Five more PDC Challenge Tour tournaments were played last weekend. Scott Williams moved another step closer to the ranking victory by winning his fourth title of the season.
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After 20 of the 24 tournaments, Williams has earned £9350. This puts him well ahead of the likes of Robert Owen (£5600), Danny van Trijp (£5500), Stephen Burton (£5000) and Jurjen van der Velde (£4850). The frst place is good for entry to the Grand Slam of Darts, the World Darts Championship and entry to the Pro Tour circuit for the next two seasons.
The Challenge Tour circuit is open to players who participated in the Q-School but did not win a Tour Card. On this tour, entry for the Pro Tour 2022 and Tour Cards for 2023 and 2024 can be earned. The highest-placed players on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit are eligible for the reserve spots on the Players Championships.
PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit
Position - Name - Value
1 Scott Williams £9,350
2 Robert Owen £5,600
3 Danny van Trijp £5,550
4 Stephen Burton £5,000
5 Jurjen van der Velde £4,850
6 Karel Sedlacek £4,750
7 David Pallett £4,650
8 Christian Kist £3,950
9 Kenny Neyens £3,750
10 Andy Jenkins £3,350
11 Jim McEwan £3,300
12 Lukas Wenig £3,050
13 Lee Evans £2,950
13 Gian van Veen £2,950
15 Michael Flynn £2,900
15 Wesley Plaisier £2,900
17 Thibault Tricole £2,750
18 Graham Usher £2,700
18 Jelle Klaasen £2,700
20 Dan Read £2,650
20 Scott Marsh £2,650
22 Danny Lauby £2,400
22 Stefan Bellmont £2,400
24 Stu Wilson £2,350
25 Gavin Carlin £2,300
26 Matthew Edgar £2,200
27 Steve Haggerty £2,050
28 Pete Burgoyne £2,000
29 Jeremy van der Winkel £1,950
30 Robert Thornton £1,900
31 Darryl Pilgrim £1,850
32 Daniel Klose £1,800
32 Thomas Lovely £1,800
34 Patrick Peters £1,600
34 Davy Proosten £1,600
34 Nathan Girvan £1,600
37 Jacques Labre £1,550
37 Chas Barstow £1,550
39 Owen Roelofs £1,500
40 Dennie Olde Kalter £1,400
40 Darren Penhall £1,400
42 Martijn Dragt £1,300
43 Peter Jacques £1,250
44 Kevin Garcia £1,200
44 Shaun Narain £1,200
46 Matthew Dennant £1,100
46 Jan Hlavácek £1,100
46 Francois Schweyen £1,100
49 Gary Blades £1,050
49 Graham Hall £1,050
49 Haupai Puha £1,050
52 Kai Fan Leung £1,000
52 Jeroen Mioch £1,000
52 Fabian Schmutzler £1,000
55 Franz Roetzsch £950
55 Paulo Ferreira £950
55 Sebastian Bialecki £950
58 Steven Beasley £900
58 Ciaran Teehan £900
60 Patrick van den Boogaard £850
60 Darren Johnson £850
62 Rene Eidams £800
62 Jim Moston £800
62 Scott Taylor £800
62 Christopher Wickenden £800
66 Arjan Konterman £750
66 Carlo van Peer £750
66 Roemer Mooijman £750
66 Roy van de Griendt £750
66 Kevin Blomme £750
66 Christopher Gilliland £750
72 Alan Tabern £700
72 Cam Crabtree £700
72 Colin Osborne £700
72 Steffen Siepmann £700
72 Jason Hogg £700
77 Lee Budgen £650
77 Justin Smith £650
77 Diogo Portela £650
77 Jimmy van Schie £650
77 Dragutin Horvat £650
77 Jamie Lewis £650
83 Prakash Jiwa £600
83 John Bowles £600
83 Robert Rickwood £600
83 Roman Benecky £600
83 Ryan De Vreede £600
88 Stuart White £550
88 Ronny Huybrechts £550
88 Kristiaan de Boer £550
88 Chris Landman £550
88 Sven van Dun £550
88 Nick Kenny £550
88 Steven Noster £550
88 Toni Alcinas £550
96 Wayne Jones £500
96 Sergio Krassen £500
96 Daniel Ayres £500
96 Alex Long £500
96 Andrew Hyland £500
96 Leighton Bennett £500
96 Maikel Verberk £500
96 Jesus Noguera £500
96 Jacob Taylor £500
105 Martin Thomas £450
105 Geoffrey Murray £450
105 James Beeton £450
105 Michal Smejda £450
105 Joshua Burksfield £450
110 John Cook £400
110 Raymond Marshall £400
110 Paul Hogan £400
110 Mark McGeeney £400
110 Adrian Gray £400
110 Reece Colley £400
110 Kevin Lane £400
110 Alan Norris £400
110 Josh Payne £400
110 Callum Francis £400
110 Petros Christodoulou £400
110 Daniel Vogt £400
110 Robbie Knops £400
123 Llew Bevan £350
123 Ben Quenby £350
