
Cam Crabtree took the title Friday afternoon at the 11th tournament of the PDC Development Tour 2025. It is his first Development Tour title for Crabtree, although he has been successful on the Challenge Tour twice in the past.
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After wins over Lenny Schlueter (4-0) and Nathan Girvan (4-2) in his first matches, Crabtree was responsible for eliminating two Dutchmen. He defeated Jurjen van der Velde and Jamai van den Herik both 4-2 to force a spot in the last sixteen.
Viktor Tingstrom led 3-1 against the Englishman in the eighth finals, but Tingstrom could not finish. Crabtree grabbed three legs in a row and prevailed 4-3. Then Nathan Potter (5-1), Angelo Balsamo (5-3) and Adam Gawlas (5-2) also lost to Crabtree.
The Development Tour is the youth circuit of the PDC. This tour is open to players ages 16 through 23. Players who turn 24 during the season may continue to compete.
At each Development Tour tournament, there is a prize pool of 15,000 pounds to be divided. With the prize money, a ranking is established. 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. The ranking winner also gets to compete in the Grand Slam of Darts.
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Final
Cam Crabtree (92.52) 5 | 2 (90.14) Adam Gawlas
Semi-final
Cam Crabtree (91.03) 5 | 3 (89.80) Angelo Balsamo
Adam Gawlas (90.87) 5 | 2 (90.22) Jannis Barkhausen
Quarterfinals
Cam Crabtree (87.74) 5 | 1 (83.66) Nathan Potter
Angelo Balsamo (83.54) 5 | 3 (84.64) Dylan Dowling
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Jannis Barkhausen (83.92) 5 | 2 (87.08) Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Adam Gawlas (88.89) 5 | 3 (82.22) Florian Preis
Last 16
Cam Crabtree (88.01) 4 | 3 (85.53) Viktor Tingstrom
Nathan Potter (91.85) 4 | 1 (84.00) Tavis Dudeney
Angelo Balsamo (88.68) 4 | 1 (86.21) Jarod Becker
Dylan Dowling (83.82) 4 | 3 (79.15) Luke Van Der Kwast
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (81.29) 4 | 3 (80.95) Yorick Hofkens
Jannis Barkhausen (79.24) 4 | 1 (70.85) Moreno Blom
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Florian Preis (80.11) 4 | 2 (78.67) Bradley van der Velden
Adam Gawlas (87.70) 4 | 2 (89.25) James Beeton
Last 32
Viktor Tingstrom (82.38) 4 | 3 (74.68) Leon Weber
Cam Crabtree (96.49) 4 | 2 (94.50) Jamai van den Herik
Tavis Dudeney (84.29) 4 | 2 (81.31) Cayden Smith
Nathan Potter (96.97) 4 | 0 (82.90) Rohan Brouwers
Jarod Becker (75.55) 4 | 1 (70.76) Justin Atellinghusen
Angelo Balsamo (86.06) 4 | 3 (92.94) Finley Pember
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Dylan Dowling (94.81) 4 | 1 (81.62) Stef Kosters
Luke Van Der Kwast (86.09) 4 | 3 (81.27) Morgan Shillito
