
The third and fourth UK Open qualifiers from the newly designated system for amateurs have been confirmed and they are two fairly established names in Graham Hall and Tom Sykes.
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Hall is a former PDC Tour Card holder and will make his fifth UK Open appearance in 2025 after conceding just eight legs in his seen matches in the event. He won a trio of whitewashes and charged towards the win defeating Tom Lonsdale in the final round.
Sykes who is well known to those watching MODUS Super Series was a favourite for a Tour Card at Q-School but just missed out. He also missed out in Event One reaching the semi-final but he remedied that by sealing his spot in Event Two.
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The next two qualifiers take place on Sunday February 9 in Wigan with two players from each event progressing to the UK Open with a total of eight automatic qualifiers. The final four spots get sealed from Amateur Qualifiers Points allocation while spots also come from PDC in the Community venues to replace the old Riley's route.
Fallon Sherrock, Richie Burnett among others failed to get through during Sunday's qualifier so will need to return to plot their route next month.
UK Open Amateur Qualifier 2
Semi-Finals
Tom Sykes (93.13) 5 | 4 (91.08) Danny van Trijp
Graham Hall (84.12) 5 | 4 (84.89) Tom Lonsdale
Quarter-Finals
Tom Sykes (100.66) 4 | 1 (88.50) Carl Batchelor
Danny van Trijp (86.21) 4 | 1 (61.34) Josh Collins
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Graham Hall (87.85) 4 | 1 (86.44) Will Beaden
Tom Lonsdale (83.10) 4 | 3 (84.69) Jamie Kelling
Last 16
Tom Sykes (91.86) 4 | 2 (84.16) Martin Grearson
Carl Batchelor (78.56) 4 | 2 (79.40) Charlie Symons
Josh Collins (78.77) 4 | 3 (79.92) A.J. Urmston-Toft
Danny van Trijp (91.06) 4 | 1 (85.04) Ryan Branley
Will Beaden (78.23) 4 | 3 (80.74) Christopher Wickenden
Graham Hall (92.44) 4 | 1 (85.86) Scott Baker
Jamie Kelling (82.04) 4 | 2 (71.30) Peter Cousins
Tom Lonsdale (91.09) 4 | 0 (79.00) James Green
Last 32
Martin Grearson (93.57) 4 | 3 (92.07) Peter Reynolds
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Tom Sykes (88.41) 4 | 0 (77.43) David Pallett
Carl Batchelor (87.80) 4 | 2 (89.23) Matthew Edgar
Charlie Symons (80.52) 4 | 2 (82.97) Harry Sykes
Josh Collins (87.27) 4 | 3 (87.05) James Bailey
A.J. Urmston-Toft (89.10) 4 | 1 (82.46) Roger Crook
Danny van Trijp (79.24) 4 | 3 (83.09) Alan Casey
Ryan Branley (82.92) 4 | 2 (81.09) Michael Huntley
Will Beaden (83.13) 4 | 2 (85.70) Anton Ostlund
Christopher Wickenden (100.86) 4 | 2 (96.03) Callum Goffin
Graham Hall (93.28) 4 | 2 (83.27) Kieran Hoare
Scott Baker (79.11) 4 | 0 (72.32) David Davies
Jamie Kelling (79.96) 4 | 2 (84.39) Ryan O'Connor
Peter Cousins (77.39) 4 | 2 (74.20) Shane Turner
James Green (76.54) 4 | 3 (82.90) Tommy Morris
Tom Lonsdale (92.23) 4 | 2 (85.77) David Evans
Last 64
Martin Grearson (92.77) 4 | 1 (76.76) Adam Gawlas
Peter Reynolds (77.82) 4 | 3 (77.77) Tommy Lishman
