
Callan Rydz has finally secured his Tour Card and a World Championship spot after finishing top of the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit for this year.
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Rydz had a late surge this past weekend winning another event and having consistent form throughout. This was the same with Jesus Noguera.
The Spaniard has had a brilliant season and will join at least Cristo Reyes as Spanish representation on the tour.
One player that it didn't happen for was Cameron Menzies who after having a brilliant season couldn't produce on the final weekend so finished just outside the top two. As a result he will have to go back to Q-School.
Menzies though alongside Stephen Burton, Boris Koltsov, Andy Jenkins, Cody Harris, Kyle McKinstry, Berry van Peer and Patrick Lynskey have all confirmed their places free of charge in Wigan and at the UK Open.
View the full Order of Merit below:
Final Challenge Tour Order of Merit
1 Callan Rydz £6,750
2 Jesus Noguera £6,050
3 Cameron Menzies £5,800
4 Stephen Burton £5,500
5 Boris Koltsov £5,400
6 Andy Jenkins £4,800
7 Cody Harris £4,750
8 Kyle McKinstry £4,700
9 Berry van Peer £4,350
10 Patrick Lynskey £4,100
11 Nick Fullwell £3,800
12 Ritchie Edhouse £3,800
13 Nathan Rafferty £3,400
14 David Evans £3,250
15 Andrew Gilding £3,100
16 Ciaran Teehan £3,050
17 Mark Barilli £2,900
18 Darren Beveridge £2,900
19 Scott Taylor £2,700
20 Shaun Carroll £2,550
21 Dave Prins £2,500
22 Kevin Garcia £2,200
23 Justin Smith £2,000
24 Wessel Nijman £2,000
25 Dennis Nilsson £1,850
26 Jason Cullen £1,800
27 Mark Walsh £1,750
28 Matthew Dennant £1,650
29 Arjan Konterman £1,650
30 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £1,550
31 Adam Huckvale £1,500
32 Darren Johnson £1,450
33 David Ladley £1,450
34 Jason Askew £1,450
35 Christopher Bent £1,400
36 Jason Wilson £1,400
37 Shane McGuirk £1,350
38 Wes Newton £1,350
39 Mareno Michels £1,350
40 Patrick van den Boogaard £1,350
41 Martin Atkins (Wigan) £1,300
42 John Bowles £1,250
43 Eddie Lovely £1,250
44 Curtis Hammond £1,250
45 Diogo Portela £1,250
46 Steve Hine £1,250
47 Rhys Griffin £1,200
48 Andy Chalmers £1,200
49 Paul Rowley £1,200
50 William Borland £1,150
51 Danny van Trijp £1,150
52 Mick Todd £1,150
53 Aden Kirk £1,100
54 Barry Lynn £1,100
55 Colin Osborne £1,050
56 Erik Hol £950
57 Lukasz Sawicki £950
58 Dafydd Edwards £950
59 Peter Mitchell £950
60 Mark Frost £950
61 Robert Collins £900
62 Gary Blades £900
63 Stuart Kellett £900
64 Daniel Ayres £850
65 Ryan Murray £850
66 Simon Preston £850
67 Jack Main £800
68 Callum Francis £800
69 Michael Rasztovits £800
70 Brett Claydon £800
71 Prakash Jiwa £800
72 Martin Atkins (Leeds) £800
73 Andy Hamilton £800
74 Martin Thomas £750
75 Kevin Dowling £750
76 Stephen Gallimore £750
77 Wesley Plaisier £750
78 Scott Waites £750
79 Christian Goedl £750
80 Tony Mitchell £750
81 John Davey £700
82 Ryan Palmer £700
83 Lee Evans £700
84 Ben Davies (Crewe) £700
85 Tom Lonsdale £700
86 Robert Rickwood £650
87 Richard Corner £650
88 Chris Quantock £650
89 Niels-Joergen Hansen £650
90 Jerry Hendriks £650