Yorick Hofkens (81.81) 4 | 2 (78.26) Keenan Thomas
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (78.05) 4 | 2 (78.60) JJ Wright
Jannis Barkhausen (98.56) 4 | 0 (61.84) Jerko Moerenhout
Moreno Blom (77.50) 4 | 1 (66.23) Damian Vlottes
Florian Preis (86.38) 4 | 2 (81.66) Daan Bastiaansen
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Bradley van der Velden (77.07) 4 | 3 (78.44) Owen Bates
James Beeton (84.03) 4 | 1 (78.61) Cody Abel
Adam Gawlas (94.97) 4 | 1 (84.70) Jack Male
Last 64
Leon Weber (79.11) 4 | 0 (68.56) Harry Sykes
Viktor Tingstrom (81.24) 4 | 0 (69.13) Denfie Drenthen
Jamai van den Herik (84.24) 4 | 1 (84.93) Mark Tabak
Cam Crabtree (95.63) 4 | 2 (94.87) Jurjen van der Velde
Cayden Smith (83.50) 4 | 0 (77.13) Nunjo Dewaele
Tavis Dudeney (72.40) 4 | 1 (67.10) Noah Roeschlein
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Nathan Potter (79.39) 4 | 1 (71.16) Emile Hendryks
Rohan Brouwers (87.13) 4 | 3 (92.89) Charlie Manby
Jarod Becker (75.24) 4 | 2 (75.58) William Bristow
Justin Atellinghusen (63.58) 4 | 3 (56.98) Jerome Felder
Angelo Balsamo (80.16) 4 | 0 (76.61) Matthew Gordon
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Finley Pember (80.90) 4 | 3 (79.60) Jamie Robinson
Dylan Dowling (78.16) 4 | 1 (67.81) Phil Ende
Stef Kosters (80.65) 4 | 1 (70.30) Felix Springer
Luke Van Der Kwast (79.05) 4 | 2 (73.63) Arne Degryse
Morgan Shillito (78.08) 4 | 0 (67.88) Niels Van Mechelen
Keenan Thomas (95.43) 4 | 0 (81.75) Ronan McDonagh
Yorick Hofkens (79.11) 4 | 0 (68.16) Luca Beile
JJ Wright (83.39) 4 | 3 (82.83) Kilian Hohnstedt
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (77.08) 4 | 0 (68.31) Huey de Jong
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Jerko Moerenhout (68.16) 4 | 3 (67.85) Zac Griffiths
Jannis Barkhausen (95.43) 4 | 0 (70.90) Oliver Klein
Damian Vlottes (71.51) 4 | 2 (62.69) Jerry Kaldenberg
Moreno Blom (73.69) 4 | 3 (68.16) Ollie Male
Daan Bastiaansen (84.68) 4 | 0 (73.48) Harrison Leigh
Florian Preis (89.73) 4 | 0 (74.77) Shaun Conway
Bradley van der Velden (77.08) 4 | 0 (65.80) Pim Van Bijnen
Owen Bates (83.38) 4 | 1 (74.23) Andrew Ingman
James Beeton (88.81) 4 | 1 (89.12) Patrik Williams
Cody Abel (75.46) 4 | 2 (72.13) Sascha Stuhlemmer
Jack Male (84.06) 4 | 2 (87.67) Dominik Gruellich
Adam Gawlas (87.53) 4 | 2 (84.03) Kyle Manton
Last 128
Harry Sykes (83.65) 4 | 3 (78.48) Mason Whitlock
Leon Weber (84.85) 4 | 2 (86.00) Danny Jansen
Denfie Drenthen (77.12) 4 | 2 (77.13) Oliver Ufer
Viktor Tingstrom (83.50) 4 | 0 (74.48) Carl van Mens
Jamai van den Herik (88.56) 4 | 3 (75.34) Julian Mols
Mark Tabak (88.63) 4 | 2 (86.94) Kieran Thompson
