
On a weekend dominated by Beau Greaves, it was Stefan Bellmont that reigned supreme in the last PDC Challenge Tour event of the weekend sealing Event Five.
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It is a third Challenge Tour title for the Swiss ace who is widely considered one of the best players not to currently have a Tour Card. He defeated Danny Jansen 5-1 in the final. The Dutchman dominated last season on the Challenge Tour at times but fell away at the end.
Bellmont saw off Aden Kirk, Graham Hall, Tommy Morris in the latter stages. He joins Greaves and Carl Sneyd in sealing titles this weekend.
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The Challenge Tour ranking is based on prize money earned. At the end of the season, the numbers one and two receive an invitation to the World Darts Championship, plus a Tour Card for 2026 and 2027. In addition, there is another reward for players who do well.
The top of the standings have a chance to compete as a reserve player in the Players Championship tournaments on the PDC Pro Tour. If a Tour Card holder fails to register or cancels, the highest ranked player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit may fill in.
PDC Challenge Tour Event Five
Final
Stefan Bellmont (95.80) 5 | 1 (84.17) Danny Jansen
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Semi-Finals
Stefan Bellmont (88.42) 5 | 4 (85.98) Aden Kirk
Danny Jansen (93.50) 5 | 2 (98.01) Michael Flynn
Quarter-Finals
Aden Kirk (92.33) 5 | 2 (86.03) Chas Barstow
Stefan Bellmont (95.09) 5 | 3 (94.40) Graham Hall
Danny Jansen (90.88) 5 | 1 (82.89) Danny van Trijp
Michael Flynn (102.95) 5 | 0 (82.82) Andreas Harrysson
Last 16
Aden Kirk (84.83) 5 | 3 (87.59) Steve West
Chas Barstow (84.08) 5 | 4 (80.42) Scott Mitchell
Stefan Bellmont (87.13) 5 | 4 (90.43) Tommy Morris
Graham Hall (96.37) 5 | 3 (97.34) Daniel Klose
Danny van Trijp (87.24) 5 | 1 (83.55) Pal Szekely
Danny Jansen (84.34) 5 | 4 (83.86) Jurjen van der Velde
Andreas Harrysson (95.21) 5 | 2 (93.37) Damian Mol
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Michael Flynn (85.89) 5 | 2 (74.69) Keenan Thomas
Last 32
Steve West (85.35) 5 | 3 (72.64) Ellis Radford
Aden Kirk (90.53) 5 | 4 (87.55) Alexander Merkx
Scott Mitchell (86.10) 5 | 4 (86.20) Charlie Manby
Chas Barstow (79.02) 5 | 4 (77.98) Andrew Callary
Stefan Bellmont (80.35) 5 | 2 (83.72) Sam Spivey
Tommy Morris (89.17) 5 | 4 (79.21) Jason Wilson
Daniel Klose (103.74) 5 | 1 (88.14) Christian Perez
Graham Hall (85.40) 5 | 3 (78.91) Scott Baker
Danny van Trijp (85.35) 5 | 2 (82.52) Shane McGuirk
Pal Szekely (82.39) 5 | 1 (81.14) Christopher Wickenden
Jurjen van der Velde (86.21) 5 | 1 (85.67) Adam Gawlas
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Danny Jansen (80.54) 5 | 2 (78.10) Shane Turner
Andreas Harrysson (96.35) 5 | 0 (74.88) Oliver Mitchell
Damian Mol (84.34) 5 | 4 (89.55) Lee Williams
Michael Flynn (95.66) 5 | 2 (86.25) Brandon Weening
Keenan Thomas (93.66) 5 | 4 (90.21) Jeroen Mioch
Last 64
Ellis Radford (75.39) 5 | 2 (78.37) Keelan Kay
Steve West (89.20) 5 | 3 (78.21) Liam Kelly
Alexander Merkx (83.88) 5 | 2 (77.59) Samuel Price