91 Craig Quinn £650
92 Daniel Day £650
93 Lisa Ashton £600
94 Martin O'Boyle £600
95 Peter Jacques £600
96 Jimmy Hendriks £600
97 Andrew Foster £600
98 Geert De Vos £600
99 Ricky Williams £600
100 James Kempster £550
101 Rhys Hayden £550
102 Matt Padgett £550
103 Sean Ryan £550
104 Darryl Pilgrim £550
105 Paul Williams £550
106 Jamie Barrowman £500
107 Thomas Lovely £500
108 Stu Wilson £500
109 Mike Norton £500
110 Dave Askew £500
111 Mike De Decker £500
112 James Lawson £500
113 Dean Reynolds £500
114 Ian Withers £500
115 Kevin Lane £500
116 Darren Herewini £500
117 Ricky Clarke £450
118 Shaun Griffiths £450
119 Lee Budgen £450
120 David Stokell £450
121 David Adshead £450
122 Ian Mcfarlane £450
123 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £450
124 Chas Barstow £450
125 Brian Woods £450
126 Jarred Cole £450
127 Lee Bryant £450
128 Marc Dewsbury £400
129 Evander Stevenson £400
130 Jason Marriott £400
131 Jeffery De Graaf £400
132 Ian Lever £350
133 Daniel Cox £350
134 Richie Burnett £350
135 Christopher Paul Jones £350
136 Paul Dawkins £350
137 Jon Jukes £350
138 Ricky King £350
139 Stefaan Deprez £350
140 Thomas Junghans £350
141 Nathan Treadgold £300
142 David Airey £300
143 Niels Heinsoe £300
144 Sam Hewson £300
145 Paul Redfern £300
146 James Barton £300
147 Lukas Wenig £300
148 Kevin Painter £300
149 Francis Carragher £300
150 Anthony Brown £300
151 Karel Sedlacek £250
152 Thomas Gregory £250
153 Dean Owen £250
154 Brian Hallas £250
155 Lewis Pride £250
156 Coni Nagi £200
157 Dale Everett £200
158 David Taylor £200
159 Richard Baillie £200
160 Levy Frauenfelder £200
161 Colin Littlecott £200
162 Dean Norman £200
163 Rowdy Schoremans £200
164 Wim Hofsink £200
165 Ryan De Vreede £200
166 Darren Penhall £200
167 Kevin Thomas £200
168 John Part £200
169 Kieran Evans £200
170 Paul Holloway £150
171 Tom Baughan £150
172 Nathan Boon £150
173 Darren Davies £150
174 Ivan Springborg Poulsen £150
175 Cor Ernst £150
176 Tommy Lishman £150
177 Darren Place £150
178 Wilco Vermeulen £150
179 Alexander Merkx £150
180 Co Stompe £150
181 Jimmy McKirdy £150
182 Joe Davis £150
183 Carl Hamilton £150
184 Richie Howson £150
185 Logan Crooks £150
186 Radek Szaganski £150
187 Darren Williams £150
188 Scott Darbyshire £150
189 Derek Brand £100
190 William Thexton £100
191 Wayne France £100
192 Ian Jopling £100
193 Mike Whitehead £100
194 Gabriel Florin Olar £100
195 Roger Scrivens £100
196 Ashley Holgate £100
197 Michael Mccloskey £100
198 Simon Tate £100
199 Craig Anderson £100
200 Toon Greebe £100
201 Damian Smith £100
202 Wesley Bour £100
203 Lee Smith £100
204 Jerry Abbott £100
205 Fallon Sherrock £100
206 Lukasz Waclawski £100
207 Paul Phillips £100
208 Joshua Burksfield £100
209 Dennis Smith £100
210 Rachel Brooks £50
211 Aaron Castagnette £50
212 Nick Jennings £50
213 Mark Lawrence £50
214 Callum Loose £50
215 Jon Mansell £50
216 Stephen McNally £50
217 Vince Tipple £50
218 Chris Vaughan £50
219 James Woodhouse £50
220 David Edwards £50
221 Leighton Jones £50
222 Grant Whittaker £50
223 Brad Ellis £50
224 Rees Hall £50
225 Joey Palfreyman £50
226 Jonathan Hewitt £50
227 Michael Plooy £50