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Tom Sykes (78.98) 4 | 3 (79.30) Callum Francis
David Pallett (73.40) 4 | 2 (71.09) David Saint
Carl Batchelor (72.24) 4 | 2 (68.30) Connor Brown
Matthew Edgar (94.52) 4 | 1 (68.48) George Whyte
Charlie Symons (69.05) 4 | 2 (71.34) Wayne Chandley
Harry Sykes (69.91) 4 | 0 (52.29) Andrew Hoare
Josh Collins (84.68) 4 | 0 (60.74) Jason Wilson
James Bailey (72.52) 4 | 1 (67.72) Joel Salerno
A.J. Urmston-Toft (81.99) 4 | 1 (76.29) Paul Lewis
Roger Crook (109.31) 4 | 0 (93.94) Darren Armstrong
Alan Casey (83.09) 4 | 1 (69.34) Travis Cullen
Danny van Trijp (87.99) 4 | 1 (77.34) Matthias Dietrich
Michael Huntley (91.09) 4 | 0 (77.14) Thomas Banks
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Ryan Branley (83.44) 4 | 2 (77.69) Joseph Brady
Anton Ostlund (80.16) 4 | 1 (76.82) Vitezslav Sedlak
Will Beaden (74.85) 4 | 1 (70.94) Fallon Sherrock
Callum Goffin (89.73) 4 | 0 (82.86) Dylan Dowling
Christopher Wickenden (83.56) 4 | 3 (78.43) Owen Carr
Kieran Hoare (75.31) 4 | 2 (67.63) Paul Jones
Graham Hall (88.41) 4 | 0 (81.81) Dean Finn Forde
David Davies (92.41) 4 | 2 (87.61) Carl Wilson
Scott Baker (95.43) 4 | 0 (69.24) Luke Clements
Jamie Kelling (85.22) 4 | 2 (79.68) Mitchell Leeming
Ryan O'Connor (81.92) 4 | 3 (83.98) Ted Evetts
Shane Turner (74.17) 4 | 3 (74.64) Donny Scheurwater
Peter Cousins (88.18) 4 | 1 (78.24) Jeroen Caron
Tommy Morris (98.56) 4 | 0 (70.00) Conor Roberts
James Green (78.70) 4 | 2 (76.77) Adrian Gray
Tom Lonsdale (90.07) 4 | 1 (71.27) Sergio Krassen
David Evans (92.49) 4 | 0 (79.57) Lee Barrow
# Top 128
Adam Gawlas (78.08) 4 | 0 (62.96) Darren Good
Martin Grearson (86.01) 4 | 1 (82.91) Chas Barstow
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Tommy Lishman (82.17) 4 | 2 (76.40) Keith Deeley
Peter Reynolds (70.73) 4 | 0 (59.67) James Flynn
Callum Francis (79.40) 4 | 1 (73.93) Robert Adnams
Tom Sykes (66.48) 4 | 1 (63.68) Steve Perkins
David Saint (82.01) 4 | 1 (81.57) Kevin Burness
David Pallett (79.31) 4 | 1 (75.44) Ryan Walsh
Carl Batchelor (88.00) 4 | 1 (83.81) Charlie Martin
Connor Brown (71.23) 4 | 1 (65.21) Dean Croshaw
Matthew Edgar (89.12) 4 | 1 (76.08) Jimmy McKirdy
George Whyte (58.76) 4 | 2 (57.76) Joel Pinto
Wayne Chandley (75.15) 4 | 0 (49.28) Connor Reynolds
Charlie Symons (56.19) 4 | 0 (50.86) Jordan Lee Ward
Andrew Hoare (68.32) 4 | 0 (59.83) Jordan Hardy
Harry Sykes (66.63) 4 | 1 (63.03) Ryan Burford
Jason Wilson (78.44) 4 | 1 (71.48) Matt Purser
Josh Collins (73.32) 4 | 0 (56.35) Chris Bellard
Joel Salerno (66.80) 4 | 0 (49.00) Mike Coxhead
James Bailey (84.68) 4 | 0 (61.04) Cameron Byrne
Paul Lewis (84.91) 4 | 2 (86.03) James Richardson
A.J. Urmston-Toft (84.44) 4 | 1 (73.39) Charlie Kemp
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Darren Armstrong (85.89) 4 | 0 (44.45) Scott Hill
Roger Crook (107.36) 4 | 0 (83.61) Ciaran Teehan
Alan Casey (85.89) 4 | 0 (68.05) Steve Hartley
Travis Cullen (63.28) 4 | 0 (62.16) Gareth Morgan
Matthias Dietrich (70.73) 4 | 0 (60.00) Archie Sheppard
Danny van Trijp (97.25) 4 | 1 (79.88) Jamie McKinnon
