
A first list has been released via DartConnect showing the first participants to register for 2020 PDC UK Q-School with currently 343 players on the list.
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From January 16-19, players from mainly Britain and other countries such as the USA and Japan will compete in Wigan for Tour Cards on the PDC Circuit. It is expected that around twenty places will be on offer.
Well-known players such as Jamie Caven, Robbie Green, Alan Norris, Mark Webster and Kevin Painter are among the provisional list. Other players such as John Part and Andy Hamilton are expected to also join this list.
Also there is the matter of players joining the circuit for the first time with the likes of Seigo Asada, Damon Heta, Jim Williams, Gary Robson, Scott Mitchell and Fallon Sherrock either already on the list below or set to register. Registration is set to close on Tuesday afternoon.
Provisional list of participants for 2020 PDC UK Q-School
Adams, Sean
Adshead, David
Airey, David
Allen, Devon
Anderson, Cameron
Ansell, Frankie
Argyle, Aaron
Asada, Seigo
Ashurst, Michael
Askew, Dave
Atkin, Steven
Atkins, Jamie
Atkins (Leeds), Martin
Atkins (Wigan), Martin
Aubrey, Chris
Baldock, Allen
Balfe, Donal
Ball, Alex
Barilli, Mark
Barnfather, Matthew
Barry, Keane
Barstow, Chas
Batchelor, Carl
Baughan, Tom
Baxter, Craig
Beck, Richard
Beeney, Aaron
Bent, Christopher
Bevan, Ben
Beveridge, Darren
Blades, Gary
Blyth, David
Boon, Nathan
Borland, William
Borthwick, Philip
Bowman, Adam
Brooks, Bradley
Brooks, Rachel
Brown, Darron
Burdett, Nathan
Burness, Kevin
Burness, William
Burton, Corey
Byrne, Shane
Calvert, David
Carr, David
Carter, Jake
Caven, Jamie
Chalmers, Andy
Chance, Ben
Cheeseman, Ben
Chubb, Kirsty
Clark, Jamie
Clark, Tony
Clarke, Ricky
Clarke, Tom
Clifton, James
Cocks, Nick
Colbourne, Stephen
Cole, Jarred
Collins, Robert
Comben, Robert
Cope, Aiden
Costigan, John
Coulson, Derek
Court, Gary
Court, John
Cowan, Martin
Cox, Daniel
Craddock, Ryan
Craven, Chris
Creed, Terry
Cressey, George
Crossley, John
Cullen, Jason
Culleton, Niall
Darbyshire, Scott
Davenport, Perry
Davey, John
Davidson, Andrew
Davies, Darren
Davies, Stuart
Davies (Crewe), Ben
Dawson, Tom
Day, Daniel
Delahunty, Jason
Dennant, Matthew
Denoon, Nicky
Derrick, Andy
Dolan, Jeremy
Dowling, Kevin
Doyle, Cameron
Ducklin, Kelvin
Dudbridge, Mark
Duncan, James
Duncan, Stuart
Duo, Dylan
Dutton, Stuart
Eastwood, Gary
Edhouse, Ritchie
Edwards, Dafydd
Edwards, David
Edwards, Martin
Ellis, Robbie
Emmett-Bowden, Owen
Evans, David
Evans, Kieran
Evans, Lee
Everett, Dale
Ewing, Sean
Farmer, Mark
Fathers, Jason
Finch, Matthew
Fitzpatrick, Glenn
Flitton, Mark
Forde, Dean
Forman, Andrew
Fowler, Martyn
Fox, Shaun
Francis, Callum
Frost, Mark
Furness, Ryan
Gallimore, Stephen
Garcia, Kevin
Geraghty, Keith
Getty, Luke
Gilding, Andrew
Gillet, Mike
Goode, Aled
Goodwin, Phillip
Graham, Mark
Grearson, Martin
Green, David
Green, Robbie
Greenaway, Ian
Gregory, Thomas
Griffin, Rhys
Grimes, Mark
Gwynne, Jacob
Habgood, Josh
Hall, Graham
Hall, Rees
Hallas, Brian
Harrington, Ryan
Harris, Lee
Harrison, Richard
Harrison, Wayne
Hawkins, Marcus
Hayward (Stafford), Edward
Hedman, Deta
Herewini, Darren
Heta, Damon
Heywood, Joseph
Hickey, Mark
Hine, Steve
Hodgson, Darrell
Hogg, Chris
Holgate, Ashley
Holloway, Paul
Hollyhead, Ellis
Hood, Justin
Hope, Ryan
Hope, Scott