Aden Kirk (73.35) 5 | 2 (70.58) Ruben Mesters
Scott Mitchell (83.78) 5 | 4 (87.83) Scott Campbell
Charlie Manby (98.27) 5 | 1 (91.95) Ryan Palmer
Chas Barstow (97.21) 5 | 2 (84.12) Kenny Neyens
Andrew Callary (82.26) 5 | 4 (86.42) Paul Rowley
Stefan Bellmont (93.94) 5 | 0 (76.36) Stefan Dees
Sam Spivey (83.74) 5 | 3 (90.38) Dmitriy Zhukov
Tommy Morris (79.01) 5 | 2 (78.24) Darren Armstrong
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Jason Wilson (82.82) 5 | 3 (80.21) Scott Taylor
Christian Perez (98.07) 5 | 2 (92.13) Steve Haggerty
Daniel Klose (89.69) 5 | 2 (94.96) Vitezslav Sedlak
Graham Hall (92.20) 5 | 2 (84.92) Richie Burnett
Scott Baker (78.75) 5 | 4 (83.14) Romeo Grbavac
Danny van Trijp (80.45) 5 | 2 (77.31) Eddie Lovely
Shane McGuirk (86.38) 5 | 0 (79.41) Michael Busscher
Pal Szekely (73.47) 5 | 2 (69.34) Gary Blades
Christopher Wickenden (89.68) 5 | 3 (93.69) Graham Usher
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Jurjen van der Velde (92.88) 5 | 3 (97.36) Davy Proosten
Adam Gawlas (90.86) 5 | 2 (81.57) Ashley Coleman
Danny Jansen (90.41) 5 | 2 (90.54) Kevin Burness
Shane Turner (83.48) 5 | 2 (75.32) Jamie Rollinson
Oliver Mitchell (81.43) 5 | 4 (82.35) Peter Burgoyne
Andreas Harrysson (96.27) 5 | 3 (80.52) Andy Hamilton
Damian Mol (83.09) 5 | 2 (81.85) Matthew Hall
Lee Williams (78.28) 5 | 0 (74.80) Ultan McDyer
Michael Flynn (84.15) 5 | 4 (80.30) Anton Ostlund
Brandon Weening (86.57) 5 | 3 (86.34) Callum Francis
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Jeroen Mioch (84.65) 5 | 3 (86.93) Franz Roetzsch
Keenan Thomas (88.17) 5 | 3 (82.44) Ricardo Ham
Last 128
Ellis Radford (71.98) 5 | 4 (69.30) Ian Lever
Keelan Kay (82.90) 5 | 4 (84.42) Arno Merk
Steve West (86.37) 5 | 3 (74.70) Carlo van Peer
Liam Kelly (75.91) 5 | 0 (67.76) Ricky Palmer
Samuel Price (70.77) 5 | 4 (70.79) Mason Whitlock
Alexander Merkx (92.45) 5 | 2 (83.92) Colin Osborne
Ruben Mesters (74.21) 5 | 1 (74.81) Fallon Sherrock
Aden Kirk (80.61) 5 | 2 (79.16) Geert Nentjes
Scott Mitchell (91.16) 5 | 1 (81.98) Daniel Nicholls
Scott Campbell (88.79) 5 | 1 (89.56) Ted Evetts
Ryan Palmer (82.49) 5 | 1 (68.45) Donny Scheurwater
Charlie Manby (95.16) 5 | 4 (83.32) Jimmy van Schie
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Chas Barstow (76.40) 5 | 4 (80.02) Ryan Branley
Kenny Neyens (83.96) 5 | 4 (82.21) Reece Colley
Paul Rowley (92.39) 5 | 2 (82.96) David Sumner
Andrew Callary (81.90) 5 | 2 (80.64) Matthew Dicken
Stefan Bellmont (79.95) 5 | 0 (67.79) Tom Parradine
Stefan Dees (79.26) 5 | 4 (78.47) Michael Huntley
Dmitriy Zhukov (77.33) 5 | 4 (81.53) Brandon Richardson
Sam Spivey (85.75) 5 | 4 (79.96) Steve Hine
Tommy Morris (95.81) 5 | 2 (81.99) Nathan Care
Darren Armstrong (77.59) 5 | 3 (74.63) Geoffrey Heath
Jason Wilson (85.15) 5 | 1 (67.26) Travis Baur
Scott Taylor (86.38) 5 | 0 (76.79) Rohan Brouwers
Christian Perez (92.78) 5 | 0 (85.76) James Bailey
Steve Haggerty (79.57) 5 | 1 (77.68) Maurice Gutgesell
Vitezslav Sedlak (87.47) 5 | 2 (90.31) Mark McGeeney
Daniel Klose (79.38) 5 | 2 (74.81) Jim Walker
Graham Hall (92.72) 5 | 1 (73.12) Joe Croft
Richie Burnett (81.63) 5 | 1 (79.22) James Parkin
