Stefan Bellmont struck on Saturday night on the PDC
Challenge Tour. The Swiss won the fourteenth event of the season, booking his second title of the season.
Bellmont defeated Ricky Palmer (5-2), Andy Hamilton (5-0), Michael Huntley (5-2), Martin Thomas (5-3), Jimmy van Schie (5-2), Charlie Martin (5-1) and Jack Tweddell (5-4) for a spot in the final. Keegan Brown became the second finalist after victories over Charlie Kemp (5-0), Carl Wilson (5-3), Jarno Bottenberg (5-3), Ted Evetts (5-2), James Howard Hughes (5-1), Ron Meulenkamp (5-2) and Shaun Carroll (5-2).
It then did not become a high-stakes final. Bellmont threw an average of 85, compared to 79 for Brown. Nevertheless, only one break fell throughout the match. In the sixth leg, Bellmont broke his English opponent with an 18-darter and then 'Belli' won the match 5-3.
The Challenge Tour circuit is open to players who participated in the Q-School but did not win a Tour Card. Through the Challenge Tour, the highest ranked players can gain entry to the Players Championship tournaments as alternates. The top two players at the end of the season receive a PDC Tour Card and may compete in the World Darts Championship.
Results PDC Challenge Tour 14
Final
Stefan Bellmont (85.07) 5 | 3 (79.52) Keegan Brown
Semi-final
Stefan Bellmont (90.93) 5 | 4 (88.99) Jack Tweddell
Keegan Brown (83.48) 5 | 2 (75.95) Shaun Carroll
Quarterfinals
Jack Tweddell (103.25) 5 | 4 (102.02) Shane McGuirk
Stefan Bellmont (82.11) 5 | 1 (79.14) Charlie Martin
Keegan Brown (86.15) 5 | 2 (80.19) Ron Meulenkamp
Shaun Carroll (84.24) 5 | 3 (79.42) Darius Labanauskas
Last 16
Shane McGuirk (96.23) 5 | 2 (87.29) Richie Burnett
Jack Tweddell (79.32) 5 | 4 (77.69) Christian Perez
Charlie Martin (83.07) 5 | 2 (74.11) David Davies
Stefan Bellmont (85.50) 5 | 2 (79.28) Jimmy van Schie
Ron Meulenkamp (87.41) 5 | 1 (86.52) Graham Hall
Keegan Brown (79.95) 5 | 1 (81.56) James Howard Hughes
Darius Labanauskas (93.03) 5 | 2 (88.34) John O'Shea
Shaun Carroll (90.46) 5 | 3 (85.30) Stuart Wares
Last 32
Richie Burnett (94.31) 5 | 3 (84.85) Ben Robb
Shane McGuirk (83.50) 5 | 0 (74.97) Danny van Trijp
Jack Tweddell (86.79) 5 | 1 (72.48) Tom Lonsdale
Christian Perez (88.69) 5 | 3 (81.73) Carl Sneyd
Charlie Martin (82.58) 5 | 0 (71.97) Janek Hill
David Davies (101.31) 5 | 2 (89.27) Kai Fan Leung
Jimmy van Schie (85.24) 5 | 3 (86.70) Jamie Hughes
Stefan Bellmont (93.00) 5 | 3 (86.87) Martin Thomas
Ron Meulenkamp (80.86) 5 | 2 (75.00) Adrian Gray
