
Carl Sneyd sealed the final of the second PDC Challenge Tour tournament in a 5-1 win after Beau Greaves won the first event earlier today.
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Sneyd saw off Tommy Lishman in the final. Jeffrey Sparidaans, Gilbert van der Meijden, Reece Colley, John Henderson, Paul Rowley, Chris Hurds and Maximillian Nirschl were the players defeated by Sneyd. The high average was 107 against Colley.
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.
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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.
Challenge Tour Event Two
Final
Carl Sneyd (91.86) 5 | 1 (87.56) Tommy Lishman
Semi-Finals
Tommy Lishman (86.41) 5 | 1 (81.65) Kevin Burness
Carl Sneyd (87.44) 5 | 3 (82.91) Jeffrey Sparidaans
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Quarter-Finals
Tommy Lishman (89.28) 5 | 2 (81.08) Graham Usher
Kevin Burness (83.59) 5 | 2 (79.13) Nathan Girvan
Jeffrey Sparidaans (87.95) 5 | 4 (84.04) Christopher Wickenden
Carl Sneyd (90.54) 5 | 0 (89.56) Gilbert van der Meijden
Last 16
Tommy Lishman (88.67) 5 | 3 (86.40) Adam Gawlas
Graham Usher (83.39) 5 | 4 (83.05) Nicholas Ellis
Kevin Burness (91.26) 5 | 3 (88.33) Michael Flynn
Nathan Girvan (90.63) 5 | 1 (81.00) Aden Kirk
Jeffrey Sparidaans (91.61) 5 | 4 (95.19) Stefan Bellmont
Christopher Wickenden (83.92) 5 | 4 (85.52) Jeffrey De Zwaan
Carl Sneyd (107.36) 5 | 0 (82.57) Reece Colley
Gilbert van der Meijden (85.40) 5 | 0 (86.32) Carl Wilson
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Last 32
Tommy Lishman (92.77) 5 | 4 (90.45) Ricardo Ulrich
Adam Gawlas (84.06) 5 | 1 (81.17) Vitezslav Sedlak
Graham Usher (90.98) 5 | 3 (91.52) Scott Waites
Nicholas Ellis (88.98) 5 | 3 (88.14) Nathan Potter
Michael Flynn (99.82) 5 | 4 (96.00) Jack Tweddell
Kevin Burness (99.16) 5 | 4 (88.85) David Hill
Nathan Girvan (92.43) 5 | 1 (86.02) Daniel Ayres
Aden Kirk (88.04) 5 | 2 (84.16) David Pallett
Jeffrey Sparidaans (92.36) 5 | 4 (86.73) Tom Lonsdale
Stefan Bellmont (89.76) 5 | 4 (80.52) Andy Hamilton
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Jeffrey De Zwaan (84.80) 5 | 4 (87.46) Adam Smith-Neale
Christopher Wickenden (94.09) 5 | 4 (83.53) Bailey White
Carl Sneyd (92.23) 5 | 1 (77.61) John Henderson
Reece Colley (94.91) 5 | 1 (92.04) Ryan Branley
Gilbert van der Meijden (97.23) 5 | 3 (88.45) Romeo Grbavac
Carl Wilson (78.28) 5 | 0 (67.20) Jamie Durrant
Last 64
Tommy Lishman (90.94) 5 | 3 (80.11) Jim Walker
Ricardo Ulrich (82.70) 5 | 2 (75.95) Robert Nelson
Adam Gawlas (79.91) 5 | 1 (77.15) David Davies
Vitezslav Sedlak (87.47) 5 | 3 (80.15) Sergio Krassen
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Graham Usher (94.49) 5 | 2 (88.74) Tom Sykes
Scott Waites (99.39) 5 | 1 (91.24) Jamie Atkins