Michael Huntley (85.03) 4 | 3 (77.28) Jamie Durrant
Thomas Banks (78.82) 4 | 3 (67.27) Liam Fowkes
Ryan Branley (78.85) 4 | 1 (75.16) Joe Reid
Joseph Brady (66.07) 4 | 0 (61.60) Micheal Fearon
Vitezslav Sedlak (94.64) 4 | 3 (89.06) Lewis Pride
Anton Ostlund (78.08) 4 | 0 (73.35) Daniel Humphries
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Will Beaden (82.36) 4 | 0 (49.96) Luke Smith (Canterbury)
Fallon Sherrock (91.09) 4 | 0 (70.64) Ricardo Ham
Dylan Dowling (86.36) 4 | 1 (79.56) Lloyd Walker
Callum Goffin (84.96) 4 | 2 (79.84) Tom Garfield
Owen Carr (74.17) 4 | 2 (73.87) Karl Reynolds
Christopher Wickenden (90.36) 4 | 1 (80.21) Ultan McDyer
Kieran Hoare (64.46) 4 | 1 (67.65) Adam Harding
Paul Jones (67.19) 4 | 1 (60.38) Davie Duval
Dean Finn Forde (73.19) 4 | 2 (68.20) Jamie Tyas
Graham Hall (92.49) 4 | 0 (78.25) Wayne Morgan
Carl Wilson (84.68) 4 | 0 (38.48) Jason Fathers
David Davies (79.88) 4 | 3 (79.65) Nathan Potter
Scott Baker (82.48) 4 | 1 (79.43) Gary Brown
Luke Clements (47.34) 4 | 0 (46.21) Thomas Wild
Mitchell Leeming (94.42) 4 | 1 (81.48) Jim Moston
Jamie Kelling (89.84) 4 | 3 (82.76) Patrick Quinn
Ryan O'Connor (79.11) 4 | 0 (71.63) Richie Burnett
Ted Evetts (96.73) 4 | 2 (81.52) Kevin Lowe
Shane Turner (83.19) 4 | 3 (71.80) James Janney
Donny Scheurwater (74.55) 4 | 3 (61.66) Jack Stevens
Jeroen Caron (67.34) 4 | 3 (65.27) John Wightman
Peter Cousins (74.13) 4 | 2 (64.18) Zac Prince
Conor Roberts (75.15) 4 | 0 (44.15) Sam Holden
Tommy Morris (88.18) 4 | 1 (81.63) Arjan Konterman
Adrian Gray (90.22) 4 | 2 (81.72) Kirk De Ruyter
James Green (76.39) 4 | 1 (67.42) William O'Toole
Sergio Krassen (81.16) 4 | 1 (71.28) Nick Brandon
Tom Lonsdale (73.91) 4 | 3 (65.47) Ellis Mark
Lee Barrow (67.65) 4 | 1 (58.25) Mark Boardman
David Evans (91.19) 4 | 2 (81.54) David Moule
Last 256
Chas Barstow (84.68) 4 | 0 (68.48) Matt Heffer
Martin Grearson (91.09) 4 | 0 (50.95) Kenny Richards
Tommy Lishman (78.61) 4 | 1 (66.67) John Bryan
Peter Reynolds (69.47) 4 | 1 (58.68) Craig Main
James Flynn (57.68) 4 | 3 (63.04) Terry Goddard
Steve Perkins (58.03) 4 | 1 (58.78) Kevin McDine
Tom Sykes (75.19) 4 | 3 (70.58) Christopher Brady-Foster
David Saint (82.36) 4 | 0 (66.71) Harrison Gerrard
Ryan Walsh (66.45) 4 | 1 (54.46) Josh Gerrard
David Pallett (66.94) 4 | 1 (51.31) Jack James
Dean Croshaw (57.26) 4 | 0 (53.44) Sean Gardiner
Connor Brown (63.28) 4 | 0 (45.19) Harry Froggatt
Jimmy McKirdy (70.14) 4 | 2 (64.88) Michael Keeley
George Whyte (74.50) 4 | 3 (75.57) Robert Ellis-Brown
Joel Pinto (67.83) 4 | 2 (58.98) Thomas Hurst
Charlie Symons (71.98) 4 | 3 (66.51) Jamie Hingston
Jordan Lee Ward (57.84) 4 | 3 (46.25) Callum Fish
Jordan Hardy (69.12) 4 | 2 (57.73) Chris Lewis
Ryan Burford (55.67) 4 | 0 (43.23) Joe Fletcher
Harry Sykes (69.59) 4 | 2 (67.29) Will Harwood
Chris Bellard (47.71) 4 | 0 (34.68) Benjamin Allen
Josh Collins (75.11) 4 | 2 (74.15) Matt Golding
Mike Coxhead (54.52) 4 | 2 (53.98) Beau Hewlett
Cameron Byrne (59.12) 4 | 3 (59.91) Danny Moore