123 Shane Hayward £350
123 Owen Maiden £350
123 Kevin Costantini £350
123 Lewis Pride £350
123 Robert Nelson £350
123 Ben West £350
123 Simeon Heinz £350
123 Philip Van Gasse £350
123 Stephan Griese £350
123 Jimmy Bristow £350
123 James Richardson £350
136 Lewis Dare £300
136 David Wawrzewski £300
136 Nathan Treadgold £300
136 Nathan Potter £300
136 Jamie Caven £300
136 Lee Cocks £300
136 Darren Armstrong £300
136 Alexander Morrison £300
136 Gillian Koehoorn £300
136 Martyn Turner £300
136 Keelan Kay £300
136 Dave Prins £300
136 Steve Hine £300
149 Lee Davies £250
149 Adam Atkinson £250
149 Tonny Veenhof £250
149 Michael Rasztovits £250
149 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £250
149 Robin Smees £250
149 Andrew Beeton £250
149 Andreas Harrysson £250
149 Alex Clyburn £250
149 Thomas Junghans £250
149 Marcel Erba £250
149 Kevin Luhr £250
149 Scott Campbell £250
149 Marko Kantele £250
149 Mike Warburton £250
149 Tomas Houdek £250
149 Richard North £250
149 Ryan Craddock £250
149 Jarred Cole £250
168 Matt Padgett £200
168 Keenan Thomas £200
168 Josh McCarthy £200
168 Paul Rowley £200
168 David Rosi £200
168 Chris Hogg £200
168 Tom Veje Kristensen £200
168 Simon Bak £200
168 Maikel van baast £200
168 Patrick Bulen £200
168 Ryan Harrington £200
168 Shaun Thompson £200
168 John Part £200
168 Robert Collins £200
168 Reece Robinson £200
168 Simon Stevenson £200
168 Barrie Bates £200
168 Shaun Carroll £200
186 Cory Evans £150
186 Michael Huntley £150
186 Jack Vincent £150
186 Michael Baker £150
186 Jan de Weerdt £150
186 Will Harwood £150
186 Roger Hertig £150
186 Andreas Toft Jorgensen £150
186 Dom Taylor £150
186 Remo Mandiau £150
186 Roberto Vandaele £150
186 David Schlichting £150
186 Patrick Maat £150
186 Daniel Day £150
186 Wes Newton £150
186 Tobias Scheifl £150
186 Chris Quantock £150
186 Scottie Walters £150
186 Kai Gotthardt £150
205 Charlie Symons £100
205 Ian Mackenzie £100
205 Kevin Van Wauwe £100
205 Jake Carter £100
205 Neil MacDougall £100
205 Mark Venables £100
205 Joshua Sinkovits £100
205 Ross MacDougall £100
205 Phillip Bisset £100
205 Kurt Parry £100
205 Carl Beattie £100
205 Michael Hurtz £100
205 Joshua Hermann £100
205 Sebastian Steyer £100
205 Lorenzo Van Hove £100
205 Ryan O'Connor £100
205 Pero Ljubic £100
205 Jerry Hendriks £100
205 Dustin Straver £100
205 Niels-Joergen Hansen £100
205 Alexander Masek £100
205 Ian Lever £100
205 Darren Latham £100
205 Andy Hamilton £100
205 Jordan Brooks £100
205 Kelvin Hart £100
205 Martin Heneghan £100
205 Paul Mitchell £100
205 Conor Heneghan £100
205 Tavis Dudeney £100
235 James Green £50
235 Brandon Western £50
235 Tom Lonsdale £50
235 Nico Wagner £50
235 Adam Jenkinson £50
235 Sion Thomas £50
235 Michael Barnard £50
235 Nigel Roberts £50
235 Tony Richardson £50
235 Erik Meulenmeesters £50
235 Jani Keskinarkaus £50
235 Jens Ziegler £50
235 Manuel Gutjahr £50
235 Bent Lambertsen £50
235 Ludovic Lemaire £50
235 Martijn Verdaasdonk £50
235 Arsen Ballaj £50
235 Michael Stoeten £50
235 Alexander Elia £50
235 Sebastian Schnickmann £50
235 Luke Tucker £50
235 Matthias Todtenhöfer £50
235 Michael Ladefoged £50
235 Dennis Akhtar £50
235 Markus Kessler £50
235 Stefan Glathe £50
235 Tony Huebner £50
235 Alexander Troebs £50
235 Michael Seemann £50
235 Sonny Johal £50
235 Johannes Bruns £50
235 Jonny Kinsella £50
235 Patrick Ploetz £50
235 Derek Maclean £50
235 Perry Noordermeer £50
235 Robin Beger £50
235 Mark Frost £50
235 Arron Monk £50
235 Cristo Reyes £50
235 Jacob Gwynne £50
235 Owen Emmett-Bowden £50
235 Michael Burgoine £50
235 Matt Gallett £50
235 Lisa Ashton £50
235 Sean Fisher £50
235 Roxy Rodriguez £50
235 John Crossley £50
235 Kyle Richardson £50
235 Adam Mould £50
235 James Waite £50
235 Brian Woods £50
235 Henry Reddin £50
235 Daniel Lee £50
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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