Nathan Potter (92.31) 5 | 3 (85.21) Ted Evetts
Nicholas Ellis (93.61) 5 | 4 (89.93) Oliver Mitchell
Jack Tweddell (96.15) 5 | 3 (95.04) Jimmy van Schie
Michael Flynn (84.50) 5 | 3 (75.76) Remo Mandiau
Kevin Burness (92.47) 5 | 4 (89.22) Daniel Klose
David Hill (90.83) 5 | 1 (90.75) Jurjen van der Velde
Nathan Girvan (80.81) 5 | 0 (77.45) Adam Mould
Daniel Ayres (96.02) 5 | 4 (97.07) Beau Greaves
David Pallett (87.99) 5 | 2 (81.03) Sietse Lap
Aden Kirk (87.10) 5 | 4 (86.55) Ieuan Halsall
Jeffrey Sparidaans (85.91) 5 | 2 (80.09) Dmitriy Zhukov
Tom Lonsdale (86.70) 5 | 1 (78.25) David Williams
Andy Hamilton (88.41) 5 | 0 (70.37) Scott Walters
Stefan Bellmont (95.38) 5 | 2 (95.88) Graham Hall
Jeffrey De Zwaan (84.76) 5 | 3 (69.68) Alfie Smith
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Adam Smith-Neale (96.58) 5 | 1 (85.53) Simon Whitlock
Christopher Wickenden (83.85) 5 | 2 (84.67) Martin Grearson
Bailey White (77.51) 5 | 4 (75.58) Lee Barrow
John Henderson (86.70) 5 | 2 (77.58) Lee Cocks
Carl Sneyd (80.62) 5 | 4 (78.28) Paul Rowley
Reece Colley (86.03) 5 | 4 (80.92) Davy Proosten
Ryan Branley (86.84) 5 | 2 (81.48) Pat Scurfield
Gilbert van der Meijden (93.70) 5 | 4 (92.55) Colin Osborne
Romeo Grbavac (88.27) 5 | 2 (83.00) Brandon Richardson
Carl Wilson (102.95) 5 | 0 (74.38) Kevin Lane
Jamie Durrant (77.42) 5 | 3 (70.07) Kristian Barker
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# Top 128
Tommy Lishman (93.12) 5 | 3 (83.13) Patrick Klingelhoefer
Jim Walker (94.29) 5 | 1 (82.45) Lee Williams
Robert Nelson (74.48) 5 | 3 (75.97) Christian Perez
Ricardo Ulrich (89.94) 5 | 4 (84.83) Steve West
David Davies (81.23) 5 | 2 (81.47) John O'Shea
Adam Gawlas (92.97) 5 | 2 (89.25) Danny van Trijp
Vitezslav Sedlak (83.59) 5 | 4 (81.39) Jeroen Mioch
Sergio Krassen (86.93) 5 | 2 (69.15) Patrick Quinn
Tom Sykes (94.43) 5 | 4 (92.16) Aaron Beeney
Graham Usher (85.66) 5 | 1 (72.55) Travis Baur
Scott Waites (92.72) 5 | 1 (85.04) Owen Maiden
Jamie Atkins (88.22) 5 | 1 (83.37) Henry Coates
Nathan Potter (87.72) 5 | 2 (73.54) Ruben Mesters
Ted Evetts (93.25) 5 | 2 (89.53) Darius Labanauskas
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Oliver Mitchell (81.48) 5 | 1 (73.27) Jaikob Selby-Rivas
Nicholas Ellis (83.65) 5 | 4 (80.22) Sam Spivey
Jack Tweddell (93.97) 5 | 2 (89.43) Ultan McDyer
Jimmy van Schie (85.10) 5 | 1 (79.35) Daniel Astbury
Michael Flynn (82.58) 5 | 0 (65.90) Massimo Dante
Remo Mandiau (81.62) 5 | 2 (80.95) Conor Roberts
Daniel Klose (94.13) 5 | 3 (85.05) Michael Busscher
Kevin Burness (92.85) 5 | 3 (83.61) Andreas Harrysson
David Hill (81.73) 5 | 4 (81.89) Darren Armstrong
Jurjen van der Velde (81.76) 5 | 1 (79.24) Alexander Merkx
Nathan Girvan (86.97) 5 | 1 (82.18) Steve Haggerty
Adam Mould (84.61) 5 | 2 (82.23) Nathan Care