Graham Hall (94.46) 5 | 3 (90.64) Oliver Mitchell
James Howard Hughes (87.66) 5 | 3 (75.36) Owen Maiden
Keegan Brown (91.03) 5 | 2 (87.53) Ted Evetts
John O'Shea (83.59) 5 | 2 (72.00) Nathan Care
Darius Labanauskas (78.20) 5 | 3 (78.81) Samuel Price
Shaun Carroll (84.59) 5 | 3 (82.40) Alexander Merkx
Stuart Wares (85.00) 5 | 2 (79.78) Keenan Thomas
Last 64
Richie Burnett (92.08) 5 | 3 (94.97) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Ben Robb (95.15) 5 | 2 (83.70) Scott Waites
Shane McGuirk (83.53) 5 | 1 (76.68) Dylan Dowling
Danny van Trijp (83.10) 5 | 2 (78.08) Colin Gibson
Tom Lonsdale (86.28) 5 | 3 (79.63) Nathan Girvan
Jack Tweddell (87.66) 5 | 3 (81.37) Reece Colley
Carl Sneyd (91.69) 5 | 3 (86.45) Jimmy Bristow
Christian Perez (79.80) 5 | 2 (82.75) David Sharp
Charlie Martin (74.41) 5 | 0 (65.00) Liam Kitchen
Janek Hill (78.42) 5 | 3 (81.56) Matt Gallett
Kai Fan Leung (94.54) 5 | 4 (88.69) Ultan McDyer
David Davies (86.10) 5 | 3 (82.19) James Parkin
Jimmy van Schie (93.00) 5 | 2 (91.89) Steve West
Jamie Hughes (84.90) 5 | 1 (83.15) Daniel Perry
Martin Thomas (89.29) 5 | 4 (84.72) Kevin Lane
Stefan Bellmont (86.29) 5 | 2 (85.46) Michael Huntley
Ron Meulenkamp (87.66) 5 | 4 (87.79) Henry Coates
Adrian Gray (86.57) 5 | 2 (84.38) Jacques Labre
Oliver Mitchell (99.56) 5 | 3 (81.84) Dmitriy Zhukov
Graham Hall (95.42) 5 | 2 (83.37) Trevor Burkhill
James Howard Hughes (88.26) 5 | 4 (85.52) Eddie Lovely
Owen Maiden (84.26) 5 | 4 (86.44) Conor Heneghan
Ted Evetts (98.88) 5 | 0 (74.29) Kelvin O'Keefe
Keegan Brown (84.64) 5 | 3 (77.52) Jarno Bottenberg
Nathan Care (77.08) 5 | 1 (72.80) Joe Hunt
John O'Shea (89.09) 5 | 2 (83.54) Patrick Dekker
Darius Labanauskas (88.03) 5 | 2 (84.58) David Pallett
Samuel Price (83.97) 5 | 2 (79.25) Aden Kirk
Shaun Carroll (83.80) 5 | 2 (80.58) Kevin Leadenham
Alexander Merkx (87.06) 5 | 4 (84.69) Stu Wilson
Keenan Thomas (82.92) 5 | 3 (72.81) Jimmy McKirdy
Stuart Wares (87.38) 5 | 0 (77.50) Jason Wilson
Last 128
Jeffrey Sparidaans (83.50) 5 | 0 (58.29) Ian Lever
Richie Burnett (103.58) 5 | 2 (93.97) Michael Flynn
Ben Robb (85.36) 5 | 3 (77.91) Taylor Greaves
Scott Waites (97.60) 5 | 0 (74.58) Ash Ling
Dylan Dowling (86.57) 5 | 2 (82.50) Phil Coward
Shane McGuirk (98.36) 5 | 4 (89.73) John Henderson
Danny van Trijp (80.07) 5 | 4 (77.18) Coni Singh Nagi
Colin Gibson (86.80) 5 | 1 (79.16) Chris Hurds
Tom Lonsdale (86.19) 5 | 4 (87.00) Jamai van den Herik
Nathan Girvan (81.96) 5 | 4 (83.31) Ellis Radford
Reece Colley (86.97) 5 | 1 (85.02) Karl Williams
