The PDC UK Challenge Tour Order of Merit has been updated after the first of two weekends of action with Jim Williams in pole position after the opening foray.
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This year's secondary tour is split in two with action coming from both the UK and EU.
The next UK Challenge Tour to finalise the season will take place in Milton Keynes between September 3-5 in tandem with the final European events.
Each region will claim a Tour Card and World Championship spot meaning that Williams has put himself in prime position with consistent form over the weekend alongside his title win.
The same can be said for Adam Smith-Neale with the former World Master his nearest rival with £3,300 ahead of fellow Shaun McDonald (£2,600), Darren Beveridge (£2,350), Jamie Clark (£2,300) and Jim McEwan (£2,250) with Gavin Carlin the first player not to win a title in seventh with £1,800.
Of the big names involved barring that, it was a poor weekend with Wayne Warren finishing on £0, Fallon Sherrock finished on £200. This alongside Richie Burnett (£350), James Richardson (£400) and Wes Newton (£150).
Chas Barstow who has been a standout on the ProTour and is in a provisional World Championship spot only collected £600 behind Robert Thornton who is also just outside the top 20 in 21st with £650. A mixed weekend for the top names in Milton Keynes.
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UK Challenge Tour Order of Merit
Following Six Events
1 Jim Williams £3,700
2 Adam Smith-Neale £3,300
3 Shaun McDonald £2,600
4 Darren Beveridge £2,350
5 Jamie Clark £2,300
6 Jim McEwan £2,250
7 Gavin Carlin £1,800
8 Martin Thomas £1,300
9 Carl Beattie £1,250
10 Ryan Palmer £1,000
11 Nathan Girvan £1,000
12 Kevin Burness £1,000
13 Carl Wilkinson £850
14 Robert Owen £850
15 Colin Osborne £800
16 Kyle Richardson £800
17 Ryan Furness £800
18 Connor Scutt £800
19 Lewis Pride £750
20 Nathan Rafferty £700
21 Robert Thornton £650
22 Mike Warburton £650
23 Keelan Kay £650
24 Tony Newell £650
25 Chas Barstow £600
26 Ryan Harrington £600
27 Adam Mould £600
28 Conan Whitehead £600
29 Kevin Garcia £500
30 Graham Usher £500
31 Matthew Dennant £500
32 Richard North £500
33 Nick Fullwell £500
34 Reece Robinson £450
35 Nicholas Bell £450
36 John Imrie £450
37 Robbie Ellis £400
38 Jamie Robinson £400
39 Steve Hine £400
40 Stu Wilson £400
41 Thomas Lovely £400
42 James Richardson £400
43 Wayne Morgan £350
44 Robert Collins £350
45 Lee Cocks £350
46 John Bowles £350
47 Richie Burnett £350
48 Dom Taylor £350
49 Chris Quantock £350
50 John O'Shea £300
51 Dan Read £300
52 Darren Johnson £300
53 Lee Davies £300
54 Aden Kirk £300
55 Justin Smith £300
56 Liam Meek £300
57 Ross MacDougall £250
58 Alan Norris £250
59 Sam Booth £250
60 Scott Taylor £250
61 Kevin McDine £250
62 Owen Maiden £250
63 Lee Evans £250
64 Stephen Burton £250
65 Daniel Lauby £250
66 David Ladley £250
67 Luke Smith £250
68 Dave Prins £250
69 Barrie Bates £250
70 Niall Culleton £250
71 Sam Cankett £250
72 Shane McGuirk £250
73 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £200
74 Cameron Menzies £200
75 Killian Heffernan £200
76 Neil MacDougall £200
77 Prakash Jiwa £200
78 Fallon Sherrock £200
79 Coby Jones-Swanson £200
80 Sam Ward £200
81 Scott Williams £200
82 Charlie Symons £200
83 Nathan Derry £200
84 Martyn Turner £200
85 Mike Norton £200
86 Andy Jenkins £200
87 Ryan Hogarth £200
88 Robert Rickwood £150
89 Scott Hope £150
90 Ben Quenby £150
91 Joe Davis £150
92 Wes Newton £150
93 Adrian Devine £150
94 Paul Mitchell £150
95 A.J. Urmston-Toft £150
96 Diogo Portela £150
97 Stephen Gallimore £150
98 Rhys Griffin £150
99 Antony Allen £150
100 Tony Procter £150
101 Reece Colley £150
102 Daniel Day £150
103 Mark Lawrence £150
104 Dean Jones (Wales) £150
105 Rhys Hayden £150
106 Chris Craven £100
107 Jamie Durrant £100
108 Darren Armstrong £100
109 Lloyd Pennell £100
110 Lorraine Winstanley £100
111 Matt Padgett £100
112 Adam Huckvale £100
113 Kelvin Hart £100
114 Neilie Brouder £100
115 Philip Borthwick £100
116 Scottie Walters £100
117 Ben Hazel £100
118 Greg Ritchie £100
119 Jack Neary £100
120 Matt Jackson £100
121 Adrian Gray £100
122 Gary Stafford £100
123 Graham Vernon £100
124 Jason Gallagher £100
125 Jason Askew £100
126 David Neads £100
127 Ian Jopling £100
128 Scott Marsh £100
129 Sean Fisher £100
130 Alex Long £100
131 David Pallett £100
132 Ian Mackenzie £100
133 Stuart White £100
134 Matt Clark £50
135 Michael Baker £50
136 Steve Earley £50
137 Anthony Brown £50
138 Craig Searle £50
139 Justin Hood £50
140 Scott Baker £50
141 Anastasia Dobromyslova £50
142 Bradley Holme £50
143 Glenn Gibson £50
144 Jake Carter £50
145 James Bishop (Reading) £50
146 Stephen McNally £50
147 Brian Hallas £50
148 Coni Singh Nagi £50
149 Curtis Turner £50
150 Frankie Ansell £50
151 Jason Hogg £50
152 Kenneth Matthews £50
153 Luke Ely £50
154 Michael Barnard £50
155 Steven Bradley £50
156 Derek Coulson £50
157 Josh McCarthy £50
158 Simon McCall £50
159 Arron Monk £50
160 Luke Hardy £50
161 Martin Green £50
162 Stuart Reeve £50
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