The PDC Awards took place on Monday night with Gerwyn Price dominating proceedings but also among the winners was Callan Rydz.
Rydz joined elite company in the likes of Michael van Gerwen and Adrian Lewis to claim the award of Young Player of the Year.
In the process also he pipped Development Tour standouts Ryan Meikle and Keane Barry as well as World Youth Champion, Bradley Brooks to the award.
This comes after a strong debut year on the PDC ProTour, a Development Tour win and runs at the Players Championship Finals and World Championship as he showed consistent brilliance throughout his debut season.
"For me to win this award, it's unbelievable," said Rydz. "It was surreal just to be nominated, never mind to win the award. It gives me a bit more confidence going into the year.
"I got on the tour this year and I didn't have a good start but towards the end of the year I really did play some good stuff."
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ... ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ A coming of age year on the Oche for youngster @callanrydz170 as he showed us what he was made of!