Jack Tweddell (87.38) 5 | 0 (84.52) Marco Jungwirth
Jimmy Bristow (79.67) 5 | 2 (74.91) Simon Stothart
Carl Sneyd (95.29) 5 | 2 (86.97) Bruno Stoeckli
Christian Perez (93.75) 5 | 3 (89.39) Lee Budgen
David Sharp (84.62) 5 | 2 (78.05) Peter Burgoyne
Liam Kitchen (74.79) 5 | 4 (72.02) Andrew Hoare
Charlie Martin (82.62) 5 | 4 (80.07) Ryan Branley
Matt Gallett (80.01) 5 | 3 (77.98) Myles Avory
Janek Hill (76.72) 5 | 3 (78.13) Callum Francis
Ultan McDyer (81.05) 5 | 2 (82.27) Lee Cocks
Kai Fan Leung (80.92) 5 | 3 (77.31) Aaron Beeney
James Parkin (79.11) 5 | 0 (67.70) Gino Vermeersch
David Davies (90.54) 5 | 0 (79.44) Rowby-John Rodriguez
Steve West (80.75) 5 | 3 (84.23) Geert Nentjes
Jimmy van Schie (88.06) 5 | 2 (78.62) Scott Baker
Daniel Perry (75.43) 5 | 2 (74.80) Nathan Potter
Jamie Hughes (88.59) 5 | 2 (79.93) Tommy Morris
Martin Thomas (80.91) 5 | 2 (69.56) Jim Moston
Kevin Lane (81.27) 5 | 4 (85.99) Jason Heaver
Stefan Bellmont (84.44) 5 | 0 (66.96) Andy Hamilton
Michael Huntley (90.43) 5 | 1 (84.80) John Davey
Ron Meulenkamp (89.25) 5 | 2 (83.92) Mat Caste
Henry Coates (84.44) 5 | 0 (71.39) Paul Rowley
Jacques Labre (77.69) 5 | 4 (77.69) Marco Reichenpfader
Adrian Gray (74.08) 5 | 2 (75.26) Sietse Lap
Dmitriy Zhukov (83.75) 5 | 2 (69.18) Stephen Castle
Oliver Mitchell (85.51) 5 | 4 (77.34) David Sumner
Trevor Burkhill (82.33) 5 | 2 (74.23) Paul Mitchell
Graham Hall (87.42) 5 | 1 (80.33) Marcel Walpen
Eddie Lovely () 1 | F () Steven Harbert
James Howard Hughes (85.08) 5 | 2 (89.04) Graham Usher
Conor Heneghan (86.49) 5 | 3 (81.31) Neil Parry
Owen Maiden (80.57) 5 | 1 (73.61) Oliver Mueller (FfO)
Ted Evetts (92.11) 5 | 1 (82.63) Tim Scholz
Kelvin O'Keefe (96.87) 5 | 2 (93.00) Daniel Ayres
Jarno Bottenberg (74.55) 5 | 4 (75.60) Jamie Atkins
Keegan Brown (86.49) 5 | 3 (82.22) Carl Wilson
Nathan Care (76.54) 5 | 3 (77.69) Lee Barrow
Joe Hunt (81.40) 5 | 4 (78.21) John Part
Patrick Dekker (76.13) 5 | 3 (76.79) Danny Goddard
John O'Shea (88.18) 5 | 2 (82.42) Andrew Callary
Darius Labanauskas (94.07) 5 | 1 (95.97) Sam Spivey
David Pallett (86.91) 5 | 2 (86.00) Kevin Lowe
Aden Kirk (81.68) 5 | 0 (55.77) Mark Boardman
Samuel Price (94.04) 5 | 3 (83.04) Daniel Nicholls
Kevin Leadenham (87.30) 5 | 1 (86.05) Lee Williams
Shaun Carroll (85.16) 5 | 4 (86.80) Scott Taylor
Alexander Merkx (80.47) 5 | 4 (74.75) Sean Taylor
Stu Wilson (86.21) 5 | 3 (85.21) Ryan Palmer
Jimmy McKirdy (77.24) 5 | 1 (75.76) Tom Baughan
Keenan Thomas (76.46) 5 | 3 (75.06) Davy Robijns