Howarth, Joshua
Huckvale, Adam
Hudson, Brian
Hudson, Peter
Hunt, Adam
Hunt, Rory
Hunter, Sam
Huntington, Ben
Hurley, Conor
Hurrell, James
Jacques, Peter
Jenkinson, Adam
Jenkinson, Paul
Johnson, Darren
Jones, Christopher Paul
Jones, Dean
Jones, Stephen
Jones, Wayne
Jones-Swanson, Coby
Jopling, Ian
Kay, Danny
Kelling, Jamie
Kempster, James
Kippen, John
Kirk, Aden
Lacey, Chris
Ladley, David
Lammie, David
Lane, Kevin
Lauby, Daniel
Lawrence, Mark
Lawson, James
Layton, Mark
Lee, Daniel
Leung, Kai Fan
Lever, Ian
Lishman, Tommy
Long , Alex
Lovely, Eddie
Lovely, Thomas
Lowthorpe, Joshua
Lynch, George
Lynskey, Patrick
Main, Jack
Marshall, Ray
Mathers, Gordon
Mathews, Chris
Mawson, Gary
McDine, Kevin
McKinney, Kevin
McKirdy, Jimmy
Mccloskey, Michael
Meaker, Ian
Meaney, Michael
Meek, Liam
Mitchell, Liam
Mitchell, Peter
Modra, Robert
Momma, Taro
Morrison, Alexander
Morrison, Sandy
Morrison, Steven
Moston, Jim
Mold, Adam
Murphy, David
Murphy, Jason
Murphy, Russell
Murray, Geoffrey
Murray, Ryan
Nakanishi, Eikichi
Neads, David
Neary, Jack
Newton, Wes
Nicholson, David
Norris, Alan
O'Boyle, Martin
O'Shea, Anthony
O'Shea, John
O'Toole, William
Osborne, Colin
Owen, Robert
Owen, Tim
Painter, Kevin
Palmer, Ryan
Penhall, Darren
Penney, Danny
Phillips, Brad
Pick, Chris
Pilgrim, Darryl
Pink, Matthew
Place, Darren
Plumb, Ian
Poole, Michael
Portela, Diogo
Portela, Mario
Power, John
Preston, Simon
Price, Shane
Pride, Lewis
Prince, Dave
Procter, Tony
Puleo, Chuck
Quantock, Chris
Quenby, Ben
Quinn, Patrick
Rabadiya, Hitesh
Read, Dan
Redding, Dave
Rees, Robert
Reeves, Curtis
Richardson, James
Richardson, Tony
Ritchie, Greg
Roach, Terry
Robinson, Jamie
Robson, Gary
Rose, Daniel
Ryan, Sean
Sato, Kasumi
Savage, Stephen
Scutt, Connor
Selby-Rivas, Jaikob
Shaw, Matthew
Sherrock, Fallon
Singh Nagi, Coni
Slocombe, Keith
Smith, Dennis
Smith, Suzanne
Stafford, Gary
Stansbury, Robert
Stevenson, Evander
Stocker, Mark
Stubbs, Stuart
Suzuki, Mikuru
Tabern, Alan
Tate, Simon
Taylor, David
Taylor, Dom
Taylor, Scott
Thexton, William
Thomas, Martin
Thompson, James
Treadgold, Nathan
Tucker, Luke
Turle, Lee
Twell, Ross
Urmston-Toft, AJ
Usher, Graham
Vallely, Trevor
Van Der Mescht, Michael
Venables, Mark
Vincent, Jack
Waites, Scott
Ware, Chris
Weaver, Darren
Webster, Mark
West, Ben
White, Chris
White, Stuart
Whittaker , Grant
Whitworth, Lee
Whybrow, Brian
Williams, Derek
Williams, Jim
Williams, Lee
Williams, Lewis
Williams, Stephen
Wilson, Kevin
Wilson, Mark
Wilson, Stu
Wood, Adam
Wood, Tony
Woodhouse, James
Woods, Brian
Woolgar, Simon
Wynn, Jonathan
Yadav, Pranav
Yamada, Yuki
Yates, Luke
Young, James
Adshead, David
Airey, David
Allen, Devon
Anderson, Cameron
Ansell, Frankie
Argyle, Aaron
Asada, Seigo
Ashurst, Michael
Askew, Dave
Atkin, Steven
Atkins, Jamie
Atkins (Leeds), Martin
Atkins (Wigan), Martin
Aubrey, Chris
Baldock, Allen
Balfe, Donal
Ball, Alex
Barilli, Mark
Barnfather, Matthew
Barry, Keane
Barstow, Chas
Batchelor, Carl
Baughan, Tom
Baxter, Craig
Beck, Richard
Beeney, Aaron
Bent, Christopher
Bevan, Ben
Beveridge, Darren
Blades, Gary
Blyth, David
Boon, Nathan
Borland, William
Borthwick, Philip
Bowman, Adam
Brooks, Bradley
Brooks, Rachel
Brown, Darron
Burdett, Nathan
Burness, Kevin
Burness, William
Burton, Corey
Byrne, Shane
Calvert, David
Carr, David
Carter, Jake
Caven, Jamie
Chalmers, Andy
Chance, Ben
Cheeseman, Ben
Chubb, Kirsty
Clark, Jamie
