McDonald claims first PDC Challenge Tour title with victory over Girvan in Event Five final

Shaun McDonald has claimed his first PDC Challenge Tour title after winning Event Five in Milton Keynes on Sunday afternoon.

McDonald who made his return to darts at the turn of the year after years away has hit the ground running with good form shown at Q-School, Online Darts League and now claiming a Challenge Tour title.

He becomes the third Scotsman this weekend to win a title joining Darren Beveridge and Jim McEwan. As well as other title winners - Adam Smith-Neale and Jim Williams.

In the process, he saw off another Scot in Nathan Girvan 5-4 after seeing off Graham Usher (5-4), Kevin Garcia (5-1) and Kevin Burness (5-0) en route.

The final event of the weekend is now underway with the draw below. It had started while Event Five was finishing but a fire alarm halted its progress.

PDC UK Challenge Tour Event Five Results

Last 16

Nathan Girvan 5 | 1 Connor Scutt

Robert Collins 5 | 2 Mike Warburton

Kyle Richardson 5 | 2 Nicholas Bell

Colin Osborne 5 | 2 Dan Read

Shaun McDonald 5 | 4 Graham Usher

Kevin Garcia 5 | 2 Robert Owen

Kevin Burness 5 | 3 Darren Johnson

Carl Beattie 5 | 4 Carl Wilkinson

Quarter-Finals

Nathan Girvan 5 | 3 Robert Collins

Kyle Richardson 5 | 2 Colin Osborne

Shaun McDonald 5 | 1 Kevin Garcia

Kevin Burness 5 | 2 Carl Beattie

Semi-Finals

Nathan Girvan 5 | 4 Kyle Richardson

Shaun McDonald 5 | 0 Kevin Burness

Final

Shaun McDonald 5 | 4 Nathan Girvan