Scott Baker (86.49) 5 | 3 (81.22) Owen Maiden
Romeo Grbavac (85.40) 5 | 0 (73.29) Scott Walters
Eddie Lovely (86.42) 5 | 2 (83.41) Beau Greaves
Danny van Trijp (84.25) 5 | 2 (82.70) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Shane McGuirk (88.79) 5 | 3 (82.09) Tommy Lishman
Michael Busscher (79.42) 5 | 2 (74.81) Craig Watkins
Pal Szekely (80.19) 5 | 1 (71.53) Kyle Richardson
Gary Blades (90.03) 5 | 2 (85.00) Lee Grace
Graham Usher (84.59) 5 | 4 (81.57) Patrick Dekker
Christopher Wickenden (83.22) 5 | 4 (84.34) Kevin Troppmann
Jurjen van der Velde (96.39) 5 | 2 (82.44) Kevin Leadenham
Davy Proosten (87.81) 5 | 3 (75.76) Tom Lonsdale
Adam Gawlas (98.86) 5 | 4 (94.80) Riccardo Castelli
Ashley Coleman (79.50) 5 | 1 (74.89) Sean Fisher
Danny Jansen (76.11) 5 | 2 (71.80) Patrick Klingelhoefer
Kevin Burness (85.86) 5 | 3 (82.66) Kevin Lane
Shane Turner (84.60) 5 | 3 (78.18) Patrick Quinn
Jamie Rollinson (79.68) 5 | 4 (84.56) Frankie Ansell
Oliver Mitchell (73.06) 5 | 3 (71.00) David Hill
Peter Burgoyne (82.16) 5 | 2 (82.05) Chris Hurds
Andy Hamilton (86.34) 5 | 3 (85.81) Jim Moston
Andreas Harrysson (94.74) 5 | 3 (82.82) Neil Parry
Matthew Hall (74.09) 5 | 3 (74.71) David Schlichting
Damian Mol (100.20) 5 | 0 (70.46) Callum Goffin
Lee Williams (79.11) 5 | 0 (69.10) Mark Dudbridge
Ultan McDyer (76.03) 5 | 2 (67.17) Richard Wagenaar
Michael Flynn (88.38) 5 | 1 (72.64) Karl Williams
Anton Ostlund (78.81) 5 | 3 (77.73) Dylan Dowling
Brandon Weening (78.51) 5 | 4 (70.40) Jack Mayoh
Callum Francis (85.62) 5 | 2 (78.58) Lee Cocks
Jeroen Mioch (80.98) 5 | 4 (85.78) Damian Vetjens
Franz Roetzsch (90.62) 5 | 2 (95.26) Jamie Atkins
Keenan Thomas (78.45) 5 | 3 (80.75) Luis Camacho
Ricardo Ham (76.31) 5 | 4 (83.37) Shaun Carroll
Last 256
Ian Lever (65.25) 5 | 4 (62.56) Calvin Nicolai
Ellis Radford (79.87) 5 | 4 (79.05) Ryan Furness
Keelan Kay (75.71) 5 | 4 (76.30) Lee Barrow
Arno Merk (76.20) 5 | 3 (73.24) Sebastian Fey
Carlo van Peer (78.08) 5 | 3 (65.79) Steven Paesschesoone
Steve West (87.44) 5 | 4 (89.57) John O'Shea
Ricky Palmer (71.57) 5 | 0 (49.40) Alexander Elia
Liam Kelly (92.78) 5 | 0 (77.81) Tom Baughan
Samuel Price (86.88) 5 | 4 (83.60) Thomas Banks
Mason Whitlock (80.60) 5 | 1 (72.43) Nathan Potter
Alexander Merkx (81.50) 5 | 4 (75.60) David Jeske
Colin Osborne (87.82) 5 | 1 (81.61) Justin Bradshaw
Fallon Sherrock (77.65) 5 | 4 (77.13) Daniel Astbury
Ruben Mesters (73.68) 5 | 0 (63.06) Michael Rosenauer
Geert Nentjes (88.86) 5 | 1 (89.23) Tim Scholz
Aden Kirk (81.68) 5 | 0 (68.00) Conor Heneghan
Scott Mitchell (76.98) 5 | 1 (76.47) Jeroen Caron
Daniel Nicholls (77.90) 5 | 3 (77.71) Brian Raman
Scott Campbell (86.63) 5 | 4 (82.63) Martin Grearson
Ted Evetts (88.67) 5 | 1 (87.96) Nathan Girvan
Ryan Palmer (82.45) 5 | 2 (67.60) Davy Robijns
Donny Scheurwater (76.11) 5 | 1 (72.31) James Green
Jimmy van Schie (83.49) 5 | 3 (75.92) Remo Mandiau
Charlie Manby (85.95) 5 | 4 (82.45) Jeremy Fagg
Ryan Branley (86.38) 5 | 0 (75.52) Maximilian Nirschl
Chas Barstow (81.80) 5 | 3 (83.46) David Pallett
Kenny Neyens (75.73) 5 | 4 (77.05) Kirk De Ruyter
Reece Colley (69.11) 5 | 4 (69.68) Phil Coward
