
Danny van Trijp is the latest victor on the Challenge Tour returning after being a PDC Tour Card holder to win his first title since 2022.
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Van Trijp who now sits seventh is now up to seventh on the Order of Merit. Darius Labanauskas still takes a huge lead. He went out in the second round. While Beau Greaves continues not to have the same effect she did earlier in the season. She sits third way behind the top two with Ted Evetts now on Labanauskas' tail.
Evetts lost in the semi-final so is now in a huge second. Graham Hall after also losing in the final is now in the top 10 sitting ninth behind the winner yesterday Jamai van den Herik and Van Trijp.
The Challenge Tour circuit is open to players who participated in the Q-School but did not win a Tour Card. Through the Challenge Tour, the highest ranked players can gain entry to the Players Championship tournaments as alternates. The top two players at the end of the season receive a PDC Tour Card and may compete in the World Darts Championship.
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Results PDC Challenge Tour 13
Final
Danny van Trijp (90.21) 5 | 2 (88.96) Graham Hall
Semi-Finals
Graham Hall (91.28) 5 | 1 (86.62) Luke Smith
Danny van Trijp (84.74) 5 | 4 (90.97) Ted Evetts
Quarter-Finals
Luke Smith (87.81) 5 | 1 (79.34) Jamie Hughes
Graham Hall (98.18) 5 | 2 (83.12) Jurjen van der Velde
Danny van Trijp (89.84) 5 | 3 (81.26) Shaun Carroll
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Ted Evetts (97.08) 5 | 4 (95.52) Stefan Bellmont
Last 16
Luke Smith (85.80) 5 | 1 (77.46) Derek Maclean
Jamie Hughes (91.13) 5 | 2 (87.98) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Graham Hall (97.77) 5 | 4 (88.86) Henry Coates
Jurjen van der Velde (83.01) 5 | 4 (84.00) Geert Nentjes
Danny van Trijp (88.52) 5 | 4 (88.68) Oliver Mueller (FfO)
Shaun Carroll (84.69) 5 | 4 (91.69) Andreas Harrysson
Stefan Bellmont (82.58) 5 | 0 (69.31) Jarred Cole
Ted Evetts (85.07) 5 | 4 (86.86) Martin Thomas
Last 32
Derek Maclean (79.39) 5 | 1 (74.22) Lee Williams
Luke Smith (84.15) 5 | 4 (87.53) Ron Meulenkamp
Jeffrey Sparidaans (95.88) 5 | 3 (91.72) Shane McGuirk
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Jamie Hughes (83.67) 5 | 3 (84.77) Carl Wilson
Graham Hall (85.43) 5 | 1 (78.06) Charlie Martin
Henry Coates (95.86) 5 | 2 (88.87) Ryan O'Connor
Geert Nentjes (93.46) 5 | 1 (89.86) Graham Usher
Jurjen van der Velde (92.60) 5 | 3 (92.36) Aden Kirk
Oliver Mueller (FfO) (93.22) 5 | 2 (84.91) Taylor Greaves
Danny van Trijp (91.75) 5 | 4 (86.38) Daniel Perry
Shaun Carroll (95.08) 5 | 3 (93.59) Jimmy Bristow