Beau Greaves (87.24) 5 | 1 (77.64) Geoffrey Heath
Daniel Ayres (99.37) 5 | 4 (86.63) Mark McGeeney
Sietse Lap (81.46) 5 | 4 (77.64) Damian Vetjens
David Pallett (79.20) 5 | 4 (78.21) Ricardo Ham
Aden Kirk (84.63) 5 | 2 (72.79) Simon Stothart
Ieuan Halsall (87.57) 5 | 2 (86.28) Jarno Bottenberg
Dmitriy Zhukov (85.56) 5 | 4 (83.61) Brian Raman
Jeffrey Sparidaans (83.83) 5 | 4 (67.51) Matthias Dietrich
David Williams (70.91) 5 | 3 (72.51) Carlo van Peer
Tom Lonsdale (83.93) 5 | 3 (76.89) Michael Huntley
Andy Hamilton (84.46) 5 | 1 (75.94) Kyle Richardson
Scott Walters (89.53) 5 | 3 (87.62) Scott Campbell
Stefan Bellmont (96.16) 5 | 3 (88.81) Shaun Carroll
Graham Hall (93.57) 5 | 4 (87.73) Tommy Morris
Alfie Smith (74.40) 5 | 1 (75.19) Jarred Cole
Jeffrey De Zwaan (91.65) 5 | 0 (75.85) Richard Wagenaar
Adam Smith-Neale (92.73) 5 | 2 (83.47) Franz Roetzsch
Simon Whitlock (91.48) 5 | 1 (88.85) Scott Mitchell
Christopher Wickenden (85.75) 5 | 3 (90.62) Scott Taylor
Martin Grearson (89.46) 5 | 0 (75.67) Mat Caste
Bailey White (70.90) 5 | 0 (52.63) Erik Meulenmeesters
Lee Barrow (73.48) 5 | 3 (79.96) Jeremy Fagg
Lee Cocks (88.93) 5 | 4 (81.97) Neil Parry
John Henderson (78.15) 5 | 4 (74.25) Tom Riding
Carl Sneyd (89.63) 5 | 1 (80.75) Chris Hurds
Paul Rowley (88.53) 5 | 4 (84.89) Nicolas Thuillier
Davy Proosten (86.57) 5 | 2 (83.18) Callum Goffin
Reece Colley (81.08) 5 | 4 (82.30) Anton Ostlund
Pat Scurfield (79.01) 5 | 4 (82.13) Mike Warburton
Ryan Branley (77.86) 5 | 3 (74.70) Ashley Blankley
Gilbert van der Meijden (93.76) 5 | 2 (77.78) David Jeske
Colin Osborne (86.44) 5 | 4 (81.16) David Sumner
Brandon Richardson (85.87) 5 | 2 (82.69) Mark Challenger
Romeo Grbavac (73.17) 5 | 2 (69.15) Matthew Hall
Carl Wilson (89.88) 5 | 1 (79.30) Adam Beck
Kevin Lane (81.68) 5 | 0 (72.55) Joshua Hermann
Kristian Barker (72.55) 5 | 3 (69.84) Danny Goddard
Jamie Durrant (79.80) 5 | 4 (78.72) Patrick Dekker
Last 256
Tommy Lishman (87.82) 5 | 1 (72.91) Andrew Callary
Patrick Klingelhoefer (84.44) 5 | 0 (65.38) Bruno Rangel
Jim Walker (75.34) 5 | 3 (70.40) Donny Scheurwater
Lee Williams (83.88) 5 | 4 (76.39) Jurgen Nuijten
Robert Nelson (78.82) 5 | 1 (72.25) Ben Goodger
Christian Perez (90.55) 5 | 3 (87.83) Kurt Parry
Steve West (78.86) 5 | 2 (85.97) Rob Holroyd
Ricardo Ulrich (80.73) 5 | 2 (76.35) Joseph Bridle
John O'Shea (76.78) 5 | 2 (71.56) Keelan Kay
David Davies (87.38) 5 | 0 (75.67) Davy Robijns
Danny van Trijp (94.81) 5 | 1 (72.40) Maikel Kustermans
Adam Gawlas (95.12) 5 | 2 (86.69) Kevin Troppmann
Jeroen Mioch (85.61) 5 | 2 (79.30) Brandon Weening
Vitezslav Sedlak (79.95) 5 | 0 (39.53) Benjamin Allen
Patrick Quinn (75.23) 5 | 3 (74.23) Pal Szekely
Sergio Krassen (80.13) 5 | 2 (81.37) Thomas Banks
Tom Sykes (86.96) 5 | 4 (78.94) Shane Turner