Stuart Wares (92.11) 5 | 1 (81.20) Kevin Troppmann
Jason Wilson (72.64) 5 | 2 (69.95) Calvin Nicolai
Last 256
Jeffrey Sparidaans (96.35) 5 | 0 (86.83) James Waite
Richie Burnett (86.38) 5 | 0 (72.92) Sean Fisher
Michael Flynn (82.94) 5 | 1 (60.96) Serge Brisset
Ben Robb (81.68) 5 | 0 (74.10) Patrick Schwab
Ash Ling (81.07) 5 | 3 (85.84) Jarred Cole
Scott Waites (86.86) 5 | 3 (82.64) Scott Campbell
Phil Coward (87.20) 5 | 4 (83.32) Deian Roberts
Shane McGuirk (90.29) 5 | 4 (87.13) Callum Goffin
John Henderson (82.30) 5 | 1 (75.74) Andreas Harrysson
Danny van Trijp (83.90) 5 | 2 (78.93) Steve Hine
Colin Gibson (69.06) 5 | 2 (67.79) Ryan Newton
Chris Hurds (78.28) 5 | 0 (66.75) David Hill
Jamai van den Herik (97.60) 5 | 0 (86.71) Neilie Brouder
Ellis Radford (80.81) 5 | 0 (59.24) Dimitri Nees
Nathan Girvan (94.65) 5 | 2 (89.18) Charlie Manby
Karl Williams (78.02) 5 | 2 (77.03) Jonas Graversen
Marco Jungwirth (72.45) 5 | 1 (67.92) Frankie Ansell
Jack Tweddell (89.67) 5 | 3 (75.89) Charlie Symons
Jimmy Bristow (76.40) 5 | 4 (73.69) James Vanbesien
Carl Sneyd (87.33) 5 | 1 (83.66) Niels Aagaard Nielsen
Bruno Stoeckli (77.36) 5 | 2 (79.90) Colin Osborne
Lee Budgen (89.46) 5 | 0 (63.15) Andrew Cass
Christian Perez (83.48) 5 | 2 (74.66) Luke Smith
David Sharp (78.28) 5 | 0 (39.13) Jamie Foster
Peter Burgoyne (81.71) 5 | 3 (77.30) Bailey White
Liam Kitchen (70.76) 5 | 4 (70.44) Vinay Ramnath
Charlie Martin (75.19) 5 | 4 (79.47) Thomas Banks
Ryan Branley (78.57) 5 | 2 (65.50) Shane Turner
Matt Gallett (75.15) 5 | 0 (65.85) David Williams
Janek Hill (79.48) 5 | 3 (82.37) Damian Mol
Callum Francis (81.99) 5 | 2 (82.31) Dave Bayton
Ultan McDyer (72.52) 5 | 2 (70.95) Danny Trueman
Kai Fan Leung (84.17) 5 | 1 (75.52) Adam Smith-neale
Aaron Beeney (78.51) 5 | 2 (86.21) Patrick Quinn
James Parkin (91.83) 5 | 2 (89.32) Lewis Pride
David Davies (83.86) 5 | 2 (74.46) Dean Finn Forde
Rowby-John Rodriguez (86.78) 5 | 3 (81.76) Steven Watts
Steve West (90.24) 5 | 3 (85.80) Luis Camacho
Jimmy van Schie (87.73) 5 | 4 (89.74) Martin Grearson
Scott Baker (97.09) 5 | 3 (90.73) Danny Jansen
Nathan Potter (84.59) 5 | 2 (71.78) Kevin McDine
Jamie Hughes (86.38) 5 | 0 (47.04) Bradley Whitehead
Tommy Morris (87.38) 5 | 0 (57.11) Danny Moore
Martin Thomas (84.60) 5 | 4 (82.90) Matthias Ehlers
Kevin Lane (78.16) 5 | 4 (76.08) Marc Vleghert
Jason Heaver (81.68) 5 | 2 (81.25) Brian Raman
Andy Hamilton (82.35) 5 | 2 (81.10) David Evans
Stefan Bellmont (73.98) 5 | 2 (72.86) Ricky Palmer
John Davey (88.83) 5 | 3 (84.65) Adam Mould
