
Two more events remain this year on the Challenge Tour with a tense conclusion set in the race for a coveted Tour Card.
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Leading that race is Callan Rydz. A winner on Saturday which brought him close to securing a place in the top two with £6,200.
Jesus Noguera is currently taking the second Tour Card but is only £150 ahead of Cameron Menzies.
Menzies has had a horrific weekend though in the context of his year. He lost early twice yesterday and has a lot of work still to do in order to claim a Tour Card at least.
Stephen Burton and Boris Koltsov remain in contention but especially for the latter, he is likely out of it.
The former hasn’t been at his best on the secondary tour for a while but could recapture his form when it matters to push the top three.
Overall we are very much set for a thrilling end to the Challenge Tour season with a tense couple of hours in Wigan.
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PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit after 18 events
1 Callan Rydz £6,200
2 Jesus Noguera £5,850
3 Cameron Menzies £5,700
4 Stephen Burton £5,300
5 Boris Koltsov £4,900
6 Cody Harris £4,550
7 Berry van Peer £4,350
8 Andy Jenkins £4,300
9 Patrick Lynskey £4,100
10 Ritchie Edhouse £3,800
11 Nathan Rafferty £3,100
12 Andrew Gilding £3,050
13 Nick Fullwell £3,000
14 Scott Taylor £2,700
15 Kyle McKinstry £2,650
16 David Evans £2,650
17 Darren Beveridge £2,500
18 Dave Prins £2,450
19 Shaun Carroll £2,400
20 Ciaran Teehan £2,000
21 Justin Smith £2,000
22 Wessel Nijman £2,000
23 Kevin Garcia £1,950
24 Dennis Nilsson £1,850
25 Mark Walsh £1,650
26 Arjan Konterman £1,600
27 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £1,500
28 Adam Huckvale £1,450
29 Jason Wilson £1,400
30 Shane McGuirk £1,350
31 Matthew Dennant £1,350
32 David Ladley £1,350
33 Jason Askew £1,350
34 Patrick van den Boogaard £1,350
35 Christopher Bent £1,300
36 Martin Atkins (Wigan) £1,300
37 Wes Newton £1,250
38 Curtis Hammond £1,250
39 Eddie Lovely £1,250
40 Steve Hine £1,250
41 Rhys Griffin £1,200
42 Paul Rowley £1,200
43 Andy Chalmers £1,200
44 Diogo Portela £1,150
45 Mick Todd £1,150
46 Danny van Trijp £1,100
47 William Borland £1,050
48 Barry Lynn £1,050
49 Mareno Michels £1,050
50 Aden Kirk £1,000
51 Colin Osborne £1,000
52 Mark Frost £950
53 John Bowles £950
54 Darren Johnson £950
55 Peter Mitchell £900
56 Stuart Kellett £850
57 Mark Barilli £850
58 Dafydd Edwards £850
59 Simon Preston £850
60 Lukasz Sawicki £800
61 Gary Blades £800
62 Daniel Ayres £800
63 Prakash Jiwa £800
64 Martin Atkins (Leeds) £800
65 Andy Hamilton £800
66 Ryan Murray £750
67 Scott Waites £750
68 Christian Goedl £750
69 Brett Claydon £750
70 Tony Mitchell £750
71 Kevin Dowling £700
72 Jason Cullen £700
73 Lee Evans £700
74 Wesley Plaisier £700
75 Michael Rasztovits £700
76 Tom Lonsdale £700
77 Chris Quantock £650
78 Robert Collins £650
79 Stephen Gallimore £650
80 Ryan Palmer £650
81 Daniel Day £650
82 Craig Quinn £650
83 Erik Hol £650
84 Lisa Ashton £600
85 Robert Rickwood £600
86 Niels-Joergen Hansen £600