Andreas Harrysson (95.92) 5 | 3 (92.65) Alexander Merkx
Jarred Cole (89.46) 5 | 0 (71.50) Ben Adams
Stefan Bellmont (87.21) 5 | 4 (84.65) David Sharp
Martin Thomas (86.06) 5 | 4 (82.69) Niels Aagaard Nielsen
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Ted Evetts (94.82) 5 | 4 (91.17) James Howard Hughes
Last 64
Lee Williams (84.20) 5 | 3 (86.64) Mike Warburton
Derek Maclean (84.35) 5 | 2 (84.22) Ben Robb
Luke Smith (82.90) 5 | 2 (74.95) Aaron Beeney
Ron Meulenkamp (92.54) 5 | 2 (81.14) Michael Flynn
Jeffrey Sparidaans (87.16) 5 | 4 (89.42) Jamai van den Herik
Shane McGuirk (90.72) 5 | 2 (87.80) Matt Gallett
Jamie Hughes (83.50) 5 | 0 (77.10) Tim Scholz
Carl Wilson (84.48) 5 | 4 (78.90) Andrew Callary
Charlie Martin (77.48) 5 | 1 (72.48) Patrick Dekker
Graham Hall (93.94) 5 | 0 (85.48) James Parkin
Ryan O'Connor (90.23) 5 | 3 (89.03) Oliver Mitchell
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Henry Coates (94.71) 5 | 3 (90.65) Daniel Ayres
Geert Nentjes (82.31) 5 | 3 (82.20) Steve Hine
Graham Usher (86.63) 5 | 1 (81.35) Kevin Burness
Jurjen van der Velde (93.44) 5 | 1 (86.47) Kai Fan Leung
Aden Kirk (85.84) 5 | 2 (71.42) Christian Perez
Oliver Mueller (FfO) (86.02) 5 | 1 (78.32) Danny Jansen
Taylor Greaves (85.77) 5 | 3 (74.94) Kyle Manton
Daniel Perry (85.71) 5 | 3 (83.58) Beau Greaves
Danny van Trijp (91.55) 5 | 3 (81.53) John Henderson
Shaun Carroll (89.27) 5 | 3 (86.38) Andrew Cass
Jimmy Bristow (80.91) 5 | 3 (79.66) David Hill
Andreas Harrysson (96.96) 5 | 2 (91.96) Jack Tweddell
Alexander Merkx (83.91) 5 | 3 (80.15) Deian Roberts
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Jarred Cole (89.38) 5 | 1 (81.16) Reece Colley
Ben Adams (74.55) 5 | 4 (75.25) Ash Ling
David Sharp (84.43) 5 | 4 (88.04) David Davies
Stefan Bellmont (92.22) 5 | 1 (85.34) Ricky Palmer
Niels Aagaard Nielsen (90.13) 5 | 4 (84.95) Sietse Lap
Martin Thomas (102.40) 5 | 1 (94.03) Tommy Morris
Ted Evetts (86.19) 5 | 3 (76.58) Kevin Lowe
James Howard Hughes (93.13) 5 | 1 (90.87) Michael Huntley
Last 128
Lee Williams (90.67) 5 | 3 (85.02) Samuel Price
Mike Warburton (86.83) 5 | 2 (85.06) Jason Heaver
Derek Maclean (89.46) 5 | 0 (77.90) Tom Riding
Ben Robb (85.67) 5 | 3 (82.04) Ashley Coleman
Aaron Beeney (80.62) 5 | 4 (84.12) Jason Wilson
Luke Smith (76.72) 5 | 4 (76.99) Daniel Humphries
Ron Meulenkamp (88.81) 5 | 1 (80.46) David Evans
Michael Flynn (84.64) 5 | 4 (83.09) Adrian Gray
Jamai van den Herik (80.48) 5 | 4 (82.95) Ryan Palmer
Jeffrey Sparidaans (94.68) 5 | 3 (92.83) Nathan Potter
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Shane McGuirk (92.53) 5 | 4 (80.07) Kelvin O'Keefe
Matt Gallett (95.14) 5 | 1 (88.77) Joe Croft