Aaron Beeney (61.10) 5 | 0 (51.28) Steven Harbert
Travis Baur (84.17) 5 | 1 (70.73) Sam Booth
Graham Usher (81.47) 5 | 3 (80.72) Trevor Burkhill
Owen Maiden (76.94) 5 | 1 (70.83) Stephen Castle
Scott Waites (78.90) 5 | 2 (75.58) Phil Coward
Henry Coates (89.46) 5 | 4 (84.48) Vinay Ramnath
Jamie Atkins (83.72) 5 | 1 (66.31) Ryan Newton
Ruben Mesters (77.84) 5 | 4 (73.71) James Evans-Bradford
Nathan Potter (88.59) 5 | 2 (77.37) James Vanbesien
Ted Evetts (85.82) 5 | 3 (75.40) Liam Kelly
Darius Labanauskas (84.25) 5 | 4 (88.07) Ashley Coleman
Jaikob Selby-Rivas (71.82) 5 | 1 (73.35) Nick Hijmans
Oliver Mitchell (83.90) 5 | 4 (83.29) Adrian Gray
Nicholas Ellis () 1 | 0 () Andrew Sanderson
Sam Spivey (84.62) 5 | 1 (77.48) Geert Nentjes
Jack Tweddell (86.12) 5 | 1 (86.81) James Green
Ultan McDyer (85.89) 5 | 2 (82.08) Eddie Lovely
Jimmy van Schie (91.34) 5 | 3 (84.15) Joe Hunt
Daniel Astbury (85.40) 5 | 0 (67.50) George Whyte
Massimo Dante (78.98) 5 | 2 (71.30) Steven Inkpen
Michael Flynn (85.40) 5 | 0 (71.29) Arjan Konterman
Remo Mandiau (83.61) 5 | 2 (85.57) Chris Fidler
Conor Roberts (84.99) 5 | 2 (75.60) Lee Grace
Michael Busscher (85.46) 5 | 2 (81.22) Patrick Tringler
Daniel Klose (87.92) 5 | 2 (77.81) Craig Searle
Kevin Burness (81.38) 5 | 4 (83.05) Ryan Palmer
Andreas Harrysson (91.65) 5 | 0 (68.64) Michael Rosenauer
Darren Armstrong (83.04) 5 | 4 (81.10) Sean McKeon
David Hill (85.40) 5 | 0 (61.64) Kevin Knopf
Alexander Merkx (80.06) 5 | 2 (67.03) Janek Hill
Jurjen van der Velde (95.73) 5 | 1 (89.66) Scott Baker
Steve Haggerty (87.42) 5 | 3 (83.08) Peter Burgoyne
Nathan Girvan (84.57) 5 | 3 (79.95) Nick Cocks
Adam Mould (91.65) 5 | 0 (72.85) Daniel Smith
Nathan Care (77.11) 5 | 2 (73.95) James Bailey
Geoffrey Heath (88.41) 5 | 0 (64.41) Sebastian Fey
Beau Greaves (87.68) 5 | 2 (82.18) Tom Baughan
Daniel Ayres (96.72) 5 | 1 (78.24) Steven Watts
Mark McGeeney (77.43) 5 | 4 (79.32) Chas Barstow
Sietse Lap (84.52) 5 | 2 (73.91) Mark Boardman
Damian Vetjens (75.27) 5 | 4 (76.01) Sebastian Steyer
Ricardo Ham (89.02) 5 | 2 (88.27) Richie Burnett
David Pallett (84.80) 5 | 3 (86.14) Frankie Ansell
Simon Stothart (68.48) 5 | 3 (66.42) Matthew Dicken
Aden Kirk (88.41) 5 | 0 (66.11) Xanti Van den Bergh
Jarno Bottenberg (81.80) 5 | 4 (81.39) Danny Trueman
Ieuan Halsall (91.36) 5 | 4 (76.58) Paul Mitchell
Dmitriy Zhukov (86.38) 5 | 0 (85.11) Dan Hands
Brian Raman (79.85) 5 | 1 (63.08) Justin Giles
Jeffrey Sparidaans (79.56) 5 | 2 (76.07) Mark Dudbridge
Matthias Dietrich (73.87) 5 | 4 (75.05) Keenan Thomas
Carlo van Peer (69.75) 5 | 3 (77.43) Craig Watkins
David Williams (78.60) 5 | 3 (69.16) Daniel Humphries
Tom Lonsdale (83.65) 5 | 3 (80.60) Lewis Pride
Michael Huntley (86.36) 5 | 3 (78.39) Kirk De Ruyter
Kyle Richardson (76.56) 5 | 1 (67.71) Ryan Harrington