87 Jimmy Hendriks £600
88 Jerry Hendriks £600
89 Ben Davies (Crewe) £600
90 Geert De Vos £600
91 Ricky Williams £600
92 James Kempster £550
93 Martin O'Boyle £550
94 Paul Williams £550
95 Sean Ryan £550
96 Andrew Foster £550
97 James Lawson £500
98 Rhys Hayden £500
99 Thomas Lovely £500
100 Dave Askew £500
101 Callum Francis £500
102 Mike Norton £500
103 Dean Reynolds £500
104 Peter Jacques £500
105 Darryl Pilgrim £500
106 Ian Withers £500
107 Kevin Lane £500
108 Darren Herewini £500
109 Ricky Clarke £450
110 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £450
111 Ian Mcfarlane £450
112 Stu Wilson £450
113 Brian Woods £450
114 Jarred Cole £450
115 Lee Bryant £450
116 Mike De Decker £450
117 Martin Thomas £400
118 Marc Dewsbury £400
119 John Davey £400
120 Jamie Barrowman £400
121 Matt Padgett £400
122 Richard Corner £400
123 Chas Barstow £400
124 Jason Marriott £400
125 Jeffery De Graaf £400
126 Richie Burnett £350
127 Lee Budgen £350
128 Shaun Griffiths £350
129 Paul Dawkins £350
130 Jon Jukes £350
131 Ricky King £350
132 Stefaan Deprez £350
133 Thomas Junghans £350
134 David Stokell £300
135 Niels Heinsoe £300
136 David Adshead £300
137 Sam Hewson £300
138 Paul Redfern £300
139 James Barton £300
140 Lukas Wenig £300
141 Kevin Painter £300
142 Francis Carragher £300
143 Anthony Brown £300
144 Karel Sedlacek £250
145 Brian Hallas £250
146 Lewis Pride £250
147 Dean Owen £250
148 Jack Main £250
149 Christopher Paul Jones £250
150 David Airey £250
151 Thomas Gregory £200
152 Levy Frauenfelder £200
153 Nathan Treadgold £200
154 Colin Littlecott £200
155 Evander Stevenson £200
156 Dean Norman £200
157 Rowdy Schoremans £200
158 Wim Hofsink £200
159 Ryan De Vreede £200
160 Darren Penhall £200
161 Kevin Thomas £200
162 John Part £200
163 Kieran Evans £200
164 Darren Davies £150
165 Tom Baughan £150
166 Tommy Lishman £150
167 Darren Place £150
168 Wilco Vermeulen £150
169 Dale Everett £150
170 David Taylor £150
171 Ivan Springborg Poulsen £150
172 Cor Ernst £150
173 Alexander Merkx £150
174 Ian Lever £150
175 Co Stompe £150
176 Jimmy McKirdy £150
177 Joe Davis £150
178 Daniel Cox £150
179 Carl Hamilton £150
180 Richard Baillie £150
181 Richie Howson £150
182 Logan Crooks £150
183 Radek Szaganski £150
184 Darren Williams £150
185 Scott Darbyshire £150
186 Nathan Boon £100
187 Coni Nagi £100
188 Gabriel Florin Olar £100
189 Wayne France £100
190 Paul Holloway £100
191 Mike Whitehead £100
192 Roger Scrivens £100
193 Ashley Holgate £100
194 Michael Mccloskey £100
195 Simon Tate £100
196 Craig Anderson £100
197 Toon Greebe £100
198 Damian Smith £100
199 Wesley Bour £100
200 Lee Smith £100
201 Jerry Abbott £100
202 Fallon Sherrock £100
203 Lukasz Waclawski £100
204 Paul Phillips £100
205 Joshua Burksfield £100
206 Dennis Smith £100
207 Derek Brand £50
208 David Edwards £50
209 Brad Ellis £50
210 Nick Jennings £50
211 Leighton Jones £50
212 Callum Loose £50
213 Jon Mansell £50
214 Stephen McNally £50
215 William Thexton £50
216 Grant Whittaker £50
217 James Woodhouse £50
218 Rees Hall £50
219 Joey Palfreyman £50
220 Jonathan Hewitt £50
