Challenge Tour Order of Merit update: Beau Greaves retains 2nd spot despite missing entire weekend
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Darius Labanauskas took full advantage of Beau Greaves' absence at last weekend’s Challenge Tour events in Hildesheim. With a dominant double victory, he surged to the top of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.
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Labanauskas had already secured a tournament win during the Challenge Tour 2025’s opening weekend in January. Over the past weekend, he added two more titles to his tally, bringing his total prize money to £8,200 after 10 of the 24 scheduled events, putting him in the top spot.
However, the impact on Greaves was minimal, as the Lithuanian was the only player to overtake her. The 21-year-old Englishwoman remains in second place with £5,150, closely followed by Stefan Bellmont in third with £5,075. Other notable names in the chasing pack include Ted Evetts (£4,750), Carl Sneyd (£3,350), Scott Campbell (£3,050), Dragutin Horvat (£2,650), and Mervyn King (£2,650).
The Challenge Tour is open to players who participated in Q-School but did not secure a Tour Card. It provides a pathway for top-ranked players to earn spots as alternates in Players Championship events. At the end of the season, the two highest-ranked players receive a coveted PDC Tour Card and a place at the PDC World Darts Championship.
Challenge Tour Order of Merit
| Position | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Darius Labanauskas | £8,200 |
| 2 | Beau Greaves | £5,150 |
| 3 | Stefan Bellmont | £5,075 |
| 4 | Ted Evetts | £4,750 |
| 5 | Carl Sneyd | £3,350 |
| 6 | Scott Campbell | £3,050 |
| 7 | Dragutin Horvat | £2,650 |
| 7 | Mervyn King | £2,650 |
| 9 | Kevin Burness | £2,550 |
| 10 | Michael Unterbuchner | £2,525 |
| 11 | Adam Mould | £2,300 |
| 12 | Tommy Lishman | £2,225 |
| 13 | Tom Sykes | £2,075 |
| 14 | Graham Usher | £1,800 |
| 14 | John Henderson | £1,800 |
| 16 | Andreas Harrysson | £1,750 |
| 17 | Sam Spivey | £1,575 |
| 18 | Trevor Burkhill | £1,550 |
| 19 | Dan Hands | £1,500 |
| 19 | Aden Kirk | £1,500 |
| 21 | Scott Waites | £1,475 |
| 21 | Christopher Wickenden | £1,475 |
| 21 | Danny Jansen | £1,475 |
| 24 | Graham Hall | £1,450 |
| 25 | Alexander Merkx | £1,425 |
| 26 | Michael Flynn | £1,400 |
| 27 | Paul Rowley | £1,375 |
| 27 | Jimmy van Schie | £1,375 |
| 27 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £1,375 |
| 30 | David Pallett | £1,325 |
| 30 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £1,325 |
| 32 | Danny van Trijp | £1,250 |
| 33 | Colin Osborne | £1,225 |
| 34 | Gilbert van der Meijden | £1,175 |
| 35 | Callum Goffin | £1,100 |
| 36 | Jack Tweddell | £1,075 |
| 36 | Arno Brand | £1,075 |
| 36 | Jarno Bottenberg | £1,075 |
| 36 | Simon Whitlock | £1,075 |
| 40 | Jacques Labre | £1,050 |
| 40 | Carl Wilson | £1,050 |
| 40 | Chas Barstow | £1,050 |
| 43 | Daniel Klose | £1,025 |
| 43 | Joe Hunt | £1,025 |
| 45 | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
| 45 | Jurjen van der Velde | £1,000 |
| 45 | Keegan Brown | £1,000 |
