Keane Barry new leader on PDC Development Tour Order of Merit; Beau Greaves in top eight after tournament win
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Keane Barry has taken over the lead from Gian van Veen on the PDC Development Tour Order of Merit. The Irishman took full advantage of Van Veen's absence and won one of the tournaments in Wigan.
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After 15 of 24 Development Tour tournaments, Barry tops the rankings with £10,425. Wessel Nijman also managed to pass his Dutch compatriot and is in second place with £10,275. Van Veen is third with 9350 pounds, but chances are that no more pounds will be added. Since Monday, 'GVV The Giant' moved into the top 32 on the world rankings, which means he is no longer entitled to play on the Development Tour due to PDC rules.
Beau Greaves was also one of the tournament winners last weekend. As a result, the 20-year-old rose to eighth place on the Development Tour Order of Merit. If she holds this position, she might be invited to play at the UK Open in 2025.
The Development Tour is the youth circuit of the PDC. This tour is open to players ages 16 through 23. Players who turn 24 during the season may continue to compete.
At each Development Tour tournament, there is a prize pool of 15,000 pounds to be divided. With the prize money, a ranking is established. At the end of the season, the numbers one and two receive an invitation to the World Darts Championship, plus a Tour Card for 2025 and 2026. The ranking winner also gets to compete in the Grand Slam of Darts.
PDC Development Tour Order of Merit
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| Rank | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Keane Barry | £10,425 |
| 2 | Wessel Nijman | £10,275 |
| 3 | Gian van Veen | £9,350 |
| 4 | Nathan Rafferty | £8,275 |
| 5 | Niko Springer | £7,025 |
| 6 | Sebastian Bialecki | £6,550 |
| 7 | Danny Jansen | £6,275 |
| 8 | Beau Greaves | £5,200 |
| 9 | Jurjen van der Velde | £3,675 |
| 10 | Charlie Manby | £3,575 |
| 11 | Owen Roelofs | £3,425 |
| 12 | Roman Benecky | £3,375 |
| 13 | Daniel Perry | £3,150 |
| 14 | Marvin van Velzen | £2,975 |
| 15 | Dylan Dowling | £2,900 |
| 16 | Angelo Balsamo | £2,825 |
| 17 | Cam Crabtree | £2,625 |
| 18 | Roy Rietbergen | £2,525 |
| 19 | Thomas Banks | £2,500 |
| 20 | Levy Frauenfelder | £2,450 |
| 21 | Jimmy Bristow | £2,400 |
| 22 | Jannis Barkhausen | £2,375 |
| 23 | Jarred Cole | £2,350 |
| 24 | Dominik Gruellich | £2,325 |
| 25 | Nathan Potter | £2,300 |
| 26 | Owen Maiden | £2,200 |
| 27 | Leighton Bennett | £2,175 |
| 27 | Viktor Tingstrom | £2,175 |
| 29 | Nathan Girvan | £2,100 |
| 30 | Christopher Toonders | £2,075 |
| 31 | Henry Coates | £2,025 |
| 32 | Bailey White | £1,975 |
| 33 | Harry Gregory | £1,950 |
| 34 | Dylan Slevin | £1,850 |
| 35 | Adam Gawlas | £1,700 |
| 35 | James Beeton | £1,700 |
| 37 | Keanu van Velzen | £1,575 |
| 37 | Owen Bates | £1,575 |
| 39 | Bradley Brooks | £1,550 |
| 40 | Tavis Dudeney | £1,500 |
| 40 | Bradly Roes | £1,500 |
| 42 | Connor Arberry | £1,450 |
| 43 | Jenson Walker | £1,375 |
| 44 | Mason Whitlock | £1,350 |
| 45 | Revelino Dubois | £1,325 |
| 46 | Charlie Stocks | £1,300 |
| 47 | Stefan Dees | £1,200 |
| 47 | Ondrej Frystacky | £1,200 |
| 47 | Daniel Stephenson | £1,200 |
| 47 | Kieran Thompson | £1,200 |
| 51 | Kyle Manton | £1,150 |
| 51 | Llew Bevan | £1,150 |
| 53 | Mark Tabak | £1,075 |
| 53 | Felix Springer | £1,075 |
| 53 | Moreno Blom | £1,075 |
| 53 | Ieuan Halsall | £1,075 |
| 57 | Connor Hopkins | £1,025 |
| 58 | Colinn Haverkate | £1,000 |
| 59 | Myles Avory | £975 |
| 59 | Lloyd Walker | £975 |
| 61 | Tyler Thorpe | £950 |
| 62 | Jack Vincent | £925 |
| 62 | Jamai van den Herik | £925 |
| 64 | Lewis Gurney | £900 |
