The first phase of the PDC Home Tour is edging towards it's conclusion with Night 26 set to feature for the first time, players who have been given a second chance to qualify including Steve Brown and Conan Whitehead.
101 players out of the 128 replied to the
PDC Home Tour invitation accepting it and barring a few who haven't played due to scheduling issues, all players have now taken part so the top players from previous groups who haven't qualified will get a chance to do so.
Among them will be Steve 'Bomber' Brown, a former PDC ranking winner who impressed during his group but it was a group which saw Nathan Aspinall win through.
Conan Whitehead will also return.
'The Barbarian's campaign was one which saw him lead at the halfway stage but have a result taken away from him due to Keegan Brown's internet problems. This meant that a three player tournament was essentially set up which was won by Max Hopp and Whitehead as a result gets his second chance to win through.
As do
Mike de Decker and
Martin Atkins who both played well in their respective groups and will be hoping that second time's the charm on Tuesday night.
Every evening, the four players will each face off; with each match being the best of nine legs. This group stage lasts 32 days with that amount of players set to reach the next round to play it out from there to crown a winner. All players have webcams set up in their houses and say their scores out loud; to make sure that they can be inputted correctly without any cheating taking place.
With each night’s action commencing at 1930 BST, darts commentator Dan Dawson will be on hand to talk through proceedings; which will also include live score graphics on screen.
All PDC Home Tour action will be broadcast live
on PDCTV for free to all registered PDCTV users; regardless of whether you have a paid or free membership.
In addition all live-scores can be followed
on DartConnect; with match statistics being available after every match.
PDC Home Tour schedule
Tuesday, May 12,
Group 26
19:30 Conan Whitehead v
Steve Brown 19:55 Mike De Decker v Martin Atkins
20:20 Steve Brown v Martin Atkins
20:45 Conan Whitehead v Mike De Decker
21:10 Mike De Decker v Steve Brown
21:35 Martin Atkins v Conan Whitehead