David Sumner (84.53) 5 | 2 (74.33) Simon Stothart
Paul Rowley (94.12) 5 | 1 (79.43) Deian Roberts
Matthew Dicken (63.99) 5 | 1 (51.22) Andreas Houf
Andrew Callary (85.03) 5 | 4 (85.84) Ryan O'Connor
Stefan Bellmont (87.27) 5 | 1 (80.03) Vinay Ramnath
Tom Parradine (73.32) 5 | 3 (75.58) Paul Higgins
Michael Huntley (77.86) 5 | 2 (69.28) Lukasz Waclawski
Stefan Dees (78.84) 5 | 1 (68.89) Maikel Kustermans
Dmitriy Zhukov (72.44) 5 | 4 (73.94) Jurgen Nuijten
Brandon Richardson (96.15) 5 | 4 (97.49) Ryan Harrington
Steve Hine (76.70) 5 | 2 (68.14) Steven Inkpen
Sam Spivey (75.28) 5 | 1 (76.09) Robert Nelson
Nathan Care (92.91) 5 | 4 (94.66) Michael Unterbuchner
Tommy Morris (89.38) 5 | 1 (87.53) Jamai van den Herik
Darren Armstrong (94.10) 5 | 2 (84.68) Aaron Beeney
Geoffrey Heath (72.33) 5 | 3 (69.06) David Williams
Jason Wilson (84.00) 5 | 1 (78.71) Nicholas Ellis
Travis Baur (68.32) 5 | 0 (53.89) Andrew Sanderson
Scott Taylor (79.35) 5 | 4 (72.82) Chris Fidler
Rohan Brouwers (84.20) 5 | 3 (77.18) Joshua Hermann
Christian Perez (92.95) 5 | 4 (88.21) Lewis Pride
James Bailey (74.41) 5 | 0 (66.34) Kevin Knopf
Steve Haggerty (88.43) 5 | 4 (85.82) Gilbert van der Meijden
Maurice Gutgesell (85.93) 5 | 1 (77.42) Carl Sneyd
Mark McGeeney (95.36) 5 | 1 (74.09) Jaikob Selby-Rivas
Vitezslav Sedlak (80.75) 5 | 2 (77.71) Gabriel Rollo
Jim Walker (80.84) 5 | 4 (78.15) Sean McKeon
Daniel Klose (91.61) 5 | 2 (91.24) Tom Sykes
Joe Croft (94.13) 5 | 4 (90.39) Luke Smith
Graham Hall (92.29) 5 | 2 (87.35) Kai Fan Leung
James Parkin (77.63) 5 | 1 (74.94) Sergio Krassen
Richie Burnett (80.86) 5 | 2 (70.00) Ash Ling
Scott Baker (80.62) 5 | 4 (81.36) James Vanbesien
Owen Maiden (82.73) 5 | 2 (78.28) David Davies
Scott Walters (68.27) 5 | 4 (62.44) Stephen Castle
Romeo Grbavac (83.50) 5 | 0 (82.10) Patrick Tringler
Beau Greaves (92.55) 5 | 3 (80.74) Stu Wilson
Eddie Lovely (87.38) 5 | 0 (78.71) Jan Dueckers
Jeffrey Sparidaans (90.82) 5 | 3 (89.26) Jack Tweddell
Danny van Trijp (81.14) 5 | 4 (76.86) Xanti Van den Bergh
Shane McGuirk (93.94) 5 | 0 (77.62) Mat Caste
Tommy Lishman (92.18) 5 | 1 (86.65) Trevor Burkhill
Craig Watkins (62.45) 5 | 2 (64.20) Rob Holroyd
Michael Busscher (74.50) 5 | 4 (66.39) Josh Newton
Kyle Richardson (76.89) 5 | 2 (66.84) Mark Boardman
Pal Szekely (77.93) 5 | 2 (77.64) Dan Hands
Lee Grace (71.76) 5 | 1 (70.24) Joe Hunt
Gary Blades (79.30) 5 | 4 (79.60) Adrian Gray
Patrick Dekker (76.20) 5 | 4 (78.69) Kevin McDine
Graham Usher (87.55) 5 | 4 (89.11) Carl Wilson
Kevin Troppmann (87.67) 5 | 1 (81.84) Nicolas Thuillier
Christopher Wickenden (91.24) 5 | 2 (79.39) Ciaran Teehan
Jurjen van der Velde (85.36) 5 | 2 (69.83) Jack Vincent
Kevin Leadenham (77.93) 5 | 3 (82.69) Scott Waites
Davy Proosten (89.88) 5 | 1 (83.97) Sebastian Steyer
Tom Lonsdale (83.44) 5 | 1 (79.95) Nick Hijmans
Riccardo Castelli (71.54) 5 | 3 (67.56) Lee Andrews
Adam Gawlas (99.30) 5 | 2 (84.39) Charlie Martin
Sean Fisher (72.96) 5 | 0 (59.18) James Evans-Bradford
Ashley Coleman (85.63) 5 | 3 (88.61) Jarred Cole
Patrick Klingelhoefer (83.93) 5 | 2 (75.56) Marcel Walpen
Danny Jansen (76.82) 5 | 2 (66.90) Adam Mould
Kevin Lane (83.50) 5 | 0 (63.14) Ronnie Rickner