Michael Huntley (84.44) 5 | 0 (62.56) Louis Lucas-Carter
Matt Caste (67.70) 5 | 0 (50.75) Ross Baines
Paul Rowley (84.15) 5 | 2 (76.45) Martin Tonks
Henry Coates (86.46) 5 | 2 (76.31) Jeffrey De Zwaan
Jacques Labre (88.15) 5 | 3 (76.43) Kirk De Ruyter
Adrian Gray (86.25) 5 | 1 (81.97) Derek Maclean
Sietse Lap (97.60) 5 | 0 (97.92) Beau Greaves
Stephen Castle (70.36) 5 | 4 (68.58) Jack Secular
David Sumner (78.04) 5 | 4 (74.04) Bhav Patel
Oliver Mitchell (91.96) 5 | 2 (83.45) James Green
Trevor Burkhill (82.58) 5 | 0 (78.54) Ben Adams
Graham Hall (86.53) 5 | 2 (80.61) Kyle Manton
Marcel Walpen (84.37) 5 | 3 (79.23) Ciaran Teehan
Eddie Lovely (89.94) 5 | 4 (91.84) Nicolas Thuillier
James Howard Hughes (93.13) 5 | 2 (86.92) Jonny Barnes
Graham Usher (90.54) 5 | 0 (75.04) Mervyn King
Conor Heneghan (80.90) 5 | 4 (80.31) Arno Merk
Owen Maiden (73.47) 5 | 3 (73.12) Tom Parradine
Oliver Mueller (FfO) (88.87) 5 | 2 (90.55) Ryan O'Connor
Ted Evetts (84.00) 5 | 2 (81.21) Adam Beck
Kelvin O'Keefe (68.54) 5 | 2 (61.59) Robin Bos
Daniel Ayres (86.21) 5 | 2 (80.00) Tom Sykes
Jamie Atkins (82.58) 5 | 0 (64.03) Kristian Barker
Jarno Bottenberg (72.06) 5 | 2 (69.43) Robert Nelson
Carl Wilson (95.13) 5 | 0 (75.96) Tom Riding
Keegan Brown (83.50) 5 | 0 (70.79) Charlie Kemp
Nathan Care (78.82) 5 | 3 (80.47) Steven Inkpen
John Part (71.35) 5 | 4 (75.68) Ashley Coleman
Joe Hunt (84.18) 5 | 1 (85.48) Jenson Walker
Patrick Dekker (82.58) 5 | 0 (63.73) Bruno Rangel
Andrew Callary (86.17) 5 | 1 (75.70) Remo Mandiau
John O'Shea (80.47) 5 | 4 (81.90) Jaikob Selby-Rivas
Sam Spivey (80.73) 5 | 1 (76.09) Lionel Maranhao
Kevin Lowe (74.90) 5 | 1 (71.82) Daniel Humphries
David Pallett (83.09) 5 | 3 (73.52) Geoffrey Heath
Aden Kirk (77.42) 5 | 1 (78.35) Max Baulcomb
Samuel Price (93.87) 5 | 2 (85.18) Mike Warburton
Daniel Nicholls (81.11) 5 | 1 (63.96) Tommie Coleman
Kevin Leadenham (81.68) 5 | 0 (61.14) Chi-Minh Tran
Shaun Carroll (79.27) 5 | 1 (69.71) Kevin Burness
Scott Taylor (80.07) 5 | 1 (74.31) Dan Hands
Alexander Merkx (90.65) 5 | 2 (81.36) Jurjen van der Velde
Ryan Palmer (80.46) 5 | 1 (59.83) Gary Blades
Stu Wilson (89.88) 5 | 1 (76.56) James Evans-Bradford
Tom Baughan (71.57) 5 | 0 (45.15) Laszlo B Csato
Davy Robijns (69.38) 5 | 2 (69.66) Joe Croft
Keenan Thomas (88.98) 5 | 1 (69.97) Keelan Kay
Stuart Wares (71.57) 5 | 0 (63.06) Sam Booth
Kevin Troppmann (85.40) 5 | 0 (70.52) Steve Sewell
Jason Wilson (71.62) 5 | 1 (66.07) Lee Grace
Calvin Nicolai (81.03) 5 | 1 (68.30) Paul Higgins