221 Michael Plooy £50
222 Mindaugas Barauskas £50
223 John Power £50
224 Derek Coulson £50
225 Ian Jopling £50
226 John Cockburn £50
227 Tony Dyke £50
228 Christoff Van De Wal £50
229 Cameron Anderson £50
230 Petros Christodoulou £50
231 Rhys Davies £50
232 Marc Williams £50
233 Steven Ferguson £50
234 Martin Lukeman £50
235 Stuart Stubbs £50
236 Aegir Bjornsson £50
237 Dan Hand £50
238 Richie Edwards £50
239 Sam Cromwell £50
240 Pauli Finnila £50
241 Sebastian Pohl £50
242 Chuck Puleo £50
1 Callan Rydz £6,200
2 Jesus Noguera £5,850
3 Cameron Menzies £5,700
4 Stephen Burton £5,300
5 Boris Koltsov £4,900
6 Cody Harris £4,550
7 Berry van Peer £4,350
8 Andy Jenkins £4,300
9 Patrick Lynskey £4,100
10 Ritchie Edhouse £3,800
11 Nathan Rafferty £3,100
12 Andrew Gilding £3,050
13 Nick Fullwell £3,000
14 Scott Taylor £2,700
15 Kyle McKinstry £2,650
16 David Evans £2,650
17 Darren Beveridge £2,500
18 Dave Prins £2,450
19 Shaun Carroll £2,400
20 Ciaran Teehan £2,000
21 Justin Smith £2,000
22 Wessel Nijman £2,000
23 Kevin Garcia £1,950
24 Dennis Nilsson £1,850
25 Mark Walsh £1,650
26 Arjan Konterman £1,600
27 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £1,500
28 Adam Huckvale £1,450
29 Jason Wilson £1,400
30 Shane McGuirk £1,350
31 Matthew Dennant £1,350
32 David Ladley £1,350
33 Jason Askew £1,350
34 Patrick van den Boogaard £1,350
35 Christopher Bent £1,300
36 Martin Atkins (Wigan) £1,300
37 Wes Newton £1,250
38 Curtis Hammond £1,250
39 Eddie Lovely £1,250
40 Steve Hine £1,250
41 Rhys Griffin £1,200
42 Paul Rowley £1,200
43 Andy Chalmers £1,200
44 Diogo Portela £1,150
45 Mick Todd £1,150
46 Danny van Trijp £1,100
47 William Borland £1,050
48 Barry Lynn £1,050
49 Mareno Michels £1,050
50 Aden Kirk £1,000
51 Colin Osborne £1,000
52 Mark Frost £950
53 John Bowles £950
54 Darren Johnson £950
55 Peter Mitchell £900
56 Stuart Kellett £850
57 Mark Barilli £850
58 Dafydd Edwards £850
59 Simon Preston £850
60 Lukasz Sawicki £800
61 Gary Blades £800
62 Daniel Ayres £800
63 Prakash Jiwa £800
64 Martin Atkins (Leeds) £800
65 Andy Hamilton £800
66 Ryan Murray £750
67 Scott Waites £750
68 Christian Goedl £750
69 Brett Claydon £750
70 Tony Mitchell £750
71 Kevin Dowling £700
72 Jason Cullen £700
73 Lee Evans £700
74 Wesley Plaisier £700
75 Michael Rasztovits £700
76 Tom Lonsdale £700
77 Chris Quantock £650
78 Robert Collins £650
79 Stephen Gallimore £650
80 Ryan Palmer £650
81 Daniel Day £650
82 Craig Quinn £650
83 Erik Hol £650
84 Lisa Ashton £600
85 Robert Rickwood £600
86 Niels-Joergen Hansen £600
87 Jimmy Hendriks £600
88 Jerry Hendriks £600
89 Ben Davies (Crewe) £600
90 Geert De Vos £600
91 Ricky Williams £600
92 James Kempster £550
93 Martin O'Boyle £550
94 Paul Williams £550
95 Sean Ryan £550
96 Andrew Foster £550
97 James Lawson £500
98 Rhys Hayden £500
99 Thomas Lovely £500
100 Dave Askew £500
101 Callum Francis £500
102 Mike Norton £500
103 Dean Reynolds £500
104 Peter Jacques £500
105 Darryl Pilgrim £500
106 Ian Withers £500
107 Kevin Lane £500
108 Darren Herewini £500
109 Ricky Clarke £450
110 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £450