Jamie Hughes (98.41) 5 | 2 (85.39) Daniel Nicholls
Tim Scholz (78.35) 5 | 2 (78.52) James Evans-Bradford
Andrew Callary (79.68) 5 | 4 (81.95) Neil Parry
Carl Wilson (92.08) 5 | 4 (82.21) Nathan Care
Patrick Dekker (76.75) 5 | 3 (74.22) Adam Smith-neale
Charlie Martin (82.25) 5 | 3 (83.82) Jonny Barnes
Graham Hall (117.42) 5 | 0 (55.47) Steven Harbert
James Parkin (89.84) 5 | 3 (85.00) James Vanbesien
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Oliver Mitchell (93.94) 5 | 0 (73.50) Lee Grace
Ryan O'Connor (86.31) 5 | 4 (87.17) Lee Cocks
Daniel Ayres (98.23) 5 | 3 (88.25) Kevin Troppmann
Henry Coates (83.41) 5 | 4 (86.69) Paul Rowley
Steve Hine (85.55) 5 | 3 (84.46) Stuart Wares
Geert Nentjes (83.42) 5 | 4 (81.04) Myles Avory
Kevin Burness (86.40) 5 | 3 (75.20) Simon Stothart
Graham Usher (84.55) 5 | 4 (85.55) David Pallett
Jurjen van der Velde (87.87) 5 | 2 (83.51) Lee Budgen
Kai Fan Leung (93.04) 5 | 4 (89.64) Patrick Quinn
Christian Perez (96.35) 5 | 0 (77.71) Jarno Bottenberg
Aden Kirk (82.58) 5 | 2 (78.39) Callum Goffin
Oliver Mueller (FfO) (86.25) 5 | 1 (75.26) Max Baulcomb
Danny Jansen (76.93) 5 | 4 (83.38) Charlie Manby
Kyle Manton (81.18) 5 | 3 (82.31) Trevor Burkhill
Taylor Greaves (88.55) 5 | 3 (81.85) Ellis Radford
Daniel Perry (74.87) 5 | 3 (68.77) Peter Burgoyne
Beau Greaves (92.97) 5 | 2 (90.09) Darius Labanauskas
John Henderson (87.76) 5 | 1 (78.15) Kevin McDine
Danny van Trijp (90.38) 5 | 4 (89.69) Scott Campbell
Andrew Cass (90.08) 5 | 2 (83.30) Carl Sneyd
Shaun Carroll (92.78) 5 | 0 (79.75) John Part
David Hill (83.29) 5 | 3 (80.82) Marcel Walpen
Jimmy Bristow (83.32) 5 | 3 (77.78) David Sumner
Andreas Harrysson (86.38) 5 | 0 (40.11) Laszlo B Csato
Jack Tweddell (94.54) 5 | 4 (92.16) Sam Spivey
Deian Roberts (78.36) 5 | 4 (78.47) Keegan Brown
Alexander Merkx (86.87) 5 | 2 (87.31) Jacques Labre
Reece Colley (85.10) 5 | 2 (76.83) Bailey White
Jarred Cole (91.80) 5 | 1 (88.30) Jimmy van Schie
Ben Adams (82.28) 5 | 2 (79.39) Sean Fisher
Ash Ling (73.20) 5 | 4 (71.51) Steven Watts
David Sharp (85.16) 5 | 1 (75.12) Rowby-John Rodriguez
David Davies (93.55) 5 | 2 (83.39) Bruno Stoeckli
Stefan Bellmont (84.13) 5 | 3 (78.16) John Davey
Ricky Palmer (81.29) 5 | 2 (79.63) Nathan Girvan
Sietse Lap (98.34) 5 | 4 (100.03) Jenson Walker
Niels Aagaard Nielsen (82.41) 5 | 2 (73.75) Keelan Kay
Martin Thomas (83.86) 5 | 4 (87.34) Adam Beck
Tommy Morris (87.31) 5 | 3 (76.76) Remo Mandiau
Kevin Lowe (83.87) 5 | 4 (91.65) Shane Turner
Ted Evetts (83.74) 5 | 3 (86.62) Danny Goddard
James Howard Hughes (96.07) 5 | 4 (94.17) Tom Sykes
Michael Huntley (85.95) 5 | 3 (81.96) Martin Grearson
Last 256