Kevin Burness (86.38) 5 | 0 (71.26) Paul Mitchell
Shane Turner (84.42) 5 | 1 (81.90) Jason Heaver
Patrick Quinn (82.58) 5 | 0 (57.73) Craig Searle
Jamie Rollinson (69.58) 5 | 0 (40.11) Benjamin Allen
Frankie Ansell (86.57) 5 | 4 (88.80) Jarno Bottenberg
Oliver Mitchell (74.12) 5 | 2 (75.11) Ieuan Halsall
David Hill (67.03) 5 | 1 (60.67) Danny Moore
Peter Burgoyne (87.95) 5 | 1 (64.91) Justin Giles
Chris Hurds (74.31) 5 | 4 (73.16) Simon Whitlock
Andy Hamilton (90.54) 5 | 0 (71.64) Boris Nowak
Jim Moston (83.98) 5 | 3 (80.76) Adam Smith-Neale
Neil Parry (64.96) 5 | 1 (59.91) Bradley Aldous
Andreas Harrysson (93.94) 5 | 0 (82.48) Kelvin O'Keefe
David Schlichting (70.43) 5 | 4 (73.93) Dean Finn Forde
Matthew Hall (73.82) 5 | 1 (66.27) Karl Coleman
Callum Goffin (102.14) 5 | 1 (79.55) Sietse Lap
Damian Mol (95.87) 5 | 1 (84.33) Pat Scurfield
Lee Williams (80.46) 5 | 4 (65.42) Jimmy McKirdy
Mark Dudbridge (79.32) 5 | 3 (76.28) Max Baulcomb
Richard Wagenaar (70.16) 5 | 1 (66.52) Louis Lucas-Carter
Ultan McDyer (84.32) 5 | 2 (79.03) Neilie Brouder
Michael Flynn (91.65) 5 | 0 (61.00) Tommie Coleman
Karl Williams (61.44) 5 | 3 (60.20) Nick Cocks
Dylan Dowling (75.11) 5 | 3 (79.39) Jamie Durrant
Anton Ostlund (80.62) 5 | 2 (86.77) John Brown
Brandon Weening (93.94) 5 | 0 (70.44) Erik Meulenmeesters
Jack Mayoh (78.87) 5 | 4 (80.06) Darius Labanauskas
Lee Cocks (78.26) 5 | 3 (88.70) Mark Challenger
Callum Francis (79.02) 5 | 1 (62.30) Bruno Rangel
Jeroen Mioch (70.11) 5 | 4 (66.34) Gino Vermeersch
Damian Vetjens (79.11) 5 | 1 (70.94) Michael Barnard
Jamie Atkins (73.68) 5 | 0 (65.75) Robin Smees
Franz Roetzsch (82.01) 5 | 2 (67.93) Charlie Kemp
Luis Camacho (73.38) 5 | 3 (72.43) Martin Tonks
Keenan Thomas (87.38) 5 | 0 (73.10) Kristian Barker
Shaun Carroll (83.39) 5 | 1 (71.91) Derk Telnekes
Ricardo Ham (87.10) 5 | 2 (81.26) Ricardo Ulrich
Last 512
Liam Kelly (93.54) 5 | 4 (91.37) Danny Trueman
Colin Osborne (78.66) 5 | 1 (62.07) Steven Harbert
Conor Heneghan (75.54) 5 | 1 (73.21) Arjan Konterman
Ted Evetts (86.45) 5 | 2 (86.16) Mervyn King
Charlie Manby (94.61) 5 | 1 (69.38) Petros Christodoulou
Reece Colley (67.38) 5 | 3 (69.64) Tom Riding
Andrew Callary (80.48) 5 | 2 (70.44) David Carr
Sam Spivey (89.81) 5 | 1 (82.57) David Evans
David Williams (67.63) 5 | 4 (67.18) Alfie Smith
Rohan Brouwers (82.67) 5 | 4 (85.65) Henry Coates
Carl Sneyd (87.82) 5 | 1 (72.18) Danny Van Klompenburg
Tom Sykes (90.54) 5 | 0 (81.58) Steven Beasley
Ash Ling (72.28) 5 | 4 (68.12) Matthias Dietrich
Patrick Tringler (89.05) 5 | 4 (87.50) John Henderson
Josh Newton (56.40) 5 | 1 (57.67) Niels Aagaard Nielsen
Adrian Gray (85.41) 5 | 4 (87.16) Daniel Ayres
Christopher Wickenden (78.69) 5 | 2 (79.85) Jeffrey De Zwaan
Nick Hijmans (69.56) 5 | 1 (64.06) Jonas Graversen
Ashley Coleman (79.04) 5 | 2 (77.65) Keith O'Neill
Kevin Burness (82.78) 5 | 3 (78.45) Bailey White
Frankie Ansell (77.86) 5 | 2 (75.49) Adam Beck
Chris Hurds (83.12) 5 | 2 (75.77) Charlie Symons
Andreas Harrysson (100.20) 5 | 0 (71.21) Danny Goddard
Damian Mol (83.50) 5 | 0 (64.07) Rubin de Veth
Ultan McDyer (74.68) 5 | 2 (71.53) Janek Hill