Clark, Tony
Clarke, Ricky
Clarke, Tom
Clifton, James
Cocks, Nick
Colbourne, Stephen
Cole, Jarred
Collins, Robert
Comben, Robert
Cope, Aiden
Costigan, John
Coulson, Derek
Court, Gary
Court, John
Cowan, Martin
Cox, Daniel
Craddock, Ryan
Craven, Chris
Creed, Terry
Cressey, George
Crossley, John
Cullen, Jason
Culleton, Niall
Darbyshire, Scott
Davenport, Perry
Davey, John
Davidson, Andrew
Davies, Darren
Davies, Stuart
Davies (Crewe), Ben
Dawson, Tom
Day, Daniel
Delahunty, Jason
Dennant, Matthew
Denoon, Nicky
Derrick, Andy
Dolan, Jeremy
Dowling, Kevin
Doyle, Cameron
Ducklin, Kelvin
Dudbridge, Mark
Duncan, James
Duncan, Stuart
Duo, Dylan
Dutton, Stuart
Eastwood, Gary
Edhouse, Ritchie
Edwards, Dafydd
Edwards, David
Edwards, Martin
Ellis, Robbie
Emmett-Bowden, Owen
Evans, David
Evans, Kieran
Evans, Lee
Everett, Dale
Ewing, Sean
Farmer, Mark
Fathers, Jason
Finch, Matthew
Fitzpatrick, Glenn
Flitton, Mark
Forde, Dean
Forman, Andrew
Fowler, Martyn
Fox, Shaun
Francis, Callum
Frost, Mark
Furness, Ryan
Gallimore, Stephen
Garcia, Kevin
Geraghty, Keith
Getty, Luke
Gilding, Andrew
Gillet, Mike
Goode, Aled
Goodwin, Phillip
Graham, Mark
Grearson, Martin
Green, David
Green, Robbie
Greenaway, Ian
Gregory, Thomas
Griffin, Rhys
Grimes, Mark
Gwynne, Jacob
Habgood, Josh
Hall, Graham
Hall, Rees
Hallas, Brian
Harrington, Ryan
Harris, Lee
Harrison, Richard
Harrison, Wayne
Hawkins, Marcus
Hayward (Stafford), Edward
Hedman, Deta
Herewini, Darren
Heta, Damon
Heywood, Joseph
Hickey, Mark
Hine, Steve
Hodgson, Darrell
Hogg, Chris
Holgate, Ashley
Holloway, Paul
Hollyhead, Ellis
Hood, Justin
Hope, Ryan
Hope, Scott
Howarth, Joshua
Huckvale, Adam
Hudson, Brian
Hudson, Peter
Hunt, Adam
Hunt, Rory
Hunter, Sam
Huntington, Ben
Hurley, Conor
Hurrell, James
Jacques, Peter
Jenkinson, Adam
Jenkinson, Paul
Johnson, Darren
Jones, Christopher Paul
Jones, Dean
Jones, Stephen
Jones, Wayne
Jones-Swanson, Coby
Jopling, Ian
Kay, Danny
Kelling, Jamie
Kempster, James
Kippen, John
Kirk, Aden
Lacey, Chris
Ladley, David
Lammie, David
Lane, Kevin
Lauby, Daniel
Lawrence, Mark
Lawson, James
Layton, Mark
Lee, Daniel
Leung, Kai Fan
Lever, Ian
Lishman, Tommy
Long , Alex
Lovely, Eddie
Lovely, Thomas
Lowthorpe, Joshua
Lynch, George
Lynskey, Patrick
Main, Jack
Marshall, Ray
Mathers, Gordon
Mathews, Chris
Mawson, Gary
McDine, Kevin
McKinney, Kevin
McKirdy, Jimmy
Mccloskey, Michael
Meaker, Ian
Meaney, Michael
Meek, Liam
Mitchell, Liam
Mitchell, Peter
Modra, Robert
Momma, Taro
Morrison, Alexander
Morrison, Sandy
Morrison, Steven
Moston, Jim
Mold, Adam
Murphy, David
Murphy, Jason
Murphy, Russell
Murray, Geoffrey
Murray, Ryan
Nakanishi, Eikichi
Neads, David
Neary, Jack
Newton, Wes
Nicholson, David
Norris, Alan
O'Boyle, Martin
O'Shea, Anthony
O'Shea, John
O'Toole, William
Osborne, Colin
Owen, Robert
Owen, Tim
Painter, Kevin
Palmer, Ryan
Penhall, Darren
Penney, Danny
Phillips, Brad
Pick, Chris
Pilgrim, Darryl
Pink, Matthew
Place, Darren
Plumb, Ian
Poole, Michael
Portela, Diogo
Portela, Mario
Power, John
Preston, Simon
Price, Shane
Pride, Lewis
Prince, Dave
Procter, Tony
Puleo, Chuck
Quantock, Chris
Quenby, Ben
Quinn, Patrick
Rabadiya, Hitesh
Read, Dan
Redding, Dave
Rees, Robert
Reeves, Curtis
Richardson, James
Richardson, Tony
Ritchie, Greg
Roach, Terry
Robinson, Jamie
Robson, Gary
Rose, Daniel
Ryan, Sean
Sato, Kasumi
Savage, Stephen
Scutt, Connor
Selby-Rivas, Jaikob
Shaw, Matthew