Samuel Price (74.35) 5 | 1 (64.93) Ciaran Teehan
Mike Warburton (84.79) 5 | 1 (70.31) Ryan Newton
Jason Heaver (80.33) 5 | 4 (74.92) Steve West
Tom Riding (80.46) 5 | 4 (76.53) Gary Blades
Ashley Coleman (91.76) 5 | 2 (85.41) Geoffrey Heath
Ben Robb (85.92) 5 | 1 (70.53) Danny Moore
Aaron Beeney (74.77) 5 | 3 (66.70) Sean Taylor
Luke Smith (80.16) 5 | 4 (85.89) John O'Shea
Daniel Humphries (75.46) 5 | 1 (71.58) Andy Hamilton
Ron Meulenkamp (86.38) 5 | 0 (67.96) Jonas Graversen
Adrian Gray (73.92) 5 | 3 (69.04) Coni Singh Nagi
Michael Flynn (86.38) 5 | 0 (75.00) Stephen Castle
Jamai van den Herik (95.94) 5 | 1 (92.45) Brian Raman
Jeffrey Sparidaans (72.56) 5 | 2 (65.69) Steven Inkpen
Nathan Potter (78.28) 5 | 0 (56.23) Chi-Minh Tran
Kelvin O'Keefe (87.15) 5 | 4 (82.83) Mat Caste
Joe Croft (76.69) 5 | 3 (68.94) Danny Trueman
Matt Gallett (82.50) 5 | 4 (85.82) Kevin Lane
Jamie Hughes (93.42) 5 | 2 (84.22) Callum Francis
James Evans-Bradford (96.32) 5 | 1 (76.03) Eddie Lovely
Tim Scholz (77.73) 5 | 4 (81.94) Keenan Thomas
Andrew Callary (60.12) 5 | 0 (50.98) Marco Reichenpfader
Neil Parry (88.10) 5 | 1 (64.66) Gino Vermeersch
Nathan Care (73.34) 5 | 4 (71.66) Karl Williams
Carl Wilson (88.98) 5 | 1 (79.32) Tom Parradine
Adam Smith-neale (80.89) 5 | 4 (76.75) Jaikob Selby-Rivas
Jonny Barnes (77.21) 5 | 1 (68.92) Tom Baughan
Charlie Martin (83.16) 5 | 1 (75.65) Paul Higgins
Graham Hall (85.47) 5 | 3 (80.98) Scott Taylor
James Vanbesien (83.54) 5 | 2 (77.49) Marc Vleghert
James Parkin (91.89) 5 | 3 (81.15) Ryan Branley
Oliver Mitchell (83.26) 5 | 2 (77.63) James Green
Ryan O'Connor (76.08) 5 | 3 (62.15) Mark Boardman
Lee Cocks (79.95) 5 | 0 (65.73) Ian Lever
Daniel Ayres (80.25) 5 | 1 (62.50) Paul Mitchell
Paul Rowley (98.24) 5 | 2 (85.91) Nicolas Thuillier
Henry Coates (89.43) 5 | 4 (85.61) Mervyn King
Stuart Wares (80.54) 5 | 3 (81.22) Colin Osborne
Myles Avory (85.07) 5 | 3 (76.47) Thomas Banks
Geert Nentjes (90.80) 5 | 1 (89.94) Chris Hurds
Kevin Burness (79.80) 5 | 4 (77.13) Dylan Dowling
Graham Usher (86.06) 5 | 1 (79.75) Kristian Barker
David Pallett (99.63) 5 | 2 (92.33) Lee Barrow
Jurjen van der Velde (80.81) 5 | 0 (65.93) James Waite
Kai Fan Leung (81.68) 5 | 0 (42.86) Bradley Whitehead
Patrick Quinn (83.49) 5 | 3 (71.64) Patrick Schwab
Christian Perez (93.83) 5 | 4 (87.65) Lewis Pride
Jarno Bottenberg (89.74) 5 | 1 (85.33) Conor Heneghan
Callum Goffin (89.46) 5 | 0 (83.22) Dmitriy Zhukov
Aden Kirk (82.44) 5 | 4 (86.35) Kevin Leadenham
Oliver Mueller (FfO) (87.57) 5 | 1 (82.06) Owen Maiden
Charlie Manby (91.06) 5 | 4 (79.22) Bhav Patel
Danny Jansen (87.26) 5 | 3 (83.18) Matthias Ehlers
Trevor Burkhill (76.78) 5 | 4 (70.31) Dan Hands