John Brown (82.93) 5 | 4 (81.08) Lee Budgen
Callum Francis (77.70) 5 | 2 (77.72) Massimo Dante
Franz Roetzsch (85.50) 5 | 2 (77.13) Conor Roberts
Ricardo Ulrich (86.13) 5 | 1 (80.01) Joseph Bridle
BELLMONT BAGS EVENT FIVE! 🏆🇨🇭
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 19, 2025
Switzerland’s Stefan Bellmont rounds off the opening weekend of 2025 Winmau Challenge Tour action with Event Five success, sealed with a 5-1 thumping of Dutch star Danny Jansen! pic.twitter.com/tsOMjEBbgO

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- And why should he listen to you?Deduce635807-11-2026
- Ultimately it is a bye for whoever draws Barney. It will be another stroppy and sulky performance once he goes behind. Barney was excellent but really must completely call it a day now.richieburnettrocks07-11-2026
- I'm disappointed he was not able to secure a spot at the Grand Slam. With Carl Sneyd taking care of Daryl Gurney, he would have had to beat Andy Boulton before facing the winner of Sneyd vs Mensur Suljović for a Grand Slam spot. Unfortunately, after beating Filip Bereza comfortably, he succumbed to Boulton, and the board would ultimately be won by the highly inconsistent Carl Sneyd. Since he could instead have been drawn against the likes of Cristo Reyes, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Stephen Bunting, I think once Gurney was out of the picture he would have been favourite to win his board, and it seems like a massive missed opportunity to put 5 grand on his ranking and seal another major TV appearance ahead of the Worlds. The highs and lows of following Raymond van Barneveld!Deduce635806-11-2026
- Probably i will receive a lot of backlash and hate for this reaction, but well, so be it. I am more than sick and tired of those lies of you Barry Hearn. How dare you defend yourself over the back of Fallon’s son! He has a disability and not an illness, so let me correct that for you! I know because I have the exact same disability. I have tried to reach out to Fallon in the past, and offered her to help her and her son, because I was struggling with the same problems, and I understood the boy. I wanted him to have finally someone who understood him. However she told me that she did not want my help, and I have respected Fallon’s choice. I have never asked Fallon for money. They don’t need money in that case. I only ever wanted the best for Fallon and Rory, but I have to be honest about the situation. Fallon should tell the true story and not be forced to tell lies. I don’t hate Fallon, and I don’t begrudge or envy a single penny that she gets, but this situation/case is just not fair. I hate the lies and the dishonesty and injustice. I don’t want Fallon to be hated because there is an unfair disadvantage created. Don’t proclaim your false lies over the back of Rory! I only stand for integrity and justice. I am precisely the one who always sticks up for Fallon. And you don't, you don't give a damn about them. You were never there for them, and now you only want to save your own position! You are just trying to talk your way out of your own bad behavior at the expense of someone with a disability. And