Sherrock, Fallon
Singh Nagi, Coni
Slocombe, Keith
Smith, Dennis
Smith, Suzanne
Stafford, Gary
Stansbury, Robert
Stevenson, Evander
Stocker, Mark
Stubbs, Stuart
Suzuki, Mikuru
Tabern, Alan
Tate, Simon
Taylor, David
Taylor, Dom
Taylor, Scott
Thexton, William
Thomas, Martin
Thompson, James
Treadgold, Nathan
Tucker, Luke
Turle, Lee
Twell, Ross
Urmston-Toft, AJ
Usher, Graham
Vallely, Trevor
Van Der Mescht, Michael
Venables, Mark
Vincent, Jack
Waites, Scott
Ware, Chris
Weaver, Darren
Webster, Mark
West, Ben
White, Chris
White, Stuart
Whittaker , Grant
Whitworth, Lee
Whybrow, Brian
Williams, Derek
Williams, Jim
Williams, Lee
Williams, Lewis
Williams, Stephen
Wilson, Kevin
Wilson, Mark
Wilson, Stu
Wood, Adam
Wood, Tony
Woodhouse, James
Woods, Brian
Woolgar, Simon
Wynn, Jonathan
Yadav, Pranav
Yamada, Yuki
Yates, Luke
Young, James

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- Probably i will receive a lot of backlash and hate for this reaction, but well, so be it. I am more than sick and tired of those lies of you Barry Hearn. How dare you defend yourself over the back of Fallon’s son! He has a disability and not an illness, so let me correct that for you! I know because I have the exact same disability. I have tried to reach out to Fallon in the past, and offered her to help her and her son, because I was struggling with the same problems, and I understood the boy. I wanted him to have finally someone who understood him. However she told me that she did not want my help, and I have respected Fallon’s choice. I have never asked Fallon for money. They don’t need money in that case. I only ever wanted the best for Fallon and Rory, but I have to be honest about the situation. Fallon should tell the true story and not be forced to tell lies. I don’t hate Fallon, and I don’t begrudge or envy a single penny that she gets, but this situation/case is just not fair. I hate the lies and the dishonesty and injustice. I don’t want Fallon to be hated because there is an unfair disadvantage created. Don’t proclaim your false lies over the back of Rory! I only stand for integrity and justice. I am precisely the one who always sticks up for Fallon. And you don't, you don't give a damn about them. You were never there for them, and now you only want to save your own position! You are just trying to talk your way out of your own bad behavior at the expense of someone with a disability. And to Fallon, I don’t know if this may ever reach you, and you read it, but I want you to know I love you and I love your son Rory very much, I am sorry how things developed and went. I hope you and Harriet are still friends. I am sorry if I were too persistent to you, or you experienced it that way, but it was never my intention. Please understand I have autism as well. As Barry Hearn would say, I am only just a human being too, and I also make mistakes and misjudge things sometimes. I promise you I did everything out of the deepest love and care for you and Rory. If I were you, I should just keep all the money, only please never be dishonest or tell lies anymore for Barry Hearn, or anyone else. I hope you have the best life, and I wish nothing more than the best for you. I have always loved the two of you. Farewell.Hiddo05-11-2026