Cam Crabtree (98.60) 4 | 2 (94.38) Nathan Girvan
Jurjen van der Velde (83.14) 4 | 1 (74.86) Maurice Junker
Cayden Smith (93.46) 4 | 1 (79.48) Sebastian Bialecki
Nunjo Dewaele (86.48) 4 | 2 (69.13) Benedikt Bielert
Noah Roeschlein (66.07) 4 | 0 (61.60) Kyen van Strijdonck
Tavis Dudeney (75.48) 4 | 3 (72.16) Lennon Cradock
Nathan Potter (85.46) 4 | 2 (81.61) Ieuan Halsall
Emile Hendryks (66.40) 4 | 1 (65.70) Angelo Vroomen
Rohan Brouwers (84.03) 4 | 3 (82.13) Owen Roelofs
Charlie Manby (88.45) 4 | 2 (80.71) Tyler Thorpe
William Bristow (78.38) 4 | 1 (67.12) Fabian Hartl
Jarod Becker (77.91) 4 | 1 (74.45) Matthias Moors
Jerome Felder (56.72) 4 | 1 (61.51) Jakob Schaeffler
Justin Atellinghusen (72.43) 4 | 0 (67.85) Felix Bollmann
Matthew Gordon (70.47) 4 | 2 (68.92) Robbie Curran
Angelo Balsamo (84.68) 4 | 0 (66.14) Guus Verkamman
Finley Pember (91.09) 4 | 0 (79.15) Martin Homola
Jamie Robinson (75.46) 4 | 1 (64.36) Toni Duesterhoeft
Phil Ende (74.81) 4 | 2 (76.22) Christopher Toonders
Dylan Dowling (75.92) 4 | 1 (69.79) Marvin van Deest
Felix Springer (67.10) 4 | 3 (70.07) James Buckby
Stef Kosters (80.25) 4 | 3 (74.78) Alfie Busby
Arne Degryse (73.42) 4 | 3 (73.91) Joey Spitse
Luke Van Der Kwast (82.05) 4 | 1 (62.79) Calvin Nicolai
Niels Van Mechelen (78.60) 4 | 2 (78.26) Seppe Dasseville
Morgan Shillito (82.93) 4 | 1 (75.48) Tomas Rehak
Keenan Thomas (89.60) 4 | 1 (83.11) Beau Greaves
Ronan McDonagh (86.44) 4 | 1 (73.07) Lorenzo Kapiteijn
Yorick Hofkens (69.31) 4 | 3 (69.89) Oliver Pearce-Burgess
Luca Beile (74.22) 4 | 0 (64.58) Davie Duval
Kilian Hohnstedt (84.71) 4 | 2 (74.14) Lleyton Molyneux
JJ Wright (84.59) 4 | 1 (82.35) Johnny Stewart
Huey de Jong (74.59) 4 | 3 (76.45) Ryan Dowling
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (113.43) 4 | 0 (82.25) Finn Chudziak
Zac Griffiths (75.50) 4 | 3 (71.09) Finn Behrens
Jerko Moerenhout (61.60) 4 | 3 (59.20) Donny Boerman
Oliver Klein (62.25) 4 | 3 (64.52) Joshua Adriaanse
Jannis Barkhausen (95.54) 4 | 2 (74.04) Sean McKeon
Jerry Kaldenberg (66.40) 4 | 1 (57.84) Patrik Kasala
Damian Vlottes (75.76) 4 | 3 (70.77) Matyas Rejhon
Ollie Male (67.62) 4 | 1 (60.38) Jarno Bottenberg
Moreno Blom (81.64) 4 | 3 (73.93) Mitchell Leeming
Daan Bastiaansen (79.11) 4 | 0 (68.92) Daniel Stephenson
Harrison Leigh (78.08) 4 | 0 (70.72) Jokke Janssens
Florian Preis (88.79) 4 | 1 (76.85) Lukas Dallmann
Shaun Conway (76.24) 4 | 1 (56.10) Dennis van Cuijlenburg
Pim Van Bijnen (64.65) 4 | 0 (58.43) Justin Jarvis Noerdtling
Bradley van der Velden (79.31) 4 | 1 (77.03) Laurin Welk
Owen Bates (79.75) 4 | 3 (77.36) Magnus Spilker
Andrew Ingman (71.34) 4 | 1 (55.84) Max-Fabian Fischer
Patrik Williams (84.91) 4 | 2 (83.51) Keelan Kay