to Fallon, I don’t know if this may ever reach you, and you read it, but I want you to know I love you and I love your son Rory very much, I am sorry how things developed and went. I hope you and Harriet are still friends. I am sorry if I were too persistent to you, or you experienced it that way, but it was never my intention. Please understand I have autism as well. As Barry Hearn would say, I am only just a human being too, and I also make mistakes and misjudge things sometimes. I promise you I did everything out of the deepest love and care for you and Rory. If I were you, I should just keep all the money, only please never be dishonest or tell lies anymore for Barry Hearn, or anyone else. I hope you have the best life, and I wish nothing more than the best for you. I have always loved the two of you. Farewell.Hiddo05-11-2026
- She is a professional. If darts is her income, she is a professional. Same as Adrian Lewis, Martin Adams. A tour card just means someone can play on the PDC tour. You could even make a case that Clayton wasn't a professional (until recently I believe) because he had employment elsewhere.BandB04-11-2026
- She's technically not a professional though as she doesn't hold a pro tour card.mr-pablo04-11-2026
- Such a shame that lakeside has been reduced to this. Fantastic venue,and previously a great tournament. Not any morerick6703-11-2026
- Seems to me that the top 16 players pick and choose whatever they want to play. Good,all the money will get spread out more. They get more money from exhibitions than tournaments so let them all withdrawrick6703-11-2026
- Play all legs and the winners split the pot. Luke gets the lot of he wins them all. If your occupation is darts player you can't enter, regardless of ability.BandB01-11-2026
- I'm quite a jaded person all things considered, but to be honest I found Beat Luke Littler to be pretty entertaining. It certainly wasn't seamless, which is to be expected given the lack of precedence, but I actually think the pacing was pretty good, the production was impressive, and there was a good sense of humour and levity to it. I think it was a very ambitious undertaking but one that, for the most part, paid off. I liked the system with the four pots and I think it added to the drama and intrigue. I enjoyed seeing the diverse range of entrants and learning about their backstories. I think the interactivity was pretty clever and well-integrated. The panel was a little incoherent at times; Lee Mack shone however, and his improvisational skills were appreciated during some more awkward interstitial moments. As far as the darts is concerned, it was a shame that the format didn't allow Littler to get into full flow. You obviously don't want him to steamroll everyone but you want to feel like you're getting the full Littler package rather than seeing him struggling to get out of first gear. I will say that his leg against Jayden Walker was very impressive, but it was mostly downhill from there. The attraction revolves around Littler being this untouchable, indomitable force, yet the format doesn't really allow him to fulfil that characterisation. As