111 Ian Mcfarlane £450
112 Stu Wilson £450
113 Brian Woods £450
114 Jarred Cole £450
115 Lee Bryant £450
116 Mike De Decker £450
117 Martin Thomas £400
118 Marc Dewsbury £400
119 John Davey £400
120 Jamie Barrowman £400
121 Matt Padgett £400
122 Richard Corner £400
123 Chas Barstow £400
124 Jason Marriott £400
125 Jeffery De Graaf £400
126 Richie Burnett £350
127 Lee Budgen £350
128 Shaun Griffiths £350
129 Paul Dawkins £350
130 Jon Jukes £350
131 Ricky King £350
132 Stefaan Deprez £350
133 Thomas Junghans £350
134 David Stokell £300
135 Niels Heinsoe £300
136 David Adshead £300
137 Sam Hewson £300
138 Paul Redfern £300
139 James Barton £300
140 Lukas Wenig £300
141 Kevin Painter £300
142 Francis Carragher £300
143 Anthony Brown £300
144 Karel Sedlacek £250
145 Brian Hallas £250
146 Lewis Pride £250
147 Dean Owen £250
148 Jack Main £250
149 Christopher Paul Jones £250
150 David Airey £250
151 Thomas Gregory £200
152 Levy Frauenfelder £200
153 Nathan Treadgold £200
154 Colin Littlecott £200
155 Evander Stevenson £200
156 Dean Norman £200
157 Rowdy Schoremans £200
158 Wim Hofsink £200
159 Ryan De Vreede £200
160 Darren Penhall £200
161 Kevin Thomas £200
162 John Part £200
163 Kieran Evans £200
164 Darren Davies £150
165 Tom Baughan £150
166 Tommy Lishman £150
167 Darren Place £150
168 Wilco Vermeulen £150
169 Dale Everett £150
170 David Taylor £150
171 Ivan Springborg Poulsen £150
172 Cor Ernst £150
173 Alexander Merkx £150
174 Ian Lever £150
175 Co Stompe £150
176 Jimmy McKirdy £150
177 Joe Davis £150
178 Daniel Cox £150
179 Carl Hamilton £150
180 Richard Baillie £150
181 Richie Howson £150
182 Logan Crooks £150
183 Radek Szaganski £150
184 Darren Williams £150
185 Scott Darbyshire £150
186 Nathan Boon £100
187 Coni Nagi £100
188 Gabriel Florin Olar £100
189 Wayne France £100
190 Paul Holloway £100
191 Mike Whitehead £100
192 Roger Scrivens £100
193 Ashley Holgate £100
194 Michael Mccloskey £100
195 Simon Tate £100
196 Craig Anderson £100
197 Toon Greebe £100
198 Damian Smith £100
199 Wesley Bour £100
200 Lee Smith £100
201 Jerry Abbott £100
202 Fallon Sherrock £100
203 Lukasz Waclawski £100
204 Paul Phillips £100
205 Joshua Burksfield £100
206 Dennis Smith £100
207 Derek Brand £50
208 David Edwards £50
209 Brad Ellis £50
210 Nick Jennings £50
211 Leighton Jones £50
212 Callum Loose £50
213 Jon Mansell £50
214 Stephen McNally £50
215 William Thexton £50
216 Grant Whittaker £50
217 James Woodhouse £50
218 Rees Hall £50
219 Joey Palfreyman £50
220 Jonathan Hewitt £50
221 Michael Plooy £50
222 Mindaugas Barauskas £50
223 John Power £50
224 Derek Coulson £50
225 Ian Jopling £50
226 John Cockburn £50
227 Tony Dyke £50
228 Christoff Van De Wal £50
229 Cameron Anderson £50
230 Petros Christodoulou £50
231 Rhys Davies £50
232 Marc Williams £50
233 Steven Ferguson £50
234 Martin Lukeman £50
235 Stuart Stubbs £50
236 Aegir Bjornsson £50
237 Dan Hand £50
238 Richie Edwards £50
239 Sam Cromwell £50
240 Pauli Finnila £50
241 Sebastian Pohl £50
242 Chuck Puleo £50

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