Andy Hamilton (89.20) 5 | 1 (77.69) Boris Nowak
Scott Campbell (77.84) 5 | 2 (75.21) Jonas Graversen
Scott Walters (76.76) 5 | 3 (83.82) James Parkin
Stefan Bellmont (86.36) 5 | 2 (73.03) Deian Roberts
Shaun Carroll (81.29) 5 | 3 (78.62) Ellis Radford
Graham Hall (89.60) 5 | 3 (89.66) Tim Scholz
Tommy Morris (92.08) 5 | 2 (95.09) Sean Fisher
Jarred Cole (79.02) 5 | 1 (69.17) Gary Blades
Alfie Smith (75.38) 5 | 4 (71.39) Karl Coleman
Jeffrey De Zwaan (72.96) 5 | 0 (68.73) Lee Andrews
Richard Wagenaar (79.08) 5 | 1 (78.44) Kelvin O'Keefe
Franz Roetzsch (84.18) 5 | 4 (82.55) Jamie Rollinson
Adam Smith-Neale (102.35) 5 | 1 (88.60) Kai Fan Leung
Simon Whitlock (93.91) 5 | 1 (84.61) Danny Jansen
Scott Mitchell (87.02) 5 | 3 (77.68) Josh Newton
Scott Taylor (88.57) 5 | 4 (84.81) Dean Finn Forde
Christopher Wickenden (86.08) 5 | 2 (73.40) David Carr
Mat Caste (85.61) 5 | 1 (82.98) Jason Heaver
Martin Grearson (90.06) 5 | 1 (79.12) Daniel Perry
Erik Meulenmeesters () 1 | 0 () Ross Baines
Bailey White (76.12) 5 | 1 (65.44) Calvin Nicolai
Jeremy Fagg (84.28) 5 | 1 (75.29) Jack Vincent
Lee Barrow (85.04) 5 | 2 (81.24) Robin Smees
Lee Cocks (60.12) 5 | 0 (55.22) Liam Kitchen
Neil Parry (72.98) 5 | 4 (81.85) Danny Van Klompenburg
Tom Riding (72.02) 5 | 2 (73.34) Fallon Sherrock
John Henderson (81.21) 5 | 3 (78.14) Mason Whitlock
Chris Hurds (74.41) 5 | 3 (76.11) Michael Barnard
Carl Sneyd (85.75) 5 | 3 (76.01) Maximilian Nirschl
Paul Rowley (90.62) 5 | 4 (94.49) Derek Maclean
Nicolas Thuillier (86.04) 5 | 1 (81.49) Jeroen Caron
Callum Goffin (88.07) 5 | 3 (83.56) Jan Dueckers
Davy Proosten (97.60) 5 | 0 (79.96) Samuel Price
Anton Ostlund (78.28) 5 | 0 (58.63) Ronnie Rickner
Reece Colley (78.64) 5 | 3 (75.97) Stu Wilson
Pat Scurfield (87.38) 5 | 0 (67.85) Arno Merk
Mike Warburton (80.24) 5 | 3 (77.32) David Schlichting
Ashley Blankley (68.56) 5 | 4 (64.10) Jimmy McKirdy
Ryan Branley (84.74) 5 | 1 (83.10) Martin Tonks
Gilbert van der Meijden (86.25) 5 | 1 (80.40) Charlie Symons
David Jeske (73.64) 5 | 1 (69.74) Niels Aagaard Nielsen
Colin Osborne (74.95) 5 | 1 (63.18) Rubin de Veth
David Sumner (86.03) 5 | 2 (87.25) Charlie Martin
Mark Challenger (81.00) 5 | 2 (79.19) Callum Francis
Brandon Richardson (75.15) 5 | 0 (65.88) Tommie Coleman
Matthew Hall (79.85) 5 | 1 (76.81) Max Baulcomb
Romeo Grbavac (74.61) 5 | 3 (72.12) Charlie Kemp
Carl Wilson (90.54) 5 | 0 (61.41) Kenny Neyens
Adam Beck (90.61) 5 | 1 (75.22) Ryan Furness
Kevin Lane (92.12) 5 | 2 (88.61) Jamai van den Herik
Joshua Hermann (74.05) 5 | 4 (77.54) Jim Moston
Kristian Barker (64.33) 5 | 1 (48.00) Andreas Houf
Danny Goddard (69.59) 5 | 4 (66.53) Ash Ling
Jamie Durrant (72.88) 5 | 3 (73.54) Dylan Dowling
Patrick Dekker (83.54) 5 | 2 (81.57) Michael Unterbuchner
Last 512