- She is a professional. If darts is her income, she is a professional. Same as Adrian Lewis, Martin Adams. A tour card just means someone can play on the PDC tour. You could even make a case that Clayton wasn't a professional (until recently I believe) because he had employment elsewhere.BandB04-11-2026
- She's technically not a professional though as she doesn't hold a pro tour card.mr-pablo04-11-2026
- Such a shame that lakeside has been reduced to this. Fantastic venue,and previously a great tournament. Not any morerick6703-11-2026
- Seems to me that the top 16 players pick and choose whatever they want to play. Good,all the money will get spread out more. They get more money from exhibitions than tournaments so let them all withdrawrick6703-11-2026
- Play all legs and the winners split the pot. Luke gets the lot of he wins them all. If your occupation is darts player you can't enter, regardless of ability.BandB01-11-2026
- I'm quite a jaded person all things considered, but to be honest I found Beat Luke Littler to be pretty entertaining. It certainly wasn't seamless, which is to be expected given the lack of precedence, but I actually think the pacing was pretty good, the production was impressive, and there was a good sense of humour and levity to it. I think it was a very ambitious undertaking but one that, for the most part, paid off. I liked the system with the four pots and I think it added to the drama and intrigue. I enjoyed seeing the diverse range of entrants and learning about their backstories. I think the interactivity was pretty clever and well-integrated. The panel was a little incoherent at times; Lee Mack shone however, and his improvisational skills were appreciated during some more awkward interstitial moments. As far as the darts is concerned, it was a shame that the format didn't allow Littler to get into full flow. You obviously don't want him to steamroll everyone but you want to feel like you're getting the full Littler package rather than seeing him struggling to get out of first gear. I will say that his leg against Jayden Walker was very impressive, but it was mostly downhill from there. The attraction revolves around Littler being this untouchable, indomitable force, yet the format doesn't really allow him to fulfil that characterisation. As for Fallon Sherrock, she was mightily impressive and deserved the victory. It is a testament to her unshakeable character that she was able to bang in a 14-darter under such mind-bending pressure. Everything that has been said about the misleading marketing is valid, though they were clear about their eligibility criteria and were able to offload the responsibility somewhat by bringing the viewers into the decision-making process in real time. What is clear though, is that Fallon played the game according to the rules, and she should not be criticised for that, much less abused. I will admit though that it is a kick in the teeth for those true amateurs who committed time and money to the course, and I would also question those who think pub players would have no chance, given that some of Littler's winning legs were dispatched in 7 visits to the board! The great thing about darts is that it isn't so much that amateurs cannot replicate the feats of brilliance pulled off by professionals of the sport, than it is that they simply cannot replicate the consistency of their output, something that this format almost entirely removes from