Ellis Radford (81.34) 5 | 4 (79.29) Tom Lonsdale
Taylor Greaves (87.38) 5 | 0 (77.96) Lionel Maranhao
Peter Burgoyne (82.53) 5 | 4 (81.21) Scott Baker
Darius Labanauskas (90.85) 5 | 2 (90.67) Luis Camacho
Beau Greaves (96.32) 5 | 1 (86.37) Joe Hunt
Kevin McDine (87.21) 5 | 2 (74.66) Frankie Ansell
Scott Campbell (103.95) 5 | 2 (103.27) Jamie Atkins
Danny van Trijp (88.13) 5 | 3 (87.00) Ultan McDyer
Carl Sneyd (84.63) 5 | 1 (69.55) Tommie Coleman
Shaun Carroll (71.57) 5 | 0 (60.12) Serge Brisset
John Part (82.43) 5 | 1 (72.38) Charlie Symons
David Hill (85.09) 5 | 2 (77.01) Stu Wilson
David Sumner (78.97) 5 | 1 (73.00) Marco Jungwirth
Jimmy Bristow (90.18) 5 | 2 (80.84) Vinay Ramnath
Andreas Harrysson (73.68) 5 | 0 (66.18) Calvin Nicolai
Jack Tweddell (77.47) 5 | 0 (46.70) Jamie Foster
Sam Spivey (92.02) 5 | 3 (82.87) Arno Merk
Deian Roberts (78.88) 5 | 4 (77.08) Damian Mol
Keegan Brown (77.72) 5 | 3 (75.50) Sam Booth
Alexander Merkx (87.82) 5 | 2 (80.87) Scott Waites
Jacques Labre (77.65) 5 | 4 (76.46) David Williams
Reece Colley (77.84) 5 | 2 (71.95) Steve Sewell
Jarred Cole (76.68) 5 | 0 (70.81) Jim Moston
Jimmy van Schie (75.91) 5 | 0 (69.25) Jack Secular
Sean Fisher (68.42) 5 | 2 (65.39) Robin Bos
Ash Ling (80.04) 5 | 2 (75.82) Kirk De Ruyter
Steven Watts (72.05) 5 | 4 (70.34) Neilie Brouder
Rowby-John Rodriguez (74.78) 5 | 2 (67.34) Louis Lucas-Carter
David Davies (74.23) 5 | 2 (60.53) Ross Baines
Bruno Stoeckli (79.95) 5 | 0 (64.10) Andrew Hoare
Stefan Bellmont (76.85) 5 | 2 (76.43) Davy Robijns
John Davey (75.40) 5 | 3 (71.75) Martin Tonks
Ricky Palmer (78.77) 5 | 2 (75.57) Liam Kitchen
Nathan Girvan (92.90) 5 | 3 (85.46) Phil Coward
Jenson Walker (87.61) 5 | 2 (85.43) Adam Mould
Keelan Kay (79.54) 5 | 3 (83.84) Richie Burnett
Niels Aagaard Nielsen (73.83) 5 | 4 (76.11) Jeffrey De Zwaan
Adam Beck (82.47) 5 | 1 (75.84) Dimitri Nees
Remo Mandiau (86.42) 5 | 1 (67.89) Charlie Kemp
Tommy Morris (86.62) 5 | 1 (78.03) Colin Gibson
Kevin Lowe (76.68) 5 | 3 (71.10) Jimmy McKirdy
Ted Evetts (78.18) 5 | 3 (73.94) Robert Nelson
Danny Goddard (80.34) 5 | 2 (72.94) Bruno Rangel
Tom Sykes (77.90) 5 | 1 (70.71) Janek Hill
James Howard Hughes (89.72) 5 | 1 (83.26) Dave Bayton
Martin Grearson (92.98) 5 | 4 (88.26) Dean Finn Forde
Michael Huntley (82.58) 5 | 0 (57.83) Steven Taylor

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- And why should he listen to you?Deduce635807-11-2026
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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
- 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
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