228 Mindaugas Barauskas £50
229 John Power £50
230 Derek Coulson £50
231 John Cockburn £50
232 Tony Dyke £50
233 Christoff Van De Wal £50
234 Cameron Anderson £50
235 Petros Christodoulou £50
236 Rhys Davies £50
237 Marc Williams £50
238 Steven Ferguson £50
239 Martin Lukeman £50
240 Stuart Stubbs £50
241 Aegir Bjornsson £50
242 Dan Hand £50
243 Richie Edwards £50
244 Sam Cromwell £50
245 Pauli Finnila £50
246 Sebastian Pohl £50
247 Chuck Puleo £50
1 Callan Rydz £6,750
2 Jesus Noguera £6,050
3 Cameron Menzies £5,800
4 Stephen Burton £5,500
5 Boris Koltsov £5,400
6 Andy Jenkins £4,800
7 Cody Harris £4,750
8 Kyle McKinstry £4,700
9 Berry van Peer £4,350
10 Patrick Lynskey £4,100
11 Nick Fullwell £3,800
12 Ritchie Edhouse £3,800
13 Nathan Rafferty £3,400
14 David Evans £3,250
15 Andrew Gilding £3,100
16 Ciaran Teehan £3,050
17 Mark Barilli £2,900
18 Darren Beveridge £2,900
19 Scott Taylor £2,700
20 Shaun Carroll £2,550
21 Dave Prins £2,500
22 Kevin Garcia £2,200
23 Justin Smith £2,000
24 Wessel Nijman £2,000
25 Dennis Nilsson £1,850
26 Jason Cullen £1,800
27 Mark Walsh £1,750
28 Matthew Dennant £1,650
29 Arjan Konterman £1,650
30 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £1,550
31 Adam Huckvale £1,500
32 Darren Johnson £1,450
33 David Ladley £1,450
34 Jason Askew £1,450
35 Christopher Bent £1,400
36 Jason Wilson £1,400
37 Shane McGuirk £1,350
38 Wes Newton £1,350
39 Mareno Michels £1,350
40 Patrick van den Boogaard £1,350
41 Martin Atkins (Wigan) £1,300
42 John Bowles £1,250
43 Eddie Lovely £1,250
44 Curtis Hammond £1,250
45 Diogo Portela £1,250
46 Steve Hine £1,250
47 Rhys Griffin £1,200
48 Andy Chalmers £1,200
49 Paul Rowley £1,200
50 William Borland £1,150
51 Danny van Trijp £1,150
52 Mick Todd £1,150
53 Aden Kirk £1,100
54 Barry Lynn £1,100
55 Colin Osborne £1,050
56 Erik Hol £950
57 Lukasz Sawicki £950
58 Dafydd Edwards £950
59 Peter Mitchell £950
60 Mark Frost £950
61 Robert Collins £900
62 Gary Blades £900
63 Stuart Kellett £900
64 Daniel Ayres £850
65 Ryan Murray £850
66 Simon Preston £850
67 Jack Main £800
68 Callum Francis £800
69 Michael Rasztovits £800
70 Brett Claydon £800
71 Prakash Jiwa £800
72 Martin Atkins (Leeds) £800
73 Andy Hamilton £800
74 Martin Thomas £750
75 Kevin Dowling £750
76 Stephen Gallimore £750
77 Wesley Plaisier £750
78 Scott Waites £750
79 Christian Goedl £750
80 Tony Mitchell £750
81 John Davey £700
82 Ryan Palmer £700
83 Lee Evans £700
84 Ben Davies (Crewe) £700
85 Tom Lonsdale £700
86 Robert Rickwood £650
87 Richard Corner £650
88 Chris Quantock £650
89 Niels-Joergen Hansen £650
90 Jerry Hendriks £650
91 Craig Quinn £650
92 Daniel Day £650
93 Lisa Ashton £600
94 Martin O'Boyle £600
95 Peter Jacques £600
96 Jimmy Hendriks £600
97 Andrew Foster £600
98 Geert De Vos £600
99 Ricky Williams £600
100 James Kempster £550
101 Rhys Hayden £550
102 Matt Padgett £550
103 Sean Ryan £550
104 Darryl Pilgrim £550
105 Paul Williams £550
106 Jamie Barrowman £500
107 Thomas Lovely £500
108 Stu Wilson £500
109 Mike Norton £500
110 Dave Askew £500
111 Mike De Decker £500
112 James Lawson £500
113 Dean Reynolds £500
114 Ian Withers £500