| 64 | Tim Scholz | £900 |
| 64 | Keenan Thomas | £900 |
| 64 | Lennon Cradock | £900 |
| 68 | Keelan Kay | £875 |
| 68 | Jannes Bremermann | £875 |
| 68 | Xanti Van den Bergh | £875 |
| 68 | Paul Krohne | £875 |
| 72 | Ryan Branley | £850 |
| 73 | Jack Howarth | £825 |
| 74 | Charlie Large | £800 |
| 74 | Pim Van Bijnen | £800 |
| 74 | Jack Male | £800 |
| 77 | Jon-Sebastian Wright | £775 |
| 77 | Sascha Stuhlemmer | £775 |
| 79 | Bram van Dijk | £750 |
| 79 | Jamie Robinson | £750 |
| 79 | Kyle Macleod | £750 |
| 79 | Anton Ostlund | £750 |
| 83 | Daniel Outwin | £725 |
| 83 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £725 |
| 85 | Youri Brouwer | £675 |
| 86 | Damian Vetjens | £650 |
| 86 | Johnny Stewart | £650 |
| 86 | David Fidler | £650 |
| 89 | Hayden Robbie | £625 |
| 90 | Lewis Mayes | £575 |
| 90 | Finley Pember | £575 |
| 90 | Rohan Brouwers | £575 |
| 90 | Luke Van Der Kwast | £575 |
| 90 | Massimo Balsamo | £575 |
| 95 | Matthias Moors | £550 |
| 95 | Nunjo Dewaele | £550 |
| 95 | Sam Cromwell | £550 |
| 95 | Zac Griffiths | £550 |
| 95 | David Schlichting | £550 |
| 95 | William Leijten | £550 |
| 101 | Craig Galliano | £525 |
| 101 | Robin Beger | £525 |
| 101 | Cayden Smith | £525 |
| 104 | Dylan Quinn | £500 |
| 104 | Marvin Kraft | £500 |
| 104 | Jarod Becker | £500 |
| 104 | Owen Carr | £500 |
| 104 | Lennert Faes | £500 |
| 104 | Finn Prokop | £500 |
| 110 | Julian Zwergel | £475 |
| 110 | Wesley Mol | £475 |
| 110 | Laurin Welk | £475 |
| 113 | Jamie Tilley | £450 |
| 113 | Marc Vleghert | £450 |
| 113 | Yorick Hofkens | £450 |
| 113 | Terry Clancy | £450 |
| 117 | Cian McCormack | £425 |
| 117 | Jakub Janaszkiewicz | £425 |
| 117 | Laszlo Ancsin | £425 |
| 117 | Maarten Jacobus Post | £425 |
| 117 | Enrico Frank | £425 |
| 122 | Oliver Ufer | £400 |
| 122 | Jakob Webster | £400 |
| 124 | Leon Weber | £375 |
| 124 | Keith Zahner | £375 |
| 124 | Born Van Put | £375 |
| 127 | Francesco Basili | £350 |
| 127 | Keaton Williams | £350 |
| 127 | Travis Baur | £350 |
| 127 | Patrik Williams | £350 |
| 131 | Lewis Bell | £300 |
| 131 | Coby Jones-Swanson | £300 |
| 131 | Andreas Bienert | £300 |
| 131 | Jake Fewell | £300 |
| 131 | Calvin Nicolai | £300 |
| 131 | Quentin Pinkert | £300 |
| 131 | Sydnee De Vries | £300 |
| 131 | Niclas Wierling | £300 |
| 131 | Niklas Fahrenholz | £300 |
| 140 | Aaron Colley | £275 |
| 140 | Jack Mayoh | £275 |
| 140 | Jeffrey Keen | £275 |
| 140 | Ferre Bervoets | £275 |
| 140 | Oliver Madge | £275 |
| 140 | Kilian Hohnstedt | £275 |
| 140 | Justin Hewitt | £275 |
| 140 | Arne Degryse | £275 |
| 140 | Kyle Walker | £275 |
| 140 | Killian Heffernan | £275 |
| 140 | Joseph Lynaugh | £275 |
| 140 | Aidan O'Hara | £275 |
| 140 | Lewy Williams | £275 |
| 140 | Cian Fitzpatrick | £275 |
| 140 | Sean McKeon | £275 |
| 140 | Daan Bastiaansen | £275 |
| 140 | Thomas Turner | £275 |
| 157 | James Tate | £225 |
| 157 | Mitchell Leeming | £225 |
| 157 | Connor Wagner | £225 |
| 157 | Fabian Tapner | £225 |
| 157 | Nathan Care | £225 |
| 157 | Denfie Drenthen | £225 |
| 157 | Deniz Baudis | £225 |
| 157 | Arcangelo Tardio | £225 |
| 157 | Andrew Ingman | £225 |
| 166 | Jack Shire | £200 |
| 166 | Matyas Rejhon | £200 |
| 166 | Jack Seymour | £200 |
| 166 | Oliver Klein | £200 |
| 166 | Owen Sherriff | £200 |
| 166 | Florian Socha | £200 |
| 166 | Zyon Raman | £200 |
| 166 | Erik Rollinger | £200 |
| 166 | Noah Rose | £200 |
| 166 | Cole Davey | £200 |
| 176 | Jamie Delaney | £150 |
| 176 | Ciaran Forde | £150 |
| 176 | Morgan Shillito | £150 |
| 176 | Joshua Hermann | £150 |
| 176 | Bence Horvath | £150 |
| 176 | Kieron Leighton | £150 |
| 176 | Joshua Adriaanse | £150 |
| 176 | Riley Rees-Tucker | £150 |
| 176 | Angelo Van Deventer | £150 |
| 176 | Justin van der Velden | £150 |