| 48 | Owen Maiden | £950 |
| 48 | Ryan O'Connor | £950 |
| 48 | Peter Burgoyne | £950 |
| 48 | David Sharp | £950 |
| 52 | Nathan Girvan | £875 |
| 52 | Jamai van den Herik | £875 |
| 54 | Martin Grearson | £850 |
| 55 | Levy Frauenfelder | £825 |
| 55 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £825 |
| 55 | Andy Hamilton | £825 |
| 58 | Sietse Lap | £800 |
| 58 | Dylan Dowling | £800 |
| 58 | Damian Mol | £800 |
| 61 | Tommy Morris | £775 |
| 61 | Shane Turner | £775 |
| 63 | Henry Coates | £725 |
| 64 | Nicolas Thuillier | £700 |
| 64 | Adam Gawlas | £700 |
| 64 | John O'Shea | £700 |
| 64 | Nicholas Ellis | £700 |
| 68 | Bruno Stoeckli | £650 |
| 68 | Ryan Palmer | £650 |
| 68 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £650 |
| 68 | Jamie Atkins | £650 |
| 72 | Scott Baker | £600 |
| 72 | Keenan Thomas | £600 |
| 74 | Stu Wilson | £575 |
| 74 | James Beeton | £575 |
| 74 | Charlie Martin | £575 |
| 74 | Laurin Welk | £575 |
| 74 | Marcel Walpen | £575 |
| 74 | Christian Perez | £575 |
| 74 | Shane McGuirk | £575 |
| 74 | Thomas Banks | £575 |
| 82 | Bailey White | £550 |
| 82 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £550 |
| 82 | Steve Haggerty | £550 |
| 82 | Romeo Grbavac | £550 |
| 86 | Kevin Troppmann | £525 |
| 87 | Kevin Lankhuizen | £500 |
| 87 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £500 |
| 87 | David Davies | £500 |
| 87 | Lee Barrow | £500 |
| 87 | Ieuan Halsall | £500 |
| 92 | Aaron Beeney | £475 |
| 92 | Pat Scurfield | £475 |
| 92 | Jeroen Mioch | £475 |
| 95 | Joe Croft | £450 |
| 95 | Reece Colley | £450 |
| 97 | Ultan McDyer | £425 |
| 97 | Andrew Callary | £425 |
| 99 | Steve Hine | £400 |
| 99 | Adam Smith-Neale | £400 |
| 101 | Brian Raman | £375 |
| 101 | Patrick Tringler | £375 |
| 101 | Andrew Cass | £375 |
| 101 | Mike Warburton | £375 |
| 101 | Deian Roberts | £375 |
| 101 | Pal Szekely | £375 |
| 101 | Steve West | £375 |
| 101 | Luis Camacho | £375 |
| 109 | Jenson Walker | £350 |
| 109 | Kenny Neyens | £350 |
| 109 | Stefan Dees | £350 |
| 109 | Remo Mandiau | £350 |
| 109 | Paul Mitchell | £350 |
| 109 | Tom Lonsdale | £350 |
| 109 | Ricardo Ulrich | £350 |
| 116 | Kelvin O'Keefe | £300 |
| 116 | Matthew Hall | £300 |
| 116 | Patrick Dekker | £300 |
| 116 | David Evans | £300 |
| 116 | Kevin Lane | £300 |
| 116 | Ashley Coleman | £300 |
| 116 | Scott Mitchell | £300 |
| 116 | Luke Smith | £300 |
| 116 | Daniel Astbury | £300 |
| 116 | Daniel Perry | £300 |
| 126 | Eddie Lovely | £275 |
| 126 | Stevie Moreira | £275 |
| 126 | Franz Roetzsch | £275 |
| 126 | Oliver Klein | £275 |
| 126 | Conor Heneghan | £275 |
| 126 | Nathan Potter | £275 |
| 126 | Charlie Manby | £275 |
| 126 | Brandon Weening | £275 |
| 126 | Oliver Mitchell | £275 |
| 126 | Liam Kelly | £275 |
| 126 | Scott Taylor | £275 |
| 126 | Danny Trueman | £275 |
| 126 | Lee Cocks | £275 |
| 126 | James Bailey | £275 |
| 126 | Ryan Branley | £275 |
| 126 | Lewis Pride | £275 |
| 142 | Marc Vleghert | £225 |
| 142 | Frankie Ansell | £225 |
| 142 | Dmitriy Zhukov | £225 |
| 142 | Davy Proosten | £225 |
| 146 | Matt Caste | £200 |