the equation. It should also be noted that, financially, Fallon certainly stands to benefit much less in relative terms from the paycheque than would your average pub thrower, as I'm sure she nets a fair income from the lucrative exhibition circuit alone. What I do hope is that she might use this as an opportunity to really build up a head of steam heading into the new season, as it seems long overdue that she come through Q-School and really take it to the pros on a week-in week-out basis, but whatever she chooses to do, she has certainly achieved enough already for one if not several lifetimes, so who am I to dictate terms? To conclude though, I will state once again that I found Beat Luke Littler to be a pretty enjoyable evening of entertainment. I do feel for the contestants who never actually had the chance to try their luck against the world #1, although I suppose it comes with the format, but all which inevitably raises the question: will Netflix be tempted to do it all again next year? It's hard to say. Whether it would be financially viable, I can't weigh in there. One point I have been making though, and which I touched on earlier, is that the entire concept relies on a public perception that Littler is more or less unbeatable, and that certainly hasn't been the case of late. If the execs had been trying to pitch the show in recent months while Littler has seemed vulnerable, rather than when he was mopping up almost every major title on the calendar, it would certainly be a tougher sell. We will have to see in about 6 months' time whether Littler can still reliably command perception as a near-unstoppable force in darts, and then we'll have a clearer idea about whether we should expect a second helping. Even as a one-off experiment though, and with all the controversy taken into account, I still don't think they disgraced themselves by any means, and that will probably be my lingering assessment of the event when all is said and done.Deduce635801-11-2026
- Fair play to Fallon. But...shows the mockery when a professional players wins what was meant to be an amateur v Pro event, Littlers performance was poor, and what about the players who didn't get a game? Would have been better if the pot was split amoungst all the winners and they all got a leg.BandB31-10-2026
- Not even slightly interestedrick6730-10-2026
- And yet the PDC has decided to aggravate this problem by doubling the Players Championship Finals field from 2027. I can't imagine there will be fewer withdrawals next year with even less reason to turn up. I can only hope that a whole slew of Challenge Tour top-up players receive enough prize money in the absence of much of the elite, that some of the more complacent among them struggle to scrape into even a heavily diluted field! More semi-pro players will get to test their mettle, but the standard of competition will be much inferior. It could hardly be said that the Players Championship series will provide an opportunity for darts' second string to test their Tour Card credentials anymore, but at least it will underscore the achievements of those Challenge Tour players of current and previous years, who were able to prove themselves as more than capable of competing with, and beating, the elite of the sport on a consistent basis, and reaping the due rewards.Deduce635828-10-2026