for Fallon Sherrock, she was mightily impressive and deserved the victory. It is a testament to her unshakeable character that she was able to bang in a 14-darter under such mind-bending pressure. Everything that has been said about the misleading marketing is valid, though they were clear about their eligibility criteria and were able to offload the responsibility somewhat by bringing the viewers into the decision-making process in real time. What is clear though, is that Fallon played the game according to the rules, and she should not be criticised for that, much less abused. I will admit though that it is a kick in the teeth for those true amateurs who committed time and money to the course, and I would also question those who think pub players would have no chance, given that some of Littler's winning legs were dispatched in 7 visits to the board! The great thing about darts is that it isn't so much that amateurs cannot replicate the feats of brilliance pulled off by professionals of the sport, than it is that they simply cannot replicate the consistency of their output, something that this format almost entirely removes from the equation. It should also be noted that, financially, Fallon certainly stands to benefit much less in relative terms from the paycheque than would your average pub thrower, as I'm sure she nets a fair income from the lucrative exhibition circuit alone. What I do hope is that she might use this as an opportunity to really build up a head of steam heading into the new season, as it seems long overdue that she come through Q-School and really take it to the pros on a week-in week-out basis, but whatever she chooses to do, she has certainly achieved enough already for one if not several lifetimes, so who am I to dictate terms? To conclude though, I will state once again that I found Beat Luke Littler to be a pretty enjoyable evening of entertainment. I do feel for the contestants who never actually had the chance to try their luck against the world #1, although I suppose it comes with the format, but all which inevitably raises the question: will Netflix be tempted to do it all again next year? It's hard to say. Whether it would be financially viable, I can't weigh in there. One point I have been making though, and which I touched on earlier, is that the entire concept relies on a public perception that Littler is more or less unbeatable, and that certainly hasn't been the case of late. If the execs had been trying to pitch the show in recent months while Littler has seemed vulnerable, rather than when he was mopping up almost every major title on the calendar, it would certainly be a tougher sell. We will have to see in about 6 months' time whether Littler can still reliably command perception as a near-unstoppable force in darts, and then we'll have a clearer idea about whether we should expect a second helping. Even as a one-off experiment though, and with all the controversy taken into account, I still don't think they disgraced themselves by any means, and that will probably be my lingering assessment of the event when all is said and done.Deduce635801-11-2026