Jurgen Nuijten (76.05) 5 | 4 (72.90) Louis Lucas-Carter
Ricardo Ulrich (76.41) 5 | 2 (69.23) Kieran Evans
Adam Gawlas (84.44) 5 | 0 (74.93) Ryan O'Connor
Thomas Banks (84.44) 5 | 0 (70.89) Ricky Palmer
Sergio Krassen (77.20) 5 | 4 (69.12) Steven Paesschesoone
Graham Usher (79.95) 5 | 0 (66.40) Paul Higgins
Jamie Atkins (80.81) 5 | 0 (78.21) Gino Vermeersch
Ashley Coleman (84.44) 5 | 0 (70.29) Ashley Sutton
Sam Spivey (90.56) 5 | 1 (78.29) Dave Bayton
Geert Nentjes (86.73) 5 | 2 (79.18) Daniel Nicholls
Daniel Astbury () 1 | 0 () John Brown
Lee Grace (78.00) 5 | 3 (75.06) Kevin Leadenham
Michael Rosenauer (79.42) 5 | 1 (68.02) Lukasz Waclawski
Scott Baker (100.20) 5 | 0 (82.83) Joe Croft
Jurjen van der Velde (87.38) 5 | 0 (88.89) Mervyn King
James Bailey (78.24) 5 | 4 (75.67) Sean Taylor
Mark McGeeney (89.94) 5 | 1 (81.83) Charlie Manby
Chas Barstow (85.60) 5 | 4 (80.86) Luke Smith
David Pallett (85.40) 5 | 0 (76.96) Tom Parradine
Ieuan Halsall (85.81) 5 | 3 (82.81) Arron Monk
Paul Mitchell (84.83) 5 | 2 (71.35) Karl Williams
Matthias Dietrich (88.55) 5 | 3 (77.32) Damian Mol
Michael Huntley (80.28) 5 | 4 (78.32) Kevin McDine
James Parkin (77.84) 5 | 3 (70.26) Riccardo Castelli
Sean Fisher (85.27) 5 | 3 (79.09) Jack Male
Tommy Morris (94.98) 5 | 2 (78.36) Conor Heneghan
Kelvin O'Keefe (76.79) 5 | 3 (72.62) Bradley Aldous
Scott Mitchell (83.65) 5 | 3 (79.96) Ciaran Teehan
Martin Grearson (90.25) 5 | 1 (83.31) Ian Lever
Robin Smees (80.52) 5 | 3 (75.79) Stefan Dees
Lee Barrow (82.20) 5 | 2 (78.93) Matt Gallett
Mason Whitlock (73.42) 5 | 4 (87.17) Rohan Brouwers
Nicolas Thuillier (76.95) 5 | 1 (65.01) Danny Moore
Reece Colley (95.58) 5 | 3 (81.86) Marcel Walpen
Ryan Branley (81.58) 5 | 4 (76.49) Gabriel Rollo
Martin Tonks (72.54) 5 | 4 (72.28) Maurice Gutgesell
Charlie Martin (88.25) 5 | 2 (83.65) David Evans
Romeo Grbavac (83.63) 5 | 4 (79.02) Derk Telnekes
Charlie Kemp (67.29) 5 | 2 (63.82) Steven Beasley
Jim Moston (91.94) 5 | 1 (82.45) Luis Camacho
Patrick Dekker (71.57) 5 | 0 (46.67) Helena Rubes
Michael Unterbuchner (85.74) 5 | 2 (77.17) Steve Hine
Carl Sneyd rounds off Friday's Winmau Challenge Tour double-header with victory in Milton Keynes, defeating Tommy Lishman 5-1 to clinch the £2,500 top prize! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/Z8EvBs9hUu
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 17, 2025

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- 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
- Fair play to Fallon. But...shows the mockery when a professional players wins what was meant to be an amateur v Pro event, Littlers performance was poor, and what about the players who didn't get a game? Would have been better if the pot was split amoungst all the winners and they all got a leg.BandB31-10-2026