James Beeton (87.21) 4 | 1 (65.71) Colinn Haverkate
Sascha Stuhlemmer (80.16) 4 | 0 (65.79) Damian Vetjens
Cody Abel (73.53) 4 | 1 (70.97) Dylan Quinn
Dominik Gruellich (101.90) 4 | 0 (83.26) Moritz Bohrmann
Jack Male (82.25) 4 | 3 (80.78) Levy Frauenfelder
Adam Gawlas (92.56) 4 | 1 (73.95) Joshua Hermann
Kyle Manton (90.48) 4 | 1 (86.92) Paul Goyer
Last 256
Mason Whitlock (68.58) 4 | 1 (59.11) Lars Debondt
Harry Sykes (66.80) 4 | 0 (66.31) Maximilian Johansen
Danny Jansen (76.10) 4 | 0 (47.15) Wim Blokpoel
Leon Weber (87.39) 4 | 2 (72.70) Ryan Kettle
Oliver Ufer (78.55) 4 | 1 (74.29) Joseph Brady
Denfie Drenthen (75.99) 4 | 1 (69.41) Scott Smith
Viktor Tingstrom (78.08) 4 | 0 (50.17) Corstiaan Koffeman
Carl van Mens (76.10) 4 | 0 (50.40) Meindert Koffeman
Jamai van den Herik (80.16) 4 | 0 (54.42) Auke Woord
Julian Mols (71.53) 4 | 3 (74.45) Jonathan Justin Altmann
Kieran Thompson (77.59) 4 | 1 (62.41) Keith Zahner
Mark Tabak (80.16) 4 | 0 (72.35) Sem Devoght
Nathan Girvan (101.90) 4 | 0 (81.42) Jack Howarth
Cam Crabtree (85.89) 4 | 0 (76.70) Lenny Schlueter
Maurice Junker (89.17) 4 | 1 (72.26) Born Van Put
Jurjen van der Velde (98.56) 4 | 0 (74.25) Henry Coates
Cayden Smith (71.57) 4 | 0 (57.59) Till Stein
Sebastian Bialecki (92.49) 4 | 0 (55.10) Maarten Jacobus Post
Benedikt Bielert (59.24) 4 | 3 (53.54) Kian Vink
Nunjo Dewaele (77.93) 4 | 3 (73.02) Jarno de Vries
Noah Roeschlein (74.45) 4 | 2 (62.77) Demy Sijbrands
Kyen van Strijdonck (59.03) 4 | 3 (54.73) Yannick Hund
Lennon Cradock (75.70) 4 | 3 (69.07) Arcangelo Tardio
Tavis Dudeney (88.41) 4 | 0 (62.09) Marlon Luca Elke
Ieuan Halsall (79.11) 4 | 0 (58.40) Karl-Louis Mueller
Nathan Potter (89.22) 4 | 1 (80.92) Jenson Walker
Angelo Vroomen (68.79) 4 | 1 (60.41) Wesley Mol
Emile Hendryks (57.30) 4 | 3 (54.47) Sam Groot Roessink
Owen Roelofs (81.23) 4 | 1 (72.55) Finn Prokop
Rohan Brouwers (76.53) 4 | 1 (64.00) Carter Guiney
Charlie Manby (85.89) 4 | 0 (66.41) Sven Hofmann
Tyler Thorpe (68.32) 4 | 0 (54.62) Louis Guttmann
William Bristow (64.27) 4 | 1 (60.21) Drew Arathoon
Fabian Hartl (58.07) 4 | 1 (49.12) Dylan White
Matthias Moors (72.55) 4 | 1 (62.41) Stan Van Veen
Jarod Becker (81.34) 4 | 1 (80.34) Fabian Tapner
Jerome Felder (40.37) 4 | 1 (39.13) Jaynie Wink
Jakob Schaeffler (63.36) 4 | 2 (54.75) Alessio Cariglia
Felix Bollmann (77.08) 4 | 0 (48.80) Sebastian Kamp
Justin Atellinghusen (78.69) 4 | 3 (80.06) Sydnee de Vries
Matthew Gordon (74.33) 4 | 3 (75.12) Thomas Banks
Robbie Curran (54.16) 4 | 0 (50.28) Noel Napoliello
Guus Verkamman (56.19) 4 | 0 (48.20) Adrian Fischer
Angelo Balsamo (100.20) 4 | 0 (57.37) Rick van der Veen
Martin Homola (79.31) 4 | 1 (69.97) Jamie Martin
Finley Pember (92.91) 4 | 3 (88.37) Lewis Gurney
