Jimmy van Schie captures title on Challenge Tour in Milton Keynes

Jimmy van Schie won the eighteenth tournament of the PDC Challenge Tour on Saturday. For the 30-year-old Dutchman, it is his very first title at Challenge Tour level.

Van Schie managed to qualify for the final after wins over Michael Baker (5-2), Kai Gotthardt (5-2), Alexander Merkx (5-3), Anton Ostlund (5-3), Cameron Crabtree (5-3) and Dennie Olde Kalter (5-1).

In the final against Daniel Ayres, Jimmy van Schie took a 4-1 lead with an 11-darter and a 12-darter. Ayres fought back to 4-4, before Van Schie decided the match with a 14-darter.

The Challenge Tour circuit is open to players who participated in the Q-School but did not win a Tour Card. On this tour, starting tickets for the 2024 Pro Tour and Tour Cards for 2025 and 2026 can be earned.

The highest-ranked players on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit qualify for the reserve spots at the Players Championship tournaments.

Dennie Olde Kalter 5 | 1 Greg Ritchie

Lewis Pride 5 | 4 Patrick Lynskey

Wesley Plaisier 5 | 2 Andy Hamilton

Tommy Morris 5 | 4 Sebastian Bialecki

Trevor Burkhill 5 | 1 Robert Ellis-Brown

Cam Crabtree 5 | 2 Ciaran Teehan

Jimmy van Schie 5 | 3 Alexander Merkx

Anton Ostlund 5 | 4 Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Tom Lonsdale 5 | 2 Stuart Wares

Peter Jacques 5 | 4 Rene Eidams

Darius Labanauskas 5 | 2 Lee Barrow

Carl Wilson 5 | 3 David Davies

Daniel Ayres 5 | 2 Jack Mayoh

James Welding 5 | 0 Maikel Mossou

Scott Mitchell 5 | 3 Nicolas Thuillier

Riccardo Castelli 5 | 1 Jamie Atkins

Dennie Olde Kalter 5 | 4 Lewis Pride

Wesley Plaisier 5 | 1 Tommy Morris

Cam Crabtree 5 | 4 Trevor Burkhill

Jimmy van Schie 5 | 3 Anton Ostlund

Tom Lonsdale 5 | 3 Peter Jacques

Darius Labanauskas 5 | 3 Carl Wilson

Daniel Ayres 5 | 1 James Welding

Riccardo Castelli 5 | 3 Scott Mitchell

Dennie Olde Kalter 5 | 0 Wesley Plaisier

Jimmy van Schie 5 | 3 Cam Crabtree

Tom Lonsdale 5 | 4 Darius Labanauskas

Daniel Ayres 5 | 1 Riccardo Castelli

Jimmy van Schie 5 | 1 Dennie Olde Kalter

Daniel Ayres 5 | 4 Tom Lonsdale

Jimmy van Schie 5 | 4 Daniel Ayres