List of participants confirmed for UK Q-School 2025 including Simon Whitlock, John Henderson, Mervyn King, Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves
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A total of 379 players will attempt to earn a PDC Tour Card at the 2025 UK Q-School in Milton Keynes. The number of entrants is slightly higher than in 2024, but still a lot lower than 2023 when the number of entries was just over 400 names.
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As in the past two years, the Q-School is divided into two phases. The first phase will take place from January 6 to 8, followed by the final phase from January 9 to 12.
Players who lost their PDC Tour Card last season or finished in the top eight on the Challenge Tour and Development Tour are immediately qualified for the final stage. The remaining participants must start in the first stage. Qualification for the final stage is possible by reaching the last eight in Milton Keynes on one of the three playing days. Should that fail, players must make sure to win as many points as possible. Each win in a full round (without byes) earns one point. Through the Q-School Order of Merit of the first stage, players also advance to the final stage.
Among others John Part, Steve West, Fallon Sherrock, James Richardson, David Pallett, Colin Osborne, Alan Norris, Scott Mitchell, Mark McGeeney, Kevin McDine, Ted Evetts, Robert Thornton, Devon Petersen and Richie Burnett will start the UK Q-School from the first stage. For Keegan Brown, Beau Greaves, John Henderson, Mervyn King and Simon Whitlock. among others, they have been directly admitted to the final stage.
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Tour Card distribution during final stage
During the final stage, Tour Cards are only actually distributed. Of the 29 Tour Cards available, eight will be distributed immediately. At both the British and European Q-School, four days of play will be completed during the final phase. The eight direct cards will go to all daily winners at the tournaments.
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The remaining 21 Tour Cards can be earned through the Q-School Order of Merit. At both events, points can be earned per win (not counting preliminaries, ed.).
With several constant results, players can still get a Tour Card this way, without having a day's success. At the European Q-School twelve Tour Cards can still be distributed via the ranking, in Milton Keynes at the UK Q-School only nine.
Directly admitted to the final stage
Andy Boulton
Keegan Brown
Henry Coates
Lee Cocks
Tavis Dudeney
Lee Evans
Callum Goffin
Beau Greaves
Graham Hall
John Henderson
Jamie Hughes
Mervyn King
Aden Kirk
Jim Long
Charlie Manby
Arron Monk
Josh Payne
Christian Perez
Daniel Perry
Darryl Pilgrim
Adam Smith-Neale
Graham Usher
Adam Warner
Brandon Weening
Simon Whitlock
Participants first stage of the PDC UK Q-School
Ben Adams
Bradley Aldous
Benjamin Allen
Lee Andrews
Frankie Ansell
Darren Armstrong
Daniel Astbury
Jamie Atkins
Myles Avory
Daniel Ayres
James Bailey
Joe Bailey
Ross Baines
Scott Baker
Thomas Banks
Paul Barham
Kristian Barker
Michael Barnard
Jonny Barnes
Lee Barrow
Chas Barstow
Tom Baughan
Max Baulcomb
Travis Baur
Dave Bayton
Steven Beasley
Adam Beck
Aaron Beeney
James Beeton
Lewis Bell
Stuart Bennett
Jack Bishop
Tom Bissell
Gary Blades
Ronnie Blagden
Ashley Blankley
Jack Boardman
Mark Boardman
Sam Booth
Justin Bradshaw
Ryan Branley
Joseph Bridle
Jimmy Bristow
James Brogan
Bradley Brooks
Neilie Brouder
John Brown
Lee Budgen
Peter Burgoyne
Trevor Burkhill
Kevin Burness
Richie Burnett
Simon Burt
Andrew Callary
Josh Callis
Scott Campbell
Nathan Care
David Carr
Shaun Carroll
Andrew Cass
Mat Caste
Stephen Castle
Mark Challenger