Jamie Robinson (72.43) 4 | 0 (57.69) Ben Steffens
Toni Duesterhoeft (62.63) 4 | 0 (42.13) Karl Tantzscher
Phil Ende (66.07) 4 | 0 (59.57) Matthew Gallivan-Piles
Christopher Toonders (70.63) 4 | 1 (57.25) Vincent Nouws
Dylan Dowling (75.46) 4 | 3 (70.46) Kurijn Boer
Marvin van Deest (74.85) 4 | 3 (65.43) Jeremy Jendrzejewski
James Buckby (66.64) 4 | 3 (59.55) Joran Saelen
Felix Springer (85.04) 4 | 2 (80.68) Aidan O'Hara
Stef Kosters (98.56) 4 | 0 (75.95) Tom Kloppmann
Alfie Busby (71.57) 4 | 0 (62.57) Jack Boardman
Arne Degryse (81.92) 4 | 1 (75.52) Jon Jochijms
Joey Spitse (70.93) 4 | 3 (70.26) Roy Rietbergen
Calvin Nicolai (80.38) 4 | 1 (75.00) Robin Radloff
Luke Van Der Kwast (81.09) 4 | 2 (68.05) Lukas Fraulob
Seppe Dasseville (72.43) 4 | 0 (46.56) Seb van Doorn
Niels Van Mechelen (60.04) 4 | 2 (56.65) Jackson King
Morgan Shillito (76.13) 4 | 1 (65.13) Ferre Bervoets
Tomas Rehak (77.35) 4 | 1 (68.23) Niclas Wierling
Keenan Thomas (94.41) 4 | 1 (82.48) Jeramey Verwey
Beau Greaves (92.49) 4 | 0 (80.76) Jeffrey Keen
Ronan McDonagh (85.89) 4 | 0 (70.64) Keanu van Velzen
Lorenzo Kapiteijn (66.07) 4 | 0 (49.23) Callum Stojic
Oliver Pearce-Burgess (88.41) 4 | 0 (73.14) Dylan Ritchie
Yorick Hofkens (77.97) 4 | 1 (69.13) Deniz Baudis
Davie Duval (59.31) 4 | 2 (58.34) Ruben Haulez
Luca Beile (63.96) 4 | 0 (52.29) Julian Zwergel
Kilian Hohnstedt (72.95) 4 | 1 (59.23) Matteo Leonhardt
Lleyton Molyneux (73.15) 4 | 1 (73.42) Wessel Tempelaars
JJ Wright (83.96) 4 | 1 (72.04) Toby Saunders
Johnny Stewart (78.52) 4 | 2 (74.16) Robbe Dasseville
Ryan Dowling (64.63) 4 | 3 (63.62) Sasa Varga
Huey de Jong (69.10) 4 | 0 (51.62) Thomas van Diepen
Finn Chudziak (71.11) 4 | 1 (69.99) Shane de Jong
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (80.79) 4 | 1 (80.89) Niklas Fahrenholz
Finn Behrens (87.46) 4 | 3 (71.32) Declan Corcoran
Zac Griffiths (80.16) 4 | 0 (65.25) Tyler Mantle
Donny Boerman (60.27) 4 | 3 (60.06) Axandre Van Der Steen
Jerko Moerenhout (57.35) 4 | 1 (49.10) Robert Ritter
Oliver Klein (66.86) 4 | 2 (57.72) Mathias Myrvang Isaksen
Joshua Adriaanse (55.67) 4 | 0 (49.77) Wesley ten Hove
Sean McKeon (76.41) 4 | 1 (63.75) Micha Boekelaar
Jannis Barkhausen (71.57) 4 | 0 (53.93) Brendan Ward
Jerry Kaldenberg (61.07) 4 | 3 (60.11) Finn-Luis Weckesser
Patrik Kasala (53.16) 4 | 3 (54.85) Fabian Moeller
Damian Vlottes (69.34) 4 | 2 (65.76) Eros Odent
Matyas Rejhon (78.08) 4 | 0 (62.28) Florian Herrmann
Ollie Male (74.22) 4 | 2 (69.19) Angelo Van Deventer
Jarno Bottenberg (73.32) 4 | 0 (51.62) Willem Pasterkamp
Mitchell Leeming (70.73) 4 | 0 (65.59) Bence Horvath
Moreno Blom (84.10) 4 | 1 (66.99) Connor Arberry
