VAN SCHIE SEALS EVENT 18! 🏆 Jimmy van Schie won Saturday’s opening Winmau Challenge Tour event in Milton Keynes, defeating Daniel Ayres 5-4 in the Event 18 final! 👏
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.
Last 32
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
Last 16
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
Quarterfinals
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
Semi-final
Jimmy van Schie 5 | 1 Dennie Olde Kalter
Finale
Jimmy van Schie 5 | 4 Daniel Ayres
VAN SCHIE SEALS EVENT 18! 🏆 Jimmy van Schie won Saturday’s opening Winmau Challenge Tour event in Milton Keynes, defeating Daniel Ayres 5-4 in the Event 18 final! 👏