| 176 | Lleyton Molyneux | £150 |
| 176 | Renzo Geraets | £150 |
| 176 | Bradley van der Velden | £150 |
| 176 | Harvey Wilkinson | £150 |
| 176 | Patrick Luedtke | £150 |
| 176 | Meinte Hibma | £150 |
| 176 | Seppe Dasseville | £150 |
| 176 | Jannis Siggelkow | £150 |
| 176 | Moritz Kaethner | £150 |
| 176 | Marco Jungwirth | £150 |
| 176 | Adam Sepsi | £150 |
| 176 | Nando Engelen | £150 |
| 176 | Robbe Dasseville | £150 |
| 176 | Moritz Bohrmann | £150 |
| 176 | Jakub Bronski | £150 |
| 176 | Katie Sheldon | £150 |
| 176 | Jake Powell | £150 |
| 203 | Sven Hofmann | £75 |
| 203 | Owen Cuthbert | £75 |
| 203 | Scott Smith | £75 |
| 203 | Paolo Belingheri | £75 |
| 203 | Shaun Conway | £75 |
| 203 | Till Stein | £75 |
| 203 | Jack Boardman | £75 |
| 203 | Jonas Stagg | £75 |
| 203 | Louis Merkle | £75 |
| 203 | Anton Braun | £75 |
| 203 | Lars Graber | £75 |
| 203 | Maurice Junker | £75 |
| 203 | Jonas Gufler | £75 |
| 203 | Francesco Marcone | £75 |
| 203 | Jonathan Justin Altmann | £75 |
| 203 | Vilem Sedivy | £75 |
| 203 | Mitja Gustorf | £75 |
| 203 | Kees van der Horst | £75 |
| 203 | Harrison McMullen | £75 |
| 203 | Marteau Keano | £75 |
| 203 | Alessio Cariglia | £75 |
| 203 | Tomas Rehak | £75 |
| 203 | Danio Aalders | £75 |
| 203 | Jokke Janssens | £75 |
| 203 | Lars Debondt | £75 |
| 203 | Adam Dee | £75 |
| 203 | Pascal Zingler | £75 |
| 203 | Jarien Post | £75 |
| 203 | Wesley Veenstra | £75 |
| 203 | Noah Weller | £75 |
| 203 | Jeramey Verwey | £75 |
| 203 | Jon Jochijms | £75 |
| 203 | Florian Preis | £75 |
| 203 | Tom Garfield | £75 |
| 203 | Jacob Hibbert | £75 |
| 203 | Callum Schofield | £75 |
| 203 | Sem Devoght | £75 |
| 203 | Luke Cottrell | £75 |
| 203 | Brendan Ward | £75 |
| 203 | Niclas Menz | £75 |
| 203 | Thomas Callaghan | £75 |
| 203 | Billy Warriner | £75 |
| 203 | Keanen Norris | £75 |
| 203 | Phil Ende | £75 |
| 203 | Jack Gillett | £75 |
| 203 | Leon Remde | £75 |
| 203 | Declan Thorpe | £75 |
| 203 | Sam Aitkens | £75 |
| 203 | Finn Chudziak | £75 |
| 203 | Leo Beechey | £75 |
| 203 | Lerena Rietbergen | £75 |
| 203 | Eoin Rooney | £75 |
| 203 | Bailey Martin | £75 |
I stumbled into the world of darts quite by accident back in 2013. For a Journalism School assignment, I had to produce a live sports report and as it happened, the European Tour event in Veldhoven was the only available option. That weekend, I caught the darts bug. The post-match interviews especially appealed to me, as darts players tend to be much more open and approachable than what you usually see with footballers on television.
After a few detours, I joined Dartsnieuws.com in 2017 as editor-in-chief. I don’t have much competitive experience myself, although I once entered a PDC Development Tour weekend just to experience what it’s like from a player’s perspective. I even managed to win a leg against a Tour Card holder and, quite by accident, earned £50 in prize money.
In 2022, I was also involved in the founding of the TOTO Dart Kings, a commercial darts team, where I worked as media manager for three years. Unfortunately, due to new legislation in the Netherlands, that project came to an end in 2025.
Through my work in darts, I’ve been fortunate to travel to some incredible events, from Premier League nights at Ahoy Rotterdam, to several World Championships, and even the US Darts Masters at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Beyond darts, I’m a passionate sports fan in general. You can always wake me up for a game of tennis or padel, and I love following football, tennis, padel, cycling, Formula 1, and ice skating.
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- She's technically not a professional though as she doesn't hold a pro tour card.mr-pablo04-11-2026
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