next year? It's hard to say. Whether it would be financially viable, I can't weigh in there. One point I have been making though, and which I touched on earlier, is that the entire concept relies on a public perception that Littler is more or less unbeatable, and that certainly hasn't been the case of late. If the execs had been trying to pitch the show in recent months while Littler has seemed vulnerable, rather than when he was mopping up almost every major title on the calendar, it would certainly be a tougher sell. We will have to see in about 6 months' time whether Littler can still reliably command perception as a near-unstoppable force in darts, and then we'll have a clearer idea about whether we should expect a second helping. Even as a one-off experiment though, and with all the controversy taken into account, I still don't think they disgraced themselves by any means, and that will probably be my lingering assessment of the event when all is said and done.Deduce635801-11-2026








