The opening weekend of action has been completed at the PDC UK Development Tour with Dom Taylor leaving well placed at the top of the Order of Merit.
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Taylor claimed only one title to sit on £5,050 but also reached three further finals consecutively to stake his claim.
'The Tower' finished ahead of Liam Meek, Keelan Kay, Nathan Rafferty, Bradley Brooks and Reece Colley who all won tournaments.
Ted Evetts was the best of the rest sitting 7th with £1,600 which is now surprise given 'Super Ted's consistency on the Challenge Tour in recent years.
The tour is open to players between the ages of 16 and 23, provided they are not in the top-32 of the regular world ranking on January 4, 2021 and it is split between UK and European due to Coronavirus.
The Development Tour ranking is based on the prize money won. At the end of the season, the winners of both rankings (European and British Development Tour) will receive an invitation to the upcoming Grand Slam of Darts, the World Darts Championship and a Tour Card for 2022 and 2023.
PDC UK Development Tour Order of Merit
1 Dom Taylor £5,050
2 Liam Meek £3,450
3 Keelan Kay £2,850
4 Nathan Rafferty £2,750
5 Bradley Brooks £2,700
6 Reece Colley £2,500
7 Ted Evetts £1,600
8 Cameron Anderson £1,500
9 Daniel Perry £1,350
10 Jack Male £1,300
11 Joshua Richardson £1,100
12 Conor Heneghan £1,050
13 Keane Barry £1,000
14 Alex Jacques £900
15 Nathan Girvan £900
16 Lewis Williams £850
17 Jarred Cole £750
18 Connor Hopkins £750
19 Lewis Gurney £750
20 Jordan Boyce £650
21 Justin Smith £650
22 Craig Galliano £650
23 Fred Box £650
24 Owen Maiden £600
25 Harry Jackson £600
26 Joe Davis £550
27 Lewis McGuigan £550
28 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £550
29 Adam Dee £550
30 Oliver King £500
31 Jim Moston £500
32 John Brown £500
33 Bradley Coltman £500
34 Lennon Cradock £450
35 William Blackwell £450
36 Justin Hewitt £450
37 Nathan Care £400
38 Adam Paxton £400
39 Christopher Holt £400
40 Jake Fewell £400
41 Kieron Robinson £400
42 Kyle Macleod £400
43 Rory Jolly £400
44 Benjamin Smith £400
45 Rhys Griffin £350
46 Connor Pickett £350
47 Jacob Gwynne £350
48 Tom Garfield £350
49 Kalem Marsh £350
50 Andrew Cass £350
51 Jack Dickinson £350
52 Leighton Calder £350
53 Ben West £300
54 Brandon Western £300
55 Connor Beasley £300
56 Joe Usher £300
57 James Beeton £300
58 Jordan Ward £300
59 Connor Arberry £300
60 Katie Sheldon £250
61 Lee Lok Yin £250
62 Tyler Radlett £250
63 Ryan Payne £250
64 Lewis Coates £250
65 Tavis Dudeney £250
66 Daniel Jones £250
67 Nathan Potter £250
68 Coby Jones-Swanson £250
69 Joshua Lloyd £250
70 Tom Dawson £250
71 Sean Negrette £250
72 Lewis Pride £250
73 Sam Aitkens £200
74 Harry Gregory £200
75 Bradley Timlin £200
76 Charlie Wiles £200
77 Jamie Marten £200
78 Liam Hill £200
79 Charlie Symons £200
80 Billy Warriner £150
81 Mikey Rees £150
82 Liam Fowkes £150
83 Kai Haddock £150
84 Kieran Hoare £150
85 Cameron Crabtree £150
86 George Lynch £150
87 Owen Bates £150
88 Thomas Heggie £150
89 Daniel Castle £150
90 Jack Vincent £150
91 Ben McCaffery £100
92 James Green £100
93 Shane Weeks £100
94 Daniel Maystone £100
95 Lee Tyrer £100
96 Mitchell Leeming £100
97 Callum Dudding £100
98 Ryan Oakley £100
99 Ben Duncan £100
100 Harry Kelly £100
101 Daniel Thomas £100
102 Pacey Large £100
103 Jimmy Bristow £100
104 John Wightman £100
105 Spencer Brown £100
106 David Johnson £100
107 Scott Millar £100
108 Jack Sargeant £100
109 Luke Rutter £100
110 Callum Loose £100
111 Danny Key £100
112 Gary Steven £50
113 Ieuan Halsall £50
114 Keegan Charlton £50
115 Jacob Hibbert £50
116 Reece Pauling £50
117 Ryan Lowndes £50
118 Anthony Doherty £50
119 Jack Kerr £50
120 Carter Guiney £50
121 Freddie Francis £50
122 Nathan Boon £50
123 Ryan Humphrey £50
124 Scot Heggie £50
125 Jack Boardman £50
126 Kyran Jones £50
127 Sean Cummins £50
128 Charlie Green £50
129 James O'Toole £50
130 Joe Higgins £50
131 Joe Weldon £50
132 Leighton Smith-Raynes £50
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