115 Kevin Lane £500
116 Darren Herewini £500
117 Ricky Clarke £450
118 Shaun Griffiths £450
119 Lee Budgen £450
120 David Stokell £450
121 David Adshead £450
122 Ian Mcfarlane £450
123 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £450
124 Chas Barstow £450
125 Brian Woods £450
126 Jarred Cole £450
127 Lee Bryant £450
128 Marc Dewsbury £400
129 Evander Stevenson £400
130 Jason Marriott £400
131 Jeffery De Graaf £400
132 Ian Lever £350
133 Daniel Cox £350
134 Richie Burnett £350
135 Christopher Paul Jones £350
136 Paul Dawkins £350
137 Jon Jukes £350
138 Ricky King £350
139 Stefaan Deprez £350
140 Thomas Junghans £350
141 Nathan Treadgold £300
142 David Airey £300
143 Niels Heinsoe £300
144 Sam Hewson £300
145 Paul Redfern £300
146 James Barton £300
147 Lukas Wenig £300
148 Kevin Painter £300
149 Francis Carragher £300
150 Anthony Brown £300
151 Karel Sedlacek £250
152 Thomas Gregory £250
153 Dean Owen £250
154 Brian Hallas £250
155 Lewis Pride £250
156 Coni Nagi £200
157 Dale Everett £200
158 David Taylor £200
159 Richard Baillie £200
160 Levy Frauenfelder £200
161 Colin Littlecott £200
162 Dean Norman £200
163 Rowdy Schoremans £200
164 Wim Hofsink £200
165 Ryan De Vreede £200
166 Darren Penhall £200
167 Kevin Thomas £200
168 John Part £200
169 Kieran Evans £200
170 Paul Holloway £150
171 Tom Baughan £150
172 Nathan Boon £150
173 Darren Davies £150
174 Ivan Springborg Poulsen £150
175 Cor Ernst £150
176 Tommy Lishman £150
177 Darren Place £150
178 Wilco Vermeulen £150
179 Alexander Merkx £150
180 Co Stompe £150
181 Jimmy McKirdy £150
182 Joe Davis £150
183 Carl Hamilton £150
184 Richie Howson £150
185 Logan Crooks £150
186 Radek Szaganski £150
187 Darren Williams £150
188 Scott Darbyshire £150
189 Derek Brand £100
190 William Thexton £100
191 Wayne France £100
192 Ian Jopling £100
193 Mike Whitehead £100
194 Gabriel Florin Olar £100
195 Roger Scrivens £100
196 Ashley Holgate £100
197 Michael Mccloskey £100
198 Simon Tate £100
199 Craig Anderson £100
200 Toon Greebe £100
201 Damian Smith £100
202 Wesley Bour £100
203 Lee Smith £100
204 Jerry Abbott £100
205 Fallon Sherrock £100
206 Lukasz Waclawski £100
207 Paul Phillips £100
208 Joshua Burksfield £100
209 Dennis Smith £100
210 Rachel Brooks £50
211 Aaron Castagnette £50
212 Nick Jennings £50
213 Mark Lawrence £50
214 Callum Loose £50
215 Jon Mansell £50
216 Stephen McNally £50
217 Vince Tipple £50
218 Chris Vaughan £50
219 James Woodhouse £50
220 David Edwards £50
221 Leighton Jones £50
222 Grant Whittaker £50
223 Brad Ellis £50
224 Rees Hall £50
225 Joey Palfreyman £50
226 Jonathan Hewitt £50
227 Michael Plooy £50
228 Mindaugas Barauskas £50
229 John Power £50
230 Derek Coulson £50
231 John Cockburn £50
232 Tony Dyke £50
233 Christoff Van De Wal £50
234 Cameron Anderson £50
235 Petros Christodoulou £50
236 Rhys Davies £50
237 Marc Williams £50
238 Steven Ferguson £50
239 Martin Lukeman £50
240 Stuart Stubbs £50
241 Aegir Bjornsson £50
242 Dan Hand £50
243 Richie Edwards £50
244 Sam Cromwell £50
245 Pauli Finnila £50
246 Sebastian Pohl £50
247 Chuck Puleo £50

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