Josh Rock leads the PDC Development Tour Order of Merit after the first five tournaments of the season. The Northern Irishman only played three of these five tournaments, which makes his achievement even more impressive during his debut weekend.
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Rock skipped the two tournaments on Friday. On Saturday, he immediately reached two finals, with Rock winning of them. The final event of the weekend on Sunday was won by 'Rocky' as well, as he picked up £5000 in two days.
Bradley Brooks (3200), Kevin Doets (2750) and Keane Barry (2600) were the three other tournament winners in Wigan. Nathan Girvan is number five on the ranking after reaching a final and a semi-final on the opening weekend.
The Development Tour is the PDC's youth circuit. This tour is open for players aged 16 to 23. Players who turn 24 during the season are allowed to finish this year.
Each Development Tour tournament has a prize fund of £10,000. With the prize money a ranking will be made. At the end of the season the numbers one and two will receive an invitation to the PDC World Darts Championship, plus a Tour Card for 2023 and 2024.
PDC Development Tour Order of Merit after 5/24 events
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Rank - Name - Prize money (£)
1 Josh Rock 5000
2 Bradley Brooks 3200
3 Kevin Doets 2750
4 Keane Barry 2600
5 Nathan Girvan 1550
6 Conor Heneghan 1450
7 Lewy Williams 1450
8 Jarred Cole 1350
9 Jurjen van der Velde 1300
10 Christopher Holt 1200
11 Nathan Rafferty 1150
12 Niels Zonneveld 900
13 Adam Gawlas 850
14 Sebastian Bialecki 800
15 Tomas Houdek 750
16 Owen Roelofs 700
17 Dom Taylor 700
18 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 700
19 Alec Small 650
20 Leighton Bennett 650
21 Keenan Thomas 600
22 Jacob Gwynne 600
23 Cavan Phillips 550
24 Dylan Slevin 550
25 Owen Maiden 550
26 Sam Cromwell 500
27 Oliver King 500
28 Ciaran Teehan 500
29 Fabian Schmutzler 450
30 Geert Nentjes 450
31 Maikel Verberk 400
32 Keelan Kay 400
33 Fred Box 400
34 Llew Bevan 400
35 Charlie Manby 350
36 Nathan Care 350
37 Riley Rees-Tucker 350
38 Justin Hewitt 350
39 Roman Benecky 300
40 Tom Heldt 300
41 Nathan Potter 300
42 Harry Gregory 300
43 Killian Heffernan 300
44 Joshua Richardson 300
45 Adam Howard 250
46 Alex Jacques 250
47 Morgan Scott 250
48 James Beeton 200
49 Moreno Blom 200
50 Damian Vetjens 200
51 Gillian Koehoorn 200
52 Mark Tabak 200
53 Sean McKeon 200
54 Lewis Coates 200
54 Gary Steven 200
56 Youri Brouwer 200
57 Jack Vincent 200
58 Jack Male 200
59 Jimmy Bristow 200
60 Viani Van den Bergh 200
61 Billy Bristow 150
62 Thomas Turner 150
62 Wesley Veenstra 150
64 Owen Bates 150
65 Marcel Gerdon 150
66 Craig Galliano 150
66 Mikey Rees 150
66 Bradly Roes 150
69 Coby Jones-Swanson 150
70 Damian Mol 150
71 Sam Coenders 150
72 Liam Meek 150
73 Danny Goddard 150
73 Kieron Robinson 150
75 Connor Hopkins 150
75 Kieran Peek 150
77 Lennon Cradock 100
77 Brian Fletcher 100
77 Jacob Hibbert 100
77 Ben Phillips 100
81 Cam Crabtree 100
81 Daniel Andrew Jones 100
83 Liam Blakeley 100
84 Byron Garner 100
85 Marcus Taylor 100
85 Joey de Jong 100
87 Lewis Gurney 100
87 Daniel Perry 100
87 Vinay Ramnath 100
90 Tavis Dudeney 100
91 Jakub Janaszkiewicz 100
91 Connor Pickett 100
93 Jordan Ward 100
94 Mitchell Elliott-Bailey 100
94 Jake Fewell 100
96 David Schlichting 100
97 Sean Cummins 100
97 Joshua Hermann 100
99 Chris Birch 100
99 Seppe Giebens 100
101 Cameron Anderson 50
101 Angelo Balsamo 50
101 Sebastian Bech 50
101 Dominik Gruellich 50
101 Bob Houghton 50
101 Mitchell Leeming 50
101 Joshua Lloyd 50
101 Anna Votavova 50
109 Robbie Chalmers 50
109 Ieuan Halsall 50
109 Pacey Large 50
109 Jake Neale 50
109 Jaikob Selby-Rivas 50
109 Robin Stegler 50
109 Billy Warriner 50
116 Liam Fowkes 50
116 Jamie Marten 50
116 Scott Millar 50
116 Scott Smith 50
116 Daniel Thomas 50
121 Connor Arberry 50
121 Nathan Ball 50
121 Adam Dee 50
121 Jack Dickinson 50
121 Tom Garfield 50
121 Lukas Immanuel Jensen 50
121 Harry Kelly 50
121 Jack Kerr 50
121 Sean Negrette 50
121 Katie Sheldon 50
121 Keanu van Velzen 50
132 Cole Davey 50
132 Bálint Gergely Ház 50
132 George Lynch 50
132 Luke Rutter 50
132 Freddy Still 50
132 Brynmor Thomas 50
132 Alfie Thompson 50
132 Pearce Todd 50
132 Xanti Van den Bergh 50
132 Joe Weldon 50
132 John Wightman 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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