Wayne Chandley
Petros Christodoulou
Ashley Clarke
Nick Cocks
Jarred Cole
Ashley Coleman
Karl Coleman
Tommie Coleman
Reece Colley
Phil Coward
Cam Crabtree
Joe Croft
Thomas Cromwell
Laszlo B Csato
Niall Culleton
John Davey
Andrew Davidson
David Davies
Rhys Peris Davies
Kirk De Ruyter
Adrian Devine
Matthew Dicken
Matthias Dietrich
Dylan Dowling
Mark Dudbridge
Jamie Durrant
Alexander Elia
Nicholas Ellis
David Evans
Kieran Evans
James Evans-Bradford
Ted Evetts
Jeremy Fagg
Stephen Fanning
Chris Fidler
Dean Finn Forde
Sean Fisher
Michael Flynn
Jamie Foster
Callum Francis
Ryan Furness
Dean Gallagher
Matt Gallett
Kevin Garcia
Thomas Gater
Radoslaw German
Colin Gibson
Justin Giles
Nathan Girvan
Danny Goddard
Ben Goodger
Lee Grace
Adrian Gray
Martin Grearson
Taylor Greaves
James Green
Lewis Gurney
Jacob Gwynne
Steve Haggerty
Matthew Hall
Ieuan Halsall
Andy Hamilton
Dan Hands
Steven Harbert
Ryan Harrington
Michael Harrison
Robert Heard
Geoffrey Heath
Jason Heaver
Conor Heneghan
Paul Higgins
David Hill
Janek Hill
Steve Hine
Anthony Paul Hitchen
Andrew Hoare
Chris Hogg
Rob Holroyd
Justin Hood
James Howard Hughes
Daniel Humphries
Joe Hunt
Michael Huntley
Chris Hurds
Steven Inkpen
Gavin James
Chris Jennings
Timothy Jones
Keelan Kay
Liam Kelly
Michael Kelly
Charlie Kemp
Liam Kitchen
Harry Lane
Kevin Lane
Kevin Leadenham
Kai Fan Leung
Ian Lever
Ash Ling
Paul Linwood
Adam Lipscombe
Tommy Lishman
Robbie Long
Tom Lonsdale
Eddie Lovely
Thomas Lovely
Kevin Lowe
Louis Lucas-Carter
Derek Maclean
John Madgwick
Owen Maiden
Jack Male
Kyle Manton
Charlie Martin
Jack Mayoh
Killian McCormack
Kevin McDine
Ronan McDonagh
Ultan McDyer
Jim McEwan
Mark McGeeney
Shane McGuirk
Sean McKeon
Jamie McKinnon
Jimmy McKirdy
Stephen Mcnally
Oliver Mitchell
Paul Mitchell
Scott Mitchell
Danny Moore
Martyn Moore
Brett Morgan-Williams
Tommy Morris
Steven Moss
Jim Moston
Adam Mould
Robert Nelson
Josh Newton
Ryan Newton
Daniel Nicholls
Alan Norris
Ryan O’Connor
Kelvin O’Keefe
Kalen O’Neill
Keith O’Neill
John O’Shea
Colin Osborne
Terry Ough
Jamie Owens
David Pallett
Ricky Palmer
Ryan Palmer
James Parkin
Tom Parradine
Kurt Parry
Neil Parry
John Part
Bhav Patel
Adam Paxton
Devon Petersen
Cavan Phillips
Nathan Potter
Lee Price
Samuel Price
Lewis Pride
Nigel Prior
Tony Procter
Patrick Quinn
Ellis Radford
Bruno Rangel
Jordan-Lee Rawlings
Terry Redhead
Brandon Lewis Richardson
James Richardson
Kyle Richardson
Ronnie Rickner
Tom Riding
Greg Ritchie
Hayden Robbie
Conor Roberts
Deian Roberts
Jamie Rollinson
Paul Rowley
Sean Ryan
Andrew Sanderson
Liam Saxon
Pat Scurfield
Craig Searle
Jack Secular
Jaikob Selby-Rivas
Steve Sewell
David Sharp
Fallon Sherrock
Jack Shire
Coni Singh Nagi
Alec Small
Jason Smart
Luke Smith (Chester)
Alfie Smith
Daniel Smith
Luke Smith
Carl Sneyd
James Sperling
Sam Spivey
Mark Stocker
Simon Stothart
David Sumner
Ashley Sutton
Charlie Symons
Scott Taylor
Sean Taylor
Steven Taylor
Ciaran Teehan
Keenan Thomas
Martin Thomas
Sion Thomas
Robert Thornton
Martin Tonks
Danny Trueman
Shane Turner
Jack Tweddell
Mark Twist
Jack Vincent
James Waite
Scott Waites
Jenson Walker
Jim Walker
Scott Walters
Mike Warburton
Stuart Wares
Michael Warren
Craig Watkins
Spencer Watson
Steven Watts
Ashley Weaver
Steve West
Bailey White
Bradley Whitehead
Conan Whitehead
Connor Whitehouse
Mason Whitlock
George Whyte
Christopher Wickenden
Przemyslaw Wilanowski
Alex Williams
David Williams
Karl Williams
Lee Williams
Patrik Williams
Carl Wilson
Jason Wilson
Stu Wilson
Jack Worsley
Jon Worsley
Jonathan Wynn
Aleksander Zalewski
Over 870 players will compete in the 2025 PDC Qualifying Schools next week, with 29 Tour Cards on offer for players to secure a spot on the PDC circuit.
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 4, 2025
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