Daan Bastiaansen (93.94) 4 | 0 (82.15) Ondrej Frystacky
Daniel Stephenson (68.79) 4 | 3 (65.83) Josh Corns
Jokke Janssens (65.58) 4 | 3 (65.51) Daan Beernink
Harrison Leigh (77.80) 4 | 1 (63.93) Silas Bortfeld
Lukas Dallmann (76.58) 4 | 1 (74.01) Seth Van Loon
Florian Preis (101.90) 4 | 0 (65.47) Maxim Mertens
Shaun Conway (76.89) 4 | 3 (73.25) Jan Schmidt
Dennis van Cuijlenburg (65.51) 4 | 2 (62.28) Bram van Dijk
Pim Van Bijnen (76.71) 4 | 3 (76.37) Jannes Bremermann
Justin Jarvis Noerdtling (70.73) 4 | 0 (60.68) Alain Bouckaert
Bradley van der Velden (71.02) 4 | 2 (64.51) Seppe Van Overbeke
Laurin Welk (74.22) 4 | 0 (54.23) Fynn Pfannebecker
Magnus Spilker (78.17) 4 | 2 (77.07) Cian McCormack
Owen Bates (81.03) 4 | 1 (73.03) Justin van der Velden
Max-Fabian Fischer (50.44) 4 | 2 (53.15) Micky Ploeg
Andrew Ingman (91.09) 4 | 0 (77.33) Rens Verriet
Keelan Kay (73.51) 4 | 3 (66.97) Axel Buyle
Patrik Williams (88.41) 4 | 0 (70.55) Daniel Terry
Colinn Haverkate (75.02) 4 | 3 (81.22) Travis Baur
James Beeton (89.73) 4 | 0 (65.27) Jakob Hahn
Damian Vetjens (76.10) 4 | 0 (60.52) Tim Beyer
Sascha Stuhlemmer (63.72) 4 | 1 (55.54) Jelle Plovier
Cody Abel (75.00) 4 | 2 (62.07) Yori Dehaene
Dylan Quinn (74.81) 4 | 2 (67.43) Yordi Mattheeussen
Moritz Bohrmann (71.57) 4 | 0 (64.93) Chris Birch
Dominik Gruellich (85.14) 4 | 1 (79.10) Lennert Faes
Levy Frauenfelder (71.52) 4 | 3 (66.45) Patrick Luedtke
Jack Male (87.13) 4 | 0 (64.76) Declan Thorpe
Joshua Hermann (72.43) 4 | 0 (55.85) Siebe Appels
Adam Gawlas (75.08) 4 | 2 (69.45) Bradly Roes
Kyle Manton (79.90) 4 | 3 (74.24) Kimi Seemann
Paul Goyer (68.05) 4 | 1 (63.92) Quentin Pinkert
Last 512
Sem Devoght (66.60) 4 | 2 (58.89) Miro Seemann
Jurjen van der Velde (93.35) 4 | 2 (85.66) Axel Savelkoel
Sam Groot Roessink (65.53) 4 | 1 (64.60) Louis Hornig
Tyler Thorpe (78.08) 4 | 0 (51.80) Renzo Geraets
Angelo Balsamo (93.00) 4 | 1 (73.32) Keith Lammens
Toni Duesterhoeft (61.98) 4 | 1 (61.17) Marvin Grossmann
Lukas Fraulob (69.43) 4 | 3 (63.94) Rik Boeve
Tomas Rehak (58.34) 4 | 2 (50.06) Jens Leysen
Robbe Dasseville (69.07) 4 | 2 (64.29) Moritz Mertens
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (109.31) 4 | 0 (89.47) David Fidler
Matyas Rejhon (72.43) 4 | 0 (58.15) Danny de Jong
Moreno Blom (70.73) 4 | 0 (62.11) Laszlo Ancsin
Laurin Welk (73.32) 4 | 0 (70.85) Ryan Branley
Rens Verriet (68.64) 4 | 3 (66.02) Niels De Bondt
Jack Male (71.48) 4 | 2 (67.68) Sean Negrette
Quentin Pinkert (74.88) 4 | 1 (68.91) Jakub Zurek

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- 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
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- 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