James Bailey (84.53) 4 | 3 (87.24) Chris Bird
James Richardson (86.52) 4 | 3 (80.82) Richard Wagenaar
A.J. Urmston-Toft (70.73) 4 | 0 (58.15) Harvey Atkins
Charlie Kemp (76.38) 4 | 3 (76.96) Tom Brosnan
Darren Armstrong (77.08) 4 | 0 (58.48) Mitchell Good
Ciaran Teehan (70.24) 4 | 2 (81.84) Phil Coward
Roger Crook (78.08) 4 | 0 (49.24) Andreas Houf
Travis Cullen (63.96) 4 | 0 (41.10) Ben Locke
Gareth Morgan (64.97) 4 | 3 (67.95) David Carr
Matthias Dietrich (66.09) 4 | 3 (76.53) Riccardo Castelli
Danny van Trijp (83.76) 4 | 1 (69.40) Kristian Barker
Jamie McKinnon (72.43) 4 | 0 (55.96) Tom Rosher
Michael Huntley (84.68) 4 | 0 (71.35) Stanley Thomas
Liam Fowkes (68.32) 4 | 0 (61.66) Sam Kilby
Thomas Banks (80.16) 4 | 1 (74.60) Jack Ryder
Ryan Branley (84.68) 4 | 0 (64.04) Dan Galloway
Micheal Fearon (62.34) 4 | 1 (61.09) Alexander Elia
Joseph Brady (67.48) 4 | 3 (68.30) Simon Stothart
Anton Ostlund (88.41) 4 | 0 (50.81) Sonny Berry
Daniel Humphries (71.39) 4 | 1 (66.51) Shane Smith
Will Beaden (75.15) 4 | 0 (65.23) Jacob Cope
Fallon Sherrock (86.19) 4 | 1 (80.85) Steve West
Ricardo Ham (75.61) 4 | 1 (68.44) Matthew Hall
Tom Garfield (88.41) 4 | 0 (71.55) Joshua Jones
Callum Goffin (87.24) 4 | 2 (84.06) Jarred Cole
Karl Reynolds (68.32) 4 | 0 (49.38) Neil Cummins-Smith
Ultan McDyer (85.13) 4 | 1 (67.16) Oli Ellis
Christopher Wickenden (89.61) 4 | 2 (86.68) Joe Croft
Paul Jones (71.00) 4 | 1 (65.36) Connor Bragger
Davie Duval (73.32) 4 | 0 (47.63) George Watson
Dean Finn Forde (78.08) 4 | 0 (62.24) Matthew Kiernan
Graham Hall (82.36) 4 | 0 (52.79) Benjamin Anstess
Wayne Morgan (82.43) 4 | 1 (72.67) Joe Higgins
Carl Wilson (82.83) 4 | 1 (77.59) Conor Heneghan
Nathan Potter (89.73) 4 | 0 (76.05) Harvey Wilkinson
David Davies (83.50) 4 | 0 (72.96) Brandon Walsh
Scott Baker (78.55) 4 | 3 (76.45) Jamie Thompsett
Thomas Wild (53.98) 4 | 1 (48.81) Aidan Marples
Luke Clements (56.80) 4 | 2 (55.09) Ronnie Rickner
Jamie Kelling (82.36) 4 | 0 (67.83) Terence Archer
Patrick Quinn (69.10) 4 | 0 (56.61) Paul McDonald
Ryan O'Connor (85.89) 4 | 0 (51.22) Ronan Houghton
Kevin Lowe (84.68) 4 | 0 (65.39) Barry Morgan
Ted Evetts (88.41) 4 | 0 (87.71) Adam Mould
Shane Turner (87.61) 4 | 3 (88.87) Mark Dudbridge
Donny Scheurwater (82.17) 4 | 1 (70.88) Roy Lancashire
Jack Stevens (71.57) 4 | 0 (51.33) Jack Daniels
John Wightman (62.63) 4 | 0 (54.39) Gary Riley
Peter Cousins (63.28) 4 | 0 (45.23) Charlie Bell
Zac Prince (70.73) 4 | 0 (54.30) John Pedder
Arjan Konterman (82.55) 4 | 3 (84.98) Matt Good
Tommy Morris (98.49) 4 | 2 (89.17) Nathan Care
Adrian Gray (96.97) 4 | 0 (55.85) Gemma Reynolds
William O'Toole (68.79) 4 | 3 (68.43) Hayden Appleby
James Green (70.73) 4 | 0 (63.25) Rob Reader
Sergio Krassen (80.16) 4 | 0 (51.84) Jay Serpanchy
Ellis Mark (65.05) 4 | 3 (66.72) Scott Leader
Tom Lonsdale (73.94) 4 | 3 (68.11) Calvin Nicolai
Lee Barrow (78.08) 4 | 0 (58.12) Richard Moody
David Evans (93.76) 4 | 1 (72.68) Dan Hutchinson
David Moule (70.73) 4 | 0 (61.64) Steven Paesschesoone

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