| 146 | Matthias Ehlers | £200 |
| 146 | Oliver Mueller (FfO) | £200 |
| 146 | Jan Dueckers | £200 |
| 146 | Michael Rosenauer | £200 |
| 146 | Craig Watkins | £200 |
| 146 | Luca Pfaff | £200 |
| 146 | Jarod Becker | £200 |
| 146 | Jason Wilson | £200 |
| 146 | Lee Williams | £200 |
| 146 | Ellis Radford | £200 |
| 146 | Derek Maclean | £200 |
| 146 | Kevin McDine | £200 |
| 146 | David Schlichting | £200 |
| 146 | Rohan Brouwers | £200 |
| 146 | James Parkin | £200 |
| 146 | Ryan Furness | £200 |
| 146 | Derk Telnekes | £200 |
| 146 | Daniel Ayres | £200 |
| 146 | Jamie Durrant | £200 |
| 146 | David Hill | £200 |
| 167 | Adrian Gray | £150 |
| 167 | Moritz Richter | £150 |
| 167 | Florian Socha | £150 |
| 167 | Richard Wagenaar | £150 |
| 167 | Jannes Bremermann | £150 |
| 167 | Dennis van der Ende | £150 |
| 167 | Jaikob Selby-Rivas | £150 |
| 167 | James Evans-Bradford | £150 |
| 167 | Neil Parry | £150 |
| 167 | Anton Ostlund | £150 |
| 167 | Kirk De Ruyter | £150 |
| 167 | Michael Hurtz | £150 |
| 167 | Donny Scheurwater | £150 |
| 167 | Robert Nelson | £150 |
| 167 | Ricardo Ham | £150 |
| 167 | Richie Burnett | £150 |
| 167 | Gary Blades | £150 |
| 167 | Jim Moston | £150 |
| 167 | Geert Nentjes | £150 |
| 186 | John Davey | £75 |
| 186 | John Part | £75 |
| 186 | Michael Huntley | £75 |
| 186 | Steven Beasley | £75 |
| 186 | Dalibor Smolik | £75 |
| 186 | Liam Kitchen | £75 |
| 186 | Keith O'Neill | £75 |
| 186 | Vinay Ramnath | £75 |
| 186 | Sebastian Steyer | £75 |
| 186 | Jeroen Caron | £75 |
| 186 | Tomas Hamrozi | £75 |
| 186 | Wesley van Trijp | £75 |
| 186 | Gillian Koehoorn | £75 |
| 186 | Danny Van Klompenburg | £75 |
| 186 | Marcel Hexel | £75 |
| 186 | Arjan Konterman | £75 |
| 186 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven | £75 |
| 186 | Charlie Kemp | £75 |
| 186 | Petr Krivka | £75 |
| 186 | James Vanbesien | £75 |
| 186 | Philipp Schweder | £75 |
| 186 | Jarred Cole | £75 |
| 186 | Jan Luca Limburg | £75 |
| 186 | Calvin Nicolai | £75 |
| 186 | Dustin Straver | £75 |
| 186 | Samuel Price | £75 |
| 186 | Michael Busscher | £75 |
| 186 | Ruben Mesters | £75 |
| 186 | Callum Francis | £75 |
| 186 | Darren Armstrong | £75 |
| 186 | Keelan Kay | £75 |
| 186 | Jamie Rollinson | £75 |
| 186 | Shaun Carroll | £75 |
| 186 | Nick Hijmans | £75 |
| 186 | Ricky Palmer | £75 |
| 186 | Phil Coward | £75 |
| 186 | Dean Finn Forde | £75 |
| 186 | Nathan Care | £75 |
| 186 | Damian Vetjens | £75 |
| 186 | Adam Beck | £75 |
| 186 | David Sumner | £75 |
| 186 | Fallon Sherrock | £75 |
| 186 | Kurt Parry | £75 |
| 186 | Rob Holroyd | £75 |
| 186 | Bruno Rangel | £75 |
| 186 | Martin Tonks | £75 |
| 186 | Robin Smees | £75 |
| 186 | Neilie Brouder | £75 |
| 186 | Justin Bradshaw | £75 |
| 186 | Charlie Symons | £75 |
| 186 | Arron Monk | £75 |
| 186 | Kai Fan Leung | £75 |
| 186 | Matt Gallett | £75 |
| 186 | David Williams | £75 |
| 186 | Sergio Scratches | £75 |
| 186 | Alfie Smith | £75 |
| 186 | Brandon Richardson | £75 |
| 186 | Jim Walker | £75 |
| 186 | Kristian Barker | £75 |
| 186 | Scott Walters | £75 |
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